--------- Anchor Me --------- Full fathom five, Some day I'll lie, Singing songs that come from dead men's tongues, Anchor me, anchor me. As the compass turns, And the glass it falls, When the storm clouds roll, And the gulls they call, Anchor me, Anchor me. Anchor me. Anchor me, In the middle of your deep blue sea, Anchor me, anchor me, In the middle of your deep blue sea, Anchor me. Let the salt spray lash, The shivering skin, And the green waves crash, And the whirl-pools spin, Anchor me, anchor me, Anchor me. Anchor me, In the middle of your deep blue sea, Anchor me, anchor me, In the middle of your deep blue sea, Anchor me. Where the banshees cry, And the bells they sound, When you lift me high, When you pull me down, When you pull me down, When you pull me down. Anchor me, In the middle of your deep blue sea, Anchor me, anchor me, In the middle of your deep blue sea, Anchor me. ----------- Answerphone ----------- I look away, just as you say, another time. Another day, I wait this way for your reply. But things can change, and rearrange, And just when you think it's safe, They change again. Are you alone? Your answerphone, should I say Hi? Call me at home, after the tone, should I drop by? But things can change, and rearrange, And just when you think it's safe, They change again. Answerphone, answerphone, are you alone? Answerphone, answerphone, are you alone? I say your name, it sounds the same as in my mind. It's such a shame you never came, I've been so blind. But things can change, and rearrange, And just when you think it's safe, They change again. Answerphone, answerphone, are you alone? Answerphone, answerphone, are you alone? (repeat to fade) ----------------- A Thing Well Made ----------------- She's wearing her "Don't talk to me" face as she makes the kids lunches. I oblige and quietly shut the front door as I leave. I drive into town before the fog lifts, I sell sporting goods - I've got a shop not far from Cathederal Square. I like to open up early so fellas can come in on thir way to work And daydream around the rods and reels while their breakfasts still warm inside them. Why don't you take a look. I'm proud of my shop. Almost everythings from overseas, you won't find a better selection. Look at the way this gun fits in the crook of your arm. To make a thing like that you'd need to know what you were about. You'd have to know where you were going and go there in a straight line. And everything else you'd have to shut right out. Can you see the man who made that? Can you see him putting it down and standing back? Can you see the moment when he said "That's it. That's perfect."? At a time like that you wouldn't care about your job, Or your mortgage, or the fight you had with your wife. 'Cause when a man holds a thing well made, There's connection, There's completeness when a man holds a thing well made. It's Wednesday, so I do the mail orders. Nothing much, some oilskins and a .303 for a hunter over in Westland. And, Oh yes. One of those Ak47's For some collector down the line. ------------------ Along the Boundary ------------------ High up on the hills watching the sea, Splinters in my hands from climbing the trees, To the place that you said was so easy to get to, But you were much older, you never thought I could get Such a long way up, but I look straing ahead. Silver blue the sea like sheets on a bed, At the edge of the world, a ferry-boat crawls away like a snail, leaving it all to me, I feel the branches move around me, I see the thistles along the boundary. Up along the boundary. Up along the boundary. I move patches of wind round the ??bales?? of glass, I shift shadows of clouds over the grass, I'm at the controls, there isn't a shell or rock on a beach That I couldn't reach, I feel the branches move around me, I see the thistles along the boundary. Up along the boundary. Up along the boundary. The sun pulls the hills the way the tide pulls on the sea, The waves and waves, grass is breaking, rolling over to me, And the sky is like a wheel, like a wheel, and I feel the branches move around me, I see the thistles along the boundary. Up along the boundary. Up along the boundary. Up along the boundary. Up along the boundary. -------------------- The Ballad of Kelvin -------------------- In a town in the north there the sky is filled with tears, There lived a young man known as Kelvin, He was burdened and bent beyond his tender years, With a secret that you dont want to devil with. In a place filled with life, he once longed for a girl, He loved her above any other. Then the black flag of fate began slowly to unfurl, For he didnt know that that girl was his mother. Where the hills meet the sea, Thats where I long to be, Where the hills meet the sea. Well noone could see what went on inside his head, Noone took account of his dreaming. When the woman that he loved said she could never be his, He ran outside, but inside he was screaming. Where the hills meet the sea, Thats where I long to be, Where the hills meet the sea. Theres a shadow that crosses the yard every day, As