TOGETHER ALONE CROWDED HOUSE 1. KARE KARE I was standing on a wave, then I made the drop I was lying in a cave in the solid rock I was feeling pretty brave 'til the lights went off CHORUS: Sleep by no means comes too soon in a valley lit by the moon We left a little dust on his Persian rug we gathered up our clothes, got the washing done in a long forgotten place, who'll be the first to run? CHORUS I was floating on a wave, then I made the drop I was climbing up the walls, waiting for the band to start you can say the magic words I've got my senses on and this is the only place that I always run from CHORUS _____________________________________________________________________ 2. IN MY COMMAND You're standing in a deep dark hole beneath a sky as black as coal it's just the fear of losing control you know so well don't miss it when the moment comes be submissive just this once imagine there is something to be done some truth to tell CHORUS: I would love to trouble you in your time of need lose your way it's a pleasure when you're in my command Juggle like a diplomat struggle to hold onto your hat swinging like an acrobat but time will tell the clock is dripping on the wall listen to the rise and fall close your eyes and hear the call you know so well CHORUS put on your wings you're responsible for everything Desolate in anger and safe in isolation you're about to be the victim of a holy visitation by the rites that I've been given Put on your wings you're not responsible for everything I would love to trouble you in your time of need lose your way it's a pleasure when you're in my command when you're in my command in my command _____________________________________________________________________ 3. NAILS IN MY FEET My life is a house you crawl through the window slip across the floor and into the reception room you enter the place of endless persuasion like a knock on the door when there's ten or more things to do Who is that calling? you my companion run to the water on a burning beach and it brings me relief Pass through the walls to find my intentions circle 'round in a strange, hypnotic state I look into space there is no connection a million points of light and a conversation I can't face Cast me off one day to lose my inhibition sit like a lap dog on a matron's knee wear the nails on your feet I woke up the house stumbled in sideways the lights went on and everybody screamed "Surprise!" the savage review it left me gasping but it warms my heart to see that you can do it too Total surrender your touch is so tender your skin is like water on a burning beach and it brings me relief Like a night in your mind it brings me relief in the back door under the stars and the scenery is my floor in the back room under the stars and the scenery is my floor _____________________________________________________________________ 4. BLACK & WHITE BOY Black and white boy black and white boy you're so extreme you're so confused color me in whatever mood I'm in I could be still in touch with you And you're full of the wonder of spring it's all sweetness and lightness you bring and a room full of people fall to your infinite charm but when darkness should quickly descend you go quietly, my miserable friend to the depths of despair you will crawl black and white boy Black and white boy black and white boy you're so extreme you're so confused color me in whatever mood I'm in I could be still in touch with you When you shake off the shadows of night and your eyes are so clear and so bright you'll make fools of the liars and creeps put a rose in my cheeks but when demons have climbed on your back you are vicious and quick to attack and you put on a wonderful show do you really, really think I don't know? black and white boy And you run like a cat to the cream and you're acting so nice it's obscene you put on a wonderful show do you really, really think I don't know? black and white boy _____________________________________________________________________ 5. FINGERS OF LOVE Can you imagine that an itch too sensitive to scratch the light that falls through the cracks an insect too delicate to catch I hear the endless murmur every blade of grass that shivers in the breeze and the sound that comes to carry me across the land and over the sea And I can't look up fingers of love move down and I can't look back fingers of love move down Colour is its own reward colour is its own reward the chiming of a perfect chord let's go jumping overboard into waves of joy and clarity your hands come out to rescue me and I'm playing in the shallow water laughing while the mad dog sleeps And I can't look up fingers of love move down and I won't be hit fingers of love move everywhere there is time yet fall by the way from the cradle to the grave from a palace to the gutter beneath the dying waves of the sun lie fingers of love through waves of joy and clarity a fallen angel walked on the sea and I'm playing in the shallow water laughing while the mad dog sleeps And I can't look up fingers of love move down and I won't be hit fingers of love move everywhere there is time yet for you to find me and all I want fingers of love move down _____________________________________________________________________ 6. PINEAPPLE HEAD Detective is flat no longer is always flat out got the number of the getaway car didn't get very far As lucid as hell these images moving so fast like a fever so close to the bone I don't feel too well And if you choose to take that path CHORUS: I will play you like a shark and I'll clutch at your heart I'll come flying like a spark to enflame you Sleeping alone for pleasure, the pineapple head it spins and it spins like a number I hold don't remember if she was my friend it was a long time ago And if you choose to take that path CHORUS Sleeping alone for pleasure, the pineapple head it spins and it spins like a number I hold don't remember if she was my friend it was a long time ago And if you choose to take that path would you come to make me pay? CHORUS _____________________________________________________________________ 7. LOCKED OUT I've been locked out I've been locked in but I always seem to come back again when you're in that room what do you do? I know that I will have you in the end And the clouds they're crying on you and the birds are offering up their tunes in a shack as remote as a mansion you