Waterboys - Let It Happen lyrics

Such a sad procession winding down the lane What a strange impression was branded on my brain A band was playing endless mindless It was like a hooligan's lament It was dumb but it was timeless I still wonder what it meant But 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 as his hands shook, his aura eaten by his jealousy and all the drugs he took He said "This is the real world, Buddy Toughen up your ass or it'll break" I said "I'm not your buddy, Buddy and your real world is a fake" And whatever needs to happen let it happen, let it be through all I am protected grace is effected over me The D.J. took his vengeance as the weding guests arrive There was malice in his handshake, quicksand in his eyes As he slunk across the courtyard from far-off I heard a horn Somewhere in the bleak mid-distance something beautiful is born 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 hallelujah split the night anarchists and priests were playing stripjack underneath the crude lamplight I came upon a weeping soldier he said "I'm all washed up now hush !" But when I glanced across his shoulder he held the royal flush 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 breathing I'm who I thought I was or just about I'll be walking down this boulevard until my legs give out 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 And whatever needs to happen let it happen, let it be through all I am protected grace is effected over me Whatever needs to happen let it happen, let it be through all I am protected grace is effected over me