the sun drags us slowly through time, But the shadow that stood by the barn as dusk fell, Was a young man with a poisoned mind. As he torched the house on the cliff above the swamp, As he sheilded his eyes from the brightness. His hand held a photo of a mother and child, But the flames soon covered his likeness. Where the hills meet the sea, Thats where I long to be, Where the hills meet the sea. Where the hills meet the sea, Thats where I want to be, Where the hills meet the sea, Where the hills meet the sea. ----------------------- Before the Breakthrough ----------------------- The lady who reads the news Turned to face the camera, Said, "Heres an item that's just come to hand". I waited for her to speak, But she just sat smiled, And stared at me as if I'd understand. I found the remote control, It was underneath the sofa. I wanted to know if anything else had changed. The programs were no different, Except that no-one's lips were moving. And every single channel was the same. We used to talk Before the Breakthrough. Before the Breakthrough. Before the Breakthrough. I should have know that it would happen, That some day they'd find a method. I needed to run to someone and have them hold me. Michelle brought in some coffee, I was too messed up to drink it. You'd think that someone somewhere would have told me. I haven't been keeping up, I guess I've missed the bulletin. Thou think that somewhere I'd have heard the warning. I'll go to bed I might as well. And I'll lie next to Michelle. And I'll pray that she will greet me in the morning. We used to talk Before the Breakthrough. Before the Breakthrough. Before the Breakthrough. -------- Big Fish -------- Jenny came home from her trip away last winter. No-one knew what had got into her. Soon you could not go two steps without getting word of her. And there were a lot who wished they never heard of her. It was a big fish that caught her, Just under the water, And out here the tide it runs so strong, When you turn round the fish has gone. She danced in the fires that we lit for her returning, Even when her suitcases started burning. You're mad if you go back her friends had all said, They were right in ways they had not expected. It was a big fish that caught her, Just under the water, And out here the wind it blows so strong, When you turn round the fish has gone. Now she's flying high above Australia, With a new job and a house of her own. Whatever it was that had her, she has left here. It comes to the surface now and then to show us we're not alone. It was a big fish that caught her, Just under the water, And out here we swim between the sea and the air, Though we don't look down, we know it's there. The big fish. ----------- Come Around ----------- If you had a better offer or if you have reservations, On the road to my house there are so many temptations, And far be it from me to have any expectations, But time is marching on and I'm running out patience. Come around, Come around, Come around, Come around, I cannot rememeber the last time I saw you smile, And I won't wait forever, but I'll wait a while. Far be it from me to test the strength of your will, When finally make it round, I hope I'll be here still. Come around, come around, it's only walking distance. Come around, come around, take the path of least resistance. Come around, come around, stop this heart from sinking, Come around, come around, come around to my way of thinking. I'm not asking you to come to your senses, I'm not asking you to come clean, That's not what I mean. And if you're on your high horse I wont ask you to come down, All I want is you to come around. Come around, come around, it's only walking distance. Come around, come around, take the path of least resistance. Come around, come around, stop this heart from sinking, Come around, come around, come around to my way of thinking. Come around, come around, it's only walking distance. Come around, come around, take the path of least resistance. Come around, come around, stop this heart from sinking, Come around, come around, come around to my way of thinking. Come around, Come around, Come around, Come around to my way of thinking. ------------------------------------------------- Dont Fight it Marsha, It's Bigger Than Both of Us ------------------------------------------------- It's been some time now, a year or so, If you weren't coping, you'd have let me know. My friends say I do too much, I've got a lot on my plate, If there was something I wouldn't hesitate, There's five blue figures on a white circle. They're makeing agreements, They're keeping each other in line. And I want you to be happy, But I'd rather that you were still with me, Perhaps we can arrange something. Arrange something. I took pride in my even hand, When I took control I thought you'd understand If all things were equal I could be you friend I could turn around and take it again, There's five blue figures on a white circle. They're makeing agreements, They're keeping each other in line. And I want you to be happy, But I'd rather that you were