CORROBOREE/WAIATA (1984) SPLIT ENZ (part of "Split Enz Eighties Collection" box set) 1. HARD ACT TO FOLLOW (T.Finn) There's a lot of good acts around Plenty of profound performers But there's only one, who really gets through to me Whenever you come on I light up Everything you do goes down well I can tell, after you it's all downhill Proving you're a hard act to follow You're a hard act to follow You make it difficult (so) difficult Hard act to follow, you're a hard act to follow Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance Hard act to follow Watch a lot of foreign movies See a lot of late night TV Looking for a girl to distract me from what you are Try to lose my concentration Acting out of sheer frustration I go out at night, but after you it doesn't feel right Proving you're a hard act to follow You're a hard act to follow You make it difficult, so difficult Hard act to follow you're a hard act to follow Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance Hard act to follow There's a lot of good acts around Plenty of profound performers But there's only one, who really gets through to me And I'm not looking for an actress No, no, no, no saki hostess All I want is you and you and you and you and you Encore, encore, encore, encore Proving you're a hard act to follow You're a hard act to follow You make it difficult to even think of taking in another play Hard act to follow, you're a hard act to follow Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance Lie like Ophelia Proving you're a mean scene stealer Proving you're a hard act to follow Hard act to follow (repeat and vary til fade) _____________________________________________________________________ 2. ONE STEP AHEAD (N.Finn) One step ahead of you stay in motion, keep an open mind Love is a race won by two Your emotion, my solitude If I stop I could lose my head So I'm losing you instead Either way I'm confused You slow me down, what can I do? There's one particular way I have to choose One step ahead of you Always someone makes it hard to move She says, Boy I want you to stay But I save it all for another day If I stop I could lose my head But I'm ready for romance Either way I'm confused I don't know what I'm s'posed to do I can only stay One step ahead of you Da,da,da,da,da Da,da,da,da Da,da,da,da Da,da,da,dum Stop, I confess sometimes I don't know where I'm going Part of me stays with you, I'm slowing down, what can I do It's hard to stay one step ahead of you (Uh huh) One step ahead of you Time is running out Catching up with you One step ahead of you When I hold you close Can I really lose? One step ahead Only one step ahead She's one step ahead of you _____________________________________________________________________ 3. I DON'T WANNA DANCE (T.Finn) I don't wanna dance no more Not since you walked out the door Left without a second glance That's the end of my romance No more fancy footwork in the nightclub I'm a still point in a turning world I don't wanna dance tonight I can hardly stand the sight Of lovers moving on the floor There's a memory I can't ignore Of listening to the D.J. play the record Take your partner and move around And I'm dancing in my baby's arms again I don't wanna dance Not without my baby I don't wanna dance Not without my baby I don't wanna dance Every night it's always there The memory of our sad affair I'm underneath the coloured lights You're asking me am I alright I can only answer "I'm the dancer" Whose sense of rhythm is paralyzed Til I'm dancing in my baby's arms again I don't wanna dance Not without my baby I don't wanna dance Not without my sweetheart I don't wanna dance...not tonight (repeat to fade) _____________________________________________________________________ 4. IRIS (N.Finn) She's unaware, she'll never see me stare Standing in the safety of my room Oh I don't know, whether she comes or goes But I know I'll be seeing her quite soon Ooh, Iris The girl with the lovely name I feel desirous I got that girl to blame Ooh Iris I'll be brave, put all my fears away I'm hoping that I get the chance to meet her Sun or rain, I wait here every day I wonder if I'll get the chance to kiss her Ooh, Iris I'm stuck at the window pane I feel desirous I got that girl to blame Ooh Iris Ooh, Iris The girl with the lovely name I feel desirous I got that girl to blame Ooh Iris (repeat til fade) _____________________________________________________________________ 5. WAIL (E.Rayner) (Instrumental) _____________________________________________________________________ 