Dominion Road
‘Dominion Road’ Lyrics
Dominion Road is bending,
Under it’s own weight,
Shining like a strip
Cut from a sheet metal plate,
‘Cause it’s just been raining.
Jane had reached the point when she knew
What he meant before he’d opened his mouth,
He counldn’t say the same,
Or he’d have guessed she was moving south,
With one of his friends.
But it’s getting better now.
He found it in him to forgive.
He walked the city,
And he found a place to live,
In a half-way house,
Half-way down Dominion Road.
When he watched Jane’s brother sell the house,
He felt no sense of loss,
More like a mountain climber,
Looking back, having made it across
The steepest face.
And he’s still climbing,
See him trying to cross the street,
He tests his footing,
Like he was up 10,000 feet,
Above the clouds,
Half-way down Dominion Road.
But it’s getting better now,
He rests his head on the window sill,
He watches the city,
He can see the antennas in the hills
From the half-way house,
Half-way down Dominion Road,
Half-way down,
Half-way down,
Half-way down Dominion Road
Nature
‘Nature’ Lyrics
Through falling leaves I pick my way slowly
Talking aloud – eases my mind
Sunlight filters through – I feel my head is drifting
So full of thoughts – I thought
What am I going to do?
I need some thoughts that are new
Doo doo doo…
Dee dee dee …
Nature – enter me
Up in a tree a bird sings so sweetly
Nature’s own voice – I hear
Rustling whistling leaves turning breeze to speech
Call to me now – ease my mind
I’ll turn something new
My mind’s laid with dew
Nature – enter me
I’ll turn something new
My mind’s laid with dew
Nature – enter me
The Heater
‘The Heater’ Lyrics
Frank bought a heater,
An electric heater,
The elements were made of wire and clay,
He reached out to touch, and he heard a voice say,
And he heard it say:
“Come on and plug me in,
I want to feel that heat begin,
Don’t move till the morning comes,
And you can fly up to the sun,
So come on and plug me in,
Plug me in,
Plug me in.”
Frank liked his heater,
His electric heater,
Upstairs alone with the elements,
He dreamt of gold and frankinscense.
And he heard it say:
“Come on and plug me in,
I want to feel that heat begin,
Come close and listen while I sing,
I won’t melt your precious Wings,
So come on and plug me in,
Plug me in,
Plug me in.
Come on and plug me in,
I want to feel that heat begin,
Although by body is rusting through,
I have carried this song for you,
It’s from the sphinx and the serpent too,
So plug me in.”
A Thing Well Made
‘A Thing Well Made’ Lyrics
She’s wearing her “Don’t talk to me” face as she makes the kids lunches.
I oblige and quietly shut the front door as I leave.
I drive into town before the fog lifts,
I sell sporting goods – I’ve got a shop not far from Cathederal Square.
I like to open up early so fellas can come in on thir way to work
And daydream around the rods and reels while their breakfasts still
warm inside them.
Why don’t you take a look. I’m proud of my shop.
Almost everythings from overseas, you won’t find a better selection.
Look at the way this gun fits in the crook of your arm.
To make a thing like that you’d need to know what you were about.
You’d have to know where you were going and go there in a straight line.
And everything else you’d have to shut right out.
Can you see the man who made that?
Can you see him putting it down and standing back?
Can you see the moment when he said “That’s it. That’s perfect.”?
At a time like that you wouldn’t care about your job,
Or your mortgage, or the fight you had with your wife.
‘Cause when a man holds a thing well made,
There’s connection,
There’s completeness when a man holds a thing well made.
It’s Wednesday, so I do the mail orders.
Nothing much, some oilskins and a .303 for a hunter over in Westland.
And, Oh yes.
One of those Ak47’s
For some collector down the line.
‘White Valiant’ Lyrics
White Valiant
In My Room
‘In My Room’ Lyrics
In my room, I can keep everything within reach.
All the switches and fittings are new.
I have tapped on the floor and I’ve paced on the floor,
And I know every inch of the celing too.
But I keep seeing you.
Yes I keep seeing you.
In my room I have built a religion of a kind.
I’ve found virtue in things that stand the same.
In my room I measure time by the things that I use up.
And just like my shopping list i will never change.
But I keep seeing you.
Yes I keep seeing you.
And I don’t recognise where I am.
All the shapes and the shadows start to spin,
Because you’re the one that finally let me in
To my room.
In my room a river runs along the wall above my bed,
In my room a mountain stands behind the door.
There is nothing I’m denied, I don’t need to go outside,
Because in my room I cannot ask for more.
And I don’t recognise where I am.
All the shapes and the shadows start to spin,
Because you’re the one that finally showed me
That I’ve never been here before,
No I don’t think that I’ve been here before.
No I don’t think that I’ve been here before.
No I don’t think that I’ve been here before.
And I don’t recognise where I am.
All the shapes and the shadows start to spin,
Because you’re the one that finally let me in
To my room.
Anchor Me
‘Anchor Me’ Lyrics
Full fathom five,
Some day I’ll lie,
Singing songs that come
from dead men’s tongues,
Anchor me, anchor me.
As the compass turns,
And the glass it falls,
When the storm clouds roll,
And the gulls they call,
Anchor me, Anchor me.
Anchor me.
Anchor me,
In the middle of your deep blue sea,
Anchor me, anchor me,
In the middle of your deep blue sea,
Anchor me.
Let the salt spray lash,
The shivering skin,
And the green waves crash,
And the whirl-pools spin,
Anchor me, anchor me,
Anchor me.
Anchor me,
In the middle of your deep blue sea,
Anchor me, anchor me,
In the middle of your deep blue sea,
Anchor me.
Where the banshees cry,
And the bells they sound,
When you lift me high,
When you pull me down,
When you pull me down,
When you pull me down.
Anchor me,
In the middle of your deep blue sea,
Anchor me, anchor me,
In the middle of your deep blue sea,
Anchor me.
Wellington
‘Wellington’ Lyrics
I wish I was in Wellington, the weathers not so good.
The wind it cuts right through you and it rains more than it should.
But I’d be there tomorrow, if I only could,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington.
I wish I was in Wellington, the bureaucracy,
The suits and the breifcases along Lampton Quay.
The Harbour City Capital, the lights beside the sea,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington.
It just isn’t practical, with you down in the capital,
And me at the other end of the island.
The problem is the gap between us on the map,
And there’s no easy way to reconcile it.
I wish I was in Wellington, the cafes and the bars.
The music and the theatre, and the old Cable Car,
And you can walk everywhere, ’cause nowhere’s very far,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington.
Oh I wish…
I wish I was in Wellington, the wind it cuts right through,
I wish I was in Wellington, there’s so much more to do,
I wish I was in Wellington, and you wish I was too,
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, ’cause then I’d be with you.
Oh I wish I was in Wellington, ’cause then I’d be with you.