still with me, Perhaps we can arrange something. Arrange something. ------------- Dominion Road ------------- Dominion Road is bending, Under it's own weight, Shining like a strip Cut from a sheet metal plate, 'Cause it's just been raining. Jane had reached the point when she knew What he meant before he'd opened his mouth, He counldn't say the same, Or he'd have guessed she was moving south, With one of his friends. But it's getting better now. He found it in him to forgive. He walked the city, And he found a place to live, In a half-way house, Half-way down Dominion Road. When he watched Jane's brother sell the house, He felt no sense of loss, More like a mountain climber, Looking back, having made it across The steepest face. And he's still climbing, See him trying to cross the street, He tests his footing, Like he was up 10,000 feet, Above the clouds, Half-way down Dominion Road. But it's getting better now, He rests his head on the window sill, He watches the city, He can see the antennas in the hills From the half-way house, Half-way down Dominion Road, Half-way down, Half-way down, Half-way down Dominion Road. ------ Esther ------ Esther's been reading books, She's changed the way that she thinks and the way that she looks Her coffee is black now and so are her clothes She's shaved off her hair and put a ring through her nose Esther's been watching movies, She must've seen someone that she would like to be, If it looks like her she could be on the screen, But she's the worst actor that I've ever seen. Esther I've known you for ages, And I've watched you through all the stages, Esther, we used to be the bester friends, but now were becoming strangers. Esther's been buring bridges, I remember the time that she turned religious, But soon she turned her back on the church, And brushed it aside to coninue the search, 'Cos Esther's been searching for something, She doesn't quite know what it is, Yes, Esther's been looking for something, Maybe something that doesn't exist. Esther's been getting lonely, After she cut herself off from the only, People on whom she could depend, People who were happy to call her their friend. Esther I've known you for ages, And I've watched you through all the stages, Esther, we used to be the bester friends, but now were becoming strangers. Oh Esther. Oh Esther. -------------- Envy Of Angels -------------- Look over there, you used to say, The shape of the land beneath the street. Ridges and valleys and underground streams, You have to know whats under your feet. So you can mak things strong enough, To take the weight. The weight of all the people That haven't been born. That's what you said to me, And it's the envy of angels. Listen to that, you used to say. Can you hear someone drawing plans? Can you hear someone cutting wood? Can you hear someone walking the land? And all the time I wanted to be, Somewhere that wasn't so new, Where you don't have to dig youself out A place to stand. Far away, From the envy of angels. Driving to your place after dark, The light of the town behing those hills, I'm wanting so much to see you again, I can almost htough the new tar seal. In front of my wheels, They're painting the signs, Measuring the land, Marking the lines, Laying foundations, Making it strong, For all of those people, Who haven't been born. Just like you said. And it's the envy of angels. ----------------- Face In the Paper ----------------- The afternoon left without me, So I sat down in park, The newsagents are closing, Pretty soon it will be dark. Face in paper, Take me home. Into your forgetful valley, Keep me warm. Must sell a lot of something, 'Cause I see you all the time, And somehow you look familiar, Mabey we met along the line. Face in paper, Take me home. Into your forgetful valley, Keep me warm. Down by the oily river. Where the blackberries grow. I'll stay with you forever. And noone needs to know. Noone needs to know. I will lay down beside you. Up by the railway. Wrap me in your words and pictures We'll watch the town get up to meet the day. ------------ Giant Friend ------------ You say you've got a giant friend that no-one else can see. Could you introduce your giant friend to me? I would not scare your giant friend away I'm in no hurry, I could stay all day. Can I play with your giant friend? Can I play with your giant friend? I want to be friends with your giant friend. Your giant friend. Some say they're scared of what your friend could do. And I think by now you know that I'm scared too. Since we met a light's been flashing in my mind, If I can't see you're giant friend I might as well go blind. Can I play with your giant friend? Can I play with your giant friend? I want to be friends with your giant friend. Your giant friend. Round the back and up the stairs, There's a big green door, With a key in the lock, And the hinges creek as I look inside, And someone is calling me, Someone is calling my name, And I'm not supposed to be here. Give you're giant friend this sign for me. And say if I must wait I will wait patiently. If you think me false