Lyric Strait Old Line
(N Finn) - Conflicting Emotions
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Don t look to the left, don t look to the right
just follow that strait old line...
This could be heaven, or this could be hell
Life could be falling down a bottomless well
I stumble to the left, I stumble to the right
I fumble for the switch, of a disconnected light
Stay with it, don t let temptation be your load
Stay with it, but there are bandits on the road
[chorus:]
Don t look to the left, don t look to the right
Just follow that strait old line
Don t look to the left, don t look to the right
Just follow that strait old line
The road of ambition, it s a casualty trail
Press gangs wait to ambush
The weak and weary
(stay with it)
I had to explore the light and dark
to see the sharp and flat
There s a hundred or more good reasons
not to ever turn your back
[chorus]
[Neil:] Take it Eddie!
[chorus]
don t move!
[ The women that loves you spoon solo from Noel - the most
beautiful piece of music in the world!]
[Noel:] Don t look to the left, don t look to the right
just follow that strait old line.... wait for it!
[Tim:] That Crombie Man - this is for the children s children
not something that we did necessarily well just, this evening
but, well I, I was moved, I m always moved by the sound of those
spoons, they re sort of, smooth, sort of
[Noel:] Best silverware for the night Tim, you would have note,
noted the quality ring. I m sure the audience did.
(pick up on that???)
Stainless steel, it s ok but... sort of where it s at
[Tim:] He s talking! Ladies & Gentleman, I I don t know if you
appreciate what we just experienced, but oh my
[Noel:] I think it s your turn for a little
[Tim:] I don t know if you realise what just happened
[Noel:] Well Tim, I think it s your turn for a little story now
[Tim:] Well that Crombie man, he s just..
[?:] well anything could happen
[Noel:] You re getting, you re jumping in on top of me, no look
it s just not good enough
[Tim:] Excuse me, uh Noel....
[Noel:] They wouldn t like to hear it
[something about a break ]
[Tim:] Sometimes you just have to wail and shout
[snippet of Wail
(E Rayner)]
[Tim:] Here we go!
Thank you Neil, I do need calming down, I got a bit excited then
[Neil:] I think we left the stratosphere then
[Tim:] We did. Thank you
[Neil:] We were voyaging, Tim
[Tim:] You were...
[Neil:] You were voyaging
[Tim:] I was
[Neil:] you were off somewhere
[Tim:] Tah - I confess I was, I was off somewhere else, but, I m back
thank you Neil for drawing me back
[Neil:] Thank you Eddie..
[Tim:] Thank you Eddie..
[Neil:] Thank you Noel..
[Tim:] Noel, thank you Noel..
[Neil:] Nigel
[Tim:] Thank you Nigel
[Neil:] Nigel Griggs, lady and gentlemen!
[Tim:] Nigel Griggs, over here
who havn t we mentioned? Paul Hester, from Wollongong
[Neil:] Paul Hester!.... that s pretty zany Paul
[Tim:] Thank you Paul, I love you
ladies and gentlemen, I d love to do another one, here s a song
from the dizrythmia album, 1977, Neil first joined the band,
Nigel first joined the band. and I m happy to say they re both
with us tonight. And for all the guys, who didn t, get up on the
stage tonight and were part of Split Enz - thank you, thank you,
we mean it...
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Don t look to the left, don t look to the right
just follow that strait old line...
This could be heaven, or this could be hell
Life could be falling down a bottomless well
I stumble to the left, I stumble to the right
I fumble for the switch, of a disconnected light
Stay with it, don t let temptation be your load
Stay with it, but there are bandits on the road
[chorus:]
Don t look to the left, don t look to the right
Just follow that strait old line
Don t look to the left, don t look to the right
Just follow that strait old line
The road of ambition, it s a casualty trail
Press gangs wait to ambush
The weak and weary
(stay with it)
I had to explore the light and dark
to see the sharp and flat
There s a hundred or more good reasons
not to ever turn your back
[chorus]
[Neil:] Take it Eddie!
[chorus]
don t move!
[ The women that loves you spoon solo from Noel - the most
beautiful piece of music in the world!]
[Noel:] Don t look to the left, don t look to the right
just follow that strait old line.... wait for it!
[Tim:] That Crombie Man - this is for the children s children
not something that we did necessarily well just, this evening
but, well I, I was moved, I m always moved by the sound of those
spoons, they re sort of, smooth, sort of
[Noel:] Best silverware for the night Tim, you would have note,
noted the quality ring. I m sure the audience did.
(pick up on that???)
Stainless steel, it s ok but... sort of where it s at
[Tim:] He s talking! Ladies & Gentleman, I I don t know if you
appreciate what we just experienced, but oh my
[Noel:] I think it s your turn for a little
[Tim:] I don t know if you realise what just happened
[Noel:] Well Tim, I think it s your turn for a little story now
[Tim:] Well that Crombie man, he s just..
[?:] well anything could happen
[Noel:] You re getting, you re jumping in on top of me, no look
it s just not good enough
[Tim:] Excuse me, uh Noel....
[Noel:] They wouldn t like to hear it
[something about a break ]
[Tim:] Sometimes you just have to wail and shout
[snippet of Wail
(E Rayner)]
[Tim:] Here we go!
Thank you Neil, I do need calming down, I got a bit excited then
[Neil:] I think we left the stratosphere then
[Tim:] We did. Thank you
[Neil:] We were voyaging, Tim
[Tim:] You were...
[Neil:] You were voyaging
[Tim:] I was
[Neil:] you were off somewhere
[Tim:] Tah - I confess I was, I was off somewhere else, but, I m back
thank you Neil for drawing me back
[Neil:] Thank you Eddie..
[Tim:] Thank you Eddie..
[Neil:] Thank you Noel..
[Tim:] Noel, thank you Noel..
[Neil:] Nigel
[Tim:] Thank you Nigel
[Neil:] Nigel Griggs, lady and gentlemen!
[Tim:] Nigel Griggs, over here
who havn t we mentioned? Paul Hester, from Wollongong
[Neil:] Paul Hester!.... that s pretty zany Paul
[Tim:] Thank you Paul, I love you
ladies and gentlemen, I d love to do another one, here s a song
from the dizrythmia album, 1977, Neil first joined the band,
Nigel first joined the band. and I m happy to say they re both
with us tonight. And for all the guys, who didn t, get up on the
stage tonight and were part of Split Enz - thank you, thank you,
we mean it...
