Colin Hay Lyrics

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself (2021)

I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by Chuck Jackson)

I just don't know what to do with myself

I don't know just what to do with myself

I'm so used to doing everything with you

Planning everything for two

And now that we're through

I just don't know what to do with my time

I'm so lonesome for you it's a crime

Going to a movie only makes me sad

Parties make me feel as bad

When I'm not with you

I just don't know what to do

Like a summer rose

It needs the sun and rain

I need your sweet love

To beat all the pain

I just don't know what to do with myself

I don't know just what to do with myself

Baby, if your new love ever turns you down

Come back I will be around

Just waiting for you

I don't know what else to do

Like a summer rose

It needs the sun and rain

I need your sweet love

To beat all the pain

I don't know just what to do with myself

Baby, if your new love ever turns you down

Come on back I will be around

Just waiting for you

I don't know what else to do

No, don't know what else to do

I just don't know what to do

I don't know what else to do

I'm no good by myself

Waterloo Sunset lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by The Kinks)

Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, flowing into the night?

People so busy, make me feel dizzy, taxi light shines so bright

But I don't need no friends

As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise

(Sha-la-la) Every day I look at the world from my window

(Sha-la-la) Chilly, chilly is the evening time

Waterloo sunset's fine (Waterloo sunset's fine)

Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night

But I am so lazy, don't want to wander, I stay at home at night

But I don't feel afraid

As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise

(Sha-la-la) Every day I look at the world from my window

(Sha-la-la) Chilly, chilly is the evening time

Waterloo sunset's fine (Waterloo sunset's fine)

Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground

But Terry and Julie cross over the river, where they feel safe and sound

And they don't need no friends

As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset, they are in paradise

Waterloo sunset's fine

(Waterloo sunset's fine)

Waterloo sunset's fine

(Waterloo sunset's fine)

Waterloo sunset's fine

Wichita Lineman lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by Glen Campbell)

I am a lineman for the county

And I drive the main road

Searchin' in the sun for another overload

I hear you singing in the wire

I can hear you through the whine

And the Wichita lineman

Is still on the line

I know I need a small vacation

But it don't look like rain

And if it snows that stretch down south

Won't ever stand the strain

And I need you more than want you

And I want you for all time

And the Wichita lineman

Is still on the line

And I need you more than want you

And I want you for all time

And the Wichita lineman

Is still on the line

Still on the line

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by the Beatles)

I once had a girl

Or should I say she once had me

She showed me her room

Isn't it good Norwegian wood?

She asked me to stay

And she told me to sit anywhere

So I looked around

And I noticed there wasn't a chair

I sat on a rug biding my time

Drinking her wine

We talked until two and then she said

"It's time for bed"

She told me she worked

In the morning and started to laugh

I told her I didn't

And crawled off to sleep in the bath

And when I awoke I was alone

This bird had flown

So I lit a fire

Isn't it good Norwegian wood?

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by Gerry and the Pacemakers)

Don't let the sun catch you cryin'

The night's the time for all your tears

Your heart may be broken tonight

But tomorrow in the morning light

Don't let the sun catch you cryin'

The night-time shadows disappear

And with them go all your tears

For the morning will bring joy

For every girl and boy

So don't let the sun catch you cryin'

We know that cryin's not a bad thing

But stop your cryin' when the birds sing

It may be hard to discover

That you've been left for another

But don't forget that love's a game

And it can always come again

So don't let the sun catch you cryin'

Don't let the sun catch you cryin', oh no

Oh no no

Ooh La La lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by Faces)

Poor old Granddad, I laughed at all his words

I thought he was a bitter man

He spoke of women's ways

They'll trap you and use you

And before you even know

For love is blind and you're far too kind

Don't you let it show

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was younger

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was stronger

The can-can such a pretty show

Steals your heart away

But backstage back on earth again

The dressing rooms are grey

They come on strong and it ain't too long

For they make you feel a man

But love is blind and you soon will find

You're just a boy again

When you want her lips, you get her cheek

Makes you wonder where you are

If you want some more then she's fast asleep

Leaves you twinkling with the stars

Poor young grandson there's nothing I can say

You'll have to learn, just like me

And that's the hardest way

Ooh la la

Ooh la la, la la

Ooh la la

Ooh la la, la, yeah

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was younger

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was stronger

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was younger

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was stronger

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was younger

I wish that I knew what I know now

When I was stronger

Driving With The Brakes On lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by Del Amitri)

Driving through the long night

Trying to figure who's right and who's wrong

Now the kid has gone

I sit belted up tight

She sucks on a match light

Glowing bronze

Steering on

And I might be more a man

If I stopped this in its tracks

And said come on

Let's go home

But she's got the wheel

And I've got nothing except what I have on

When you're driving with the brakes on

When you're swimming with your boots on

It's hard to say you love someone

And it's hard to say you don't

Trying to keep the mood right

Trying to steer the conversation from

The thing we've done

She shuts up the ashtray

And I say it's a long way back now hon

And she just yawns

And we might get lost someplace

So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come

But she's got the wheel

And I've got to deal from now on

And when you're driving with the brakes on

When you're swimming with your boots on

It's hard to say you love someone

And it's hard to say you don't

But unless the moon falls tonight

Unless continents collide

Nothing's gonna make me break from her side

'Cause when you're driving with the brakes on

When you're swimming with your boots on

It's hard to say you love someone

And it's hard to say you don't

It's hard to say you love someone

And it's hard to say you don't

Across The Universe lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by the Beatles)

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup

They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe

Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind

Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva, om

Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes

They call me on and on across the universe

Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox they

They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva, om

Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing

Through my open ears inciting and inviting me

Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns

It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva, om

Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai guru deva

Can't Find My Way Home lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by Blind Faith)

Come down off your throne and leave your body alone

Somebody must change

You are the reason I've been waiting so long

Somebody holds the key

Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time

And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home

Oooh

Come down on your own, leave your body alone

Somebody must change

You are the reason I've been waiting all these years

Somebody holds the key

Well, I'm near the end and I just ain't got the time

And I'm wasted and I can't find my way home

Oooh

But I can't find my way home

Oooh

But I can't find my way home

Oooh

But I can't find my way home

Oooh

I can't find my way home

Still I can't find my way home

And I can't find my way home

Many Rivers To Cross lyrics - Colin Hay

(originally by Jimmy Cliff)

Many rivers to cross

And I can't seem to find my way over

Wandering I am lost

As I travel along the white cliffs of Dover

I got many rivers to cross

And it's only my will that keeps me alive

I've been licked, washed up for years

And I merely survive because of my pride

Oh this loneliness won't leave me alone

It's such a drag to be on your own

My woman left and she didn't say why

Well I guess, I have to try

Many rivers to cross

But just where to begin, I'm playing for time

There been times I find myself

Thinking of committing some dreadful crime

Yeah, I've got many rivers to cross

But I can't seem to find my way over

Wandering I am lost

As I travel along the white cliffs of Dover

Come Tumblin' Down lyrics - Colin Hay

I dropped a coin in the wishing well

It's been a long time dry

I watched that ol' greyhound bus kick up dust

As it rolls on by

I asked the man in the station

He said man just take a look around

We haven't had a train through here

Since it all came tumblin' down

Tumblin' down come tumblin' down

Come tumblin' down

I'm not a drinkin' man no more

But this one night I got lost

I've never been much of a dancer

But this I surely was

I made it out to the cottonwoods

Slept with my ear down to the ground

And in my dreams I could hear the screams

As it all came tumblin' down

Tumblin' down come tumblin' down

Tumblin' down come tumblin' come tumblin'

Come tumblin' down

The corridors are all empty

And there's a child sitting on the stairs

She's seen everything there is to see

And somehow she still cares

We took a ride on the ferris wheel

Built from glass and steel and such

Now it's melting in the sun

And it's not worth all that much

Tumblin' down

I raise my hands up to the sky

Tumblin' down

As we climb to higher ground

Tumblin' down

Let's just keep on dancing

Tumblin' down

Until it all comes tumblin' down

Tumblin' down come tumblin' down

Tumblin' down come tumblin' come tumblin'

