Crowded House Lyrics

Magic Piano lyrics - Crowded House

I began to sense my own weight

Walking up the gravity stairs

Bells ringing in the temple above

The piano was playing itself

Words matter but they get in the way

When you got some stories to tell

Let the melody reign, oh yeah

Here am I, so bright

Here am I, so light

(Breathe)

Breathe in the magic piano air

Leave with a contact high

I was playing for them

Love is a gift I was given once

Now I must keep it alive

I was thinking of her

These are the dark forces now

Making shadows dance on the stairway

Who's that joker with the crooked smile?

In the car that speeds away

From the scene of the crime

Here am I, so bright

Here am I, so light

(Breathe)

Breathe in the magic piano air

Leave with a contact high

I was playing for that

Love is a gift I was given once

Now I must pay them in kind

I was dreaming of her

If I end up forgetting what I had to say

You will still hear me humming on the last day

Always rising to the surface now

On a zephyr, the echo ever so faint

Let the melody reign again

I was thinking of him

Contact high

I was dreaming of him

I believe in the magic piano, yeah

I was thinking of him

Contact high

I was dreaming of him

I believe in the magic piano, yeah

I was dreaming of him

Now I must keep it alive

Love, lets take a chance

You told me the last days are coming

Teenage Summer lyrics - Crowded House

(Are we gonna have some teenage summer)

Is it real

Or a fiction of your mind

Am I gone

In a fraction of your time

You mistake my real intentions once again

Want to be near you, wanted to hear you

My words alight

Like paper drifting in the sky

Not enough to be a witness of your life

All along

I was hoping we would come of age

Walking around you

Want to surround you

But I can't get close enough

Can't get close enough

Wanted to find you

Wanted to break through

Life's imitation

I've been away too much

I've been locking it away too much

I'm here tonight

And I'm gone again

I'm here tonight

And I'm gone again

(You pick up your bags

And you ready to fly

Pick up your bags)

Baby come on

Wanted to hear you

Want to be near you

But I can't get close enough

I can't get close enough

Want to surround you

Want to be near you

But I can't get close enough

Wanted to be near you

Wanted to care for you

But I can't get close enough

Wanted to break through

Life's imitation

I've been away too much

I've been locking it away too much

I'm gonna call you

Life's imitation

I've been away too much

I've been locking it away too much

I'm gonna call you

Life's imitation, blue heaven

Are we gonna have some teenage summer

Are we gonna have some mad new year

Are we gonna have some teenage summer

Am I gonna have some mad idea

Are we gonna have some teenage summer

Am I gonna have some mad idea

The Howl lyrics - Crowded House

With a sword in her hand

She was so damn mad

Cut circles in the sand

Oh the drama that it had

Old guard to upend

Sisters to defend

I won't try to pretend

Cos you know we get along

Always laughing like we're kids

Underwater I'm the land

And I don't want to be alone

But I could never love again

No surprise it's a groundhog day

Learn your lines, they're the same tonight

First you bark then you leave

Well I can't see the forest from the trees

Give me time to be calm

But beware when I'm baring my teeth

We howl in the air aaaoooooo

I've held my breath so far

I shake my body up

And I will howl

All That I Can Ever Own lyrics - Crowded House

Whenever I remember my days

As I grow old, I'm grateful

And I hold this child in my arms

Heaven knows I'm hopeful

And you look so deep in my eyes

And you know I'm faithful

Revelations on the ride home

That when love is in my heart

It's all that I can ever own

I might push her away

If I don't be careful

And my worries keep me awake

Every night I'm fearful

That the storm might cause her to stray

Or some slimy devil

Revelations on the ride home

Back when love is in my heart

It's all that I can ever own

It's in my heart

It's all that I can ever own

Sand castle shiver

Taken by the river

Into the great unknown

Send me to heaven

Love in the present

All I can ever own

Someone is waiting

Maybe a stranger

One day, he'll guide you home

Let the child go a wandering

And following her heart

We all become a part of someone else

Love is in my heart

It's all that I can ever own

Love is in my heart

It's all that I can ever own

Love is in my heart

It's all that I can ever own

Oh Hi lyrics - Crowded House

Every child is a mystic, having visions of a new dawn

Be the one in a million that could lift the sun

Up and over my horizon

They can take it to the people with a microphone

Scare the darkness with a lightbulb

Oh hi, oh hi

Same light in your head

Oh hi, oh hi

It's alright, I won't forget

I know we can make something happen

You can put me back together

When I think I can do no wrong

When it comes to being clever

I should never count anyone out

'Cause she's not the kind of puzzle only you can do

Underwater with a blindfold

Oh hi, oh hi

Same light in your head

Oh hi, oh hi

It's alright, you're in my head

Oh hi, oh hi

Same light, I won't forget

I won't forget

So high

You come on overland

See what you're missing

It's so fine

The world's crazy, that's for sure

And there's something wrong with the state of my head

Well I know you can get to the heart of it

That is what I came here for

Oh hi, oh hi

It's alright

And that is why I wanna hear more

Oh hi, oh hi

It's alright, you're in my head

I won't forget

Oh hi, oh hi (It's alright)

You're in my head

Oh hi, oh hi

The same light, I won't forget

Some Greater Plan (For Claire) lyrics - Crowded House

Your life is just beginning

The war, it never ends

Here's a reminder

We can look forward again

The spark is returning

We made eyes across the room

You are gorgeous and absurd

Tell me, have you heard

The word "Resurrection"?

