Crowded House - Private Universe Lyrics






No time no place to talk about the weather
The promise of love is hard to ignore
You said the chance wasn't getting any better
Labour of love is ours to endure
The highest branch on the apple tree
It was my favourite place to be
I could hear them breaking free
But they could not see me

I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
It feels like nothing matters
In our private universe

I have all I want is that simple enough
There's a whole lot more I'm thinking of
Every night about six o'clock
The birds come back to the palm to talk
They talk to me, birds talk to me
If I go down on my knees

I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
It feels like nothing matters
In our private universe
It feels like nothing matters
In our private universe

And it's a pleasure that I have known
And it's a treasure that I have gained
And it's a pleasure that I have known

It's a tight squeeze but I won't let go
Time is on the table and the dinner's cold

I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe

I will run for shelter
Endless summer lift the curse
Feels like nothing matters
In our private universe





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  1. H.... A....

    Love this song so much! ❤️Great to see everyone together.

  2. D.... ....

    Neil Finn is a beautiful man. To write so many awesome ballads, I take my hat off to him.
    NEIL 1 - HATRED 0

  3. E.... ....

    Good to see this is back. What was the bogus copyright claim about?

    E.... ....

    @Ben Hughes it was pulled by a copywrite claimant about three weeks ago

  4. D.... H....

    Fantastic songwriter much respect

  5. T.... H....

    ya holden astras

  6. G.... R....

    Flippen hell. I love this. Takes me back, wow. Yes, agree with many other comments, thank you for your music. Inspired to do a similar music vid :-)

  7. S.... ....

    This is, always has been, and always will be my favorite Crowded House song. Possibly my favorite song period.

  8. c.... p....

    Masterpiece

  9. M.... V....

    their MAGNUM OPUS!

  10. t.... ....

    In my Shawn Colvin playlist with her cover. Thanks for the upload!

  11. c.... d....

    Crowded house!

  12. S.... K....

    Cheers Neil, I'd mostly forgotten what year it even was. Fun day!

  13. m.... W....

    Best Song you ever wrote and the best Kiwi song i have ever heard

  14. A.... ....

    Is this a different mix of the song? Sounds a bit different than the album version.

  15. C.... B....

    This video and the lyrics so abstract truly a surreal experience

  16. S.... R....

    This song still moves me to tears.......So beautiful!

  17. L.... C....

    Thank you Neil for this song and all the others X This is the song that I go back to x

  18. t.... b....

    Cheers Neil, your music has been the soundtrack to most of my life. Much appreciated

  19. l.... ....

    Were the creator of the video on crack while making this video?😂 Most psychedelic video ever but one of my favorite songs ever!
    Thanks, Neil to your fine contribution to the music world.

  20. l.... s....

    no comments Sandi?

  21. R.... A....

    I love this song, I still have the album on cassette

    R.... A....

    Me too!

  22. M.... M....

    One my favorites. Thanks for sharing.

  23. T.... B....

    S.A.B

  24. M.... V....

    I adore this song. There’s nothing else like it. I still put it on repeat. Feels like Dylan Thomas on a mushroom trip.

  25. h.... ....

    Hey Neil: Love this song, awesome chord progressions, so addictive.........beautiful!

  26. K.... M....

    Neil, thank you SOOOOO much for putting these up on YouTube. So nice to have them available when one is desperate for some authentic music in these troubled times. (I know I should probably just upload all my old CDs to every device I own, but Im a bit of a lazy barstid...)

  27. O.... m....

    Neil...shld I go left or right? Take t blue or red?

  28. N.... ....

    My favourite🎸👍

  29. A.... S....

    Absurd video! But yet another beautiful song by Neil Finn.

  30. S.... H....

    I miss the 90's

  31. S.... H....

    AMAZING SONG!!!

  32. C.... ....

    This is the trippiest video I've ever watched, and it's a great complement to the song.

  33. H.... S....

    It‘s so great to be able to watch all those videos here - many of which I have never seen before while having all your albums here right next to me. Thank you for all those great songs you gave to the world - be it with Crowded House, Split Enz, your brother, family or solo. This one is one of my favourites!

  34. P.... R....

    “It’s a treasure that I have gained”. Thank you Mr Finn, for this and everything you and your fellow musicians give us 🙏🏻

  35. E.... L....

    "◔◔¨ *

  36. M.... o....

    Hi Neil, is this the original video? was there a different version?

    M.... o....

    This is the original and only official music video for the studio version.
    Team NF.

    M.... o....

    Neil did u sell ur soul?