Bic Runga

1.

So I'm listening for the weather
to predict the coming day

Leave all thought of expectation
to the weather man

No it doesn't really matter
what it is he has to say

Cause tomorrows keep on blowing
in from somewhere

All the people that I know
in the apartments down below
Busy with their starring roles in their own tragedies

Sunlight sends you on your way
And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday
Never be afraid of change

I'll call you on the phone
I hate to leave you on your own
But I'm coming home today

2.

And this busy inner city
Has got nothing much to say

And I know how much you're
hanging round the letterbox

And I'm sure that as I'm writing
You'll be somewhere on your way
In a supermarket checkout or the restaurant

I've been doing what I'm told
I've been busy growing old
And the days are getting cold but that's alright with me

Sunlight sends you on your way
And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday
Never be afraid of change

I'll call you on the phone
I hate to leave you on your own
But I'm coming home today
Yes I'm coming home today
　　　　　　
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I've been doing what I'm told
I've been busy growing old
And the days are getting cold but that's alright with me

Sunlight sends you on your way
And those restless thoughts that cling to yesterday
Never be afraid of change

There is a love
There is a life that we share
Hand in glove
They won't separate us
Climb once again
Cast off your sorrows
The long night will end
Dance on the morning dew
Casting a line to you
Safe from a slinging arrow
Think of the love we knew
How it goes on
Five days of love
There is a scent in the air
Above & beyond
The one who named us
Climb once again
Cast off your sorrows
The long night will end
Won't get the best of you
Casting a line to you
Love is a winning arrow
Fire it straight and true to wherever you are

Casting a line to you
Love is a winning arrow
Fire it straight and true to wherever you are

I met my darling last night
I've never seen him before
He put his warm hand in mine
There'll be no crying,On no more
And in a flutter of bees
And in a whisper of trees
I've never seen him before
There'll be no crying, no more
There is no rest for the wicked
No blues like before
Our spell's been lifted
Just like a baby born once more
On other side of the street
The flowers bloom where we meet
I've never seen him before
There'll be no crying no more
There'll be no crying no more

Take your time
make peace with the day
Lying on the ground
and cold feet
And never mind
what people will say
Talking is thoughtless
and cheep
I only said it to be kind
I wont pretend to be nieve
And thoughts arrive like
leaves on the page
Trying and hoping to be
You and i like birds in a cage
Dreaming how once
we were free
The evening closes
on the wire
I saw you hiding in the eeves
Dont leave me hanging
all the while
A shadow underneath the trees
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I only want you to be mine
I only want you to be free
If either on of us is right
It must be sealed
to be believed
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I only want you to be mine
I only want you to be free

I want you when you are close to me
I want you never to be far
I know you have laid a trap for me
Yes, I know you, but not as who you are
Black on the ground, I am still as a stone
Whatever changed my love to despair
Light through the clouds trapped the scent of a soul
In a moment, my love, I am captured, captured
I want you when you are close to me
I want you never to be far
I know you have laid a trap for me
Yes, I know you, but not as who you are
Black on the ground, I am still as a stone
Whatever changed my love to despair
Light through the clouds trapped the scent of a soul
In a moment, my love, I am captured, captured

Whatever changes love to despair

In a moment, my love, I am captured, captured

Don't stray
Don't ever go away
I should be much to smart for this
You know it gets the better
Of me sometimes
When you and I collide
I fall into an ocean of you
Pull me out in time
Don't let me drown
Let me down
I say its all because of you and here I go
Losing my control
I'm practising your name
So I can say it to your face it doesn't seem right
To look you in the eye
And let all the things you mean to me
Come tumbling out my mouth indeed its time
Tell you why
I say its infinately true
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
And there's no cure
And no way to be sure
Why everythings turned inside out
Instilling so much doubt
It makes me so tired
I feel so uninspired
My head is battling with my heart
My logic has been torn apart
And now
It all turns sour
Come sweeten
Every afternoon
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
Say you'll stay
Don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way
Yeah I need to know
All about you
Its all because of you
Its all because of you

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Between an overload of information
And a striving for a pure dedication I
Find myself looking for the exit si-i-ign
See your pretty face in the sunshine
In the morning after staying up all night I
Want to wake you just to hear you tell me
it's alri-i-ight
And all I want to be is too much sometimes
for me

Good morning baby I hope I'm gonna make it
through another day
Good morning baby I hope I'm gonna make it
through another day

See the stars and all the planets
Fly the great wide world and have it all
Yeah, better get a ticket
better get in li-i-ine
I'm praying now for beautiful weather
Take a car and drive forever but I'm
Only ever sitting at the traffic li-i-ight
And all the world to see is too much
sometimes for me

Good morning baby I hope I'm gonna make it
through another day
Good morning baby I hope we're gonna make it
through another day

(And when you rise)
And when you rise you'll find me here
(Open your eyes)
And see myself reflected there
(And for awhile)
A little room becomes an everywhere

If gravity let us go
We would all go flying
And I'll meet you somewhere in the milky night
Away past the satellites

