Better Be Home Soon
Neil Finn
Somewhere deep inside
Something’s got a hold on you
And it’s pushing me aside
See it stretch on forever
I know I’m right
For the first time in my life
That’s why I tell you
You’d better be home soon
Stripping back the coats
Of lies and deception
Back to nothingness
Like a week in the desert
I know I’m right
For the first time in my life
That’s why I tell you
You’d better be home soon
So don’t say no
Don’t say nothing’s wrong
Cause when you get back home
Maybe I’ll be gone
When the lights go down
When you’ve had your fill
When there’s nothing left
It would cause me pain
If we were to end it
But I could start again
You can depend on it
I know I’m right
For the first time in my life
That’s why I tell you
You’d better be home soon
That’s why I tell you
You’d better be home soon
Song appears on:
Crowded House - Temple Of Low Men (1988 album)
Live: Fangradio broadcasts 2020-2021
“There was a lot of anticipation for that song. The record company really wanted to go for that 100 miles an hour [as the first single] so we let them. In one way it’s kind of strange, because it’s not that representative of the rest of the record. The good thing about it - it shows us that more than any other song probably - is it’s the song in a Crowded House set that people can sing from beginning to end very easily, in a group context, community singing and all that. That’s always been a pretty important thing for us.”
