‘Disc One: Shark Attack’ Lyrics

‘Poor Boy’ Lyrics

My love is alien, I picked her up by chance
She speaks to me in ultra-high frequency
The radio band of gold
Gonna listen til I grow old

Oo hoo hoo what more can a poor boy do?
Oo hoo hoo what more can a poor boy do?
Oo hoo hoo hoo

The crackle of the radio
The message in the evening sky
You’re looking at an interplanetary Romeo
I’ll never see her face
between us there’s too much space

Oo hoo hoo what more can a poor boy do?
Oo hoo hoo what more can a poor boy do?
Oo hoo hoo hoo

(What more can a poor boy do?)
Keep losing you

What more can a poor boy do?
What more can a poor boy do?
What more, What more
What more can a poor boy do?
What more, What more
What more can a poor boy do?

‘Message To My Girl’ Lyrics

‘Dirty Creature’ Lyrics

Dirty Creature come my way from the bottom of a big black lake
Shuffles up to my window making sure I’m awake
S’probably gonna pick my brain
Got me in a vice-like grip
He said one slip, your dead. Ha.
Dirty Creature of habit
Little horror here to stay
Anyone in his right mind would tell it to go away
but the river of dread runs deep
full of unspeakable things
The creature don’t mess around
I don’t wanna mess with him

I don’t wanna sail, I don’t wanna sail
I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna sail tonight
Dirty Creature’s got me at a disadvantage from the inside.

Tentacles on the brain keep me from falling asleep
I’m rooted to the spot
The beast don’t know when to stop
Sneaking up from behind
Binds and gags my wits
Dirty Creature got my head exactly where he wants it

I don’t wanna sail, I don’t wanna sail,
I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna sail tonight,
Taniwha is waiting for me just below the surface so bright (Yeah)
Even as we speak the Dirty Creature springs a nasty surprise.

Dirty Creature knows my type found it in a magazine
He’s seen the look of fear before splattered all over the screen
The animal magnet thug draws me out of myself
I need a dragon-slayer who can save me from myself

I don’t wanna sail, I don’t wanna sail,
I don’t wanna set sail for the middle of nowhere tonight
Dirty Creature’s got me at a disadvantage from the inside (Yeah)
I don’t wanna sail upon the waters of invention tonight

‘Strait Ol’ Line’ Lyrics

‘Haul Away’ Lyrics

‘I Got You’ Lyrics

I got you – that’s all I want
I won’t forget – that’s a whole lot
I don’t go out – not now that you’re in
Sometimes we shout – but that’s no problem

I don’t know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I’m not lyin’

Look at you – you’re a pageant
You’re everything – that I’ve imagined
Somethings wrong – I feel uneasy
You show me – tell me you’re not teasin’

I don’t know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I’m not lyin’
I don’t know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, can you tell me you’re not lyin’

There’s no doubt – not when I’m with you
When I’m without – I stay in my room
Where do you go – I get no answer
You’re always out – it gets on my nerves

I don’t know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I’m not lying
(But) I don’t know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, can you tell me you’re not lyin’
I don’t know why sometimes I get frightened
You can see my eyes, you can tell that I’m not lying

‘Best Friend’ Lyrics

‘One Step Ahead’ Lyrics

One step ahead of you
stay in motion, keep an open mind
Love is a race won by two
Your emotion, my solitude
If I stop I could lose my head
So I’m losing you instead
Either way I’m confused
You slow me down, what can I do?
There’s one particular way I have to choose

One step ahead of you
Always someone makes it hard to move
She says, Boy I want you to stay
But I save it all for another day
If I stop I could lose my head
But I’m ready for romance
Either way I’m confused
I don’t know what I’m s’posed to do
I can only stay
One step ahead of you

Da,da,da,da,da
Da,da,da,da
Da,da,da,da
Da,da,da,dum

Stop, I confess sometimes
I don’t know where I’m going
Part of me stays with you,
I’m slowing down, what can I do
It’s hard to stay one step ahead of you
(Uh huh)

One step ahead of you
Time is running out
Catching up with you
One step ahead of you
When I hold you close
Can I really lose?
One step ahead
Only one step ahead
She’s one step ahead of you

‘Split Ends’ Lyrics

‘Time For A Change’ Lyrics

‘Disc Two: True Colours/I See Red’ Lyrics

‘Bold As Brass’ Lyrics

‘Give It A Whirl’ Lyrics

‘Pioneer’ Lyrics

‘Six Months In A Leaky Boat’ Lyrics

When I was a young boy
I wanted to sail around the world
That’s the life for me, living on the sea
Spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the globe
The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge
No frontier
I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightning flash, tempers flare,
’round the horn if you dare
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat

