FRENZY (US) (1984) SPLIT ENZ 1. I SEE RED (T.Finn) [chorus:] 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 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 (x2) I see red! (red!) I see red, I see red, I see red (x9)... _____________________________________________________________________ 2. GIVE IT A WHIRL (T.Finn/N.Finn) I saw you there by the side of the road you wore long faces and long overcoats in the rain Waiting for buses to carry you home winter wind rushes and rattles your bones, it's a shame I can see no sign of action in your eyes There's a thrill you'll never know if you never try Remember taking a ride on a ferris wheel and really enjoying yourself, bye bye blues Remember taking a bet on a race you faced the future with a smile on your face, win or lose No, I don't mean to preach, I don't mean to patronise There's a thrill you'll never know if you never try Why don't you give it a, give it a, give it a whirl [x4]..... I saw you there by the side of the road you wore long faces and long overcoats in the rain Waiting for buses to carry you home winter wind rushes and rattles your bones, it's a shame No, never give up, giving in, it's like kissing goodbye There's a thrill, that you'll never know, if you never try Why don't you give it a whirl... _____________________________________________________________________ 3. MASTER PLAN (T.Finn) I'm not a robot, passive and programmed, I'm taking the law into my own hands All things come to those who base their every action on a proper strategy I got a master plan, not taking any chances, I got a master plan and I got me some answers I learned my lesson, Fate will keep you waiting full of doubt and drudgery I got a master plan, not taking any chances oh no I got a master plan and I got me some answers I got a master plan, not taking any chances I got a master plan and I got me some answers I learned my lesson, Fate will keep you waiting full of doubt and drudgery No more hesitating, got a proper strategy I got a master plan, not taking any chances I got a master plan and I got me some answers I got a master plan, not taking any chances I got a master plan and I'm making advances whoa-whoa-whoa got a master plan (x9?) _____________________________________________________________________ 4. BETTY (T.Finn) Betty was a working girl living in the bottom half of the world Saving up for Friday night dancing underneath the lights, she would whirl Dance, come on Betty sing, come on Betty, fly by night Every man she meets appears to like her, then they whisper 'You coming outside?' Leaning up against the fence, breathing hard and trying hard not to cry Love, come on Betty give, come on Betty live for love [chorus:] Who loves you Betty, always something standing in your way You better get out Betty babe Who loves you Betty, always someone looking the other way You better get out Betty babe There's always someone left behind, the crippled boy the last in line, the lost soul Love today is bought and sold, Betty wants the love of days gone old Prim, proper little miss, gimme a little kiss, don't fuss [chorus] (x2) _____________________________________________________________________ 5. FRENZY (T.Finn/E.Rayner) [spoken] The frenzy never satisfies it doesn't help you socialise and seldom will it instigate a riot. It's not a dance or a teenage craze but if you're lost in a mental maze the frenzy will erase the haze, now try it. Move to the frenzy, everybody lose control Move to the frenzy, it's for the young and the old (turn to our leader?) Move to the frenzy, everybody lose control Move to the frenzy, it's for the young and the old Move to the frenzy, where it's all going to end Move to the frenzy, everybody's 'round the bend [repeat verse] _____________________________________________________________________ 6. STUFF AND NONSENSE (T.Finn) [tim:] I'd like to dedicate this next song to... Disobey my own decisions, I deserve all your suspicion First it's yes and then it's no, I dilly dally down to duo But I got no secrets that I babble in my sleep, I won't make promises to you that I can't keep [chorus:] And you know that I love you here and now, not forever I can give you the present, I don't know 'bout the future, that's all stuff and nonsense I once lived for the future, every day was one day closer Greener on the other side, this I believed before I met you I soon learned your love burned brighter than the stars in my eyes Now I know how and when I know where and why [chorus] (x2) (repeat chorus to fade) _____________________________________________________________________ 7. MAROONED (E.Rayner) Pull up a flag or light a fire or send up a flare Build me a beacon seems there's no other way out of here Inform the local correspondent tell him to phone in tell the papers, put it over the air I'm marooned Build me a schooner or a punt or a dug-out canoe A Sputnik a bi-plane just a rusty jalopy will do Call the folks and say I'm castaway I'll even resort to taking chances in a hot air balloon I'm Marooned, marooned ... _____________________________________________________________________ 