6. Climsy (T.Finn) Something in my genes makes me uncoordinated A butter-fingered boy, my D.N.A. was deviated I don't want to tell a lie, I'm an ungainly guy Girls are graceful when they dance Oh, I really love to watch them dancing Yeah, I'm clumsy Yeah, real clumsy I'm clumsy, and I don't ever hope to see you back Look at that negro go He's moving like a cat in a factory Why can't I do that, I'm full of beans and I'm spilling the drinks In the meantime we'll survive, I was born to bungle And at last I realise That nobody's taking me for granted Yeah, I'm clumsy Yeah, real clumsy I'm clumsy, and I don't ever hope to see you back I'm clumsy, and I don't ever hope to be relaxed (repeat to fade) _____________________________________________________________________ 7. HISTORY NEVER REPEATS (N.Finn) History never repeats I tell myself before I go to sleep Don't say the words you might regret I've 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've lost before you know I can't forget You say I always played 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-ar) History never repeats (x2) 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-ar) Never repeats (x3) Hey Hey, Hey... _____________________________________________________________________ 8. WALKING THROUGH THE RUINS (T.Finn) Walking through the ruins Ever since my girl smashed it down Yeah, I'm walking through the ruins Well I don't know what I'm doing I'm just walking through the ruins of love My will is broken, there's no escaping I'm dragging my feet through the dust and rubble of our love We build cathedrals to ransack and pillage Religiously smash them all down Walking through the ruins Ever since my girl pulled it down Yeah, I'm walking through the ruins Well I don't know what I'm doing I'm just walking through the ruins of love Sunlight is streaming through columns and pillars Come out in the open, the walls have fallen down Snap of her fingers, crack goes the ceiling I'm feeling broken inside Walking through the ruins Ever since my girl smashed it down Yeah, I'm walking through the ruins Well I'm walking through the ruins of love ..?.. the chance to say I don't know what I'm doing, I'm just walking through the ruins of love (okay) Walking through the ruins Ever since my girl smashed it down Yeah I'm walking through the ruins Yeah I know I could forget if I could only get away Walking through the ruins every minute every day I don't know what I'm doing I'm just walking through the ruins of love...(yeah) _____________________________________________________________________ 9. SHIPS (N.Finn) Even ships of the night Send out the alarm My face is turning white In case of emergency I wonder if I might slow down rest up I'd like to get away If my doctor lets me Here in my waiting room I'm pacing nervously But I'm no give-away Deep down messed up Hit town dressed up To the nines, to the nines, to the nines, to the nines Some people pop a pill, when they feel exposed Long as I'm dressed to kill I'll make sure no-one knows Disguised in fancy-dress Deep down, messed up Hit town dressed up To the nines, to the nines, to the nines, my disguise (mind your step) Deep down, messed up Hit town dressed up To the nines, to the nines, to the nines, to the nines To the nines, to the nines, to the nines, my disguise _____________________________________________________________________ 10. GHOST GIRL (T.Finn) Pale as the sunrise and cold as the moonlight She suddenly glides into view Echoing footsteps Meandering laughter it's you, ooh Every whisper reveals a dark secret Her first and last love was untrue And behind the makeup are the scars of a breakup You can see it right through The ghost girl Don't get too close boy, to the ghost girl She's already started haunting you Utter dispair has a fatal attraction When clothed in a shimmering gown But don't take up where her assassin left off Or you'll be let down by the ghost girl Don't get too close boy, to the ghost girl She's already started haunting you She spooks me, woh, the ghost girl Come to me, woh, the ghost girl In the middle of the night, woh, the ghost girl She spooks me, woh, woh, woh Ghost girl Don't get too close boy, to the ghost girl She's already started haunting you Ghost girl Don't get too close boy, to the ghost girl She's already started haunting you Ghost girl (repeat til fade) _____________________________________________________________________ 11. ALBERT OF INDIA (E.Rayner) (Instrumental)