Come tublin' down

Secret Love lyrics - Colin Hay

As my heart comes beckoning

Towards a day of reckoning

I would give up anything

To not remember everything

About when I saw you

And I knew you were my

Secret love, secret love

You pass by almost every day

I struggle to find the words to say

I'm living in my own prison of war

My heart won't be silent anymore

I may not recover

Since I discovered my

Secret love, secret love

I can't live without you knowing

What I've been keeping inside

My love's overflowing and won't be denied

Can no longer hide

I tried walking away my fear

I tried to make it disappear

It follows and shadows me everywhere

Sometimes I wish I didn't care

But I'm not a pretender

I have to surrender to my

Secret love, secret love

I can't live without you knowing

What I've been keeping inside

My love's overflowing and won't be denied

Can no longer hide

Who can say and who can tell

This feeling that I know oh so well

You and I we may never be

But my love will last an eternity

And we'll be together

Now and forever in

Secret love, secret love

A Thousand Million Reasons lyrics - Colin Hay

When the sun comes up over Paris

It's like any other day

Except that you're in Paris

One more need I say

I climbed the Eiffel Tower

So I could touch the sky

I took almost an hour

And I can sure see why

And you give me

A thousand million reasons

Why we're not alone

And you give me

A thousand million seasons

Where life goes on and on and on and on

I woke up here in Heaven

Floating round the sun

I count down from eleven

All the way to one

And you give me

A thousand million reasons

Why we're not alone

And you give me

A thousand million seasons

Where life goes on and on

And in this world truth be told

We're the lucky ones

And if we find someone to love

Until we fade away...

Into the rise and fall

Of each and every night and day

Together we'll breathe into the wind

And you give me

A thousand million reasons

Why we're not alone

And you give me

A thousand million seasons

Where life goes on and on

And you give me

A thousand million reasons

Why we're not alone

And you give me

A thousand million seasons

Where life goes on and on and on

And on and on and on and on

The Best In Me lyrics - Colin Hay

At breaking of the light

I see it all so clear

My darkness will disappear

As I push you away from here

And you wait so patiently

To bring out the best in me

Shadows in the night

Danger is all I know

So difficult to let go

If I close my eyes and breathe

Gets easier to believe

And you bring out live bets in me

I keep walking out

And meet myself walking back in

And times not on my side

You keep on believing

I will finally arrive and I will realize

I can no longer fight

So tenderly as we go

No swimming against the tide

Letting go of my worthless pride

In your reflection I can see

That you bring out the best in me

I keep walking out

And meet myself walking back in

And times not on my side

You keep on believing

I will finally arrive and I will realize

So take another ride

And I will hold you near

We cast away all our fear

And I want you to know

That you help set me free

And you bring out the best in me

Yeah you help set me free

And you bring out the best in me

Frozen Fields Of Snow lyrics - Colin Hay

I was born some time ago

In this very room

There's many who have come and gone

There's may be one more soon

Seasons come and seasons go

Some tanking in between

I'm lookin' through the window now

At all that I have been

Someone is singin' some crazy song

On the paint strained radio

My hands they are wringin' as I gaze upon

These frozen fields of snow

My father was a violent man

He died in '63

My mother broke her silence then

And she looked after me

We dug a deep well for water

She told me water makes you free

She lost her only daughter

Her name was Mary-Lee

They called me up and threw me in

And there I lost my heart

I forget where I have been

Till wake up in the dark

I heard a voice saying you're going home

As my blood began to flow

My mama was calling and beckoning

From the frozen fields of snow

Somethin' out there's goin' to ground

Lying under open skies

Birds of prey come swoopin' down

Pickin' at their eyes

Springtime in comin' and it's none too soon

It's time for me to let it go

I can see color green poking throungh

Through these frozen fields of snow

My secrets are whispering in this fading light

I have killed and I have loved

Time it will decide

The Last To Know lyrics - Colin Hay

Standing alone trying to talk on the phone

I opened my mouth there was no one home

I always knew what I wanted to say

Then I felt the tap on the shoulder

It was fierce mercy

Telling me to take it slow

Or I'll be the last to know

I remembered the time was around '89

I can still see you and your hand in mine

You broke free you walked away from me

Then I felt the air getting colder

And it was fierce mercy

You're going to have to let go

Or I'll be the last to know

Don't blink an eye or look the other way

Mercy comes to visit you should let her stay

It was happen on any given day

Don't be the last to know

I kept my cards close played a winnin' hand

Drove the lost highway through the desert land

Came out of nowhere in a fast sunrise

There it lay before me and I recognized that

It was fierce mercy

Telling me to take it slow

Or' I'll be the last to know

It was fierce mercy

Telling me to take it slow

It was fierce mercy

Telling me to take it slow

Or' I'll be the last to know

Yeah I'll be the last

To know

Don't be the last to know

I'm Going To Get You Stoned lyrics - Colin Hay

You tell me you were born today

In the year of '97

What was it like back in my day

As I go swimming in your eyes

Here take this number down

Call me when you wake up

I will come around

And we can spend the day

And I'm going to get you stoned

Like it's 1967

I'm going to get you stoned

When here on earth it felt like heaven

But then the hammer it came down

Nothing changed except the season

They even took away his crown

He took it back and won the day

Turn this ship around

We're taking on way too much water

We're about to run aground

Can't steer the ship without a rudder

So I'm going to get you stoned

Like it's 1967

I'm going to get you stoned

When here on earth it felt like heaven

And I'm still dreaming

So don't wake me up

This life is so fleeting

There's nowhere near enough

We're all doing time

I can hear it ticking while I'm talking

Not living is the crime

I squeeze it each and every day

Well I must be on my way

I'm still running chasing dollars

It's just a habit now I'd say

It sure beats lying in the sun

I'm going to get you stoned

Like it's 1967

Yeah I'm going to get you stoned

We could see the doors of heaven

I'm Walking Here lyrics - Colin Hay

I'm walking here walking here

Don't mean you no harm

I'm just walking here walking here

Yeah some say me glorify

Nah we tell the facts

Walk a peaceful path but

Still get harassed

Stray rounds

Makes kids wanna duck down

And run when the muffler backs fires

Like a gun sound

Cops crooks capers

Oh my wish I had a cape

To soar above the sky

Not have to worry if my homies gonna die

Neighbors' eyes all dry

Y'all no tears left to cry

All I am and all I'll ever be

You stole my life away from under me

For all time and all eternity

Broken hearts forevermore

Hey I'm walking here I'm walking here

I don't mean you no harm

I'm just walking here just walking here

I don't mean you no harm

Souls buried bodies that lie in the cemetery

Too many it's getting heavy to carry

Mind's weary and eyes teary

Please god hear me and steer humanity

Feels like we're cursed

And the situations are getting worse

Love is the water

And the people are dying of thirst

Make my heart burst

Numb to the hurt and pain

There's a war in the streets

And every city's the same

All I am and all I'll ever be

You stole my life away from under me

For all time and all eternity

Broken hearts forevermore

Hey I'm walking her walking here

I don't mean you no harm

I'm just walking here walking here

Don't mean you no harm

All I am and all I'll ever be

You stole my life away from under me

For all time and all eternity

Broken hearts forevermore

Hey I'm walking here walking here

I don't mean you no harm

I'm just walking here walking here

Don't mean you no harm

Two Friends lyrics - Colin Hay

I had two friends that died last week

Seven days apart

I've got twice the memories

Weighing down my heart

Somehow it don't seem right

That they lost the race

I'm starting out across the canyon

Trying not to feel the space

Carry on my brothers my brothers carry on

I had two friends that died last week

They left us all behind

They'll go on in memory

And we'll go on in time

Yeah we'll go on in time

What I feel is emptiness

It'll fade over time I guess

Sometimes there's a price to pay for love

And we'll just carry on

With the promise of a brighter dawn

There is on greater gift than love

Carry on my brothers my brothers carry on

Carry on my brothers my brothers carry on...

