Icehouse

I know it isn't right, ah yeah
faith has been broken
and if I have to wait I will
I will be waiting

'cos I watched as the rain come down
and I held it in the palm of my hand
some things will never change
it's just a matter of time

oh I, I believe
I will find you there
someday
and I will follow
whereever you lead
where the river meets the sea

there's got to be a way, ah yeah
faith is still breathing
in another place, another time
I will be waiting

'cos I watched as the rain come down
and it's just a matter of time

oh, I believe
I will find you there
someday
castaway...just out of reach
driven by the storm
somewhere, I believe
you'll always find me here
and I, I will follow
whereever you lead
where the river meets the sea

if you catch yourself some morning
staring at some distant land
with the wind along the shoreline
disappearing into sand
fighting back against the tide and
slowing, sinking, losing ground,
'cos you've found yourself some answers
but you still don't understand

oh I, I believe
I will find you there
someday
castaway...just out of reach
driven by the storm
somewhere, I believe
you'll always find me here
and I, I will follow
whereever you lead
where the river meets the sea

What friends are for
What friends are for

What friends are for
What friends are for

What friends are for
What friends are for

Promises, promises
Old, tired, worn out, second hand sentances
One thing, with you is certain
You're a really sad person
So sad

Dissapointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Dissapointed a few people
Well, isn't that what friends are for? (What friends are for)
What friends are for (What friends are for)
What are friends for?

You, you're just a really sad person
Who won't, you won't listen to anyone
No not you
With those half moon eyelids
Just babbling on, your usless defenses
So sad

Dissapointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Dissapointed a few people
Well isn't that what friends are for (What friends are for)
What friends are for (What friends are for)
What are friends for?

This erratic haphazard, fluttering
This to-ing and fro-ing
Like a confused moth
The collision, illusion
And it's all ad infinitum
You're a really sad person
You're really so sad

Dissapointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Dissapionted a few people
Well isn't that what friends are for (What friends are for)
What friends are for (What friends are for)
What are friends for?

Fools and horses
Running their courses
And brow beaten down
Like dust on the ground
You cheat easily
Like sweet charity
And all of the bastards
The world despises
In newer disguises
You cheat easily
Like all charity

Fools and horses (What friends are for)
Running their courses (What friends are for)
And brow beaten down (What friends are for)
Like dust on the ground (What friends are for)
You cheat easily(What friends are for)
Like sweet charity(What friends are for)
And all of the bastards(What friends are for)
The world despises(What friends are for)
In newer disguises(What friends are for)
You cheat easily(What friends are for)
Like all charity(What friends are for)

YouA´re heard enough
Of the blues and stuff
YouA´re pretty swell now
A´cause youA´re pretty tough
But I donA´t have to tell you
How hard it can be to get by
You never bothered
About anyone else
YouA´re well educated
With no common sense
But love - thatA´s one thing
You really need to get by
All your troubles
Come from yourself
Nobody hurts you
- they donA´t care
Just as long as you show them
A really good time
All the things
You used to do
A trip to the movies
A drink or two
They donA´t satisfy you
They donA´t tell you anything new
You know I donA´t talk much
Except to myself
A´cause iA´ve not much to say
And thereA´s nobody else
WhoA´s ready and willing
And able to know me - I guess
Listen to me
IA´m not finished yet
ThereA´s something to tell you
That I canA´t forget
Just have a really good time
ThereA´s a girl
I used to know
Her face is her fortune
SheA´s got a heart of gold
She never goes out much
But boy - when she does
Then you know
SheA´s got no money
Well, maybe a dime
But she knows what sheA´s worth
And thatA´s reason why
SheA´s gonna make it
SheA´s got what it takes
YouA´ll appreciate that
SheA´s probably late
But I know
And you know
We all know
SheA´ll have a really good time

Sunk deep in the night
I sink in the night
Standing alone underneath the sky
I feel the chill of ice
On my face
I watch the hours go by
The hours go by...
You sleep
Sleep in a safe bed
Curled and protected
Protected from sight
Under a safe roof
Deep in your house
Unaware of the changes at night
At night
I hear the darkness breathe
I sense the quiet despair
Listen to the silence
At night
Someone has to be there
Someone has to be there
Someone must be there

We must play our lives like soldiers in the field
But life is short i'm running faster all the time
Strength and beauty destined to decay
So cut the rose in full bloom
'til the fearless come and the act is done
A love like blood, a love like blood
Everyday through all frustration and despair
Love and hate fight with burning hearts
'til legends live and man is god again
(and self-preservation rules the day no more)
We must dream of promised lands and fields
That never fade in season
As we move towards no end we learn to die
Red tears are shed on grey

