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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
You and me got the whole day off
Take a trip to Vincent Van Gogh But the line went halfway round the block And we're looking for a place to rest Every seat in every bar was set So we turned back to The Grand Hotel And the rain came hard A million people on a protest march Every choice, every path was mistaken You and me got the whole thing sussed Gray man is shadowing us Wild conspiracies turn to dust Hear the sound of cathedral bells Cash ringing at the gates of Hell And fairground hooligans push and swell They're the darkest days of a free man Lying in the streets of Amsterdam Nearly fell underneath the tram But I picked myself up Every temptation and device All the diamonds and the spice I would give anything for the sight Of an honest man (Hey) Eyes swim in emptiness I was looking at a hotel guest He blew me a big sarcastic kiss And the Lord walked in With a monocle and lips so thin Saw the barman wink as he poured his brandy They're the darkest days of a free man Lying in the streets of Amsterdam Nearly fell underneath the tram But I picked myself up Every temptation up in lights all the diamonds and the spice Could take profit from the vice Of another man Amsterdam Cold, cold Cold, cold You belong |
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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
Kids kissing on the floor
They make a work of art Up on the gallery wall They take the world apart And no one’s safe The tension on the string We’re almost there It’s time to reign over the king The archer fires away (Send an arrow up) We hope to rise again (Like an invitation) Aim high Then the arrow comes down Take out The pale imitation The whole facade is wearing thin We'll just paper over cracks ‘Til people take the power back Moving out the cavalcade We live to fight another day See the arrows fly They tempt you with a prize Make you master of the house You look so indifferent now With the sucker hanging from your mouth But you can’t be safe You can’t betray your will We’re almost gone It’s time to take over the hill The archer fires away (Send an arrow up) We hope to rise again (Like an invitation) Aim high When the colours come down Take out The pale imitation The whole facade is wearing thin We just paper over cracks ‘Til people take the power back Moving out the cavalcade We live to fight another day See the archer’s arrows fade (Hey, hey) See the archer’s arrows fade (Hey, hey) See the archer’s arrows fade (Soon find out if we make a mark) See the archer’s arrows fade (Soon find out, leave an arrow in my heart) See the archer’s arrows fade See the archer’s arrows fade (Hey, hey) |
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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
Either side of the world
Chase the sun Pay the maximum rate To feel so lonesome Wrapped up like little lambs Safe from harm Enjoy it while you can Happiness is far from home You know it, he knows it Everybody knows it When you’re in love The world moves with you Whatever you want They’re happy to give you The last resort Where the famous have come To be alone Try to work it out The same progression Sometimes I try too hard To overcome Sometimes I think too much Wish I could’ve held my tongue You know it, he knows it Everybody knows it When you’re in love The world moves with you Whatever you want You turn yourself into And then you’re in Hell Luxury and leisure Never meant pleasure We like it different Passion and commitment Commitment Wish I could’ve held my tongue You know it, he knows it Everybody knows it When you’re in love The world moves with you Whatever you want They’re happy to give you When you’re in hell Luxury and leisure Never meant pleasure We like it different Passion and commitment |
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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
It's the closing hour
I don't want to go But I could stay afloat In your eyes I've seen the rocks Where everyone gets lost I won't stray across The white line Let's admit the world don't turn around us It's acting like we don't exist A drunk that's sleeping in the corner Sweet dreams, make waves, find bliss When elephants come down To the water hole at dusk They feel the same as us about life We all take a drink The sun begins to sink The alligator waits for his time Let's admit the world don't turn around us It's acting like we don't exist A drunk that's sleeping in the corner Sweet dreams, make waves, find bliss You don't have to say a word You don't have to say a word I hear what you're thinking You don't have to say a word You don't have to say a word I know what you're thinking I know there's no use So lost and discontent I'm looking for a friend I can trust For all my intent It hasn't happened yet So now I come to you for insight Let's admit the world don't care about us It's acting like we don't exist Drunk and sleeping in the corner Sweet dreams, make waves, find bliss Sweet dreams, make waves, find bliss |
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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
Even though I know you’re wrong
I can never win Disappointment I must bear Underneath my grin In the darkness from the stage The sting in my tail Horizons rise and fall Shadows grow so pale Creatures that come out to play Go home to stay the night Things I got so worried about Are working out just fine I don’t remember and in the end It’s useless to dwell And nothing good is true unless You find out for yourself Old men, be warned He can’t be helped Like those who went before He can’t be helped It’s not your fault It can’t be helped Young men Their imagination knows no bounds As far as I can see There’s a love that can’t be found Until you let it free In the spotlight on the stage The sting in my tail Horizons that rise and fall And shadows grow so pale Old men, be warned He can’t be helped All those who went before He can’t be helped It’s not your fault It can’t be helped Old men But even though I know you’re wrong I can never win Everyone’s son thinks he’s the best They make it all up again |
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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
All his life
Blown by wildfire Like a spark Cause and effect One loose word Revolution One kind act Whole armies give thanks Falling dove Born of ocean Found by man Lived on his own Lift a sail Tighten the knots Lift him up Barely breathing Falling dove Do you believe in us Like I believe in us Is the outcome ever Strange enough You keep defending me When I’m behaving badly ‘Cause you love me ‘Cause you love me too much May the best of fortune bless you Could any creature be unmoved The humble nature of redemption The simple act of finding a use Hoping and almost praying Believing for a moment it’s true I make a rendezvous In Moscow station A midnight passenger The cafe is closed In St. Petersburg The door slides open And I’m a dead man ‘Til I see her walk through Falling dove |
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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
(Inside out) You know me oh so well
(Inside out) You know me back to front (Inside out) You know exactly what I’m gonna do next I’m gonna take you to a higher place The rain collecting in a secret place And I ache for all your suffering (Inside out) I don’t reveal it all (Inside out) I’m putting up this wall (Inside out) For all the people of the cockatoo set The extrovert is always in your face Unaware he’s invading your personal space Take him out, the impostor Put a monkey in his place Circle round the hazy sun The hazy sun is circling the house Spin off the chandeliers And who's the one whose staring at me now You move me into silence It's a heartbeat away from Hell And I try so hard to control myself Always smiling on the inside out (Inside out) (Inside out) (Inside out) You move me into silence You move me into silence You move me into silence You move me into silence |
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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
You arrive