She Was The Love Of Mine lyrics - Colin Hay

She was the love of mine

And I held her hand in mine

She has the mercy like the rising of the sea

She opened my eyes to wonder

In my wandering eyes I held her

In this moment her soul became a part of me

Mother of mine

You are the light that always shines

Into the world you let me see

She was the love of mine and we

We had the best of times

We watched the ships sail

At the fading of the day

She wore the color green

And she talked of the things she'd seen

Now only love remains

When all has come and gone

Mother of mine

You are the light that always shines

Into the world you let me see

Mother of mine

You are the light that always shines

Now I carry you as you carried me

She was the love of mine

And I held her hand in mine

I'm Inside Outside In lyrics - Colin Hay

Sometimes I don't even know my name

Don't ask me why' cause I can't explain

It's just one of those things

Small gains that I am making

Become suck an undertaking

I'm inside outside in

Well everything used to be so clear

But lately things just seem to disappear

Into the atmosphere

One day I'm almost certain

The next day I draw the curtain

I'm inside outside

And when I call no one's listening

I cannot be heard

And if fall who would miss me

And who can I find to forgive me

And lord knows how much I need it now

Inside outside outside in

I'm in the car I'm driving

But I'm never seen arriving

I'm inside outside in

One love forever's never been my game

Sooner or later it ends up the same

Or so it goes

I never seem to learn

If I get too close I'll still burn

I'm inside outside

Blue Bay Moon lyrics - Colin Hay

Some say time stands still in Blue Bay Moon

Even the tide's too late or comes too soon

I recall what someone told me

That was long before me

Now it's just a distant memory

I walked around this town of mystery

With only loneliness for company

And I wondered in windy silence

As I stood upon the dune

The night I saw lights over Blue Bay Moon

No one knows the way to Blue Bay Moon

All the sings came down in the great monsoon

Then came a great occasion

A grand illumination

Shining lights that were brighter than the sun

I tried to talk to my own family

They just rolled their eyes and smiled at me

As I stumbled through the darkness

I remember in the gloom

The night I saw lights over Blue Bay Moon

I tried walking out on Blue Bay Moon

But cried right through my dreams

I was consumed

And if nobody ever believes me

The lights will never leave me

I will always know I'm the only one

Now I'm walking through my own history

With only loneliness for company

And I wonder in windy silence

As I stand upon the dune

The night I saw lights over Blue Bay Moon

Blue Bay Moon...

Love Don't Mean Enough lyrics - Colin Hay

Well had the fantasy

As I held you close to me

I could take away your sadness

I thought you were kidding me

Turns out you were leaving me

Saying love don't mean enough

Love don't mean enough

You said you believed in me

That's how it would always be

Then you walked into the darkness

Now I sit by candlelight

Long into the lonely night

Love don't mean enough

Yeah love don't mean enough

Round and round

Here we go again

I'm talking myself down

I heard a sound

A whisper softly saying

Love don't mean enough

When the life has no certainly

I stick to the melody

In certain tricky situations

Sometimes it worries me

And sometimes it don't bother me

When love don't mean enough

Love don't mean enough

I find myself thinking of sweet Cinderella

And how she really had it tough

How all the sisters they tried to tell her

That love don't mean enough

Round and round

Here we go again

I'm talking myself down

I heard a sound

A whisper softly saying

Love don't mean enough

Now this old heart of mine

Is beating out of time

Telling me it's time to stop living rough

Now that you've gone away

I think you were wrong to say

That love don't mean enough

Love don't mean enough

Hello World lyrics - Kodi Lee & Colin Hay

Oh I'm a living breathing human I got feelings just like you

I get up in the morning and I put on my own shoes

Cause I got hopes and I got dreams just like everyone else

I'm living and I'm dealing with the cards that I've been dealt

Sayin

Oh woah oh Hello World

Hello World

(Breathing out breathing in)

Oh woah oh Hello World

Hello World

(Let it out let it in)

Hello hello hello

Hello World

Hello hello hello

Hello World

There's a citadel of light around my heart

I've been making my own way right from the start

And all you can control is who you are

So trust yourself and travel light and travel far

Oh woah oh Im breathing out I'm breathing in

Oh woah oh I let it out I let it in

I am giving all that I am

Hello World

I'm here giving all that I am

Hello World

I got my friends and family and you know they're all I need

I'll be there if you need someone and I know you'll be freed

Do all that you want to do and say all that you want

Scream out hello to the world and that's the way to start

Oh whoa oh Hello World

Hello World

Oh whoa oh I let it out I let it in

Yeah I am giving all that I am

Hello World

I am giving all that I am

Hello World

Hello hello hello hello world

Spanish Goodbye lyrics - Cecilia Noel & Colin Hay

Cuando el amor

Se deja sentir

Solo en tus brazos quiero vivir

A Spanish Goodbye can last forever

Tú sabes bien que te esperaré

Bajo la luna, te besaré

A Spanish Goodbye can last forever

Hold me close

And hold me long

Enlazando la pasión

Hasta que un rayo de Sol

Nos inspire una canción

From falling leaves

To the break of spring

Desde el Otoño

Hasta el Mes de Abril

A Spanish Goodbye can last forever

Hold me close

And hold me long

Enlazando la pasión

Hasta que un rayo de Sol

Nos inspire una canción

When all the words have been said and done

Una vez más tú me besarás

A Spanish goodbye can last forever

Forever

You Saved Me From Myself lyrics - Colin Hay

(from "The Resident" soundtrack)

I did everything I could

I did everything I thought I should

I closed my eyes so I could see

But in the dark, I could not breathe

I screamed until I had no voice

I screamed, and then I had no choice

You saved me from myself

The signs along the road are hard to see

Could I find my way back home

Could I rise before the sun was gone

Could my eyes see through the pain

And trace my steps back home again

I screamed until I had no voice

I screamed, and then I had no choice

Carry me back, carry me back, carry me back

I screamed until I had no voice

I screamed, and then I had no choice

You saved me from myself

You set me free

Yeah you set me free

Trying To Get To You lyrics - Colin Hay

Trying to take that midnight train
But it's gone and broken down again
Now I'm stuck on Empty Avenue
Trying to get to you

Talking on the telephone
Only makes me feel more alone
Killing time with a chosen few
Trying to get to you

In this world of constant danger
I still look for kindness in strangers
And why oh why and why is not enough
And we cry oh cry our tears are not enough

Through firestorms and hurricanes
I'm 16 hours on an airplane
10 thousand miles of ocean view
Trying to get to you

In this world of constant danger
I still look for kindness in strangers
And why oh why and why is not enough
And we cry oh cry our tears are not enough

Walking through the driving rain
Just the thought of you remains
Lines are down I can't get through
Trying to get to you
Lines are down I can't get through
Trying to get to you

If I Had Been A Better Man lyrics - Colin Hay

There were kings and queens and could have beens
And pretenders to the throne
I was a sweet contender then
Now my seeds they’ve all been sown
I scorched the earth behind me
I could have made a better plan
Yeah if I had been a better man

My promises were not to keep
But thrown into the dirt
There must be more I told myself
As I buttoned up my shirt
Well I could paint myself in glory now
And be proud of who I am
Yeah I had been a better man

Stumbling through deep suburbs of my mind
As secrets of silence unwind
I will sing you so long
Now only love
Only love makes me strong

You charity I took as mine
I claimed it as my own
I followed my ascending star
To far away from home
Well I was mesmerized by shiny things
Now in frozen time I stand
Yeah if I had been a better man

Now I’m kneeling and I’m digging deep
Deep into the ground
I’m searching for my soul to keep
Like a burried treasure found
In dreams I speak in ancient tongues
Lost in wind and sand
Yeah if only I had been a better man

Did You Just Take The Long Way Home lyrics - Colin Hay

You always know where you can find me
I’m up here where the air is pure and true
The cleverness of words just binds me
They won’t help me to get over you

And maybe you got lost at the five ways
Took a wrong turn just like always
Or did you just take the long way home?

