Who Will Stop The Rain?
(Downes/Warman/Woolfenden)
This problem is insoluble
The answers seem impossible
The logic ceases to exist
Emotion is the beat we miss
I stand on a world
Where dreams, realities, existence are the same
We take from the mother’s skin
But the world is not to blame
Who tells the wind which way to blow?
I wonder who will stop the rain
The rocks that hold the secrets, they don’t know
So who can stop the rain?
We’ve lost the path for all we know
Now tell me when will it start again?
And as the old man lifts his hands
Please can you stop the rain?
Stars fall far away
Like they never did before
A new moon shining
Like it never will again
Desert white cloud
Spirits they sing
Rain falls from the big sky
Onto broken wing
There is no sense in turning back
To wash the debris from the track
World without fears without rhyme
We fought for peace within our time
Summer
(Downes/Payne)
Her fingers feel the air
The mantle now so bare
From green then into brown
Lie scattered all around
We hope they will return
Like those before did learn
Now that their summer’s gone
We have to carry on
Till we rise, I just can’t wait
Now tell me, who are you
To judge my fate?
Chorus:
Oh, the rain burns on
Now that summer’s gone
Oh, the wind blows strong
Now that summer’s gone
Across the fields we ran
To emerald castles, banned
By rule of modern man
Who built a winterland
Then as the seasons change
He’ll fly and hide away
Above a cloud of words
On wings of gold I heard
We must rise, it’s not too late
Now tell me, who are you
To change our fate?
Chorus
Satellite Blues
(Downes/Warman)
Hey you, you’re walking down a New York street
Feel the tension in the midday heat
You’re walking on blood
TV, it’s all there on a Japanese screen
East, West, there’s no in between
Now, we just love “The Reds”
Everything is now because the past is dead
You’ve got to look forward if you want to get ahead
What kind of person sells a young person drugs?
You bring them up good but don’t call them thugs
Third world stories, well they make the news
It’s a five minute wonder, call it…
Satellite blues
Any way the wind blows
Dive, dive! Underground is just the place to be
So cool, it keeps the city clean
Now walk on by
I said “Walk, walk, don’t run!”
Don’t you know you’ve got to follow the signs?
This life’s so cruel, so cruel to be kind
It’s a one-way street
You’ve got to live on the edge just to make a big deal
This life’s big fun, man, it’s like a roulette wheel
What kind of world would let these children die?
There’s so much money we could all retire
We could all live happily if we choose
But it’s a five minute wonder, call it…
Satellite blues
Any way the wind blows
Love Under Fire
(Downes/Lake)
Love under fire
We stand in the flame
Now and forever
After the rain
When is forever?
You can take it from me
It may be never
C’est la vie
Love under fire
And we stand in the flame
Now and forever
After the rain
When is forever?
You can take it from me
It may be never
Just wait and see
You can hide in the jungle
You can climb up a tree
You can scan the horizon
Tell me what you see?
As cold as a mountain
With a heart that can freeze
There’s a storm on the water
With every heart that she seas
Love under fire
Tell Me Why?
(Downes/Payne)
Tell me why,
I don’t believe in you.
I don’t believe it’s true.
I don’t believe in you.
Happens nearly every time,
If you let them, they’ll control your mind,
Yes your mind.
But that was only yesterday,
So you had to wash your head in hate.
In hate, in hate.
Tell me why,
I don’t believe in you.
I don’t believe it’s true.
I don’t believe in you.
Shall we stand against the wind?
Staring at the justice of their sins,
Their sins.
What have they done to live this way?
In a modern world, the fragile pay
They pay, oh yes they pay.
Tell me why,
I don’t believe in you.
I don’t believe it’s true.
I don’t believe in you.
Lay Down Your Arms
(Downes/Payne/Hart)
We used to live in a better world
Where sky and water were free
We point the finger
We point the gun
Is that the way it should be?
We rape the land
And we tear the skin
Burn the blood In the stone
To fuel the fire of a selfish mind
Do you want to live here alone?
Lay down your arms - surrender
You know you’ll never get out of here
Lay down your arms - remember
No force - you’d better lay down your gun
Such are the sins of humanity
Dark is the air that we breathe
A war to hide in society
Don’t close your eyes to deceive
Too many promises
Too may tears
Where does the future lie
If we burn away the years
We can make this a better world
Where sky and water are free
So give the hand without the gun
That’s the way it will be
Remembrance Day
I Can’t Wait A Lifetime
(Payne/Nye)
After all is said and done
Time will wait no more
Have not the strength to carry on
Light grows cold
Steals away the life in me
Cold with this uncertainty
Forgive me
I can’t wait a lifetime
Won’t let this child die within my heart
I can’t wait a lifetime
Don’t let it slip away
Don’t let it slip away
From me
In the end I had to turn
Hurt to see you cry
Beneath the skin the prison lies
Love the only crime
Do I unlock the life in me
Or ride the storm eternally
Forgive me
I can’t wait a lifetime
Won’t let this child die within my heart
I can’t wait a lifetime
Don’t let it slip away
Don’t let it slip away
From me
The Higher You Climb
(Downes/Warman/Woolfenden)
There is no comeback from the big divide
Maybe there’s a future to be found waiting on the other side
If it’s illusion, then what is real?
