History Never Repeats

By Split Enz

On Waiata

Released on 1981

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History never repeats

I tell myself before I go to sleep

Don't say the words you might regret

I lost before, you know I can't forget

There was a girl I used to know

She dealt my love a savage blow

I was so young, too blind to see

But anyway that's history

I say history never repeats

I tell myself before I go to sleep

Don't say the words you might regret

I lost before, you know I can't forget

You say I always play the fool

I can't go on if that's the rule

Better to jump than hesitate

I need a change and I can't wait

History never repeats

I tell myself before I go to sleep

And there's a light shining in the dark

Leading me on towards a change of heart, ah

History never repeats

History never repeats

Deep in the night it's all so clear

I lie awake with great ideas

Lurking about in no-man's land

I think at last I understand

History never repeats

I tell myself before I go to sleep

And there's a light shining in the dark

Leading me on towards a change of heart, ah

Never repeats

Never repeats

Never repeats

Hey hey

Hey

Never repeats