Well just the other night I come home
After three months of constant grind and travel
And I went sniveling
I went crawling around to my girlfriend's house
And she came down hard upon me
And she ground her finger into my breastbone
And she said
She said: "You don't make me feel... like I'm a woman... anymore
And you don't make me feel like I'm a woman any more
You don't make me feel like I'm a woman any more
And I know
I know it's been a long time
Seems like it's been go-ing on forever
And my heart
My heart is beating
Too big
It's beating too big for the space that's meant to hold it
So good-night
Goodnight my little lovely
As we turn
As we turn down the lights
Say good-bye
Goodbye to the naked truth
Your skin is looking weary
And your eyes are closing down on the day
I know, I know it's been a long time
Seems like it's been going on forever
But just as black is white
Yeah and just as night is day
The light is going to leave you
And you're gonna fade away
So goodnight, goodbye my lovely
As we turn, as we turn down the lights
Say goodnight, goodnight to the naked truth
Your skin is looking weary
And your eyes are closing down on the day
Hunters & Collectors - Human Frailty Album Lyrics
Hunters & Collectors - Human Frailty Lyrics
Writer: JOHN MELVILLE LEE ARCHER, DOUGLAS JAMES FALCONER, JOHN ALBERT HOWARD, ROBERT DAVID MILES, MARK JEREMY SEYMOUR, JEREMY STUART SMITH, MICHAEL BERNARD WATERS
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Throw Your Arms Around Me
I will come for you at night time
I will raise you from your sleep
I will kiss you in four places
As I go running along your street
I will squeeze the life out of you
You will make me laugh and make me cry
We will never forget it
You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky
We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
I dreamed of you at night time
And I watched you in your sleep
I met you in high places
I touched your head and touched your feet
So if you disappear out of view
You know, I will never say goodbye
Though I try to forget it
You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky
We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
Yeah you will throw you arms around me
(repeat to end)
I will raise you from your sleep
I will kiss you in four places
As I go running along your street
I will squeeze the life out of you
You will make me laugh and make me cry
We will never forget it
You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky
We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
I dreamed of you at night time
And I watched you in your sleep
I met you in high places
I touched your head and touched your feet
So if you disappear out of view
You know, I will never say goodbye
Though I try to forget it
You will make me call your name and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky
We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
Yeah you will throw you arms around me
(repeat to end)
Writer: DOUG FALCONER, GEOFFREY FRANKLIN CROSBY, JOHN HOWARD, JOHN MELVILLE LEE ARCHER, MARK JEREMY SEYMOUR, MICHAEL WATERS, ROBERT MILES
Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Copyright: Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Dog
Come around in the morning and I come around at night
Sniff it in the air in the morning light
Here's love and the world we're lost
Learned how to bark and I learned how to bite
And when you start bleeding you talk all night
Here's the place where the scent got lost
Scratched at the gate and I scratched at the ground
My hair stands up when the gate swings round
It's all comin' out into the open and I'm lickin' your hand all over
It's all comin' out into the open and I'm lickin' your hand all over
Come around in the morning and I come around at night
Sniff it in the air in the morning light
Here's love and the world well lost
Learned how to bark and I learned how to bite
And when you start bleeding you talk all night
Here's the place where the scent got lost
Your name is Hazel, the hammer and tongs girl
You got fingers like ginger-roots
Now it's all comin' out into the open and I'm lickin' your hand all over
Now it's all comin' out into the open and I'm lickin' your hand all over
Here is a love and a world, we're lost
Here is a love and a world, we're lost
And it's all coming out in the open
Lickin' your hand all over
Lickin' your hand all over
Lickin' your hand all over
Lickin' your hand all over
Sniff it in the air in the morning light
Here's love and the world we're lost
Learned how to bark and I learned how to bite
And when you start bleeding you talk all night
Here's the place where the scent got lost
