waterboys – let it happen lyrics

such a sad procession
winding down the lane
and what a strange impression
is branded on my brain

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a band was playing, endless, mindless
it was like a hooligan’s lament
it was dumb, but it was timeless
i still don’t know what it meant

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and whatever needs to happen
let it happen, let it be
through all i am protected
grace is effected over me

,

behold the lights of london
the skipper said that his hands shook
his aura eaten by his jealously
and all the drugs he took

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he said, “this is the real world buddy
toughen up your -ss, or it’ll break”
i said, “i’m not your buddy, buddy
and your real world is a fake”

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here comes the peace campaigner
she says the end justifies her means
her words so full of reason fell
like napalm on my dreams

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i said, “peace is not a word, never”
she calls me traitor, i just grin
i said, “you’ve gotta live it every moment
or else you’re just sucking wind”

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and whatever needs to happen
let it happen, let it be
through all i am protected
grace is effected over me

,

the dj casts his malediction
as the wedding guests appear
it was as cruel as any fiction
i still carry the souvenir

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the dj took his vengeance
as the wedding guests arrived
there was malice in his handshake
quicksand in his eyes

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as he slunk across the courtyard
from far off i heard a h-rn
somewhere in the bleak mid-distance
something beautiful is born

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and whatever needs to happen
let it happen, let it be
through all i am protected
grace is effected over me

,

i stumbled down a street of shadows
a black alleluia split the night
unverified and priests were playing strip jack
underneath the cruel lamplight

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i came upon a weeping soldier
he said, “i’m all washed up now, huh”
but when i glanced across his shoulder
he held a royal flush

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and whatever needs to happen
let it happen, let it be
through all i am protected
grace is effected over me

,

i’m still here, i’m still wheeling
i’m who i thought i was, or just about
i’ll be walking down this boulevard
until my legs give out

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thoughts like storms and seas are raging
i know it is a matter of degree
but it’s not the world outside that’s changing
it’s me

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and whatever needs to happen
let it happen, let it be
through all i am protected
grace is effected over me

,

over me, over me
over me, over me
over me, over me
grace is effected over me

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- waterboys lyrics

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