Lyrics
And James for the correction in Malpaso Man - makes sense.
Also thanks to FRANCIS for a better job of Visage.
Index
- Again We Love
- The Anvil
- Beat Boy
- Blocks on Blocks
- Can You Hear Me
- Casualty
- The Damned Don't Cry
- Fade to Grey
- The Horsemen
- I'm Still Searching
- In The Year 2525
- Look What They've Done
- Love Glove
- Malpaso Man
- Mind of a Toy
- Mind of a Toy (Original)
- Moon Over Moscow
- Night Train
- Only The Good (Die Young)
- Pleasure Boys
- The Promise
- Questions
- Tar
- Visa-age
- Visage
- We Move
- Whispers
- Wild Life
- Yesterday's Shadow
In The Year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
Can't tell the truth, can't tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
Won't need no teeth ,won't need your eyes
Won't find a thing to do
Nobody's gonna look at you
Your arms are hanging limp at your side
Your legs have nothing to do
Some machines doin' that for you
Won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your sons, pick your daughters too
From the bottom of a long glass tube wouwo
If god is commin' he should make it by then
Maybe he'll look around and say:
"Now it's time for the judgement day!"
God is gonna shake his mighty hand
He'll leave a salient place where man has been
Or tear it down and start again wouwo
I'm wondering if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything earth had to give
And he's put back nothing wouwo
For what he never knew now man's dream is through
But through eternal light the twinklin' of starlight
So very far away now it's night to yesterday
Visage
New modes, that's the role my passion takes
Oh my visage
Past, future, in extreme
Blocks on Blocks
Reflections, of the place between the sky
It's too black, casting shadows
On the bridges built so close to that aura
Dreaming (it's too late) to realise
Stop! You've gone too far this time
You're toying with reality
Neon lit for silent sound
Dancing (moving shadows) with the light
Talking to a stranger
On the bridges built so close to that aura
Listening, to an engine heading home
Crying, on the inside
Wishing I could get away from that aura
Listening to an engine heading home
Stop! you've gone too far this time
You're toying with reality
The Dancer
Tar
It's printed on the packet
Middle tar, low tar, high tar
Doesn't that make you die
It's just a force of habit
You know you cannot stop it
The why was the reason why
Tension, tension
Addiction, addiction, addiction, addiction
Low tar, high tar
Try to wash off but it still linger
Cigarette holder just a joke
Don't really take bad away from smoke
Tension, tension
Addiction, addiction, addiction, addiction
Low tar, high tar
It's printed on the packet
Middle tar, low tar, high tar
Doesn't that make you die
Fade to Grey
One case sitting by his side
Two eyes staring cold and silent
Shows fear as he turns to hide
Une valise a ses cotes
Des yeux fixes et froids
Motre de la peur lorsqu'il
Se tourne pour se cacher
Comme les notes d'une chanson lointaine
Sortant de derriere d'un poster
Esperant que la vie ne fut si longue
Hear the notes from a distant song
Stepping out from a back drop poster
Wishing life wouldn't be so long
Malpaso Man
Black hat
Cold eyes
No heart
Never cries
Desert sand
One man
Stands alone
Never ran
No claims
No name
Man of fortune
Man of fame
Gotta go
Mexico
Wanna be
Malpaso
Mind of a Toy
My mind seems to fade too fast
Clutching straws, sinking slow
Nothing lasts, nothing lasts
By a stranger I've never met
A nod of the head and a pull of a thread
I can't say no, can't say no
When I was new you wanted me
Now I'm old you no longer see me
When a child throws down a toy
Spite for girl, hate for boy
When a child throws out a toy
On a music box that never stop
I'll dance for if you want me to
Move in time, move in time
Used, abused and torn apart
I gave you my best and you gave me the rest
It's time to die, time to die
By a stranger they've never met
Nod of the head at a pull of a thread
I just can't say no, can't say no
Dolly for girl, drum for boy
When I was new you wanted me
Now I'm old you no longer see
My clothes seems to be getting old
Now you've owned me for a few years
Please don't leave me in the cold
You lock me away when I'm bad
Now you've owned me for a few years
Please don't leave me in the cold, in the cold
Spite for girl, hate for boy
When a child throws down a toy
I look at you with eyes of blue
But somehow I can't get through to you
Original lyrics (1977)
Visa-age
Name the time, and I'll get to you
Take a train, take a motorway
And take a plane, take it any day
Time to think, hearing headphone sound
Close your eyes, you're drifting far away
Realise, that you'll be home today
I know the place
I can't forget
I'll go direct
It's time to move, shake those ties that bind
Letting go, all that's old and blue
