Split Enz

I fall apart when you're around
When you're here, I'm nowhere
I can't pretend that I'm not down
I show it, I know it
I've been a fool - more than once, more than twice
I'm gonna move to a new town where the people are nice

I hope I never, I hope I never have to sigh again
I hope I never, I hope I never have to cry again
I still want to beam and smile
Happiness is back in style yeah

I hope I never, I hope I never have to see you again
Again, oh oh oh oh

It should be possible I know
To see you without stress
But I can see I'll have to go
I'm changing my address
My urge to cry I have failed to conceal
Life - it's no fun when you're hunted by the things that you feel

I hope I never, I hope I never have to sigh again
I hope I never, I hope I never have to cry again
I'm for living while you can
I'm an optimistic man

I hope I never, I hope I never have to see you again
Again, oh oh oh oh...

I hope I never
I hope I never
I hope I never, never, never...

I hope I never, I hope I never have to see you again

Again.

I saw you standing there at the bar
Your eyes were glazed with passion
A look of afar, a secret smile
I blew a few kisses
Said my name is Lyle

That love in her eyes (love in her eyes)
Heart to heart (heart to heart)
A tender goodbye (a tender goodbye)
Nothing could ever keep us apart
As you sipped your tequila
I knew I had to steal ya
Read like a book
Surprise that you took your time
Dig that rhyme

Gone, love took offence at the things I said
Good advice would be to go to bed
Rest my head, yeah
Catch 40 winks
While I dream about the things she said

Late last night, ooh yeah, late last night
She told me someone taught me everything I need to know, yeah
Last last night, late last night
She took my trembling hands and led me under the velvet sky
Rolling on the hill top playing Jack and Jill
Suddenly (suddenly) all was still, she was gone

She seemed so aloof
That's ninety per cent proof, with a lump in my throat
I grabbed my coat and ran - cornered again!
So I'll live for the moment and I'll take it as an omen
Gotta weakness for de women and de wine

Late last night, ooh yeah, late last night
She told me someone taught me everything I need to know, yeah
Late last night, ooh yeah, late last night
She told me someone taught me everything I need to know, yeah
Last last night, late late late late last night
She told me everything I know, know know...

There's a song I know, I know - too well
An there's a place I go, I go to dwell
Some forsaken land, where you're not around
Desiring, dividing your time
Nothing I could do it was pretty risky
Fifty-fifty, she'll make good problem for me

She's as cold as ice, she deep frozen
She's a saint at home, devil abroad
Calculated cool, so worldly wise
If you take my advice, just hightail out of there
Go right ahead before she tells
Some cock-and-bull story about some school boy
She neurotic, psychotic, you name it, she's got it
Ooh Another great divide, another great divide
(la-la-la...)
Now how can I figure this equation, if multiplication's the rule
You keep subtracting me from you, and it just doesn't add up at all
How can I figure this equation, if multiplication's the rule
You keep subtracting me from you, and it just doesn't add up at all

Ooh another great divide, another great divide
Just another great divide, just another great divide
Just another great, just another great, just another great divide
[repeat to fade with an extra 'divide' each third line]

I went out to see if I could fall in love again,
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.
I went out to see if I could raise a laugh again
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.

When all I needed was a friend,
To make me stop and think again,
Pull me up and pull me through,
Tally ho, your health my dear.

I went out to see if I could live for a couple of days.
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.
One by one I counted all those happiest of days.
Yeah, That was my mistake.
Why, That was my mistake.

Whats gone is gone, sweet memories,
Dont let them get the best of me,
No more lost in history,
No more lost for love.

When all I needed was a friend,
To make me stop and think again,
The call to arms is loud and clear,
Tally ho, your health my dear.

I went out to see if I could fall in love again,
That was my mistake.
Why, That was my mistake.
One by one I counted all those happiest of days
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.
That was my mistake.

Stranger than fiction
Larger than life
Full of shades and echoes
It's the story of my life

Just like a picture book
Daddy's gone away
Leaving Mummy in her room
With another one on the way
At nights I've heard her screaming
Through the coloured walls
Oh, please don't leave me alone
Please don't leave me alone

And even her friend the hippyman
With his tarot cards to play
Drowning in his sea of words
Why he never has much to say
And I've seen him standing by the river
Singing to the birds

Just like the mystic says
Be careful of what you say
Talking to himself he needs no one
To help him on his way
Do you?
At nights I've heard him screaming
Through the candle flame
Oh, please don't leave me alone
Please don't leave me alone

Bad mouth crosswords need a muzzle
I'm down, you're across
I can't seem to solve this puzzle
I turn while you toss

Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting

Cat and dog, we trade black looks
C'mon and do your worst
The war of words demands surrender
I won't be the first

Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting
Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting


Get an earful, leave you tearful
Careful who you cross
We get close when we get angry
Crossword's still the boss

Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting
Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening
We're still friends but we're still fighting

Crosswords, crosswords, smart words, smart words won't tease me
Crosswords, tax man
No we can't agree, love that third degree
Crosswords, crosswords, passwords, smart words
No we can't agree, love that third degree

