The Unguarded Moment

Kilbey/Parker
(Sony/ATV Music Publishing Pty Ltd.)

Appears On:

• Of Skins And Heart (1981), Track 3
• The Church (1981/82 - Stunn/Carrere), Track 3
• The Church (1982 - Capitol), Track 1
• Temperature Drop in Downtown Winterland EP (1982), Side 1, Track 1
• Hindsight 1980-1987 (1988), Disc 1, Track 1
• Life Before Starfish (1988), Track 2
• Conception (1988), Track 6
• Almost Yesterday 1981-1990 (1994), Track 1
• Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church (1999), Track 1
• The Best of the Church (1999), Track 1
• El Momento Descuidado (2004), Track 1 (Acoustic Version)
• Deep In The Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection (2007), Disc 1, Track 2
• The Best of the Radio Songs (2010), Track 1 (2002 Digital Remaster)
• A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House (2014), Disc 1, Track 7 (Live)
• Steve Kilbey - Of Skins And Heart (The Acoustic Sessions Vol. 1), LP: Right Side, Track 3 / CD: Track 3
• Steve Kilbey [and the Hoffmenn with Strings Attached] - Satellite (2024), Track 5 (Live)
• Released as a single (1981/82)
• Videos:
  • The Church (1986)
  • Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) (1990)
  • Of Skins And Heart (1981) - EMI Australia 2002 Remaster, CD 2 [QuickTime format]
  • Enter The 80s (11/7/05)
  • Countdown: The Wonder Years (7/17/06)
  • A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House (2014), Track 7 (Live)
• Other:
  • Audio Clip appears on the Real Wild Child CD-ROM
• Karaoke:
  • Sunfly Down Under Volume 3: Aussie Classics 3
  • Sunfly Hot Hits 2
• Compilations:
  • 50 Years of Australian Rock & Roll Volume 2 (8/19/11)
  • 101 D.I.Y Songs (8/12/11)
  • 101 Ultimate Aussie Hits (1/22/13)
  • 1981...Rocks On (1981)
  • Acoustic Love Songs 3 (4/21/08) [contains the Acoustic Version from El Momento Descuidado]
  • Aussie Rock (10/3/96)
  • Australia's Ultimate Songs (5/22/00)
  • Australian Crickets Classic Cuts (2/3/03)
  • Australian Made: Rock Retrospective 1959 - 2000 (10/6/03)
  • Australian Pop Of The 80s Volume 3: What's My Scene (7/2/10)
  • The Best Ever Australian Album (3/29/99)
  • The Best Ever Eighties Album (1998)
  • The Best Of Acoustic Volume One [Liberation Blue Acoustic Series] (2005) [contains the Acoustic Version from El Momento Descuidado]
  • The Best of Alternative (1989)
  • Best Of The Best Volume 3 (10/13/17)
  • Boonanza II: Boony's Clubroom Classics (11/13/06)
  • Calvin Marshall Soundtrack (11/16/10)
  • Can't Get Enough Of The 80's Volume 2 (2005)
  • Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1995 (9/27/05) [contains the Short Version]
  • Chopper: Every Day Above Ground Is A Good Day (9/13/04)
  • Classic Countdown (9/15/17)
  • Cool World (12/17/96)
  • Countdown: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1...Rock! (8/21/15)
  • Cricket Anthems Volume 1 (12/13/04)
  • Dark Cuts: The Evolution of Emotional Rock (3/20/09)
  • DEBUT Issue 05 (1984)
  • Enter The 80s (11/7/05)
  • The Glory Days Of Aussie Pub Rock Vol. 2 (2/24/17)
  • Into The Heat - The Cream of Oz Rock (1992)
  • Jim Beam - 40 Shots Of Rock: The Second Shout (10/4/04)
  • Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80's, Vol. 6 (10/18/94) [contains the Short Version]
  • Just Great Australian Rock Songs (2017)
  • More Complete Eighties (3/27/06)
  • New Age Music (1986)
  • New Wave Diary 9 (1996)
  • Poker Night (2006) [contains the 2002 Remaster]
  • Stumped!: Songs We Love About Cricket (7/3/09) [contains the 2002 Remaster]
  • The Ultimate Playlist '80s (2014)
  • Where Were You? 1981 (3/4/08)
  • Your Favourite Driving Songs (2008)
• Covers:
  • Daryl Aberhart - Aussie Gold Volume 1 (2010), Track 4
  • Addiction 64 - Trailer Park Princess: Live At The Corner Hotel (2003), Track 6
  • Nick Allan - Song Cover Challenge - Australiana (2020), Track 3
  • James Blundell - Crossing The Tracks (2004), Track 6
  • Amanda Brown - Eight Guitars (2023), Track 7
  • The Crying Game - Mission Accomplished (2013), Track 1
  • Dead Letter Chorus, Wagons & Ned Collette Band - Homegrown Roots Volume 3 (2008), Track 8
  • Hidden Spots - New Me/New You (2019), Track 5
  • Lady Socket - Time To First Hello World (2022), Track 20
  • Lifefarce - Dark Days CD5 (2004), Track 4
  • Los Jaguares de la Bahía - Bajo un Cielo Prehistorico: Un Homenaje a The Church (2014), Track 12
  • New Unusuals - New Unusuals (2021), Track 7
  • Saltpetre - 2013 (2013), Track 2
  • Jaimie Vernon - Time Enough At Last (2006), Track 15 & Mirror Image: Someone Else's Greatest Hits - Volume 1 (2016), Track 7

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. Aug. 19, 2013]

So hard finding inspiration
I knew you'd find me crying
Tell those girls with rifles for minds
That their jokes don't make me laugh
They only make me feel like dying
In an unguarded moment

So long, long between mirages
I knew you'd find me drinking
Tell those men with horses for hearts
That their jibes don't make me bleed
They only make me feel like shrinking
In an unguarded moment

So deep, deep without a meaning
I knew you'd find me leaving
Tell those friends with cameras for eyes
That their hands don't make me hang
They only make me feel like breathing
In an unguarded moment
In an unguarded moment
In an unguarded moment

In an unguarded moment
In an unguarded moment
In an unguarded moment
In an unguarded moment
(In an unguarded moment)
In an unguarded moment
(In an unguarded moment)
In an unguarded moment