Big Canoe Album
| 1. | Spiritual Hunger |
| 2. | Don't Bury My Heart |
| 3. | Timmy |
| 4. | So Deep |
| 5. | No Thunder No Fire No Rain |
| 6. | Searching the Streets |
| 7. | Carve You In Marble |
| 8. | Water Into Wine |
| 9. | Hyacinth |
| 10. | Big Canoe |
| 11. | Hole In My Heart |
| 12. | Are We One Or Are We Two |
- Spiritual Hunger (Tim Finn, Brock) (4:36)
- The truth lies
And in the movie house the gods die
Through empty streets the ancient rain cries
And in your quiet room
You feel the pain start
Steel your small heart
I, I, I, I want (hear me now)
Spiritual hunger
The priest chokes
And Desperate Dan plays out the last post
While skinhead Buddhists chant for peace
And in the shadows
Feel the whole world turning
Spirits yearning
I, I, I, I want (hear me now)
Spiritual hunger
You tell me
There is no life beyond this day-dream
Don't see the secrets in silence
Don't hear the teardrops
Of the children crying Someone sighing
I, I, I, I want (hear me now)
Spiritual hunger
- Don't Bury My Heart (Tim Finn, Brock) (4:25)
- Last night I saw you down the street
I caught your face in the glass
Last night you strolled down to our seat in the park
I was in the shadows down the path
Last night I watched you 'till the bedroom light died
When I swear I heard you call my name
Don't bury my heart, girl, don't bury my heart
I was trying to forget the time
When you drove all night just to say hello
I was trying to forget the place
Where we kissed and said forever together
I was trying to forget the way
You smiled when you said goodbye
Don't bury my heart, girl, don't bury my heart
What do I do when we meet again
Do I say it never mattered
What do I do when my eyes won't lie
For everything you are is sweet to me
What do I do when I'm begging you please
Don't keep the air between us or I will freeze
Don't bury my heart, girl, don't bury my heart
- Timmy (Tim Finn) (3:43)
- I know what your brother thinks
Your brother thinks I'm mad
But the whole worlds a little crazy
And Timmy's just a little bit bad
Your Daddy say you stay at home
All of Saturday night
So we break out through the kitchen door
And Timmy turns up all the lights
'Cause I want to go there, and I want the sound
Sweet Cecilia, sweet sweet Cecilia, all the way down
Way behind the fish bar
About 11 o'clock
Timmy wear his pointed shoes on
And his bright yellow socks
There's sweat all down the disco halls
The lager it tastes flat
Timmy down on the lino dance floor
He don't worry 'bout that
Walking by the riverside
Watch the yellow sun rise
Cecilia down in the damp green grass
She making love with her eyes
'Cause I want to go there (We are the tribe)
And I want the sound (From the simple streets)
No difference no power Just music and heat
- So Deep (Tim Finn, Brock) (3:17)
- A thousand butterflies lifting away
As the hunter pursues his wounded prey
The diver and water coming face to face
In the shock of a birth such a strange grace
I can't, I can't, I can't keep
It's so, it's so, it's so deep
Walking through the sand soft with sea
Eating chicken curry with English tea
The secret in the small boy's secret garden
I've seen the women with the naked children
The winter owl in the snow-clean suburbs
Haunting the ordinary with wild wise proverbs
The crack of an eagle's egg the beast appears
And suddenly you've peeled back a million years
- No Thunder No Fire No Rain (Tim Finn, Brock) (5:21)
- Martin sets out from the village (called)
Katta pella kopa leh
As the blue sun rehearse a falling roll
And even the vultures still sleep
Martin's bus comes to the forest of
Katta pella kopa leh
With the engine blowing steam into the morning dust
As farmers lead cattle to grass
No thunder, no fire, no rain
With Nia ceta nova lain
Martin checks into the chemical plant of
Katta pella kopa leh
As his young bride prepares for the evening feast
And in zone three he starts the long day
Martin works with strange blue waters (called)
Niacetanovalain
As the warning bell rings critical he hit's the floor
And his young bride paints beads for the feast
Martin feels a cold wind screaming
Katta pella kopa leh
As the red sun rehearses another roll
And over the fire she stirs peas
Martin was killed in the company name
Katta pella kopa leh
As the toxin tore right through his soul
And his young bride puts flowers in her hair
- Searching the Streets (Tim Finn, Brock) (4:11)
- Caught the lights of a taxi and headed straight for the center of town
Jumped a train in north before the law even heard I was 'round
I ran hard from the station to the street to where I was born
Found the backdoor still open I heard you sleepin' in a room down the hall
Mama said it's stranger when I switched from school to the door but
Mama I'm still searching the streets for my soul
Still searchin' searchin' yeah
Happy birthday Momma I got you some heat from the city streets
'Cause down there they'll burn your soul for a gram of the dragons teeth
And I've got fire in my hands and a scream in my heart like a baby
Crying out for the sweet cool of your touch help me God I can't be this crazy
I can hear the sirens closing in
I can hear the sirens closing in
I can hear the sirens closing in
Forgive me momma I've got the dragon in my skin
Mama said it's stranger when I asked you if my life was dull but