Scratched at the gate and I scratched at the ground
My hair stands up when the gate swings round
It's all comin' out into the open and I'm lickin' your hand all over
It's all comin' out into the open and I'm lickin' your hand all over
Come around in the morning and I come around at night
Sniff it in the air in the morning light
Here's love and the world well lost
Learned how to bark and I learned how to bite
And when you start bleeding you talk all night
Here's the place where the scent got lost
Your name is Hazel, the hammer and tongs girl
You got fingers like ginger-roots
Now it's all comin' out into the open and I'm lickin' your hand all over
Now it's all comin' out into the open and I'm lickin' your hand all over
Here is a love and a world, we're lost
Here is a love and a world, we're lost
And it's all coming out in the open
Lickin' your hand all over
Lickin' your hand all over
Lickin' your hand all over
Lickin' your hand all over
Writer: JOHN MELVILLE LEE ARCHER, DOUGLAS JAMES FALCONER, JOHN ALBERT HOWARD, ROBERT DAVID MILES, MARK JEREMY SEYMOUR, JEREMY STUART SMITH, MICHAEL BERNARD WATERS
Copyright: Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
Everythings On Fire
If I don't come home before midnight
And I call out your name in the dark
You'll know that I've been tempted
And I'll know that I've got no heart
And I'll know I won't be expected
And you'll think we're drifting apart
And I might as well be blowing at the top of the world
When my fingers find your body in the dark
Everything's on fire
Everything's on fire
So if I don't come home before midnight
And I can't find the keyhole in the dark
Burn the place down, make it glow like Christmas
The tenderness that's burning in my heart
Everything's on fire
Everything's on fire
[repeat]
If you can't open your eyes in the morning
If some maniac has been and left his mark
I'll be round to sift through the cinders
Lift the lid and take the thing apart
Everything's on fire
Everything's on fire
[repeat]
So to all you feelers and fumblers
Waiting for the fireworks to start
Do it now-blow it up yourself
Unbutton the butcher in your heart.
And if I don't come home before midnight
And I can't find the keyhole in the dark
You'll know, you'll know that I've been tempted
You'll know, you'll know we're drifting apart.
Everything's on fire
Everything's on fire
[repeat]
And I call out your name in the dark
You'll know that I've been tempted
And I'll know that I've got no heart
And I'll know I won't be expected
And you'll think we're drifting apart
And I might as well be blowing at the top of the world
When my fingers find your body in the dark
Everything's on fire
Everything's on fire
So if I don't come home before midnight
And I can't find the keyhole in the dark
Burn the place down, make it glow like Christmas
The tenderness that's burning in my heart
Everything's on fire
Everything's on fire
[repeat]
If you can't open your eyes in the morning
If some maniac has been and left his mark
I'll be round to sift through the cinders
Lift the lid and take the thing apart
Everything's on fire
Everything's on fire
[repeat]
So to all you feelers and fumblers
Waiting for the fireworks to start
Do it now-blow it up yourself
Unbutton the butcher in your heart.
And if I don't come home before midnight
And I can't find the keyhole in the dark
You'll know, you'll know that I've been tempted
You'll know, you'll know we're drifting apart.
Everything's on fire
Everything's on fire
[repeat]
Writer: JOHN MELVILLE LEE ARCHER, DOUGLAS JAMES FALCONER, JOHN ALBERT HOWARD, ROBERT DAVID MILES, MARK JEREMY SEYMOUR, JEREMY STUART SMITH, MICHAEL BERNARD WATERS
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Relief
You can't make mother cry
You can't make her twist her ragged hair
You can't make mother groan
Even when her soldier sonny
Shakes his iron cocktail in the air...
You can't make mother cry
You can't make her give consent
Though she flounders at the drainboard
Though her back be down there and bent
If sleeping brings relief
She can go lie down and slumber
If sleeping brings relief
She can go lie down and slumber
If sleeping brings relief
She can go... lie down and slumber...
Slumber
She puts her hands down into the sink
Scrapes the grunge up off the bottom
Down there beneath the dishes
Where the knives lie crossed and waiting
She can't stop the kiddies talking
Their tongues be loosed upon the world
They flap until they lather
For the agony of millions
And if sleeping brings relief
They can go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
They can go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
They can... go lie down and slumber
Slumber...
