The Saxophone Song

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In an interview with Phil Sutcliffe published in the August 30, 1980 issue of Sounds, composer and performer Kate Bush said this was one of her earliest compositions; she… Read More

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The Saxophone Song Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You'll find me in a Berlin bar in a corner, brooding
You know that I go very quiet when I'm listening to you
There's something special indeed
There's something special indeed

[Pre-Chorus]
In all the places where I've seen you shine, boy
Something very real in how I feel, honey

[Chorus]
It's in me
It's in me
And you know it's for real
Tuning in on your saxophone

[Post-Chorus]
Da-ba-da-ba-do

[Verse 2]
The candle burning over your shoulder is throwing
Shadows from your saxophone, a surly lady in tremor
The stars that climb from her bowels
Those stars make towers on vowels

[Pre-Chorus]
You'll never see that you had all of me
You'll never see the poetry you've stirred in me
Of all the stars I've seen that shine so brightly
Never known or felt in myself so rightly

[Chorus]
It's in me
It's in me
And you know it's for real
Tuning in on your saxophone

[Post-Chorus]
Da-ba-da-ba-do

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In an interview with Phil Sutcliffe published in the August 30, 1980 issue of Sounds, composer and performer Kate Bush said this was one of her earliest compositions; she wrote it when she was about fifteen, adding “…I love saxophones so I wanted to write a song about them… The perfect setting was this smokey bar in Berlin with nobody listening except me in the corner…”

Running to 3 minutes 47 seconds, “The Saxophone Song” is the second track on Kate’s debut album. It was recorded at Air Studios in June 1975, produced by Andrew Powell and engineered by Jon Kelly. (thanks, Alexander Baron – London, England, for above 2)