Nau Mai Rā (Welcome Home)

Nau Mai Rā               

 nā Te Haumihiata Mason

kei te aroha au ki a koe

e tānoatia nei e tauwhenua

rawa kore mai koe ki konei

ka toro te ringa ki tō kaha

nau mai rā, ki te papa, papa tipu

nau mai rā, te karanga a te ngākau

tū ana i te pari

horo kau iho te ao

kua ruha i te pakanga

rapua he ara hou

nau mai rā, tēnei rā tō kāinga

nau mai rā, te karanga a te ngākau

nau mai rā, te karanga a te ngākau

haere tonu mai, haere tonu mai

ko te ngākau tuwhera ka tū atu nei

haere tonu mai, haere tonu mai

haere tonu mai, nau mai haere mai

kua pōhiri te reo karanga, haere mai

kua pōhiri ngā maunga, haere mai

ko te ao tea roa o konei

te hoa tauwhai o te rā

mā te pango, te mā, me te pai

ka iwi kotahi te ao

nau mai rā, ki te papa, papa tipu

nau mai rā, tēnei rā tō kāinga

nau mai rā, te karanga a te ngākau

te karanga a te ngākau

YOU GET SO LONELY

you get so lonely don't you

you get so lonesome sometime

the line is down in your town

the lie of disconnection

cos you get so lonely don't you

you get so lonesome sometimes

you feel the grip of longing

from the isle of un-belonging

cos you get so lonely don't you

you get so lonesome sometimes

there’s a line in the sand

that you can't avoid

the truth is you're never alone

but you get so lonely don't you

you get so lonesome sometimes

on the edge of far beyond

devastated by a song

cos you get so lonely don't you

you get so lonesome sometimes

there’s a line in the sand

that you can't avoid

the truth is you're never alone

but you get so lonely don't you

you get so lonesome sometimes

there’s a line in the sand

that you can't avoid

the truth is you're never alone

but you get so lonely don't you

you get so lonely don't you

you get so lonely don't you

you get so lonely don't you

lonely lonely

WAITING FOR A VOICE

i looked across a still glass lake

not a ripple on it, not a minnow’s wake

i could see the veins on distant leaves

every detail shining and beckoning

i saw a stranger on the opposite shore

cooking up a meal for me and what’s more

i heard elijah, i’m sure it was him

get into the water man & lose your sin

and heaven is waiting for a choice

waiting for a still clear voice

and heaven is waiting for a choice

waiting for a still clear voice

i’m lifted up above the water line

i fly across to thestranger’s side

i hear elijah calling out from the wild

drink up this water man and lose your pride

and sure as i’m living, i dined with the one

his words were brighter than a billion suns

he sent me running i never get tired

back into the valley where the world had died

and heaven is waiting for a choice

waiting for a a little noise

and heaven is waiting for a choice

waiting for a still clear voice

and now i’m witness to the stranger’s tale

any other story, is doomed to fail

but heaven opened for my wretched soul

and led me to him who made me whole

i look across that sheer glass lake

not a ripple on it, not a minnow’s wake

forever listen for his still small voice

and i am living because of his choice

and heaven is waiting for your choice

waiting for a little noise

and heaven is waiting for a choice

waiting for a still clear voice

and heaven is waiting for a choice

waiting for a still clear voice

and heaven is waiting for a choice

waiting for the still clear voice

TOO FAR GONE

in the comfort of your sorrow

there’s a load of it around

feel it dragging like a millstone

bringing everybody down

in the comfort of your sorrow

keep avoiding every crime

mercy’s promise of tomorrow

or a man doing time

away from you it’s too far gone

away from you it’s too far gone

i’m panning now for gold dust

the oldest river’s silted rust

tho never quite enough love

the yellow lucre in the rough

away from you it’s too far gone

away from you it’s too far gone

in your thorny sorrow grinning

cos you paid in blood before

i’ll take it back to the beginning

and then i’ll bleed a little more

away from you it’s too far gone

away from you it’s too far gone

away from you is just too far gone

too far down, so underground

in the comfort of your sorrow

keep avoiding every crime

mercy’s promise of tomorrow

or a man doing time

TELL THE WORLD

I keep waking from a dream

In the place I love

Into a bigger better dream

In the place I love

I keep waking from a dream

Of the place I love

Into a bigger beautiful dream

In the space I love

Nothing comes closer now than you

In the space I love

No one is nearer now than you

Still not close enough

I gotta tell the world

All about the love of my girl

I gotta hold you up

Cos it's your world

Too late to tell the world

its heart has hardened up

But I keep waking from a dream

In the place I love

Into a bigger beautiful dream

in the place I love

Nothing seems clearer now than you

In the town I love

No one is nearer now than you

You're so undercover

I gotta tell the world

All about the love of my girl

I gotta hold you up

Cos it's your love

Too late to tell the world

its heart has hardened up

But I keep waking from a dream

In the space I love

Into a bigger beautiful dream

In the space I love

Nothing is broken now with you

No light so bright

I gotta tell the world

All about the love of my girl

I gotta hold you up

Cos it's your love

Too late to tell the world

its heart has hardened up

Still I keep walking in a dream

In the space I love

Into a bigger beautiful dream

In the space I love

Nothing is clearer now than you

No light is so bright

No one is nearer now than you

SUBMARINE BLUE

Deeply asleep in a bathysphere

diving way deeper than down

from the pit i have soared in your atmosphere

in the dazzling dark I was found

I go down, submarine blue

heaven knows you pay what's due

I go down, in gratitude found

where the light’s forever new

always some room for apology

forgiving all the people you love

