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Don't know all the words to Savage Garden songs? Well, don't fear because we have ALL the words to EVERY Savage Garden song, including the B Sides. And if you want to hear the song and read along...click on the musical clef! A huge thanks to Savage Madness for letting us add the real audio clip to our page. Thanks Bonnie and Sherry! =)

Due to space constrictions....we have included all the B sides on another page. Sooo, to go to that page, go here. And the songs for their debut album is located here.







Affirmation
Hold Me
I Knew I Loved You
The Best Thing
Crash and Burn
Chained To You
The Animal Song
The Lover After Me
Two Beds and A Coffee Machine
You Can Still Be Free
Gunning Down Romance
I Don't Know You Anymore
Last Christmas*
I Don't Care






Affirmation

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma, what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe in Karma, what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity

I believe in Karma, what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe in Karma, what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

Until you say goodbye...

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Hold Me

Hey
If we can't find a way out of these problems
Then maybe we don't need this
Standing face to face
Enemies at war we build defenses
And secret hiding places

I might need you to hold me tonight
I might need you to say it's alright
I might need you to make the first stand
Because tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man

Hold me tonight...
Say its alright...

Hey
More than angry words, I hate this silence
It's getting so loud
Well I wanna scream
But bitterness has silenced these emotions
It's getting hard to breathe
So tell me isn't happiness
Worth more than a golden diamond ring?
I'm willing to do anything
To calm a storm in my heart
I've never been the praying kind
But lately I've been down upon my knees
Not looking for a miracle
Just a reason to believe

I might need you to hold me tonight
I might need you to say it's alright
I might need you to make the first stand
Because tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man

Do you remember not long ago?
We used to live for the nighttime
Cherish each moment
Now we don't live we exist
We just run through our lives
So alone
That's why you've got to hold me...

Hey
If we can't find a way out of these problems
Then maybe we don't need this
Standing face to face
Enemies at war we build defenses
And secret hiding places

I might need you to hold me tonight
I might need you to say it's alright
I might need you to make the first stand
Because tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man

Hold me tonight...
I might need you to say it's alright
I might need you to make the first stand
Because tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man

Hold me tonight...
Say its alright...
I might need you to make the first stand
Because tonight I'm finding it hard to be your man

Hold me tonight...
Say its alright...

Hold me tonight...
Say it's alright...

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I Knew I Loved You

Maybe it's intuition
But some things you just don't question
Like in your eyes
I see my future in an instant
And there it goes
I think I've found my best friend

I know that it might sound more than a little crazy
But I believe...

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

There's just no rhyme or reason
Only a sense of completion
And in your eyes
I see the missing pieces
I'm searching for
I think I've found my way home

I know that it might sound more than a little crazy
But I believe...

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

A thousand angels dance around you
I am complete now that I've found you

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life

I knew I loved you before I met you
I knew I loved you...

I knew I loved you before I met you
I knew I loved you...

I knew I loved you...

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The Best Thing

Never want to fly
Never wanna leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You're the best thing about me

You're the best thing...about me...

Sometimes I feel like this is only chemistry
Stuck in a maze searching for a way to
Shut down, turn around, feel the ground beneath me
You're so close...when do you end...where do I begin?
Always pushing and pulling
Sometimes sanity takes vacation time on me
I'm in a daze stumbling bewildered
North of gravity head up in the stratosphere
You and I roller coaster riding love
You're the center of adrenaline
And I'm beginning to understand

Never want to fly
Never wanna leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You're the best thing about me

Walk on broken glass make my way through fire
These are the things I would do for love
Farewell peace of mind, kiss goodbye to reason
Up is down, the impossible occurs each day
This intoxication thrills me
I only pray it doesn't kill me

Never want to fly
Never wanna leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You're the best thing about me

You're the center of adrenaline
And I'm beginning to understand
You could be the best thing about me

Never want to fly
Never wanna leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You're the best thing about me

Never want to fly
Never wanna leave
Never want to say what you mean to me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You're the best thing about me

You could be the best thing about me
You're the best thing...about me
You could be the best thing about me
You're the best thing...about me
What if you're the best thing about me?
You're the best thing...about me
You could be the best thing about me
You're the best thing...about me...

Never want to fly
Never wanna leave
You're the best thing...about me
Never want to run
Frightened to believe
You're the best thing...about me

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Crash and Burn

When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore

Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn
You're not alone

When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face the day

Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn
You're not alone

Because there has always been heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again
You'll breathe again

When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please
To tame your wild wild heart

Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn
You're not alone

Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn
You're not alone

Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn
You're not alone

Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash, then crash and burn
You're not alone...