Like a dragonfly Float above the grass Trembling still Think you might Open up your heart Open up your heart Someday you will Yes, there’s always a way Yes, there’s always a way To end this isolation When you rise Like the Milky Way On a luminous night The epic unknown Though I try Try to find a sign Of another life I am alone There’s always a way Yes, there’s always a way To end this isolation One step away from everyone If you could open it up You could connect it to us One step is more than enough To get a look in You could be already gone I wish you would take me along To end this isolation To end this isolation I try so hard to get it right Look for something in your eyes And I see it But you won’t let yourself feel it I wait for you to make a sign Let the door open in your eyes And I believe it That one day you’ll step inside |
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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
It's a Saturday sun
And the game is still on And the waiting is done It's all about you As it calls out your name On a hill far away He's looking down from above It's all about to change He's insane, calling on the day 'Til the clouds get blown away Where inside his mind Lie all of space and time And the farthest worlds unite It's a Saturday sun And the madness is won And the night has been sung Out of existence And my head is alright Was the darkest of nights And the cadmium sun Calling on the day Till the clouds get blown away There's a night inside his mind Lie all of space and time He's been waiting for a sign Looking for the revelation, maybe Or visions of the underworld But when you saw the first light Then you know it's alright It's a Saturday sun And the madness is won And the nightmare is done And in time he waits Colors up the sky Make the darkness come to life Memories inside his heart Of everything he wants to know Of every place he has to go Yeah |
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from Crowded House - Intriguer (2010)
Breathe it out
I can hear you now You think reality’s shut you down And you’re locked away Where you can’t get out Spent awhile on your back But you know what it means to me, babe In the course of a history, hey It all makes sense to me somehow And it’s not what it used to be, no We’re suddenly free to let go And look what’s happening now You will love this one You will love this one As if we create something magical, honey There are times that come These are times that come Only once in your life Or twice like mine Do you wish to love Can you give enough Use your saving graces In the heavy light 'Til the sky falls down He can pray all he likes But you know what it means to me, babe In the course of a history, hey It all makes sense to me somehow It’s a course in philosophy, yeah What is life is it just a dream, no The perfect mystery but somehow I know You will love this one You will love this one And if we create something magical, honey There are times that come These are times that come Only once in your life Or twice if you’re lucky And if the chance it comes around Another time You risk it all, you take the fall For what you like And sure enough before your love Has taken flight You make the revelation You will love this one (Love this one) You will love this one You will love this one Dream in my head Something magical, honey There are times that come These are times that come Only once in your life Or twice if you’re lucky |
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from Crowded House - Pour Le Monde [single] (2007)
He imagines the world
As the angel ascending Like the ghost of a man Who is tied up to the chair And he tries to believe That his life has a meaning With his hand on his heart Pour le monde, pas pour la guerre And I wake up blind Like my dreams were too bright And I lost my regard For the good things that I had And the radio was sad When you listen for good In a hope that comes to nothing ‘Cos the liars have moved in And they believe their own Dark medicine They act so nonchalant But he is not a dog Perform for you in the stadium For the world, not for the war And he won't hesitate Though it might lead to heartache In the night club indigo For the world, not for the war Pour le monde, pas pour la guerre When you listen for good In a hope that comes to nothing 'Cos the liars have moved in And they brew their own Dark medicine Believing it's good Behind their jaded eyes, A dilemma He's the best You ever had He's so low You'll never know |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
Another pleasant day in the countryside
Ended up in tears on a stormy night 'Cause you can't follow my directions home Don't stop now God knows where the satellite's taking us Can't tell what is right in front of us But I hang on every word Don't stop now No, don't stop now Give me something I can write about Get fooled by the lightning every time See the after image of my outline Then you turn the wrong way ‘round Well, don't stop now No, don't stop now Give me something I can write about Give me something I can cry about In a church house ten miles out of town Is the devil gonna track me down When you travel through a tunnel in the trees Just remember that's how you get to me There's no number on the house The birds are heading south Sometimes you have to turn The wrong way ‘round Sometimes you get too close to nowhere now Restless, hopeful, in silence I wait With a blank piece of paper on the top of my head And all I want is something I can write about All I want is something I can cry about |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
English trees in my garden
They planted seeds in a faraway land In between the palms and the succulent grow They lose their leaves in the winter Mark the seasons for him and for her Once upon a time in the fallen snow Up against the sky made a silhouette show England cries and she plays for him Her chords entwined like a requiem And though it's springtime and color is new In Regent's Park I will mourn for you And I must be wise somehow 'Cause my heart's been broken down It's so far to fall And so hard to climb Nothing sadder I know Than the passing of time You won't forget me You won't forget me Like english trees in my garden Summer's missed you my darling All your crimes are forgiven All your crimes are forgiven And I must be wise somehow (You won't forget me) (You won't forget me) And England cries There's English trees in my garden |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
I want to turn on the lights
I want to keep your hopes alive So where do I begin To help you believe again Makers of secret planes Keepers of our last remains Dream of a holy state In a nightmare time You know I meant it well But who was it meant to help? Even a child knows you dont waste it A promise is only given once And there is no doubt that changes have begun Even a child knows that you can't fake it As long as the world is waking up You are free now to recover your heart The stories left to write The ebb and flow of my life To justify the end I'll do everything I can And it's a dangerous game I heard you tell someone that you don't care But I don't believe the message And when you sing about love What are you thinking of? Even a child knows you dont waste it As long as the world is waking up And there is no doubt that changes have begun Even a child knows you don't fake it A promise is only given once You are free now to go wherever you want Theres nothing like waking up in some foreign town Music is a call to prayer Wailing out of the speakers in the market place The first time Even a child Even a child knows you don't waste it A present can always be delivered twice You are free now to receive the gift of insight From now on (lets be open) All in time (lets breathe in) Am I brave (you're so brave) Am I afraid (no not afraid) Even a child |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
Plead with my saint
Wash his hands and feet Find his complaints Make this world complete And this heaven that I'm making Can't come quickly enough And the big wave that I'm taking It feels like I'm just waking up Mind out, don't think I can't get used to it Right on the brink I end up losing it And this heaven that I'm making It can't come quickly enough And the big wave that I'm taking It feels like I'm just waking up And I'll be there If all of creation is kind And each conversation I hear As I'm walking in through the crowd As if I can float through the air And this heaven Well, this heaven that I'm making It can't come quickly enough And this big boat that I'm taking Can't come by quickly enough If there is hell on Earth There must be heaven, too Both in one place And not a second to lose |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
