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WOODFACE (1991)
Released on Capitol Records#2 AUS, #6 UK, #26 DE, #86 US
The Band:
Neil Finn - Guitars, Vocals and Keyboards
Paul Hester - Drums, Vocals, Keyboards and Percussion
Nick Seymour - Bass, Vocals
Tim Finn - Piano, Guitar and Vocals
Produced by Mitchell Froom and Neil Finn
Recorded at A&M Studios, Ocean Way Studios, and Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles. Platinum Studios and Periscope, Melbourne
Engineered by Tchad Blake (A&M, Ocean Way, Sunset Sound, and Platinum Studios), and Paul Kosky (Periscope). Assistant and Additional Engineering by Rob Jaczko (A&M), Max Garcia (Ocean Way), and Andrew Horne (Periscope). Mixed by Bob Clearmountain.
Track Listing (Click for lyrics)
- Chocolate Cake
- It's Only Natural
- Fall At Your Feet
- Tall Trees
- Weather With You
- Whispers and Moans
- Four Seasons In One Day
- There Goes God
- Fame Is
- All I Ask
- As Sure As I Am
- Italian Plastic
- She Goes On
- How Will You Go
- I'm Still Here (Hidden Track)
Additional Musicians:
Ricki Fataar - Drums and Percussion on "All I Ask", "There Goes God" and "Weather With You"
Chris Wilson - Harmonica on "Chocolate Cake", "Tall Trees" and "There Goes God"
Peter Bucknell - Violin on "There Goes God"
Vince Parsonage - Viola on "There Goes God"
Alex Acuna - Additional Percussion
Geoffrey Hales - Additional Percussion
Jack Mack - Brass
David Hidalgo - Accordion on "As Sure As I Am"
Jorge Callendrelli - Strings Arranged and Conducted on "All I Ask"
Sharon Finn - Backing vocals on "All I Ask"
Mitchell Froom - Keyboards
Mark Hart - Additional Keyboards
Stuart Ellison - Additional Keyboards
Lyrics
Chocolate Cake(Neil Finn / Tim Finn)
Not everyone in New York would pay to see Andrew Lloyd Webber
May his trousers fall down as he bows to the queen and the crown
I don't know what tune the orchestra played
But it went by me sickly sentimental
Can I have another piece of chocolate cake
Tammy Baker's got a lot on her plate
Can I buy another cheap Picasso fake
Andy Warhol must be laughing in his grave
The band of the night take you to ethereal heights over dinner
And you wander the streets never reaching the heights that you seek
And the sugar that dripped from the violin's bow made the children go crazy
Put a hole in the tooth of a hag
Can I have another piece of chocolate cake
Tammy Baker must be losing her faith, yeah
Can I buy another cheap Picasso fake
Andy Warhol must be laughing in his grave
And dogs are on the road, we're all tempting fate
Cars are shooting by with no number plates
And here comes Missis Hairy legs
I saw Elvis Presley walk out of a Seven Eleven
And a woman gave birth to a baby and then bowled 257
Now the excess of fat on your American bones
Will cushion the impact as you sink like a stone
Can I have another piece of chocolate cake
Tammy Baker, Tammy Baker
Can I buy another cheap Picasso fake
Cheap Picasso, cheap Picasso fake
Can I have another piece of chocolate cake
Kathy Straker boy could she lose some weight
Can I buy another slice of real estate
Liberace must be laughing in his grave
It's Only Natural
(Neil Finn / Tim Finn)
Ice will melt, water will boil
You and I can shake of this mortal coil
It's bigger than us
You don't have to worry about it
Ready or not, here comes the drop
You feel lucky when you know where you are
You know it's gonna come true
Here in your arms I remember
It's only natural that I should want to be there with you
It's only natural that you should feel the same way too
It's easy when you don't try going on first impressions
Man in a cage has made his confession now
You've seen me at my worst
And it won't be the last time I'm down there
I want you to know I feel completely at ease
Read me like a book that's fallen down
Between your knees, please
Let me have my way with you
It's only natural that I should want to be there with you
It's only natural that you should feel the same way too
It's circumstantial, it's nothing written in the sky
And we don't have to try
But we'll be shaking like mud, buildings of glass
Sink in to the bay, they'll be under the rocks again
You don't have to say
I know you're afraid
It's only natural that I should want to be there with you
It's only natural that you should feel the same way too
It's circumstantial, it's something I was born to
It's only natural, can I help it if I want to
Fall At Your Feet
(Neil Finn)
I'm really close tonight
And I feel like I'm moving inside her
Lying in the dark
And I think that I'm beginning to know her
Let it go
I'll be there when you call
And whenever I fall at your feet
You let your tears rain down on me
Whenever I touch your slow turning pain
You're hiding from me now
There's something in the way that you're talking
Words don't sound right
But I hear them all moving inside you, go
