Let It Happen Lyrics - Singles - Waterboys

Such a sad procession, winding down the lane 

And what a strange impression is branded on my brain 

A band was playing -- endless, mindless 

It was like a hooligan's lament 

It was dumb, but it was timeless 

I still don't know what it meant 

And whatever needs to happen 

Let it happen, let it be 

Through all I am protected 

Grace is effected 

Over me 

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Behold the lights of London! 

The skipper said that his hands shook 

His aura eaten by his jealously and all the drugs he took 

He said "This is the real world buddy! 

Toughen up your ass, or it'll break." 

I said "I'm not your buddy, buddy, 

and your real world is a fake." 

(Here comes the peace campaigner 

She says the end justifies her means 

Her words so full of reason fell like napalm on my dreams 

I said "Peace is not a word, never!" 

She calls me traitor, I just grin 

I said "You've gotta live it every moment, 

or else you're just sucking wind") 

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And whatever needs to happen 

Let it happen, let it be 

Through all I am protected 

Grace is effected 

Over me 

(The DJ casts his malediction 

As the wedding guests appear 

It was as cruel as any fiction 

I still carry the souvenir) 

/ 

(The DJ took his vengeance 

As the wedding guests arrived 

There was malice in his handshake 

Quicksand in his eyes) 

As he slunk across the courtyard 

From far off I heard a horn 

Somewhere in the bleak mid-distance 

Something beautiful is born 

And whatever needs to happen 

Let it happen, let it be 

Through all I am protected 

Grace is effected 

Over me 

I stumbled down a street of shadows 

A black alleluia split the night 

(Prostitutes / Anarchists) and priests were playing stripjack 

Underneath the cruel lamplight 

I came upon a weeping soldier 

He said "I'm all washed up now, huh" 

But when I glanced across his shoulder 

He held a royal flush 

And whatever needs to happen 

Let it happen, let it be 

Through all I am protected 

Grace is effected 

Over me 

I'm still here, I'm still wheeling 

I'm who I thought I was, or just about 

I'll be walking down this boulevard 

Until my legs give out 

Thoughts like storms and seas are raging 

I know it is a matter of degree 

But it's not the world outside that's changing 

It's ME! 

And whatever needs to happen 

Let it happen, let it be 

Through all I am protected 

Grace is effected 

Over me 

Over me 

Over me 

Over me 

Over me 

Over me 

Over me 

Grace is effected 

Over me