Playlist Colin Hay

colin hay - into my life

Carpet stained with my red wine
I've been staring at the fire
I keep looking at the time
I'm waiting on you

I can hear the howling wind
Yes the sound is getting higher
As the night is closing in
I'm waiting on you

Those big black eyes wicked smile
That you flash as you walk through my door
Into my life
Into my life
Into my life

Won't you come in and sit right down
Here let me pour a Stolichnaya
Why is it when you come around
I'm waiting on you

We drink until we get too tired
Even though you try to dance for me
I still can't light up your fire
So I'm waiting on you

From time to time I feel so blind
And there's still so much more left to do
Into my life
Into my life
Into my life

All right
You call me on the telephone
You say that I am always busy
So why am I here all alone
Waiting on you

I pick you up in my white car
I could fall ever so easily
Why you keep me hanging on
I'm waiting on you

Still, those big black eyes wicked smile
That you flash as you walk through my door
Into my life
Into my life
Into my life

colin hay - against the tide

The lines are broken between she and I
But the road is as straight as an arrow
We had walked in a beautiful forest
But after a while the trees grew thin
And offered little shade
Now more than ever our lives move of their own
volition

I sleep walk in the night
I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I let the day decide

I'm searching for
I'm searching for

I swim against the tide
I only wanna
I only wanna
Get to the other side
You can always find me
Waiting for the right time
But I can't wait till the end

You moved out of reach
Slipped out of my hands
I live in my dreams
I have of you still holding me
I'm drifting out to sea
Someone's watching over me

So I won't drown
Moving closer ever closer
Your love is like the rain

Saturating

The tide is coming in
Carrying me
And though the lines are down
I'm still holding
But I, I can no longer pretend

You moved out of reach
Slipped out of my hands
I live in my dreams
I have of you still holding me

Carrying me
Saturating

colin hay - beautiful world

My my my itâ??s a beautiful world
I like swimming in the sea
I like to go out beyond the white breakers
Where a man can still be free (or a woman if you are one)
I like swimming in the sea.

My my my itâ??s a beautiful world
I like drinking Irish tea
With a little bit of lapsang souchong
I like making my own tea.

My my my itâ??s a beautiful world
I like driving in my car
Roll the top down sometimes I travel quite far
Drive to the ocean stare up at the stars
I like driving in my car

All around is anger automatic guns
Itâ??s death in large numbers no respect for women or our little ones
I tried talking to Jesus but He just put me on hold
Said Heâ??d been swamped by calls this week
And He couldnâ??t shake His cold

And still this emptiness persists
Perhaps this is as good as it gets
When youâ??ve given up the drink and those nasty cigarettes
Now I leave the party early at least with no regrets
I watch the sun as it comes up I watch it as it sets
Yeah this is as good as it gets.

My my my itâ??s a beautiful world
I like sleeping with Marie
She is one sexy girl full of mystery
She says she doesnâ??t love me but she likes my company
For now thatâ??s good enough for me

colin hay - down under

Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said,

"Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover."

Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said,

I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover

Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me
Because I come from the land of plenty?
And he said

Oh! Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder?
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover

colin hay - fallin down

It's a well known situtation
Telling harder to avoid
and it's constantly frustrating
like a mid paranoid
It's when you think you're winner
Your head it hits the ground
Stare into the faces
You hear no sound

Oh,oh,oh Falling down
Oh,oh,oh Falling down
Oh,oh,oh Falling down
Oh,oh,oh Falling down
I'm tumbling, timbling

I wake up into the sunlight
Feels warm upon my face
My head feels like a furance,
I don't recongnise this place
Oh but whats this strange sensation
I must be in New York
It builds to anilation
Ooh Don't Stop, Ooh don't stop

Oh,oh,oh Falling down
Oh,oh,oh Falling down
Oh,oh,oh Falling down
Oh,oh,oh Falling down
I'm tumbling, tumbling

Start to think that you're a winner
Your head it hits the ground
Stare out into the faces
You hear no sound

