#3 Kate Bush - Jig Of Life

Album:
Hounds of Love (1985)

Lyrics excerpt:
This moment in time,
It doesn't belong to you, 
It belongs to me,
And to your little boy and to your little girl,
And the one hand clapping:
Where on your palm is my little line,
When you're written in mine
As an old memory?

Reasons to love this song: 
The second side of Kate Bush's album Hounds of Love, entitled The Ninth Wave, tells the story of a woman drowning in the sea, struggling to keep awake and alive. In Jig of Life, she is in danger of giving in to sleep (and death), but her future self appears to her and angrily demands that she stays alive -- she is to live a long life, give birth two two children and grow old. The music is lively and fast-paced, in strong contrast to the melancholic Watching You Without Me which precedes it. It is as if the old woman was using the energy of the folk dance to shake her younger self awake.
The song features a spoken poem, written and performed by Kate's brother John Carder Bush. This is my favourite use of spoken word in a song.

YouTube Link:
The album version