Hiding in the wings forever We'll take the stage, cos it's now or never And the whole thing reeks of cheap striptease The matinee idylls they all fall to their ...

Hiding in the wings forever We'll take the stage, cos it's now or never And the whole thing reeks of cheap striptease The matinee idylls they all fall to their ...

When I was a young boy, I wanted to sail round the world, That's the life for me, Living on the sea Spirit of a sailor, Circumnavigates the globe, The lust of a...

No we're going asian(?) in Abu Dhabi There's men from every nation if(?) Abu Dhabi Blow your whistle, bang on a gong The price of oil goes up before long They'l...

Everywhere Everywhere I see them Everywhere I see them talking Off the wall and on the TV Everywhere Everywhere I see them Everywhere I see them talking In ev...

Oh lala lala lala x2 Flowers grow wild in her garden She's self styled-I beg your pardon Look at my girl, what a lass A bit of alright-first class I think she'...

(T Finn/N Finn) - unreleased -======================================- You're my best friend, you help me [1:07] Face the facts with you...

Betty was a working girl living in the bottom half of the world Saving up for Friday night dancing underneath the lights, she would whirl Dance, come on Betty ...

-=====================================- Make a move, get off your spine Shake your leg, tow the line Mum's the word, the doctor said Try your hand at this inst...

Please don't forget me, bon voyage I remember days of summer in your arms Lonely and weary, bon voyage All too brief an introduction to love's charms And all th...

Come my girl, you could cure almost anything Take this man, use your power give him energy Pick me up, stop me feeling sorry for myself There are times, when al...

Send a message to the brain Two men climbing down opposite poles The one with hair upon his face Sprouting like the weeds on his soul The other is a law unto hi...

-=====================- Wake up Charlie, rise and shine Pour the tea, I'll draw the blind Sunlight halo, you look wonderful Darling Charlie, pale and deathly s...

Something in my genes makes me uncoordinated A butter-fingered boy, my DNA was deviated I don't want to tell a lie, I'm an ungainly guy Girls are graceful when ...

Conflicting Emotions [repeated at least 7 times with laughter in background] I've always let my feelings flow Like water from the tap Running hot and cold But ...

Bad mouth crosswords need a muzzle I'm down, you're across I can't seem to solve this puzzle I turn while you toss Crosswords puzzle me, it's frightening We're...

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-li...

I see cuts and bruises Broken bones, burnt fingers We're savage to each other We bear the scars of anger Doctor love call doctor love, doctor love Doctor Love...

Famous people got no life of their own Famous people spend all day on the phone In the telling - the joke's in the telling the song's in the singing, singing, o...

We're outside the times Seen the break of day My parents beat me cos I laughed or something like that For nights on end You've been my friend I've turned the li...

The frenzy never satisfies it doesn't help you socialise and seldom will it instigate a riot It's not a dance or a teenage craze but if you're lost in a mental ...

Pale as the sunrise and cold as the moonlight She suddenly glides into view Echoing footsteps Meandering laughter it's you, ooh Every whisper reveals a dark sec...

Heartbeat Bearing down On our world It never sleeps Feel like a Zephyr harmonizing with a flute Notes are rising in familiar twos and threes The time of yearni...

I saw you there by the side of the road You wore long faces and long overcoats in the rain Waiting for buses to carry you home Winter wind rushes and rattles yo...

There's a lot of good acts around Plenty of profound performers But there's only one, who really gets through to me Whenever you come on I light up Everything y...

I was born in Te Awamutu, 25th of June 1952 Ten pounds of boy Haul away, haul away, haul away My mother and father's pride and joy Richard and Mary, drink to my...

Ohhhhh I'm Hermit McDermitt, if there's a better way I'll learn it I'm Hermit McDermitt, my irregular ways confirm it I'm Hermit McDermitt, in my tower of ivory...

(N Finn) - Waiata -=====================================- [chorus:] History never repeats I tell myself before I go to sleep Don't say the words you might reg...

Willows weep, the pillows they do sleep Home sweet home, to each his own I always say He's a man of few words A bundle of nerves, wait and see And while his mi...

Blonde hair, blue eyes She came on like a white lie My wicked angel in mortal disguise There's one in every crowd Gonna make me shout aloud How can I resist her...

I don't wanna dance no more Not since you walked out the door Left without a second glance That's the end of my romance No more fancy footwork in the nightclu I...

