six months in a leaky boat is a song by new zealand art rock group split enz Six months in a leaky boat is a 1982 hit by the new zealand band split enz, inspired by a book about colonial history It was released in may 1982 as the second single from the group's album, time and tide.
Six Months In A Leaky Boat — Neil Finn website
6 months in a leaky boat lyrics by enz split
When i was a young boy, i wanted to sail round the world, that's the life for me, living on the sea
Spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the glob. A song by new zealand art rock group split enz about sailing to australia and new zealand, and a metaphor for lead singer tim finn's breakdown The song was released in 1982 and featured in the wiggles' 2000 album. Split enz time and tide six months in a leaky boat (t finn & split enz) when i was a young boy, i wanted to sail around the world that's the life for me, living on the sea spirit of a sailor, circumnavigates the globe the lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier i remember you by, thunderclap in the sky lightning flash, tempers flare, `round the horn if you dare i just spent six months.
Split enz six months in a leaky boat When i was a young boy i wanted to sail around the world that's the life for me living on the sea sp. When six months in a leaky boat was released by split enz in 1982, it landed as something both immediately resonant and enigmatically personal The band, always skirting between eccentricity and emotional clarity, managed in this song to encapsulate historical allegory, psychological unease, and national identity, all while cloaking it in the jubilant shimmer of an irresistible pop.
Rare alternative video, made for the paul hogan show (australia) and telecast june 8, 1982
The song is an edited version, but this is how it was telecast a. A song by new zealand art rock group split enz, written by tim finn and inspired by the experiences of early explorers of the pacific The lyrics refer to the time it took to sail to new zealand and the metaphor of a leaky boat for a nervous breakdown.
