Icehouse is an Australian rock Rock music band, formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Initially known in Australia for their pub rock Pub rock (Australia) style, they later achieved mainstream success playing new wave new wave music and synthpop style music and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the U.S. The mainstay of both Flowers and Icehouse has been Iva Davies (singer-songwriter, record producer, guitar... [read more] - Girl In The Moon
You got a long face, no placeEverywhere a bad case of nowhere newsAnd the weather man telling meAll of the time" ... looks like rain ... "Put on my Cadillac bootsAnd my magazine jeansThough the colours don't rhymeAnd...
- Nothing Too Serious
Twenty storey buildings coming down on memountain ranges sliding into the searivers of blood, running redI got a broken heart and a broken headI had a little accidentnothing too seriioustake a look at...
- Sunrise
On the edge of the bayA day just like the nextThey gather their netsAnd face their boats aroundOver the rooftopsHear the hum of wingsIn seventeen secondsThe world explodesAnd it buries the night a brave new...
- Man Of Colours
There's a noise upstairs in the atticit's the shuffle of worn out shoesand the scent of the oil and brushesdrifts down like a pale perfumeand he says, "I...I am a man,a simple man,...a man of colours,and...
- My Obsession
I used to be the one who made you feelSo safe and strongI could always make it rightWhen everything was going wrongI don't know why it seemsSo different nowI'm on my ownAnd I don't know what it isThat scares me when...
- The Kingdom
One of those daysthat just comes and goesit's not so specialshe watches the birdsthat rest on a ledgeoutside her roomthe wallpaper old and fadeda crack in the window panethe radio just keeps playingplaying that same...
- Heartbreak Kid
Dusty wind blew 'cross the high plainsas a stranger rode into townwith a certain reputationfor the ladies and a gunhe walked to the bar so casualjust as easy as you pleasehe was bound to do some damagewith those...
- Anybody's War
Her arms around a flag of blueHis clours flying black and whiteShe hears the voice between the linesHe hears the warning, he turns his blackAnybody's warWho is there to catch the piecesAnybody's warFaces we don't...
- Sam The Man
Hello! Hello!Who's your lady friend?He's got his finger on the triggerA bad case of the shakesA Hollywood apartmentAnd a car with no brakesAfter close investigationAt the scene of the crimeHe's getting down to...
- Judas
Always stand in the shadows,turn your back to the lightnow we want to see the facebehind the namecross your palm with silver,see it shining so brightyou know there has to besomeone to take the blameyou...
- Feed The Machine
It's living and it's breathingIt's growing deep inside meJust like a disease, yeahJust like a diseaseSwallowed up and slowly strangedEvery second is eternalAnd I just don't need itAnd I just don't need itI am sleeping...
- Stolen Guitar
Suzie never met anybody famousThat was in the beginningOut of the window with a couple of girfriendsAnd her red leather boots onPitching out on the street in a raincoatShe never needed a licenseShe was one step ahead...
- Big Wheel
Mmm, alrightYeah, hotRevolution in the cityRevolution in the streetWhen the circle is in motionThen the circle is complete, yeahI'm watching a big wheelInside of a big wheelThat's part of a big wheelTurn it roundTurn...
- Invisible People
Yeah, yeahThe invisible peopleYeah, yeahWalking in the gardenFlowers dyingThe garden is a jungleEverywhereBlack rain is coming downAnd nobody is watchingBut I see you thereCHORUSI know you're not a numberYou got a...
- Goodbye, Valentine
We were living in this matchboxWell, it must be quite some timeI was slaving at the steel millEvery day on the production lineAnd I came home one summer eveningThe place was empty, ain't that strange?She left a...
- The System
Somewhere in SiberiaThere will be a small explosionParticles like dustAre released and slowly growingYou will hear a tiny voiceAnd when you hear it, you will know itA circuit has been broken(The system,...
- Satellite
Satellite, satelliteSatellite, satelliteShe's got a wall full of pinupsAnd magazine photosShe teases her hairAs she tries on the posesJust stands at the T.V.While she's filing her nailsAnd sighs, "Maybe"And I am...
- Cadillac
Just sit back and relaxWell, come take a little rideThis a limousine, babyWhat you see is what you getWell, the red lights are flashingThey're crashing the carIt's a Cadillac, babyCadillac, babyTurn on the television...