I'll be waiting when you call
Hey and whenever I fall at your feet
Won't you let your tears rain down on me
Whenever I touch your slow turning pain
The finger of blame has turned upon itself
And I'm more than willing to offer myself
Do you want my presence or need my help
Who knows where that might lead
I fall
Whenever I fall at your feet
Would you let your tears rain down on me
Whenever I fall, ever I fall
Tall Trees
(Neil Finn / Tim Finn)
Watch out big ships are waiting
Salt frozen on your cheek
I saw a girl and boy arriving
And a steamer put out to sea
Tall tree
Stand in the distance
Remember
When you were green
Don't wipe
The salt from your skin
You must keep running the distance
Sun sleeps on misty morning
Light years from channel three
I feel halfway to zero
Call me a hero I might just agree
Tall tree
Stand in the distance
Remember
When you were green
Don't wipe
The salt from your skin
You must keep running the distance
And the roses you grow
Have a powerful scent
They'll be breaking your heart
By the morning
I feel halway to zero
Call me a hero I might just agree
Tall tree
Stand in the distance
Remember
When you were green
Don't wipe
The salt from your skin
Tall tree
Tall tree
Don't wipe
The salt from your skin
You must keep running the distance
Tall tree
Weather With You
(Neil Finn / Tim Finn)
Walking 'round the room singing Stormy Weather
At 57 Mount Pleasant Street
Well it's the same room but everything's different
You can fight the sleep but not the dream
Things ain't cooking in my kitchen
Strange affliction wash over me
Julius Ceasar and the Roman Empire
Couldn't conquer the blue sky
Well there's a small boat made of china
It's going nowhere on the mantlepiece
Well do I lie like a loungeroom lizard
Or do I sing like a bird released
Everywhere you go
Always take the weather with you
Whispers and Moans
(Neil Finn)
Dull, dull grey
The colour of our times
Cool, cool space
That I still hope to find
Far beyond the veil
The sound of whispers and moans
Slow, time bomb
The clamour of the street
I hear this town
It never goes to sleep
And I will catch the taxi driver
Weeping like a wounded beast
Then I wake up in your room
To share one piece of your life
When tomorrow comes we may not be here at all
Without your whispers and moans
'Cos here you come to carry me home
Here you come to carry me home
Love that sound
Time erase
Tension wheels
Cool heels
Won't ya come on open the bid 'fore too long
Then I wake up in your room
To share one piece of your life
I'd give anything to be a fly upon the wall
And hear your whispers and moans
I'd like to hear your whispers and moans
Here you come to carry me
We are the mirrors
Are the mirrors of each other in a lifetime of suspicion
Cleansed in a moment of recognition
You gave your life for it
Worth it's weight in gold
And growing empires and art collectors
And Alans sound investments
Will one day be forgotten
One day be forgotten, yeah
Four Seasons In One Day
(Neil Finn / Tim Finn)
Four seasons in one day
Lying in the depths of your imagination
Worlds above and worlds below
The sun shines on the black clouds hanging over the domain
Even when you're feeling warm
The temperature could drop away
Like four seasons in one day
Smiling as the shit comes down
You can tell a man from what he has to say
Everything gets turned around
And I will risk my neck again, again
You can take me where you will
Up the creek and through the mill
All the things you can't explain
Four seasons in one day
Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day
It doesn't pay to make predictions
Sleeping on an unmade bed
Finding out wherever there is comfort there is pain
Only one step away
Like four seasons in one day
Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like four seasons in one day
There Goes God
(Neil Finn / Tim Finn)
What'll I tell him
When he comes to me for absolution
Wouldn't you know it
Hope I don't make a bad decision
'Cos I'd like to believe
That there is a god
Why sinful angels
Suffer for love
I'd like to believe
In the terrible truth
In the beautiful lie
Like to know you
But in this town I can't get arrested
If you know me
Why don't you tell me what I'm thinking
Hey don't look now
But there goes God
In his sexy pants
And his sausage dog
And he can't stand
Beelzebub
'Cos he looks so good in black, in black
Fame Is
(Neil Finn)
Fork lightning in your hall
Break the skin when you break the fall
I'll be the one to fix it up
Love children of the new age
Just a hippy with a weekly wage
There's no rebellion just a chance to be lazy
When fame is in your blood
You follow the science of love
Wave the magic wand
And hang on
Now the rest of us are living in a daze
Keep thinkin' 'bout the choice to be made
Here come the handmaidens of end time
Lost treasure from a primitive race
All the lives written on your face