I hear the wind blow through the pine trees
I watch the frozen lights come into view
The stars above they don’t align me
They only shine a dim light on you

And maybe you got lost at the five ways
Took a wrong turn just like always
Or did you just take the long way home?

I wanna hear you walk up right behind me
But the dawn is come and it’s done me in

And could it be that you don’t love me
For who I am or what I could be
And from where I am it’s such a long way down

So maybe you got lost at the five ways
Took a wrong turn just like always
Or did you just take the long way home?
Did you just take the long way home?
Or did you just take the long way home?

I Want You Back lyrics - Colin Hay

I'd be glad to give back
All I have ever owned
If I could have seen into the future
If only I had known
Behind these walls of separation
I have learned to live alone
But I want you, I want you back

I could clearly see the letters
But not the writing on the wall
About what had come between us
How the mighty fall
And one thing keeps repeating
Is the only thing I know?
That I want you, I want you back
Yeah I want you, I want you back

Well I have taken that number
How can I have been so blind
Now I am coming up from under
It's you I have to find
My back is all up against the ropes
Only one way I can go
And I want you
How far is the distance
Have you gone beyond the sign
Have you passed the point of no return
Have you crossed that line
And if it burns me like a fever
I've got to tell you one last time
That I want you, I want you back
Yeah I want you, I want you back [x3]

Next Year People lyrics - Colin Hay

You can’t live without hope that things will change for the better
You can’t live without the dream of someone reading your letter
We’ve had dust storms before and spit out the dirt
We’ve had droughts before but none quite like this
We’ve had winds that cut up your face all to pieces
Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car
Fires like twisters no sisters of mercy
They come with no warning only that sound
God is roaring drunk and out on the town

Next year everything will come good
The rains they will fall and we’ll dance on the hood
We’ll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
We’ll eat drink and be merry
Yeah next year people wait and see
We’re next year people you and me

Henry got hit by lightning twice in the head
He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead
Now he talks funny says he’s wired to the sky
He walks for miles and miles and no one knows why
The bank men they came and wrote things down on paper
We all went outside and just stood around
We were glad when they left they brought nothing but heartache
And the seed we had planted it stayed in the ground

Next year everything will come good
The rains they will fall and we’ll dance on the hood
We’ll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
We’ll eat drink and be merry
Yeah next year people wait and see
We’re next year people you and me

Dry endless plains and we suffered the worst
Are we being punished or are we just cursed
It’s almost ten years and no drop of rain
Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same
Our mother was crying when they sent us away
With strangers in a town and we both rain away
Back to the dust and see Henry again
We’re creatures of habit don’t you know
And one day we’ll reap what we sow

Next year everything will come good
The rains they will fall and we’ll dance on the hood
We’ll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
We’ll eat drink and be merry
Yeah next year people wait and see
We’re next year people you and me
Yeah next year people wait and see
We’re next year people you and me

Lived In Vain lyrics - Colin Hay

Walking with a crowded head
From nightmares of drinking
So I don’t believe in every dream
Or everything I’m thinking

Hey can’t you see just a little bit before you leave
Hey can’t you leave a little taste just for me
It’s not easy to explain
A life you think is lived in vain

Like a twisted wind that’s bearing down
That rearranges
Blowing through these prison bars
Of our imaginary cages

Hey can’t you see just a little bit before you leave
Hey can’t you leave a little taste just for me
It’s not easy to explain
A life you think is lived in vain

Waiting for my second spring
Where I’m connecting everything
No fixed address or destination
No more lines of separation
Where only love
Only love
Only love
And love is real

Nothing’s bad and nothing’s good and nothing changes
Day by day one by one I just turn the pages

Hey can’t you leave just a little light to shine on me
Hey can’t you leave a little light so I can see
It’s not easy to explain
A life you think is lived in vain

Scattered In The Sand lyrics - Colin Hay

Somewhere along the river bend
Maybe we will meet again
Things we thought were there at our command
Scattered in the sand, scattered in the sand

I saw the house on Minerva Lane
The gate was shut with lock and chain
Memories of what once was grand
Scattered in the sand, scattered in the sand

I watched you sleeping as you drifted away
Love’s for the keeping I still hear you say

I saw you in my flying dreams
On the bridge from here to there it seems
Only then I spread your ashes where
The ocean meets the land
Scattered in the sand, scattered in the sand

I watched you sleeping as you drifted away
Love’s for the keeping I still hear you say
I watched you sleeping as you drifted away
Love’s for the keeping

To There From Here lyrics - Colin Hay

Fan the fires of love that burn in our hearts eternally
Our eyes are not enough to see what we know internally
And how could we know there’s a place you and I can go
And I still can’t quite believe it, always want to leave it
Oh and there lies the love
And how do we get to there from here?

When storm winds rip the rains to far and beyond over silver sea
A brighter light remains, it glimmers and shines incandescently
And now we can almost hear it
Sometimes we get near it when time stands still
And I still don’t understand it, never could have planned it
Oh and there lies the love
And how do we get to there from here?

And as I look up above we’re bathed in universal love
Peace and happiness are here to stay

There’s no time for regret it sailed into the mists of yesterday
There’s no words to forget
Just as the dawn steals you dream away
And how could we know there’s a place you and I can go
And I don’t have to believe it, just have to receive it
Oh and there lies the love
And how do we get to there from here?
There lies the love
And how do we get to there from here?

Mr. Grogan lyrics - Colin Hay

Mr. Grogan he locks up for the evening and he
He buttons up his coat
Outside the temperature is thirteen below freezing so he
He makes a mental note
Tonight he’ll walk home as he’s grown soft in the middle
And his life is not what he had hoped
His Labradoodle waits and paces down the hallway and she
She loves him just the same

Mr. Grogan walks through fresh and fallen snow as he slows
And waves the streetcar on
Sometimes his tidy mind it wanders and remembers
And all he once knew is all gone
His slip is silent as he falls and hits the sidewalk
And leaves a small stain in the snow
His Labradoodle waits and paces down the hallway
And she cries until she wakes the neighbor Joe

Mr. Grogan he was taken to emergency and
He stayed there for a week
He answered questions from his many concerned customers
Who told him to rest and get some sleep

Mr. Grogan turned the lights on in his workshop and
Checked the black and blue upon his face
He touched the photographs that stood upon the mantel
And everything was in its place

Mr. Grogan he locks up for the evening and he
He buttons up his coat
Outside the temperature is thirteen below freezing so he
He makes a mental note
No more walking in the snow after midnight
Or even walking in the rain
His Labradoodle waits and paces down the hallway and she
She loves him just the same

Waiting In The Rain lyrics - Colin Hay

I’m dancing with the ghosts from my home town
I can smell the French polish still hangin’ all around
I’m following the footprints in the sea shores of my heart
I wake up from my nightmare and you hold me in the dark
I don’t want to lose the memories it’s how I keep you close to me
I know that you will always understand

And I will wait for you
Don’t fade into blue
I still see you in my dreams
And time it never heals the pain
I’ll be waiting in the rain

I’m standing in our street that’s all closed down
But the record’s still spinning
Going round and round and round
You’ll always mean so much to me
Took us further than the eye can see
I know you’ll always take me by the hand

And I will wait for you
Don’t fade into blue
I still see you in my dreams
And time it never heals the pain
I’ll be waiting in the rain

I will wait for you
Don’t fade into blue
I still see you in my dreams
And time it never heals the pain
I’ll be waiting in the rain
Waiting in the rain…

Are We There Yet? lyrics - Colin Hay

Going through the motions
Walking round the car
We’ve traveled many miles
Though not so very far
When I check the side view mirror
I think of you my dear
You’re always very close
Closer than you appear
And you’d say
Are we there yet?
As we drive into the sun
We are almost there my love
My innocent one

I find my mind wandering
Back down this old road
In my trusty time machine
My thoughts on overload
Child of mine your light still shines
Where did the time go?
It’s here there and everywhere
Always fast and never slow
And you’d say

Are we there yet?
As we drive into the sun
We are almost there my love
My innocent one
A picture perfect moment
A moment we could share
Laughter from the back seat
We’re always almost there