- Mysterious Thing
She tells me that she has to goShe says that it's all over nowShe knows how to break meShe knows that it's easyBut when the rain is coming inShe calls me on the telephone, she says,"Where did you get to?So come on I...
- Uniform
Well you want to be in the gangAnd you've got, got to join the teamTo be on the team, you must play to winYou play to win, you may not make it homeUp the hill, down againYou're the one, you're the oneEverybody wears...
- Over The Line
You wander alone on your way down the same old roadsstand by the corner, watch as the world goes byliving on the outside, they don't understand youand there's something that tells youit isn't meant to be this wayout...
- Glam
Dedicated to Glam...Dedicated to Glam...Dedicated to Glam...Dedicated to Glam...Dedicated to Glam...Dedicated to Glam...Dedicated to Glam...Dedicated to Glam...Dedicated to Glam...
- Love In Motion
Give you my heart and soulI give you everythingPut it all in your handsNow is it such a sinUh huh round againTaking that back step one more timeOh no there she goesLook at that girl love in motionI'm gonna follow...
- Street Cafe
if there were no tomorrowsif there was just one more chanceI'd take it againyou know I'd take it againyou turn and it's gone foreverin time you forgetyou know that's loveit's only loveand no matter where the days have...
- One By One
Here in this empty roomThe memory still remainsYou may never learnYou make the same mistakes againOne by one...You count them one by oneDays that were lost and foundThe memory still remainsHere in this empty roomYou...
- Great Southern Land
Standing at the limit of an endless oceanstranded like a runaway, lost at seacity on a rainy day down in the harbourwatching as the grey clouds shadow the baylooking everywhere 'cause I had to find youthis is not the...
- Trojan Blue
The soldiers standing on the shoreShake up their golden shieldsYou watch them from your roomHigh on the city wallsIn the distance on the shifting seaA thousand coloured sailsIs this the moment you made?Is this the way...
- Hey Little Girl (Extended Version)
Hey hey, when everything goes wrong, sometimes it makes no sense Hey hey, there once was a time, I should have known better then Hey hey, although you may try, it won't come your way again Hey little girl, where will...
- Hey Little Girl
When everything goes wrongsometimes it makes no sensethere once was a timeI should have known better thenalthough you may tryit won't come your way againHey, little girlwhere will you hidewho can you run to nowHey,...
- Break These Chains
Tell me, where are you nownow you know the way it feelsit was always easy for youyou've never been so down beforeI saw you turning to goI saw you walk away from mebut I don't have to play your gameI never did belong...
- Goodnight, Mr. Matthews
I'm playing my cards on the table no secrets, no sense of direction its tough, baby, it's no party I said something I lost a connection And it's all I can do to forget about you loving you is such a fascination 'cause...
- The Great Divide
THE GREAT DIVIDE (I. Davies)----------------------------Where the moon sinks low in the southern skyOn the open plains, where the river runs dryWell, his feet are bare, bare and dusty brownAnd a hot wind blows over...
- Harbour Town
Well, you can see these peopleat the end of every working daydown at the local baror maybe hanging out in some dark cafedown on the waterfrontas the big grey boats come steaming on homeit's anybody's guesswhere the...
- Jericho Bay
every night, he comes home late,and if she's lucky he'll just pass her byevery night, she sits and waitsthough he never thought to ask her whybroken table in the kitchen, neighbours wake and listenhe complains about...
- Miss Divine
Hey yeahHey yeahI was spellbound by Miss DivineHey yeahHey yeahI was spellbound by Miss DivineYou were always the one who would danceon a sheet of thin iceAlways one step aheadAlways holding the winning aceThinking...
- Anything Is Possible
oh, I, I had the strangest dreamand they made a deal and they drew the lineand they built a wall right across the townwe ran, but we could not hidewe were fifty years marching round and roundwe were fifty years when...
- Big Fun
Jack threw a party on a Saturday nightand everybody was coming alongGeorgie Porgie, Pudding and Piecows jumping over the moonthe owl and the pussy cat went to seesee what was going downall the king's horses and all...
- Miracle Mile
between the neon and the dawnwas Saturday nightthe spell is broken, crowd has goneleft out on the streetbut who is going to be the oneto put the pieces back againand who is there to see the facesof the ones they left...
- Mercy On The Boy
if I ever get out of herewell I might just set alight to this townswinging out that ball and chaingonna, bring these four walls tumbling downso you take a fool like meyeah and throw away the keyspend my wasted days...