Down on the ocean floor
That's where I'm heading for Hold on to a sinking stone Until the worst is known. Nobody wants to think about it Nobody wants to talk about it Nobody Protects you They make it go away Pretending that it's all ok Broken pieces on the ground And everyones tip-toeing round Nobody wants to think about it Nobody wants to talk about it No-one Protects you Yeah Are we losing something We used to cry We used to say why For all I know I might not get home But I found out If we open it up We could work this out Nobody wants to think about it Nobody wants to talk about it Now What you suspected all along Everything he told you was wrong And you can see it if you want But nobody wants to |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
Sweet madness it must be wrong
What kind of fool imagines love With all this going on Stars burning in the empty sky And the city is a flame With a million lights And they come and they go In the blink of an eye People are like suns And they're burning up inside People are like suns Science will enable us to hear To be crystal clear To make diamonds in the shifting sand Better take all the love that you got in a single hand And they come and they go In the fullness of time People are like suns They are burning up inside People are like suns Breathing into life All that's good in us To saints become It can't be helped Doesn't stop me thinking out aloud I could've done something And they come and they go Yeah they come and they go People are like suns People are like suns They go out tonight Set this town alight All fade into white |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
He imagines the world
As the angel ascending Like the ghost of a man Who is tied up to the chair And he tries to believe That his life has a meaning With his hand on his heart Pour le monde, pas pour la guerre And I wake up blind Like my dreams were too bright And I lost my regard For the good things that I had And the radio was sad When you listen for good In a hope that comes to nothing ‘Cos the liars have moved in And they believe their own Dark medicine They act so nonchalant But he is not a dog Perform for you in the stadium For the world, not for the war And he won't hesitate Though it might lead to heartache In the night club indigo For the world, not for the war Pour le monde, pas pour la guerre When you listen for good In a hope that comes to nothing 'Cos the liars have moved in And they brew their own Dark medicine Believing it's good Behind their jaded eyes, A dilemma He's the best You ever had He's so low You'll never know |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
Say that again
I won't forget The phrase that turned in my head And at the start It makes no sense A long time left to understand There on the shore The girl that I adore She combs her hair on the sand And I know You got to fight the plan You got to bend the rules Yeah I know You got be your own man You got break the rules I think too much The alphabet They dance a pirhoutte in my head A chance remark Becomes the spark And maybe luck has come again The hint of a smile The accidental rhyme That captured me the first time And I know You got to fight the plan You got to bend the rules Yeah I know You got be your own man You got make the rules Midnight is standing in the shadows This haunting is a reckless escape Late nights of crawling on the sidewalk Lets stay on in the mansion for the weekend Lets go on making moments last a lifetime We live on in the promises we keep The hint of a smile The accidental rhyme That captured me the first time And I know You got to fight the plan You got to bend the rules Yeah I know You got be your own man You got break the rules And I know you got to be your own man you got to make your own rules Go on making moments last a lifetime We live on in the company we keep Lets go on |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
She called up
And gave me the news It made me so sad, sad, sad There was nothing I could do She's too far away And you had to leave I can never repay you now For what you gave to me A whisper that can blow a chasm wide It took us all It took us all Pushed apart the mountains and the tide It took us all She called up And gave me the news It made me so sad, sad, sad There was nothing I could do I was so lost In delirious sleep Wasn't prepared for that position Yeah maybe I was naive But truth is a mortal blow You know all there is to know The hurt that you held so close There's something better now And she called up And gave me the news It made me so sad, sad, sad There was nothing I could do She's too far away And you had to leave I can never repay you now For what you gave to me For what you gave to me She called up She called up She called up And gave me the news |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
A sigh
from the deepest well you can tell a lot by not saying a thing It's true between us, my friend this longing... A sigh for loneliness to end no changing the story now a sigh from the emptiest part it's a tender place a sigh is more than I can bear this show is not fooling anyone but it's all for you but i think your mind is made up |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
These walls have eyes
Rows of photographs With faces like mine Who do we become Without knowing where we started from It's true I'm missing you And I stand alone Inside your room Everything that you made by hand Everything that you know by heart I will try to connect All the pieces you've left I will carry it on And let you forget I'll remember the years When your mind was still clear All the flickering lights They filled up this silent house One room Two beds In the closet hangs your favourite dress Good books that you read Are in pieces now The pages are shredded Everything that you made by hand Everything that you know by heart I will try to connect All the pieces you've left I will carry it on And let you forget I'll remember the years When your mind was still clear All the flickering lights That filled up this silent house Everything that you made by hand Everything that you know by heart All the names that you can't recall I will try to connect All the pieces you've left I will carry it on And let you forget I'll remember the years When your mind was still clear All the flickering lights That filled up this silent house |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
Talk to her, that's right
It could mean more than you think Talk to her, that's right And you don't have to lose a thing Leave the boots and saddle outside You could make her happy again Laugh about the time She threw the dinner at you And in the coconut grove You can imagine the scene Another bus unloads We're still waiting to leave Talk to her, that's nice Or you could make a murder begin Breathe on her, that's right Once more you will be her friend She's the only who knows Where you're from and where you've been And what remains unsaid Can leave you hanging in between I spent a lot of time in the transit lounge And I wasn't sure where I was going now The papers I read were all yesterday's news Not a hundred percent sure what I did with my shoes Lying on the floor of the transit lounge There'll be no announcements made Better make sure you don't sleep too sound There'll be no announcements made There'll be no announcements made And you can dream about the things You meant to do before you die Break him out, the one Who's waiting for his moment to shine All the stupid things I said Will haunt you, will linger I guess And in the coconut grove You can imagine the scene Another bus unloads We're still waiting to leave The camera flash goes off See the tallest man alive And Thai massage his feet Before his long plane ride |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
She walked her way down