I don't mind if my life ends, Maybe then I'll get to meet you're giant friend. Can I play with your giant friend? Can I play with your giant friend? I want to be friends with your giant friend. Your giant friend. ---------------- He Turned Around ---------------- He turned around, and he Looked at his life. He saw the way he talked The way he ate, And slept and walked, He said wait, He turned people on and off While at the same time adding them To his private kingdom. In his kingdom, all the people spoke well of him, He never needed to explain himself to them, He turned around and around. He turned around and around. He turned around and thought, How did I get so cold. He turned around and he thought, When did it get so cold in here Somebody open the door, Let some of that sun in. Somebody open the door, Let that big yellow sun Get him in here. Get him shining his light. Get him shining his light. Get him shining his light. He turned around and around and around and around and around and around. He turned around and around and around and around and around and around. He turned around and around. He truned around. He turned around. ---------- The Heater ---------- Frank bought a heater, An electric heater, The elements were made of wire and clay, He reached out to touch, and he heard a voice say, And he heard it say: "Come on and plug me in, I want to feel that heat begin, Don't move till the morning comes, And you can fly up to the sun, So come on and plug me in, Plug me in, Plug me in." Frank liked his heater, His electric heater, Upstairs alone with the elements, He dreamt of gold and frankinscense. And he heard it say: "Come on and plug me in, I want to feel that heat begin, Come close and listen while I sing, I won't melt your precious Wings, So come on and plug me in, Plug me in, Plug me in. Come on and plug me in, I want to feel that heat begin, Although by body is rusting through, I have carried this song for you, It's from the sphinx and the serpent too, So plug me in." ------------- Inbetween Man ------------- You say she gone again, But it's not your fault, She let you fall, 'Cause you bought it all with no guarentee. Pick youself off the ground, Doesn't bear talking about. Don't think twice would be your advice if it happened to me. I've always thought it natural to be guided by you, So correct me if I'm wrong, This is something I would never do. Why don't you say to her what you just said to me? Why don't you help her understand? I wouldn't dream of telling you what you already know, Even if I was the inbetween man. The inbetween man Guess I might have seen her, she might said some things, And I've had reason to be where she be happened to be, She might of mentioned you. I think she's taken in by your wayword words, She might suspect it's all an act and you're not so cool. I could go on and on about the way I saw her then, The way she moved her hands, The way the sunlight moved her head. Why don't you say to her what you just said to me? Why don't you help her understand? I wouldn't dream of telling you what you already know, Even if I was the inbetween man. I was the inbetween man. Why don't you say to her what you just said to me? I dont beleive I understand. If you want to have have pride and joy Together in your hand, Don't ask me anymore, I'm not the inbetween man Don't ask me anymore, I'm not the inbetween man Inbetween Man. Inbetween Man. ---------- In My Room ---------- In my room, I can keep everything within reach. All the switches and fittings are new. I have tapped on the floor and I've paced on the floor, And I know every inch of the celing too. But I keep seeing you. Yes I keep seeing you. In my room I have built a religion of a kind. I've found virtue in things that stand the same. In my room I measure time by the things that I use up. And just like my shopping list i will never change. But I keep seeing you. Yes I keep seeing you. And I don't recognise where I am. All the shapes and the shadows start to spin, Because you're the one that finally let me in To my room. In my room a river runs along the wall above my bed, In my room a mountain stands behind the door. There is nothing I'm denied, I don't need to go outside, Because in my room I cannot ask for more. And I don't recognise where I am. All the shapes and the shadows start to spin, Because you're the one that finally showed me That I've never been here before, No I don't think that I've been here before. No I don't think that I've been here before. No I don't think that I've been here before. And I don't recognise where I am. All the shapes and the shadows start to spin, Because you're the one that finally let me in To my room. -------------- Inside My Skin -------------- You will find me breathing, Slowly I won't leap in. Days go by the long way, Giving time it's own say. But can't you see, It's moving just inside my skin? Cold outside this evening, Feel my hands are freezing. But can't you see, It's moving just inside my skin? How can skin so thin Hold all that blood in? --------------- Like This Train --------------- I never thought that it would come to this, To watch myself leaving you behind. But you went to great lengths to clear my way, And like this train, you'll take a long, long time, To reach the end of the line, Like I did. Like I did. The farms and the rivers slide away out there, These towns all look like my home town. No-one could blame you for getting out of there, But like this train, you'll take a long, long time, To reach the end of the line, Like I did. Like I did. You say they'll chang in time, We won't feel so strange but I, I don't believe you. I don't believe you. The power lines are dancing overhead, The wind is shaking up the trees. I wish I'd know how I could have made you see, But like this train, you'll take a long, long time, To reach the end of the line, Like I did. Like I did. Like this train, you'll take a long, long time, To reach the end of the line, Like I did. Like I did. Like this train. Like this train. Like this train. ------ Nature ------ Through falling leaves I pick my way slowly. Talking aloud - eases my mind. Sunlight filters through - I fell my head is drifting, So full of thoughts - I thought. I need some thoughts that are new. Nature - enter me. Up in a tree a bird sing so sweetly. Natures own voice - I hear. Rustling whistling leaves turning breeze to speech, Call to me now - ease my mind. I'll turn something new. My mind's laid with dew. Nature - enter me. I'll turn something new. My mind's laid with dew. Nature - enter me. ------ Ngaire ------ The plane touches down. The lounge fills up again. With retired couples from the midwestern USA. They blink in the foreign light, And admire each others shoes. I've seen a lot of new shoes today. You should have let me know, That you weren't getting on your flight. You should have called so I wouldn't be calling you now. On this line yousound so strange, And I'm running out of change, I'm standing but it feels like falling. Ngaire, I'm not lying to you. Ngaire, I've been trying to do right from the very start, And if you doubt whats in my heart you can break it open, But be careful when you do, 'cause inside there's a girl who looks like you. You knew I had to come here. You knew there was no work at hoome. You said you'd join me when the coast was clear. Now I take the escalator down, I catch the bus back into town, I'm as free as the planes up in the air. Is that the sun, That's rising on you now? And did it shine, The day you changed your mind? Oh Ngaire, oh Ngaire. Ngaire, I'm not lying to you. Ngaire, I've been trying to do right from the very start, And if you doubt whats in my heart you can break it open, But be careful when you do, 'cause inside there's a girl who looks like you. Inside there's a girl who looks like you. Inside there's a girl who looks like you. Looks like you. Looks like you. ------------------ No Plans For Later ------------------ I came home To find my sink was leaking, I had no plans for later. It struck me The the evening might pass With no-one but me knowing About the dripping sound, And the black stain growing on the floor. It struck me again, harder this time, I turned off the kitchen light, I ran I ran a bath. Later I wished I hadn't. There seemed so much of me to dry. I thought about you, And the two pillows on your bed, And the two corners of your mouth. And the two pillows on your bed, And the two corners of your mouth. --------------- No Telling When --------------- Are these the hands of a man? I suppose so. I recall them shaking the hands of other men. Now all they seem to do is write in this log book. That's all they've done since I can't remember when. And there's No telling when I'm going to be Carried in. But in my mind, I see the land, There's a footprint in the sand, and it's goind to be, Mine...It's going to be, Mine...It's going to be mine. Is that a human face in the mirror? It looks just like a piece of the sea. I've been staring at the waves so very long now, My eyes are playing tricks on me. And there's No telling when I'm going to be Carried in. But in my mind, I see the land, There's a footprint in the sand, and it's goind to be, Mine...It's going to be, Mine...It's going to be mine. I had a friend who said, "Don't read these papers, The writing inside is always so small" But in the end it was him who started shrinking, In the end you couldn't see him at all. And there's No telling when I'm going to be Carried in. But in my mind, I see the land, There's a footprint in the sand, and it's goind to be, Mine...It's going to be, Mine...It's going to be mine. ------------------- The Queen's English ------------------- On a West Coast Station There was a US congressman, He was a guest on a talkshow, On the subject of language, And he said, And he said, "I am a great one, For giving people their due, But you have to draw the line some times. And when I look up ahead, I can only see one world, And it's a world without interpreters and phrasebooks, because The Queen's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, And it's good enough for me. The