In life’s confusion, take what you can
Fight it till you reach the goal.
And the higher you climb you can fall
But never look down
And the faster you run, it’s a crawl
To the end of the line.
Seems all directions lead to one place
There are no signposts guiding me
It takes a long time to see
And the higher you climb you can fall
But never look down
And the faster you run, it’s a crawl
To the end of the line.
The age of reason has come and gone
The changing seasons move on and on until you reach the goal
And the higher you climb you can fall
But never look down
And the faster you run, it’s a crawl
To the end of the line.
Anytime
(Downes/Payne)
As a child, we played the game
Fought the war, but felt no pain
Arm to arm, we left the skin
Then said the words, remember them
Oh, never a moments doubt
Oh, feel it, scream it loud
Chorus:
Anytime that you call
Anytime if you fall
Anytime I’ll be there for you
Any moment of fear
Anytime say the prayer
Swear that our word is true
Should I go
Should I stay?
I won’t turn my head away
Cross the line, the great divide
So kill the silence, where we hide
Oh, never a moments doubt
Oh, feel it so scream it loud
Chorus
If clouds fall, stand tall
As mountains climb from endless sea
Call out, fear not
Bring back that memory
Chorus
Heat Of The Moment
(Wetton/Downes)
I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
One look from you and I would fall from grace
And that would wipe this smile right from my face
Do you remember when we used to dance
And incidence arose from circumstance
One thing lead to another we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung
{chorus}
It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what your heart meant
Heat of the moment shone in your eyes
And now you find yourself in 82
The disco hotspots hold no charm for you
You can’t concern yourself with bigger things
You catch the pearl and ride the dragon’s wings
{chorus}
And when your looks are gone and you’re alone
How many nights you sit beside the phone
What were the things you wanted for yourself
Teenage ambition you remember well
{chorus x2}
Heart Of Gold
(Downes/Payne)
We are the future within our dome
A new generation, we live alone
Washed the words from the subway wall
We had to fight to survive
You still can have it all
So listen to our cry
With a mind of steel, but a heart of gold
The winds of change you can move the stone
By the hands of love you must free the soul
To live forever with a heart of gold
We are the future, we hold the key
The messengers are calling, “wake up your race”
All but man did turn to dust
Then we saw her fall
Cut her down by the sword of greed
So listen to our cry
With a mind of steel, but a heart of gold
The winds of change you can move the stone
By the hands of love you must free the soul
To live forever with a heart of gold
With a mind of steel, but a heart of gold
The winds of change you can move the stone
By the hands of love you must free the soul
To live forever with a heart of gold
You are the future, it’s up to you
You are the future, it’s up to you
A Far Cry
(Downes/Payne/Hart/Mitchell)
In the dead of night
On the wings of the wind
I hear the ocean bell
With a flash of light
In the beat of the dark
The sound I know so well
I shall never forget you
It’s been so long
I should never have left you
The call so strong
It’s a far cry from a wild world
It want to get back to you
Such a long road, to the homeland
I must make my way to a far cry
From the chords of the earth
To the depths of the sea
I will return
As I look to the hill
Through the eyes of the storm
I touch the flame
I shall never forget you
It’s been so long
I should never have left you
The call so strong
It’s such a far cry
Don’t Cut The Wire (Brother)
(Downes/Payne)
He was just a lonely kid
No matter what he did
Was never recognised
Then you came along
Was the second son
So special in their eyes
Oh how he ran
To the city where his dreams would turn to man
Oh how he ran
So he lived his life alone
Where he lay was home
Then they made him move along
From town to town
With his head held down
Then he turned towards the gun
Again how he ran
From the badge he had no chance to understand
Oh how he ran
Chorus:
Don’t cut the wire, cos he really needs you now
Don’t cut the wire, in the final hour
When it comes to the rest, you were always the best
Brother don’t you cut the wire
Many years have passed
But behind the mask
He always thought of you
Now with a gun in hand
It’s his final stand
Your brother needs you too
He knows how he ran
From the child he was
Then later from the man
Oh how he ran
Chorus
The Day Before The War
Only Time Will Tell
(Wetton/Downes)
You’re leaving now
It’s in your eyes
There’s no disguising it
It really comes as no surprise
To find that you planned it all along
I see it now
Becomes so clear
Your insincerity
And me all starrey-eyed
To think that I would have know by now
{chorus}
Now, sure as the sun will cross the sky
This lie is over
Lost, like the tears that used to tide me over
{Only time will tell}
One thing is sure
That time will tell
{Only time will tell}
If you were wrong
The brightest ring around the moon
Will darken when I die
{chorus}
{repeat first verse}
{repeat second verse}
{chorus}
{Only time will tell}
You’re on your own
Inside your room
{Only time will tell}
You’re claiming victory
You were just using me
And there is no one you can use now
{Only time will tell}
One thing is sure
That time will tell… |
