Missing Person

By Split Enz

On True Colours

Released on 1980

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Home to sweet home, it just occurred to me

To be on my own, in search of bitter treats

I get so removed but you never notice it

Step in my shoes, you'll see that I don't fit

I walk home the wrong way

Hoping I'll go astray

I'd like to be a missing person

Eyes open wide, but all I see is black

You thought I was alright, just wait till you get back

There'll be no one home, and they'll stay up all night

Everyone I know, I'm wishing you goodnight

I walk home the wrong way

Hoping I'll go astray

I'd like to be a missing person

I wander the highways

Asleep in your doorways

I'm wanted, but I'm a missing person

And I fly by night, fighting to get away

On the neon lights I slip down alley ways

Only safe and sound when silence brings a chill

Now my back is turned, I know I can't stand still

I walk home the wrong way

This time I'll go astray

I'd like to be a missing person

I wander the highways

Asleep in your doorways

I'm wanted, but I'm a missing person