Mama I'm still searching the streets for my soul
Mama I'm still searching the streets for my soul
Mama I'm still searching the streets for my soul
Mama I'm still searching the streets for my soul
- Carve You In Marble (Tim Finn) (5:40)
- When you asked me how does it feel
To be loved by someone like you
I could only answer with this song
Many colours fill the canvas
Will I ever catch your drift girl
Make a shape and give the feeling form
I will carve you in marble
Carve you 'cos I love you
I will carve you in marble
Everyday I crave your presence
Lose myself in tender feelings
You and I will stand the test of time
I remember nights of passion
Drifting into days of wonder
Memories of all we leave behind
- Water Into Wine (Tim Finn, Brock) (4:09)
- I'm stood here on the platform
Got a ticket in my fist
And I'm staring at the flowers
On your pretty printed dress
Now you say your brothers waiting
In the Escort '85
And it's better if we leave it
Just for a little while
Kathy you can play the field
Just tell me we ain't over yet
'Cause Kathy I got money coming
From a guy that Billy met
Kathy don't go
Billy's planning for my future
Says I can help him do some banks
And if I prove I ain't no loser
Kathy say you'll have me back
Maybe I could clear a grand
If I drive this stuff across the line
And Billy swears there ain't no danger
It's just like water into wine
Now your brother's getting edgy
He keeps blowing in his horn
He says I'm lying like the last time
And I'm never going to learn
But Kathy you and I don't care
We can last a thousand years
'Cause we got got gold dust on our skin
And diamonds in our tears
- Hyacinth (Tim Finn, Brock) (4:58)
- What are you thinking of
What are you thinking of
My lovely blue
What are you dreaming of
What are you dreaming of
My ever true
Let me cast my stupid sails
And sail away away with you
Let me sail away with you
Please let me be a hero
I can play that role for you
You are the difference and the heat
The journey south where our skins will meet
In my huge lands you are the hyacinth
You are the strangest scented place
You are in the insect's wild wind race
In my huge lands you are the hyacinth
What are you thinking of
What are you thinking of
My castle queen
What are you dreaming of
What are you dreaming of
My evergreen
Let me fight my stupid battles
And prove myself to you
Let me prove myself to you
'Cause all I really want right now
Is to know that you love me too
Ocean eyes in the highest blaze
You are the hyacinth
Please let me be a hero
I can play that role for you
- Big Canoe (Tim Finn, Brock) (4:39)
- Hurled me a rope around the sun
Pulled her hot through the distant day
Cast the nets out into the blue
Caught me the islands fresh with spray
Then I came to the virgin rocks and sandbars
Shored the boats from the dancing waters
There in the shadow of the Tokelau hills
Burned me the fish for the moon gods daughter
Big canoe, oh, cut me through, oh
Thin white cloud of the Archipelago
Eye of the hunter on the shadow trail
Caught me the eel in the mountain stream
Marked the spot where the Moa fell
Sweat on the hands of my giant dreams
Then we dragged the hardwood down to the shore
Feet for the huts in the river's mouth
Ploughed for the spice and the sweet potato
Build me the tribes of the distant south
We are the myths in the children's eyes
We are their hope when the future lies
The white ships came from tall lands far
Full of the sword and the crucifixion
I traded my heart for a tank of gas
On a road of tarmac with new intentions
Stared me up at the moon gods daughter
Laughed she did at the fat man's laws
Felt me the earth through three dollar shoes
Heard the roar of a thousand oars
- Hole In My Heart (Tim Finn) (3:11)
- Whenever I lie here
After making love with you
I'm breaking the walls down
And letting in the view
?Those who can be strong
?From watching us all
?Needed a song
You filled a hole in my heart
You took the weight off my shoulders right from the start
You filled a hole in my heart
You took the weight off my shoulders right from the start
Yes you did yes you did
You were my religion
I meditate on you
I forget myself when
I know what love can do
?Those who can be strong
?From watching us all
?Needed a song?
?Those who can be strong
?From watching us all
?Needed a song?
You filled a hole in my heart
You filled a hole in my heart
You filled a hole in my heart
With your love
With your love
With your love
With your love
With your love
Filled a hole in my heart
You took the weight off my shoulders
- Are We One Or Are We Two (Tim Finn, Brock) (3:51)
- Are we one or are we two
Do you promise to be true
Tell me what do you wanna do
Are we one or are we two
When I hold you in my hands
The whole world moved at my command
Satisfy my aching soul
Maybe two halves make a whole
We've only just met
But it feels like I've known you for years
Can I become part of your affairs
See myself in the reflection of your eyes
When I asked you late last night
Blood ran cold and the moon shone bright
Well it felt just like a teenage fright I really wanted to know
This cake hasn't set yet It needs a warm shot of your tenderness
There's only one thing I'd live to regret
See myself in the reflection of your eyes
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