Split Enzis one of the most successful and longest running bands ever to emerge from New Zealand. The group was formed in Auckland in 1971 by Tim Finn, Philip Judd, , Robert Gillies, and Noel Crombie, who originally called themselves "Split Ends." They soon changed the spelling to honor their NZ homeland. For much of their career, the band was known for wild costumes and make-up designed by Crombie. For the first phase of their existence, the band played a kind of progressive rock infused with music-hall humor; later they slipped into a quirky new wavestyle that generated hits worldwide. Numerous personnel changes have been a defining factor for the Enz.
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Stranger Than Fiction Lyrics
Split Enz
Stranger than fiction
Larger than life
Full of shades & echoes
It's the story of my life
Just like a picture book
Daddys gone away
Leaving Mummy in her room
With another one on the way
At nights I've heard her screaming
Through the coloured walls
(d-d-d-d-d-d-did you ... ???)
Oh please don't leave me alone
Please don't leave me alone
And even her friend the hippyman
With his tarot cards to play
Drowning in his sea of words
Why he never has much to say
And I've seen him standing by the river
Singing to the birds
Just like the mystic says
Be careful of what you say
Talking to himself he needs no one
To help him on his way
Do you?
At nights I've heard him screaming
Through the candle flame
(d-d-d-d-d-d-did you ... ???)
Oh please don't leave me alone
Please don't leave me alone