Crowded House Album

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 possession
I could feel you underneath my skin
as the wind rushed in,
sent the kitchen table crashing
she said nobody move
or I'll bring the house down
I hardly know which way is up
or which way down
people are strange God only knows
I feel possessed when you come round

it was one of those times
wished I had a camera on me
six foot off the ground
well I know how that sounds...
look above you and beyond me too
that kind of view don't need an explanation
I'm not lying, not asking for anything
I just want to be there when it happens again

I hardly know which way is up
or which way down
people are strange God only knows
I feel possessed when you come round

whenever you invade my home
everything I know flies out the window
it's above you and beyond me too
I don't want an explanation
but I'll be there when you bring the house down

I hardly know which way is up
or which way down
people are strange God only knows
I feel possessed when you come round
people are strange
I feel possessed when you come round

Kill eye a fiery retreat from the stars
Kill eye he came clambering over the wall

I wanna be forgiven
I wanna laugh with children

Please please forgive me
I wanna hug my mother

I want the earth to open up
And hold me

Kill eye watch the security guard
Kill eye separate a man from his life

I wanna laugh with children
I wanna ride the pony

I will love you till the end
Kill eye half way to hell and beyond

And the sky above her
I want the earth to open up

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 temptation
a muddle of nervous words

could never amount to betrayal
the sentence is all my own
the price is to watch it fail
as I turn to go
you looked at me for half a second
with an open invitation
for me to go


into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into temptation
safe in the wide open arms of hell


we can go sailing in
climb down, lose yourself when you linger long
into temptation
right where you belong
the guilty get no sleep

in the last slow hours of morning
experience is cheap
I should've listened to the warning
but the cradle is soft and warm


into temptation
knowing full well the earth will rebel
into your wide open arms
no way to break the spell

break this spell
don't tell

Than a mansion in the slums
The taste of success only lasts you

But it loves you when it comes
And you laugh at yourself

I'd much rather have a trampoline in my front room
Than an isolation tank

From the manager's door
There is trouble at the bank

As you go deep into debt
Laugh at yourself

Who can stop me
With money in my pocket

The best of both worlds
I'd much rather have a caravan in the hills

Than a mansion in the slums
Yeah I'd much rather ...

I'll take it when it comes
And you laugh at yourself

And somebody else is always
Breathing down your neck

While he's hanging over your head
The best of both worlds

When you come across the sea
me like a beacon guiding you to safety
the sooner the better now
and when you come the hills
will breathe like a baby
pulled up heaving from the bottom of the ocean
the sooner the better now
when you come to cover me with your kisses
fresh like a daisy chained up in a lion's den
the sooner the better now
I'll know you by the thunderclap
pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions
and that is why
I stumble to my knees
and why underneath the heavens
with the stars burning and exploding
I know I could never let you down

When you come like an iceberg float in darkness
smashing my hull sent me to the bottom of the sea
I should know you better now
and when you come your majesty to entrap me
prince of light receding
the sooner the better now
and when you come to cover me
with your kisses hard like armour
the sooner the better now
I'll know you by the thunderclap
pouring like a rain of blood to my emotions

And that is why
I stumble to my knees
and why underneath the heavens
with the stars burning and exploding
I know I could never let you down

She came out of the water
into my horizon
like a cumulo nimbus
coming in from a distance
burning and exploding
burning and exploding
like a slow volcano
when you come
cover the ground with ashes
when you come

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

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But we might still survive
And rise up through the maze
If you could change your life
And never be the same

How long must I wait
For you to release me
I pay for each mistake
While you suffer in silence

I could still have an easy life
But the lie ain't worth the living
Once more will I hear you say

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That we might still survive
And rise up through the maze
If you could change your life
And never be the same

Don't stand around
Like friends at a funeral
Eyes to the ground
Don't suffer in silence

'Cause we might still survive
And rise up through the maze
If you could change your life
And never be the same

And every time I hear you
Never be the same
And every time I mess up
Never be the same

I get your tongue in the mail
No one is wise

Love this life
Don't wait till the next one comes

The wheels are still turning round, turn round
And maybe the day will come

After all my complaining
Gonna love this life

And so they threw you in jail
Whatever you've done

And don't you just love this life
When it's holding you down

The wheels are still turning round, turn round
So maybe the day will come

After all my complaining
Gonna love this life

There's something that you can do
Even if you think that I hate you

When you love this life
Gotta love this life

Gonna love this life
Gonna love

Now you're heading down to get someone
should've done what he had to do years ago
the position is coming through
all the people that you're standing on
all the people that you're standing on
now you're heading down to be someone
someone that you've seen in a magazine
your premonition is coming true
oh baby you're not so green
no baby you're not so green
no baby you're nutso

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sister madly waking up the dead
you're systematically stepping on my head
sister madly waking up the dead
you're sister systematically stepping on my head

Now you're heading down to find something
something that you buried in your own backyard
the position is coming through
from all the dirt that you're digging up
from all the dirt that you're digging up
now you're heading down to be somewhere
somewhere you imagined in your wildest dream
the opposition is coming through
from all the people that you're standing on
from all the people that you're standing on
now you'd better take a firm hand

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Now you're heading down to get someone
someone that you should've had years ago
the position is coming through
all the people that you're standing on
all the people that you're standing on
you're hard to get a hand on

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Out here in panic and alarm
Black shapes gather in the distance

The first drops land on the window
The first sign that there's something wrong

Which way, which way
Two days till I get to you

Where I go there'll be no kind welcome
Coming down upon me

Feel my face
Now the insects swarm

Fear will take the place of desire
And we will fan the flames on high

The sky fell underneath a blanket
The sun sank as the miles went by

When you remember it makes you cry
Ghost cars on the freeway

One by one they are disappearing
Time will keep me warm

Now the insects swarm
In the lowlands

And we will fan the flames on high

Somewhere deep inside
Something's got a hold on you
And it's pushing me aside
See it stretch on forever

and 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 nothingness
Like a week in the desert

and I know I'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon

So don't say no
Don't say nothing's wrong
Cos when you get back home
Maybe I'll be gone

It would cause me pain
If we were to end it
But I could start again
You can depend on it

and I know I'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon