All songs written by Neil Finn unless stated Mean To Me She came all the way from America She had a blind date with destiny And the sound of Te Awamutu Had a truly sacred ring Now her parents are divorced And her friend's committing suicide I could not escape A plea from the heart You know what it means to me She said don't walk away I'm down on my knees So please don't be mean to me So I talked to you for an hour In the bar of a small town hotel And you asked me what I was thinking I was thinking of a padded cell With a black and white TV To stop us from getting lonely I could not escape A plea from the heart You know what it means to me She said don't walk away I'm down on my knees So please don't be mean to me You know I could not escape A plea from the heart Mysterious sympathy I couldn't wait for a chance To walk out the door You know what it means to me Ah la la la Ooohhh I saw you lying in the arms of a poet, oooh I heard him tell you tantalizing lies What'd'ya know, what'd'ya know I could not escape Down on the floor You know what it means to me I couldn't wait for a chance To walk out the door Mean x 2 I could not escape Down on my knees You know what it means, what it means, oooh woh what it means x 2 In the arms of a poet You know what it means ------------------------------------------------- World Where You Live Here's someone now, whose got the muscle His steady hand, could move a mountain Expert in bed, but come on now There must be something missing That golden one, leads a double life You'll find out Tell me I don't know where you go Do you climb into space To the world where you live The world where you live, oohh hooo So here we lie, against each other These four walls, can never hold us We're looking for, wide open spaces High above the kitchen And we're strangers here On our way to some other place But I don't know where you go Do you climb into space To the world where you live The world where you live x 2 Friends come round You might remember and be sad Behind their eyes is unfamiliar Do you climb into space To the world where you live To the world where you live, oh To the world where you live, yeah To the world where you live, oh To the world where you live x 3 (To the world x 19) ------------------------------------------------- Now We're Getting Somewhere It never used to be that bad But neither was it great Somewhere in the middle then Content and much too safe Oh tell me please Why it takes so long To realize when there's something wrong Well lay me out with your heart Now we're gettin' somewhere Push me back to the start Now we're gettin' someplace Take me out let me breathe Now we're gettin' somewhere When I'm with you I don't care Where it is I'm falling There's money in the Bible Belt Hugs for daddy too Three wishes for eternity We've got some work to do Oh tell me please, why it takes so long I believe there is something wrong Well lay me out Now we're gettin' somewhere Push me back Now we're gettin' somewhere Take me out let me breathe Now we're gettin' somewhere When I'm with you I don't care Where it is I'm falling, ohh Tell me please, tell me what went wrong I believe there is something wrong Woh, lay me out Now we're gettin' somewhere Push me back Now we're gettin' somewhere Take me out, let me breathe Now we're gettin' somewhere When I'm with you I don't care Where it is I'm falling, yeah When you took me to your room I swear I said surrender When you opened up your mouth I saw the words fall out Though nothing much has changed I swear I will surrender There is pain in my heart, uh huh We can choose, what we choose to believe ------------------------------------------------- Don't Dream It's Over There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost But you'll never see the end of the road While you're traveling with me Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us We know they won't win Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof In the paper today tales of war and of waste But you turn right over to the TV page Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us We know they won't win Now I'm walking again to the beat of a drum And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief Hey now, hey now Don't dream it's over Hey now, hey now When the world comes in They come, they come To build a wall between us We know they won't win Don't ever let them win Hey now x 6 Don't let them win They come, they come Don't let them win Hey now, hey now ------------------------------------------------- Love You 'Til The Day I Die Wooh x 4 There's closets in my head, where dirty things are kept Never see the light of day I just want to drag them out, go for a walk Just to see the look thats on your face Sometimes I can't be straight, I don't want to hurt you So forgive me if I tell a lie Sometimes I come on cold, but don't believe it I will love you 'til the day I die I believe in doing things backwards Take heed, start doing things in reverse Here comes trouble, there's nothing wrong when I relax I'm talking to myself, you're coming with me Teaching you how to distort the facts Sometimes I can't be straight, don't want to hurt you So forgive me if I tell a lie Sometimes I come on cold, but don't believe it I will love you 'til the day I die I believe in doing things backwards Take heed, start doing things in reverse Frost on the window pane, the sound of pouring rain All makes me glad of you When I am far away, I am always with you Know the answer before you know the question Pull yourself together baby, push with all your might I'm all alone, always alone Though I am far away