Tanita Tikaram - Not Waving but Drowning

A b-side song from the "I Might Be Crying" single from 1995. The song is Tanita's interpretation of Stevie Smith's poem "Not Waving but Drowning".

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.

Poor man, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.

Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.

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[sonofwalt]

This interpretation moved me. She captured it perfectly.

[unjaded2]

i am looking for to wish this .

[PRINCE23062003]

braathens75 you are awesome. thank you a million times over for putting this up at (possibly) my request (?). i so love this song so much. I realise it is from the poem, but i love this version so much, rather than just being read. in my opinion it puts more feeling in it. but then maybe i am just biased as i heard this first, so once more, many, many thanks.