My Mistake

By Split Enz

On Dizrythmia

Released on August 29, 1977

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[Verse 1]

I went out to see if I could fall in love again

That was my mistake

That was my mistake

I went out to see if I could raise a laugh again

That was my mistake

That was my mistake


[Chorus]

When all I needed was a friend

To make me stop and think again

Pull me up and pull me through

Tally ho, your health my dear


[Verse 2]

I went out to see if I could live for a couple of days

That was my mistake

That was my mistake

One by one I counted all those happiest of days

Yeah, that was my mistake

Why, that was my mistake


[Chorus]

Whats gone is gone, sweet memories

Don't let them get the best of me

No more lost in history

No more lost for love

When all I needed was a friend

To make me stop and think again

The call to arms is loud and clear

Tally ho, your health my dear


[Verse 3]

I went out to see if I could fall in love again

That was my mistake

Why, That was my mistake

One by one I counted all those happiest of days

That was my mistake, that was my mistake

That was my mistake, that was my mistake

That was my mistake, that was my mistake

That was my mistake, that was my mistake


[Outro]

That was my mistake, that was my mistake

That was my mistake, that was my mistake

That was my mistake, that was my mistake

That was my mistake, that was my mistake

That was my mistake, that was my mistake

Mistake, mistake