@ALBUM: conflicting.emotions Conflicting Emotions - Split Enz, 1983 @SONG: Strait old line (N.Finn) 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 of a disconnected light (Stay with it) don't let temptation be your load (Stay with it) but there are bandits on the road Don't look to the left (look to the left) Don't look to the right (look out to the right) Just follow that strait old line Don't look to the left Don't look to the right (look to the right) Just follow that strait old line The road of ambition, is a casualty trail Press gangs wait to ambush The weak and weary (stay with it) But I had to explore the light and dark to see the sharp and flat There's a hundred or more good reasons not to ever turn your back Don't look to the left Don't look to the right Just follow that strait old line Don't look to the left (look to the left) Don't look to the right (look to the right) Just follow that strait old line [repeat chorus til fade] @SONG: Bullet brain and cactus head (N.Finn) 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 himself His brain is like a lump of steel and they'd love to break each other up, Into tiny pieces It's strange how they're always together Bullet Brain and Cactus Head Always beating heads together Bullet Brain and Cactus Head Watch them fall into the dirt Desperate to make a point No trace of human doubt Confrontation they can never avoid Despising what they've both become Always looking for someone to blame They think they're worlds apart But they're exactly the same Always will be It's strange how they're always together Bullet Brain and Cactus Head Always beating heads together Bullet Brain and Cactus Head Which one of you's the liar Bullet Brain and Cactus Head Fanatic believers, obsessive achievers Yippees and yahoos, felons and fiends Preachers and leeches, offenders, defenders All on their way down to the depth of extremes Pip squeaking passion to head-on collision Too set in your ways to give way or concede Oh my, oh my, oh my, what will become of the macho pretender and his enemy And it's strange how they're always together Bullet Brain and Cactus Head Always beating heads together Bullet Brain and Cactus Head Which one of you's the liar Bullet Brain and Cactus Head Rise up from the mire or wake up in a sea of red... @SONG: 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 vicious I don't wanna say I want you Even though I want you so much It's wrapped up in conversation It's whispered in a hush Though I'm frightened by the word Think it's time that it was heard No more empty self-possession Vision swept under the mat It's no new years resolution It's more than that And now I wake up happy Warm in a lovers embrace No one else can touch us While we're in this place So I'll sing it to the world This simple message to my girl No more empty self-possession Vision swept under the mat It's no new years resolution It's more than that -- Though I'm frightened by the word Think it's time I made it heard So I sing it to the world Simple message to my girl No more empty self-possession Vision swept under the mat It's no new years resolution It's more than that No there's nothing quite as real As a touch of your sweet hand I can't spend the rest of my life Buried in the sand. @SONG: Working up an appetite (T.Finn) 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 good and hunger for understanding Unless you want it desperately, how can it be I wish that it was nearer, and clearer today Working up an appetite, for some wisdom Working up an appetite, for the real thing Working up an appetite, appetite Our passion is a careless flame, we fan it with abandon But everywhere confusion reigns, we've already paid the price Remember when you saw the light, in everything around you A pleasure to be on this earth, when we thirst for gain I wish that it was nearer, and clearer today Working up an appetite, for some love now Working up an appetite, always learning Working up an appetite, lust for justice Working up an appetite, appetite Working up an appetite, for some wisdom Working up an appetite, for some love now Working up an appetite, always learning Working up an appetite, working, working... [repeat etc. til fade] @SONG: Our Day (N.Finn) 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 him His father's just a sound to him, singing gently We have promised him a future So I'm hoping that tomorrow Is, was, and will ever be and we're waiting now Waiting for our child to come The old age is near the end The new one's just begun There's a face that I will come to love That I have never seen before There's a brain that's absolutely free From any kind of conscious thought You are me, and you are she It won't be long 'til we meet And I'll be going on a journey In a flimsy paper boat upon a stormy sea and so we're waiting now Waiting for our child to come The old age is near the end The new one's just begun Yes we're waiting now For something burning far away Tear the old age down for good Welcome the young one I'm shaking like a leaf Wound up like a spring tonight You say this ain't no place for children Oh God, I hope that what we've done is right Am I vain to feel as if the world Owes anything at all to me Searching, burning, tossing and turning Desperately And so