And there be no release from anguish
For this slapstick generation
And there be no peace for all the kiddies
'Cause they're too satisfied to care
And the field of gorgeous bodies
Primed and ready in the sun
And the white flag of peace
That is hanging
Limp and useless in the air...
And the white flag of peace
That is hanging
Limp and useless in the air, yeah!
And if sleeping brings relief
You can all go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
You can go lie down and slumber...
Slumber...
You can't make her twist her ragged hair
You can't make mother groan
Even when her soldier sonny
Shakes his iron cocktail in the air...
You can't make mother cry
You can't make her give consent
Though she flounders at the drainboard
Though her back be down there and bent
If sleeping brings relief
She can go lie down and slumber
If sleeping brings relief
She can go lie down and slumber
If sleeping brings relief
She can go... lie down and slumber...
Slumber
She puts her hands down into the sink
Scrapes the grunge up off the bottom
Down there beneath the dishes
Where the knives lie crossed and waiting
She can't stop the kiddies talking
Their tongues be loosed upon the world
They flap until they lather
For the agony of millions
And if sleeping brings relief
They can go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
They can go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
They can... go lie down and slumber
Slumber...
And there be no release from anguish
For this slapstick generation
And there be no peace for all the kiddies
'Cause they're too satisfied to care
And the field of gorgeous bodies
Primed and ready in the sun
And the white flag of peace
That is hanging
Limp and useless in the air...
And the white flag of peace
That is hanging
Limp and useless in the air, yeah!
And if sleeping brings relief
You can all go lie down and slumber
And if sleeping brings relief
You can go lie down and slumber...
Slumber...
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
The Finger
Took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
Took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
Driven under 20k of rain
I had to crawl, I had to beg,
I had to pay for it through the nose
To get into this tiny shiftless room
With the barheater broken
And the stale chips in the oven
And the fly there on the table
With its legs stuck in the butterblock
Well here it is, here it is
The one place that's small enough to hold a finger tight
A well-oiled rat's nest on a shapeless summer night
Shapeless summer night
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
Took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
It took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
We made the whole building sway
Made the whole city shudder
You off in one corner
And me back here in the other
Well here it is
Here it is
The one place that's small enough to hold a finger tight
A well-oiled rat's nest on a shapeless summer night
Shapeless summer night
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
Took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
Driven under 20k of rain
I had to crawl, I had to beg,
I had to pay for it through the nose
To get into this tiny shiftless room
With the barheater broken
And the stale chips in the oven
And the fly there on the table
With its legs stuck in the butterblock
Well here it is, here it is
The one place that's small enough to hold a finger tight
A well-oiled rat's nest on a shapeless summer night
Shapeless summer night
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
Took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
It took a lie, took a lie, took a lifetime
We made the whole building sway
Made the whole city shudder
You off in one corner
And me back here in the other
Well here it is
Here it is
The one place that's small enough to hold a finger tight
A well-oiled rat's nest on a shapeless summer night
Shapeless summer night
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
I fanged it, I fanged it
Writer: DOUGLAS JAMES FALCONER, JEREMY STUART SMITH, JOHN ALBERT HOWARD, JOHN MELVILLE LEE ARCHER, MARK JEREMY SEYMOUR, MICHAEL BERNARD WATERS, ROBERT DAVID MILES
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
99th Home Position
If the man must be
Sleepin' at home all the time
And the woman must be
Out workin' all the time...
Yeah, no matter which,
No matter which woman he has
And no matter how many
How many men she has
They all gotta go...
Back to home position
They all gotta know
The 99th home position
Do you wanna work?
Do you wanna be sanctified?
Oh do you wanna come round?
Do you wanna be right--do you wanna be right?
Yeah see you in the desert, see you in the town,
Here's your precious life
Buried underground
I hear you singin'
Hear you comin' round
Now you are lost--
Do you wanna be found?
Do you wanna be found?
Hear me call...
Hear me call
Do you wanna know...