We gave up on the world somehow

Now we better start believing (Believe in your heart)

If all that we can do

Is fill the room with a song of love

I'm there if you want

To feel a part of some greater plan

Do you want to heal the heart

Of this broken man?

You'll never be lonely again

Would you like to say yes?

We'll clean up the mess

Sad children of the Earth

Tell me, have you heard

The word "Revolution"?

We gave up on the world somehow (Say it now)

Now we better start believing (Believe in your heart)

If all that we can do

Is fill the room with a song of love

I'll sing it if you want

To feel a part of some greater plan

Do you want to heal the heart

Of this broken man?

Do you want, do you want, do you want

Do you want, do you want

Do you want to heal the heart

Of this broken man?

Black Water, White Circle lyrics - Crowded House

I took my prize

From the land of plenty

Now miles away

I'm almost empty

Libera la mente

Wherever you are

The pale moonlight

Is now presenting

On the mirror lake

The willow bending

The flame ascending

Our love consenting to go further

The black, and the white (Black water, white circle)

Become bright (Bright-coloured rings around the star)

Luminescent eyes

That look out of the incoming waves tonight my love

And from our beds

Creep wingless angels

With bleeding hearts

I must be dreaming

The lizard screaming

Don't look for meaning, only purpose

For heaven's sake (Black water)

Won't you please (White circle)

Let me know (Please let me know)

If you still believe in me

In this other place

Where the song

That plays on

Is completely unknown

Oh, oh, oh, oh

She is the force that leads me to the lake on the day of the dead

A face I'll never forget

A black-and-white vignette

Reflected in the water

Black water, white circle

Bright-coloured rings around the star

Black water, white circle

Bright-coloured rings around your heart

Black water, white circle

Please let me know that you believe in me

Blurry Grass lyrics - Crowded House

On the blurry grass, on the blurry

You've got a feeling it's not for sure

But I can't help you figure it out

There's no excuses and nothing has changed

But I won't tell you what it's about

Am I ever gonna get that thought from my bed?

You say it's passion, what you'd imagine, you've seen a ghost

Surprise we rise another day

There's no hope of stopping it now

You're so indifferent like you never cared

My words mean something, yours mean nothing

Am I ever gonna get that thought from my bed?

And if all of us wave that flag, we fill the sky

It's the lowliest thing I saw with my naked eye

You say it's passion, I see a pattern, you've seen a ghost

Open up my eyes, hoping I'm alive

Woke up on the lawn, covered in bugs and butterflies

And if anybody thinks that bothers me, ain't that bad

And it's nice of you to lay these promises on my lap

It's the lowliest thing I saw with my naked eye

You say it's passion, what you'd imagine, you've seen a ghost

You say it's passion, but that didn't happen, you've seen a ghost

On the blurry grass, on the blurry grass, on the blurry grass

I Can't Keep Up With You lyrics - Crowded House

Surprise yourself, you might

Surprise yourself, you will

Surprise yourself, you might

Riding on the roundabout

I am bound to follow you now

I can hardly catch up from behind

Forever be the lady in waiting

You know how to test her patience

You suffer fools with graciousness abounding

Having trouble keeping up with the neighbours

She was leaning over all night long

Won't you get up and play that song

We all know the tune but not the words

You know I can't keep up with you

No matter what I try to do

You know I can't keep up with you

No matter what I try to do

I never can keep up with you

Show me something radical

Dare ka sake? Ai sh teru

I'm nervous at the start

Then we got the chemicals

And suddenly you're irresistible

You're compared to the poet Byron

And she offered to be your muse

Well, you can't stop us loving you

Said the mother and daughter

You know I can't keep up with you

No matter what I try to do

I never can keep up with you

So boring, you're tired and you wanna go home

Oh no, oh no

Show me something good again

A case of wine, ich liebe dich

It's awkward at the start

And then we saw the animals

I hate to fake my state of mind

For the keys to your heart

My mind, my brain, the Marquis de Sade

Mystified, mistake

You know I can't keep up with you

I never can keep up with you

I can't keep up

Thirsty lyrics - Crowded House

She is not like anyone

Would be worth waiting for

When first laid eyes upon

Then words come easy

Fulsome, pleasing

Straight from the heart

No more backs turning

Won't surrender to

Voices taunting me

How come some people never get thirsty? (Ah)

Should we get up or down?

Be wild-eyed in the crowd

As the greyhounds leapt ahead

When love comes early

Handsome, burly

Looks you in the eye

I saw a sea burning

And the earth linger

In a timeless dream

How come some people never get thirsty? (Ah)

Don't dilly dally, don't delay

Don't dilly dally, just decide

Don't dilly dally, don't delay

Don't dilly dally, seize the night

Don't delay, don't dilly dally

MIA

Don't delay fun

We are more than what is spoken

Let the silence be unbroken

There are mountains of resistance

They are melting all that distance

It's 3 in the morning and we're hitting the sack

And nothing could last

But it's lovely to have you back

Blow out the candles and you fade to black

Night Song lyrics - Crowded House

May I have the pleasure

Of your good company?

