Nau Mai Rā (Welcome Home)
Nau Mai Rā
nā Te Haumihiata Mason
kei te aroha au ki a koe
e tānoatia nei e tauwhenua
rawa kore mai koe ki konei
ka toro te ringa ki tō kaha
nau mai rā, ki te papa, papa tipu
nau mai rā, te karanga a te ngākau
tū ana i te pari
horo kau iho te ao
kua ruha i te pakanga
rapua he ara hou
nau mai rā, tēnei rā tō kāinga
nau mai rā, te karanga a te ngākau
nau mai rā, te karanga a te ngākau
haere tonu mai, haere tonu mai
ko te ngākau tuwhera ka tū atu nei
haere tonu mai, haere tonu mai
haere tonu mai, nau mai haere mai
kua pōhiri te reo karanga, haere mai
kua pōhiri ngā maunga, haere mai
ko te ao tea roa o konei
te hoa tauwhai o te rā
mā te pango, te mā, me te pai
ka iwi kotahi te ao
nau mai rā, ki te papa, papa tipu
nau mai rā, tēnei rā tō kāinga
nau mai rā, te karanga a te ngākau
te karanga a te ngākau
YOU GET SO LONELY
you get so lonely don't you
you get so lonesome sometime
the line is down in your town
the lie of disconnection
cos you get so lonely don't you
you get so lonesome sometimes
you feel the grip of longing
from the isle of un-belonging
cos you get so lonely don't you
you get so lonesome sometimes
there’s a line in the sand
that you can't avoid
the truth is you're never alone
but you get so lonely don't you
you get so lonesome sometimes
on the edge of far beyond
devastated by a song
cos you get so lonely don't you
you get so lonesome sometimes
there’s a line in the sand
that you can't avoid
the truth is you're never alone
but you get so lonely don't you
you get so lonesome sometimes
there’s a line in the sand
that you can't avoid
the truth is you're never alone
but you get so lonely don't you
you get so lonely don't you
you get so lonely don't you
you get so lonely don't you
lonely lonely
WAITING FOR A VOICE
i looked across a still glass lake
not a ripple on it, not a minnow’s wake
i could see the veins on distant leaves
every detail shining and beckoning
i saw a stranger on the opposite shore
cooking up a meal for me and what’s more
i heard elijah, i’m sure it was him
get into the water man & lose your sin
and heaven is waiting for a choice
waiting for a still clear voice
and heaven is waiting for a choice
waiting for a still clear voice
i’m lifted up above the water line
i fly across to thestranger’s side
i hear elijah calling out from the wild
drink up this water man and lose your pride
and sure as i’m living, i dined with the one
his words were brighter than a billion suns
he sent me running i never get tired
back into the valley where the world had died
and heaven is waiting for a choice
waiting for a a little noise
and heaven is waiting for a choice
waiting for a still clear voice
and now i’m witness to the stranger’s tale
any other story, is doomed to fail
but heaven opened for my wretched soul
and led me to him who made me whole
i look across that sheer glass lake
not a ripple on it, not a minnow’s wake
forever listen for his still small voice
and i am living because of his choice
and heaven is waiting for your choice
waiting for a little noise
and heaven is waiting for a choice
waiting for a still clear voice
and heaven is waiting for a choice
waiting for a still clear voice
and heaven is waiting for a choice
waiting for the still clear voice
TOO FAR GONE
in the comfort of your sorrow
there’s a load of it around
feel it dragging like a millstone
bringing everybody down
in the comfort of your sorrow
keep avoiding every crime
mercy’s promise of tomorrow
or a man doing time
away from you it’s too far gone
away from you it’s too far gone
i’m panning now for gold dust
the oldest river’s silted rust
tho never quite enough love
the yellow lucre in the rough
away from you it’s too far gone
away from you it’s too far gone
in your thorny sorrow grinning
cos you paid in blood before
i’ll take it back to the beginning
and then i’ll bleed a little more
away from you it’s too far gone
away from you it’s too far gone
away from you is just too far gone
too far down, so underground
in the comfort of your sorrow
keep avoiding every crime
mercy’s promise of tomorrow
or a man doing time
TELL THE WORLD
I keep waking from a dream
In the place I love
Into a bigger better dream
In the place I love
I keep waking from a dream
Of the place I love
Into a bigger beautiful dream
In the space I love
Nothing comes closer now than you
In the space I love
No one is nearer now than you
Still not close enough
I gotta tell the world
All about the love of my girl
I gotta hold you up
Cos it's your world
Too late to tell the world
its heart has hardened up
But I keep waking from a dream
In the place I love
Into a bigger beautiful dream
in the place I love
Nothing seems clearer now than you
In the town I love
No one is nearer now than you
You're so undercover
I gotta tell the world
All about the love of my girl
I gotta hold you up
Cos it's your love
Too late to tell the world
its heart has hardened up
But I keep waking from a dream
In the space I love
Into a bigger beautiful dream
In the space I love
Nothing is broken now with you
No light so bright
I gotta tell the world
All about the love of my girl
I gotta hold you up
Cos it's your love
Too late to tell the world
its heart has hardened up
Still I keep walking in a dream
In the space I love
Into a bigger beautiful dream
In the space I love
Nothing is clearer now than you
No light is so bright
No one is nearer now than you
SUBMARINE BLUE
Deeply asleep in a bathysphere
diving way deeper than down
from the pit i have soared in your atmosphere
in the dazzling dark I was found
I go down, submarine blue
heaven knows you pay what's due
I go down, in gratitude found
where the light’s forever new
always some room for apology
forgiving all the people you love
the thing here that isn’t biology
