You Tell Me - Go-betweens, The

Tallulah took a shower for an hour, Then walked down the street feeling beautiful and clean. Taulah met a man at a newstand, Who asked her how does she dream. What she’s missing Is someone Who will listen And then and then and then, you tell me. Tallulah your make-up needs a shake-up, Your hair […]

Right Here - Go-betweens, The

It rains for days So you stay inside And lock your door. Crying all the time Crying for … You don’t know what for. You say your’re undone by his kiss, But don’t you think That for once in your life It should be like this? Your hands are tired, Your eyes are blue. I’m […]

Man O’sand To Girl O’sea - Go-betweens, The

I want you back Feel so sure of our love I’ll write a song about us breaking up. "the traffic lights on the street of love" Have just turned red…turned red, and Man o’sand to girl o’sea Says it’s love you’ll get from me Man o’sand to girl o’sea Says it’s love you’ll get from […]

Unkind And Unwise - Go-betweens, The

He was brought up in a house of women In a city of heat that gave its children Faith in the fable of coral and fish, Told them the world was something to miss. I turn to hold you, you’re gone. Fingers let go, i’m gone. That’s just a little unkind And just a little […]

River Of Money - Go-betweens, The

Lyric: grant It is neither fair nor reasonable to expect sadness To confine itself to it’s causes. like a river in flood, When it subsides and the drowned bodies of Animals have been deposited in the treetops, there is Another kind of damage that takes place beyond the torrent. At first, it seemed as though […]

Draining The Pool For You - Go-betweens, The

Lyric: robert Remembered your name Evidently, you’ve forgotten mine. You know a lot of people I know, a mind dulled by work and wine. I got hired but i got tired of draining the pool for you. I got tired but not so blue, To see the cracks in you. I got hired against my […]

Slow Slow Music - Go-betweens, The

I got myself a mortgage, It didn’t save the marriage. We weren’t insureed, Insured against breakage. If you believe in orphans There’s still a chance for love. (the hand that warms you also harms you) Pick me up in pieces, I’m scattered and broken, Slow, slow music. Pick me up in pieces, I’m scattered and […]

Part Company - Go-betweens, The

Come and have a look, beside me A fine line of tears, part company. That’s her handwriting, that’s the way she writes >from the first letter i got to this her bill of rights, part company. And what will i miss? her cruelty, her unfaithfulness Her fun, her love, her kiss, part company. That’s her […]

You’ve Never Lived - Go-betweens, The

All that’s left of me, of me that was, is a former shadow, Once amidst great work, then she came, and then she came, That’s your point. And right here’s for me; right here and nowhere else. There’s no underground; bitterness is what you’ve found. You’ve never lived. The risk was hers, every bit hers; […]

The Old Way Out - Go-betweens, The

Lord i feel you made the hills, watch them roll. I’ve seen the promised land, and that is all. Please be kind Please be kind What the others take; i let them believe. The old way out is now the new way in The old way out is now the new way in The old […]