Can't fill the canyons of yor mind
When fame is in your blood
You follow the science of love
Wave the magic wand
And hang on
Now you've changed
And jumbled the pieces you've changed
You're better before you talked
To a roomful of strangers
Here come the handmaidens of end time
When fame is in your blood
You follow the science of love
Wave the magic wand
All of your stars will fall
And all of your spells will break
So look out for number one
Fame is in your blood
All I Ask
(Neil Finn / Tim Finn)
All I ask
Is to live each moment
Free from the last
Take the road forgotten
Don't leave me here
Oh, please let me stray
Far from familiar things
All I ask
Is to live each moment
All I ask
Is to live each moment
Free from the last
Strange roads
Going nowhere
Going nowhere in particular
All I ask
Is to live each moment
All I ask
Is to live each moment
Free from the last
Free from the last
All I ask
As Sure As I Am
(Neil Finn)
Make your decision now
Rely on no help from above
Living is luxury
I want everything you throw out
I'll do anything you want to
Please let me go with you
I'll wear the smile on your face
Big, black and beautiful
I want it, everything you throw out
There must be something you can do with out
'Cos I am as sure as I am
I couldn't cae less
For what might go wrong
And I'm as happy as sin
In a fear shaken world
I pity the rhino
Down there it's becoming extinct
Killed for a love potion
Sad thing looking like a dead flower
I want it, everything that you throw out
'Cos I am as sure as I am
I couldn't care less
For what might go wrong
And I'm as happy as sin
In a fear shaken world
Don't wanna be there
Don't wanna be spared
I'll wear the smile on your face
I am as sure as I am
I couldn't care less
For what might go wrong
And I'm as happy as sin
In a fear shaken world, world,
Couldn't care less
Italian Plastic
(Paul Hester)
I bring you plates from Rome
You say they look fantastic
I say we're having fun
Nothing like that Italian plastic
I bring you rocks and flowers
You say they look pathetic
You pick me up at night
I don't feel pathetic
When you wake up with me
I'll be your glass of water
When you stick up for me
Then you're my Bella Bambina
I say we're on a trip
Look's like we're on vacation
I say we're having fun
In our little constellation
When you wake up with me
I'll be your glass of water
When you stick up for me
Then I'll be your Bella Bambino, your man from the moon
I'll be your little boy running with that egg on his spoon
I'll be your soul surviver, your worst wicked friend
I'll be your piggy in the middle, stick with you till the end
When you wake up with me
I'll be your glass of water
When you stick up for me
The you're my Bella Bambina
Who ya gonna take to the ball tonight?
Who ya gonna take to the dance tonight?
Who ya gonna take to the dance tonight?
Who ya gonna take to the dance tonight, tonight?
She Goes On
(Neil Finn)
Pretty soon you'll be able to remember her
Lying in the garden singing
Right where she'll always be
The door is always open
This is the place that I loved her
And these are the friends that she had
Long may the mountain ring
To the sound of her laughter
And she goes on and on
In her soft wind I will whisper
In her warm sun I will glisten
'Till we see her once again
In a world without end
We owe it all to Frank Sinatra
The song was playing a she walked into the room
After the long weekend
They were a lifetime together
Appearing in the eyes of children
In the clear blue mountain view
The colouring in the sky
And painting ladders to heaven
And she goes on
In her soft wind I will whisper
In her warm sun I will glisten
'Till we see her once again
In a world without end
In her soft wind I will whisper
In her warm sun I will glisten
And I always will remember
In a world without end
She goes on
She goes on
She goes on
How Will You Go
(Neil Finn / Tim Finn)
Escape is on your mind again
Escape to a far away land
At times it seems there is no end
To long hard nights of drinking
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I'll find you a shelter to sleep in
I fell over on the couch again
But you know not all sleep is wasted
Your dreams are alcohol inspired
I can't find a better way to face it
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I'll find you a shelter to sleep in
And you know, I'll be fine
Just don't ask me how it's going
Gimme time, gimme time
'Cos I want you to see
'Round the world, 'round the world
Is a tangled up necklace of pearls
How will you go, how will you go
Drive through the wind and the rain
Cover it up, cover it up
I'll find you a shelter to sleep in
I'm Still Here
(Paul Hester)
I'm still here I won't go away
I'm still here
I've come to rain on your parade
I'm still here
It's getting late
Well, I'm still hangin' round
Keepin' my fingers crossed
I still wanna get laid