| Intro
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…
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
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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
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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?
Piano Solo
Video Killed The Radio Star
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
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… |