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Chained To You

We were standing all alone, you were leaning in to speak to me
Acting like a mover shaker dancing to Madonna then you kissed me
And I think about it all the time
Sweet temptation rush all over me
And I think about it all the time
Passion desire so intense I can't take anymore because

I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe...
I've gotta be chained to you

And when you looked into my eyes, felt a sudden sense of urgency
Fascination casts a spell and you became more than just a mystery
And I think about you all the time
Is this fate, is it my destiny?
That I think about you all the time
I no longer pretend to have my hands on the wheel because

I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe...
I've gotta be chained to you

I feel the magic...moving around you

I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe...
I've gotta be chained to you

And I think about you all the time
And I think about it all the time
Tell me it's madness...
I barely know you

We were standing all alone you were leaning in to speak to me
Ten steps back you're still a mystery
Acting like a mover shaker, dancing to Madonna then you kissed me
I can't take anymore because

I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe...
I've gotta be chained to you

I feel the magic building around you
I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe...
I've gotta be chained to you

Tell me it's madness...
I barely know you...

I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe...
I've gotta be chained to you

I feel the magic building around you

I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe...
I've gotta be chained to you

Tell me its madness...
I barely know you...
I feel the magic all around you
It's bringing me to my knees
Like a wannabe...
I've gotta be chained to you

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The Animal Song

When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
And television freak show, cops and robbers everywhere
Subway makes me nervous, people pushing me too far
I've got to break away
So take my hand now

Chorus:
'Cause I want to live (like animals)
Careless and free (like animals)
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
The wind in my hair and the sand at my feet

I've been having difficulties keeping to myself
Feelings and emotions better left upon the shelf
Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie
Which one is more human
There's a thought, now you decide

Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands, yeah yeah
Would you like to make a run for it
Would you like to take my hand? yeah yeah

Chorus

Sometimes this life can get you down
It's so confusing
There's so many rules to follow
And I don't feel it
'Cause I just run away in my mind

When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
Television freak show, cops and robbers everywhere
Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie
Which one is more human
There's a thought, now you decide

Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands, yeah yeah
Would you like to make a run for it?
Would you like to take my hand? yeah yeah

'Cause I want to live (like animals)
Careless and free (like animals)
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
The wind in my hair and the sand at my feet

I want to live (like animals)
Careless and free (like animals)
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
The wind in my hair...yeah yeah

I want to live...and I want to live...say I want to live (like animals)

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The Lover After Me

Here I go again
I promised myself I wouldn't think of you today
It's been seven months and counting
You've moved on
I still feel exactly the same
It's just that everywhere I go, all the buildings know your name
Like photographs and memories of love
Steel and granite reminders
The city calls your name and I can't move on

Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me

Am I all alone in the universe?
There's no love on these streets
I have given mine away to a world that didn't want it anyway
So this is my new freedom
It's funny
I don't remember being chained
But nothing seems to make sense anymore
Without you I'm always twenty minutes late

Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me

And time goes by so slowly
The nights are cold and lonely
I shouldn't be holding on
But I'm still holding on for you

Here I go again
I promised myself I wouldn't think of you today
But I'm standing at your doorway
I'm calling out your name 'cause I can't move on

Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me

Ever since you've been gone
The lights go out the same
The only difference is
You call another name
To your love
To your lover now
To your love
The lover after me

The lover after me...

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Two Beds and A Coffee Machine

And she takes another step
Slowly she opens the door
Check that he is sleeping
Pick up all the broken glass and furniture on the floor
Been up half the night screaming now its time to get away
Pack up the kids in the car
Another bruise to try and hide
Another alibi to write

Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Wonder how I ever made it through

And there are children to think of
Baby's asleep in the backseat
Wonder how they'll ever make it through this living nightmare
But the mind is an amazing thing
Full of candy dreams and new toys and another cheap hotel
Two beds and a coffee machine
But there are groceries to buy
And she knows she'll have to go home

Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Wonder how I ever made it through

Another bruise to try and hide
Another alibi to write
Another lonely highway in the black of night
But there's hope in the darkness
You know you're going to make it

Another ditch in the road
You keep moving
Another stop sign
You keep moving on
And the years go by so fast
Silent fortress built to last
Wonder how I ever made it

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You Can Still Be Free

Cool breeze and autumn leaves
Slow motion daylight
A lone pair of watchful eyes
Oversee the living
Feel the presence all around
A tortured soul
A wound unhealing
No regrets or promises
The past is gone
But you can still be free
If time will set you free

Time now to spread your wings
To take to flight
The life endeavor
Aim for the burning sun
You're trapped inside
But you can still be free
If time will set you free
But it's a long long way to go

Keep moving way up high
You see the light
It shines forever
Sail through the crimson skies
The purest light
The light that sets you free
If time will set you free

Sail through the wind and rain tonight
You're free to fly tonight
And you can still be free
If time will set you free
And going higher than mountain tops
And go high like the wind don't stop
And go high

Free to fly tonight
Free to fly tonight
Free to fly tonight...

