Go
(Wetton/Downes)
Dig for victory, go for gold
I don’t wanna die before I get old
And I wonder where I’m going to
There’s some way out, there’s some way through
But I’m lost, I’m lost, I’m down again
My direction is changing, which way,
Which way can I go…
Get up and go
You start me up, you slow me down
No one can deny you get around
When you’re hot, you’re cold, you’re in between
Asking myself what does it mean?
And I walk that tightrope, you should know
I’m losing my balance, maybe,
Maybe I should go…
Get up and go
Face to face in sympathy
But now you turn your back on me
Turn a card and win, but you may lose
Fate only has that right to choose
If you’re right, leave me here, I’ll die alone
You’ve got the time, you’ve just got time
You got the time just go…
Get up and go
Go
Just go…
Band Intro
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
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
Rock And Roll Dream
(Wetton/Downes)
Rock and roll dream
Not what it seems
Who is the dreamer now?
When I see the faces from the limousine
No chance of our survival
Armed forces, guardians of the law
Awaiting our arrival
They all are young
We all were young
And I’ve seen this place before
Open up the door
Let us in
All the things I’ve seen
Words I said, I didn’t mean
Feelings, I took for granted
But now reality
One thing we could never see
Everything, we always wanted
They all are young
We all were young
And I’ve seen this place before
Open up the door
Let us in
{chorus}
If I had the choice
Words came through my voice
I should have left unspoken
Now it’s obvious
Clear to all of us
The dream that now is broken
Take the stage tonight
Go face the lights
With this image you should keep
You’re crying in your sleep
Tonight
{chorus}
Geoff Downes Solo
(Downes)
Video Killed The Radio Star
Little Rich Boy
(Downes/Payne)
Don’t read “Marx”
He’s a clean cut guy
Just the dream
On a TV eye
If you swim
In the dark
You lose a hand
When you feed the shark
Little rich boy, she’s gonna find you
Little rich boy
Little rich boy, those claws will blind you
Just a little rich boy
She got hooks
In your veins
Feel the pleasure
Kill the pain
Drop a pearl
See the dragon fly
Crack the diamond
Do you still feel high?
Voice of America
(Wetton/Downes)
I heard you on the radio
Some other time
From some forgotten studio
Way down the line
So long, so long I’ve waited now
To hear you again
That song, that song will still remain
Become an old friend
And now, the tears are in my eyes
The sound you can’t disguise
The truth comes back from lies
And all I want to hear
Voice of America, ooh, America
Voice of America, ooh, America
And then you came in stereo
Calling to me
And so I watch the videos
Across the T.V.
That sound, still ringing in my ears
From a decade ago
Around, around my head, the sound from my radio
I thought, that after all these years
The tears, the growing fears
That I would never hear
Never again
Voice of America, ooh, America
Voice of America, ooh, America
Aqua Part One
(Downes/Payne/Howe)
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
Wildest Dreams
(Wetton/Downes)
They decorated all the generals
Who fought the wars behind the lines
They had forgotten all the soldiers
The brandy put them way behind the times
Insanity has found its way to TV screens
Vision seems impossible to me
They fight {they fight} for king {for king} and country
I never would have thought this in my
{chorus}
Wildest dreams
Wildest dreams
Wildest dreams
Wildest dreams
The evening comes, we sit and watch the VJs
Clips and rushes come from who knows where
From Washington across to California
With fighting breaking out in Leicester Square
We see the soldiers moving on to victory
And children trampled under marching feet
They fight {they fight} for king {for king} and country
How many millions will they put to sleep?
{chorus}
Fly away…
No, not in this world
No, not in the next
No, not in my wildest dreams
They recommended euthanasia
For non-conformists anywhere
Some men’s dreams for others turn to nightmares
This never would have happened in my
{chorus}
Fly away…
No, not in this world
No, not in the next
No, not in my wildest dreams…
Back In Town
(Downes/Payne)
Wheels turn - smoke rise
Chrome wings - low ride
Freeway - red line
To city lights electric I glide
If there’s escape from your illusion
You gotta break the whole constitution
Concrete - touch sky
Main street - dogs lie
Steel bird - black tie
Is this what they call the freedom you buy?
Look at him behind the delusion
All you hear is the voice of confusion
The bad boy’s back
The bad boy’s back in town
The bad boy’s back
Don’t you shoot him down
Wheels spin - ace high
No win - no life
One world - truth lies
Love’s just a word on a red neon sign
If there’s escape from the conclusion
You gotta shake the whole institution
If there’s escape from your illusion
You gotta break the whole constitution
Don’t Cry
(Wetton/Downes)
Hard times you had before you
I knew when I first saw you
You girl you’ve always been mistreated, cheated
So leave it all behind you
It took so long to find you
I know that we can last forever, ever and more, more, oh
Don’t Cry now that I’ve found you
Don’t Cry take a look around you
Don’t Cry it took so long to find you
Do what you want, but little darling please Don’t Cry
I knew I’d never doubt it
I was so sure about it
Don’t think of all that’s been before
I’ll hear you when you’re calling
I’ll catch you when you’re falling
Don’t worry I will always be there, like never before, or, oh
Someday
(Downes/Warman)
Don’t want to live in another world
Don’t want to dream of another girl
That’s the way it was meant to be
I couldn’t sleep through the lonely night
I just cried till the morning
It’s not the way it was meant to be
Someday you may find somebody else
Someday love my shine on you
Someday you may find the one
You didn’t leave me, you ran away
Couldn’t face what you had to say
It’s not the way it was meant to be
Now you can live in your other world
Me, i’ve found me another girl
And that’s the way it was meant to be
When I dream, I dream of one world
But I know there’s no such place
If I could ever find that one girl
In my world, in my world
Steve Howe Solo
The Voice Of Reason
(Downes/Payne)
Nothing ventured nothing gained
Tired and washed out by the pain
Do we share this problem, will it slip away?
Or do we fight another day?
Was I looking for a friend?
One I could on ’til the end
Is there something that I didn’t do?
Does it all begin with you?
So how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?
But how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?
After all the fallen tears
When we wake the token dream
Who let the water slowly draw away?
All the colours we made
To give you reason, to change the river’s flow
To give you reason, to point the bone
To give you reason, to set your spirit free
I don’t know, I don’t know why
Is there nothing I can say?
Is there nothing I can do, girl?
Didn’t mean to break your life
Didn’t mean to burn your world, no
You can keep the silver band
You can have the memories, girl
Now as ‘Pilate’ cleans the hands
It’s no more to do with me, no
So how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?
Let’s the voice of reason say:
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…
The Heat Goes On
(Wetton/Downes)
You walk tall, got your head in the clouds
You talk soft, but you’re thinking aloud
And you know, exactly what you want
You box shy, you’re hard to get
You got the face that I can’t forget
And I know, I know The Heat Goes On
I know that The Heat Goes On
I know that The Heat Goes On
You play tight, you’re nobody’s fool
You’re not cold, but I know that you’re cool
Look at you, I know The Heat Goes On
Now tell me, with your hand on you’re heart
That you knew, you were right from the start
And you’re sure, you felt it all along
You know that The Heat Goes On
You know that The Heat Goes On
Times to decide, times that I’ve lied
Problems will never be solved
Which way is wrong, which could be right?
This heat will always go on
You walk tall, got your head in the clouds
You talk soft, but you’re thinking aloud
And you know, exactly what you want
You box shy, you’re hard to get
You got the face that I’ll never forget
You and I know, we know The Heat Goes On
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 |