It brought my mind back From where I was trapped How long will it take For tension to break Feel it sliding off Shimmy-like cloth I left on the ground And I know what the answer is And I'm happy to be here tonight But when you're in the moment Everything you want is right But before she takes a step She's waiting for the beat to arrive And the drummer's counting out the start She walked her way down In silver and black Tension is snapped I picked up the trace A scent I can't place Remembering desire Higher and high Lift off the ground And I know what the answer is But I'm happy to be here tonight And when you're in the moment Everything you want is right From before she takes a step She's waiting for the beat to arrive The drummer makes the same mistake And my eyes are on the shape That is captured in the light All went quiet on the floor When she walked her way down As we happen to be here tonight But don't we make a beautiful sight And when you're in the moment Everything you want is right But before she takes a step She's waiting for the beat to arrive If you're tamed by all the pressure Everything you want to become The drummer always comes in late And my eyes are on the shake That is captured in the light And I want to feel the weightless grasp Upon my heavy life |
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from Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
Who'll face the tide
And take their chances? Will fasten the line To broken branches Adrift on the ocean in wild winter storms I have to imagine things to keep myself warm The night closing in, but not to worry Told everyone I know, that I was sorry And I heard them all singing For comfort and peace And in my confusion Yeah I still believe You are the one to make me cry You are the one to take me home Of all the people in my life My thoughts keep returning to you But consciousness is fading fast Surrounded by signs that go on living Make circles in time, a spidersweb spinning But I have no illusions of where I am now I'll let this wave take me and draw me down You are the one to make me cry You are the one to take me home Of all the stories in your life Only good things return to you If I could only say the word If you could hear me cry for help I lift my head up to the sky But the planes that were circling now have gone |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
Why do I kid myself
Why do I scream for pleasure It's four in the morning should know better But she can weave a spell Want it to last forever Making me feel like somebody special Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) Doing damage to my brain Well here we go again Though I look everywhere I never seem to find it Always a shadow around a corner Drown it in alcohol Stuck in the elevator Hard to remember in the morning Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) Doing damage to my brain Well here we go again Tell you about myself If you're in the mood to listen Baby you don't know who you're kissing This is a lonely world You are a strange companion When you get what you wanted You want to leave Honestly I want to free myself From the burden of inaction Honestly I want to raise myself To any plane I can imagine Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) Doing damage to my brain Well here we go again |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
There is freedom within
There is freedom without Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup There's a battle ahead Many battles are lost But you'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling with me Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us We know that they won't win Now I'm towing my car There's a hole in the roof My possessions are causing me suspicion, but there's no proof In the paper today Tales of war and of waste But you turn right over to the TV page Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us We know that they won't win Now I'm walking again To the beat of a drum And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart Only shadows ahead Barely clearing the roof Get to know the feeling of liberation and release Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us You know that they won't win Don't let them win (Hey now, hey now) Hey now, hey now Hey now, hey now Don't let them win (They come, they come) Don't let them win (Hey now, hey now) yeah (Hey now, hey now) |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
There's a hole in the river where my auntie lies
From the land of the living to the air and sky Left her car by the river left her shoes beside Through the thorns and the bushes I hope she was ... Dreaming of glory Miles above the mountains and plains Free at last We were touched by a cold wind, my father and I The sound of desperate breathing her fear inside us all She was coming to see him but something changed her mind Drove her down to the river There is no return There's a hole in the river where a memory lies From the land of the living to the air and sky She was coming to see him But something changed her mind, drove her down to the river There is no return |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
You came
Out of this world to me My life Parted like the Red Sea We flowed Easy between the rocks and stones Never seemed to stop us The years Ended in confusion Don't ask me I don't know what happened But I am A man with a mission Must be the devil I don't know It's hard to let go Of all that we know As I walk away from you Hurled from my home Into the unknown As I walk away from you Reveal whatever you desire To you it may be death defying Black day In the coldness of winter Black words Slipping off my tongue I say forget it--it's over As a dark cloud covered up the sun It's hard to let go Of all that we know As I walk away from you The sun always sets With room for regrets As I walk away from you Give it to me Give it to me Your inspiration Give to receive Find all we need As I walk away Just a slave to ambition Tension your permanent condition So much you've always wanted Too much givin' you a sore head |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
There's closets in my head where dirty things are kept
That never see the light of day I want to drag them out, go for a walk Just to see the look that's on your face Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you So forgive me if I tell a lie Sometimes I come on cold but don't believe it I will love you till the day I die I believe in doing things backwards Take heed, start doing things in reverse Here comes trouble, there's nothing wrong when I relax I'm talking to myself you're coming with me Teaching you how to distort the facts Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you So forgive me if I tell a lie Sometimes I come on cold but don't believe it I will love you till the day I die I believe in doing things backwards Take heed, start doing things in reverse Frost on the window pane, the sound of pouring rain All makes me glad of you Though I am far away I am always with you Know the answer before you know the question Pull yourself together, baby, push with all you might I'm all alone, always alone Though I am far away I am always with you |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
She came all the way from America
Had a blind date with destiny And the sound of Te Awamutu Had a truly sacred ring Now her parents are divorced And her friend's committing suicide I could not escape A plea from the heart You know what it means to me She said don't walk away I'm down on my knees So please don't be mean to me So I talked to you for an hour In the bar of a small town hotel You asked me what I was thinking I was thinking of a padded cell With a black and white T.V. To stop us from getting lonely I could not escape A plea from the heart You know what it means to me She said don't walk away I'm down on my knees So please don't be mean to me No, I could not escape A plea from the heart Mysterious sympathy I couldn't wait for a chance To walk out the door You know what it means to me I saw you lying in the arms of a poet I heard him tell you t...tantalizing lies (about me) Well whad'd'ya know, whad'd'ya know I could not escape You're down on the floor You know what it means to me I couldn't wait for a chance To walk out the door Mean ... You know what it means In the arms of a poet You know what it means |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
It never used to be that bad
