THE LIVING ENZ (1985) SPLIT ENZ (double CD) 1. I WALK AWAY (N.Finn) - See Ya Round 4:43 [announcer:] Ladies and gentleman, for the last time .?. welcome: the incredible, the legendary, the invincible, Split Enz!... You came out of the world to me My life parted like the red sea We flowed easy between the rocks and stones never seemed to stop us The years ended in confusion Don't ask me I don't know what happened but I am a man with a mission Must be the devil I don't know Finally, marching to a different tune It's hard to let go Of all that we know As I walk away from you The sun always sets No room for regrets As I walk away from you Reveal whatever you desire To you it may be death defying Your life, slave to ambition Tension your permanent condition So much you've always wanted Too much giving you a sore head Finally marching to a different tune I walk away from you As I walk away from you It's hard to let go Of all that we know As I walk away from you The sun always sets No room for regrets As I walk away from you -- It's hard to let go Of all that we know As I walk away from you The sun always sets No room for regrets As I walk away from you Give it to me, give it to me, your inspiration Give to recieve, find all we need As I walk away away from you... [Tim:] Neil! [Neil:] Thank you! _____________________________________________________________________ 2. ONE STEP AHEAD (N.Finn) - Corroboree 3:34 [Tim:] Have a good song now from the corroboree album, back in nineteen eighty?... crowd:] one! Tim:] ...one? thank you sir, we have a historian amongst us ladies and gentlemen we'll refer to you in the future, about the past because I always forget but here's one of Neil's that you won't have forgotten Hey Neil - you want me to kill time for you?... 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 You slow me down, what can I do? I can only stay one step ahead of you la,da,da,da la,da,da,da la,da,da,da la,da,da,dum la,da,da,da la,da,da,da la,da,da,da la,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 Now she's one step ahead of you. _____________________________________________________________________ 3. BOLD AS BRASS (T.Finn/R.Gillies) Hey! Yeah! Okay well we'll sort out what's happening down the front here I suppose Hey what the hell's going on down there Sorry ladies and gentleman up the back but, there's a disagreement about what should happen down the front here. I guess it's only fair... it's only fair that, that uh, nobody's view should be blocked but, it's quite nice when everyone stands up and moves around so Everybody stand up I don't know Make's it easier I think we'd better take a vote, hang on, hang on we'll take a vote Who thinks that the people, um sh.. everybody should remain seated? Who thinks that if people want to get up and dance they should? I think that's a majority I think we're dancing ladies and gentleman Ok now, remember when things go wrong... you have to be bold, you have to be bold as brass.. That's right 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. 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. do-do-do... do-do-do... gotta 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. la-de-da-da-da-de-dah... ok we'll start by clapping just relax, nice and easy that's good now we'll make some noise with our mouths... here we go Ooh..! (oooh!) Ah..! ... Whoo! _____________________________________________________________________ 4. NINNIE KNEES UP (N.Crombie) - See Ya Round 3:38 Ninnies! Noel's our leader, of that there's no doubt Yeah! Okay! It's time for Mr Noel Crombie Ooh ooh ooh Yo! Hit me! I'm giving up, I'm going out, YO! Turn off the TV, divorce the couch (hit me!) Best shoes, best backs Hit the floor, see the knees flex (hit me!) Ninnie knees up, ninnie knees up, ninnie knees up yeah! Ninnie knees up, Ninnie! Ninnie knees up, ninnie knees up, ninnie knees up yeah! Ninnie knees up, Ninnie! Hey Paul hit me! hit me! [Noel mumbling] Okay guys, you'll gonna listen to me real good, cause I'm only going to tell you one time When I tell you to get down, you're gonna GET DOWN! _____________________________________________________________________ 5. I SEE RED (T.Finn) - Frenzy, 1979 4:15 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 re-ed, ooh I see red (red!), I see re-ed. 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 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 re-ed, I see red (red!), I see re-ed. 