Beverly Penn

by The Waterboys

From the album: This Is the Sea

Track 10 of 23 on This Is the Sea (1985).

Duration: 5:40

This Is the Sea cover art

Lyrics for Beverly Penn

Girl sleeping on a mansion roof Under a wintery sky Wrapped she is in furs and sable, Starlight in her eye And what is the name of this creature? Where did she live and when? Who was she and why was it That Peter Lake loved Beverly Penn Four o'clock on a marble morning, Water pouring on her skin In fever her life bursts open And a hurricane blows in When high from the dreams of this creature A thief on a horse descends It was dawn and it was december And Peter Lake loved Beverly Penn It was all of a windy day And the sky was full of crows When her lovely soul ascended

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  1. Don't Bang the Drum
  2. The Whole of the Moon
  3. Spirit
  4. The Pan Within
  5. Medicine Bow
  6. Old England
  7. Be My Enemy
  8. Trumpets
  9. This Is the Sea
  10. Beverly Penn
  11. Sleek White Schooner
  12. Medicine Bow - Extended Version
  13. Medicine Jack
  14. High Far Soon
  15. Even the Trees Are Dancing
  16. Towers Open Fire
  17. This Is the Sea - Live
  18. Then You Hold Me
  19. Spirit - Extended Version
  20. Miracle
  21. I Am Not Here
  22. Sweet Thing
  23. The Waves