I am always with you, woo ------------------------------------------------- Something So Strong - Neil Finn/Mitchell Froom Love can make you weep Can make you run for cover Roots that spread so deep Bring life to frozen ground Something so strong Could carry us away Something so strong Could carry us today Turning in my sleep Love can leave you cold Taste of jealousy Is like a lust for gold Something so strong Could carry us away Something so strong Could carry us today I've been feeling so much older Frame me and hang me on a wall I've seen you fall into the same trap This thing is happening to us all Yeah Something so strong Could carry us away Something so strong Could carry us today Yeah Something so strong x 4 hooowwn, woooo wooooo ------------------------------------------------- Hole In The River - Neil Finn/Eddie Rayner There's a hole in the river where my auntie lies From the land of the living to the air and sky Left her car by the river left her shoes beside Through the thorns and the bushes I hope she was Dreaming of glory Miles above the mountains and plains Free at last We were touched by a cold wind, my father and I The sound of desperate breathing her fear inside us all She was coming to see him but something changed her mind Drove her down to the river There is no return There's a hole in the river where a memory lies From the land of the living to the air and sky She was coming to see him (oh ho ho) but something changed her mind, Drove her down to the river There is no return ------------------------------------------------- Can't Carry On Why do I kid myself, why do I scream for pleasure It's four in the morning should know better But she can weave a spell, want it to last forever Making me feel like somebody special Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep) Well here we go again Though I look everywhere, I never seem to find it Always a shadow around a corner Drowning in alcohol, stuck in the elevator Hard to remember in the morning Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late (just go to sleep) Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep) Well here we go again Tell you about myself, iIf you're in the mood to listen Baby you don't know who you're kissing This is a lonely world, you are a strange companion When you get what you wanted, you want to leave Honestly I want to free myself } From the burden of inaction } Honestly I want to raise myself } x 2 To any plane I can imagine } Can't carry on this way (just go to sleep) Before it gets too late Doing damage to my brain (just go to sleep) Well here we go again (Just go to sleep) I want to free myself (Just go to sleep) I want to raise myself ------------------------------------------------- I Walk Away You came, out of this 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 Find me marching to a different tune It's hard to let go Of all that we know As I walk away from you Hurled from my home Into the unknown As I walk away from you Reveal whatever you desire To you it may be death defying Black day, in the coldness of winter Black words, slipping off my tongue I say forget it, it's over As a dark cloud covered up the sun You know that it's It's hard to let go Of all that we know As I walk away from you The sun always sets With room for regrets As I walk away from you Give it to me x 2 Your inspiration Give to receive Find all we need As I walk away x 2 I'm just a slave to ambition Tension your permanent condition So much you've always wanted Too much given' you a sore head I walk away As I walk away from you x 3 ------------------------------------------------- Tombstone Look at all the plans I made Falling down like scraps of paper I will leave them where they lie to remind me From the past a rumour comes Don't let it keep draggin' you down Throw the memory in an open fire And you'll be free Roll back the tombstone Let the saints appear Roll back the tombstone Make a new man out of me Beware the passenger The train already left the station We are neither at home nor at work, we are moving Listen to the howling of steel A face betraying no emotion Like you never had a chance to be Wild and free, yeah Roll back the tombstone Let the saints appear Roll back the tombstone Till the Lone Ranger rides again Rides again in your mind Rode across the open plain All the way, and back again, back again Listen to the howling of steel A face betraying no emotion You never had a chance to be Wild and free, yeah heah Roll back the tombstone Let the saints appear Roll back the tombstone Till the Lone Ranger rides again Rides again in your mind Roll back the tombstone Let the saints appear Roll back the tombstone Make a new man out of me, out of me Roll back the tombstone ------------------------------------------------- Thats What I Call Love Woh woh oh You take away my air You make my lungs collapse I die tonight x 2 Feeling devastated That's what I call Livin' in your memory That's what I call Tired and deflated That's what I call Love I tidy up your room You tidy up my life Show me the door I'm abandoned here I'm warm to the core I can feel Woooh hooo You sink I swim We never got in that deep You bend I break I die tonight Feeling devastated That's what I call Hangin' on and fallin' over That's what I call Tired and deflated That's what I call Love Woohh I got a little room The air's still pretty bad I die tonight Feeling devastated That's what I call Hangin' on and fallin' over That's what I call Tired and deflated, uh huh That's what I call Feeling devastated (That's) Livin' with a vacuum cleaner (What) Sweepin' up your memory (I) Call Love