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 kn...

Fall apart when you're around When you're here, I'm nowhere I can't pretend that I'm not down I show it I know it I've been a fool - more than once, more than t...

(T Finn) - Frenzy -=========================- [chorus:] When my baby's walking down the street I see red, I see red, I see red How could someone wicked walk a...

You arrive at the station, right on time Catch a train to the city, metro line Meet your friends at the corner for a drink Maybe find a girl who can give you ev...

You came out of the world to me My life parted like the red sea We flowed easy between the rocks and stones never seemed to stop us The years ended in confusion...

I wouldn't dream of it in the pale moonlight I wouldn't kid myself off to sleep I may look like a fool to you But I don't come that cheap I wouldn't lose my hea...

She's unaware, she'll never see me stare Standing in the safety of my room Oh I don't know, whether she comes or goes But I know I'll be seeing her quite soon O...

Roll up, roll up to the jamboree Roll up, roll up to the jamboree Roll up, roll up, troupers jamboree Old friends attend, long time no see Roll up, roll up, tr...

(NB: Kia Kaha translates as "Forever strong") (Kia kaha) I left you in the shelter on a wet waikato day The rain came like a flood washed our stamping ground a...

I saw you standing there at the bar Your eyes were glazed with passion A look of afar - A secret smile I blew a few kisses Said my name is Lyle That love in he...

Downstairs in the cellar drums are beating Wounded no discomfort emotions bleeding In the river alone always alone out of my depth Headlong to the ocean with I ...

Tell me sir what would you do - if you were me Hop, skip and jump like a kangaroo? - if you were me I'm wide awake in a dormitory city - if you were me What wo...

My house is sliding into the sea Skies are grey, since you've been away The chickens aren't laying eggs no more It can only mean you left me for sure But I sti...

From deep within the forest, eyay, eyay, eyay The heart of man still hollers, eyay, eyay, eyay In the congo where life began, eyay, eyay, eyay Living proof of a...

May I look into your eyes sir? I see you're just like real one May I look into your head sir? I see you wish you were dead sir Dead certain of what you know Ma...

Pull up a flag, or light a fire, or send up a flare Build me a beacon, seems there's no other way out of here Inform the local correspondent Tell him to phone i...

I'm not a robot, passive and programmed, I'm taking the law into my own hands All things come to those who base their every action on a proper strategy I got a...

Hiding in the wings forever We'll take the stage, cos it's now or never And the whole thing reeks of cheap striptease The matinee idylls they all fall to their ...

And if you all had rooms Would you still have room for me? Making the way for you and your dear `ol family tree Like a stormy sky, it's a sad song It's just a p...

Well I got to try something in a different key Take it from the top Mister F ??? make a mental note Originally compiled by Douglas Davey, 1993

Message To My Girl (N Finn) I don't want to say I love you That would give away too much (it's) Hip to be detached and precious The only thing you feel is vicio...

I don't want to say "I love you" That would give away too much Good to be detached and precious, the only thing you feel is vicious I don't want to say "I want...

Pain puts you at a disadvantage, it's inconvenient Don't let your body betray you with this physical torment It's mind over matter, got my mind over my matter M...

Home to sweet home, it just occured to me To be on my own, in search of bitter treats I get so removed but you never notice it Step in my shoes, you'll see that...

-==================================- I went out to see if I could fall in love again That was my mistake, that was my mistake I went out to see if I could rais...

Let's go walking around the block Well you never know who you might meet Every neighbourhood has a spot There's a likelihood of a treat It's a non-stop action w...

I been licking my wounds Sick of holding my tongue I been sweating my way up those blue hills Now I'm taking the plunge I been stealing my nerves And I'm breaki...

Ninnie! I'm giving up, I'm going out Turn off the TV, divorce the couch Best shoes, best daks(?) Hit the floor, see the knees flash Ninnie knees up, ninnie knee...

It's no bother for me to beg for my friends My feet are cold and I'm going round the bend It won't hurt me to cry out loud My heart is burning an I'm far too pr...

No mischief, no mischief, no mischief I don't need the aggravation This ain't no time for foolin' Let's get down to business No mischief, no mischief, no mischi...

Nobody listens to a word that I say And at work I'm just a foremans tool Sitting in the corner with my coffee & tray All the secretaries think I'm a fool I don...

