Released: July 1, 1991
Songwriter: Neil Finn
Producer: Mitchell Froom Neil Finn
[Verse 1]
Fork lightning in your hall
Break the skin when you break the fall
I'll be the one to fix it up
Love children of the new age
Just a hippy with a weekly wage
There's no rebellion, just a chance to be lazy
[Chorus]
When fame is in your blood
You follow the science of love
Wave the magic wand
And hang on
[Verse 2]
Now, the rest of us are living in a daze
Keep thinkin' 'bout the choice to be made
Here come the handmaidens of end time
Lost treasure from a primitive race
All your lives written on your face
Can't fill the canyons of your minds
[Chorus]
When fame is in your blood
You follow the science of love
Wave the magic wand
And hang on
[Verse 3]
Now, you've changed (Now, you've changed)
And jumbled the pieces, you've changed (Now, you've changed)
You're better before you talked (Now, you've talked)
To a roomful of strangers (Now)
[Chorus]
Here come the handmaidens of end time
When fame is in your blood
You swallow the science of love
Wave the magic wand
[Outro]
And all of your stars will fall
And all of your spells will break (Ha, ha!)
So look out for number one
Fame is in your blood
Fork lightning in your hall
Break the skin when you break the fall
I'll be the one to fix it up
Love children of the new age
Just a hippy with a weekly wage
There's no rebellion, just a chance to be lazy
[Chorus]
When fame is in your blood
You follow the science of love
Wave the magic wand
And hang on
[Verse 2]
Now, the rest of us are living in a daze
Keep thinkin' 'bout the choice to be made
Here come the handmaidens of end time
Lost treasure from a primitive race
All your lives written on your face
Can't fill the canyons of your minds
[Chorus]
When fame is in your blood
You follow the science of love
Wave the magic wand
And hang on
[Verse 3]
Now, you've changed (Now, you've changed)
And jumbled the pieces, you've changed (Now, you've changed)
You're better before you talked (Now, you've talked)
To a roomful of strangers (Now)
[Chorus]
Here come the handmaidens of end time
When fame is in your blood
You swallow the science of love
Wave the magic wand
[Outro]
And all of your stars will fall
And all of your spells will break (Ha, ha!)
So look out for number one
Fame is in your blood
more tracks from the album
Woodface (Deluxe Edition)
- Fall at Your Feet
- All I Ask (Home Demo)
- Catherine Wheel (Home Demo)
- There Goes God (Home Demo)
- Four Seasons in One Day (Home Demo)
- It’s Only Natural (Home Demo)
- How Will You Go (Home Demo)
- Chocolate Cake (Home Demo)
- Weather with You (Home Demo)
- Be My Guest (Home Demo)
- Italian Plastic (Home Demo)
- You Got Me Going (Home Demo)
- My Legs Are Gone (Studio Demo)
- As Sure as I Am (Home Demo)
- She Goes On (Home Demo)
- I May Be Late (Home Demo)
- Fields Are Full of Your Kind
- Creek Song/Left Hand
- Fall at Your Feet (Early Version Rehearsal)
- Weather with You
- Whispers and Moans
- I’m Still Here
- Fame Is
- All I Ask
- There Goes God
- Italian Plastic
- She Goes On
- Four Seasons in One Day
- As Sure as I Am
- It’s Only Natural
- How Will You Go
- Chocolate Cake
- Tall Trees
- The Burglar’s Song/Around the UK in 7 Minutes
- Burnt Out Tree (Home Demo)
From the albums
- Woodface (1991)
- Woodface (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
- Weather With You (Live)
- English Trees
- Pineapple Head
- World Where You Live (Live)
- Elephants
- Walking on the Spot
- Into Temptation
- In the Lowlands
- She Called Up
- As Sure as I Am
- Falling Dove
- Lost Island
- Even If
- I Feel Possessed
- Sister Madly (Live)
- Together Alone