Your carriage is waiting

Gonna take you away with me

Drifting in the dim light

Lift off after midnight

Bursting out above the clouds

For one glimpse of paradise

Been a long time in the darkness

But we travel the road of the sun (The sun)

Safe passage was granted

By a pair of scorpions

Look what's going down now

A garden bed of wonder

I came upon the desert king

He was the solitary kind

I owe you thanks now for everything

Remembering you got me so inspired

Felt so lonely when I passed your gate

'Round the corner, by then it's too late

To say thank you

Here it comes, another night song

Stuck in my brain

Wish there was another way of giving you praise (Praise)

Hollywood streets, so full of surprises

Like mayhem made for pleasure

My mother said she'd love me no matter what the crime

There's a rock you crawl under when you are down

You won't know when I'm coming 'cause you won't hear a sound

I'm just trying to write a love song

Here it comes, a middle of the night song

Stuck in my brain

Wish there was another way of finding that vein

And here it comes (Yeah), another night song

For all of my days

I could never get away from nothing

For the love of God, killing you with kindness

For all of my days

I could never get away from nothing

Oh, beautiful, I love it

Bad Times Good lyrics - Crowded House

Hey

Everybody wants to make a bad time good

Hey

It looks like some kind of medicine for me

Hey

Everybody wants to make a good time last

Before we choose a path

Let's spend the night at Los Campaneros please

Through the doorways of the past

Do you have to bend so low?

Hey

Everybody wants to make a bad time good

Hey

It looks like a bear stole the honey from the bees

Hey

Every day you send a dozen boxes home

Oh how would I know what anybody needs?

And now we just have to breathe

And it's a challenge for the impresario

Another compromise on the way

I thought you'd get it by now yeah

Whether sunlight or shadow falls on me

You won't come out

Rolling drums they say

Come out

Before the dawning

You won't come out

Roaring thunder breaks

Come out

Before the morning

You blow my mind

Hey

Everybody wants to make a bad time good

Hey

It looks some kind of medicine for me

Playing With Fire lyrics - Crowded House

The chairman's looking out for me

And fortune used to favor me

Lately I've been lying frozen in my bed

Feeling like the end isn't far away

Now some might say

We're losing ground

I've never seen such a thing

Never seen such a thing

To thank your enemy

My wife is wild in quarantine

The chairman's got it in for me

And my brain is getting closer to the edge

But I can't explain that trip to her

Now some might say

We're winding down

I've never seen such a thing

Never seen such a thing

We're playing with fire

And we're playing with fire

And this time, let's all be quiet

The next generation's talking

We're behind the wheel

We're driving straight to the wall

Pretend it's alright

We'll make it in time

Be equal to the fight

Be someone saving lives

When my legs and my arms let go

That's when my hands and my heart say no

We're playing with fire

And this time

And some may say

We'll turn it round

If you believe such a thing

I'll believe such a thing

To The Island lyrics - Crowded House

You pick me up with a smile for my weakness

I'm bittersweet but you care about me

You found me lost in the chaos and confusion

You said it's possible that we can be free

You take my hand and then you sweep me off my feet

Oh let me move you

Come to the island

Where we can save our souls

It's just the right size

The world is beyond us

It's too enormous

But oh the island is just right

It's the perfect size

You pick me up, with the promise of love

Our names on the door at the island of real

You have a way of being gentle and tough

In every sense I think you know how I feel

Cos I'm afraid of things I don't understand

And now I need a little hope

Oh let me move you

(The cities covered in smoke)

Come to the island

(The whole systems broke)

Where we can save our souls

It's just the right size (for me)

The world is beyond us

(Let's not get into a fight)

It's too enormous

(Irene Goodnight)

But oh the island is just right

It's the perfect size

Just right

It's the perfect size (for me)

The world is beyond us

(Shit just got real)

It's too enormous

(Fell under the wheel)

But oh the island is just right

It's the perfect size (for me)

It's the perfect size

Sweet Tooth lyrics - Crowded House

There's just enough right now

To go around

There were six of us but somehow

Now there's 17

It's been a wait

At Mr Chow's for peking duck

Just enough right now

To put that madness in your heart

Sweet tooth

And you don't remember

Can't find anyone

To tell your troubles to

Sweet tooth

You can't resist it

How could anyone

With that sugar in their mouth

Just enough right now

To go around

Chocolate swirl, sugar plum

Go lie down

Buzzing out, go crazy now

Can't find sweetness in your heart, yeah

Sweet tooth

And you don't remember

Can't find anyone

To tell your troubles to

Sweet tooth

You don't resist it

Put that sugar in your mouth

I will never know when I've had enough

Feel it travelling in my blood

Feel it beating in my heart

I will never know when I've had enough

Butterfly kisses like a drug

I will never know till the sugars all run out

Sweet tooth

And you don't remember

And you can't find anyone

To tell your troubles to

Sweet tooth

Don't resist it

How could anyone

Put that madness in your heart

Whatever You Want lyrics - Crowded House

People will tell you

Whatever you want

People will tell you

Whatever you want

Some people will tell you

Whatever you want

(You got em well trained now)