Queen's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, And it's good enough for me." Julius Ceaser when he Stepped onto the shore, He didn't do some raindance, he just Said it plain he said: "I came, I saw and I conquered." So don't try and make me Fell like a fool, I know what I stand for, And I know what they want, They just want to feel special. But they're wrong, they're wrong, they're so wrong because, The Queen's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, And it's good enough for me. The Queen's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, And it's good enough for me. Some people want to Go back to living in caves, Bend over backwards and the Thin end of the wedge goes in. All you little countries, All you towers of Babel, Well you better wake up, and shape up, and earn your place on the team. And if you don't know, Please and Thank you, Well you better learn, you better learn, you better learn because, The Queen's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, And it's good enough for me. The Queen's English was good enough for Jesus Christ, And it's good enough for me. --- Ray --- Ray, come out of the dark, Close your mouth, it's my turn to talk. Oh Ray, don't be so cool, That you cant let yourself fall. Oh Ray, hope comes in strange shapes, When you don't expect it to. Ray, hope comes in strange shapes, Wouldn't you say it's time for you? You say that all the good has gone. If you stay I'll try to prove you wrong. Oh And when it hurts too much to stand in the queue, Go on Ray, I'll save a place for you. Oh. Ray, hope comes in strange shapes, When you don't expect it to. Ray, hope comes in strange shapes, Wouldn't you say it's time for you? Dead leaves in the wind are blowing, Like a dial on a radio you're turning, Ray, wouldn't you say? Ray, wouldn't you say? Ray. Ray, hope comes in strange shapes, When you don't expect it to. Ray, hope comes in strange shapes, Wouldn't you say it's time for you? Wouldn't you say it's time for you? Oh, Ray. ------------------ She's Been talking ------------------ At the high tide line, driftwood and shells That's where she said we could leave our clothes Where the moon dissolves in the wet sand. Theres no-one here tonight The whole towns still at the shore. She said she'd seen me come alone And did I need a lift back home, Cause she was leaving For some people you can see right through But I never ever guessed how much she knew, And that she'd been talking, She's been talking, She's been talking to my friends. I hated it tonight, I hate their precious scene, I hate the way they all compete, And the way they wipe their feet on each other. But she is not like them, She holds herself away, And she laughs behind their backs, And I love when she does that. Still I never let her see, No I never never wanted charity. But now she's been talking, She's been talking, She's been talking to my friends. She's been talking, She's been talking, She's been talking to my friends. Car headlights creep across the sea Now she's sailing close to me. And she, And she, She's been talking, She's been talking, She's been talking to my friends. She's been talking, She's been talking, She's been talking to my friends. She's. ----------------- She's Like a City ----------------- She's like a city, like a city I come to. She's like a city, like a city I drive through. There is a down town Where advertisements shout enticements and threats. There are a suburbs Where nothing much grows, and the paint's still wet. There are places that I run to, 'cause they're safe, And there are places I won't go. She's like a city, like a city I come from. She's like a city, like a city where I belong. Sometimes I'll walk past a doorway Where there's a freak show going on. Or I'll stand on a bridge above a highway, And below me a stream of engines and they're singing: We can't take this place, Be we take this place, And we love this place, But we hate it here, Let's go away. But we don't go away, We think we'll stay, Will she let us stay? Will she take us in? Like a city, like a city, like a city. She's like a city, like a city, like a city. She's like a city, like a city, like a city. She's like a city, like a city, like a city. She's like a city. ------- So Long ------- Lets cut out the crap and get down to the facts Sharpen your teeth and grind your axe, I may be thick skinned but my bones show thorough And I've got a bone I want to pick with you. Haven't you seen ive had enough? How many times can you call my bluff, Aren't you tired of being tough? I walked the line and I've run the risk, And Ive taken in in my stride. I've taken it with a grain of salt, And I've swallowed it with my pride Why am I feeling like this again, You're my fair-weather friend and it aways rains, You never call me just call me names. I don't want to hurt you, But I'm going to desert you. Patience is a virtue, But I've been waiting so long, I've been waiting so long, I've been waiting so long, I've been waiting So long so long so long. Every time I think of leaving, my heart starts to speed up, But