Crowded House

A sigh from the deepest well You can tell a lot without saying a thing The truth, between us my friend This longing A sigh for lonliness to end No changing the story now A sigh from the emptiest part It's a tender place A sigh Is more than I can bear...

All I ask Is to live each moment Free from the last Take the road forgotten Don't leave me here Oh, please let me stray Far from familiar things All I ask Is to live each moment All I ask Is to live each moment Free from the last Strange roads G...

I dream of a place that's hedged with roses Where the man in the middle don't talk in riddles You get hung on every single word Some call it high some call it low When they hear about things they don't want to know But the truth is still a valuable thing...

Make your decision now Rely on no help from above Living is luxury I want everything you throw out I'll do anything you want to Please let me go with you I'll wear the smile on your face Big, black and beautiful I want it, everything you throw out Th...

Somewhere deep inside Something's got a hold on you And it's pushing me aside See it stretch on forever I know I'm right For the first time in my life That's why I tell you You'd better be home soon Stripping back the coats Of lies and deception Back to noth...

Black and white boy, black and white boy You're so extreme, you're so confused Colour me in, whatever mood I'm in I could be still in touch with you And you're full of the wonder of Spring It's all sweetness and light that you bring And a room full of p...

Why do I kid myself Why do I scream for pleasure It's four in the morning should know better But she can weave a spell Want it to last forever Making me feel like somebody special Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late (just...

No night to stay in Bad moon is rising again Dice rolls, you burn Come down, I fear As that cold wheel turns I know what I know Sad Claude's been sleeping around To stroke the right nerve Whose needs do I serve As Catherine's wheel turns? She was al...

Not everyone in New York would pay to see Andrew Lloyd Webber May his trousers fall down as he bows to the queen and the crown I don't know what tune the orchestra played But it went by me sickly sentimental Can I have another piece of chocolate cake Tam...

By the shade of your magnolia I go down for release And the seven ships of Providence Will be falling, flowing near And the convent girls in their frilly white tights Will be chorus girls with their names up in lights And the bridal veils will be shimme...

Tell me all the things you would change I don't pretend to know what you want When you come around and spin my top Time and again, time and again No fire where I lit my spark I am not afraid of the dark When your words devour my heart And put me to shame, put...

There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch a deluge in a paper cup There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost But you'll never see the end of the road while you're traveling with me Hey now, hey now, don't dream it's over Hey now,...

Another pleasant day in the countryside Has ended up in tears on a stormy night Cause you can't follow my directions home But don't stop now God knows where the satellite's taking us I can't tell what's right in front of us But I hang on every word But...

Steam ship sail down the river Fight the mosquitoes that lie in the swamp White smoke cover the jungle see Dr. Livingston land with a thump Down where the sad widows gather Young women weep for their dying babies I am a white man in Africa If I were to...

English trees in my garden We planted seeds in a faraway land In between the palms and the succulent grove 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...

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 he...

I see a man with a flag and he leads the procession And a woman shedding tears for a man locked in prison When the two locked eyes and for a moment I was taken That all paths lead to a single conclusion Everything is good for you If it doesn't kill you...

I'm really close tonight And I feel like I'm moving inside her Lying in the dark And I think that I'm beginning to know her Let it go I'll be there when you call And whenever I fall at your feet You let your tears rain down on me Whenever I touch your...

Fork lightning in your hall Break the skin when you break the fall I'll be the one to fix it up Love children of the new age Just a hippy with a weekly wage There's no rebellion just a chance to be lazy When fame is in your blood You follow the scienc...

Can you imagine that An itch too sensitive to scratch The light that falls through the cracks An insect too delicate to catch? I hear the endless murmur Every blade of grass that shivers in the breeze And the sound, it comes to carry me Across the land...

Four seasons in one day Lying in the depths of your imagination Worlds above and worlds below The sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain Even when you're feeling warm The temperature could drop away Like four seasons in one day Smiling...

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 Find out, don’t think I can’t get us...

Help is coming I heard a whisper White caps turning the breath of summer Distant drumming Lire birds calling Escape the anguish of our past And pray Empires crumbling The Callous winter Fear is running No longer with us We sail tomorrow For Ellis I...

There's a hole in the river where my auntie lies From the land of the living to the air and sky Left her car by the river left her shoes beside Through the thorns and the bushes I hope she was... Dreaming of glory Miles above the mountains and plains Fr...

Escape is on your mind again Escape to a far away land At times it seems there is no end To long hard nights of drinking How will you go, how will you go Drive through the wind and the rain Cover it up, cover it up I'll find you a shelter to sleep in...

