Album: Together Alone (1993)

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• No time, no place to talk about the weather
  The promise of love is hard to ignore
  Who said the chance wasn't getting any better
  The labor of love is ours to endure
  The highest branch on the apple tree
  It was my favorite 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?
  A whole lot more I'm thinking of
  Every night about six o'clock
  Birds come back to the pond to talk
  They talk to me -- birds to talk to me
  If I go down on my knees
  
  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 Writer/s: Neil Mullane Finn
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

• Jasper from Sydney, AustraliaThe line "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" Is also a childhood refrence of Neil's. He used to sit in a tree in his backyard and spy on the neighbours. I read a Crowded House book and it said it was a plum tree that he sat in and spied on the neighbours not an apple tree. Whatever the tree is, that's a refrence to a bit of his childhood too.
• Paul from Glasgow, United KingdomI heard Neil Finn used to sit in a tree as a child and that's why "the birds come back to the palm to talk".
  
  The Kare Kare production was very influencial on the released single for this song which originally appeared on the album "Together Alone". On the album "Afterglow" by Crowded House you will find a much simpler version. Both are good though!
  
  
• Stu from Bala, WalesThe lyrics are actually "...the birds come back to the PALM to talk...". Muwahahaha indeed!
• Joe from Dublini don't mean to be picky or anything, but, i think it's "...the birds come back to the POND to talk..."
  
  i could be wrong tho.
  
  altho that's doubtful
  
  muwahaha
• Scott from Los Angeles, CaThe lyric, "Every night 'bout 6 o'clock. Birds come down to the parking lot. They talk to me...birds talk to me. If I get down on my knees." I heard is from a book. The name of it escapes me, but I got it from someone I consider a reliable source.

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