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Be My Guest, Convent Girls, Forever Friends, Legs Are Gone, Prodigal Son, Tail Of A Comet, Throw Your Arms Around Me
 

BE MY GUEST

(Neil Finn)

Call me your friend
I’ll take your bags
All criminals too
Take me for what you can

Be my guest
I owe you nothing
Be my guest
I find a place to rest my head

Here’s my situation
Colours and wondrous sounds
Take my invitation
Your turn will come around

Be my guest
I owe you nothing
Be my guest
I offer you a place to rest your head
I owe you
Try, send me away
Colour the fires and go
Blue, send me away
Like the friars at dawn

Colours and wondrous sounds
Take my invitation
Your turn will come around

So be my guest
I owe you nothing
Be my guest
I offer you a place to rest your head
Be my guest
Be my guest
Be my guest
Be my guest

Tab Be My Guest


CONVENT GIRLS

(Neil Finn)

By the shade of your magnolia
I go down for release
And the seven ships of Providence
Will be falling, flowing near

And the convent girls in their frilly white tights
Will be chorus girls with their names up in lights
And the bridal veils will be shimmering white
Will be shimmering white

Where once we talked in confidence
We now shall walk in fear,
And the bridal ships of providence,
Are slowing drawing near.

And the convent girls in their frilly white tights
And the chorus girls with their names up in lights
And the bridal veils will be shimmering white
Will be shimmering white

Who'll find the doctor,
When you go to sleep,
When you go to sleep?
By the prayers of emotion,
We will want to weep,
We will want to weep.

And you dance with your friends --
Anyone I know?
And you dance with your friends --
Anyone I know

I will go like her,
Be on your feet,
And the years are stretching on.
Where once we talked of openness
But now we’re moving on

And the convent girls in their frilly white tights
Will be chorus girls with their names up in lights
And the bridal veils will be shimmering white
Will be shimmering white

No more sleep 'til I'm an adult,
There's no more sleep 'til I've grown up.
There's no more sleep 'til I'm an adult,
I'll lift up my head
And drink my cup with you.

Tab Convent Girls


FOREVER FRIENDS

(Neil Finn)

Forever be your friend
Even though this never seems to end
We're always thinking of what we got
In a land that we are not
All our loved ones overseas
And they bring us to our knees

In our room we wait for light to fall
We wait and then we talk
We feel like we are beginning to ??

Forever be your friend
In no condition it never seems to end
Forever in your past
We build a relationship that's build to last

When we're united we all think
that we're crazy for the life
And we speak to each other
like we haven't got a clue
Why we're in all the time in our costumes and clothes
And we speak to the press and still not everybody knows why we're in

We're forever friends
Stay forever friends
When the arguments all end
We'll be friends


LEGS ARE GONE

(Neil Finn)


The time has begun
I go to the sleeping water now
The slow tide of spring
I am drawn towards your beckoning
Starting to breathe
But the dawn is slow in coming now

And my legs are gone
Yeah my friends say there's nothing wrong
Caught on a bad day, caught on a bad day
I don't know which side I am on
Caught on a bad day, caught on a bad day

We're drifting away
From the smoke and the burnt out firewood
We're lighter than day
And I tremble for a moment at the sight of you
Slow hand string
Here comes the day of reckoning

And my legs are gone
And my friends say there's nothing wrong
Caught on a bad day, caught on a bad day
I don't know which side I'm on
Caught on a bad day, caught on a bad day

I wouldn't like a warning when the big day comes
Let me hear the angels singing Hallelujah

Pharaoh on the news
Lying in a golden rubbish tin
And gather 'round his head
What expensive things he couldn’t take with him

And my legs are gone
Coz I left them on the bar-room floor
And the wise woman said
They'll be peace and contentment for sure
And my legs are gone
But there's one thing that I must do
Tell you I love you
Look at the ocean
And tell me it's not blue
Looks like summer, looks like summer
Looks like everything I knew
Caught on a bad day, caught on a bad day

Well I still want to be with you

Tab Legs Are Gone


PRODIGAL SON

(Neil Finn/Tim Finn)

Warm up the sky, warm up the sky
light a welcoming fire for him
he's been gone for so long
got a blue shadow on his chin

Where's he gone, the prodigal son?
we won't be happy 'til he comes home
has anyone seen the prodigal son?

Warm up the sea, warm up the sea
for my son, he is under sail
help him to find warm, dry land
bring him in on an ocean swell

Where's he gone, the prodigal son?
we won't be happy 'til he comes home
has anyone seen the prodigal son?

Wake up the town, wake up the town
drag the barber from his chair
warm up the house, warm up the house
tell his brothers that he draws near

Tab Prodigal Son


TAIL OF A COMET

(Neil Finn)

I'm on the tail of a comet shape
I see the parade, the fist that knocks them down
On the wave of emotion, yeah
I can feel it coming and my feet are of the ground
Took me into your confidence
When you ask me to, I come to your defence
And I will not fail you now
How could I

Hold on when you ride the tail of a comet
Tall ships that you sail upon like a promise
Hold on when you ride the tail of a comet

I ? to a nervous man
When I opened my eyes, he was doing a headstand
Here's a picture of my fall from grace
I tried to ignore it, but the truth was in my face
Turn around and the flash had gone
I saw you before, you turned the headlights on
On a trail, on a trail now

You got to feel good
? I say you would
Hold on when you ride the tail of a comet
Ghost ships that you sail upon like a promise
Hold on when you ride the tail of a comet
Ghost ships will ride upon like a promise

And I'll be dancing for good
Like a motion of woods
I sinked in all day (?)
With nothing to say
And the flashing lights
Will pick me up all night

Fly now when you ride the tail of a comet
Tall ships that you sail upon like a promise
Hold on when you ride the tail of a comet
Hold on when you ride the tail of a comet

Tab Tail of a comet


THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND ME

(Seymour / Archer / Falconer / Crosby / Howard / Miles / Waters)

I will come to you at nighttime
And I will raise you from your sleep
I will kiss you in four places
As I go running along your street

I will squeeze the life right out of you
I will make you laugh and make you cry
And we may never forget it
That I will make you call my name
As you shout it to the blue summer sky

And we may never meet again
So shed your skin and let's get started
And you will throw your arms around me
Yes you will throw your arms around me

I will come to you in the daytime
Then I will climb into your bed
I will take you to high places
As I go spinning around in your head

I will squeeze the life right out of you
I will make you laugh and make you cry
And we may never forget it
And I will make you call my name
As you shout it to the blue summer sky

And we may never meet again
So shed your skin and let's get started
And you will throw your arms around me
Yes, you will throw your arms around me