People Are Like Suns
Neil Finn
Sweet madness, it must be wrong
What kind of fool imagines love
With all this going on
Stars burning in the empty sky
And the city is aflame
With a million lights
And they come and they go
In the blink of an eye
People are like suns
Science will enable us to hear
To be crystal clear
To make diamonds in the shifting sand
Better take all the love that you got in a single hand
And they come and they go
In the fullness of time
People are like suns
They are burning up inside
People are like suns
Breathing into life
All that’s good in us
To saints become
It can’t be helped
It doesn’t stop me thinking out aloud
I could have done something
They come and they go
They come and they go
And they come and they go
People are like suns
People are like suns
People are like suns
They go out tonight
Set this town alight
All fade into white
Song appears on:
Crowded House - Time On Earth (2007)
Live: Various 2007-2010 live shows available at Nugs
Live: Various Fangradio broadcasts 2020-2021
Inspired by Ian McEwan’s 2005 novel, Saturday.
“There’s a scene at the beginning of that book where the guy’s out on the balcony in London, looking out at the night sky. This song was set in my mind in that urban environment.”
Previously Available On Single:
Piano version