We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

lyrics

Willis Street

Regrets, I’ve had a few
I wouldn’t swap ‘em for all the ostrich meat they raise in Kumeu
Because a life lived safer,
it only sounds good when it’s written down on paper
And those lights - oh, those lights!
Blooming orange up above us just like flowers of the night
and how they glow, baby
as if they know, there’s a heart breaking below

On that night - oh, that night!!
You can think back all you want
and you will never get it right
At that bus stop, waiting
For your teardrops to get a lift down to the station

You are my weakness at the knees
You are my triumph in defeat
Your are my favourite Waterloo
No, darling I’m your Willis Street
You are my punishing desire!
You are my frying pan on fire!
You are my stolen Port-a-loo
You are my don’t what to do …

…with this gun
You could take aim down the motorway and never hit no-one
Because they’ve fled, baby
Back to their beds, though it’s only 2am
And those lights - oh, those lights
Looming orange up above us, like some flowers of the night
And how they glow, baby
as if they know
there’s a heart breaking below

You are my weakness at the knees
You are my triumph in defeat
Your are my favourite Waterloo
No, darling I’m your Willis Street
You are my punishing desire
You are my frying pan on fire
You are my stolen Port-a-loo
You are my don’t what to do …

… with these lights
What shall we do … with these lights?
What shall we do … with these lights?
What shall we do … with these lights?

credits

from Songs From The Bottom Of A Hilltop - Uphill Side, released November 13, 2010

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga image

Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga Wellington

Our special limited edition fly swat and book deluxe combo has almost sold out. We found a dozen. The Almanac is an illustrated book and six albums worth of songs about a typical year of life in New Zealand, land of laid back catastrophe. You can also download this digital audio Everest here for next to nothing. Kapai! ... more

contact / help

Contact Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Sven Olsen's Brutal Canadian Love Saga, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Beans joins the show to discuss his album release, "ZWAARD".

listen now