But neither was it great Somewhere in the middle then Content and much too safe Oh tell me please Why it takes so long To realise when there's something wrong Chorus: Lay me out with your heart Now we're getting somewhere Push me back to the start Now we're getting somewhere Take me out let me breathe Now we're getting somewhere When I'm with you I don't care Where it is I'm falling There's money in the Bible Belt Hugs for daddy too Three wishes for eternity We've got some work to do Oh tell me please, tell me what went wrong Cos I believe there is something wrong Chorus When you took me to your room I swear I said surrender When you opened up your mouth I saw the words fall out Though nothing much has changed I swear I will surrender There is pain in me heart We can choose what we choose to believe |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
Love can make you weep, it can make you run for cover
Roots that spread so deep, bring life to frozen ground (Something so strong) could carry us away (Something so strong) could carry us today Turning in my sleep, love can leave you cold The taste of jealousy, is like a lust for gold (Something so strong) could carry us away (Something so strong) could carry us today (I've been) feeling so much older (Frame me) and hang me on the wall (I've seen) you fall into the same trap (This thing) is happening to us all (Bridge) (Something so strong) could carry us away (Something so strong) could carry us today (Something so strong) (Something so strong) (Something so strong) Something something so strong |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
You take away my air
You make my lungs collapse I die tonight Feeling devastated That's what I call Livin' in your memory That's what I call Tired and deflated That's what I call Love I tidy up your room You tidy up my life Show me the door I'm abandoned here I'm warm to the core I can feel You sink I swim We never got in that deep You bend I break I die tonight Feeling devastated That's what I call Hangin' on and falling over That's what I call Tired and deflated That's what I call Love I got a little room The air's still pretty bad I die tonight Feeling devastated That's what I call Hanging on and falling over That's what I call Tired and deflated That's what I call Feeling devastated That's Living with a vacuum cleaner What Sweepin' up your memory I call love |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
Look at all the plans I made
Falling down like scraps of paper I will leave them where they lie to remind me From the past a rumour comes Don't let it keep draggin' you down Throw the memory in an open fire You'll be free Roll back the tombstone Let the saints appear Roll back the tombstone Make a new man out of me Beware the passenger The train already left the station We are neither at home nor at work We are moving Listen to the howling of steel A face betraying no emotion Like you never had a chance to be Wild and free Roll back the tombstone Let the saints appear Roll back the tombstone Till the Lone Ranger rides again Rides again in your mind Rode across the open plain All the way and back again |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House (2005)
Here's someone now whose got the muscle
His steady hand could move a mountain Expert in bed but come on now There must be something missing That golden one leads a double life You'll find out But I don't know where you go Do you climb into space To the world where you live The world where you live So here we lie against each other These four walls can never hold us We're looking for wide open spaces High above the kitchen And we're strangers here On our way to some other place But I don't know where you go Do you climb into space To the world where you live The world where you live The world where you live When friends come round You might remember and be sad Behind their eyes is unfamiliar Do you climb into space To the world where you live The world where you live ... |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
Not everyone in New York would pay to see Andrew Lloyd Webber
May his trousers fall down as he bows to the queen and the crown I don't know what tune that the orchestra played But it went by me sickly and sentimental Can I have another piece of chocolate cake? Tammy Baker's got a lot on her plate Can I buy another cheap Picasso fake? Andy Warhol must be laughing in his grave The band of the night take you to ethereal heights over dinner And you wander the streets never reaching the heights that you seek And the sugar that dripped from the violins' bow Made the children go crazy, put a hole in the tooth of a hag Can I have another piece of chocolate cake? Tammy Baker must be losing her faith, yeah Can I buy another cheap Picasso fake? Andy Warhol must be laughing in his grave And the dogs are on the road, we're all tempting fate Cars shooting by with no number plates And hear comes Mrs. Hairy Legs I saw Elvis Presley walk out of a Seven Eleven And a woman gave birth to a baby and then bowled 257 The excess of fat on your American bones Will cushion the impact as you sink like a stone Can I have another piece of chocolate cake? Tammy Baker, Tammy Baker Can I buy another cheap Picasso fake? Cheap Picasso, cheap Picasso fake Can I have another piece of chocolate cake? Kathy Straker, boy, could she lose some weight Can I buy another slice of real estate? Liberace must be laughing in his grave Can I have another piece of chocolate cake? Can I have another piece of chocolate cake? Can I have another piece of chocolate cake? Can I have another piece of chocolate cake? |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
I thought it was about time something newer than Woodface was
put into the archive. The first single from the new "probably-better-than-Woodface-after-all" album : Tell me all the things you would change I don't pretend to know what you want When you come around and spin my top Time and again, time and again No fire where I lit my spark I am not afraid of the dark When your words devour my heart And put me to shame, put me to shame [Chorus: When your seven worlds collide Whenever I am by your side And dust from a distant sun Will shower over everyone] You're still so young to travel so far Old enough to know who you are Wise enough to carry the scars Without any blame, there's no-one to blame It's easy to forget what you learnt Waiting for the thrill to return Feeling your desire burn And drawn to the flame [Chorus] Dust from a distant sun Will shower over everyone And I'm lying on the table washed out in the flood Like a Christian fearing vengeance from above I don't pretend to know what you want But I offer love... Seven worlds will collide Whenever I am by your side Dust from a distant sun Will shower over everyone As time slips by And your mind And your mind As time slips by |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost But you'll never see the end of the road While you're traveling with me Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us We know they won't win Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof In the paper today tales of war and of waste But you turn right over to the T.V. page Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us Don't ever let them win |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
Can you imagine this
An itch to sensitive to scratch The light that falls through the cracks An insect to delicate to catch I hear the endless murmur Every blade of grass that shivers in the breeze And the sound that comes to carry me Across the land and over the sea And I can't look up Fingers of love move down And I can't look back Fingers of love move down Colour is its own reward Colour is its own reward The chiming of a perfect chord Let's go jumping overboard Into waves of joy and clarity Your hands come out to rescue me And I'm playing in the shallow water Laughing while the mad dog sleeps And I can't look up Fingers of love move down And I won't be hit Fingers of love move everywhere There is time yet Fall by the way From the cradle to the grave From a palace to the gutter From beneath the dying waves To the sun like fingers of love Through waves of joy and clarity A fallen angel walked on the sea And I'm playing in the shallow water Laughing while the mad dog sleeps And I can't look up Fingers of love move down And I won't be hit Fingers of love move everywhere There is time yet For you to find me And all I want Fingers of love move down. |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