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 am 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...

She said I could never do that But I know you can, you are in my dream We are one person not two of a kind And what was mine is now in your posession I could feel you underneath my skin As the wind rushed in Sent the kitchen table crashing She said nobo...

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 tall trees I believe There is nothing you and me can't do together if we tried The day is long an...

You came Out of this world to me My life Parted like the Red Sea We flowed Easy between the rocks and stones Never seemed to stop us The years Ended in confusion Don't ask me I don't know what happened But I am A man with a mission Must be the devi...

The devil's in the dreaming He tells you I'm not sleeping in my hotel room alone With nothing to believe in You dive into the traffic rising up And it's so quiet You're surprised And then you wake For all the things you're losing You might as well resign your...

We're standing in a deep dark hole Beneath the sky as black as coal It's just a fear of losing control You know so well Don't miss it when the moment comes Be submissive just this once Imagine there is something to be done Some truth to tell I would l...

Oh hell trouble is coming Out here in panic and alarm Black shapes gather in the distance Looks like it won't take long The first drops land on the window The first sign that there's something wrong Light rain and a head full of thunder Which way, whic...

I lit the match, I lit the match I saw another monster turn to ash Felt the burning lifting from my back Do you recognize a nervous twitch That exposes the weekness of the myth When your turn comes round And the light goes on And you feel your attracti...

You opened up your door I couldn't believe my luck You in your new blue dress Taking away my breath The cradle is soft and warm Couldn't do me no harm You're showing me how to give Into temptation Knowing full well the earth will rebel Into temptatio...

Ice will melt, water will boil You and I can shake of this mortal coil It's bigger than us You don't have to worry about it Ready or not, here comes the drop You feel lucky when you know where you are You know it's gonna come true Here in your arms I r...

I bring you plates from Rome You say they look fantastic I say we`re having fun Nothing like that Italian plastic I bring you rocks and flowers You say they look pathetic You pick me up at night I don`t feel pathetic When you wake up with me I`ll be...

I was standing on a wave Then I made the drop I was lying in a cave In the solid rock I was feeling pretty brave Till the lights went off Sleep by no means comes too soon In a valley lit by the moon We left a little dust On his Persian rug We gathe...

Kill eye tumbling come out of the sky Kill eye a fiery retreat from the stars Kill eye he came clambering over the wall Kill eye halfway to hell and beyond I wanna be forgiven I wanna laugh with children Won't you ever forgive me Please please forgive...

It was typical of you To give it to me plain The sign on your door said make your mind up or go away it was difficult for me to single you out Left hand wants to know what the right is doing Whichever way we miss out on something We're free but there is...

Saw my life go flashing past In the eyes of a faithful friend Four legs four lives And the screeching tyres never seem to end I will change if Lester lives Not mess him round just cause I own him He was nearly wiped away But he had good luck and strong...

I been locked out I been locked in But I always seem to come back again When youre in that room What do you do I know that I will have you in the end And the clouds they are crying on you And the birds are offering up their tunes In a shack thats as remote as...

Seal my fate I get your tongue in the mail No one is wise Until they see how it lies Love this life Don't wait till the next one comes Pedal my faith The wheels are still turning round, turn round And maybe the day will come When you'll never have to...

There's closets in my head where dirty things are kept That never see the light of day I want to drag them out, go for a walk Just to see the look that's on your face Sometimes I can't be straight I don't want to hurt you So forgive me if I tell a lie So...

I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills Than a mansion in the slums The taste of success only lasts you Half an hour or less But it loves you when it comes And you laugh at yourself While you're bleeding to death I'd much rather have a trampoline i...

She came all the way from America Had a blind date with destiny And the sound of Te Awamutu Had a truly sacred ring Now her parents are divorced And her friend's committing suicide I could not escape A plea from the heart You know what it means to me She said...

The time has begun I go to the sleeping water now The slow tide of spring I am drawn towards your beckoning Starting to breathe But the dawn is slow in coming now And my legs are gone Yeah my friends say there's nothing wrong Caught on a bad day, caug...

My life is a house You crawl through the window Slip across the floor and into the reception room You enter the place Of endless persuasion Like a knock on the door when there's ten or more things to do Who was that calling? You my companion Run to the water...

Don't stand around Like friends at a funeral Eyes to the ground It could've been you Why do you weep For the passing of ages You slip with the back of your hand You're taking it out on the one you love I couldn't believe it But we might still surviv...

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 okay Broken pieces on the...