And you’d say
Are we there yet?
As we drive into the sun
We are almost there my love my innocent one
A picture perfect moment
A moment we could share
Laughter from the back seat
We’re always almost there
We’re always almost there

"Gathering Mercury" (2011)

Send Somebody lyrics - Colin Hay

Hello to who I’m talking to no more automation
I’m hoping you can walk me through and solve my situation
It’s after midnight and I’ve been on hold so long
You broke through the silence now I’m not alone

You’re asking me to help you see the words begin to flow
This was not my plan or my intention how was I to know
For such a short time feel I’ve known you for so long
And I don’t think I can make it all on my own

So send somebody ’cause I’m stranded and there’s no place left where I can run
Send somebody ’cause I’m hanging by a thread now the whole damn thing’s undone

You have to know I can’t let go now I’ve made this connection
It’s either love that runs the show or random speculation
In my desperation I’m a danger to myself
I need your direction yeah I need someone else

So send somebody ’cause I’m stranded and there’s no place left where I can run
Send somebody ’cause I’m hanging by a thread now the whole damn thing’s undone

From my window as the leaves begin to fall
Before the cold wind comes please hear my call

And send somebody ’cause I’m stranded and there’s no place left where I can run
Send somebody ’cause I’m hanging by a thread now the whole damn thing’s undone

Send somebody ’cause I’m stranded and there’s no place left where I can run
Send somebody ’cause I’m hanging by a thread now the whole damn thing’s undone

Somebody, send somebody, send someone…

Family Man lyrics - Colin Hay

Back in 1934
He came bangin’ on the backstage door
Askin’ for my hard earned pay
Then he drank it all away you know
That’s the way it goes
It was come what may

Off we all went to the war
They stole five years, and so much more you know
I was a stranger to my wife
This is the story of my life you know
Slow slow quick quick slow
Then we were on our way

I looked through my window and the slate was gray
Over the rooftops and far away
I had a secret I had a plan
One day I’ll be a family man

And on that Butlins holiday
I heard a calling seems like yesterday
We sailed off to that distant shore
40 years and maybe more you know
On and on we go
Then it all fades away

Out through my window and into the gray
Over the rooftops and far away
This was my secret this was my plan
Now I’m remembered as a family man

Out through my window and into the gray
Over the rooftops and far away
I had a secret I had a plan
One day I’d be a family man

Invisible lyrics - Colin Hay

I wake up to the sound of ringing in my ears
I turned it up too loud for way too many ears
I’m walking streets that I have known for mostly all my life
Moving though the motions in my desperate paradise

I’m invisible, to the naked eye
I’m invincible no more no more
I’m invisible as far as I can see
Invisible yeah invisibility

I open up my eyes and bear witness to the sun
I stretch my bones and check that I can still walk and run
A trip to the grocer’s store and then the pharmacy
She’s on the telephone as I wait patiently

I’m invisible to her naked eye
I’m invincible no more no more
I’m invisible as far as I can see
Invisible you no longer see me

My footsteps leave no trace through the shifting sand
My reflection disappears as I reach out for your hand
It’s not over till the sun falls into the sea
And I am floating in the sky looking down on me

I’m invisible cast me to the wind
I’m invincible no more no more
I’m invisible as far as I can see
Invisible now I can be free

Dear Father lyrics - Colin Hay

Dear father I’ve got your photographs
Thank God for photographs hip hip hooray

Dear father I know you loved to laugh though
In most of your photographs it didn’t seem that way

Dear father I can’t let you go just yet
And I still can’t forget you walking around

Dear father you’re starring in my dreams
And you’re stealing all the scenes where did you go?

In my wandering mind I stumble through time
I sing through the air I look for you there

Dear father I never got to say goodbye
I was singing on the River Clyde and I didn’t know

Dear father I see you dancing still
And I think I always will till the day I die

Dear father I feel your healing hands
As I fall asleep I can plain as the day

Dear father you’re in my reflection now
As I reach out and touch you now where did you go?

Dear father I am still curious why
You still make me furious it was so long ago

Dear father I’ve got your photographs
Thank God for photographs hip hip hooray

Gathering Mercury lyrics - Colin Hay

Free falling floating through this dream
I could hear a strange calling from behind the scenes
I could not open my eyes I was barely alive
Is this all I’ve been and all I am and will be

Until I cross over
One life is all I can see
Until it’s all over
I’m gathering mercury

Free falling over an endless sea
I could feel my heart stalling getting harder to breathe
As the boat casts away should I go or stay
Is this all I’ve been and all I am and will be

Until I cross over
One life is all I can see
Until it’s all over
I’m gathering mercury

Free falling now I want to sing
I can hear my voice calling it will hear everything
I cut myself free I crawled back to see
All that has been and all there is and will be

Until I cross over
One life is all I can see
Until it’s all over
I’m gathering mercury

Until I cross over
One life is all I can see
Until it’s all over
I’m gathering mercury
I’m gathering mercury

Half A Million Angels lyrics - Colin Hay

Walkin’ around like I’m in a trance
Thinkin’ I lost you to circumstance
Feelin’ the weight as the world pulls me down
While my heart and my head spin around

Stayin’ alone on top of the hill
Then one day I lost my will
Thought I was drowning in the sea of loneliness
Couldn’t hear a sound through the roar of the emptiness

So I listen in the distance
The voices that I hear sound like
Half a million angels
Singing very clear

Even if they can give me strenght or help me make it through
Half a million angels will never take the place of you

I think about you nearly all the time
Sometimes your presence is so defined
Whether you’re near or far away
Makes no difference in my heart you’ll stay

So I listen in the distance
The voices that I hear sound like
Half a million angels
Singing very clear

Even if they can give me strenght or help me make it through
Half a million angels will never take the place of you
Half a million angels will never take the place of you

Far From Home lyrics - Colin Hay

I hear the calling of the music
Comes floating on the wind
It’s standing on my doorstep
Outside my window looking in

I pack my shoes into my suitcase
I pack all my cares away
Everywhere I go is someplace
And down my head I lay

We’ve traveled so far and we’re still far from home

No final destination
And no closing of the door
I’m not looking for salvation
Just give me more and more

We’ve traveled so far and we’re still far from home
We’ve traveled so far and we’re still far from home home

Time no longer goes slow
Forever faster c’mon round and round here we go

I’ve been driving such a long time
Down Highway 92
From darkness into sunshine
All roads lead back to you

We’ve traveled so far and we’re still far from home
We’ve traveled so far we’re still far from home
We’ve traveled so far and we’re still far from home home
We’ve traveled so far and we’re still far from home

Where The Sky Is Blue lyrics - Colin Hay

How do how do you do
I loved you since I first saw you
Tell me will you be mine
Through the winter and into summertime
I can see the sun is poking through
Shining on the likes of me and you
I am going why don’t you come too
Let’s go where the sky is blue

Glasgow dear old Glasgow town
We love you but we’ll be seeing you ’round
We’re walking down that beaten track
Can’t say for sure we’re comin’ back
The north wind is chillin’ to the bone
This house no longer is our home
Let’s sail away just me and you
Let’s go where the sky is blue

My how how the time has flown
An’ I’ll never leave you all alone
Forever and a day I say I do
Let’s go where the sky is blue

How do how do you do
Yeah all those all the things you do
I want to have this dance with you
The first one and the last one too
Come with me darlin’ if you will
We can’t win if we’re standing still
Let’s change yeah change our point of view
Let’s go where the sky is blue
Let’s go where the sky is blue
Let’s go where the sky is blue

A Simple Song lyrics - Colin Hay

I do like a simple song
Where everyone can sing along
It doesn’t matter where you’re from
Most people like a simple song

It sure is sweet to fall in love
Feels like a gift from up above
Can’t seem to ever get enough
Yeah it sure is cool to fall in love

But things don’t often stay the same
She says she wants to give you back your name
It’s never simple who’s to blame
And it always gets so complicated

One day you wake up on your own
If I had kis they’d all be grown
Of all the people I have known
True friends there’s not too many