8. HERMIT Mc DERMITT (T.Finn) Ohhhhh [chorus:] I'm Hermit McDermitt, if there's a better way I'll learn it I'm Hermit McDermitt, my irregular ways confirm it I'm Hermit McDermitt, in my tower of ivory if you find me I'll burn it You won't see me for dust, there's no one I trust, a hermit I must be I won't be your criminal, I don't want your laws Your taxi cabs and cheap kebabs and dingy dancing halls I don't want your wedding bells, no top notch salary It's a cabin in the hills or a cottage by the sea for me [chorus] You treated me like an afterthought and after all I'd done Subjected me to ridicule, that's your idea of fun O city full of promises and citadels so grand I said goodbye to you and yours, and left for no-man's land [chorus] Living in the wilderness brings out the beast in me I know I'm not the only one whose scent is on the breeze Some of us have broken hearts or a price upon our heads One day soon we'll all return and kill you in your beds whoa.. whoa.. whoa.. [chorus] I'm Hermit McDermitt (x11 to fade) _____________________________________________________________________ 9. HOLY SMOKE (N. Finn) Holy smoke good God almighty Vandals, murderers and thieves I just woke up with the strangest feeling There's someone here with me [chorus:] Feel my heart The fear of God written in my face In the dark Over there by the fireplace The shadows fall much too close for comfort Here all night the sun deserts you Dark skies overhead Candles lit and measures taken Brave new worlds we tread [chorus] It's all I can do to keep from running away Get me out of this place Too young to lose I've been sleeping with one eye open too long [chorus] _____________________________________________________________________ 10. SEMI-DETACHED (T. Finn) I wanna leave here, I wanna get to hell away My body's frozen and in my head the pain is here to stay Panic seems too close for comfort save me, I gotta get going before I cause an accident The wind is blowing, the summer's gone and I can't pay the rent Debt collectors, slap dash noisy children [chorus:] Who's going be there when the going gets tough Ooh I wonder We're semi-detached and we'll burn like matchsticks Will be wonderful I wanna fire, I wanna brimstone baptism Got no illusion, friction or fusion, time has come In my garden, cats entreat me, spare us But as for people, they're semi-detached aren't they So I can't be sure, I think I heard a neighbour say He'll amount to nothing, he's pathetic... [repeat chorus] _____________________________________________________________________ 11. CARRIED AWAY (N. Finn) Breathless home with excitement I'll kick my shoes off Get into the groove Dancing I drift with my eyes closed Hearing your voice again Singing that strange melody [chorus:] I get slowly carried away Slowly carried away All day I can hear her calling That woman I've never met Keeps leading me on [repeat chorus x3] I'm told that it's evergreen I've listened but never seen I've laid awake all night Just putting the whole world right It's terrible but it's true _____________________________________________________________________ 12. SHE GOT BODY (T.Finn) [chorus:] She got body she got soul, I'm torn apart without her I'm gonna trust her with my future I'm gonna keep a tight rein on her heart she's one of the few things I feel a part of I know it's true, I'll never leave, I'll never say goodbye (Byebye byebye byebye) I'll always be a man of means as long as I'm by her side (beside beside beside) [chorus] I learn a lot when she's around, she's got so much to give (so much, so much, so much to give) If you can say you live and learn, you're learning how to live (learn how, learn how, learn how to live) [chorus] Nobody told me that a woman she can lead a man from ruin Well she pulled me back and I'm coming back for more for sure No time to make careful decisions, she might be an apparition Now the panic's on and I'm not an honest man if I don't say [chorus] Alright, I know it's been said so many times before But I don't care, I'm gonna sing it to you just once more [chorus...to fade] _____________________________________________________________________ 13. MIND OVER MATTER (T.Finn/N.Finn) Pain puts you at a disadvantage, it's inconvenient Don't let your body betray you with this physical torment [Chorus:] It's mind over matter got my mind over my matter Mind over matter got my mind over matter yeah Heartache and backache and toothache and headache vexation of the spirit Cigarette burns, cold showers for hours my training helps me through it People with weak hearts should go into training I don't let pain deter me Sticks and stones may break my bones but they will never hurt me [chorus] Mind over Mind over matter, makes lean times fatter (x2) fatter, fatter, fatter... Got my mind over my matter [repeat til fade] Livin' It Up (N. Griggs) Livin' it up [repeat] Short and sweet and in between An invitation You gotta live it up Or you'll never live it down So it's the RRRRRRRRRRolling Stones OR STSTSTSTSTSTSTSTSTeely Dan Though we think it's the same And we think it's a shame We're still livin' it up Livin' it up