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Rose Growing Old (A)

'Cathy Demos Volume One' - EP cover

'Cathy Demos Volume One' - EP cover

Song written by Kate Bush. Recorded as a demo, presumably in 1976. The song has never been released officially, but it did end up on various bootlegs. The song is also known as 'Feeling Like A Waltz' and 'It Hurts Me'.

The demo appears on the bootleg 7" single 'Cathy Demos Volume One' and various bootleg CD's.

Lyrics

Slipping past the chimney-pots
Down among the ashes, away from old times
Why must I self-indulge in memories?
I should be celebrating to a moving melody

But it hurts me, it hurts me
Honey, honey, it hurts me
And I'm feeling like a rose growing old
Old, old, old, old

I was fiery but you put me out
I was always one for loving and leaving
I like to think I was immune to romance
I should be laughing at some good old comedy

Oh, but it hurts me, it hurts me
Honey, honey, it hurts me
And I'm feeling like a rose...

If you laughed at me, I'd laugh too
Rose, don't you know that I'd be really breaking

L'amour--marche avec un etranger
I shouldn't care, you're not my darling anymore

But it hurts me, it hurts me
Honey, honey, honey, honey
And I'm feeling like a rose growing old
Old, old, old, old

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