People will tell you

Whatever you want

(To keep you in your place)

Every night and every day

Some will fall upon their swords

In order that they might serve

The greater good but don't believe a word of it

People will tell you

Whatever you want

(You got em well trained now)

Some people will tell you

Whatever you want

(They dare not complain)

As crazy as a king

As bent as a snake

But there are some things

They will never ever say

Some people will tell you

Whatever you want

(To keep you in your place)

Hear the lying every day

I see the same expressions on them

How they long to speak their mind

But something always stops them dead

Should be shouting from the mountain

At their top of their voice

"This is not right; this man is a fake"

But they will follow him down

To the edge of the cliff

And if he tells them to jump

They will jump right in

Some people will tell you

Whatever you want

(You got em well trained now)

Whatever you want

You raise your hand

And they respond

And they will tell you

Whatever you want

Show Me The Way lryics - Crowded House

And I opened up

When the sheriff came

In my father's name

And I took the fall

For my brothers' shame

Would you do the same?

When I see red

I put a handgun

Under my pillow

When I see blue

I put a blanket

Over my window

Please show me the way to help

Show me the way to love you

For real

The smokers came

Through the sugar cane

With the burning cross

You'll forget me not

When you wipe away

All the holy pain

When I see red

I feel a power

For no reason

When I see blue

I think of nothing

That lasts forever

Please show me the way to help

Show me the way to love you

For real

Show me now

Cause I'm still learning

It's all or nothing

Show me the way to love you for real

Goodnight Everyone lyrics - Crowded House

Oldest form of revenue

One more drink for the road

Drive them to the heights

Dragging by the toes

Goodnight everyone

Keep your eyes on me

When the view is insane

We can break the mold

And go against the grain

Where are you now my sister?

Wilding hair beneath the half moon

Arrange the heavens Electra

Your flaming arrow in the dawn

You leave my mind so clear

But the floor is a mess

Those dreamless nights on the road

I count among the best

Goodnight everyone

I'm all done with fame

Cause I'm always on guard

Always on parade

Never seen again

Where are you now my sister?

Wilding hair beneath the half moon

Arrange the heavens Electra

Your flaming arrow in the dawn

Too Good For This World lyrics - Crowded House

Go quickly my dear

Fly like the wind

Look at you chief

Your wings are magnificent

The air is alive

There's a mob set on violence

There must be a way

To escape from the follies of men

I may never see sailor again

If you see her, tell her I love her

Maybe one day it will all make sense

But if I have to leave her

I must be too good for this world

I must believe that I can reach the sky

My feathers are flowing

And my wings unfurled

I must be too good for this world

The dream was so real

It was truly divine

We made heavenly love

I saw God for a moment

I would if I could

But I can't reach him now

He's been carried away

On a horse with his head in the clouds

My sailor, my island, my dream

There will always be blue skies above her

She was just the right size for me

But if I have to leave her

I must be too good for this world

I must believe that I can reach the sky

My feathers are flowing and my wings unfurled

I must be too good for this world

These little things are meant to try us

These little wings were meant to fly

These little things are sent to try us

These little wings were meant to fly

I gave myself to love

It seemed so simple

Ah, but I only made things worse

And goodness is a curse

I must be too good for this world

I must believe that I can reach the sky

My feathers are flowing and my wings unfurled

I must be too good for this world

These little things are sent to try us

These little wings were meant to fly

These little things are sent to try us

These little wings were meant to fly

Start Of Something lyrics - Crowded House

The call has come through

You're so out of tune

So awkward on the phone

I'm in the ambulance

Where's the rapture

A sign to carry on

Where you won't be mad at me

This make up

Has come to nothing

This breakup

Is the start of something

Precious

The world returning

Walking out on you

The only one I love

Half of me wants to stay

There's still ways to go

And some will never know

And though they tell you it's the end

It's the start of something

This makeup

Has come to nothing

Like an echo

Of a world returning

A world returning

It's the start of something

I know it

Real Life Woman lyrics - Crowded House

No I'll never understand

The criminal mind

It's a nice soundtrack

For a late night

Narrative not so critical

My own thoughts are difficult

I'm so tired

And there's nobody else to call

And I'll never understand

Why you put up that wall

A woman so gifted and intelligent

You don't like the way I'm telling it

From a distance

And I could feel your power

When we were singing lines together

Real life woman

Never my intention

To create a legend

Talking 'bout a real life woman

Every misadventure

Is a kind of redemption

You're not dressing for a man

In your elegant gown

Still an incurable romantic

Under the lights

Like a bird in flight

Every single night

You bring everyone together

Real life woman

Never my intention

To create a legend

Talking 'bout a real life woman

Every misadventure

Is a kind of redemption

Someone hiding put that image in your mind

In the shape of a real life

Leave him locked inside

Keep him out of sight

Never take a chance

A love to waste them all

Giant creatures wait

On the beaches of the Nile

It must be good for someone, yeah

Love Isn't Hard At All lyrics - Crowded House

Let's go

The world awaits

Or save it for a rainy day above you

We can try

All kinds of ways

To send me to an early grave below you

It wouldn't hurt to hear you say

Although it's just a turn of phrase

"I love you"

And in the dark

I hear the call

It feels like love isn't hard at all

The sun comes up and I see you lost in thought

Those eyes are miles away

They'll take your mind on holiday

Where are you?

