Music Video

Night Of The Swallow (2018 Remaster)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Piano
Donal Lunny
Donal Lunny
Bouzouki
Del Palmer
Del Palmer
Fretless Bass Guitar
Liam O'Flynn
Liam O'Flynn
Uilleann Pipes
Seán Keane
Seán Keane
Fiddle
Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Songwriter
Bill Whelan
Bill Whelan
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Producer
Danny Dawson
Danny Dawson
Assistant Recording Engineer
George Chambers
George Chambers
Assistant Recording Engineer
Howard Grey
Howard Grey
Assistant Recording Engineer
James Guthrie
James Guthrie
Mastering Engineer
Haydn Bendall
Haydn Bendall
Recording Engineer
Hugh Padgham
Hugh Padgham
Recording Engineer
Nick Launay
Nick Launay
Recording Engineer
Paul Hardiman
Paul Hardiman
Mixing Engineer
David Taylor
David Taylor
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Jacques Plante
Jacques Plante
Mastering Engineer
John Barrett
John Barrett
Assistant Recording Engineer
Nick Cook
Nick Cook
Assistant Recording Engineer
Teri Reed
Teri Reed
Assistant Recording Engineer

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
[Verse 2]
It's funny how, even now
You're laughing
I won't let you do it
[Verse 3]
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
[Verse 4]
I won't let you do it
I won't let you do it
I won't let you go through with it
[Verse 5]
Meet them over at Dover
I'll just pilot the motor
Take them over the water
[Verse 6]
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
I'm home before the morning
[Verse 7]
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
[Verse 8]
I won't let you do it
I won't let you do it
I won't let you go through with it
[Verse 9]
Meet them over at Dover
I'll just pilot the motor
Take them over the water
Like a swallow flying to Malta
[Verse 10]
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
I'm home before the morning
[Verse 11]
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?
(Let me, let me go!)
[Verse 12]
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 13]
(Let me, let me go!)
[Verse 14]
With a hired plane
And no names mentioned
Tonight's the night of the flight
Before you know
I'll be over the water (Let me, let me go!)
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 (Let me, let me go!)
Written by: Kate Bush
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