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song: Turn and Run
artist: Neil Finn
album: One All
released: 2002-05-21length: 3:43
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There's a light overhead, overhead
In the sky overhead, overhead
And I'm with you now
In body in music and mind
And we're silent and still
Everything's so out of control tonight

In a plane that's flying fast
At a speed that makes me cry
If you left me now
To trouble that won't let me lie
I'm awake all the time
You know where I stand
Holding my plastic gun
Turn and run

You cold killers of innocence
Against us there's no defence
Your flash and your wickedness
You can't break out of

Tie my hands behind my back
Put a gag on top of my mouth
But I won't give you up
Til silverware's covered in dust
And my shoes fall apart
The tumbleweed runs over my desert heart
So turn and run

You cold killers of innocense
Against us there's no defense
Your flash and your wickedness

Will surely bring you down again
Somehow we stay afloat
We won't give in to the undertow
Somethings you will never know
But you can't break out of
Coming down
But you can't break out of
Slowing down
But you can't break out of
Neil Finn

Neil Mullane Finn (born 27 May 1958) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician. He is best known for being a principal member of Split Enz, of which he shared lead duties with his brother Tim, and the lead singer, guitarist, and a founding member of Crowded House. He has also been a member of Fleetwood Mac since 2018. Ed O'Brien of Radiohead has hailed Finn as popular music's "most prolific writer of great songs".

Finn joined Split Enz in 1977 after the departure of founding member Phil Judd and facilitated the band's shift away from art rock towards new wave pop. Gradually rising in creative prominence within the band, he wrote the majority of the band's hits in the 1980s, including "I Got You", "One Step Ahead", "History Never Repeats", and "Message to My Girl". After Split Enz broke up in 1984, Finn helped form Crowded House with Split Enz's final drummer Paul Hester and served as the band's lead singer and principal songwriter. Crowded House achieved international success in 1987 when they released the single "Don't Dream It's Over", written by Finn.

After Crowded House disbanded in 1996, Finn and his brother released two albums as the Finn Brothers, before reforming Crowded House in 2006. In April 2018, Finn joined Fleetwood Mac for their tour that year. Finn has also recorded several successful solo albums, assembled diverse musicians for the 7 Worlds Collide project, and contributed to several film and television soundtracks.

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Comments ( 202 )
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut:
MirageRF wrote:
Lame, whiney tune............

 
Oh my. May joy sprinkle your life and may sense hit you hard.
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Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera:
I remember when I lived in Salem, Neil Finn stopped at a Portland radio station to do an interview to promote a series of performances he was doing in the area. He was jet-lagged to the eyeballs and had had less than four hours of sleep in the last couple of days or so, but his interview was one of the funniest, wittiest, most thought-provoking things I'd ever heard. He apologized in advance for anything he might say that would have to get censored, and then took Les Sarnoff (I think that's who conducted the interview - I could be wrong) on a wild ride through the land of the deranged and genius.  And then he performed a couple of songs. Even with his hoarse morning voice and a guitar, he sounded amazing.

It was about the best thing I could ever have hoped for.  I love Neil Finn - the man and the music. {#Cheers} 
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Posted 12 years ago by ick:
DavidS_UK wrote:
Did he previously front a band, the voice has tremendous familiarity to it but I cannot place it...?
 
You may have heard of Split Endz or possibly Crowded House?
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Posted 9 years ago by Segue:
Too impeccably subtle for some. 10
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Posted 10 years ago by chris_bartram:
The ever-excellent Neil Finn...Crowded House lives!
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Posted 10 years ago by stub30:
Neil played this in Seattle on his "Dizzy Heights" tour back on March 30.   A magical night with his good friend Eddie Vedder joining him for a number of songs. 
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Posted 9 years ago by sirdroseph:
Oh posh, this song is fine.
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Posted 10 years ago by leafmold:
I can't stop myself from loving this song....
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Posted 5 years ago by xray38:
annds wrote:
Just love Neil Finn, Tim Finn, and Crowded House.  Thanks, RP!!  
 
"What's the matter with you?"....you forgot Split Enz.   (inside joke)
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Posted 11 years ago by ziakut:
This version is slightly different in cadence and mix from the UK release entitled "One Nil". I think I like this version slightly better.
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Posted 6 years ago by annds:
Just love Neil Finn, Tim Finn, and Crowded House.  Thanks, RP!!  
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Posted 9 years ago by dwhayslett:
Segue wrote:
Too impeccably subtle for some. 10

 
ppopp wrote:
Extremely dull singer.

 
I find it amusing when two constant complainers disagree with each other.  Maybe that's just me.
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Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy:
Good Tune!
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Posted 5 years ago by Greyjoca:
Great to hear this one! Thanks.
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Posted 7 years ago by AlanInOz:
Neil Finn has written so many great songs....even though he's a Kiwi, we claim him as our own in Oz!
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Posted 10 years ago by Jannne:
        Neil Finn has such a mellow voice - and his melodies are always classy
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Posted 13 years ago by Stingray:
GENIUS FROM NEW ZEALAND!
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Posted 5 months ago by Roguewarer:
Great tune by a very talented musician. 
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Posted 1 year ago by brianbouton:
 ziakut wrote:

Oh my. May joy sprinkle your life and may sense hit you hard.


Imagine how miserable you have to be to hold the option Finn is whiney or lame.
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Posted 3 years ago by bimmerfan739:
 dwhayslett wrote:

I find it amusing when two constant complainers disagree with each other.  Maybe that's just me.


Ha!
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