escape into a place where nothing moves And I've been locked out and I know we're through but I can't begin to face up to the truth I wait so long for the walls to crack but I know that I will one day have you back And the hills are as soft as a pillow and they cast a shadow on my bed and the view when I look through my window is an altarpiece I'm praying to for the living and the dead Twin valleys shine in the morning sun I send a message out to my only one Yet I've been locked out and I know we're through but I can't begin to face up to the truth I wait so long for the walls to crack but I know that I will one day have you back (yes, I will) And I work like bees in the honey every night I circle like the moon it's an act of simple devotion but it can take forever when you've got something to prove _____________________________________________________________________ 8. PRIVATE UNIVERSE No time, no place to talk about the weather the promise of love is hard to ignore who said the chance wasn't getting any better the labor of love is ours to endure the highest branch on the apple tree it was my favorite place to be I could hear them breaking free but they could not see me CHORUS: I will run for shelter endless summer lift the curse it feels like nothing matters in our private universe I have all I want, is that simple enough? a whole lot more I'm thinking of every night about six o'clock birds come back to the pond to talk they talk to me -- birds to talk to me if I go down on my knees CHORUS it feels like nothing matters in our private universe And it's a pleasure that I have known and it's a treasure that I have gained and it's a pleasure that I have known It's a tight squeeze, but I won't let go time is on the table and the dinner's cold CHORUS (x 2) _____________________________________________________________________ 9. WALKING ON THE SPOT The odd times we slip and slither down the dark hall fingers point from old windows an eerie shadow falls I'm walking on the spot to show that I'm alive moving every bone in my body from side to side CHORUS Will we be in our minds when the dawn breaks can we look the milkman in the eye the world is somehow different, you have all been changed before my very eyes Walk around your home pour yourself a drink fire one more torpedo, baby watch the kitchen sink you're lounging on the sofa, maybe see the living room die the dishes are unwashed and broken all you do is cry CHORUS See the living room die the dishes are unwashed and broken all you do is cry CHORUS _____________________________________________________________________ 10. DISTANT SUN Tell me all the things you would change I don't pretend to know what you want when you come around and spin my top time and again, time and again No fire where I lit my spark I am not afraid of the dark Where your words devour my heart and put me to shame, put me to shame CHORUS: When your seven worlds collide whenever I'm by your side the dust from a distant sun will shower over everyone Still so young to travel so far old enough to know who you are wise enogh to carry the scars without any blame, there's no one to blame It's easy to forget what you learned waiting for the thrill to return feeling your desire burn and drawn to the flame CHORUS the dust from a distant sun will shower over everyone And I'm lying on the table washed out in a flood like a Christian fearing vengeance from above I don't pretend to know what you want but I offer love Seven worlds will collide whenever I'm by your side the dust from a distant sun will shower over everyone _____________________________________________________________________ 11. CATHERINE WHEELS No night to stay in bad moon is rising again dice rolls and you burn come down I fear as that cold wheel turns I know what I know sad Claude's been sleeping around to stroke the right nerve whose needs do I serve as Catherine's wheel turns She was always the first to say gone she's got her catherine wheels on always the first to say gone Go kindly with him to his blind apparition his face creases up with age gone grey he'll back here one day She was always the first to say gone she's got her catherine wheels on always the first to say gone she's got her catherine wheels on wheels on Catherine wheels She's gone vanished in the night broke off the logic of light he woke tore the covers back found he was empty inside so they were told when the moon would rise the best time to leave with your soul she's gone but towards the light watching her whole life unfold bruises come out dark So strong was his hold on her regarded by some as his slave he spoke as in a stranger's tongue despair us and drive you away bruises come out dark _____________________________________________________________________ 12. SKIN FEELING I like that middle initial I like the way it serves me I like the pigment in your skin I like the way it moves me I like kids when they're asleep their little arms around you I like the way we play games don't lose that skin feeling CHORUS: I'm looking old, I'm feeling young it's the truth , my child My second life has just begun with this hungry girl I like black and I like rain I like that ornery circle I like the things that you said when you were misbehaving I like the people on TV the new one looks like me I love you and you love me don't lose that skin feeling CHORUS I love the pigment in your skin I love the way it moves me I like the smell of that shock I like the way it serves me I like the things that you said when you were misbehaving I love you and you love me don't lose that skin feeling CHORUS It's the truth my child let me hold you high _____________________________________________________________________ 13. TOGETHER ALONE Together alone above and beneath we were as close as anyone can be now you are gone far away from me as is once will always be together alone CHORUS (Maori choir) Translation: anei ra maua here we are together e piri tahi nei in a very close embrace e noha tahi nei being together ko maua anake just us alone kei runga a Rangi Rangi the sky-father is above ko papa Kai raro the earth mother is below e mau tonu nei our love for one another kia mau tonu ra is everlasting Together alone shallow and deep holding our breath paying death no heed I'm still your friend when you are in need as is once will always be earth and sky moon and sea CHORUS