There's a hole in the river where my auntie lies
From the land of the living to the air and sky Left her car by the river left her shoes beside Through the thorns and the bushes I hope she was ... Dreaming of glory Miles above the mountains and plains Free at last We were touched by a cold wind, my father and I The sound of desperate breathing her fear inside us all She was coming to see him but something changed her mind Drove her down to the river There is no return There's a hole in the river where a memory lies From the land of the living to the air and sky She was coming to see him But something changed her mind, drove her down to the river There is no return |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
Ice will melt, water will boil
You and I can shake of this mortal coil It's bigger than us You don't have to worry about it Ready or not, here comes the drop You feel lucky when you know where you are You know it's gonna come true Here in your arms I remember It's only natural that I should want to be there with you It's only natural that you should feel the same way too It's easy when you don't try going on first impressions Man in a cage has made his confession now You've seen me at my worst And it won't be the last time I'm down there I want you to know I feel completely at ease Read me like a book that's fallen down Between your knees, please Let me have my way with you It's only natural that I should want to be there with you It's only natural that you should feel the same way too It's circumstantial, it's nothing written in the sky And we don't even have to try But we'll be shaking like mud, buildings of glass Sink in to the bay, they'll be under the rocks again You don't have to say I know you're afraid It's only natural that I should want to be there with you It's only natural that you should feel the same way too It's circumstantial, it's something I was born to It's only natural, can I help it if I want to |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
My life is a house
You crawl through the window Skip across the floor and into the reception room You enter the place of endless persuasion Like a knock on the door When there's ten or more things to do Who is that calling? You my companion Run to the water on a burning beach And it brings me relief Pass through the walls To find my intentions Circle 'round in a strange, hypnotic state I look into space There is no connection A million points of light And a conversation I can't face Cast me off one day To lose my inhibition Sit like a lap dog on the edge of his knee Wear the nails on your feet I woke up the house Stumbled in sideways The lights went on and everybody screamed ""Surprise!"" The savage review It left me gasping But it warms my heart to see that you can do it too Total surrender Your touch is so tender Your skin is like water on a burning beach And it brings me relief, it brings me relief, it brings me relief Like a night in your mind It brings me relief In the back door Under the stars And the scenery is my flaw In the back room Under the stars And the scenery is my flaw |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
Don't stand around
Like friends at a funeral Eyes to the ground It could've been you And why do you weep For the passing of ages? You slip with the back of your hand, you're taking it out on the one you love I couldn't believe it And we might still survive And rise up through the maze If you could change your life And never be the same How long must I wait For you to release me? I pay for each mistake While you suffer in silence I could still have an easy life But the lie ain't worth the living Once more will I hear you say That we might still survive And rise up through the maze If you could change your life And never be the same Never be the same Don't stand around Like friends at a funeral Eyes to the ground Don't suffer in silence 'Cause we might still survive And rise up through the maze If you could change your life And never be the same (And every time I hear you) Never be the same (And every time I mess up) Never be the same Never be the same Never be the same And every time I hear you And every time I mess up Never be, never be, never be, never be the same |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
Now, you're heading down to get someone
Should've done what he had to do years ago The position is coming through All the people that you're standing on All the people that you're standing on Now, you're heading down to be someone Someone that you've seen in a magazine Your premonition is coming true Oh, baby, you're not so green No, baby, you're not so green No, baby, you're nutso CHORUS Sister madly waking up the dead Systematically stepping on my head 'Cause sister madly waking up the dead Systematically stepping on my head Now, you're heading down to find something Something that you buried in your backyard The position is coming through From all the dirt that you're digging up From all the dirt that you're digging up Now, you're heading down to be somewhere Somewhere you imagined in your wildest dream The opposition is coming through From all the people that you're standing on From all the people that you're standing on And now, you'd better take a firm hand CHORUS Now, you're heading down to get someone Someone that you should've had years ago The position is coming through All the people that you're standing on All the people that you're standing on You're hard to get a hand on CHORUS |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
Love can make you weep, it can make you run for cover
Roots that spread so deep, bring life to frozen ground (Something so strong) could carry us away (Something so strong) could carry us today Turning in my sleep, love can leave you cold The taste of jealousy, is like a lust for gold (Something so strong) could carry us away (Something so strong) could carry us today (I've been) feeling so much older (Frame me) and hang me on the wall (I've seen) you fall into the same trap (This thing) is happening to us all (Bridge) (Something so strong) could carry us away (Something so strong) could carry us today (Something so strong) (Something so strong) (Something so strong) Something something so strong |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
Walking 'round the room singing
Stormy Weather at 57 Mt. Pleasant St. Now it's the same room but everything's different You can fight the sleep but not the dream Things ain't cookin' in my kitchen Strange affliction wash over me Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire Couldn't conquer the blue sky There's a small boat made of china Going nowhere on the mantlepiece Do I lie like a loungeroom lizard Or do I sing like a bird released Everywhere you go you always take the weather with you |
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from Crowded House - Classic Masters (2004)
When you come across the sea
Me like a beacon guiding you to safety The sooner the better now And when you come the hills Will breathe like a baby Pulled up heaving from the bottom of the ocean The sooner the better now When you come to cover me with your kisses Fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den I'll know you by the thunderclap Pouring like rain of blood to my emotions Chorus: And that is why I stumble to my knees And why underneath the heavens With the stars burning and exploding I know I could never let you down When you come like an iceberg float in darkness Smashing my hull send me to the bottom of the sea I should know you better now When you come your majesty to entrap me Prince of light receding The sooner the better now And when you come to cover me With your kisses hard like armour The sooner the better now I'll know you by the thunderclap Pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions (chorus) She came out of the water Into my horizon Like a cumulo nimbus Coming in from a distance Burning and exploding Burning and exploding Like a slow volcano When you come Cover the ground with ashes When you come |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
Black and white boy
