‘Shark Attack’ Lyrics

Loves got teeth and she bites so hard
Leaving you for dead like a deadly shark
And she doesn’t leave a lot to be saved

I was swimming in the harbour of your smile
Splashing in the ocean like a child
I didn’t know what dangers lurked there
Just beyond the waves – Shark attack!

Well she chewed me up and she spat me out
I didn’t want to meet a maneater
Shark attack!

Please don’t mess around with me
I’m a shark fatality, in the sea
I’m the one with the bleeding heart
I thought you were a real lifesaver
And life for once would do me a favour
But babys just a butcher, and her teeth are razor sharp
Shark attack!

Well she chewed me up and she spat me out
I didn’t want to meet a maneater
Shark attack!

And I’m lost at sea and I’m an amputee
And there was slaughter in the water when I fought her
Shark attack!

Hey!… Hey!…. Hey!….. Hey!!

Shark attack!

Well she chewed me up and she spat me out
I didn’t want to meet a maneater
Shark attack!

Well I’m lost at sea and I’m an amputee
And there was slaughter in the water when I fought her
Shark attack!

Shark Attack! [repeatedly]

‘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 Old Line’ 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

‘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

‘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

‘Hermit McDermitt’ Lyrics

‘What’s The Matter With You’ Lyrics

‘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