The Crowd (Live From Melbourne, December 2021 (original Line-up Final Tour))

Lord, unchain my hands

Let me sing inside the crowded trams

Let me dance among the traffic jams

We're gonna sleep on the St Kilda sands

Lord, unbind my feet

Let me mingle with the good people we meet

Water rising up into the street

Unbind my feet

The apparition of these faces in the crowd

Petals on a wet black bough

Ezra pound found the formula

Our houses are rectangular

But life is curved not angular

So when things start to strangular

Remember, rain still falls on the halls of power

And new babies being born every hour

And the eagle keeps watch on the old clock tower over me

Lord unchain my hands go

Let me sing inside the crowded trams

Let me dance among the traffic jams

We're gonna sleep on the St Kilda sands

Lord, unbind my feet

Let me sing inside, let me mingle with the good people we meet

Water rising up into the street (up into the street)

Unbind my feet

On the train, I refrain from sitting with head and shoulders bowed

Told me time is of the essence

No wandering allowed

But then I saw a pretty girl

Whose features stood out in the crowd

Went ten minutes past my stop, waiting for her to look around

I'm just another clown kicking around in Melbourne town

Cooling out, relaxing, watching the world go round

So if you ever got the time

And you wanna go drink some wine

I'd rather greet you with a smile than greet you with a frown

Lord, unchain my hands

Let me sing inside the crowded trams (sing inside the crowded trams)

Let me dance among the traffic jams (let me dance among the traffic jams)

We're gonna sleep on the St Kilda sands (sleep on the-, sleep on the-)

(Sleep on the-, sleep-eh)

Lord, unbind my feet (I said Lord)

Let me mingle (let me mingle with the good people we meet, Carlo Barbaro get out here)

I don't know how many people remember this guy

Carlo Barbaro, OG, Cat Empire saxophone player (water rising up into the street, up into the street)

Unbind my feet (one last time, give it up) oh

Give it up ladies and gentlemen

Carlo Barbaro, OG

Thank you very much