I'll help you

Remember

A man works hard

To find his shape

Knowing where he stands

And how much of this he can take

The song the siren's make

Getting loud as the swell's about to break

And will I float when the life boat goes under?

Just like the ocean floor

You're relatively unexplored

Who are you?

And from the deep

I hear the call

It feels like love isn't hard at all

My head comes up and I'm ready

Fear no more

Deeper Down lyrics - Crowded House

The whale lies

Washed up in the shallows

Stinking to high heaven

People running round gasping

Why oh why

I am never one to wallow

I leapt into the ocean

Went diving deeper down

Let's go deeper down now

Let's go deeper down

Let's go deeper down now

Let's go deeper down

There's someone hiding in the shadows

A young man dim and callow

He's stolen all my clothes

Hungry eyes of imaginary lovers

Devils must be dancing

In the mind of every man

(Let's go deeper down)

When you think it's getting rough

On the surface high above

I'm always reaching out for love

A little deeper down

In my nature you can trust

More than hunger, more than lust

I'm always reaching out for love

A little deeper down

Like any flower on earth

From the moment of my birth

My desire is to open up

Hold me

Love me

When you think it's getting rough

On the surface high above

I'm always reaching out for love

A little deeper down

In my nature you can trust

More than hunger, more than lust

I'm always reaching out for love

A little deeper down

Anthem lyrics - Crowded House

There for my children, there for my woman

Deep in the garden, no longer forbidden

I'm humming to myself my own anthem

Somethin' joyous, cover the weakness in my soul

When she's in danger who'd be a witness?

I would risk everything for her happiness

Now I'm humming to myself my own anthem

Somethin' joyous, cover the weakness

A heavenly chorus

And I come to my senses

Just before I close the door

And I won't be kept apart

From the ones that I adore

And you fix it to your head

And it's there forever more

I don't wanna lose you

A prayer in the silence

Think of forgiveness

An end of the violence

And I come to my senses

Just before you close the door

You keep it in line, you keep it in line

You keep it in your mind

I don't remember

Beautiful Life lyrics - Crowded House

It's a beautiful life

Beginning with pain

And ending in sorrow

Can you push hard

Enough to shine on?

So welcome and smile, it arrives on time

If not today, there's always tomorrow

You read my signs so well

I pick you up side and raising one eye...

It's a beautiful life

Old is always missing

I can never see forthlooking

Ah...

Beautiful wife, we're together for live

And every day wonder 'bout it's lies

Won't you please come home?

'Cause you know, where everything goes

A beautiful machine

The colour so green

The blink of an eye

The time is a hallow

And save us, burning green

The colour is green

The number thirteen

It's a wonderful life

Ah...

It's a beautiful life

Sold in sable

It's a beautiful life

And sold undoubled

Bound To Rescue lyrics - Crowded House

Freedom lies, without good heart

Find a way to stop? Or a way to end

The mystic wand, the fair weather friend

Find a way to stop or a means to end

Torn my hopes

Let the battle commence

There is my honour

Bound to rescue

The dawn he has no intellect

Any danger will with his sword protect

The tribal dance, a fight to the death

For our worst desires, make us blind to the rest

If to conquer we must

Let the battle commence

There is my honour

Bound to rescue

All in fire

Bound to rescue

All in fire

Bound to rescue

Eyes Grow Heavy lyrics - Crowded House

We stand on guard 'til our eyes grow so heavy

We hang on tight 'til our hands grow so weak

All precautions prepare you for nothing

When lights go down on the street

And when the morning comes

You won't remember too much of anything at all

And in my future of fantastic visions

They're tall and sleek and they tower over me

Tie me down and I'll beg them for mercy

I'm paralysed in my sleep

And when the morning comes

I won't remember too much of anything at all

Before they break in to steal the silver

Thieves come 'round to admire the loss

At the end of each waking hour

Is just one more chime on the clock

And when the morning comes

You won't be aware of his touch or anything at all

Nonsense Of Course lyrics - Crowded House

Oh, my love, your colour is gone

You can rest, take a breath to focus on

And there's nothing more you can't handle

Word is heard, I'm kissing now

Being trapped we can help each other out

Make the devil run, doing... doing

Here is a light (tonight, tonight)

Here is a light (come on tonight)

Come on inside, let the heaven set you free

You and me, the stars

Maybe love tonight

Every time it's fun

'Till the end of time

All the heartbeats count

We'll be guilty but, they count together our

Take us and marry us

Even now, I go in to score but...

I can't help but to linger on

And you know how I lie to get doing

Every woman and every man gets close together

When the worse things happen

And for this I'll love the stronger person

Who'll ever make stars?

Maybe love enough

Every diamond spark, 'till the end of time

All the heartbeat melts they'll be good to us

Come together us, taken some day or ...