But I don’t want to bring you down
And I still get to play from town to town
There still is magic all around
And when I hit the ground I’m running

I don’t want to die alone
Where I cannot reach the phone
In my multi-story home
No I don’t want to die alone

It’s not preyin’ on my mind
But I do think about it from time to time
And it’s not likely to happen soon
But you may not even see it coming

So help me sing this simple song
Where everyone can sing along
It doesn’t natter where you’re from
One day we’re here and then we’re gone

"American Sunshine" (2009)

Oh California lyrics - Colin Hay

I thought I'd never reach the water
I had to cross the desert and the great divide
Drinking only golden promises
And white lines in my eyes

And all the sons and daughters
Followed all the signs to paradise
Believing only dreams and promises
With starlight in their eyes

Oh California
Yeah, it's the one big love that you cannot end
Oh California
Well, it's not like before but we can still pretend

I was swimming in freezing water
I could hear the music from the other side
I looked up and I saw my father
Tears were in his eyes

Oh California
Yeah, it's the one big love that you cannot end
Oh California
Well, it's not like before but we can still pretend

We all still live for Friday night
Old habits die hard when you get them right
There's a broken dream in every grain of sand
But it's as close as I can get to the promised land

Oh California
Yeah, I can see you now from the top of that hill
Oh California
Though many have gone I got the memories still

Oh California
Well, I can hear the sound of the mission bell
Oh California
We're one stone's throw from heaven

I thought I'd never reach the water
I had to cross the desert and the great divide
Drinking only golden promises
And white lines in my eyes

Oh California
Yeah, it's the one big love that you cannot end
Oh California

Oh California
Well, I can't leave you now
Oh California

Prison Time lyrics - Colin Hay

Nothing left and nothing came
Woke up this morning calling out your name
The more things change the more they stay the same
Like dodging rocks in the pouring rain

I wanna know, are you doing well?
’cause baby from this distance it’s hard to tell
I wanna know, did you let it go?
’cause I can’t stop my mind from doin’ prison time

Someone left someone blamed
Stuck in the middle of a hurricane
The more I lost seemed like the more I gained
But still I have to ask you to explain

I wanna know, did you take a chance?
Or did you stay a victim of circumstance
I wanna know, did you find the door?
’cause I can’t stop my mind from doin’ prison time

Nothing’s black and nothing’s white
I hear echoes of your footsteps in the dead of night
No one is wrong and no one’s right
I’m in the ring but I don’t want to fight

I wanna know, are you doing well?
’cause baby from this distance it’s hard to tell
I wanna know, did you let it go?
’cause I can’t stop my mind from doin’ prison time

I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know
I wanna know I wanna know I wanna know...

There's Water Over You lyrics - Colin Hay

I can feel your love come shining
Over and across the sea
There never was a light more blinding
Ever watching over me

I walk into the swirling wind
It carries me away
Back to where my life begins
Can you hear me say?

I can see you where you're hiding
And there's water over you
I know that you are pretending
And there's water over you

I walk beside you on the wall
Oh, so far away
You will catch me if I fall
Can you hear me say?

Love and all security
These are things you give to me

I can touch you when I'm dreaming
Long into the lonely night
You hold me when I wake up screaming
Everything will be alright

And if I had to choose between
Meeting God or you
I would wake my king and queen
There's water over you

Love for all eternity
This and more you give to me

I Came Into Your Store lyrics - Colin Hay

I came into your store
But I'm not buying anymore
So much for my will until the day I die
I will love you still

I walked in through your door
I swore I wouldn't anymore
So much for my word until the seas run dry
I will love you still

I want to love you like there's no tomorrow
If not I can pretend and play the highlights
Or I can lock the door and turn the closed sign
Or maybe I should let a little time pass

I look down at the floor
But I'm not crying anymore
So much for my tears until the day I die
I will love you still

I don't know what to say
But I like it more that way
A penny for your thoughts that and more I'd pay
Just to hear you say

I want to love you like there's no tomorrow
If not I can pretend and play the highlights
Or I can lock the door and turn the closed sign
Or maybe I should let a little time pass

I came into your store
But you don't work there anymore

No Time lyrics - Colin Hay

No time to live, no time to die
No time to sit and wonder why
No time for you, no time for I
No time to watch the world go by

And I got no time for sorrow
And I got no time to cry
And I got no time for tomorrow
I got no time

No time for her, no time for him
No time to let the sunshine in
No time to love, no time to hate
No time to sleep or stay up late

No time to rise, no time to fall
No time to see or do it all
No time to give, no time to take
Time is just one big mistake

And I got no time to borrow
And I can't procrastinate
And I got no time to follow
I got no time

To read between the lines
To see what I could find or shed a tear

No time to laugh, no time to sing
No time for much of anything
No time to fear, no time to fight
No time to ever see the light

And I got no time for sorrow
And I got no time to cry
And I got no time for tomorrow
I got no time

To read between the lines
To see what I could find or shed a tear

Broken Love lyrics - Colin Hay

Broken love don’t pay my bills uh huh huh
Broken love gives me the chills uh huh huh
Broken love don’t follow signs uh huh huh
Broken love rolls with these times uh huh huh

It ain’t no good to cut and run
Or suicide from a smokin’ gun
I loved her she loved me
Broken love is killing me

Broken love’s got broken wings uh huh huh
Broken love cries when it sings uh huh huh

Money comes as money will
I’d be a dead man if looks could kill
If you’re in poverty or a millionaire
Broken love is everywhere

Broken love will do me in uh huh huh
Broken love should be a sin uh huh huh
Broken love will break my bones uh huh huh
It don’t need no old sticks and stones uh huh huh

I was blind I could not see
Fruit was falling from the apple tree
I loved her now she is free
Broken love is gonna bury me

Broken love...
Broken love don’t pay my bills

I Can't Get Up Out Of This Bed lyrics - Colin Hay

Bees are buzzing in my ear
Birds are singing pure and clear
Oh but I can’t stop thinking about you

Creek is running, running high
Trees are burning touch the sky
Much as I try I can’t stop thinking about you

An’ I can’t get up out of this bed
I can’t get up out of this bed
No I can’t get up out of this bed
For nothing

I’ve been weeping in my beer
An’ I was dreaming you were here
My tears are dry
But I can’t stop thinking about you

An’ I can’t get up out of this bed
I can’t get up out of this bed
No I can’t get up out of this bed
For nothing

I can’t feel my heart anymore
It’s as empty as a lie
I can’t answer the knockin’ at my door
Why can’t I?

Time is coming, it’s gettin’ near
No more sleeping to kill the fear
Oh but I can’t stop thinking about you

An’ I can’t get up out of this bed
I can’t get up out of this bed
No I can’t get up out of this bed
For nothing
For nothing

The End Of Wilhemina lyrics - Colin Hay

This is the end of Wilhelmina
She was a girl who took a chance
She could have been a ballerina
But she could never stand the pain

This is the end of Wilhelmina
Smoke and flames they found without a trace
And though it was known she used a double
Guess she was always born for trouble

She promised, she promised me
Alas she lived a life of forgery
Oh if you would see her, she’s like a work of art
Leaving only constant memory

I never asked her to explain
How she always won the game
No magic I can find, no water into wine
She had the lucky number nine

She promised, she promised me
She would always sing our lullaby
Oh if you would hear her
She would steal your heart
And you’d still believe her,
As the wind is blowing us apart

I never asked her to explain
How she always won the game
No magic I can find, no water into wine
She had the lucky number nine

This is the end of Wilhelmina
She was a girl who took a chance

Baby Can I See You Tonight? lyrics - Colin Hay

I’m walkin’ over yellow lawn
The day it is still sleeping
Yellow sun brings the dawn
Mother earth is weeping

I kick off my sensible shoes
I clear away the table
I switch on the morning news
Economy’s unstable

But it’s all goin’ to be all right
Last time you said you might
Baby can I see you tonight?

I look up in the cloudless sky
We’re hardly even moving
This day’s just creeping by and it’s
Not of my choosing

I wish I had a time machine
To move a little faster
Cut to the crucial scene between
Before and after

Everything goin’ to be all right
Last time you said you might
Baby can I see you tonight?

