Head Above Water
 Versions
Commentary
Lyrics
The Single
Released In: [Australia / NZ].
Release Date: July 1992.
Australian Chart Position: 64.
Front Cover:
Slimline All Cover:
'Digipack' Back Cover:
Promotional video screen shots:
Single Availability: Moderately rare.
Value: A$6-A$22.
Two different CD singles. The fancier one (with "digipack")
includes "Hear No Evil" while the one with the 'normal'
slimline case also
included two remixes of "Head Above Water" (interesting transformation
to a dance song).
Versions
| Version |
Length |
Source |
Availability |
Studio
 |
4:22 |
Cut album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on
CD. |
| Studio |
4:22 |
Australian Head Above Water singles. |
Moderately rare. |
| Studio |
4:22 |
UK Holy Grail single. |
Moderately rare. |
| Studio (L.A. piece remix) |
4:43 |
Australian Digipack versions of the Head Above Water single. |
Moderately rare. |
| Studio (Extended L.A. piece dub mix) |
6:08 |
Horn of Plenty
box set component Spare Parts album. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on CD. |
| Studio (Extended L.A. piece dub mix) |
6:07 |
Australian Digipack versions of the Head Above Water single. |
Moderately rare. |
| Live Acoustic |
2:46 |
Mark Seymour Daytime
and the Dark album. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on
CD. |
| Live [1] |
3:56 |
Living In Large Rooms and
Lounges album. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on
CD. |
| Live [2] |
3:52 |
Under One Roof album and video. |
Extremely common. Available new in Australia on
CD and DVD. |
| Live [3] |
2:56 |
Mark Seymour From
Bondi to Bedlam video. |
Moderately common. Available new in Australia on DVD. |
Recommended Version.
Commentary
Lyrics
Give you my work and you can take it
I'm as pure as the driven snow
Make a promise and never break it
Yeah, nobody will ever know
I'm supposed to be a saint so I fake it
Yeah my stash is beginning to grow
Just look at me... I'm so easy
Dressed to kill, my teeth are clean
I'm feeling good, I'm feeling sleazy
I'm looking at your peaches and cream
Trust me I'm yours for the taking
I've got the biggest head you've ever seen
Don't you know I'd do anything
Do anything
To keep my head above water
[repeat]
Well have you heard? Would you believe it?
Do you realise how much I know?
I can tell you the biggest story
Yeh there's no limit to the seed that
I sow
Yeh the suit has a hand so I shake it
My greed is beginning to show
Don't you know I'd do anything
Do anything
To keep my head above water
[repeat]
Do anything
Keep my head above water
I'd climb the highest mountain... I'd swim the deepest ocean
I'd girdle the globe just to find the magic potion
That could change everything... that could set me on fire
Bring me down easy on the wings of desire
And oh to be alive, I'd suck to survive
I'd do anything yeh; to keep my head above water
Everybody knows... butter wouldn't melt in my mouth
Hey, don't you know... I'm as pure as the driven snow
Hey, I give you my word you can take it
I'll make you a promise and I'll never break it
Nobody will ever know
Just look at me... I'm so easy
I'm feeling good, I'm feeling sleazy
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