we're waiting now Waiting for our child to come Can't imagine what the future holds Just hoping there is one Yes we're waiting now For something burning far away Tear the old age down for good Welcome the young one Hear this my son, I promise you the best that we can do We love, we love, we love, we love, we love, We love you... @SONG: No Mischief (N.Finn) 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 mischief I don't need the aggravation No foolin', let's get down to business There's a crowd outside That's screaming for your blood They want action now From a man whose name is mud They don't want no mischief, no mischief, no mischief I don't need the aggravation This ain't no time for foolin' No horseplay, it's passé Let's get down to business (all right) No mischief, no mischief, no mischief You're a constant irritation The power goes to your head So go get your brain read Or you'll be out of business Private profiteer Our loss is your gain The things that we revere You're pouring down the drain It's no game When you are a leader People want to swear by you So swear by the truth Still I live in hope That you might disappear Off the face of the globe We won't miss you round here Have no fear No mischief, no mischief, no mischief This ain't no time for foolin' No horseplay, it's passé Let's get down to business (No mischief, no mischief) No mischief, no mischief, no mischief I don't need the aggravation The power goes to your head So go get your brain read Or you'll be out of business No mischief, no I don't want no mischief [repeat about 4 times and fade] @SONG: The devil you know (N.Finn) 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 sea Here we all are sitting like fools Stuck by the rules of fate Is what we are what we've grown to believe Better the devil you know Live for the day we throw caution to the wind All we need is the courage to begin I might get hurt but never be scared again At once to feel the pleasure and the pain Into the city, into the city every day Into the city, piling through the factory gates It's not easy, it's not easy to escape All the decisions that you've already made 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 sea Here we all are sitting like fools Stuck by the rules of fate Is what we are what we've grown to believe Better the devil you know @SONG: I wake up every night (T.Finn) 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 everything All aboard, let's go travelling, up we go You never know what you got `til you start letting go I wake up every night, dress up and travel light Without a worry on my mind I wake up every night, go out and look for life You never know just what you'll find, I wake up every night Every day taken over by detail Come the night I'm a free man, off the rails There's emotional baggage in my head Heavy dreams weigh me down like lumps of lead I wanna liberate myself from all these things You never know what you got til you stop worrying I wake up every night, the stars are shining bright There's magic in the evening air Another day is done, go out and have some fun Endeavour to be near someone, I wake up every night I wake up every night I'll follow my dreams tonight, as we go voodoo dancing, Mood romancing You wake up and feel alright and you can hold the shadows, hold the shadows I wake up every night, I wake up every now and then I wake up every night, I wake up every now and then I wake up every night, the stars are shining bright There's magic in the evening air I wake up every night, my stomach muscles tight Excited feelings everywhere I wake up every night [repeat til fade] @SONG: Conflicting emotions (T.Finn) 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 it's only myself I con It's safer to do nothing, with so much going on I will resolve the conflict, the convict has a longing to be free Conflicting Emotions, never let me be Conflicting Emotions, always in the way Conflicting Emotions, making everything so hard for me The main obstacle in my way, is terminal indecision I waver and I sway My friends don't know who I am One day I'm in clover, next day in a jam And all of my tomorrows and all my yesterdays belong to you Conflicting Emotions, never let me be Conflicting Emotions, always in the way Conflicting Emotions, making everything so hard for me Conflicting Emotions, never let me be Conflicting Emotions, always in the way Conflicting Emotions, making everything so hard for me @SONG: Bon voyage (T.Finn) 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 that I give you, is brighter than the stars above And it makes no difference what was said, we were in love Bon Voyage, lady fare thee well It's impossible to say when I'll see you But you never can tell Bon voyage, bon voyage We were connected, side by side It was only for a few years, but what a ride Both of us crazy, but we came To a secret understanding all the same And all that I wish you Is brighter than the stars above And it makes no difference what people think When we're in love Bon voyage, lady guillotine I was glad to lose my head But I didn't expect to lose my heart as well Bon voyage, bon voyage. ...Bon Voyage...Bon Voyage... ['...I prefer "AU REVOIR"...' - Death, "Mort" by Terry Pratchett] Originally compiled by Douglas Davey, 1993.