I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be Heroes, just for one day
And you, you can be mean
And I, I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact
Yes we're lovers, and that is that
Though nothing, will keep us together
We could steal time, just for one day
We can be Heroes, for ever and ever
What d'you say?
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, for ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day
I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be Heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day
I, I can remember (I remember)
Standing, by the wall (by the wall)
And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads)
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall)
And the shame, was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Then we could be Heroes, just for one day
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be Heroes
We're nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer, just for one day
Oh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh, just for one day

Watching them come and go
The templars and the saracens
They're traveling the holy land
Opening telegrams
Torture comes and torture goes
Knights who'd give you anything
They bear the cross of coeuf de leon
Salvation for the mirror blind
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
Pray and the heathen lie will disappear
Prayers they hide the saddest view
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)
And your prayers they break the sky in two
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)
You pray til the break of dawn
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)
And you'll believe you're loving the alien
(Believing the strangest things, loving the alien)
Thinking of a different time
Palestine a modern problem
Bounty and your wealth in land
Terror in a best laid plan
Watching them come and go
Tomorrows and the yesterdays
Christians and the unbelievers
Hanging by the cross and nail

stupid on the steinway
so sick upon a steinway
the sailors drown
see them talk and see them drown
and see them drink and fall around
upon the floor
sister of mine, home again
sister of mine, home again
lonely in a crowded room
the radio plays out of tune
so silently
the radio upon the floor
is stupid it plays aznavour
so out of key
sister of mine
home again
sister of mine
home again
broken on a ship of fools
even dreams must fall to rules
so stupidly
words are all just useless sound
just like cards they fall around
and we will be
sister of mine
home again
sister of mine
home again
buy a car and watch it rust
sister see them fall to dust
they fall around
in another crowded room
paint me like the shirt i'm in
honestly
sister of mine
home again
sister of mine
home again
sister of mine
sister of mine
sister of mine
sister of mine
sister

Everyone is trying to get to the bar.
The name of the bar, the bar is called Heaven.
The band in Heaven plays my favorite song.
They play it once again, they play it all night long.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
There is a party, everyone is there.
Everyone will leave at exactly the same time.
Its hard to imagine that nothing at all
could be so exciting, and so much fun.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
When this kiss is over it will start again.
It will not be any different, it will be exactly
the same.
It's hard to imagine that nothing at all
could be so exciting, could be so much fun.
Heaven is a place where nothing every happens.
Heaven is a place where nothing every happens.

I ask myself should I put my finger to the left, no
I ask myself should I put my finger to the right, no
I say it really doesn't matter where I put my finger
Someone else will come along and move it
And it's always been the same
It's just a complicated game

A little girl asked me should she part her hair upon the left, no
A little girl asked me should she part her hair upon the right, no
I said it doesn't really matter where you part your hair
Someone else will come along and move it and it's
Always been the same
It's just a complicated game

A little boy asked me should he put his vote upon the left, no
A little boy asked me should he put his vote upon the right, no
I say it really doesn't matter where you put your vote
Someone else will come along and move it
And it's always been the same
It's just a complicated game

They wanted tom
They wanted joe
To dress 'em up and stick 'em out on show
They were arrows in a very bad aim
It's just a complicated game

God asked me should he ought to put his world on the left, no
God asked me should he ought to put his world on the right, no
I said god, it really doesn't matter where you put your world
Someone will come along and move it
And it's always been the same
It's just a complicated
Game

In Berlin, by the wall
you were five foot ten inches tall
It was very nice
candlelight and Dubonnet on ice

We were in a small cafe
you could hear the guitars play
It was very nice
it was paradise

You're right and I'm wrong
hey babe, I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone
One sweet day

Oh, you're right and I'm wrong
you know I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone
One sweet day
One sweet day

In a small, small cafe
we could hear the guitars play
It was very nice
candlelight and Dubonnet on ice

Don't forget, hire a vet
he hasn't had that much fun yet
It was very nice
hey honey, it was paradise

You're right and I'm wrong
oh babe, I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone
One sweet day
You're right, oh, and I'm wrong
you know I'm gonna miss you now that you're gone
One sweet day
One sweet day

One sweet day, one sweet day
oh, one sweet day
One sweet day, baby-baby, one sweet day
one sweet day, one sweet day