Columbus

Kilbey/Koppes/Ploog/Willson-Piper
(Peermusic Pty Ltd)

Appears On:

• Heyday (1985), Track 4
• Life Before Starfish (1988), Track 7
• Deep In The Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection (2007), Disc 1, Track 13
• Released as a single (1986)
• Videos:
  • Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) (1990)
  • Heyday (1985) - EMI Australia 2002 Remaster, CD 2 [QuickTime format]
• Covers:
  • Montevideo - Bajo un Cielo Prehistorico: Un Homenaje a The Church (2014), Track 19
  • Ten Gallon Head - Alexander Graham Bell (2017), Track 2

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Mar. 6, 2011]

The king had something changed within him
I should have told him no
Oh Columbus, I never should have let you go
Now aching wires, midnight fires
Things I could not know
Oh Columbus, I never should have let you go

You don't suppose there'd be room in here somewhere for me
I think I just need someone's words to reassure me
I don't blame any of you
And I don't blame myself

Waiting for my small reward
It's going to come somehow
Oh Columbus, I wish that you could see us now
We don't possess a single empty tear or furrowed brow
Oh Columbus, I wish that you could see us now

You don't suppose there'd be room in here somewhere for me
I think I just need someone's words to reassure me
I can't change any of you
I can't change myself

The man had something strange about him
He should have let me know
Oh Columbus, I wish I'd never let you go

You don't suppose there'd be room in here somewhere for me
I think I just need someone's words to reassure me
I don't blame any of you
And I don't blame myself

(Columbus)