YOUNG MOUNTAIN * I grew up not looking down The shadow of a mountain fell upon my town A blueness in the distance Living in my memory Now I climb the creaking stair And walk upon a vanishing floor to get nowhere A little Mussolini screaming in your mind History will tell you lies, history will tell you lies Your dream is buried by the dust of ages Time to sing a travel song For all the days that come and go As we move on Erotic summer heatwave burning in my memory Travel over hills and palins See the valley’s golden grass aflame A mother tongue that licks away your secret fear History will disappear, history will disappear Your dream is buried by the dust of ages Quite a load to carry Everything that we have done Searching my horizon for a glimpse of the millennium Hasn’t been so very long We haven’t even half begun To peter out A version of the future Living in my mind Leaving it all behind It hasn’t all been done History will tell you lies All who fall shall climb Your dream is buried by the dust of ages On the young mountain all four winds blow From the young mountain wild rivers flow, History will dissappear On the young mountain a path unwinds On the young mountain who falls shall climb (Climb the young mountain) Cross the first river Swim the new sea On the young mountain all four winds blow, Leaving it all behind From the young mountain wild rivers flow, history will tell you lies, lies On the young mountain who fall shall climb On the young mountain all four winds blow From the young mountain wild rivers flow NOT EVEN CLOSE I’ve been walking the straight line Living in my best friends pocket I’ve been looking at my life All the time oh the time How can I do my work Always looking over my shoulder When everything falls apart When you meet a false heart Then you can’t turn the pages When you can’t find the door When you’re nobody’s baby Not even close to pulling through Ahh ahh We fill up every hour We hunger for touch of money Building crooked towers on the fault line When I came running to you I was following the light from the dead star Then everything falls apart When you make a false start Then you can’t turn the pages When you can’t find the door When you’re nobody’s baby Not even close to pulling through Ahhh Weave me a rope From this dark despair, from this dull-eyed pain Can’t turn the pages Waeve me a rope From this endless night, from this distant shore Can’t find the door Weave me a rope that will pull me through These impossible times I’ve been walking the straight line Mmmm I’ve been looking at my life All the time When everything falls apart When you meet a false heart Then you can’t turn the pages When you can’t find the door When you’re nobody’s baby Not even close to pulling through Ah ha When you can’t find the door When you’re nobody’s baby Not even close to pulling through oh-oh-oh-oh Ahhh Not even close, not even close Ahhh Ohh not even close HOW’M I GONNA SLEEP Thers a pure idea in every mind Waiting to be acted on Yesterday we had to leave behind Climbing up that hill never stop But I’d prefer to have you near to me Making the shape that used to be How’m I gonna sleep without you And I don’t want this lonely night How’m I gonna sleep ooh baby I love you And I don’t need this endless night Theres an open road on every map Waiting to be travelled down And all we need is faith to bridge the gap That lies between our hearts and our minds It’s staring me blind That I don’t need this endless night, this lonely night How’m I gonna sleep without you And I don’t want this lonely night How’m I gonna sleep ooh baby I love you And I don’t need this endless night How’m I gonna sleep when I’m all alone How’m I gonna sleep this house is not a home How’m I gonna take that dreamy ride through space This comet lacks a tail, it’s gotta failure of nerves I don’t need this endless night, this lonely night I don’t want to be alone, I don’t want to be alone How’m I gonna sleep, how’m I gonna sleep How’m I gonna sleep I don’t need this endless night How’m I gonna sleep without you And I don’t want this lonely night How’m I gonna sleep How’m I gonna sleep I don’t need this endless night PARIHAKA My friend my friend I hate to see you suffer Events conspire to bring us to our knees My friend my friend You’ve taken this the wrong Rise up defend yourself never give in Look to the sky the spirit of Te Whiti The endless tide is murmuring his name I know Te Whiti will never be defeated And even at the darkesr hour His presence will remain woh I’ll sing I’ll sing for you a song of Parihaka Te Whiti he used the language of the spirit Then stood accused a madman and his dreams He saw the train go roaring through the tunnel He heard the voice travel on the magic wire But he loved the silence of the river He watched the dog piss on the cannon’s wheel I know Te Whiti will never be defeated And even at the darkest hour His presence will remain I’ll sing I’ll sing for you a song of Parihaka One day you’ll know the truth They can’t pull out the roots Come and take me home To weep for my lost brother They gather still the clouds of Taranaki His children’s children wearing the white plume So take me for the sins of these sad islands The wave still breaks on the rock Rouhotu And when you taste the salt that’s on your pudding And when you taste the sugar that’s in your soup Think of Te Whiti he’ll never be defeated And even at the darkest hour His presence will remain woh I’ll sing I’ll sing for you a song of Parihaka Come to Parihaka Weep for my lost brother Come to Parihaka The spirit of nonviolence mm mmm mmm Has come to fill the silence yeah yeah Come to Parihaka Come to Parihaka Weep for my lost brother Never be defeated TEARS INSIDE You sleeping on yoyr bed of nails Weeping an ocean beyond the pail Strange, sorrow is your greatest skill Your suffering from overkill On your way you cannot hide From the howling wind and the roaring tide You might get hurt but your fear will subside When you last escape from the tears inside Choose whether to laugh or to cry Menace and promise mingle in your eye Wait it’s only a matter time You know everything will be fine On your way you cannot hide From the howling wind and the roaring tide You might get hurt but