Songwriter: Neil Finn
Producer: Crowded House
It was typical of you
To give it to me plain
The sign on your door
Said "Make your mind up or go away"
It was difficult for me
To figure you out
Left hand
Always wants to know what the right is doing
Tell the way we miss out on something
We're free
But there is nothing when I present
It was typical of you
To feather your nest
Try to explain
Me and my big mouth were laid to rest
There's nowhere to go
But I'm not hanging around
Left hand
Pick me up and then you put me down
Yeah, put me down
Left hand
Always wants to know what the right is doing
Tell the way we miss out on something
We're free
But there is one thing when I present, no
Left hand
Left hand
Left hand
Always wants to know what the right is doing
To give it to me plain
The sign on your door
Said "Make your mind up or go away"
It was difficult for me
To figure you out
Left hand
Always wants to know what the right is doing
Tell the way we miss out on something
We're free
But there is nothing when I present
It was typical of you
To feather your nest
Try to explain
Me and my big mouth were laid to rest
There's nowhere to go
But I'm not hanging around
Left hand
Pick me up and then you put me down
Yeah, put me down
Left hand
Always wants to know what the right is doing
Tell the way we miss out on something
We're free
But there is one thing when I present, no
Left hand
Left hand
Left hand
Always wants to know what the right is doing
more tracks from the album
Afterglow (Deluxe Edition)
- Instinct
- Everything Is Good for You
- My Telly’s Gone Bung
- Left Hand
- Anthem
- I Am in Love (Home Demo)
- Instinct (Home Demo)
- Spirit of the Stairs (Home Demo)
- Everything is Good for You (Home Demo)
- Not the Girl You Think You Are (Home Demo)
- Spirit of the Stairs (Studio Demo)
- Sacred Cow
- Not the Girl You Think You Are
- Time Immemorial
- I Love You Dawn
- You Can Touch
- I Am in Love
- Help Is Coming
- Recurring Dream
- Private Universe
- Anyone Can Tell
- Lester (Home Demo)
- Dr. Livingston
- Loose Tongue (Rough Mix)
From the albums
- Afterglow (1999)
- Afterglow (Deluxe Edition) (2016)
Crowded House popular songs
- Don’t Dream It’s Over
- Weather with You
- Fall at Your Feet
- Better Be Home Soon
- Mean to Me
- Four Seasons in One Day
- Distant Sun
- It’s Only Natural
- Twice If You’re Lucky
- When You Come
- Love This Life
- Never Be the Same
- Nails in My Feet
- Say That Again
- Heaven That I’m Making
- I Am in Love
- Don’t Stop Now
- Black and White Boy
- People Are Like Suns
- Help Is Coming
- All I Ask
- Pineapple Head (live)
- There Goes God
- So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star