Lyrics The Crowd (Live from Melbourne, December 2021) [Original Line-up Final Tour] - The Cat Empire

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