you know I'll take any port in a storm in a teacup. I don't want to hurt you, But I'm going to desert you. Patience is a virtue, But I've been waiting so long, I've been waiting so long, I've been waiting so long, ... I've been waiting so long, I've been waiting So long so long so long. --------------------- Straight To Your Head --------------------- There's a river flowing up into the sky, To the sky, to the sky. There are trees with human heads parading by, Sailing by, sailing by. And the hands of giants hold the gates in the clouds, In the clouds, Up there where the dragons fly, Round and round, round and round. Straight to your head, You stop me from growing up, you show me. Straight to your head, You keep me from shutting down, believe me. I'll never leave you, it doesn't matter what you do, 'Cause I can go straight to your head, To be close to you. Outside in the night the burglar creeps, Oh he creeps, yeah he creeps. In the flowers behind the house the princess sleeps, Oh she sleeps, yeah she sleeps. In the land between the lamp-posts everything is black, And here we come a-stepping on the cracks, On the cracks. I - used to only see What I was looking for, And I - used to only hear What I'd heard before. Now I'm looking all around, And now I'm walking, Walking downtown. Straight to your head, You stop me from growing up, you show me. Straight to your head, You keep me from shutting down, believe me. I'll never leave you, it doesn't matter what you do, 'Cause I can go straight to your head, I can go straight to your head, I can go straight to your head, To be close to you. --------------- There's A Limit --------------- You can tell tall stories till the cows come home, In a way that makes people believe them. What you lack in honesty is made up in charisma, And no-one notices as you decieve them. You can make excuses till the cows come home, Reel them off one after another, You can take my sympathy, milk it for all its worth, But there'll come a time when you discover There's a limit. There's a limit. There's only so far you can go. There's a limit. There's a limit. You can take advantage till the cows come home Of whoever happens to be near. And when it's convenient, your memory is foggy, At the same time your consience is clear. But there's a limit. There's a limit. It's been going on so long now, Since I introduced you, To people who are getting used, Or else they're getting used to You. You can charm the birds out of the trees, Till the cows come home. But my patience is sure put to the test. When I return and in return for trying to find out, Find someone else is shitting in my nest. There's a limit. There's a limit. There's only so far you can go. There's a limit. There's a limit. It's been going on so long now, Since I introduced you, To people who are getting used, Or else they're getting used to You. -------------------- Too Close To The Sun -------------------- It's so dry here. One spark and the whole place could go up. Think I'll stop and get a drink here. Something like the picture on the poster I saw a few miles back, A green can on a nest of ice like the egg of some antarctic bird. And I've seen this town in a dream. I was running away, From something that I didn't want to see. It was a day like today. I watched the sky melt over Highway One And I felt too close to the sun. Neighbour of mine, Got out of his car somewhere down country in weather like this. Just disappeared. Left the engine running. Police came to talk to his wife, I watched them from my window, She was shaking her head, The cops were standing with their big hands hanging down. And I've seen this town in a dream. I was running away, From something that I didn't want to see. It was a day like today. I watched the sky melt over Highway One And I felt too close to the sun. Who's that yonder dressed in white. (An old man kneeling on a bowling green, Shining with gin and brilliantine.) He might have just stepped from a satellite. (Looks at me and gets up slowly, Smiles and waves as if he knows me) And I've seen this town in a dream. I was running away, From something that I didn't want to see. It was a day like today. I watched the sky melt over Highway One And I felt too close to the sun. ----------- Your Window ----------- I run by the petrol station, The dawn is almost breaking, The trees hang low above the road, And Forest hill is waking from sleep. The birds are singing in the willow trees, By the creek thats flowing, Down around the town where all the street lights are still Glowing from last night When you left your window open for me. When you left your window open for me. Open for me. White light comes from a kitchen doorway, Orange juice comes from a packet. I see a womam getting dressed behind yellow blinds, Reminds me I left my jacket with you When you left your window open for me. When you left your window open for me. Open for me. I run by a string of houses, Laid out like a string of pearls, In each house there's a room, And in each room there's a girl that I don't know, It's as if they've left their windows open for me, 'Cause you left your window open for me. 