I want to walk in your shadow
So the sun don't burn my bare feet
But there's no way I'm going to walk back from Leningrad

I want to play someone else
So tired of being myself
But there's no way I'm going to walk back from Leningrad

Where am I now in inner space
Where am I now incarcerate
Domiciled in a fairy tale two floors up

Where am I now in body clock
Where am I now in search of luck
Fleeting glimpse of a passing truth two floors up

It was a love affair you could see right in his life
It was a love affair taking his own advice
It was a love affair taking away his right
And the people said
Yeah yeah yeah

There's a post that stands in the middle of the beach
with a story written on it round and round
It tells of a woman with a truly restless heart
That was trying to fly right out of her chest

When the waves draw close and you can read the words
Of what happens when all your dreams become smashed
And all hope for a change has blown away
And a shadow is all that remains

When the darkness falls
And the roar surrounds
I can still see the pain in the air

Through fallen leaves I pick my way slowly
Talking aloud, eases my mind
Sunlight filters through I feel my head is bursting
So fall of thoughts, I've thought
What am I going to do
I need some thoughts that are new

Do do do do......

Nature enter me

Up in a tree a bird sings so sweetly
Nature's own voice, I hear
rustling whistling leaves turning breeze to speech
Talk to me, ease my mind

I was standing at the corner
with the red pohutakawa
On a tourquoise wave free day
Arms close into the body
Right out of the way

And through half closed eyes
I could just make out
The islands through a soft white haze
And the dreams I had forgotten about
Flooded in in their own way

I've been away from love too long

Just like the executioner
Who lives in the middle of a big field
All alone and by himself
Stay away, stay away

And just like someone who is so desperate for love
They will give you everything
Until there's nothing left to give
Stay away, stay away

I'll be the first in line
I'll be the first in line
I'll be the first in line
For your love

Must have been late last year
See the back of a man walking up the street
And the roar of the sea rolls in
Didn't tell no-one where
Didn't leave no forwarding address
He just disappeared

Just like the scenery on the stage
You can walk behind and see the play
Somethings are so transparent
Like he came back in the evening light
Some months later gave people a fright
Something had changed in his face

She was caught in a backwater
Of a small tangled town
Like a leaf in a pool slowly turning round
And he may have been good looking
And said he loved her true
And he may have driven fast to impress
But that ain't nothing new

And sometimes on the front porch
When the sun was going down
Her life would flast past
On the way to somewhere else
And an emptiness would rise up
Rise up  inside her
Start at the corner of the mouth
And go straight to the heart

Turn your back on the wind
Sow your mind with air
Clear your head
To rhyme with the people
Touch with the people
Turn your back on the wind
Seems you've gotta die before you live

Turn your face to the east
Sow your mind with morning sun
Clear your head
To rhyme with the people
Touch with the people
Turn your back on the wind
Seems like you've gotta die before you live