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The Waterboys — When Ye Go Away
Album: Fisherman's Blues
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Released: 1988
Length: 3:40
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Now he's brought down the rain
And the indian summer is through
In the morning you'll be following your trail again
Fair lady

You ain't calling me to join you
And I'm spoken for anyway
But I will cry when ye go away
I will cry when ye go away

Your beauty is familiar
And your voice is like a key
That opens up my soul
And torches up a fire inside of me

Your coat is made of magic
And around your table angels play
And I will cry when ye go away
I will cry when ye go away

Somebody left us whisky
And the night is very young
I've got some to say and more to tell
And the words will soon be spilling from my tongue

I will rave and I will ramble
I'll do everything but make you stay
Then I will cry when ye go away
I will cry when ye go away

When ye go away...
When ye go away.
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Man up;, Dude!!
Posted 7 months ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
 jkforde wrote:

i loved this album when it came out, thanks Bill... Mike Scott blows between mediocre and brilliance and this is brilliant



I saw this tour in D.C. at the amazing D.A.R. Constitution Hall. Absolutely blown away is an understatement!
Posted 1 year ago by tripp1    [ Reply ]
The Waterboys and Mike Scott are Brilliant
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
beautiful
Posted 1 year ago by garrettb    [ Reply ]
 divis wrote:
Sounds quite a bit like Dire Straits' 'The Man's Too Strong', doesn't it?
 
Yep!  Came here to see if anyone noticed.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
i love the lyrics. "and i'm spoken for anyway...but i will cry when ye go away."
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
theres  a nice warren zevon vibe

Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Super song. Thanks a lot RP.
Posted 1 year ago by flozer68    [ Reply ]
Sounds quite a bit like Dire Straits' 'The Man's Too Strong', doesn't it?
Posted 2 years ago by divis    [ Reply ]
I see what you did there Bill...hehehe. awesomeness! 
Posted 2 years ago by deadheadmark    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

Great song; indeed the mark of a masterpiece, if it makes you sad but melts your heart with poignant, Romantic poetry all the same... 




Masterpiece indeed, and one of the few I've given a 10 rating.  Same for the entire album.
Posted 2 years ago by ROXYGOMAR    [ Reply ]
 SpinyNorma wrote:

The stony old lump in my chest melts like a discarded ice-cream in the midsummer sun whenever I as much as think about this song. Gah!
hahaha this comment made me laugh out loud

Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:
There's now a version of this album, or just maybe a box set or something with earlier versions of songs on this record. It's really interesting to hear them, just to distinguish the changes that turned this album into a masterpiece. 
 

Thanks for that referral - I checked it out the last time I heard this here. And yes, this song especially... the framework is there in earlier versions but it took polishing to get this gem.
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
There's now a version of this album, or just maybe a box set or something with earlier versions of songs on this record. It's really interesting to hear them, just to distinguish the changes that turned this album into a masterpiece. 
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
moooooore old Waterboys pullleeeeese. this song is pure 
take a punt on Savage Heart album
Posted 4 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
i loved this album when it came out, thanks Bill... Mike Scott blows between mediocre and brilliance and this is brilliant
Posted 5 years ago by jkforde    [ Reply ]
solid 9. thanks Bill!
Posted 5 years ago by ace-marc    [ Reply ]
This is perfect example of how to handle romantic songs well.  I generally find romantic songs sugary and overdone, this manages to to be emotional and beautiful without crossing that line.  Excellent!
Posted 5 years ago by adib    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Great song; indeed the mark of a masterpiece, if it makes you sad but melts your heart with poignant, Romantic poetry all the same... 
 
The stony old lump in my chest melts like a discarded ice-cream in the midsummer sun whenever I as much as think about this song. Gah!
Posted 5 years ago by SpinyNorma    [ Reply ]
I love it. Immer super Musik, sooooo guet
Posted 5 years ago by Lisaluna    [ Reply ]
I really can't tell them from the War on Drugs these days
Posted 6 years ago by coachc    [ Reply ]
Steve Wickham on the fiddle.   Check out his solo stuff.   V. good too !   
Posted 7 years ago by jimmygee848    [ Reply ]
Wonderful Song!
Posted 7 years ago by walter_sintenie    [ Reply ]
Love when that fiddle comes in. Perfect.
Posted 7 years ago by SchoepTone    [ Reply ]
The H2O Boys never get old...
Posted 7 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
AWESOME !!   thx for this, Bill.
Posted 8 years ago by jimmygee848    [ Reply ]
Waterboys always good....
 
Posted 8 years ago by Garyhad    [ Reply ]
dang, Bill is on fire today
Posted 8 years ago by alaskan_listener    [ Reply ]
Great song; indeed the mark of a masterpiece, if it makes you sad but melts your heart with poignant, Romantic poetry all the same... 
Posted 8 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]

Posted 9 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
gosh, i love this. feels so sad but i just love it everytime.

 
Indeed.
Posted 9 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
 Grayson wrote:
So good to hear this gem again. Been a long, long time.

 
Same here
Posted 10 years ago by dhalevi    [ Reply ]
gosh, i love this. feels so sad but i just love it everytime.
Posted 10 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 d-don wrote:
Got to get me some Waterboys. Great song.

 

If you're not familiar with them, this album was a huge departure from their earlier work which was superb but not of this ilk at all. Whole of the Moon and Pagan Place are the two standout albums prior to this.
Posted 10 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
This song takes me back.. 25 years? Wow.

Can't wait to see them tomorrow at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in San Francisco. 
Posted 11 years ago by mtmedlin    [ Reply ]
At first I thought this was being sung by the offspring of Gordon Lightfoot and Harry Chapin.  And I mean that in a good sort of way.

Steve
Posted 11 years ago by renostve999    [ Reply ]
So good to hear this gem again. Been a long, long time.
Posted 11 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
a terrific song from a terrific collection of tunes from The 'boys
Posted 11 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
..(courtesy lyricsmode.com)..

Songwriters: SCOTT, MICHAEL / LENNON, CHARLES OLIVER

Now he's brought down the rain
And the indian summer is through
In the morning you'll be following your trail again
Fair lady

You ain't calling me to join you
And I'm spoken for anyway
But I will cry when ye go away
I will cry when ye go away

Your beauty is familiar
And your voice is like a key
That opens up my soul
And torches up a fire inside of me

Your coat is made of magic
And around your table angels play
And I will cry when ye go away
I will cry when ye go away

Somebody left us whisky
And the night is very young
I've got some to say and more to tell
And the words will soon be spilling from my tongue

I will rave and I will ramble
I'll do everything but make you stay
Then I will cry when ye go away
I will cry when ye go away

When ye go away...
When ye go away.
Posted 11 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
 MiracleDrug wrote:

They come over here and they take all our land
They chop off our heads and they boil them in oil
Our children are leaving and we have no heads
We drink and we sing and we drink and we die

We have no heads
No, we have no heads

They come over here and they chop off our legs
They cut off our hands and put nails in our eyes
O'Grady is dead and O'Hanrahan's gone
We drink and we die and continue to drink

O'Hanrahan
No O'Hanrahan

They buried O'Neill down in Country Shillhame
The poor children crying and fe dee din de
Hin fle di din fle di din fle de din de
In hey bibble bibble hey bibble bibble hey fle bibble hey

O'Hanrahan
No O'Hanrahan

We drink and we sing and we drink and we sing
(Hey!)
We drink and we drive and we puke and we drink
(Hey!)
We drink and we fight and we bleed and we cry
(Hey!)
We puke and we smoke and we drink and we die
(Hey!)

 
What does Denis Leary have to do with this song?
Posted 12 years ago by JHZ    [ Reply ]
Thanks for playing this. It's an absolutely beautiful song.
Posted 12 years ago by rotten    [ Reply ]

They come over here and they take all our land
They chop off our heads and they boil them in oil
Our children are leaving and we have no heads
We drink and we sing and we drink and we die

We have no heads
No, we have no heads

They come over here and they chop off our legs
They cut off our hands and put nails in our eyes
O'Grady is dead and O'Hanrahan's gone
We drink and we die and continue to drink

O'Hanrahan
No O'Hanrahan

They buried O'Neill down in Country Shillhame
The poor children crying and fe dee din de
Hin fle di din fle di din fle de din de
In hey bibble bibble hey bibble bibble hey fle bibble hey

O'Hanrahan
No O'Hanrahan

We drink and we sing and we drink and we sing
(Hey!)
We drink and we drive and we puke and we drink
(Hey!)
We drink and we fight and we bleed and we cry
(Hey!)
We puke and we smoke and we drink and we die
(Hey!)


Posted 12 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
Thought it was Mark Knopfler/Dire Straits at first.  Very cool, despite the fact it's not DS.
Posted 12 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:


{#Yes}  You just can't go wrong with this band.
 
Totally agree. {#Cheers}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
I've been listening to this album for years. It's still in my disc changer. Feels good to hear this here. {#Good-vibes}

Posted 13 years ago by ladyj    [ Reply ]
 bluecshells wrote:

♥


 

{#Yes}  You just can't go wrong with this band.
Posted 13 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
Was getting ready to upload to the LRC when unexpectedly  it begins to play on the main channel.
Posted 13 years ago by cyesp    [ Reply ]
Got to get me some Waterboys. Great song.
Posted 13 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]

♥


Posted 13 years ago by bluecshells    [ Reply ]
Wonderful song! I'm not always a fan of folk music, but there's something captivating about this. 
Posted 13 years ago by WonkoTheSane    [ Reply ]
bout time this was added!
Posted 13 years ago by jdorn1    [ Reply ]
I love this. my favorite on one of my favorite albums. So celtically lyrical!
Posted 13 years ago by pamohearn    [ Reply ]
Would love to hear this played. Beautiful, sad song.
Posted 17 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]