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 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 re-ed, I see red (red!), I see re-ed. I see red, I see red, I see red (x2) I see red! (red!) I see red, I see red, I see red... _____________________________________________________________________ 6. MESSAGE TO MY GIRL (N.Finn) - Conflicting Emotions, 1983 I don't want to say I love you That would give away too much Hip to be detached and precious The only thing you feel is vicious I don't wanna say I want you Even though I want you so much Wrapped up in conversation Whispered in a rush So I'm frightened by the word Think it's time that it was heard No more empty self-possession Vision swept under the mat It's no new years resolution It's more than that Oh... Now I wake up happy Warm in a lovers embrace No one else can touch us While we're in this place So I'll sing it to the world This simple message to my girl No more empty self-possession Vision swept under the mat It's no new years resolution It's more than that Oh... Oh... Though I'm frightened by the word Think it's time I made it heard So I sing it to the world Simple message to my girl No more empty self-possession Vision swept under the mat It's no new years resolution It's more than that No there's nothing quite as real As a touch of your sweet hand I can't spend the rest of my life Buried in the sand. Oh... I don't want to say... I don't want to say... I don't want to say... I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand. _____________________________________________________________________ 7. I HOPE I NEVER (T.Finn) - True Colours, 1980 4:52 I fall apart when your 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 yah 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 your 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. Thank you! Nice one Timmy _____________________________________________________________________ 8. DIRTY CREATURE (T.Finn, N.Griggs & N.Finn) - Time and Tide, 1982 Okay dirty Dirty Creature come my way from the bottom of a big black lake Shuffles up to my window making sure I'm awake S'probably gonna pick my brain He's got me in a vice-like grip He said one slip, your dead. Ha. Dirty Creature of habit Little horror here to stay Anyone in his right mind would tell it to go away but the river of dread runs deep full of unspeakable things The creature don't mess around I don't wanna mess with him I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna sail I don't wanna, I don't wanna sail tonight Dirty Creature's got me at a disadvantage from the inside. Save me!... Tentacles on the brain keep me from falling asleep I'm rooted to the spot The beast don't know when to stop Sneaking up from behind Binds and gags my wits Dirty Creature got my head exactly where he wants it I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna, I don't wanna sail tonight, Taniwha is waiting for me just below the surface so bright Yeah - Ooh Even as we speak the Dirty Creature springs a nasty surprise. Oh ain't it just like a, slime Dirty Creature knows my type found it in a magazine He's seen the look of fear before splattered all over the screen The animal magnet thug draws me out of myself I need a dragon-slayer who can save me from myself I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna sail, I don't wanna set sail for the middle of nowhere tonight Dirty Creature's got me at a disadvantage from the inside Yeah - ooh I don't wanna sail upon the waters of invention tonight Ow! Take it away! Dirty creature! to the dark stay away ! Ok! .?. Scared of the dark, scared of the dark I've always had this fear of the dark Ever since I can remember Had to leave the door open and the light on when I went to sleep Cause that's when the creature creeps He creeps in the dark He comes down the hall He turns the corner, and my heart sinks And I, I know that he is a slime, and he has a stink and a stench of the filth that reigns within and you have to tell him where to go or you're going to be in big trouble for a long time So you have to say, Dirty, Creature fug off just go and be firm don't accept his terms Because he's a bad one, he's a bad one He's a making a sad one of you and me Dirty Creature, Crazy man pulled to the side, walk to the grave, con ten the plate (???) He's looking good, he's dressing sharp, he's got a knife, like crazed like a hawk he talks to you, caresses you the words you think and everything makes me want to say to him GO! go go go go go go go go go go... Hey now come on - none of that! None of that, now come on. Neil's a married man Now me of course _____________________________________________________________________ 9. HARD ACT TO FOLLOW (T.Finn) - Corroboree, 1981 3:08 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 Hard act to follow, you're a hard act to follow Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance Hey hey 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, yeah 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 whoo whoo hey hey 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 It's difficult, it's difficult yeah 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 _____________________________________________________________________ 10. TIME FOR A CHANGE (Phil Judd) - Mental