The 99th home position
Yeah the man must take her
Indoors all the time
And the woman must take him
Outdoors all the time
Yeah no matter which
No matter which man she keeps
And no matter how long,
No matter how long he sleeps
They all gotta go...
Back to home position
They gotta know...
The 99th home position
They all gotta know...
The 99th home position
Sleepin' at home all the time
And the woman must be
Out workin' all the time...
Yeah, no matter which,
No matter which woman he has
And no matter how many
How many men she has
They all gotta go...
Back to home position
They all gotta know
The 99th home position
Do you wanna work?
Do you wanna be sanctified?
Oh do you wanna come round?
Do you wanna be right--do you wanna be right?
Yeah see you in the desert, see you in the town,
Here's your precious life
Buried underground
I hear you singin'
Hear you comin' round
Now you are lost--
Do you wanna be found?
Do you wanna be found?
Hear me call...
Hear me call
Do you wanna know...
The 99th home position
Yeah the man must take her
Indoors all the time
And the woman must take him
Outdoors all the time
Yeah no matter which
No matter which man she keeps
And no matter how long,
No matter how long he sleeps
They all gotta go...
Back to home position
They gotta know...
The 99th home position
They all gotta know...
The 99th home position
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Is There Anybody In There
Well, I was lookin' out the window
There's nothing there to see
I needed inspiration
So I turned on the TV
Is there anybody in there?
Well, Reagan finally cracked
and the Yankees went to war
We peeled away the bandages
And looked into the sore
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Yeh, well...
Well everyone was watching
As we counted out the dead
All these people bleeding
In someone else's head
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Don't leave it uncovered
Better cover it over
Don't leave it uncovered
Better cover it over
Don't leave it uncovered
Cover it over
I got the box between my hands
I shook it all around
I got Judgment Day on long form
But there wasn't any sound
Is there anybody in there?
So I bolted out the backgate
I can't watch TV no more
What with all these dyin' children
Screamin' at my door.
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Yeh, is there anybody in there?
Did you ever ask yourself?
Did you ever wonder why?
Why you quake and tremble
When you look up at the sky?
Don't leave it uncovered
Better cover it over
Don't leave it uncovered
Better cover it over
Don't leave it uncovered
Cover it over
Yeeeaah
There's nothing there to see
I needed inspiration
So I turned on the TV
Is there anybody in there?
Well, Reagan finally cracked
and the Yankees went to war
We peeled away the bandages
And looked into the sore
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Yeh, well...
Well everyone was watching
As we counted out the dead
All these people bleeding
In someone else's head
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Don't leave it uncovered
Better cover it over
Don't leave it uncovered
Better cover it over
Don't leave it uncovered
Cover it over
I got the box between my hands
I shook it all around
I got Judgment Day on long form
But there wasn't any sound
Is there anybody in there?
So I bolted out the backgate
I can't watch TV no more
What with all these dyin' children
Screamin' at my door.
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Is there anybody in there?
Yeh, is there anybody in there?
Did you ever ask yourself?
Did you ever wonder why?
Why you quake and tremble
When you look up at the sky?
Don't leave it uncovered
Better cover it over
Don't leave it uncovered
Better cover it over
Don't leave it uncovered
Cover it over
Yeeeaah
Writer: Douglas Falconer, Jeremy Smith, John Archer, John Howard, Mark Seymour, Michael Waters, Robert Miles
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
Stuck On You
I've been hearing round the town
You've been out and getting round
Whether it's right or whether it's true
I'm stuck here and I'm stuck on you
Oh no, I heard you talk in your sleep
You keep your head down and you stare at your feet
You won't look up, but you won't look away
You give the same answers no matter what I say
No matter what I say
I've been hearing round the town
You've been out and messing round
Whether it's right or whether it's true,
I'm stuck here and I'm stuck on you.
Oh no, I heard you talk in your sleep
You keep your head down and you stare at your feet.