the thing here that isn’t biology

it's the fire in the belly of our love

and you Are a rock solid constance

and it’s lava that flows in your veins

it was gold when I melted from the first kiss

and it’s still liquid gold that remains

on the brink of something spectacular

that’s the way you make it for me

if I get to be the man that I hope to be

will you come to that mountain with me

I go down, submarine blue

heaven knows you pay what's due

I go down, in gratitude found

where the light’s forever new

I go down, submarine blue

heaven knows you pay what's due

I go down, submarine blue

where the light's forever new

SINGING THROUGH THE STORM

singing through the storm

and you're halfway to heaven my friend

in the end you know

you've got to have a change of heart

singing through the storm

walking through the fire

just to let love be you're one desire

and no brighter flame

than living in the name of love

walking through the fire

running from sorrow

the shelter of an open heart

to run to tomorrow

you have to let the tears flow now

singing through the storm

fly your paper plane

at the mercy of the driving rain

to remain in hope

you've got to let your fear go now

fly your paper plane

singing through the storm

and you're halfway to heaven my friend

in the end you know you've got to make a change

you know you've got to have a change of heart

singing through the storm

ONE SUMMER STORM

a summer storm

caught you twice this morning

drenched you twice again this afternoon

and as you ran in thru the doorway screaming

i couldn’t help but fall again

i want you, i want you, i want you

i’m waiting in the rain my love

i need you, i need you, i need you

i’ll take away your pain my love

one summer storm

a chance to lay no plans

a day with idle hands

a day with one command

rest assured you’ll stand

i want you, i want you, i want you

i’m waiting in the rain my love

i need you , i take you , i need you

i’ll take away your pain my love

i want you, i want you, i want you

i’m waiting in the rain my love

i need you, i’ll take you, i need you

i’ll take away your pain my love

i want you, i want you, i want you

i want you out of pain my love

i need you, i need you, i need you

i’ll take away your pain my love

one summer storm

a chance to lay no plans

a day with idle hands

a day with one command

rest assured you stand

HARMONY HOUSE

i’m just too sad she said

i’m just too sad she said

she floats in and out of sleep

she sliding down

i’m just so glad you’re here

i’m just so glad for everyone

it’s too bad for anyone

too bad

i’m just too sad

i’m just too sad

i’m just too sad she said

i’m just too sad

days are heavy and the nights

the nights are everywhere

i’m not too bad she said

i’m just so sad in bed

she soars to harmony house

thru doors to harmony house

i’m just too sad

i’m just too sad

watching the sunsets flare

eh eh eh eh

it’s not so bad she said

let’s not be sad she said

nobody’s shooting at us

nobody

it’s not so bad she said

let’s not be sad she said

nobody’s shooting at us

nobody

it’s not so bad she said

let’s not be sad she said

nobody’s shooting at us

nobody

BURNING LOVE

twenty five, thrilled to be alive

just yesterday you were dancing in the aisle

and how the spirit of our love has grown

because of you i’ve never been alone

the many years they come from up above

‘round the fire of our burning love

twenty five, o and what a ride

how many songs you've given me to write

and how the lovin's from a deeper zone

and baby i never wanna be alone

the many years will fall from up above

‘round the fire of our burning love

you know it's taken us so song

but baby that's just time

and time keeps ticking on

best to pay it no more mind

twenty five, thrilled to be alive

just yesterday we were laying in a pile

many years to come from up above

‘round the fire of our burning love

the many years they fall from up above

‘round the fire of our burning love

BALL OF LIGHT

i’m being followed by a great big ball of light

racing thru space hurtling through time

i’m being swallowed by a blood killer moon

just one solar flare

and i know i’m lost without you too

i’m being followed by a great big ball of light

i’m being shadowed by a lunar madness

my back to the brilliance now

my hands are to the plow

the fuel the battle lines

i’m taking my peace to town

infidels, infidels

infidels, infidels

infidelity darkens my way

i’m being followed by a constant killer wind

i gotta keep my face to the son

my back to the brilliance now

my hands are to the plow

the fuel, the battle lines

i’m taking my piece to town

infidels, infidels

infidels, we’re infidels

infidelity darkens my way

infidelity darkens my way

hunger and hatred now

in the turning of the dirt

i will never lose the hurt

or the flickering flame

infidels, infidels

infidels, we’re infidels

ABOVE THE CITY

there's a rising in the people

to wage a peaceful life

the highway and the steeple

for a good man and his wife

two hearts make a rhythm

an engine-room of song

at the bosom of his woman

where love can do no wrong

we always have each other

to lift each other up

to live above the hunger

still thirsting for the cup

he lives above the city

whose heartbeat quickens dawn

it is no place of pity

in the cold light it is gone

on the surface people scratching

for the purchase of the dust

scratch deeper & they're watching

for the reaper in the rust

others walking thru the walls

in the company of angels

sweet forgiveness in their souls

to welcome any strangers

he lives above the city

where love can do no wrong

this is a place for pity

every heartbeat is a song

and it's only when you're broken

unburdened by you're pride

you can sing of what's unspoken

with nothing else to hide

and he lives above the city

and love can do no wrong

this is a place for pity

every heartbeat is a song