Notes, Second Thoughts You act as though You were [are] a blind man who's crying Crying about all the virgins that are dying In your habitual dreams, You know, It seems you need more sleep But like a parrot in a flaming tree I know it's pretty hard to see And 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 See ya round... _____________________________________________________________________ 1. STRAIT OLD LINE (N.Finn) - Conflicting Emotions 1983 This could be heaven, or this could be hell Life could be falling down a bottomless well I stumble to the left, I stumble to the right I fumble for the switch of a disconnected light Stay with it, don't let temptation be your load Stay with it, there are bandits on the road Don't look to the left, Don't look to the right Just follow that strait old line Don't look to the left, Don't look to the right Just follow that strait old line Right! The road of ambition, is a casualty trail Press gangs wait to ambush, the weak and weary. stay with it But I had to explore the light and dark To see the sharp and flat There's a hundred or more good reasons Not to ever turn your back Don't look to the left, Don't look to the right Just follow that strait old line Don't look to the left, Don't look to the right Just follow that strait old line Ripper! Ladies and Gentlemen Mr Eddie Rayner! Hit me Don't look to the left, Don't look to the right Just follow that strait old line Don't look to the left, Don't look to the right Just follow that strait old line Don't look to the left, Don't look to the right Just follow that strait old line Don't look to the left, Don't look to the right Just follow that strait old line Mr Noel Crombie! Coming at ya! _____________________________________________________________________ 2. WALKING THROUGH THE RUINS (T.Finn) 6:41 Here's a song from the Corroboree album Walking through the ruins Ever since my girl pulled it down down 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 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 And I'm feeling broken inside Walking through the ruins Ever since my girl pulled it down Walking through the ruins Well I don't know what I'm doing, I'm just walking through the ruins of love Well I don't know what I'm doing, I'm just walking through the ruins of love Walking through the ruins Ever since my girl pulled it down, pulled it down, smashed it down yeah 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... Ooh... Ah... Ooh... Oh... Oh... 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 don't know what I'm doing. I'm just a-walking through the ruins of, love! _____________________________________________________________________ 3. PIONEER (E.Rayner) - Time and Tide, 1982 2:00 I leave you in the capable hands of Mr Eddie Rayner (Instrumental) _____________________________________________________________________ 4. SIX MONTHS IN A LEAKY BOAT (T.Finn & Split Enz) 5:23 When I was a young boy I wanted to sail around the world That's the life for me, living on the sea Spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the globe The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky Lightning flash, tempers flare `round the horn if you dare I just spent six months in a leaky boat Lucky just to keep afloat Aotearoa, rugged individual glisten like a pearl At the bottom of the world The tyranny of distance didn't stop the cavalier So why should it stop me I'll conquer and stay free Ah c'mon all you lads lets forget and forgive There's a world to explore tales to tell back on shore I just spent six months in a leaky boat Six months in a leaky boat Ship-wrecked love can be cruel Don't be fooled by her kind There's a wind in my sails Will protect and prevail I just spent six months in a leaky boat Nothing to it leaky boat. la-da-da-da-do-da-do... _____________________________________________________________________ 5. TAKE A WALK (N.Finn) - Time and Tide 1982 4:20 Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, take a walk... Take a walk, come on a-woo-hoo... Time to split out my back door Sunrise dancing on my wall Heading down off beaten tracks Try to get that feeling back I could take a walk again up a mountain to a stream Standing on the open rock Looking out over the sea Funny when we move ahead Never worry what we leave behind I could always find some peace in the back of beyond Kind voice from yesterday Give love fill up every space but now I laugh at simple truth Sneer and frown like we all do When the long night awakes with memories a midnight feast Feel the boy in me escape There's a field of frost beneath my feet Run, never tire, run boy, forever and ever Take a walk, take a walk... I could take a walk again up a mountain to a stream Standing on the open rock Looking out over the sea Funny when we move ahead Never worry what we leave behind Remember what a friend of mine said