TIME AND TIDE (1982) SPLIT ENZ (part of "Split Enz Eighties Collection" box set) 1. DIRTY CREATURE (T.Finn, N.Griggs & N.Finn) 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 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. 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) Even as we speak the Dirty Creature springs a nasty surprise. 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) I don't wanna sail upon the waters of invention tonight _____________________________________________________________________ 2. GIANT HEARTBEAT (N.Finn & N.Griggs) Heartbeat Bearing down On our world It never sleeps Feel like a Zephyr harmonizing with a flute Notes are rising in familiar twos and threes The time of yearning is the same at any age The back is bending and the sky is growing pale Sun up sun down fade to a lookalike Hearts and souls move together in time One step forward is a leap for all mankind Old man river smiles on all he leaves behind Ooh when temptation brings you down I say you better spread yourself around Red limbs, my body's torn apart The boy's hand will squeeze the giant's heart Sun up sun down fade to a lookalike Hearts and souls move together in time If anybody's listening, a giant heartbeat is fading Fire burns Water drowns Hate kills Our homes Faith helps Love heals Sun up sun down fade to a lookalike Hearts and souls move together in time If anybody's listening If anybody's listening Is anybody listening, a giant heartbeat is fading _____________________________________________________________________ 3. HELLO SANDY ALLEN (N.Finn) Hello Sandy Allen The world's tallest woman We made friends in New York Don't know if you'll remember I'm bound to say I felt uneasy when I first laid eyes on you But I liked the way you talked Like a living hoper Towering over our heads in more ways than one The hand that shook my hand was awesome It still amazes me Hope you're happy Sandy Allen Hope your garden is blooming We're all staring at the mirror tryin' to put our faces on Appearance never held you back Must be when you're number one you don't have to try so hard Hello Sandy Allen, hello Sandy Allen, hello... Hope you're happy Sandy Allen Hope your garden is blooming We're all staring at the mirror tryin' to put our faces on Appearance never held you back Must be when you're number one you don't have to try so hard _____________________________________________________________________ 4. NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME (T.Finn) Let's go walking around the block Well you never know who you might meet Every neighbourhood has a spot There's a likelihood of a treat It's a non-stop action world Never ceases to amaze me Insect singing up in the tree makes a mockery of my voice Hippopotamus in the mud nips my arrogance in the bud A little goes a long way It pays to sell yourself Let's get into the swing of things Discontinue the downward trend Put an end to our ennui Never ceases to amaze me Happiness is a broken heart away, but you get caught up because it's worth the risk Never cease to amaze me... Just when everything's going great Something happens to break the spell The unpredictable finger of fate Puts the turtle back in his shell It's a rough and tumble world, Never ceases to amaze me... Up on the high trapeze the artist flies With a sense of daring, on a natural high Never ceases to amaze me... Loneliness is a locked up heart away So you make an effort, and ignore the risk Never ceases to amaze me Never ceases to engage me _____________________________________________________________________ 5. LOST FOR WORDS (N.Griggs, T.Finn & N.Finn) 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 I couldn't read it if I tried I'm looking for words, oooh 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 _____________________________________________________________________ 6. SMALL WORLD (T.Finn) 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 needs kill Pacific Atoll It's a small world Oh, well there's only just enough to go `round 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 Gonna roll it like a ball Oh, we're a drop in the ocean 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 _____________________________________________________________________ 7. TAKE A WALK (N.Finn) 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 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... you gotta be kind... etc til fade) _____________________________________________________________________ 8. PIONEER (E.Rayner) (Instrumental) _____________________________________________________________________ 9. SIX MONTHS IN A LEAKY BOAT (T.Finn & Split Enz) 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. _____________________________________________________________________ 10. HAUL AWAY (T.Finn) I was born in Te Awamutu 25th of June 1952 Ten pounds of boy Haul away, haul away, haul away My mother and father's pride and joy Richard and Mary, drink to my journey Haul away I left home at the age of thirteen Went to boarding school on a scholarship Small fish, big sea Haul away, haul away, haul away No more happy childhood days for me Catholic condition Strength thru exhaustion Haul away At 21, I was thirsting for experience and my brain was about to burst Stare at the rug Haul away, haul away, haul away That novel approach worked like a drug Nothing was different Everything changed then Haul away Years ago in an Auckland flat this odyssey began Motivates me still, Northward I'm bound Haul away, haul away, haul away Ambition has lost me friends and time (telling them all about Split Ends) Young men are waiting, lapping at my heels Haul away Now I'm having a nervous breakdown But my mates will see that I don't go down Love goes all wrong Haul away, haul away, haul away It's all we can do to carry on Everyone has their own little story Haul away _____________________________________________________________________ 11. LOG CABIN FEVER (N.Finn) Downstairs in the cellar drums are beating Wounded no discomfort emotions bleeding In the river alone always alone out of my depth Headlong to the ocean with I sink or swim Heard them tell the story of mad old Jim Found him in his cabin with his head caved in Waiting out the winter was a little too much for him It's cold out hear the wind howl down the chimney Wish I could just cry out to someone, help but we live in isolation of the cruelest kind Scared to show our colours to the world Time to break away from my condition Rejoin the human race, see what I'm missing Try to face the day my private passion Is eating me away Log cabin fever (x3) It's a remote possibility Log cabin fever It's an impossible delivery Log cabin fever It's not an impossibility (repeat til fade) _____________________________________________________________________ 12. MAKE SENSE OF IT (Split Enz) From deep within the forest, eyay, eyay, eyay The heart of man still hollers, eyay, eyay, eyay In the congo where life began, eyay, eyay, eyay Living proof of a master plan, eyay, eyay, eyay When you're driving home from a day at work and you stumble on some forgotten truth Pounding down like a hammer through glass If you could only make some sense of it, yeah Don't lose your sense of humour, eyay, eyay, eyay Boycott the guilty party, eyay, eyay, eyay In the midst of human crisis, eyay, eyay, eyay Goodwill triumphant rises, eyay, eyay, eyay If you need a friend you can rely upon someone to help make some sense of it If you shed a tear when the nightmare breaks Just remember dreams go in opposites You're holding on Yeah you're holding on Yes you're holding on to make sense of it You realize you're not the only one Who's trying to make some sense of it When you're in the arms of the one you love You can forget the daily push and shove You need a friend you can rely upon A bit of help to make sense of it