The Cat Empire - Waltz lyrics

Was going to write a song at a time When my life and my moods were in order and fine But the hour was late and my room was a state And I realized that song I would never create And so this is a song I discovered instead The song about living before we are dead And by living I don't mean perfection like gold Cos living my friends is the sweet unresolved LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LEAN OVER YOUR BALCONIES AND DON'T RUN INSIDE LOOK AFTER YOUR WORLD AND SHE MIGHT TREAT YOU RIGHT LET RANDOM-THINGS-PROVIDE-IMAGINATION SOMETIMES OH I've seen people trying to package their love Like a dove in the kitchen with a note that says Make sure you scrub well and plan and prepare everything Affection as clean as a triangle ting But love it or not love's as mad as they come Oh it's sly and it's wise and it's wonderfully dumb And while some might still say ‘No it's pure like one' My love it is wild and not mild and on the run An Austrian waltz is a very strange thing When it's played in the midst of the Melbourne music boxing ring And who said that culture can't grow from a whim My god there is strength when a cat learns to swim ‘And what is a king' he screamed at the wind A king is decisive without and within They can't make me stumble they don't hit my chin They told me I mumbled so I decided to sing I'd never be too old or bitter and thin Was born with a smile and I'd die with a grin And I dive in the ocean when the sky tumbles in And I'd rise when I find a way to make her shining And I know the trick that the gods love to play You say you want one thing they take it away But action I've found is a seven letter word Pretend you want a shoe box And find you've found the world