Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger than fiction Larger than life Full of shades & echoes It's the story of my life Just like a picture book Daddys gone away Leaving Mummy in her room With another one on the way At nights I've heard her screaming Through the coloured walls Oh please don't leave me alone Please don't leave me alone And even her friend the hippyman With his tarot cards to play Drowning in his sea of words Why he never has much to say And I've seen him standing by the river Singing to the birds Just like the mystic says Be careful of what you say Talking to himself he needs no one To help him on his way At nights I've heard him screaming Through the candle flame Oh please don't leave me alone Please don't leave me alone --- Stranger Than Fiction - Split Enz