You gotta be kind take a walk, take a walk... take a walk. take a walk. take a walk a-woo-hoo... I remember it like it was just yesterday Neil you remember those times in Te Awamutu? Yeah I remember Fang You know when you squatted(?) me when I was being beaten by the lotham boy? Oh yeah, that's right! Was a good day Neil. Wasn't bad wasn't bad Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, take a, take a, take a... take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, take a walk Sydney - take a walk, take a walking through the Sydney I love the King's Cross, I love ....bay, ....bay and hopefully the north shore And in sydney, I take a walk, take a walk... Run boy, never tire Run boy, forever and ever _____________________________________________________________________ 6. SMALL WORLD (T.Finn) 4:57 Axe - whoo! It's a small world, and you must agree it's not a very big house, for a large family People moving out or making home improvements but the basic problem never seems to go away It's a small world It's common knowledge, satellite looks on and a Russian man is sent to spy upon us It's enough to make a man feel uncomfortable Someone else's leader's needs kill Pacific atoll It's a small world Oh, well there's only just enough to go `round Yeah, wanna shout about it, shout about it Small world, and it's getting smaller There's no getting away from it all in a small world Baby boom-town, and the population swells There's a broken circuit no one tells the truth Are we mammals with a future in this nutshell When you're small it should be easier to pick things up It's a small world Oh, wanna hold it in my hand Yeah, gonna roll it like a ball Oh, we're a drop in the ocean Yeah, gonna shout about it, shout about it Small world, and it's getting smaller There's no getting away from it all in a small world Yes and it's a strange place for bringing up your children When there's no guarantee that they'll have a future In a small world Argentina and the Falkland Islands and in El Salvador and New York(?) And in Australia and over in New Zealand It's a small, small world And there's only just enough to go 'round shout about it, shout about it, shout about it, shout about it... _____________________________________________________________________ 7. LOST FOR WORDS (N.Griggs, T.Finn & N.Finn) One two three four Tell me sir what would you do - if you were me Hop, skip and jump like a kangaroo? - if you were me I'm wide awake in a dormitory city - if you were me What would you do to stop the noise - if you were me I can't relate, to your vicious excuses The damage has all been done, and talking is useless Tell me sir what would you say - if you were me I'm lost for words ... - if you were me I'm scratching my head, and focusing my eyes No lack of information, but I can't explain it I'm looking it up, I'm writing it down Oh, Oh... I couldn't read it if I tried I'm looking for words ooooh I give it all I got, ooooh And I'm lost for words, you don't even listen It's all been said before, so I'll just turn and walk away Thank you... _____________________________________________________________________ 8. YEARS GO BY (N.Finn & E.Rayner) Oh the passing of time, ? how the years do go by She gets up in the afternoon The sun will set behind her When the twilight comes The magic one, will gaze on you Seconds last for hours all evening This purple room is breathing To the milky way I turn my gaze It's a mystery Years go by, wonder what you did Yet in a minute you can change your life All depends on your state of mind One thing to be sure of is we live and die Fear and doubt no longer harbour lies Love not grow old where we reside `tis enough for now to set you down And gaze on you Years go by, wonder what you did Yet in a minute you can change your life All depends on your state of mind One thing to be sure of is we live and die Years go by, wonder what you did Yet in a minute you can change your life All depends on your state of mind One thing to be sure of is we live and die Years go by, years go by, years go by... _____________________________________________________________________ 9. CHARLIE (T.Finn) Wake up Charlie rise and shine Pour the tea, I'll draw the blind Sunlight halo you look wonderful Darling Charlie, pale and deathly still For heaven's sake, wake up Charlie Was a full moon last night I was full of bravado, dead drunk, dead sure One of us had to go Raised my head in anger, hurt you again Dust to dust, and fire to ashes you can Thank me for nothing now Charlie I was eaten up with jealousy Bones to pick and rumours to feed How my heart bleeds, love's a big mistake Mercy Charlie oh for pity's sake Forgive me, speak to me, Charlie Wake up Charlie rise and shine Pour the tea, I'll draw the blind Sunlight halo you look wonderful Darling Charlie, pale and deathly still For heaven's sake, wake up Charlie