Released: October 11, 1993
Songwriter: Mark Hart Neil Finn Nick Seymour Paul Hester
Producer: Martin Glover
[Verse 1]
I was standing on a wave, then I made the drop
I was lying in a cave in the solid rock
I was feeling pretty brave
'Til the lights went off
[Chorus]
Sleep by no means comes too soon
In a valley lit by the moon
[Verse 2]
We left a little dust on his Persian rug
We gathered up our clothes, got the washing done
In a long forgotten place, who'll be the first to run?
[Chorus]
Sleep by no means comes too soon
In a valley lit by the moon
Yeah, yeah
[Verse 3]
I was floating on a wave, then I made the drop
I was climbing up the walls
Waiting for the band to start
You can say the magic words
I've got my senses on
And this is the only place that I always run from
[Chorus]
Sleep by no means comes too soon
In a valley lit by the moon, ooh
Ooh, ooh
I was standing on a wave, then I made the drop
I was lying in a cave in the solid rock
I was feeling pretty brave
'Til the lights went off
[Chorus]
Sleep by no means comes too soon
In a valley lit by the moon
[Verse 2]
We left a little dust on his Persian rug
We gathered up our clothes, got the washing done
In a long forgotten place, who'll be the first to run?
[Chorus]
Sleep by no means comes too soon
In a valley lit by the moon
Yeah, yeah
[Verse 3]
I was floating on a wave, then I made the drop
I was climbing up the walls
Waiting for the band to start
You can say the magic words
I've got my senses on
And this is the only place that I always run from
[Chorus]
Sleep by no means comes too soon
In a valley lit by the moon, ooh
Ooh, ooh
more tracks from the album
Together Alone (Deluxe Edition)
- Locked Out
- Private Universe (Home Demo)
- The Same Language as Me (Live)
- Tail of a Comet (Live)
- Distant Sun (Writing Demo)
- I Am in Love (Band Demo)
- Fingers of Love (Band Demo)
- Fingers of Love (Alternative Studio Take)
- Locked Out (Zen Mix)
- Newcastle Jam (Studio Version)
- Convent Girls (Studio Version)
- Zen Roxy
- Fingers of Love (Writing Demo)
- Blue Smoke (Home Demo)
- In My Command
- Nails in My Feet
- Black and White Boy
- Kare Kare
- Pineapple Head
- Walking on the Spot
- Together Alone
- Distant Sun
- Private Universe
- Skin Feeling
- Fingers of Love
- Catherine Wheels
- Black and White Boy (Early Rough Mix)
From the albums
- Together Alone (1993)
- Together Alone (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