It's just a cold when our leaders know too much

Save me, you got to feel it

I can't believe

Just a cold when our leaders were bound to see

I'm in trouble here

But just you and I are parting ways

We got the feds, we won't come undone too late

Every woman and every man gets close together

When the worse things happen

There is a life that's stronger than before

This could be a chance to see with my own eyes

A carousel or a diamond bell

What time to circle in the sky

They're here with us

They believe in us and they come from on hide

And they travel in the wilderness too

They read at us and decided us

There's a dark to the future for a couple of impressionist kids

And they land on the grass tonight

There'll be cottons of flaming hits

There'll be colourful lights to fly

You're my starlight companion

They put you in a trance

They really captivate your heart

They make you lose your head

They are the strangest friends you've got being the audience

Who really laugh with them?

They are the strangest friends you've got

And you'll forget to say 'Thanks a lot'

And they land on the grass tonight

There'll be cottons of flaming hits

There'll be colourful lights to fly

You're my starlight companion

Ooh hey, starlight

And when you dance they really captivate your heart

They make you move your wrist

They are the strangest friends you've got being the audience

Who is in love with them?

They are the strangest friends you've got

And you'll forget to say 'Thanks a lot'

When they land on the grass tonight

And they take your soul and wish it's a part of the game

When strange friends come out to play

Oh Hi lyrics - Crowded House

Every child is a mystic, having visions of a new dawn

Be the one in a million that could lift the sun

Up and over my horizon

They can take it to the people with a microphone

Scare the darkness with a lightbulb

Oh hi, oh hi

Same light in your head

Oh hi, oh hi

It's alright, I won't forget

I know we can make something happen

You can put me back together

When I think I can do no wrong

When it comes to being clever

I should never count anyone out

'Cause she's not the kind of puzzle only you can do

Underwater with a blindfold

Oh hi, oh hi

Same light in your head

Oh hi, oh hi

It's alright, you're in my head

Oh hi, oh hi

Same light, I won't forget

I won't forget

So high

You come on overland

See what you're missing

It's so fine

The world's crazy, that's for sure

And there's something wrong with the state of my head

Well I know you can get to the heart of it

That is what I came here for

Oh hi, oh hi

It's alright

And that is why I wanna hear more

Oh hi, oh hi

It's alright, you're in my head

I won't forget

Oh hi, oh hi (It's alright)

You're in my head

Oh hi, oh hi

The same light, I won't forget

Only Way To Go Is Forward lyrics - Crowded House

Only way to go is forwards

Where the future's looking bright

Curtains on the bar are closing

That's why we'll have to stay all night

Drink up there's no one in control

Give in to the madness in our soul

You and me are witness to the fall

Drink up before we all get shot

Old friend, I tell you what we've got

Not too much time before they bury us

Only way to go is forwards

And it's not such a pretty sight

When you head is full of embers

From the fire we lit last night

Drink up there's no one in control

Give in to the madness in our soul

You and me are witness to the fall

Drink up before we all get shot

Old friend, I tell you what we've got

Not too much time before they bury us

We'll have moments of wrapped up patience

Lots of feelings of desperation

And we won't sit back and looking at photographs

Come back to see the aftermath

Life still makes, pictures integrate, your live, ah ah ah ah...

Drink up before we all get shot

Old friend, I tell you what we've got

Not too much time before they bury us

Celebration and we won't get back

Looking at photographs

To see the aftermath

Walk and think you're great

Your control, oh oh oh...

Some Greater Plan lyrics - Crowded House

(live version)

Your life, is just beginning, the war it never ends

Here's a reminder, we can look forward again

The spark is returning, we made eyes across the room

You were gorgeous and absurd, tell me, have you heard

The word resurrection

We gave up on the world somehow

And now we start believing

If all that we could do, is fill the room

With a song of love

I'm here if you want, to feel a part

Of some greater plan

Do you want, to heal the heart

Of this broken man?

You'll never be lonely again, would you like to say yes

We'll clean up the mess, sad children of the earth

Tell me have you heard, the world revolution

We gave up on the world somehow

Now we better start believing

If all that we could do, is fill the room

With a song of love

I'll sing it if you want, to feel a part

Of some greater plan

Do you want, to heal the heart

Of this broken man?

Do you want? Do you want? Do you want?

Do you want? Do you want?

Do you want, to heal the heart

Of this broken man?

The Intriguer lyrics - Crowded House

A one, two, three, four...

I know, there's no need to find another cause to my complaint

Behind every fall is one that comes before

I create

And sometimes I think it's just bad luck to get this all mixed up

But then again I suspect that someone plays ahead

(You'll need them)

It's a game (Intriguer)

Mansion loves to watch

And after my mistakes

(You'll need them)

Here's a name

(The intriguer)

And, it's like she's taunting us

Seems worse, she's ignoring us

Next thing, the intriguer's running your life

She makes the conversation, stop this moment you arrive

And when you think it's in your head, she makes it comes alive

Impossible to concentrate when she's inside

You're never wrong

In the end I can't resist you

You always like

Twists and turns, I go with you

And you decide

To trip me up

Turn off the light

You're never armed, never armed

Hey!