You're not the girl you think you are, no no They're not his shoes under your bed, yeah yeah He'll take you places in his car That you won't forget, no And all the people that you know Will turn their heads as you go by But you'll be hard to recognize...

It never used to be that bad But neither was it great Somewhere in the middle than Content and much too safe Ooh tell me please Why it takes so long To realise when there's something wrong Lay me out with your heart Now we're gettin' somewhere Push me back to...

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 aflame With a million lights And they come and they go In the blink of an eye People are like suns Science will enable...

Detective is flat, no longer is always flat out Got the number of the getaway car Didn't get very far As lucid as hell and these images Moving so fast like a fever So close to the bone I don't feel too well And if you choose to take that path I will...

He imagines the world As the angels sending 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...

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 The labour of love is ours to endure The highest branch on the apple tree Was my favourite place to be I could hear them brea...

Within myself There are a million things Spilling over Rushing out into a silent scream Feel the warm wind touch me Hear the waters crashing See my windows, wipe them clean It's my recurring dream Within myself A secret world returns Over and over...

Deliberate Provocation It's 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 A painted figure that glows in the da...

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 Till the clouds get blown...

Well, 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 Those who can blow a chasm wide It took us all It took us all Pushed...

Pretty soon you'll be able to remember her Lying in the garden singing Right where she'll always be The door is always open This is the place that I loved her And these are the friends that she had Long may the mountain ring To the sound of her laughte...

These walls Have eyes Rows of photographs And 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...

Now you're heading down to get someone Should've done what he had to do years ago The position is coming through All the people that you're standing on All the people that you're standing on Now you're heading down to be someone Someone that you've seen in a m...

Love can make you weep Can make you run for cover Roots that spread so deep Bring life to frozen ground (Chorus) Something so strong Could carry us away Something so strong Could carry us today Turning in my sleep Love can leave you cold Taste of jealousy Is...

I'm on the tail of a comet shape I see the parade, the fist that knocks them down On the wave of emotion, yeah I can feel it coming and my feet are off the ground Took me into your confidence When you ask me to, I come to your defence And I will not fail...

Watch out big ships are waiting Salt frozen on your cheek I saw a girl and a boy arriving And a steamer put out to sea Tall tree stand in the distance Remember when you were green Don`t wipe the salt from your skin You must keep running the distance...

What`ll I tell him When he comes to me for absolution Wouldn`t you know it Hope I don`t make a bad decision Cos I`d like to believe There is a god Why sinful angels suffer for love I`d like to believe In the terrible truth in the beautiful lie Like...

I will come to you at nighttime And 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 right out of you I will make you laugh and make you cry And we may never forget it That I will...

Start in the way that you want to go on Tear down the fence that you sit upon It was good while it lasted but now it has gone So face up to what you have done For Time immemorial, time immemorial, time A glorious contest to find the invincible one And I...

Together alone Above and beneath We were as close As anyone can be Now you are gone Far away from me As is once Will always be Together alone Anei ra maua E piri tahi nei E noha tahi nei Ko maua anake Kei runga a Rangi Ko papa kei raro E mau to...

Look at all the plans I made Falling down like scraps of paper I will leave them where they lie to remind me From the past a rumour comes Don't let it keep draggin' you down Throw the memory in an open fire You'll be free Roll back the tombstone Let t...

Talk to her That’s right It could mean more than you think Talk to her That’s right You don’t have to lose a thing Take a satellite You could make her happy again Dream about The time She threw the dinner at you And in the coconut grove You can...

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...

At odd times we slip Slither down the dark hole Fingers point from old windows An eerie shadow falls Walking on the spot To show that I'm alive Moving every bone in my body From side to side Will we be in our minds When the dawn breaks? Can we look...

Walking round the room singing stormy weather A fifty seven Mt. Pleasant St. Now it’s the same room but everything’s different You can fight the sleep but not the dream Things ain’t cookin‘ in my kitchen Strange aff liction wash over me Julius Caesar an...

When you come across the sea Me like a beacon guiding you to safety The sooner the better now And when you come the hils Will breathe like a baby Pulled up heaving from the bottom of the ocean The sooner the better now And when you come to cover me with...

Dull, dull grey The colour of our times Cool, cool space That I still hope to find Far beyond the veil The sound of whispers and moans Slow, time bomb The clamour of the street I hear this town It never goes to sleep And I will catch the taxi driver...

Here's someone now whose got the muscle His steady hand could move a mountain Expert in bed but come on now There must be something missing That golden one leads a double life You'll find out But I don't know where you go Do you climb into space To the world w...

It could spell my near 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 pal...