Information: Following conventional lyric notation practice, words are broken into syllables to interpret the phrasing of the lyrics. Each word syllable in the lyrics below represents a note on the vocal part of this arrangement. A hyphen '-' or trailing hyphens following a word syllable indicates that the word syllable is extended over more than one note. ============================= Title: WHOLE OF THE MOON Key Signature: C Major Artist: The Waterboys Songwriter:Scott Copyright:Dizzy Heights Music Publishing Ltd HR:MN:SC Total Running Time:00:05:03 =============================
INTRO . . . . . . . . I pic-tured a rain-bow You held it in your hands
I had flash-es But you saw the plan
I wan-dered out in the world for years While you just stayed in your room I saw the cres-cent
You saw the whole of the moon The whole of the moon
You were there in the turn-stiles with the wind at your heels
You stretched for the stars
And you know how it feels to reach too high,
too far, too soon You saw the whole of the moon
I was groun-ded While you filled the skies
- I was dumb-foun-ded by truth You cut through lies
I saw the rain-dir-ty val-ley You saw Brig-a-doon
- I saw the cres-cent You saw the whole of the moon
I spoke a-bout wings You just flew
I won-dered, I guessed and I tried You just knew
I sighed and you swooned I saw the cres-cent
You saw the whole of the moon The whole of the moon
With a torch in your poc-ket and the wind at your heels
You climbed on the lad-der And you know how it feels to get too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon The whole of the moon Hey yeah...
With the pin-na-cles and can-non-balls Pal-a-ces and piers
Tri-vets, to-wers and ten-ne-ments Wide o-ceans full of tears
Flags, rags, fer-ry boats Cy-lin-ders and scars
Eve-ry pre-cious dream-ing vi-sion Un-der-neath the stars
You climbed - on the lad-der with the wind in your sails
You came like a co-met bla-zing your trail
Too high too far too soon You saw the whole of the.....