black and white boy you're so extreme you're so confused color me in whatever mood I'm in I could be still in touch with you And you're full of the wonder of spring it's all sweetness and lightness you bring and a room full of people fall to your infinite charm but when darkness should quickly descend you go quietly, my miserable friend to the depths of despair you will crawl black and white boy Black and white boy black and white boy you're so extreme you're so confused color me in whatever mood I'm in I could be still in touch with you When you shake off the shadows of night and your eyes are so clear and so bright you'll make fools of the liars and creeps put a rose in my cheeks but when demons have climbed on your back you are vicious and quick to attack and you put on a wonderful show do you really, really think I don't know? black and white boy And you run like a cat to the cream and you're acting so nice it's obscene you put on a wonderful show do you really, really think I don't know? black and white boy . |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
No night to stay in
Bad moon is rising again Dice rolls And you burn Come down I fear As that cold wheel turns I know what I know Sad Claude's been sleeping around To stroke the right nerve Whose needs do I serve As Catherine's wheel turns She was always the first to say gone she's got her catherine wheels on Always the first to say gone Go kindly with him To his blind apparition His face creases up With age gone grey He'll back here one day She was always the first to say gone she's got her catherine wheels on Always the first to say gone She's got her catherine wheels on Wheels on Catherine wheels She's gone Vanished in the night Broke off the logic of light He woke Tore the covers back Found he was empty inside So they were told When the moon would rise The best time to leave with your soul She's gone But towards the light Watching her whole life unfold Bruises come out dark So strong was his hold on her Regarded by some as his slave He spoke as in a stranger's tongue Despair us and drive you away Bruises come out dark |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
I thought it was about time something newer than Woodface was
put into the archive. The first single from the new "probably-better-than-Woodface-after-all" album : Tell me all the things you would change I don't pretend to know what you want When you come around and spin my top Time and again, time and again No fire where I lit my spark I am not afraid of the dark When your words devour my heart And put me to shame, put me to shame [Chorus: When your seven worlds collide Whenever I am by your side And dust from a distant sun Will shower over everyone] You're still so young to travel so far Old enough to know who you are Wise enough to carry the scars Without any blame, there's no-one to blame It's easy to forget what you learnt Waiting for the thrill to return Feeling your desire burn And drawn to the flame [Chorus] Dust from a distant sun Will shower over everyone And I'm lying on the table washed out in the flood Like a Christian fearing vengeance from above I don't pretend to know what you want But I offer love... Seven worlds will collide Whenever I am by your side Dust from a distant sun Will shower over everyone As time slips by And your mind And your mind As time slips by |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
Can you imagine this
An itch to sensitive to scratch The light that falls through the cracks An insect to delicate to catch I hear the endless murmur Every blade of grass that shivers in the breeze And the sound that comes to carry me Across the land and over the sea And I can't look up Fingers of love move down And I can't look back Fingers of love move down Colour is its own reward Colour is its own reward The chiming of a perfect chord Let's go jumping overboard Into waves of joy and clarity Your hands come out to rescue me And I'm playing in the shallow water Laughing while the mad dog sleeps And I can't look up Fingers of love move down And I won't be hit Fingers of love move everywhere There is time yet Fall by the way From the cradle to the grave From a palace to the gutter From beneath the dying waves To the sun like fingers of love Through waves of joy and clarity A fallen angel walked on the sea And I'm playing in the shallow water Laughing while the mad dog sleeps And I can't look up Fingers of love move down And I won't be hit Fingers of love move everywhere There is time yet For you to find me And all I want Fingers of love move down. |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
You're standing in a deep dark hole
Beneath a sky as black as coal It's just the fear of losing control You know so well Don't miss it when the moment comes Be submissive just this once Imagine there is something to be done Some truth to tell I would love To trouble you in your time of need Lose your way It's a pleasure when you're in my command Juggle like a diplomat Struggle to hold onto your hat Swinging like an acrobat But time will tell The clock is dripping on the wall Listen to the rise and fall Close your eyes and hear the call you know so well Put on your wings You're responsible for everything Desolate in anger and safe in isolation You're about to be the victim of a holy visitation By the rites that I've been given Put on your wings You're not responsible for everything I would love To trouble you in your time of need Lose your way It's a pleasure when you're in my command When you're in my command In my command |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
I was standing on a wave, then I made the drop
I was lying in a cave in the solid rock I was feeling pretty brave 'til the lights went off Sleep by no means comes too soon In a valley lit by the moon We left a little dust on his Persian rug We gathered up our clothes, got the washing done In a long forgotten place, who'll be the first to run? Sleep by no means comes too soon In a valley lit by the moon I was floating on a wave, then I made the drop I was climbing up the walls, Waiting for the band to start You can say the magic words I've got my senses on and this is the only place that I always run from Sleep by no means comes too soon In a valley lit by the moon.. |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
Locked Out - Crowded House
I've been locked out I've been locked in but I always seem to come back again when you're in that room what do you do? I know that I will have you in the end And the clouds they're crying on you and the birds are offering up their tunes in a shack as remote as a mansion you escape into a place where nothing moves And I've been locked out and I know we're through but I can't begin to face up to the truth I wait so long for the walls to crack but I know that I will one day have you back And the hills are as soft as a pillow and they cast a shadow on my bed and the view when I look through my window is an altarpiece I'm praying to for the living and the dead Twin valleys shine in the morning sun I send a message out to my only one Yet I've been locked out and I know we're through but I can't begin to face up to the truth I wait so long for the walls to crack but I know that I will one day have you back (yes, I will) And I work like bees in the honey every night I circle like the moon it's an act of simple devotion but it can take forever when you've got something to prove I've been locked out.... |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
My life is a house
You crawl through the window Skip across the floor and into the reception room You enter the place of endless persuasion Like a knock on the door When there's ten or more things to do Who is that calling? You my companion Run to the water on a burning beach And it brings me relief Pass through the walls To find my intentions Circle 'round in a strange, hypnotic state I look into space There is no connection A million points of light And a conversation I can't face Cast me off one day To lose my inhibition Sit like a lap dog on the edge of his knee Wear the nails on your feet I woke up the house Stumbled in sideways The lights went on and everybody screamed ""Surprise!"" The savage review It left me gasping But it warms my heart to see that you can do it too Total surrender Your touch is so tender Your skin is like water on a burning beach And it brings me relief, it brings me relief, it brings me relief Like a night in your mind It brings me relief In the back door Under the stars And the scenery is my flaw In the back room Under the stars And the scenery is my flaw |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
