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
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)
(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
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
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
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
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
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
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
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
Jai guru deva
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
Tumblin' down come 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' 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' 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
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
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
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
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