Oh,oh,oh Falling down
Oh,oh,oh Falling down
Oh,oh,oh Falling down
Oh,oh,oh Falling down
I'm tumbling, tumbling

colin hay - goodbye, my red rose

I didn't love you till you'd gone
You told me not to give my heart away
You were right and I was wrong
I should have known, I couldn't make you stay

I bless the day you were born
I curse the day you saw into me
You said my eyes were so forlorn
Now when I'm alone I let my tears run free
They flow so easy, easily

So goodbye my red rose
Your memory won't fade away
When the curtain falls
We know you won't be back for more

I wonder where you hang your clothes
But on this I never dwell too long
I asked around but no one knows
I should have known that would be your way
Not to, not to say

So goodbye my red rose
In the spring your scent will grow
There's no more curtain calls
And the man has put all the chairs away

So goodbye my red rose
There's no more, no more curtain calls

colin hay - i don t know why

I donâ??t know why
Why you had to leave me
And I donâ??t know why
You said goodbye
Only if I try
Can I feel the earth beneath me
And as days go by
I come alive
The fall of your hair the feel of your skin and
The smile on your face as you took me in
Now I lie and stare at the sky still I wonder why
I donâ??t know why
You said that youâ??d release me
No matter how I try
I still feel you
I watched a falling leaf
Drifting down towards me
Carried by the wind
It disappeared
I sat in disbelief
At what had become of me
And as the day grew dark
I rose to go
As I walked along
I thought I heard you call me
Alas I was alone
So I went home
The fall of your hair the feel of your skin
The smile on your face as you took me in
Now I lie no longer cry but still I wonder why
I donâ??t know why
You were taken from me
I cannot forget or say goodbye

colin hay - i just don t think i ll ever get over you

I drink good coffee every morning
Comes from a place that's far away
And when I'm done I feel like talking
Without you here there is less to say
I don't want you thinking I'm unhappy
What is closer to the truth
That if I lived till I was 102
I just don't think I'll ever get over you
I'm no longer moved to drink strong whisky
'Cause I shook the hand of time and I knew
That if I lived till I could no longer climb my stairs
I just don't think I'll ever get over you
Your face it dances and it haunts me
Your laughter's still ringing in my ears
I still find pieces of your presence here
Even after all these years
But I don't want you thinking I don't get asked to dinner
'Cause I'm here to say that I sometimes do
Even though I may soon feel the touch of love
I just don't think I'll ever get over you
If I lived till I was 102
I just don't think I'll ever get over you

colin hay - if i go

My love, you're tired and it's late
But I have to say what I have to say
I am not clear if you still want me near
If you do, please let me know
I'm no longer waiting for tomorrow
While there's still time left today

If I go
You'll be with me
If you want me to stay
We'll fix whatever's broken
Wherever I go
I'll be with you
My love's deeper than the sea
And taller than a mountain

You held my life
On a puppet string
I have no secrets from you
Tell me my love, is it still good enough
If it's not please set me free
You're nonchalant, you're drifting with the breeze
Now won't you listen to me please

If I go
You'll be with me
If you want me to stay
We'll fix whatever's broken
Wherever I go
I'll be with you
My love's deeper than the sea
And taller than a mountain

No longer waiting for tomorrow
While there's still time left today

If I go
You'll be with me
If you want me to stay
We'll fix whatever's broken
Wherever I go
I'll be with you
My love's deeper than the sea
And taller than a mountain

colin hay - man with two hearts

Like a man who has two hearts
Both of them worlds apart
Both of them play their part you know
Like a man who has two wives
His life the becomes alibis
Nobody asks him why you know

Can there be peace
Between the heart and the brain?
No release always the same
I won't come here again

Like a man who has one hand
Still he does what he can
Shows he is twice the man you are

Like a man who has no hair
Pretends that he doesn't care
His eyes though they show despair you know

Are we just beasts
With our burdens of pain
No release always the same
Cut off my legs
Torture and maim
I'm back here again

Like a man who has two hearts
One day they fell apart
Both of them played their part you know