Pineapple Head
Detective is flat no longer is always flat out got the number of the getaway car didn't get very far As lucid as hell these images moving so fast like a fever so close to the bone I don't feel too well And if you choose to take that path I will play you like a shark and I'll clutch at your heart I'll come flying like a spark to enflame you Sleeping alone for pleasure, the pineapple head it spins and it spins like a number I hold don't remember if she was my friend it was a long time ago And if you choose to take that path Sleeping alone for pleasure, the pineapple head it spins and it spins like a number I hold don't remember if she was my friend it was a long time ago And if you choose to take that path would you come to make me pay? |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
Private Universe - Crowded House
No time, no place to talk about the weather the promise of love is hard to ignore who said the chance wasn't getting any better the labor of love is ours to endure the highest branch on the apple tree it was my favorite place to be I could hear them breaking free but they could not see me *I will run for shelter endless summer lift the curse it feels like nothing matters in our private universe I have all I want, is that simple enough? a whole lot more I'm thinking of every night about six o'clock birds come back to the pond to talk they talk to me - birds to talk to me if I go down on my knees *Repeat It feels like nothing matters in our private universe And it's a pleasure that I have known and it's a treasure that I have gained and it's a pleasure that I have known It's a tight squeeze, but I won't let go time is on the table and the dinner's cold I will run for shelter endless summer lift the curse it feels like nothing matters in our private universe......... |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
(I see some very nice skin out there)
I like the smell of that shop I like the way it serves me I like the pigment in your skin I like the way it moves me I like kids when they're asleep their little arms around you I like the way we play games don't lose that skin feeling I'm looking old, I'm feeling young it's the truth my child My second life has just begun with this hungry girl I like black and I like red and I like that orange circle I like the things that you said when you were misbehaving I like the people on TV But no-one looks like me I love you and you love me don't lose that skin feeling I'm looking old, I'm feeling young it's the truth my child My second life has just begun with this hungry girl I love the pigment in your skin I love the way it moves me I like the smell of that shop I like the way it serves me I like the things that you said when you were misbehaving I love you and you love me don't lose that skin feeling I'm looking old I'm feeling young It's the truth my child My second life has just begun with this hungry girl It's the truth my child let me hold you high (And I like to get up in the sky) (I like to look down) (I like to fly) (I like to fly, in the sky real high) (I like to run in the sand like a horse) (That's what I like) (I like to swim in the ocean like a fish) (I like to fly high) |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
together alone
above and beneath we were as close as anyone can be now you are gone far away from me as is once will always be together alone anei ra maua (here we are together) e piri tahi nei (in a very close embrace) e noha tahi nei (being together) ko maua anake (just us alone) kei runga a Rangi (Rangi the sky-father is above) ko papa kei raro (the earth mother is below) e mau tonu nei (our love for one another) kia mau tonu ra (is everlasting) together alone shallow and deep holding our breath paying death no heed i'm still your friend when you are in need as is once will always be earth and sky moon and sea Maori Chant anei ra maua (here we are together) e piri tahi nei (in a very close embrace) e noha tahi nei (being together) ko maua anake (just us alone) kei runga a Rangi (Rangi the sky-father is above) ko papa kei raro (the earth mother is below) e mau tonu nei (our love for one another) kia mau tonu ra (is everlasting) |
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from Crowded House - Together Alone (2003)
The odd times we slip
And slither down the dark hall Fingers point from old windows An eerie shadow falls I'm walking on the spot To show that I'm alive Moving every bone in my body From side to side Will we be in our minds when the dawn breaks Can we look the milkman in the eye The world is somehow different, you have all been changed Before my very eyes Walk around your home Pour yourself a drink Fire one more torpedo, baby Watch the kitchen sink You're lounging on the sofa, maybe See the living room die The dishes are unwashed and broken All you do is cry See the living room die The dishes are unwashed and broken All you do is cry |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House/Temple of Low Men/Woodface (2000)
All I ask is to live each moment
Free from the last Take the road forgotten Don't leave me here Oh please let me stay Far from familiar things All I ask is to live each moment All I ask is to live each moment Free from the last Strange roads going nowhere in particular All I ask is to live each moment All I ask is to live each moment Free from the last Free from the last All I ask |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House/Temple of Low Men/Woodface (2000)
Make your decision now
Rely on no help from above Living is luxury I want everything you throw out I'll do anything you want to Please let me go with you I'll wear the smile on your face Big black and beautiful I want it, everything you throw out There must be something you can do without (chorus) Cuz I am as sure as I am I couldn't care less For what might go wrong I'm as happy as sin In a fear-shaken world I pity the rhino Down there it's becoming extinct Killed for a love potion Sad thing lookin' like a dead flower I want it everything that you throw out (chorus) Don't want to be there Don't want to be spared I'll wear the smile on your face I am as sure as I am I couldn't care less For what might go wrong I'm as happy as sin In a fear-shaken world I couldn't care less |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House/Temple of Low Men/Woodface (2000)
Somewhere deep inside something's got a hold on you
And it's pushin' me aside So you'd stretch on forever. Chorus: And I know I'm right For the first time in my life. That's why I'll tell you You better be home soon. Strippin' back the cause of lies and deception, Back to nothingness Like a week in the desert. Chorus Don't say no. Don't say nothin' wrong. When you get back home, Maybe I'll be gone. Go-o-one.. It would cause me pain if we were to end it But I could start again. You can depend on it. Chorus That's why I'll tell you. You better be home soon. |
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from Crowded House - Crowded House/Temple of Low Men/Woodface (2000)
Why do I kid myself
Why do I scream for pleasure It's four in the morning should know better But she can weave a spell Want it to last forever Making me feel like somebody special Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) Doing damage to my brain Well here we go again Though I look everywhere I never seem to find it Always a shadow around a corner Drown it in alcohol Stuck in the elevator Hard to remember in the morning Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) Doing damage to my brain Well here we go again Tell you about myself If you're in the mood to listen Baby you don't know who you're kissing This is a lonely world You are a strange companion When you get what you wanted You want to leave Honestly I want to free myself From the burden of inaction Honestly I want to raise myself To any plane I can imagine Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) Doing damage to my brain Well here we go again |