Night of the Swallow by Kate Bush
Night of the Swallow by Kate Bush

Night of the Swallow

Kate Bush * Track #7 On The Dreaming

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Night of the Swallow by Kate Bush

Release Date
Mon Nov 21 1983
Performed by
Kate Bush
Produced by
Kate Bush
Writed by
Kate Bush
About

This song is written from the perspective of the lover of a smuggler begging him not to go on his next journey. In a 1982 Melody Maker interview, Kate Bush said:

“In this song she wants to control him and because he wants to do something that she doesn’t want him to she feels that he is going away....

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Night of the Swallow Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The night doesn't like it
Looks just like your face on the moon to me
And I won't let you do what you want to do
It's funny how, even now
You're laughing

[Refrain]
I won't let you do it

[Verse 2]
If you go, I'll let the law know
And they'll head you off when you touch the ground
Ooh, please, don't go through with this
I don't like the sound of it
It's funny how, even now
You're miles away

[Refrain]
I won't let you do it
I won't let you do it
I won't let you go through with it

[Pre-Chorus 1]
“Meet them over at Dover
I'll just pilot the motor
Take them over the water

[Chorus]
With a hired plane
And no names mentioned
Tonight's the night of the flight
Before you know
I'll be over the water like a swallow
There's no risk
I'll whisk them up in no moonlight
And though pigs can fly
They'll never find me posing as the night
And I'm home before the morning”

[Verse 3]
In Malta, catch a swallow
For all of the guilty – to let them free
Wings fill the window
And they beat and bleed
They hold the sky on the other side
Of borderlines

[Refrain]
I won't let you do it
I won't let you do it
I won't let you go through with it

[Pre-Chorus 2]
“Meet them over at Dover
I'll just pilot the motor
Take them over the water
Like a swallow flying to Malta

[Chorus]
With a hired plane
And no names mentioned
Tonight's the night of the flight
Before you know
I'll be over the water like a swallow
There's no risk
I'll whisk them up in no moonlight
And though pigs can fly
They'll never find me posing as the night
And I'm home before the morning”

[Bridge]
“Give me a break!
Ooh, let me fly!
Give me something to show for my miserable life!
Something to take!
Would you break even my wings like a swallow?”

[Chorus]
Let me, let me go
“With a hired plane
And no names mentioned
Tonight's the night of the flight
Before you know
I'll be over the water like a swallow
There's no risk
I'll whisk them up in no moonlight
And though pigs can fly
They'll never find me posing as the night
And I'm home before the morning”

[Chorus]
Let me, let me go
“With a hired plane
And no names mentioned
Tonight's the night of the flight
Before you know
I'll be over the water like a swallow”
Let me, let me go
“There's no risk
I'll whisk them up in no moonlight
And though pigs can fly
They'll never find me posing as the night
Like a swallow
And I'm home before the morning”

[Outro]
But you're not a swallow

Night of the Swallow Q&A

Who wrote Night of the Swallow's ?

Night of the Swallow was written by Kate Bush.

Who produced Night of the Swallow's ?

Night of the Swallow was produced by Kate Bush.

When did Kate Bush release Night of the Swallow?

Kate Bush released Night of the Swallow on Mon Nov 21 1983.

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