your fear will subside When you last escape from the tears inside, inside Rain falls down and the seas run high When you’re by my side we can rise above it Let me dry all the tears inside On your way you cannot hide From the howling wind and the roaring tide You might get hurt but your fear will subside When you last escape from the tears From your tears From your tears BIRDS SWIM FISH FLY I turn one way and the wind blows me over I turn another way and it’s holding me up Luck has nothing to do with it Things change when you learn to loosen your grip I think one way and the future is desperate I think another everything is in sight Trres bend so branches don’t have to break We mend the wounds of our last mistake Birds swim fish do fly Pround man begins to cry Birds swim fish do fly Things change so why can’t I I live one way holding onto the fence post I live another way sliding off into space Each life is loosely assembled Inside the molecules tremble Birds swim fish do fly Pround man begins to cry Birds swim fish do fly Things change so why can’t I Little by little we die Washed up on the beach of betrayal How did the Mesonyx become a whale Birds swim fish do fly Pround man begins to cry Birds swim fish do fly Things change so why can’t I Things change Fish fly Little by little we try Little by little we die Why can’t I Why can’t I SUICIDE ON DOWNING ST. It was no personal defeat That suicide on Downing Street They found him burning in his car He paid the price for what we are A stoke of luck a trick of fate The life I build the mess I make Too young to retire too old to live This message all he had to give Derek Bainbridge did not die in vain And I will sing his sad luck story Desperation is a warning flame Now we stand or fall with Derek Bainbridge He came 160 miles To wipe away all those smug smiles The empty hours dragging by His spirit withered up inside Derek Bainbridge did not die in vain And I will sing his sad luck story Desperation is a warning flame Now we stand or fall with Derek Bainbridge He felt the man that he could be Was only wasted potential And he went swimming in the deep forbidden sea Looking for that extra dimension In a selfish blue nation It was no personal defeat That suicide on Downing Street Can you call us civilized As long as one life is denied Derek Bainbridge did not die in vain And I will sing his sad luck story Desperation is a warning flame Now we stand or fall with Derek Bainbridge Swinging on a one-way pendulum Driving down a dead end highway Desperation is a warning flame Now we stand or fall Do we stand or fall SHOW A LITTLE MERCY It used to be That life was cheap With bodies dropping all around But now I find Good hearts are weak And love lies bleeding on the ground Why you wanna lose our love Am I gonna make it easy for you Disappear without a trace of crying All I ask is that you show a little mercy do Hey yeah show a little mercy We’re victims of A lack of faith Don’t leap into the great unknown Unless you know You’ve got the goods Can stand it living on your own Why you wanna bruise our love Am I gonna make it easy for you Disappear without a trace of crying All I ask is that you show a little mercy We share the guilt Of people in the name of love First build them up Then break them down Am I gonna make it easy for you Disappear without a trace of crying All I ask is that you show a little mercy do Am I gonna make it easy for you Disappear without a trace of crying Show a little mercy Yeah yeah Show a little mercy Show a little mercy All I ask is that you show a little mercy All I ask is that you show a little mercy All I ask is that you show a little mercy CRESCENDO First was the mist then came the mountain First was the myth then came belief God and the devil reward surrender With no desire we’re all in rags in chains Only your soothing caress can stop me Making the same mistakes again and again When you learn how to trust your feelings Then’ll you know how to recognise it The part of you that needs no healing Is like a swollen river rising Bring me, Bring me to Crescendo Help me to reach my own conclusion Show me the face of what could be Walking beside you I want for nothing Under a half moon we’re all in rags and chains Only your soothing caress can stop me Making the same mistakes again and again, again When you learn how to trust your feelings Then’ll you know how to recognise it The part of you that needs no healing Is like a swollen river rising Bring me, Bring me to Crescendo When I crawl hear my call Help me up, fill my cup Bring me to Crescendo When you learn how to trust your feelings Then’ll you know how to recognise it The part of you that needs no healing Is like a swollen river rising So choke me with violent passion And drown me in deep emotions You’ve got to help me build this feeling I’m swimming in a stagment ocean Been blinded by smoke and mirrors And crippled by a fear of tomorrow If you don’t help me shake this feeling Then I’ll be marking time in Limbo Bring me, bring me, bring me to Crescendo BEEN THERE DONE THAT First success hits you like a drug You don’t want to come down Stuck to what you know Then you fall into the losers pit Start to smell a rat among the roses I’ve been a loser, a winner Another place and time You know I’ve been there I’ve done that yeah yeah Everything is better you’ve been there done that Doesn’t really matter if you’re on or off the map Everything is better, been there done that The wounds are sharp and deep Words of truth falling on deaf ears Under a golden sky The streets are paved with tears Flying high on wings of wax and wood Every jourrneys quicker on the way back I’ve been a loser, a winner Another place and time yeah yeah Everything is better, been there done that Doesn’t really matter if you’ve fallen off the beaten track Everything is better you’ve been there done that, been there done that I’ve been a loser, a winner Another place and time You know I’ve been there, And I’ve done that, done that, yeah yeah Everything is better, been there done that Doesn’t really matter you don’t have to afraid of that Everything is better, been there done that Doesn’t really matter if you’re on or off the map Been there done that, been there done that