by The Go-Betweens on album Tallulah

I was slowly dying in a clinic just outside of L.A. You came and saw me (thank you) that picked me up straight away. You said "Learn to dance, learn to act, learn the piano" And most of all you said "

by The Go-Betweens on album Spring Hill Fair

Rare Breed, Kendrick Lamar Breed up or speed up Breed up or speed up Breed up or speed up This is for my niggas that be all blacked out Hit the streets a hundred deep, what Rare Breed about? Riding h

by The Go-Betweens on album Spring Hill Fair

Lyric: Grant It is neither fair nor reasonable to expect sadness to confine itself to it's causes. Like a river in flood, when it subsides and the drowned bodies of animals have been deposited in the

by The Go-Betweens on album Spring Hill Fair

I got myself a mortgage, It didn't save the marriage. We weren't insureed, Insured against breakage. If you believe in orphans There's still a chance for love. (The hand that warms you also harms you)

by The Go-Betweens on album Spring Hill Fair

All that's left of me, of me that was, is a former shadow, Once amidst great work, then she came, and then she came, That's your point. And right here's for me; right here and nowhere else. There's no

by The Go-Betweens on album Spring Hill Fair

It starts with a birthstone And ends with a tombstone Cathedrals in London, Cathedrals in Rome, all stone. And I just say (what do you say?) And I just say (what do you say?) Bury them don't keep 'em

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

Fire Fire Fire and rock and roll Fire and rock and roll Like Rome Like Rome 1952 Pre-anything Pre-almost anything Fired like an arrow in a bow You aim low You aim low Fired like an arrow in a bow You

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

One light One light's all you need to keep the dark out One look One look's all it takes to put the fire out Too close and he knew it His knowledge cost him everything he had Too tired to feel it You

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

Under blue skies Under your eyes Under clouds so dark they make you cry I see red boats I see grey cars I hear sounds so white they could be stars Under blue skies Under your eyes Under a sun so hot i

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

We're both careful We're both kind I know you you're so easy to find Clumsy me, clumsy you Fell in love and we don't know what to do We make mistakes Things crack and break A friendship's born and the

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

I'm not strong I'm not brave I'm not strong I'm not brave I'm not strong enough I'm not brave enough to say walk away I'm not weak I can't speak This is no muscle show Just some rustling clothes When

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

You stupid man Can't collect your stupid thoughts With a pay cheque Fist to fist your hands shake Careful to choose the laws you break You can't say that It's not allowed That can't be I just say Rid

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

It took you a week To say one day You were A virtuoso A virtuoso The girls have moved Some brass band and a marching girl She likes it that way She likes it that way Big from, big from Broadway A virt

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

A town without trains He runs to meet you Rehearsed a first line It's left him, thank goodness And I've grown to accept that people know the next steps To and through with letters that's finished No n

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

so sign of heaven here Just some run-down imitation white cloud refrain: So you been crying hard Wake up and up to what you been lying on I don't ask for the earth and God knows I don't ever get it

by The Go-Betweens on album Before Hollywood

Alright... come on... no-w-w-w-w The main gate to the mansion is locked It's on my street ― on my block I went in but I got chased off The store-keeper said 'why don't the cars stop?' But the mansio

by The Go-Betweens on album Before Hollywood

In search of a new voice You burnt all your lyrics And flew to a new town "one of the has beens" That was your phrase But what about show-biz? That way that way that way In my apartment Six white hors

by The Go-Betweens on album Send Me a Lullaby

Your pride's my pride Your on your side and I stand, tongue tied with my lies You see things in black I see things in white It's just a twist in the light Like a church mouse you run in your house Yea

by The Go-Betweens on album Before Hollywood

my head fits into my hands I roll it around and nothing comes out by chance, we fight by chance, struck a chord we'll stand tonight who broke who who screamed who there's no two things lovers can do b

by The Go-Betweens on album Before Hollywood

Back in the days when I was a young buck Stuck like a truck gettin' shit outta luck Times was rough and I didn't have a plan I was barely on the edge of my life as a man It's really fucked up when th