There Goes a Tenner
Kate Bush * Track #2 On The Dreaming
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Album The Dreaming
There Goes a Tenner by Kate Bush
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“There Goes a Tenner” was the third single taken from Kate Bush’s 4th album, The Dreaming (1982).
It gained no attention from the medias in general, despite a video being shot for the single, and didn’t even chart in the UK (the only single not charting for Kate Bush).
The song is a narration of a...
There Goes a Tenner Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Okay, remember
Okay, remember
That we have just allowed half an hour
To get in, do it and get out
The sense of adventure
Is changing to danger
The signal has been given
I go in, the crime begins
[Pre-Chorus 1]
My excitement
Turns into fright
[Chorus 1]
All my words fade
What am I gonna say?
Mustn't give the game away
[Post-Chorus]
We're waiting
We're waiting
We're waiting
[Verse 2]
We got the job sussed
This shop's shut for business
The lookout has parked the car but kept the engine running
Three beeps means trouble's coming
I hope you remember
To treat the gelignite tenderly for me
I'm having dreams about things not going right
Let's leave in plenty of time tonight
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Both my partners
Act like actors
[Chorus 2]
You are Bogart, he is George Raft
That leaves Cagney and me
(What about Edward G.?)
[Post-Chorus]
We're waiting
We're waiting
We're waiting
[Verse 3]
You blow the safe up
Then all I know is I wake up, covered in rubble
One of the rabble needs mummy ("What's all this, then?")
The government will never find the money ("What's all this, then?")
I've been here all day
A star in strange ways
Apart from a photograph, they'll get nothing from me
Not until they let me see my solicitor
[Outro]
Ooh, I remember
That rich, windy weather
When you would carry me
Pockets floating in the breeze
Ooh, there goes a tenner
Hey, look, there's a fiver
There's a ten-shilling note
Remember them?
That's when we used to vote for him
There Goes a Tenner Q&A
Who wrote There Goes a Tenner's ?
There Goes a Tenner was written by Kate Bush.
Who produced There Goes a Tenner's ?
There Goes a Tenner was produced by Kate Bush.
When did Kate Bush release There Goes a Tenner?
Kate Bush released There Goes a Tenner on Tue Nov 02 1982.
What did Kate Bush say about "There Goes a Tenner"?
It’s about amateur robbers who have only done small things, and this is quite a big robbery that they’ve been planning for months, and when it actually starts happening, they start freaking out. They’re really scared, and they’re so aware of the fact that something could go wrong that they just frea...
How was this song written?
In an 1985 interview, Kate Bush said:
That was written on the piano. I had an idea for the tune and just knocked out the chords for the first verse. The words and everything just came together. It was quite a struggle from there on to try to keep things together. The lyrics are quite difficult on t...