North, South, East and West

Kilbey, Willson-Piper, Koppes, Ploog
(Campbell Connelly Australia Pty Limited and Control)

Appears On:

• Starfish (1988), Track 5
• Starfish (1988), Intervention Records 2021 2LP Expanded Edition, Side 2, Track 2
• Videos:
  • Future Past Perfect: Live at the Enmore (2013) - DVD 3, Track 5 (Live)
• Covers:
  • Kenedy - Bajo un Cielo Prehistorico: Un Homenaje a The Church (2014), Track 13

See also NSEW.

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Aug. 30, 2007]

A war's being waged and the world's just a stage (in this city)
The real estate's prime, the number plates rhyme (liquidity)
Wear a gun and be proud, but bare breasts aren't allowed (in this city)
Dream up a scam and then rake in the clams (liquidity)

(It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there
North and south and east and west
(It has to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere
North and south and east and west

I take my payment, I catch my flight
And don't wait up for me tonight
(You may find me there) and you might find me there
North and south and east and west

Have a quick throw or host your own show (in this city)
To a wolf from a lamb for just half a gram (liquidity)
The face of today just a scalpel away
Restore your lost soul for two dollars plus toll (liquidity)

Backs are patted when calves are fatted (in this city)
The emperor's clothes are the best for the proles (liquidity)
The guys with the brains are all bitter and vain (stupidity)
The guys with the luck got the bimbos and bucks (liquidity)

(It's neither here nor there) It's neither here nor there
North and south and east and west
(It has to be somewhere) It oughta be somewhere
North and south and east and west

I take my payment, I catch my flight
And don't wait up for me tonight
(And you might find me there) and you might find me there
North and south and east and west

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South
East
West