Them Heavy People

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“Them Heavy People” is a song written and recorded by Kate Bush, from her debut album The Kick Inside. It was issued as a single in Japan with the title “Rolling the Ball”… Read More

May. 5, 19781 viewer20.2K views

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Them Heavy People Lyrics

[Refrain]
Rolling the ball (Rolling), rolling the ball (Rolling), rolling the ball to me (Rolling)
Rolling the ball (Rolling), rolling the ball (Rolling), rolling the ball to me (Rolling)

[Verse 1]
They arrived at an inconvenient time
I was hiding in a room in my mind
They made me look at myself, I saw it well
I'd shut the people out of my life

[Verse 2]
So now I take the opportunities
Wonderful teachers ready to teach me
I must work on my mind, for now I realise
Every one of us has a heaven inside

[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot

[Refrain]
Rolling the ball (Rolling), rolling the ball (Rolling), rolling the ball to me (Rolling)
Rolling the ball (Rolling), rolling the ball (Rolling), rolling the ball to me (Rolling)

[Verse 3]
They open doorways that I thought were shut for good
They read me Gurdjieff and Jesus
They build up my body, break me emotionally
It's nearly killing me, but what a lovely feeling
[Verse 4]
I love the whirling of the dervishes (Come on, give me dervishes love)
I love the beauty of rare innocence
You don't need no crystal ball, don't fall for a magic wand
We humans got it all, we perform the miracles

[Chorus]
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me (Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the (Ro-rolling, ro-rolling)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me (Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the (Ro-rolling, ro-rolling)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me (Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the (Ro-rolling, ro-rolling)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me (Heavy, heavy, heavy)
Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot

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“Them Heavy People” is a song written and recorded by Kate Bush, from her debut album The Kick Inside. It was issued as a single in Japan with the title “Rolling the Ball” reaching number 3, its only release worldwide as an A-side.

The song is about religion, and the teachings of Jesus, Gurdjieff, among others. The song expresses an insistent desire to learn as much as possible, while she is still young.

A Seiko logo appears on the insert’s back side, which makes it Bush’s only commercial release featuring any kind of product endorsement.

A live recording of this song was the lead track on the On Stage EP which reached number 10 in the UK singles chart in 1979.[1] In The Netherlands, the EP was listed as Them Heavy People in the Top 40 chart, making it basically an A-side. It peaked at No. 17 in 1979.

Bush performed “Them Heavy People” on several TV programmes including her only appearance on Saturday Night Live in the USA.

This is the lead track from Bush’s Live On Stage EP, a collection of live recordings from a benefit concert at Hammersmith Odeon, London.

This song refers to Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff (1877-1949), a Greek-Armenian mystic and spiritual teacher who used stylized dance to help people to unleash the powers within themselves and develop their full capabilities.