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
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
- 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