I wrote the tale in which I dwell
I know precisely how it ends
But I donât believe I have the strength
To see it through again
The tide that pulls me, pulls me down
Is stronger than the fall
I only swam in one direction
Wish to swim no more
I called you
Did you call me?
I always thought of you
As someone I could call
In an emergency
With every pal I had
And with every pal I never had
All fallen by the waysides
Or just rolling overboard
When I put my trust in them
As I put my trust in you
And every compass spins for you
And every ship adrift for you
And hold me
From what I may do
To myself in spite of you
And tender was our fine defeat
And splendid our decline and fall
My eyes were blind
To all but you
I wish to see no more
Now help me to my feet, young man
And guide me to the door
I only ask for one reason
I wish to see no more
I called you
Did you call me?
I always thought of you
As someone I could call
In an emergency
Did you call me?
I was always someone you could lie to
In an emergency
- :
- Beautiful Waste And Other Songs
- Born Sandy Devotional
- Miscellaneous
- In The Pines
- Calenture
- Treeless Plain
- The Black Swan
- Come Ride With Me... Wide Open Road
- Grandson of Dungeon Tape
- Jack Brabham 2010 #2
- Australian Melodrama
- Live - Stockholm
- Also Used and Recommended By
- Tales From the Australian Underground: Singles 1976-1989
- Love in Bright Landscapes
- Indie #2: 1981-1987
- Wide Open Road
- Field of Glass
- Trick of the Light
- Goodbye Little Boy