Sitting like a hermit at the top of the stairs Real chart action, pinewood chairs This ain't Hollywood You know it never could be You wish that you were where you were and how When you wanted to be...
And so we wend our way to Big Smoke Cat on a hot, tin Tennessee In my town shoes and your golden slippers And Hart Crane's guarantee All these shuttered, little coastal towns Full of stutterers and...
Well I don't know the reason It came from nowhere But this street just got paved with gold Well I kicked my gong Right out of there Now I'm sitting on top of the world Sitting on top of the world Who...
Went a'walking in the sunshine About a thousand Brumby ghosts Hunters bushmen bandits And fence wire on the posts Felt that ebony skin And felt the whole of the ivory coast Not flying away flying away...
Star-crossed junkie misfits on the run Some expensive wardrobe A car, a gun for fun They took her valise, a portmanteau Such a civilised way to go This must be the rainbow's dead-end Peel back that...
Look at you look at you Standing at the checkpoint It must be some crisis Those freedom fighters They must be laughing Jesus has it come to this You must of given them a whole lot of money For them to...
A drunken giggle as you find the key To your little flat that overlooks the sea Excuse the mess, put on the colour TV And it's Nightmoves It's Nightmoves You've been dancing in your disco tights You...
Everybody's on the street Looking oh so good There walkin' around thinking life is sweet And it's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood I just wanna tell everybody That you were the one What you...
Run your fingers through the vapour trails that cross the skies Feel the glow, the lustre shows, Mancini smiles tonight I know They told me signs of life were out there Straight up Sam's an empty man,...
She was the queen of all deception I was a fool from out of town After she showed me 'round reception Whenever she could she'd put me Down so I was on my knees I'd like a lime with my coconut please...