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Going North Lyrics
I wanna dance the tango with chance
I wanna ride on the wire
Cause nothing gets done with dust in your gun
And nobody respects a liar
So goodbye for a while
I'm off to explore every boundary and every door
Yeah I'm going north.
And I wanna know where children would go
If they never learned to be cool.
Cause nothing's achieved when pushed up a sleeve
So nobody thinks you're a fool.
So goodbye for a while
I'm out to learn more about who I really was before
Yeah I'm going north.
Up where the hunted hide with ease
Under the arms of eyeless trees.
Up where the answers fall like leaves
Oh, where you love is all I need.
Yeah, I'm going north
I'm going north
Yeah, I'm going north
I wanna ride on the wire
Cause nothing gets done with dust in your gun
And nobody respects a liar
So goodbye for a while
I'm off to explore every boundary and every door
Yeah I'm going north.
If they never learned to be cool.
Cause nothing's achieved when pushed up a sleeve
So nobody thinks you're a fool.
So goodbye for a while
I'm out to learn more about who I really was before
Yeah I'm going north.
Under the arms of eyeless trees.
Up where the answers fall like leaves
Oh, where you love is all I need.
Yeah, I'm going north
I'm going north
Yeah, I'm going north
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Missy Higgins went to a small secluded town North of where she lives in Australia to write songs and get in touch with herself, her inner child, her inner demons, etc. The song is just about that journey--literally and metaphorically. That's what she said about the song before playing it at a concert.
North = where she loses all inhibitions....she's a free woman, free to dance, free to be HERSELF
I haven't actually heard this song, but the lyrics remind me of going home to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It's a peaceful escape from everything.
Missy Higgins said this song was about just in general going to your kind of special place where you can just be alone, and you can just think.
I love the thought of 'where children would go if they never learnt to be cool' that idea of conditioning and going to a place where all that falls away is beautiful. i love this song :)