it's the fire in the belly of our love
and you Are a rock solid constance
and it’s lava that flows in your veins
it was gold when I melted from the first kiss
and it’s still liquid gold that remains
on the brink of something spectacular
that’s the way you make it for me
if I get to be the man that I hope to be
will you come to that mountain with me
I go down, submarine blue
heaven knows you pay what's due
I go down, in gratitude found
where the light’s forever new
I go down, submarine blue
heaven knows you pay what's due
I go down, submarine blue
where the light's forever new
SINGING THROUGH THE STORM
singing through the storm
and you're halfway to heaven my friend
in the end you know
you've got to have a change of heart
singing through the storm
walking through the fire
just to let love be you're one desire
and no brighter flame
than living in the name of love
walking through the fire
running from sorrow
the shelter of an open heart
to run to tomorrow
you have to let the tears flow now
singing through the storm
fly your paper plane
at the mercy of the driving rain
to remain in hope
you've got to let your fear go now
fly your paper plane
singing through the storm
and you're halfway to heaven my friend
in the end you know you've got to make a change
you know you've got to have a change of heart
singing through the storm
ONE SUMMER STORM
a summer storm
caught you twice this morning
drenched you twice again this afternoon
and as you ran in thru the doorway screaming
i couldn’t help but fall again
i want you, i want you, i want you
i’m waiting in the rain my love
i need you, i need you, i need you
i’ll take away your pain my love
one summer storm
a chance to lay no plans
a day with idle hands
a day with one command
rest assured you’ll stand
i want you, i want you, i want you
i’m waiting in the rain my love
i need you , i take you , i need you
i’ll take away your pain my love
i want you, i want you, i want you
i’m waiting in the rain my love
i need you, i’ll take you, i need you
i’ll take away your pain my love
i want you, i want you, i want you
i want you out of pain my love
i need you, i need you, i need you
i’ll take away your pain my love
one summer storm
a chance to lay no plans
a day with idle hands
a day with one command
rest assured you stand
HARMONY HOUSE
i’m just too sad she said
i’m just too sad she said
she floats in and out of sleep
she sliding down
i’m just so glad you’re here
i’m just so glad for everyone
it’s too bad for anyone
too bad
i’m just too sad
i’m just too sad
i’m just too sad she said
i’m just too sad
days are heavy and the nights
the nights are everywhere
i’m not too bad she said
i’m just so sad in bed
she soars to harmony house
thru doors to harmony house
i’m just too sad
i’m just too sad
watching the sunsets flare
eh eh eh eh
it’s not so bad she said
let’s not be sad she said
nobody’s shooting at us
nobody
it’s not so bad she said
let’s not be sad she said
nobody’s shooting at us
nobody
it’s not so bad she said
let’s not be sad she said
nobody’s shooting at us
nobody
BURNING LOVE
twenty five, thrilled to be alive
just yesterday you were dancing in the aisle
and how the spirit of our love has grown
because of you i’ve never been alone
the many years they come from up above
‘round the fire of our burning love
twenty five, o and what a ride
how many songs you've given me to write
and how the lovin's from a deeper zone
and baby i never wanna be alone
the many years will fall from up above
‘round the fire of our burning love
you know it's taken us so song
but baby that's just time
and time keeps ticking on
best to pay it no more mind
twenty five, thrilled to be alive
just yesterday we were laying in a pile
many years to come from up above
‘round the fire of our burning love
the many years they fall from up above
‘round the fire of our burning love
BALL OF LIGHT
i’m being followed by a great big ball of light
racing thru space hurtling through time
i’m being swallowed by a blood killer moon
just one solar flare
and i know i’m lost without you too
i’m being followed by a great big ball of light
i’m being shadowed by a lunar madness
my back to the brilliance now
my hands are to the plow
the fuel the battle lines
i’m taking my peace to town
infidels, infidels
infidels, infidels
infidelity darkens my way
i’m being followed by a constant killer wind
i gotta keep my face to the son
my back to the brilliance now
my hands are to the plow
the fuel, the battle lines
i’m taking my piece to town
infidels, infidels
infidels, we’re infidels
infidelity darkens my way
infidelity darkens my way
hunger and hatred now
in the turning of the dirt
i will never lose the hurt
or the flickering flame
infidels, infidels
infidels, we’re infidels
ABOVE THE CITY
there's a rising in the people
to wage a peaceful life
the highway and the steeple
for a good man and his wife
two hearts make a rhythm
an engine-room of song
at the bosom of his woman
where love can do no wrong
we always have each other
to lift each other up
to live above the hunger
still thirsting for the cup
he lives above the city
whose heartbeat quickens dawn
it is no place of pity
in the cold light it is gone
on the surface people scratching
for the purchase of the dust
scratch deeper & they're watching
for the reaper in the rust
others walking thru the walls
in the company of angels
sweet forgiveness in their souls
to welcome any strangers
he lives above the city
where love can do no wrong
this is a place for pity
every heartbeat is a song
and it's only when you're broken
unburdened by you're pride
you can sing of what's unspoken
with nothing else to hide
and he lives above the city
and love can do no wrong
this is a place for pity
every heartbeat is a song