Say That Again
Neil Finn
Say that again, I won't forget
The phrase that turned in my head
And at the start, it makes no sense
A long time left to understand
There on the shore, the girl that I adore
She combs her hair on the sand
And I know, you got to fight the plan
You got to bend the rules
Yeah I know, you got be your own man
You got to break the rules
I think too much, the alphabet
They dance a piroutte in my head
A chance remark become the spark
And maybe luck has come again
The hint of a smile
The accidental rhyme
That captured me the first time
And I know, you’ve got to fight the plan
You got to bend the rules
Yeah I know, you got to be your own man
You've got to make the rules
Midnight is standing in the shadows
This haunting is a reckless escape
Late nights of crawling on the sidewalk
Let's stay on in the mansion for the weekend
Let's go on making moments last a lifetime
We live on in the promises we keep
The hint of a smile
The accidental rhyme
That captured me the first time
I know, you’ve got to fight the plan
You got to bend the rules
Yeah I know, you've got to be your own man
You've got to break the rules
And I know, you've got to be your own man
You've got to make your own rules
Let's go on making moments last a lifetime
We live on in the promises we keep
Song appears on:
Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
Live: Various 2007 live shows available at Nugs
Live: Fangradio Time on Earth special, 25 February 2021
“This one had lyrics that never ended up being in the song, which was about the idea of a ship coming close to you and the distance between, trying to work out how far something is away on the ocean.
Apart from that, it’s just about words. The idea that the person that you love or your muse - the girl that sits on the shore and combs her hair - gives you the inspiration to have courage and be a man. The little things that come along that lodge in your head to make you see things differently and abandon your plan.”