Took a walk down by the wall
Down by the harbour
There’s no wind blowin’ in my sail
Makes it even harder

You whispered can I take it slow?
I will if I am able
I can feel it head to toe
There’s no name or label

And everything goin’ to be all right
Last time you said you might
Baby can I see you tonight?

I don’t know just where you are
But I can use my imagination
It’s hard to say how deep I fell
It’s more than fascination

I give up on across and down
I lost my concentration
I feel like a fallen king
Before my abdication

But everything goin’ to be all right
Last time you said you might
Baby can I see you tonight?

Pleased To Almost Meet You lyrics - Colin Hay

I’m pleased to almost meet you
The pleasure’s almost mine
I can see that you’re busy
Perhaps another time

I’m pleased to almost meet you
Here let me get that door
No need for conversation
They do say less is more

I’m pleased to almost meet you
And hope you are the same
I almost caught your eye then
I’m so glad that I came

I’m pleased to almost meet you
It’s taken oh so long
Though I already know you
Through all your early songs

Hey hey hey hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey

I’m pleased to almost meet you
I can’t believe it’s true
You’re not as tall as I imagined
Well let’s say it’s almost you

I’m pleased to almost meet you
You really are the most
And now I’m standing next to you
You look older up close

I’m pleased to almost meet you
It’s almost time to say goodbye
Well let me speak for both of us
My how the time does fly

I’m pleased to almost meet you
Hope we’ll almost meet again
Friday’s will work best for me
Let’s say around almost ten

Hey hey hey hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hey hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey

“I’m your almost number one fan,
I’m your, I’m your number two fan”

"Are You Lookin' At Me?" (2007)

Are You Lookin' At Me? lyrics - Colin Hay

Well I loved the Lone Ranger and I loved that Dennis Law
Him and George Best, sure knew how a kick a ball
I wanted to be a cowboy, and learn a crack a whip
Stand up in that lonely street, two six guns on my hip
Along the mighty Beatles came, and everyone went ahhh
They could play and sing and everything, and of course that John could draw
Well that was it for me, I never once looked back
Tricks to learn, waves to catch, had a plan of attack

Are you lookin' at me?
Are you lookin' at me?
Are you lookin' at me?
Are you lookin' at me, pal?

Then we headed south, where the surf came crashing in
From black and white to colour, from innocence to sin
It was summer in December, blowing heatwaves in my mind
People talking funny, some cruel and some were kind
From the crackle of the cane, to the frown of a big black snake
From the breakers at Bondi, down to Wallaga Lake
From the sound of a million fly screen doors, closing on the past
Like that chimney the fires couldn't burn, I was built to last

Are you lookin' at me?
Are you lookin' at me?
Are you lookin' at me?

Are you lookin' at me, pal?

When I flew across the ocean, I was number one
People gave me everything, and I didn't need a gun
Walking down that avenue, I never felt so alive
People calling out my name, and I'd only just arrived

It was a tight rope walking bagpiper, in the middle of Central Park
Steam was rising from the ground, and I wore my cape out after dark
I had myself a moment, my day out in the sun
It's an unfinished story, but it's more than just begun

And I know more than one thing, but not more than two or three
An I'll tell you if you'll listen, and I'll tell you for free
It's no life being a cowboy, and eating all them beans
The coffee's cold, the herd is gone, and all you've got's your dreams
You can always put your spurs back on, but save them for Halloween
You're better off heading north, or somewhere you've never been

Are you lookin' at me?
Are you lookin' at me?
Are you lookin' at me?
I said, are you lookin' at me, pal?

Lose To Win lyrics - Colin Hay

I’ve got no one to call my own
Nobody calls me on the phone, I’ve been disconnected
I’ve been evicted from my home
Name and address care of unknown, it’s been redirected

Now the open sky’s my limit, and the sun’s my point of view
This time I had to lose to win

I walk down Peachtree Avenue
Nothing’s the same since I lost you, it’s to be expected
I never thought that I’d stoop quite so low
You had no choice but to up and go you felt so rejected

I crashed with the wheels still spinning, I had no overview
I just crawled out and walked away
Now I can’t stop my mouth from grinning, and time is running thin
This time I had to lose to win

Do do do do do do...

I know I should be feeling, a lot worse than I do
As past due payment for my sins
But I’m done with pain from kneeling, the sky’s still colored blue
This time I had to lose to win

Do do do do do do...

Here In My Hometown lyrics - Colin Hay

There’s a needle in the sole of the city, it’s flying all around
Spray’s a fine mist over, and switches off the sound
I watch you as you slip away, I watch the sun go down
It’s such a perfect light here, here in my hometown

A calm is on the water, the air is very still
The sun it does not want to rise, it doesn’t have the will
the day is all hungover, it’s dirty and lowdown
And I am like a stranger, here in my hometown

And don’t you feel sometimes like
Walking away from the world
Walking away from the world

You always took your chances, you always threw the dice
You knew they were loaded, you came close once or twice
Voices kept on calling, come on, come on down
You never stood a chance here, here in my hometown

You loved the beginning, never ready for the end
You’ve been gone for years now, but I can still pretend
Nothing anyone could do, you lay your money down
Now I see you everywhere, here in my hometown

And don’t you feel sometimes like
Walking away from the world
Walking away from the world

You were in the pink chair, I saw into your eyes
Where would you like to be my love, you said paradise
I hope that is where you are, and you get to wear you crown
You left everything behind, here in my hometown

And don’t you feel sometimes like
Walking away from the world
Walking away from the world

There’s a needle in the sole of the city, watch out where you step
It’s everywhere you care to look, and not where you expect
I watch the day roll over, I watch the sun go down
It’s such a perfect light here, here in my hometown

Up In Smoke lyrics - Colin Hay

I'm coming home tomorrow, my work here's almost done
Now all I have is sorrow for in time, we all go up in smoke

I'm coming home tomorrow, I've given back my gun
For all I own is borrowed and in time, we all go up in smoke
We all go up in smoke

Silently as my tears flow, this fear keeps on burning
As I sleep and the winds blow, to you I'm returning

I'm coming home tomorrow, I'll never meet my son
I am a local hero, but in time, we all go up in smoke

Silently as my tears flow, my soul keeps on yearning
As I sleep and the winds blow, this world keeps on turning

I'm coming home tomorrow, my work here is all done
Now all I have is sorrow for in time, we all go up in smoke
We all go up in smoke

No One Knows lyrics - Colin Hay

Everybody wants a piece of my time,
They always ask dumb questions, and drink my cheap red wine
I get so tired I want to run and hide, and scream into my pillow
Oh dear Lord, if you could see me now

How will I know when I find
Love in my heart, peace in my mind?

The sun, it always shine in angel town
It burns into the back of my neck, and I am going down
I want to be strong but I feel so weak, I’m weeping like a willow
Oh my my, if you could see my now

How will I know when I find
Love in my heart, peace in my mind?
I planted the vine now it hope it grows
I’m asking for signs but no one knows

Why are we here in this space and time
With only love and fear, I’m not sure which is mine
This is just a song, and this is how it goes
And as far as I can tell, no one knows

How will I know when I find
Love in my heart, peace in my mind?

