Gala Lyrics - The Waterboys - Waterboys

Gala hangs from the window frame 

dressed in black and white 

Her face is colourless 

in the moonlight 

She turns around and her lips move 

but the words just drop away 

She leans on the back of a chair 

and her arms begin to sway 

She and I can hear voices 

talking in the room next door 

Saying things we used to say 

that we can't believe in any more 

We've seen too many castles crumble 

made too many innocent mistakes 

Who could have known that one house 

could hold so much heartbreak? 

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And then the clockbell rings 

the wind blows in - 

Gala makes for the door. 

Her eyes blaze 

and her hands are shaking 

She opens her mouth and ROARS! 

Gala doesn't want, Gala doesn't need 

She claws at her face 

with her nails till it bleeds 

She runs down the stairs 

in her poor bare-feet 

She's too woman to cry or go down on her knees 

then her mother is there 

And her voice is soft 

she pulls Gala close 

She soothes Gala's cuts 

and gently chides 

And Gala knows... 

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That Gala shouldn't worry 

she needn't be afraid 

Because there are sailors on the sea tonight 

in ships that God made 

Look! They cast out the line 

with a "heave two-three-four" 

And they sing as they pull 

our lost souls aboard