There must be a lot of pain For the happiness I feel today The balance can be cruel sometimes Can turn you `round the other way I lifted up my head from sleep L...

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 ins...

Let our love create another life It's growing even as we speak He don't know what's waiting for him here Suspended in his dream sleep His mother's all around hi...

-==========================================- Sitting on the verandah, with my old girl Miranda 5 o'clock shadows soft in the gloom In love after a fashion, we'r...

(T Finn) - True Colours -==============================- My love is alien, I picked her up by chance She speaks to me, with ultra-high frequencies Radio band ...

(T Finn) - True Colours -==================================- Loves got teeth and she bites so hard Leaving you for dead like a deadly shark And she doesn't lea...

She got body, she got soul, I'm torn apart without her I'm gonna trust her with my future I'm gonna keep a tight rein on her heart she's one of the few things I...

I might be old but I'm someone new, she said I'm so sore, that I could cry, always In the night lay your tired arms She will have her way Somehow I will still b...

Even ships of the night Send out the alarm My face is turning white In case of emergency I wonder if I might slow down rest up I'd like to get away If my docto...

It's a small world, and you must agree It's not a very big house, for a large family People moving out or making home improvements but the basic problem never s...

So a long for now It was such a pleasant little stay Goodbye for now I'll be back later in the day And I'll be singing All we got to do (all we got to do) Is si...

Chances are, it's not that far to go Chances are, there's not that much to know When you're spellbound When you're spellbound, once again Chances are, things a...

(T Finn/P Judd) - Beginning of the Enz -===============================================- Writing letters to my frenz Telling them all about split ends Watchin...

This could be heaven, or this could be hell Life could be falling down a bottomless well I stumble to the left, I stumble to the right I fumble for the switch ...

Stranger than fiction Larger than life Full of shades & echoes It's the story of my life Just like a picture book Daddys gone away Leaving Mummy in her room Wit...

-=============================- Well there's love on the menu (x2) Well there's love on the menu You don't know what your missing Honey, honey make a meal out...

Cunning as a con-man, shrewd as a liar I went weak in the knees, the first time I saw you Deep inside, day to day ritual Oh give it a try Do what you will, loo...

How's you day been my love How's you day been today How's you day been darling Hope you've been good while I've been away I've been walking down a lonely stree...

Time to split out my back door Sunrise dancing on my wall Heading down off beaten tracks Try to get that feeling back I could take a walk again up a mountain to...

I long to see the other side of things Hung on the cliff, in search of something big I can't look down, I can only retreat Who knows one day I'll dive into the ...

Where does it start? where will it finish? nothing is sacred it seems Personal faults, personal problems adding insult to injury Love is a battle, the roughest...

Don't stand a chance Without romance Keep the graveside warm for me Ever since you shot through I've crooned for you Because the woman who loves you Is the wom...

Taken by girls Taken by men Thought I knew it all, way back then The boys liked the girls The girls liked the men So easy to like somebody way back then I said...

(P Judd) - Mental Notes/Second Thoughts -=======================================================- You act as though You were a blind man who's crying Crying `...

I found myself in silver dreams I'm talking in my sleep to pawns & queens Outspoken words, you know they just don't mean the same thing Somebody must be kiddin...

(P Judd) - Oddz and Enz -==================================- Let's rock, like we've never done before Let's roll, let's see you out on the floor Let's rock, l...

They said you were bright Had stars in your eyes They said you were bright Had all the ideas in your head Under the wheel For all those years Under the wheel F...

Wander through the library Volumes of the deceased There's no happy endings History has been cruel Feel the blood of ages Flowing through my veins Still there i...

Walking down a road hedged with roses Time stands still forever Somewhere in the shadows hiding Sits an old man laughing Talking to the wind I drank the beauty...

Walking through the ruins Ever since my girl smashed it down Yeah, I'm walking through the ruins Well, I don't know what I'm doing I'm just walking through the ...

What's the matter with you? Look down on everything we do I really wonder if you see today like I do What's the matter with you? What's the matter with you? Yo...

-=============================- Live for the day, when I'm left here on my own With no-one to betray, it's no wonder I prefer to be A castaway, who finds a fri...

The righteous rhythm in your soul, moves like an unborn baby You've got to let it take control, without ever thinking twice Start building up your greed for goo...

She gets up in the afternoon The sun will set behind her When the twilight comes The magic one, will gaze on you Seconds last for hours all evening This purple...