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Gunning Down Romance

Love and other moments are just chemical reactions in your brain
In your brain
And feelings of aggression are the absence of the love drug in your veins
In your veins
Love come quickly
Because I feel my self-esteem is caving in
It's on the brink
Love come quickly
Because I don't think I can keep this monster in
It's in my skin

Love and other socially acceptable emotions are morphine
They're morphine
Cleverly concealing primal urges often felt but rarely seen
Rarely seen
Love I beg you
Lift me up into that privileged point of view
The world of two
Love don't leave me
Because I console myself that Hallmark cards are true
I really do

I'm gunning down romance
It never did a thing for me
But heartache and misery
Ain't nothing but a tragedy

I'm gunning down romance
It never did a thing for me
But heartache and misery
Ain't nothing but a tragedy

Love don't leave me...

Take these broken wings
I'm going to take these broken wings
And learn to fly
And learn to fly away
And learn to fly away
And learn to fly away

I'm going to take these broken wings
I'm going to take these broken wings
And learn to fly
And learn to fly away
And learn to fly away
And learn to fly away

I'm gunning down romance...
I'm gunning down romance...
I'm gunning down romance...
I'm gunning down romance...

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I Don't Know You Anymore

I would like to visit you for a while
Get away and out of this city
Maybe I shouldn't have called but someone had to be the first to break
We can go sit on your back porch
Relax
Talk about anything
It don't matter
I'll be courageous if you can pretend that you've forgiven me

Because I don't know you anymore
I don't recognize this place
The picture frames have changed and so has your name
We don't talk much anymore
We keep running from the pain
But what I wouldn't give to see your face again

Springtime in the city
Always such relief from the winter freeze
The snow was more lonely than cold if you know what I mean
Everyone's got an agenda
Don't stop, keep that chin up, you'll be alright
Can you believe what a year it's been
Are you still the same?
Has your opinion changed?

Because I don't know you anymore
I don't recognize this place
The picture frames have changed and so has your name
We don't talk much anymore
We keep running from these sentences
But what I wouldn't give to see your face again

I know I let you down
Again and again
I know I never really treated you right
I've paid the price
I'm still paying for it every day
So maybe I shouldn't have called
Was it too soon to tell?
Oh what the hell
It doesn't really matter
How do you redefine something that never really had a name?
Has your opinion changed?

Because I don't know you anymore
I don't recognize this place
The picture frames have changed and so has your name
We don't talk much anymore
We keep running from the pain
But what I wouldn't give to see your face again

I see your face
I see your face

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Last Christmas

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Well, last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone...special

Soon...

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me baby, do you recognize me?
Well, it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me
Happy Christmas, I've wrapped it up and sent it
With a letter saying "I loved you, I meant it"
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kiss me now, I know you'll fool me again

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special (special)

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special (special)

Soon...

A crowded room
Friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you
And your soul of ice
My God I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover when you tore me apart
Ooh...ooh...now I found a real love, you'll never fool me again

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special (special)

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone...special
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
Soon...
But the very next day, you gave it away
You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special (special)

Guilty feet have got no rhythm...
Guilty feet have got no rhythm...
Ooh...ooh...now I've found a real love, you'll never fool me again oh no...

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
Soon...
But the very next day, you gave it away
You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special (special)

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special (special)

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*I Don't Care

I ride this train
In the wind swept afternoon
And the sunlight warms the faces
Of the faith that you're awaiting
I ride this train
But I need a conversation
Mozambique, or Veronique
You pick the subject, and I'll listen to you

People tell me that I feel too much
But I don't care, I don't care
People tell me that I need too much
But I don't care, oh I don't care

Ooh, ooh
I ride this train
In a dream like state of mind
Through a field of golden memories
Imagination racing...
I ride this train
But I need to make connections
No, I wasn't starring
I was only trying
To get some substance, to get some meaning

People tell me that I feel too much
But I don't care, oh I don't care
People tell me that I need too much
But I don't care, no I don't care
People tell me that I feel too much
Oh no, cause I don't care, no I just don't care anymore
And I ride this train

Ooh, oh oh
People tell me that I feel too much
Cause I don't care, no I don't care
People tell me that I need too much
Well I don't care, well I don't care
People tell me that I feel too much
Oh no, cause I don't care, no I just don't care anymore

And I ride this train
And I ride this train
(People tell me that I feel too much)
And I ride this train
Keep on ride this train
(People tell me that I need too much)
And I ride this train
And I ride this train
(People tell me that I feel too much)
Ooh ooh
(People tell me that I need too much)

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*Last Christmas is not on Affirmation, but you can find the song on the CD called A Rosie Christmas. I Don't Care is only available on the Australian Affirmation single. Hopefully it will be available on cd overseas soon!



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