History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
Don't say the words you might regret
I lost before, you know I can't forget

There was a girl I used to know
She dealt my love a savage blow
I was so young, too blind to see
But anyway that's history

I say history never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
Don't say the words you might regret
I lost before, you know I can't forget

You say I always play the fool
I can't go on if that's the rule
Better to jump than hesitate
I need a change and I can't wait

History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
And there's a light shining in the dark
Leading me on towards a change of heart, ah

History never repeats
History never repeats

Deep in the night it's all so clear
I lie awake with great ideas
Lurking about in no-man's land
I think at last I understand

History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
And there's a light shining in the dark
Leading me on towards a change of heart, ah

Never repeats
Never repeats
Never repeats
Hey hey
Hey
Never repeats

Hiding in the wings forever
We'll take the stage, 'cos it's now or never
And the whole thing reeks of cheap striptease
The matinee idylls, they all fall to their knees

It's not all first nights at all
There's nothing more dull than a curtain call
(Get on with it)

Playing Romeo, you make your debut - ha!
Rose red cheeks but your face is all blue
It's not all bouquets & white crayons
They're going to laugh when you look down
I'm going to ask you if you want to be a chorus boy
You can mime the tragedy while we all sing along

It's not all first nights at all
There's nothing more dull than a curtain call
(Jolly good show everyone)

My house is sliding into the sea
Skies are grey, since you've been away
The chickens aren't laying eggs no more
It can only mean you left me for sure

But I still think of you when I'm alone
How can I ever repay you for what you do to me
I still think of you when I'm alone
How can I ever repay you for what you're doin' to me

La do dah la do dah dah la do dah

My trees are all turning brown
The sun won't shine, now you're no longer mine
The rats are crawlin' up me back
It can only mean you're never coming back

But I still, think of you when I'm alone
Oh how could I ever repay you for what you're doin' to me
And I still, think of you when I'm alone
Oh how could I ever repay you for what you're doin' to me

La do dah la do dah dah la do dah
Wooh!

My bed is leaning to one side
You know I can't sleep now that I've lost my pride
The flies are swarming in like bees
I even have to share my clothes with fleas

But I still, think of you when, I'm alone
How can I ever repay you for what you're doin' to me
And I still, think of you when, I'm alone
How can I ever repay you for what you're doin' to me
Right now!

La do dah la do dah dah la do dah

You act as though
You are a blind man who's crying
Crying about
All the virgins that are dying
In your habitual dreams
You know, seems you need more sleep
But like a parrot in a flaming tree
I know it's pretty hard to see
I'm beginning to wonder
If it's time for a change
But still you try like a fat boy
Dancing Gershwin's Blues
But you'd rather sit at home
And watch the news
And I'm beginning to wonder
If it's time for a change
I'm beginning to wonder
If it's time for a change

Make a move, get off your spine
Shake your leg, toe the line
Mum's the word, the doctor said
Try your hand at this instead

Standing fast as bold as brass
Holding on until the last
Call the tune and play it all day long
There's a song that's just begun
Strikes a chord in everyone
It's the decent thing to do your best

Risk you take when on the make
Is falling down upon the ground
That's the breaks, a bone or two
Bring's it home, it's up to you

Standing fast as bold as brass
Holding on until the last
Call the tune and play it all day long
There's a song that's just begun
Strikes a chord in everyone
It's the decent thing to do your best


They're gonna move my spine

Make a move, get off your spine
Shake your leg, tow the line
Mum's the word, the doctor said
Try your hand at this instead

Standing fast as bold as brass
Holding on until the last
Call the tune and play it all day long
There's a song that's just begun
Strikes a chord in everyone
It's the decent thing to do your best

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la-de-da-da-da-de-dah
la-de-da-da-da-de-dah-la-da
la-de-da-da-da-de-dah
la-de-da-da-da-de-dah
la-de-da-da-da-de-dah-la-da

When my baby's walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red.
How could someone wicked walk around free
I see red, I see red, I see red.
I see red, I see red (red!), I see red.
I respect your wishes
You gave me such precious hours
What to do without you.
Squeezed me out of your life
Down the drain like molten toothpaste
I feel used and spat out.
Poor old me
[chorus]
I'm fed up with crying
My despair is dying,
Turning into rage, day by day
Green before you met me
In the pink when you let me love you
I was blue when you let me down
Black and Blue
[chorus]
Go!
I see red, I see red, I see red..

I got you - that's all I want
I won't forget - that's a whole lot
I don't go out - now that you're in
Sometimes we shout - but that's no problem
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
Look at you - you're a pageant
You're everything - that I've imagined
Something's wrong - I feel uneasy
You show me - tell me you're not teasin'
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
There's no doubt - not when I'm with you
When I'm without - I stay in my room
Where do you go - I get no answer
You're always out - it gets on my nerves
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes you can tell that I'm not lying
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lyin'
I don't know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I'm not lying