Released: June 29, 2007
Songwriter: Neil Finn
Producer: Steve Lillywhite
She called up
And gave me the news
It made me so sad, sad, sad
There was nothing I could do
She's too far away
And you had to leave
I can never repay you now
For what you gave to me
A whisper that can blow a chasm wide
It took us all
It took us all
Pushed apart the mountains and the tide
It took us all (Ooh)
She called up
And gave me the news
It made me so sad, sad, sad
There was nothing I could do
I was so lost
In delirious sleep
Wasn't prepared for that position
Yeah, maybe I was naïve
But truth is a mortal blow
You know all there is to know
The hurt that you held so close
There's something better now
And she called up (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
And she called up
And gave me the news
It made me so sad, sad, sad
There was nothing I could do
She's too far away
And you had to leave
I can never repay you now
For what you gave to me
For what you gave to me
She called up (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
She called up (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
She called up (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
And gave me the news
And gave me the news
It made me so sad, sad, sad
There was nothing I could do
She's too far away
And you had to leave
I can never repay you now
For what you gave to me
A whisper that can blow a chasm wide
It took us all
It took us all
Pushed apart the mountains and the tide
It took us all (Ooh)
She called up
And gave me the news
It made me so sad, sad, sad
There was nothing I could do
I was so lost
In delirious sleep
Wasn't prepared for that position
Yeah, maybe I was naïve
But truth is a mortal blow
You know all there is to know
The hurt that you held so close
There's something better now
And she called up (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
And she called up
And gave me the news
It made me so sad, sad, sad
There was nothing I could do
She's too far away
And you had to leave
I can never repay you now
For what you gave to me
For what you gave to me
She called up (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
She called up (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
She called up (La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
And gave me the news
more tracks from the album
The Very Very Best of Crowded House
- Fall at Your Feet
- It’s Only Natural
- I Feel Possessed
- Better Be Home Soon
- Distant Sun
- Recurring Dream
- Private Universe
- Something So Strong
- Chocolate Cake
- Not the Girl You Think You Are
- Now We’re Getting Somewhere
- Pour le monde
- Fingers of Love
- Everything Is Good for You
- World Where You Live
- She Called Up
- Into Temptation
- Don’t Dream It’s Over
- Weather with You
- Locked Out
- Instinct
- Whispers and Moans
- Sister Madly
- When You Come
- Never Be the Same
- Nails in My Feet
- Don’t Stop Now
- Mean to Me
- Hole in the River
- Pineapple Head
- Four Seasons in One Day
- Throw Your Arms Around Me
From the albums
- Time on Earth (2007)
- The Very Very Best of Crowded House (2010)
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