Lyrics to
Them Heavy People

This version of Them Heavy People was released by Kate Bush in 1978.

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Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.

They arrived at an inconvenient time.
I was hiding in a room in my mind.
They made me look at myself. I saw it well.
I’d shut the people out of my life.

So now I take the opportunities:
Wonderful teachers ready to teach me.
I must work on my mind. For now I realise..
Everyone of us has a heaven inside.

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Them heavy people help me.
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.

They open doorways that I thought were shut for good.
They read me Gurdjieff and Jesu.
They build up my body, break me emotionally.
It’s nearly killing me, but what a lovely feeling!

I love the whirling of the dervishes.
I love the beauty of rare innocence.
You don’t need no crystal ball,
Don’t fall for a magic wand.
We humans got it all, we perform the miracles.

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Them heavy people help me.
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me.
Rolling the ball, rolling the ball…

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About Lyrics and Them Heavy People by Kate Bush

The lyrics to Them Heavy People are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Kate Bush in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Them Heavy People are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Kate Bush and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Them Heavy People back when it was created.

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