'Cause you left your window open for me. Open for me. ---------- Wellington ---------- I wish I was in Wellington, the weathers not so good. The wind it cuts right through you and it rains more than it should. But I'd be there tomorrow, if I only could, Oh I wish I was in Wellington. I wish I was in Wellington, the bureaucracy, The suits and the breifcases along Lampton Quay. The Harbour City Capital, the lights beside the sea, Oh I wish I was in Wellington. It just isn't practical, with you down in the capital, And me at the other end of the island. The problem is the gap between us on the map, And there's no easy way to reconcile it. I wish I was in Wellington, the cafes and the bars. The music and the theatre, and the old Cable Car, And you can walk everywhere, 'cause nowhere's very far, Oh I wish I was in Wellington. Oh I wish... I wish I was in Wellington, the wind it cuts right through, I wish I was in Wellington, there's so much more to do, I wish I was in Wellington, and you wish I was too, Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you. Oh I wish I was in Wellington, 'cause then I'd be with you. ------------- White Valient ------------- You're from the family that moved in up the valley. It's lucky I picked you up and not somebody else. We'll have to turn around, there's a landside at the quarry. And though I sat it myself, you couldn't have better help, If you found yourself losing your way through here. You can still see the moon, Though it's the middle of the morning. You can smell the clay. Like I said, you can count youself lucky. Not many people know this way. Let's turn off for a minute, I've seen something - let's take a look now. But hold on tight, this strech has needed fixing for years. Over there, I knew it. You read these roads like a book now, If you drive them every day. In the last half-hour a lot of cars have been through here. You can still see the moon, Though it's the middle of the morning. You can smell the clay. Like I said, you can count youself lucky. Not many people know this way. Here we are - on that hill over there. See all the cars parked in the field, And the crowd walking down the fenceline? You can still see the moon, Though it's the middle of the morning. You can smell the clay. Like I said, you can count youself lucky. Not many people know this way. Remember where we left the car. Remember where we left the car. Remember it's a white Valient. Remember it's a white Valient. ------------------------- When The Wind Comes Round ------------------------- You wake up, you've been dreaming, Words fly round your head And you write them down, Fetch yourself a drink. All around you waters rise, You'd be surprised to see How you're hanging on, If you stop to think. You think that the sun and moon revolve around you. You think that you lost me years ago, But I've got news for you, I found you, I found you. Remeber, we were friends, Our histories and secrets were entwined, You were not above me. People said we could be twins Two sets of arms and legs with a single mind. So why'd you let them have me? You think that you know all that you need to know now But when we get where I'm takeing you, You'll understand, Let's go now, Let's go now. When the wind comes round, When the wind comes round, Little boy don't cry. We'll take all you fancy things, Suck them up into the sky, If you so much as open your eyes, When the wind comes round, When the wind comes round, You're asleep now, You can keep balance a little while, It's all the same to me. I'll wait by your bed. You want to give up, You want to get out now While you've got the chance. I can see your fear Hanging over your head. Someday in a month of Sundays You'll be driving by, Someplace that you think is no place, We'll come face to face, And I will shake you, One of these days I'll wake you. When the wind comes round, When the wind comes round, Little boy don't cry, Suck them up into the sky, If you so much as open your eyes, When the wind comes round, When the wind comes round, For all that never was, And all that will never be, 'Cause you'll know what it's like to be me When the wind comes round, When the wind comes round. --------------- You Will Return --------------- It's a big flat land, And it's right next door. Strong strong coffee, Pimps and whores. The heat comes down, Like a hundred suns, Girls with tans, Cops with guns. Oh Susannah, Don't you cry for me, Just come on home now, Across the cold green sea. Just come on home now, You look so pale, As the light is fading, I'll tell you my tale. The darkness gathers, Under the eaves, Listen while I tell you, That even if you leave, You will return. You will return, you will return. I had a soft white rope, Around your back, You took the weight, I took the slack. The rain still falls here, It holds me so, The way I held you, So long ago. I see the hot winds shake you, Like a leafless tree, Why can't you let them burn And return to me? You will return. You will return, You will return.