The Go-Betweens

A trader in furs living in exile Boy what a kook Look at that passport Stale bread and paper without privilege If you live here learn the language When the rain hit the roof With the sound of a finished kiss Like when a lip lifts from a lip I took th

(Robert Forester) If the cliffs were any closer If the water wasn't so bad I'd dive for your memory On the rocks and the sand I'd dive for you Like a bird I'd descend Deep down I'm lonely And I miss my friend So when I hear you saying That we stood n

There's a boundary rider at the five mile fence bloodwood, bones + steers And the sky's so deep you can't find your sleep keeps you walking through these tears So you reach for things you're never satisfied you're running down the years And to know y

(Grant McLennan) The heater's on The windows are thin I'm trying hard To keep this warmth in I turn to her She's sound asleep Someplace I don't know Doesn't matter how far you come You've always got further to go I tried to tell you I can only say it

We used to get our kicks reading surfing magazines Some good looking people wearing Lee cooper jeans They're breaking on the headland, they're breaking on the shore And when you're living in hawaii they're breaking at your door We used to wet our fin

I recall a schoolboy coming home through fields of cane to a house of tin and timber and in the sky a rain of falling cinders from time to time the waste memory-wastes I recall a boy in bigger pants like everyone just waiting for a chance his father'

(Grant McLennan) Round and round up and down Through the streets of your town Everyday I make my way Through the streets of your town Don't the sun look good today? But the rain on it's way Watch the butcher shine his knives And this town is full of

(Grant McLennan) There's a cat in my alleyway Dreaming of birds that are blue Sometimes girl when I'm lonely This is how I think about you There are times that I want you I want you so much I could bust I know a thing about lovers Lovers lie down in