You've gotta know, just where you're going to
We find romance, it's a far off land
Close your eyes, you're drifting far away
And realise, you could be there today
A different time
Another place
Destinations
I know we've met
A different town
Another place
These destinations
A speck on the map
A stamp on my passport
No time to look back
The Steps
We move, slip and slide cut through the haze
And even as I stand in the room
Listening to all of the silence around
I feel disco and not so some tune
Beating inside make my feet touch the ground
Then we move
We move, like the good book says
I feel my face reflected around
Hot on my heels closing in more and more
The piper plays a beckoning sound
Leading them on 'til their feet reach the floor
The we move
Then we move
Pleasure Boys
There's nothing I can tell you
But that's something for me to know
And something for you to do
Think about it everyday
Give you solid facts, I want to hear the words
I want to hear what you have to say
The reality is true
But it's leisure time for the pleasure boys
And the pleasure boys are you
All the boys are on the phone
Pleasure and relaxation
Everyone for everyone
Think about it everyday
Give you solid facts, I want to hear the words
I want to hear what you have to say
The reality is true
But it's leisure time for the pleasure boys
And the pleasure boys are you
Some say a mad house
It's leisure, pleasure
And the boys are out the front
The Damned Don't Cry
No place to go
Nameless towns with faceless people
No place I know
To other scenes
Lose myself in glossy pages
Dull magazines
Makes me lonely too
Twisting street light, in the darkness
Makes me lonely too
No The Damned Don't Cry
Past my trembling face
I see myself in rain soaked windows
In a different place
Makes me lonely too
Hearing sounds of celebrations
Makes me lonely too
The Anvil
On the torso's pumping iron
A man with a horn takes to the stage
The drum beat cracks in time
Shoulder to shoulder skin feels smooth
Hot, sticky, still so cool
The crash of the anvil and the nightclub school
As they react to the sound
Feasting on the visions
See the figures going round
Sensual and glowing the passion grows
Pick your playmate still so cool
The crash of the anvil and the nightclub school
Leave it when it's done
Put a number in your matchbook
And call when you want fun
Giving the right life like a friend
One more rover still so cool
The crash of the anvil and the nightclub school
Dance with me
Play with me
Stay with me
Ride with me
Have fun with me
Dance with me
The drumbeat cracks in time
Move Up
To a different sound
To a higher ground
To a different key
With a melody
As the feeling grows
With the lights down low
When you hear the cry
Taste the alibi
Drink the soothing cup
Said the liquid friend
Choose the rush to all
Kiss a tear goodbye
Cry a distant cry
Dance a daring dance
Take a 1-0 chance
Take your grasp on fate
Rise to heaven's gate
Stand above the rest
And take the lasting test
Night Train
In a faded envelope
In a vice-like grip
Of a carriage in the dark
On a foreign trip (again)
Of a figure in the trees
In the evening rain
Of a stranger in your midst
On a speeding train (again)
Perfume lingers in the night
Smell of French cologne
As a hand turns down the light
Leaves him all alone (again)
In a dim lit empty room
But it's all in vain
When he reads the note he finds
On the midnight train (again)
The Horseman
Watch the sweeping shadows span 'til the night comes
Man and beast in that ancient stance
It's the Horseman
Horseman!
Riding strong with the note, "I'm high in a strange daze"
Slowly he smiles, silently sighs, slither to black, shading his eyes
Nothing changes, nothing stops the Horseman
Horseman!
The moves are from the reign,
The straps are pulling hard, the sweat is running hot
The light is dimming fast
His task is almost done, this race is almost won
His journey nears it's end
Fool, passionate delight, cuts through his heart tonight
He screams all night!
Look What They've Done
So strange
Through the walls, I can hear them talk about
Someone who, sounds alot like me
Whispers so soft (It really doesn't matter)
Whispers so clear (It really doesn't matter)
What have they done to me ?
Tell about everything I do
Pulling me down (It really doesn't matter)
Underground
What have they done to me?
It's not the same, It's so strange
Again We Love
The moment lingers in my room
These words of mad music ringing clear
I drink them in but it's gone too soon
We cry, We sigh, Again we love
The image deja-vu's again
My head is spinning with a rhapsody
The moment's over but it's not the end
We cry, We sigh, Again we love
The taste of perfume in the air
The crystal shimmer of a blue sea
Sun kissed beaches, but there's no one there
We cry, We sigh, Again we love
Wildlife
Whispers
wake up, they're moving, they can hear us
I know they can hear us....
