Song written by Kate Bush, first released on Kate’s debut album The Kick Inside. The lyrics are presumed to reflect Kate’s views on womanhood. According to this view, women have a much stronger survival unit then men since they can bear children, and thus should use their advantage to help men rather then play games with them.

Performances

‘Room For The Life’ was included on the setlist for the Tour of Life. The song wasn’t included in the official video Live at Hammersmith Odeon, but there is still a filmed performance in a television documentary called ‘Kate Bush In Concert’, broadcast in Germany and the Netherlands.

Lyrics

Hey there, you lady in tears,
Do you think that they care if they’re real, woman?
They just take it as part of the deal.
Lost in your men and the games you play.
Trying to prove that you’re better, woman.
But you needn’t get heavy with them.
Like it or not, we were built tough,
Because we’re woman.

No, we never die for long,
While we’ve got that little life
To live for, where it’s hid inside.
No, we never die for long,
Oh! Woman, two in one,

There’s room for a life in your womb, woman,
Inside of you can be two, woman,
There’s room for a life in your womb, woman,
Mama woman, aha!

Night after night in the quiet house,
Plaiting her hair by the fire, woman,
With no lover to free her desire,
How long do you think she can stick it out?
How long do you think before she’ll go out, woman?
Hey! Get up on your feet and go get it, now.
Like it or not, we keep bouncing back,
Because we’re woman.

No, we never die for long,
While we’ve got that little life
To live for, where it’s hid inside.
Oh! Woman, two in one,

There’s room for a life in your womb, woman,
Inside of you can be two, woman,
There’s room for a life in your womb, woman,
Mama woman, aha!

A-mama-woma-mama-woman-aha!
A-mama-woma-mama-woman-aha!
Oh, mama-woman, two-in-a-one, aha!
Oh, two in one, aha!
Oh, woman! Woman! Woman! Woman!
There’s room for a life in your womb!
There’s room for a life in your womb!
Two in one, aha!
Two in one! Two in one! Two in one!
Room for a life in your womb.

Credits

Drums, percussion: Stuart Elliott
Bass: David Paton
Guitars: Ian Bairnson
Boo-bams: Morris Pert
Beer bottles: Andrew Powell, Ian Bairnson

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