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Subject: "You shot a hole in the moon" ???

Written By: crutch on 08/07/07 at 10:51 am

This song has been stuck in my head for months.  I think it came back to me after seeing an AT&T commercial.  I don't even know if I've got the lyrics correct.

The song is definitely from the 80's and the singer could be British with a somewhat high voice.

Any help would be appreciated.

Crutch

Subject: Re: "You shot a hole in the moon" ???

Written By: Tam on 08/07/07 at 11:21 am

Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon



I pictured a rainbow
You held in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw then plan
I wondered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

You were there at the turnstiles
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 grounded
While you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truths
You cut through lies
I saw the rain-dirty valley
You saw brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!

I spoke about wings
You just flew
I wondered, I guessed, and I tried
You just knew
I sighed
But you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

With a torch in your pocket
And the wind at your heels
You climbed on the ladder
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!
The whole of the moon!

Unicorns and cannonballs,
Palaces and piers,
Trumpets, towers, and tenemets,
Wide oceans full of tears,
Flag, rags, ferry boats,
Scimitars and scarves,
Every precious dream and vision
Underneath the stars

You climbed on the ladder
With the wind in your sails
You came like a comet
Blazing your trail
Too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!

Subject: Re: "You shot a hole in the moon" ???

Written By: crutch on 08/07/07 at 11:29 am


Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon


Thank you so much.  With my memory of the lyrics I would never have found it.
You have saved my sanity.

Subject: Re: "You shot a hole in the moon" ???

Written By: Tam on 08/07/07 at 11:34 am


Thank you so much.  With my memory of the lyrics I would never have found it.
You have saved my sanity.

No problem!
We try to help whenever we can!!!! 8)

Subject: Re: "You shot a hole in the moon" ???

Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/07 at 11:36 am

Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon on YouTube

Subject: Re: "You shot a hole in the moon" ???

Written By: whistledog on 08/07/07 at 12:13 pm

I wanted to answer that :\'(

Just for the heck of it, here's trivia on the song ...

- It was the group's biggest (and first Top 40) hit in their native UK.  It first reached #26 in 1985, then re-charted at #3 in 1991
- In 1986, the song got to #71 in Canada, but did not chart at all in the United States

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