Can there be peace
Between the heart and the brain
No release to try is in vain
Stories repeat always the same
I won't come here again.

colin hay - no restrictions

Give me no restrictions on what I do or say
Don't speak of tomorrow when it's still today
Leave me to my selfish ways, I'm well enough alone
That is what I tell myself as I stumble home
Derelict across the street in the garbage bin
Looks like he's found something neat judging by his grin
Such a long long way to go, hope I get there soon
Wish I could jump a great height and land in my front room
Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh

Wake up in the morning make sure I'm still alive
Percolate the coffee opens up my eyes
Hear the cricket calling switch on the TV
Sit and stare for hours and cheer Dennis Lillee

Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh

Through the de-restriction zone we pass a long wide load
Laugh at the reflections of cat's eyes on the road
Freeways hypnotize me, up up and away
Hope we make it home tonight
Be that as it may

Whoa-oh-oh-Whoa-oh-oh

colin hay - overkill

I can't get to sleep
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complications

Especially at night
I worry over situations
I know I'll be alright
Perhaps it's just imagination

Day after day it reappears
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Come back another day

Alone between the sheets
Only brings exasperation
It's time to walk the streets
Smell the desperation

At least there's pretty lights
And though there's little variation
It nullifies the night from overkill

Day after day it reappears
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Come back another day

I can't get to sleep
I think about the implications
Of diving in too deep
And possibly the complications

Especially at night
I worry over situations
I know I'll be alright
It's just overkill

Day after day it reappears
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Ghosts appear and fade away
Ghosts appear and fade away

colin hay - puerto rico

Lolita standing on the corner
Such beauty in one so young
Her eyes stare only for a moment
With the sun's glare
She is gone
It's one world, one world to another
No warning of things to come
The splendour one side of the picture
Only one glimpse have to run

It's OK down in Puerto Rico
All the people say
Must come back here some day
It's OK down in Puerto Rico
Come what may there's always church on Sunday

It's midday
All the streets are quiet
People sleep through the hot day sun
With darkness atmosphere's appealing
The night holds promise of things to come

It's OK here in Puerto Rico
All the people sway
We slip into a new day
It's OK here in Puerto Rico
If there's a way we'll come back here some day

It's one bar then onto another
In the centre of old San Juan
Ten thousand people standing on the sidewalks
I drink with each and every one

It's OK here in Puerto Rico
All the people say you must come back here someday
It's OK here in Puerto Rico
Come what may there's always church on Sunday

It's OK here in Puerto Rico
As the people sway
We drink into a new day
It's OK here in Puerto Rico
If there's a way we'll come back here some day

colin hay - to have and to hold

Into the desert I run
Into the blinding sun
I know that you will come
To have and to hold

I sleep-walk in the night
I see your face
It's burning bright
I reach up into the light

To have and to hold
When will you come
And how will I know
I will wait down by the waterside

I look around at the world I see
Pain and kindness uncertainty
This is not what was meant to be

To have and to hold
Maybe we meet
A long time ago
When I was a man walking blind

I many be searching my life through
I may standing right next to you
This time I'll know just what to do
To have and to hold

And I can see quite clearly now
And I can see quite clearly now

colin hay - touching the untouchables

Hello to you, my sweet young friends
Have you got money perhaps you could lend?
I wash my leather face in the afternoon sun
My shirt's turn my time's near done
Touching the untouchables but they don't know
Respect the disrespectables, but in the end you know
You turn away, what can I say?

Spend my nights in the telephone booth
I make sure I leave the phone off the hook
There are no Jones' and I pay no rent
I have to stand straight because my back's so bent
Tell my secretary I ain't takin' any calls,
And if you want to find me, just ask the boys...
Down at the wall...That's where I'll be...

Oh...
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Park bench and cigarettes
Can you help me get off this fence?
Can't you see, I'm just an old man
Tryin' hard, do what I can

Touching the untouchables but they don't know
Respect the disrespectables, but in the end you know
You turn away, what can I say?
You'll never, never know
You'll never know