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, ho

Hey, yeah, ho, hey, hey, yeah, ho, whoo

Throw Your Arms Around Me lyrics - Crowded House

(originally by Hunters & Collectors)

I will come for you at nighttime

I will raise you from your sleep

I will kiss you in four places

As I go running along your street

I will squeeze the life out of you

You will make me laugh and make me cry

And we will never forget it

You will make me call your name

And I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

And we may never meet again

So shed your skin and let's get started

And you will throw your arms around me

Yeah, you will throw your arms around me

I dreamed of you at nighttime

And I watched you in your sleep

I met you in high places

I touched your head and touched your feet

So if you disappear out of view

You know I will never say goodbye

And though I try to forget it

You will make me call your name

And I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

And we may never meet again

So shed your skin and let's get started

And you will throw your arms around me

Yeah, you will throw your arms around me

Oh yeah

You will throw your arms around me

Yeah, you will throw your arms around me

Turn It Around lyrics - Crowded House

Make up the sound

A sense of disbelief

We can turn it 'round

Before we leave

Rescue the chords

The one that made us wise

Washed upon the shore

Came back to life

Beyond the star

Monument always frozen

We are alive

Ahhhh

Occupy the space

Sing for all the rules

Feel the spirit move

Start anew

The white begins to fade

Underneath it's blue

Violet from the deep

Immerses you

When you wanna feel alive

Or you wanna climb

Anyway, in my heart alive

Stay young

Blame it on the drugs

Make me what I was

Finally got the love

Blame it on the dogs

[?]

Is a welcome [?]

Two Minutes Of Silence lyrics - Crowded House

Well I still can't be sure if my brothers are dead

I was running up behind and now I'm come in to return

Well last night I prayed to my god, let me live

And he left me with a mission I will never forget

After the gods have me silenced on the hill

Billions of stars reflected on the ocean still

Like any other night

Like a shadow now I drifting and stumbling around

But I'd rather be standing than dead underground

They told me enemy was heartbreak, despair

It was an innocent time for it to damn, to damn

Every shell buried underneath the hill

Billions of stars reflecting on the ocean still

Like any other night

(Any other night, any other night)

Any other night dreaming of the silence

There's nothing we can't talk about

Knowing of a soldier

I saw the light

Come off, bouquet

We live to fight

Another day

Saturday Sun lyrics - Crowded House

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

Archer's Arrows lyrics - Crowded House

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 façade 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 façade 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)

Amsterdam lyrics - Crowded House

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

Either Side Of The World lyrics - Crowded House

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

Falling Dove lyrics - Crowded House

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 café is closed
In St. Petersburg
The door slides open
And I’m a dead man
‘Til I see her walk through

Falling dove

Isolation lyrics - Crowded House

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

Twice If You're Lucky lyrics - Crowded House

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

Inside Out lyrics - Crowded House

(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

Even If lyrics - Crowded House

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

Elephants lyrics - Crowded House

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

"Time On Earth" (2007)

Nobody Wants To lyrics - Crowded House

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

Don't Stop Now lyrics - Crowded House

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

She Called Up lyrics - Crowded House

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

Say That Again lyrics - Crowded House

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

Pour Le Monde lyrics - Crowded House

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

Even A Child lyrics - Crowded House

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 don't 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 don't 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

There's 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

Heaven That I'm Making lyrics - Crowded House

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

A Sigh lyrics - Crowded House

A sigh
From the deepest well
You can tell a lot
By not saying a thing
This truth
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 bare
This show is not fooling anyone
But it's all for you
But I think your mind is made up

Silent House lyrics - Crowded House

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 favorite 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

English Trees lyrics - Crowded House

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

Walked Her Way Down lyrics - Crowded House

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

Transit Lounge lyrics - Crowded House

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

You Are The One To Make Me Cry lyrics - Crowded House

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

People Are Like Suns lyrics - Crowded House

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

"Afterglow" (1999)

I Am In Love lyrics - Crowded House

Called out to prove my love
You reply by getting defensive
Called out to prove my love
Now you should be able to sense it

I'm full of your dreams
I let you sleep with the lights on
Stay with me might as well
Be the kind of girl you want to be

I am in love
I am in love
I am a fool
Fell from above

These things that I have done
They would be a test of anyone
How am I meant to see
You dressed up like your mother

They say you marry your father
I hope that don't reflect on me
They say you marry your mother
I hope that don't put you in her company

I am in love
I am in love
And I am a fool
There is no other
I am in love
I am in love

What I say is don't lie
But it's enough to make you wonder
I can't be one that you wanna trust
And not the one that you wanna trample
In the dust

I am in love
I am in love
And I am a fool
There is no other
I am in love
I am in love

Into the fire
Tears start coming
Good stars surround us
It's enough to wanna make you wonder

Sacred Cow lyrics - Crowded House

Deliberate provocation
Is what you gave to me
You got me going
You got me going

How could such a simple thing
Get so out of control?
You let me down again
You let me down again

I know my place inside your heart
The painted figure that glows in the dark
No, you're not mysterious now
I don't worship that sacred cow