You won't look up, but you won't look away
You give the same answers no matter what I say
No matter what I say
No matter what I say
I've been hearing round the town
You've been out and getting round
Whether it's right or whether it's true
I'm stuck here and I'm stuck on you
Oh no, I heard you talk in your sleep
You keep your head down and you stare at your feet
You won't look up, but you won't look away
You give the same answers no matter what I say
No matter what I say
I've been hearing round the town
You've been out and messing round
Whether it's right or whether it's true,
I'm stuck here and I'm stuck on you.
Oh no, I heard you talk in your sleep
You keep your head down and you stare at your feet.
You won't look up, but you won't look away
You give the same answers no matter what I say
No matter what I say
No matter what I say
I've been hearing round the town
Writer: IAN RILEN, STEPHANIE RILEN
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group
This Morning
I know, I know
She's gonna go this morning
No sun will shine today
And this body's feeling strained and dispossessed
Full of fear and trembling for her,
Her last words to go away, yeah...
But blind faith's trying to tell me it isn't over
Tell me it do not have to be
And storm water's weeping on my bedroom window
Blow me up and throw me up and
Please...come on and please me
Tease...come on and tease me
Please...come on and please me
Yeah, come on and tease me...
If you say you want me
I won't say no
'Cause nothing's gonna pacify, satisfy
That rattling window
If you say you want me
I won't say no
'Cause nothing's gonna pacify, satisfy
That rattling window
I know, I know
She's gonna go this morning
No sun will shine today
And this body's feeling strained and dispossessed
Full of fear and trembling for her,
Her last words to go away
But blind faith's trying to tell me it isn't over
Tell me it do not have to be
Storm water's weeping on my bedroom window
Throw me up and blow me up and
Please...come on and please me
Tease...come on and tease me
Yeah, please...come on and please me
Yeah, you gotta tease me...
If you say you want me, I won't say no
'Cause nothing's gonna pacify, satisfy
Pacify, satisfy, pacify, satisfy
That rattling window
She's gonna go this morning
No sun will shine today
And this body's feeling strained and dispossessed
Full of fear and trembling for her,
Her last words to go away, yeah...
But blind faith's trying to tell me it isn't over
Tell me it do not have to be
And storm water's weeping on my bedroom window
Blow me up and throw me up and
Please...come on and please me
Tease...come on and tease me
Please...come on and please me
Yeah, come on and tease me...
If you say you want me
I won't say no
'Cause nothing's gonna pacify, satisfy
That rattling window
If you say you want me
I won't say no
'Cause nothing's gonna pacify, satisfy
That rattling window
I know, I know
She's gonna go this morning
No sun will shine today
And this body's feeling strained and dispossessed
Full of fear and trembling for her,
Her last words to go away
But blind faith's trying to tell me it isn't over
Tell me it do not have to be
Storm water's weeping on my bedroom window
Throw me up and blow me up and
Please...come on and please me
Tease...come on and tease me
Yeah, please...come on and please me
Yeah, you gotta tease me...
If you say you want me, I won't say no
'Cause nothing's gonna pacify, satisfy
Pacify, satisfy, pacify, satisfy
That rattling window
Writer: ROBERT MILES, MARK SEYMOUR, JEREMY SMITH, MICHAEL WATERS, JOHN ARCHER, DOUG FALCONER, JACK HOWARD
Copyright: Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
Copyright: Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
Human Frailty is the fourth studio album by Australian rock band Hunters & Collectors, which was released on 7 April 1986. It was a commercial and critical success. The album peaked at No. 10 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart and No. 5 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. Four singles were issued from the album, "Say Goodbye", which reached No. 24 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart; "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (a re-recorded version of a previous single), No. 49; "Everything's on Fire", No. 78; and "Is There Anybody in There", which did not chart in Australia but did reach No. 41 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.
At the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the album was nominated for Best Australian Album.
In October 2010 Human Frailty was listed at No. 18 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.
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Hunters & CollectorsAt the 1986 Countdown Australian Music Awards the album was nominated for Best Australian Album.
In October 2010 Human Frailty was listed at No. 18 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.
Genre(s): Australian rock
Producer(s): Gavin MacKillop, Hunters & Collectors
Length: 53:19
Released: April 7th, 1986
Year: 1986