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Time Immemorial
Neil Finn

Start in the way that you want to go on
Tear down the fence that you sit upon
It was good while it lasted but now it has gone
So face up to what you have done

For time immemorial, time immemorial, time
A glorious contest to find the invincible one

And I will know everything there is
Goodbye to you and your money
And I will go anywhere you say
If you take away all the cameras

The house that we live in is falling apart
There’s no guarantee ’cause we got it for free
And all the pretenders to somebody’s throne
Are finding it out on their own

For time immemorial, time immemorial, time
We’ll go on a mission to find the invincible one

And I will know everything there is
Goodbye to you and your public
And I will go everywhere you say
If you don’t charge admission

Okay, we’re lucky, but then again

For time immemorial, time immemorial, time
We’ll go on a mission to find the invincible one

And I will know everything there is
Goodbye to you and your money
And I will go anywhere you say
If you sell me the show, the secrets of your house

And I will know everything you say
Take away all the cameras, the cameras
And I will go anywhere you say
If you don’t charge admission, admission

Song appears on:

Crowded House - Afterglow (compilation, 1999)

Live: Crowded House at Atlantic City, New Jersey, 24 July 2010

Live: Various Fangradio broadcasts 2020-2021

 
 
Time Immemorial is one of the songs with I Love You Dawn and Dr Livingstone that was recorded very early on in the preparations for Woodface. It’s a song I was always very fond of but for some reason Mitchell Froom at the time thought it sounded a bit too folky and I guess that’s why it didn’t make the grade. There was also a degree of lyrical ambiguity about it now but I kind of resolved that dilemma in following years.
— Neil Finn, 1999

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