Not sure if I know
But still in my mind
I'm still searching
The light guides my way
It leads me to
Another avenue
As the night meets the day
But still in my mind
I look but don't find
I'm still searching
I won't give in
Still trying to find
And still in my mind
I'm still searching
You get up early to earn your pay
Push the button throw that switch
Turbines roar their unholy pitch
Pounding like thunder
Pistons push the steel on steel
Steam filled air turns the wheel
The wheel in turn takes the strain
Pounds the beat again and again
The feeling of steel
Someone is driving
But you've got the wheel
Machines in motion they're never wrong
You think in time you will be free
But a factory man is what you'll be
Pounding like thunder
Pistons push the steel on steel
Steam filled air turns the wheel
The wheel in turn takes the strain
Pounds the beat again and again
Speak for yourself you'll pass the test
Fortune beholds the brave so they say
Questions unanswered the risk they might pay
I listen I can hear
Pounding like thunder
You think that no-one quite understands
Your mother is telling you to stay at home
Your father has quite different plans
Like so many times before
You leave the envelope on the kitchen table
As you turn the key of the door
But you've never had the problems that I've had
And I think that I can make it
But life is just a game
And I'm dealing all my aces
While I grit my teeth in pain
I'm not a number (Do you really care?)
They make it look oh so real
But my life isn't quite right just now
Who knows just how I feel
Know where to sleep tonight
Another false friend who smiles and smiles
And smiles through his evil eyes
But you've never had the problems that I've had
And I think that I can make it
But life is just a game
And I'm dealing all my aces
While I grit my teeth in pain
Run round in my head
No answers solutions
Illusions instead
As I walk alone
And I picture the past
The very beginning I ask yes I ask
But the scent lingers on
Don't deny
No place can I go
My hopelessness shows in my eyes
Never ending they seem
My passion my heart
Ripped out at the seams
Like a jigsaw in pieces
I have all the parts
To put them together
More a feat than a task
Like a child sees the past
You rejected my passion
Ripped out my heart
Questions, questions
Tormenting myself
Disillusioned and broken
Like a toy on a shelf
Like a child in the corner
With my head in my hands
Rejected I wonder
Through life's empty lands
A knife in your back, won't fight back
A blade in our back, go go attack
A knife in your back, please fight back
Harder they come run boy run
Fight fight stand by your rights
He's too young to die, he hopes but still tries
And that what a rebel cried
Only the good die young
Survive staying alive
Alive we will survive
Only the good die young
Down down don't want him around
Don't break his bones find he's not stone
You know you'll never hurt him
Stronger they come they think they have
But no they haven't killed him
Life without time, that just a crime
A life time without mercy
You said to achieve it's not just a dream
But the good die young
I can't speak the truth
From my window I see darkness
From my past my youth
Here in my room
More tears are shed for yesterday
For you...
The screaming children cry
Like flowers in the water
Without it they would die
Can you hear me,
The voices in the garden calling
For you...
I'm alone
Alone again
The screaming children calling
Like angels voices, crying
The screaming children cry
Like flowers in the water
Without it they would die
They wish to speak to you
Nothing but sweet nothing
Spoken if only they'd speak the truth
Spoken if only they'd speak the truth
You said it would come true
The proof:
The making up to you
Pride:
Hold your head up high
You've got them on your side
Please don't run please don't hide
Decided it for you
Decisions:
Maybe they're untrue
Sometimes:
You've got to give and take
Hurry-up:
It's make or break
It's time:
Time to live live your life
They sound good to me
Make your wish
And count to three
Promise me, I'll promise you
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And count to two
Are you takin' wrong advice
Suggestions:
Maybe wrong maybe right
Remember:
You're takin' nothing for granted
Your past your present life maybe tainted
But remember it's your life
One cheque for love
One lost glove
Never to reappear
Gone forever with the change
Oh it's such a shame
Nothing's true anymore
I'll give you love
For a certain price
Give me the love glove
I'll give you love
Gamble and sacrifice
Sweet as sugar pure as honey
Hey don't walk away
You won't have to pay
Love I'll give you gold
Gold you pay the price
I throw the dice
Gamble risk sacrifice
Who's got the glove
I've got the cheque
One cheque for love
I've got the glove who pays the price
Who can tell at all
The tears and the sorrow
Can you hear them call
Turn against it all
But still, still tomorrow
It's backs against the wall
All around us pain
Look deep inside
But still it's still the same