The breeze is dressed so lightly
And it breathes onto this fire escape
Where all our secrets melt like ice
Leaving only water

Night will close us down
And change the view
And I'll promise you what I can
I forget myself when I'm with you
Please remind me who I am

Dancing like a landslide
Swinging round the living room
We fall like sudden rain from sullen skies
Singing to the radio's tune

Say my name aloud
And make it new
And I'll promise you what I can
I forget myself when I'm with you
Please remind me who I am

Day so soon, hear all the traffic move
The sirens all fill this room till we both have to shout
From the road, watching the stars explode
You and I breathe so slow
How strange the sound

Counting the days on the calendar
Strange how they bleed into each other
All that I need
Is a day with you
Pencil me in on your Saturday
Taking my leave
Should I be waylaid please wait for me

On a day with you
Maybe for now an hour will do
Remember my dear this time last year
The sunsets were late and the days were long
And the nights were filled with song
The nights were filled with song

Strolling the street we're strangely complete
Let's stay awake till the morning comes
We don't need anyone
We don't need anyone

Wasting my life at the traffic lights
Getting nowhere
Trapped in the turnstiles
Stay within reach
Of a day with you
Maybe for now and hour will do

If I had you
What in the world could be better
A crazy love that waits for you
Why must it wait forever
If I had you
Key to a hidden treasure
A ruby heart that hides from you
Don't hide for long
'Cos in the warm, warm night
Does nothing stir your cold, cold heart
There's not a thing that I couldn't do to belong
Oh, oh, oh darling, in the night
I ask the good Lord in Heaven
Please show me what love can do
I couldn't care for more
If I had you
What in the world could be better
A crazy love that waits for you
Why must it wait forever
If I had you
To be ever so close together
One safe love to shelter you
And tender loving arms

'Cause in the warm, warm night
Does nothing stir your cold, cold heart
There's not a thing that I couldn't do to belong
Oh, oh, oh darling, in the night
I ask the good Lord in Heaven
Please show me what love can do
I couldn't care for more
All what love can do
I couldn't care for more

All that love can do
I couldn't care for more

What a beautiful collision
Things that go bump in the night
With such beautiful precision
Fate could create you and I

Do you know what it means
To abandon your dreams?
To leave with the storms rolling by
How the clouds on this day
Come to take you away
Til you're gone gone far away from me

Beautiful beautiful night
What a beautifully dangerous ride
What a beautiful day we could hardly complain about
What's going on in the sky

What a beautiful collision
Things that go bump in the night
With such beautiful precision
Fate could create you and I

Do you know what it means
To abandon your dreams?
To leave with the storms rolling by
How the clouds on this day
Come to take you away
Til you're gone gone far away from me

Beautiful beautiful night
What a beautifully dangerous ride
What a beautiful day we could hardly complain about
What's going on in the sky

Move with the strangers
That pass through your days
If someone by chance
Should call out your name
When you're lost in the places you don't care to stay
A blinding romance to blow you away

She left on a Monday
She's a siren down the road
In your herringbone overcoat
That you don't expect to get back

And it's an ordinary sky
Today's like any other day
When all of the aeroplanes
Write her name in the clouds

And nothing's wrong
But it's already Sunday
And you know just how Sunday
Was the day that she would come around?

Go to her foolish man
What's the use of having pride if you don't have her?
She'll endure all she can
But you could make this easier on her

It's all like sinking
You're trying to stay afloat
Like a wind blown paper boat
Over uncharted sea

There's no question why
You're driving to kill some time
Racing the power lines
Back into town

Go to her foolish man
What's the use of having pride if you don't have her?
She'll endure all she can
But you could make this easier on her

Go to her foolish man
What's the use of having pride if you don't have her?
She'll endure all she can
But you could make this easier on her
Make this easier on her
Make this easier on her
Make this easier on her

Sink with the tide
Rescue me if you like
I'll be leaving it all up to you
Think how we tried
It's o.k. to be lied to
As long as it's only by you

People say to me it's best that we've parted
'Cause you know I'm better alone
Don't explain to me how you're so broken hearted
I'm too busy mending my own

Ending each night with such honest goodbyes
Such honest goodbyes for the last time
Honest goodbyes only work once or twice
They work once or twice
Then the rest must be lies

Late ever night the colours fade from the sky
And the music is gone from the moon
Standing in line for what used to be mine
What use is the rhyme with no tune

People say to me it's best that we've parted
And nothing is carved out in stone
It's such a shame how we're back where we started
It's late now and time that we go

Ending each night with such honest goodbyes
Such honest goodbyes for the last time
Honest goodbyes only work once or twice
They work once or twice
Then the rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies
The rest must be lies

Come around for tea
Dance me round and round the kitchen
By the light of my T.V
On the night of the election
Ancient stars will fall into the sea
And the ocean floor sings her sympathy

Drive me miles away
Escape the sky that we lay under
Of all the dreams we cannot shake
We're always shaking in our slumber
In the car don't let me fall asleep
I might leave my heart here on your vinyl seat

