Unkind And Unwise Lyrics - Go-betweens

He was brought up in a house of women 

In a city of heat that gave its children 

Faith in the fable of coral and fish, 

Told them the world was something to miss. 

I turn to hold you, you're gone. 

Fingers let go, I'm gone. 

That's just a little unkind 

And just a little unwise. 

That's just a little unkind 

And just a little unwise. 

The salt in the wind moves over the mudflats 

Sticks to your skin and rusts up the lights, 

Blows through the ferns that breathe in the dark, 

I try to forget but it's so hard. 

I turn to hold you, you're gone. 

Fingers let go, I'm gone. 

That's just a little unkind 

And just a little unwise. 

That's just a little unkind 

And just a little unwise. 

What was once is a falling star; 

It'll hit you and hurt you and open your heart. 

Burn in a river tangled with reeds 

While a crane on the water silently feeds. 

I turn to hold you, you're gone. 

Fingers let go, I'm gone. 

That's just a little unkind 

And just a little unwise. 

That's just a little unkind 

And just a little unwise. 

(repeat till cicadas join in the fun)