Cat Empire The Crowd Lyrics

The Crowd Lyrics

Lord unchain my hands

let me sing inside the crowded trams

let me
dance among the traffic jams

we're going to sleep

on the St Kilda
sands



Lord unbind my feet

let me mingle with the good people
we meet

water rising up into the street

unbind my feet



'The apparition of these faces in the crowd;

petals on a wet black
bough'

Ezra Pound found the formula

our houses are rectangular

but life is curved not angular

so when things start to strangular

remember

rain still falls on the halls of power

new babies being
born every hour

and the eagle keeps watch on the old

clock
tower

over me. . .



CHORUS



On the train I
refrain from sitting with

head and shoulders bowed

they told me
time is of the essence

no wandering allowed

but then I saw a pretty
girl

whos features stood out in the crowd

went ten minutes past my
stop waiting for

her to look around

I'm just another clown kicking
around in

Melbourne town

cooling out, relaxing watching the

world go round

so if you ever have the time

and you want to go
drink some wine

I'd rather greet you with a smile

than greet you
with a frown. . .



Lord unchain my hands

let me sing inside
the crowded trams

let me dance among the traffic jams

we're going
to sleep

on the St Kilda sands



Lord unbind my feet

let
me mingle with the good people

we meet

water rising up into the
street

unbind my feet