- Charlie's Sky
Charlie was just a boyLaid back in an open field andFollowed those distant wingsAround in lazy circles"When are they gonna come down?" he said,"Or are they watching overMe here on the ground instead?""Or maybe they...
- Wind And Sail
Now as the early light is catching the foldsBlack lace and satin wrapped, wrapped up against her faceShe turns her frozen steps that break the frost and coldBeyond the misty bay, still sleeping to the east"too many...
- Knocking 'Em Down
Well, there's no way out of Marrickvillefor the son of the hard working manwhere the punk who has the muscleis the leader of the local gangWell, there ain't no time for discussionand there ain't no time to wasteyou...
- Where The River Meets The Sea
I know it isn't right, ah yeahfaith has been brokenand if I have to wait I willI will be waiting'cos I watched as the rain come downand I held it in the palm of my handsome things will never changeit's just a matter...
- Nothing To Do
I'm finding my feetabsolutely midseason mediocre streetI got nothing to saywant nothing to dowith people like youthere's nothing to seeyou see there's nothing like a good timewell I rememberI heard it on the radioand...
- Can't Help Myself
She comes walking down the streetThat's the kind, hey,That's the kind I want to meetI think I'm making it upI should be putting it downand it's beginning to showI get it fixed in my headand it won't let goOh, I can't...
- Skin
The masquerader in the mirrorappears to be a certain stranger to mehe slips a film of glow through glow on his handand paints my features where his face ought to beyoung flesh, young frameslow pulse, no paininside my...
- My Obsession Is You
I used to be the one who made you feel so safe and strong I could always make it right when everything was going wrong I don't know why it seems no different now I'm on my own And I don't know what it is that scares...
- Icehouse
It's always cold inside the icehousethough the rivers never freezethere's a girl outside the icehouseI can see her clearly though the treesand now she's dreaming of a new loveand she hopes he'll be there soonbut she's...
- All The Way
As the sun is sinkingDeep in the west, the day makes an endThat's when love is stealingAround every corner, around every bendFalling for temptationWell, I've already made that very mistakeShe puts an offer to meToo...
- Sons
We don't know this placethis wasted stretch of landand these steaming horizonsit's locked in our pastit's stragely so familiarlike a scar on our memoryno sign of the ancient heroeswho gave us this one last hourit's so...
- Boulevarde
The Paris hearts all line the boulevardeshe shows her hand and says, "please take a card"bouquets and lacea femme fatale faceshe breaks the hearts along the boulevardebut beggers buy love on the boulevardeand red...
- Walls
Listenif you listenyou will hear an endless heartbeaton the insidethrough the wallsthe sound is crawlingdown the corridors and hallsit cracks the ceilingthe windows and the doorsall the rest won't listenthough the...
- Sister
There's something you ought to knowabout the latest modelshe's not the usual kindshe's made of mindless metalshe's not exactly normalbut I don't care she'sgot to be the onegot to be the twogot to be the...
- Not My Kind
Inside this city, on this empty trainhoping that the late night never lets me goI travel to the station, to the undergroundWhere the dark is a friend to mewe race along the subwayshe's a cold hand on my shoulderhe has...
- Send Somebody
We all need somethingto believeand I need somewayto be what I am'cause it's my worldto take up the chanceand it's my lifeI do what I cancan you send somebodyI don't want to bethe lone survivorcan you send somebodycan...
- We Can Get Together
There must be something we can talk aboutand maybe there's something here that we can dono matter what your friends say, don't go too farremember there's just one thingwhenever you come this wayyou know I wouldn't get...
- Fatman
Fatman, fatman, fatman, fatmanOn Second Avenue, night life is second natureBlack jazz in numbers landAffairs are all night longThe girl's best friend is a fatmanHe gives her pearls and diamondsSometimes she looks so...
- On My Mind
Out on the high-wayWhere does it go?Don't think I really care nowAnd I just knowI don't need you nowDoes it matterI'm going nowhereWell I said to myselfI got to leave herFar behind butBut now I wonder,It's all very...
- Don't Believe Anymore
I never counted on this'cause that's the way that it goes, yeahYou used to be someone I knew,somebody I could understand but,now I don't know what to doand I don't know who you are nowAll the things I hear you sayYou...
- Dance On
ShineWith these angel eyesRushing onDance away the tearsWhen you get the feeling that I tell youAll you gotta do is let it take youDance onOh, dance onAny timeAny place will doFeeling goodAre you feeling blue?I know...
