Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
Grant McLennan
A man stands by a window;
He breathes like a bird
There's a rose by the window
Sitting pretty proud and red
Clothes lie abandoned, discarded
Right across the bed
Two day old papers lie on the floor;
Flaking paint sits in his hair
He wonders why he came here;
He wonders why she's not there
Won't you help me
To hear that sound?
We'll keep together
When word gets around
He feels the draw and pump;
The movement of blood around his heart
He thinks he's on a parachute
Falling quickly through the dark
What he wants to know is
What do you do when the goodtimes fly?
Because the pieces don't fit together
When a sweetheart lies
Won't you help me
To hear that sound?
We'll keep it together
When word gets around
He wants to let her know he's found a word
But that word is in peril
It's a word that keeps warm under a bird's wing -
That word is "gentle"
Won't you help me
To hear that sound?
We'll keep it together
When word gets around
When word gets around was written by Grant McLennan.
When word gets around was produced by Dave Dobbyn.