Anytime
Neil Finn
I see a dog upon the road
Running hard to catch a cat
My car is pulling to a halt
The truck behind me doesn’t know
Everything is in the balance
Of a moment I can’t control
And your sympathetic strings
Are like the stirrings in my soul
I could go at anytime
There’s nothing safe about this life
I could go at anytime
Find the meaning of the act
Remember how it goes
Every time you take the water
And you swim against the flow
The world is all around us
The days are flying past
And fear is so contagious
But I’m not afraid to laugh
I could go at anytime
There’s nothing safe about this life
I could go at anytime
Anytime (come without warning)
Anytime (it could be so easy)
A walk in the park (or maybe when I’m sleeping)
Anytime (see the clouds come over)
Rain or shine (I make you so unhappy)
Lets make it right
I feel like I’m in love
With a stranger I’ll never know
Although you’re still a mystery
I’m so glad I’m not alone
I could go at anytime
There’s nothing safe about this life
Make it so easy to fly in the night
I could go at anytime
I could go at anytime
Song appears on:
Neil Finn - One Nil (Album, 2001)
Neil Finn - One All (US/Canada album, 2002)
Live: Fangradio webcasts 2020
“I was walking my dog and he ran out in the middle of the road and got bowled by a bus. That sparked the first line. He was chasing a cat at the time. You get a little notion like that and it sets you off. It’s an age old theme: if you understand and recognise, every day of your life, that you are going to die, then things that you apply yourself to, and the way you react and deal with people around you, is a lot more real and meaningful.
It’s not a morbid thought. it’s just kind of ‘what’s real and what’s not.’ Well, what’s real is that we’re here very temporarily and you’d better get on with it and get onto the good stuff.”