- Sidewalk
Sidewalksleep on the sidewalkthe ragman standsat the end of the linehis eyes burnhard in the light of dayso proudof the American wayBut it's a lie, yeah, lieand you believe every wordwell, it's a lie,...
- Shot Down
Well, I heard the newsGet it down, get it downIn black and whiteSensation fillsThe headlinesCoast to coastAnd with a single stepYou make the moveStanding face to faceStanding face to faceAnd when you know There's...
- Stay Close Tonight
Now as the day is closinghold every momentit may slip throught your handsEvening falls so slowlyso something warm as onlysummer nights canEvery sound that you're hearingevery smile that you catchis somehow lost in the...
- Taking The Town
They say there's only one tonightOh yeah we're gonna make some changesThose boys are gonna shake their spades tonightRaise the doubt yeah, re-arrangerSo if you think it safe, yeah you think it's finewell you better...
- Dusty Pages
Window frosted in the raindusty pages, broken linesis all we haveCandle shadow in the flameof the moments that we tryto start againOf many things that I remembertoo many now that you forgetHow can you tell me that it...
- This Time
Hear me cryingpushing backlost and lonelyand I know it so very wellSpending hours by the riverwalking through the still of nightoh was it here that I saw you?Way downtown there's a promise of somethingin the lights on...
- Someone Like You
Well I wonder some times as I look at youWas it so very long agoThere were timesThere were so many timesHolding onand it comes onlyonce in your lifeThere maybe just a chanceI'll live with youMaybe...
- Regular Boys
we live in a little kingdomwe live in the big bad worldwe're just the thingthe regular boysand we're one in a millionand we like the way we arethis is not a beautiful partythis is just the big bad worldthe next big...
- Lucky Me
heeyshe raves andshe's talkingshe's a dirty girland she's disgustedsome people arenot so luckyoo oolucky mea red lighton Notre DameI don't drink aosh osh champagnesome people arenot so luckyoo oolucky mewell they...
- The Flame
On the edge of the cityin the dust of the daylightthere's a placewhere the truth cannot hideThere's no hell and no heavenno sense in believingall you have is your hopeand your prideRusting iron, bricks and paperhold...
- Spanish Gold
Just we two peoplein this perfect placejust you and meand all this time to wasteOh, through the long nightswe could watch the waveswake up the sunto see the dawn of dayWe sail away, sail away, sail...
- Paradise
One step that takes you closer to heavenOne road that stretches out aheadOne word that drives you to the point of decisionOne wave that closes on a drowning manOne man who never knew the meaning of resistanceSo now...
- Into The Wild
The rest you needFor just one kissHow could you knowYou'd pay the price?You try in loveJust once or twiceNo last regretsNo sacrificeCHORUSHey, heyHey, heyDid you follow me?Just walk into the fireInto the wildWell,...
- Baby You're So Strange
Well, you tell me I'm the onethen you tell me not to come, oh yeahway you call me namesway you play those games, oh yeahdo you believe itdo you believe itcould it be another manwell, I just don't understandbaby,...
- Too Late Now
Just give me the signAnd I'll be walking out that doorDon't want to remember thisThe way it was beforeAs the rain falls on the oceanAnd the desert feels the signWe let it die hereLet it slip right through our...
- Cross The Border
so dangerouslike freedom she fades awaythe vision that chains the heartfoundations that fall apartwell, I know this place(east, westpoints to the nationnorth, southcut the connection)stealersteal herwe cross the...
- Mr. Big
when he's dancin', babyknows just how to movewhen he's in a jamhe knows just what to dohe's talking', babyknows just what to saythink what you wanthe don't care anywaybut...something is missingMr. Bigsomething is...
- Angel Street
she draws the curtain wideand brushes back her hairshe stands before the mirrorwondering what to wearbut she knows no one will careso easy to forgetjust another sad affairthe girl on angel streetso she waits for the...
- Crazy
CrazyIceHouseFrom The Album: Man of ColoursI've got a pocketfull of holeshead in the cloudsthe king of foolsyou've got a ribbon of rainbowsthe sun in your eyesburning throughcould be I'm happy and sadcould be I'm...
- Electric Blue
Electric BlueIceHouseFrom the Album: Man of ColoursIf a boy had a chancea chance with someone like youare you gonna break his heart?let him cry for the moon?are you hiding somewhere behind those eyes?I just...
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