This Time I Got You lyrics - Colin Hay

Dogs and such, they don’t know how old they really are
They don’t have to go to work, or learn to drive a car
They just live ’til they can’t see, ’til their bark ain’t got no bite
I still hear him howlin’, howling in the night

The air is still as time flies by at a most unruly pace
Unless you’re in a prison cell, it has no name or face
I do recall what I told myself, as I turned 52
This time it’s different, this time I got you

This time I got you

Walking in the patient’s room, when everything turned red
I recognized the reaper man who raised his ugly head
He said “Relax, don’t worry man, I got no claim on you”
I remembered I was not alone, one and one make two

Spinning round and searching, looking for the door
I realized there’s no way out, I can run no more
I lay right down just where I stood, I only had one shoe
I knew that you would come for me, this time I got you

This time I got you

No one gets out alive it’s true, this I surely know
The path ahead is paved in gold, everywhere I go
I always find you, and with every day anew
No longer a janglin’ man, ‘cos this time I got you

This time I got you

Lonely Without You lyrics - Colin Hay

Ever since I was 16
I never really had much sense
‘Til you came along and told me
You’d like to stay awhile and hold me
Why did you have to go and leave and
Cross that stupid street
You didn’t even have your shoes on
You had all dirty feet
Now I’m alone and I can’t stop thinking all about you
How can what’s right become so wrong

I tell myself that I’m okay
I kid myself, I’m on my way
But the only thing that I’ve got left’s a little bit of time
I bought myself new glasses
I’m taking salsa classes
But you know, there’s not too many steps that I can do

It’s lonely without you
It’s lonely without you
It’s lonely without you
It’s lonely without you here

I tell my friends that I’m real busy
I drink ’til I feel dizzy
Then I wake up and I remember you are gone
Honey if you’re up in heaven, set the table for seven,
Hey use the good stuff, and I’ll sing your favourite song
Now I’m alone and I can’t stop thinking all about you
How can what’s right become so wrong

It’s lonely without you
It’s lonely without you
It’s lonely without you
It’s lonely without you here

What Would Bob Do? lyrics - Colin Hay

Looks like this may well be it, yeah we're goin' down
Ocean's fast approaching, and there's this screeching sound
They found that little ol' black box, that they all listened to
The last words that were spoken were, "What would Bob do?"

What would Bob do? What would Bob do?
What would Bob do? What would Bob do?

I was knocking on the pearly gates, made of precious stone
Looked kind of other worldly, inside there was a throne
I was let in by a stranger, who I'd seen somewhere before
I thought, well it'll come to me, here in the evermore
Suddenly from out of nowhere, a vision did appear
It was my old granddaddy, he said "Son, what are you doin' here?"
"Well it wasn't in my plans you know, I done come unstuck
I played out all my hand and I just ran all out of luck"
He said, "Well if you can't pot the black, and you know it's not the cue
It may be time to ask yourself, what would Bob do?"

What would Bob do? What would Bob do?
What would Bob do? What would Bob do?

Now you may well just find yourself, on the ballroom floor
You know you cannot get away, you cannot reach the door
Just try to relax yourself, and sit down on your hips
You don't have to move too much, and try no to lick your lips
If things seem to be working, and she hasn't moved away
You can breathe a little easier, and think of what to say
If you spin around and she is gone, and you know it's not with you
Then you have to ask yourself "What would Bob do?"

What would Bob do? What would Bob do?
What would Bob do? What would Bob do?

I was standing by a house at night, going up in flames and smoke

I was losing everything, it really was no joke
To cap it off I'm naked, and there's people all around
I could see an old dog barking, but I couldn't hear the sound
The only thing that I could hear, which came out of the blue
Was the voice inside my own head, saying, "What would Bob do?"

What would Bob do? What would Bob do?
What would Bob do? What would Bob do?

As luck would sometimes have it, the good Lord was in my dream
He was smiling sweetly, and was wearing Lincoln green
I asked if he would come again, if the rumours were all true,
He thought awhile and spoke and said, now "What would Bob do?"

What would Bob do? What would Bob do?
What would Bob do? What would Bob do?

And as the lights they all came down, I was standing by the stage
He was cloaked in darkness, and his face it showed no age
I took one step closer, just to get a better view
I swear I saw him smile and say now "What would Bob do?"

What would Bob do? What would Bob do?
What would Bob do? What would Bob do?

Then I suddenly awakened, and I simply can't pretend,
To understand the way of things, and how it all may end
But if the question's simple say, do I wear red, or blue
Now they're are times you ask yourself, "What would Bob do?"

What would Bob do? What would Bob do?
What would Bob do? What would Bob do?

Pure Love lyrics - Colin Hay

The people allow this last great congregation
I tip my hat to the ones who went before
My secret voice has the inside information
To let the freedom bell ring once and for all

They were singing:
I got to fill my heart with pure love
(Pure love)
I got to fill my heart with pure love

Around here it's the same old situation
Fire and wind and the river's running red
Can't wash away the pain of a thousand generations
Or the angel child awakened from the dead

And we're singing:
You got to fill your heart with pure love
You got to fill your heart
You got to fill your heart with pure love
Pure love

Listen to the band sanctify

We got to fill our hearts with pure love
We got to fill our hearts with pure love
We got to fill our hearts with pure love
We got to fill our hearts with pure love
We got to fill our hearts with pure love

Me And My Imaginary Friend lyrics - Colin Hay

You never sleep, and you never go home
My secrets you keep, I'm never alone
We're joined at the hip and this I comprehend
We'll be together 'til the end, me and my imaginary friend

You never tell me, what I have to do
We can sit in silence, or visit the zoo
We know what is real, and what is pretend
Together 'till the bitter end, me and my imaginary friend

You don't have to pay an arm and a leg
Conjure them up inside your own head
Short and tall, fat or thin
Open the door, invite them in
Hello how are you, how you been?

So now you have someone, someone to love
A gift from yourself, a gift from above
If you're dining alone, get a table for two
We can talk our faces blue, 'bout all the things that we've been through

Together forever
'Till the credits end

Me and my imaginary friend

Land Of The Midnight Sun lyrics - Colin Hay

Got a bad case of mumbles, I'm tripping and I stumble
My face is stuck in yesterday's news
I stand up and wonder as the night's raining thunder
No one's saying just who lit the fuse

Meanwhile we're swirlin' through space and time a-twirlin'
With so many stars in the sky
Everyone is guessing, hoping for a blessing
But who knows just what, where and why

Everybody's crazy 'cept for you and me
And I don't believe there's better days to come
Lately I've been thinking, maybe we could run
To the land of the midnight sun

Everyone feels danger from the shadow of a stranger
But the killer may be closer than you think
He was such a quiet neighbour, drove a new LeSabre
Why just the other day we had a drink

Let's have a reformation and call it liberation
We'll save you from all of your sins
As they burned all the witches, the crowd were all in stitches
Those God-fearing self-righteous things

Everybody's crazy 'cept for you and me
And I don't believe there's better days to come
Lately I've been thinking, maybe we could run
To the land of the midnight sun

My dream's to meet you, at the top of Machu Picchu
And walk together into the sky
And I humbly do beseech you, as soon as I can reach you
To watch yourself, and keep your powder dry

Everybody's crazy 'cept for you and me
And I don't believe there's better days to come
Lately I've been thinking, maybe we could run
To the land of the midnight sun

I Wish I Was Still Drinking lyrics - Colin Hay

I wish I was still drinking whiskey, wine and beer
The sound of glasses clinking, so sweet to my ear
I wouldn't have to listen to the time that's running out
I'd use it much more wisely, I'd drink and fall about

I wish I was still drinking, then I'd have no fear
Tell you how to fix the world, then have another beer
I wouldn't have to feel the pain that's in a mother's eyes
I'd drink till I believe the sound of my own drunken lies

I wish I was still drinking when nothing is too clear
Like the TV evangelist fueling people's fear
Taking all their hard earned cash in the name of the holy one
Their days are surely numbered, their day will surely come

I wish I was still drinking, I was a lot more fun
Life of the endless party, friends with anyone
I wouldn't have to answer for the promises I broke
Like the president today, or when he drank and snorted coke

I wish I was still drinking, than I wouldn't have to hear
The sound of rapid gunfire exploding in my ear
I'd drink through the nightmare of friends cryin' out for help
I would drink through everything I've seen or heard or felt

I wish I was still drinking, no I really, really do
I'd gather all my fair weather friends like him and her and you
I'd count all the missing teeth, I can no longer chew
I'd even drive my ol' white car, cause she likes drinking too

Yeah, I wish i was still drinking whiskey, wine and beer
The sound of glasses clinking, so sweet to my ear
I wouldn't have to listen to the time thats running out
I'd use it much more wisely, I'd drink and fall about

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