Aotearoa, rugged individual
Glisten like a pearl
At the bottom of the world
The tyranny of distance
Didn’t stop the cavalier
So why should it stop me
I’ll conquer and stay free
Ah c’mon all you lads
Let’s forget and forgive
There’s a world to explore
Tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Six months in a leaky boat

Ship-wrecked love can be cruel
Don’t be fooled by her kind
There’s a wind in my sails
Will protect and prevail
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Nothing to it leaky boat.

‘Years Go By’ Lyrics

‘Without A Doubt’ Lyrics

Live for the day,
When I’m left here on my own,
With noone to betray,
It’s no wonder I prefer be a castaway
Who finds a friendly shore.

When you have a friend,
Then you have yourself a foe.
My right to defend,
Yours to scatter in one blow,
My defences,
Im defenceless.

Here in the dark,
I guess a few fuses have blown.
The bites back in the bark,
And the gardens overgrown.
Im in a right mess,
There’s a tightness in my heart.

Like a fly in the ointment,
Love makes my flesh creep.
Love gets me hot and bothered,
It’s just a reward I cant reap.
Lying alone on the lawn babe,
Hot sun overhead,
Waiting for a breath of inspiration
To carry me away instead.

Without a doubt,
Without a doubt.

Working
For precious little,
Playing,
The second fiddle.

Ive been living on broken promises,
Living on guarentees,
Sometimes at night when the moon is bright,
You can see me down on my knees,
Im looking for home truthes,
An offer I cant refuse
A leap in the dark,
A touch and go,
I’ve got nothing left to lose?

Without a doubt,
Without a doubt.

I’m learning,
Back where I started,
I’m learning,
I’m broken hearted,

But without a doubt,
Without a doubt.

I’m working
For precious little,
I’m playing,
The second fiddle

Without a doubt,
Without a doubt.

I’m learning,
Back where I started
I’m learning,
Im broken hearted,

But without a doubt,
Without a doubt.

Live for the day
Whem I’m left here on my own
With noone to betray
Its no wonder prefer to be a castaway
Who finds a friendly shore

Washed up on rocks,
In the calm after the storm,
I can run a amock,
And every days a high-day,
A holiday, my hideaway,
Ive got no reason left to stay.

‘Hermit McDermitt’ Lyrics

‘What’s The Matter With You’ Lyrics

‘Charlie’ Lyrics

Wake up, Charlie, rise and shine.
Pour the tea, I’ll draw the blinds,
Sunlight halo, you look wonderful,
Darling, Charlie, pale and deathly still,
For heavens shake wake up Charlie.

Was a full moon last night, I was full of bravado.
Dead drunk, dead sure one of us had to go.
Raised my hand in anger, hurt you again.
Dust to dust and fire to ashes, you can
Thank me for nothing now, Charlie.

I was eaten up with jealousy,
Bones to pick and rumours to feed,
How my heart bleeds, loves a big mistake,
Mercy, Charley, oh for pity’s sake,
Forgive me, speak to me, Charlie.

Wake up, Charley, rise and shine.
Pour the tea, I’ll draw the blinds,
Sunlight halo, you look wonderful,
Darling, Charley, pale and deathly still,
For heavens shake wake up Charlie.

‘History Never Repeats’ Lyrics

[Chorus]
History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
Don’t say the words you might regret
I’ve lost before you know I can’t forget

There was a girl I used to know
She dealt my love a savage blow
I was so young, too blind to see
But anyway that’s history

I say

[Chorus]

You say I always played the fool
Well I can’t go on, if that’s the rule
Better to jump than hesitate
I need a change and I can’t wait

[Chorus 2]
History never repeats
I tell myself before I go to sleep
And there’s a light shining in the dark
Leading me on towards a change of heart (ah-ar)

History never repeats, history never repeats

Deep in the night it’s all so clear
I lie awake with great ideas
Lurking about in no-man’s land
I think at last I understand

[Chorus 2]

Never repeats!…
Hey…. Hey….
Never repeats!

And I say, that’s all
Remember til the next time

Thank you!

Won’t you stay, stay a while with my own one
one more day, one more day with my own ones
this old world, is so cold, don’t care nothing for your soul you share with your own ones…

Haul away, haul away, heave away, haul away, haul away, heave away