In my head
In my head
In my head

You'd never know it
You'd never know it

I went home in a jealous rage
You were rolling on the glass in a younger age
You know what's good for me
I know you're too good for me

Cos I have seen inside your heart
Religious figures that glow in the dark
No you're not too precious now
And I don't worship that sacred cow

Go and try as you may
To get a sharp shift on Judgement Day

You let me down again
You let me down again

I know my place inside your heart
The painted figure that glows in the dark
No, you're not too precious now
I don't worship that sacred cow

Go and try as you may
To get a sharp shift on Judgement Day

Sacred cow
Judgement Day
Coming your way

You Can Touch lyrics - Crowded House

It could spell my mere defeat
You could find it's what you need
And tears will fall and oceans will rise
I feel the fear and I know I'm alive
And you can touch me
I won't hide
You can touch me
I won't die

My condition is hard to define
I'm thin and pale and I need to unwind
See no future from where I stand
For the present I am in your hands

And you can touch me
I won't hide
You can touch me
I won't die

And tears will fall and oceans will rise
I feel the fear and I know I'm alive
It's only passing through

And you can touch me
I won't hide
You can touch me
I won't die

You can touch
I won't die

Help Is Coming lyrics - Crowded House

Help is coming
I heard a whisper
White caps turnin'
The breath of summer
A distant drumming
And liar birds calling
Escape the anguish of our past
And pray...

Empires crumbling
Careless winter
Fear is running
Along the rivers
We sail tomorrow
For Ellis Island
Escape the anger of our past
And pray that peace will come at last
And dream...

Release the anger of our past
And pray that peace will come at last
And stay...

Help is coming
Help is coming
We sail tomorrow
For Ellis Island
Help is coming
Dreams come true
We sail tomorrow
Dreams come true
Help is coming...

I Love You Dawn lyrics - Crowded House

I love you Dawn
You understand
The strength of ten
Men in your hands
It was another time
It was another place
All is not lost
And gone to waste

Beneath the tall trees I believe
There's nothing you and me
Can't do together if we try

The day is long and the nights are cold
Just a song to warm your soul
I don't want to see you cry

I love you Dawn
You understand
The strength of ten
Men in your hands

It was another tear
It was another time
All is not lost
And we will shine

Beneath the billboards and the hordes
Magazines and rock awards
We can't afford to pay our bills

The day is long and the nights are cold
Just a song to warm your soul
I don't want to see you cry

I love you Dawn
You understand
The strength of ten
Men in your hands

It was another tear, another year
Another time
All is not lost
And we will shine

Dr Livingstone lyrics - Crowded House

Steam ship, sail down the river
Fight the mosquitoes that fly in a swarm
White smoke covers the jungle
See Dr. Livingston land with a thunk
Young women weep for their dying babies
Down where the sad willows gather
I am a white man in Africa
If I were to stay here
There'd be no one to save me

I hear the drums
I know it's urgent
Switch to record
I hear survival in his hands
I get the picture
But I will never understand
Mad world, invisible army

Blow up the bridges and come like a storm
Young girl, eyes full of promise
Carry the baby and keeping it warm

Down where the sad willows gather
Young men go down on their knees
I am a white man in Africa
With more than just my god to appease
I hear the drums

I know it's urgent
I get the picture
I hear survival in his hands
Switch to record

But I will never understand

How there is love in his face
'Midst of all this waste
In the Mozambique sun

Under the gun
I hear the drums
I hear survival in his hands
I hear the drums

There is a curse upon this land
I hear the drums
I know it's urgent
I hear survival in his hands
Hit record
I will never understand

Get the picture
Carry the sound and the fury
Left all alone in a war zone
Hours later
Carry the sound and the fury
Thoughts of my bed
So tell me about all the places you go
All the lives that you swallow, the people you keep
Leave me tired and ready for sleep
Wrestle my soul
That's where I want to be
Deep in a monastery

My Telly's Gone Bung lyrics - Crowded House

My telly's gone bung
What am I to do about the ABC
My telly's gone bung
What am I to do about my predicament
My telly's gone bung
I plugged it it in and it turned me off again

I've waited up for you
To come alive and bring some truth back to me yeah
Cos I'm where I wanna be in front of my TV

My telly's gone bung
What am I to do about Kylie & Jason now
My telly's gone bung
I don't really care for their predicament

I've waited up for you
To come alive and bring some truth back to me yeah
Cos I'm where I wanna be in front of my TV

If it was up to me
I'd let these people see
What people do
I've been watching you too

I've waited up for you
To come alive and bring some truth back to me yeah
Cos I'm where I wanna be in front of my TV

If it was up to me
I would let these lovely people see
If it was up to me
If it was up to me
If it was up to me
If it was up to me
If it was up to me

Private Universe lyrics - Crowded House

No time no place to talk about the weather
The promise of love is hard to ignore
You said the chance wasn't getting any better
Labour of love is ours to endure
The highest branch on the apple tree
It was my favourite 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
There's a whole lot more I'm thinking of
Every night about six o'clock
The birds come back to the palm to talk
They talk to me, birds talk to me
If I go down on my knees

I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
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
Love is on the table and the dinner's cold

I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe

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