Well the sound of the city's now long gone
And in the silence of the park and every darkened cinema
Feel the little changes coming on
So come to me where you belong

Of all the bright machinery
Love's the strangest of inventions
How could this all just turn on me?
When all I wanted was perfection
And you are
That's what you are to me
You're the brightest star when all the world's asleep

Well the sound of the city's now long gone
And in the silence of the park and every darkened cinema
Feel the little changes coming on
So come to me where you belong
Come to me where you belong

Flogging a rocking Horse
Getting nowhere
We are a pair to behold
You like a funeral me like a fair
Nobody cares for the show

These days the rapids may drag us from here
And I do not care where we go
And you say that love is what we are my dear
But I just pretend not to know

If it's the be all and end all
Then come on now love lets make a start
When love calls then it's time to play ball
But starting's the easiest part

Counting my blessings like stars in the sky
The sleep walking moon watching on
And she's seen how lovers before us have tried
My darling lets not get it wrong

If it's the be all and end all
Then come on now love lets make a start
When love calls how sudden the fall
But falling's the easiest part

I've had love come to nothing before
But it's alright it's alright
I've welcomed it in
And I've shown it the door
But it's alright it's alright

When all the star gazes bloom
And throw their stars around the room
I was waiting for the day
For you to love me

When all the elements conspire
With shiny things that catch the eye
I was waiting for the day
For you to love me

Precious precious thing
You are the thought that makes me sing
Wanna leave all my possessions
It's a rare and precious precious thing

When all the elements conspire
With shiny things that catch the eye
I was waiting for the day
For you to love me

Precious precious thing
You are the thought that makes me sing
Wanna leave all my possessions
It's a rare and precious precious thing

And I know all I need
Is to get on the phone
Is to get on the phone
And call you
Call you

As clear as rain on a street
It shines like bright coloured stone
These things no one can own
They are for you
This is for you
This is for you
This is for you

Just wanna know ya
Just wanna talk to ya
I wanna hear about your day
I'd never leave ya
Never be mean to ya
I'd always let you get your way

Something good will come our way
And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today

If I were honest I 'd tell you everything
But it keeps coming out as lies
It's not a promise
In case you're wondering
It's not some blessing in disguise

But something good will come our way
And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today
Something good will come our way
And maybe this good things gonna happen today

I know romance is not in fashion
And my heart is on the line
If you would be so kind
To help me kill some time

Then something good just might come crashing
From the stars that light the sky
If you would be so kind
To help me kill some time

Just wanna know ya
Just wanna talk to ya
I wanna hear about your day
I'd never leave ya
Never be mean to ya
I'd always let you get your way

Something good will come our way
And maybe this good thing's gonna happen today
Something good will come our way
And maybe this good things gonna happen today

Something good will come our way
Something good will come our way
Something good will come our way
Something good will come our way
La la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
Something good will come our way

From here to there to everywhere
And back to Union Square
Where do I get some sleep?
Anywhere the sleep dust lies
It decorates your eyes
Where do I get some sleep?

Stranded in June
Whistling the same old tune
But I do believe I might be having fun
I believe I might be having fun
Impeccably dressed in your second hand vest
We were waiting for the taxi to come

Putting on my daytime eyes
A good enough disguise
Until I get some sleep
Reading out the horoscopes
And using up our jokes
When do we get to sleep?

Stand on the moon
Find the light of my living room
Yes I do believe I might be having fun
I believe I might be having fun
Tune into the station
Make a dedication
This is going out to everyone

This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
Something in the phrasing was quietly amazing
We were waiting for the chorus to come
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone

From here to there to everywhere
And back to union square
Where do I get some sleep?
Anywhere the sleep dust lies
It decorates your eyes
When do I get some sleep?

Stranded in June
Whistling the same old tune
Yes I do believe I might be having fun
I believe I might be having fun
Tune into the station
Make a dedication
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone
Going out to everyone
This is going out to everyone

When I see you smile
It feels like I'm falling
It's not for anybody else to know
The way your face could light
the bitter dark of every street
In every town I'll ever go
It's not for anybody else to know
For anybody else to know

When I see you smile
First thing in the morning
It raises curtains on your lazy eyes
Could it be that you
and I have the greatest love to ever be
How could this have ever been before?
It's not for anybody else to know
For anybody else to know

When Friday night arrives
We'll let it pass outside the door
This is not for anybody else
Anybody else to know

Somewhere in the night your voice is miles away
Rendered from the dust it will be dust again
Spoken like a lullaby
Infinite as sky on sky
Somewhere in the night how sweet you sing for me
Tender as the smile that drifts across your face
Fleeting as the wind that passes on the plains
Never to be ball and chain
Never to be seen again
Somewhere in the night how sweet you sing for me
Oh you may ask but I won't say
Oh in the still of the cool day
Deep inside a dream I swore I was awake
Waking to the tune I hear your voice again
Lifted by a sudden breeze
Tangled in the cypress trees
Somewhere in the night how sweet you sing for me
Oh you may ask but I can't say
Oh in the still of the cool day
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