Compilation CD

{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…

Into The Arena
(Downes/Payne/Randall/Tomoyasu)

Arena
(Downes/Payne)

You can take it
If you want it
You can break it
If you need it

I’ll never fight another day
But you can take the flesh not the soul away
They’re calling from the lions den
They’re fighting for the ghosts of holy men

Into the arena we climb
We look to the sky
Into the arena we climb
You and I

Is it over
When the light goes?
Bella nova
Tell me who knows

Scars will beat the minds of men
Can you feel the thorns upon the skin?
I’ll never fight another day till I die

{Chorus}
Yes I hear you
Yes I see you
Yes I feel you
And I need you

Is it over, I’ll never fight another day
When the light goes?
But you can take the flesh, not the soul away
Bella nova, they’re calling from the lions den
Tell me who knows?
They’re fighting for the souls of holy men

{chorus}

Military Man
(Downes/Payne)

The fighting’s over now
There’s nowhere left to run
My ammunition’s out
I’d better put down my gun
And as I face this life of fear
I’d better keep my conscience clear
Inside my mind I’m out of it
And I ain’t never coming back

Chorus:
So don’t come running here to find me
‘Cos I’m a military man
And as I spin this wheel of fortune
In my military world
I’m a military man

The architects of time
Are calling me
But I don’t believe it
Necessarily
And as I face this life of fear
Break the chains
That bind me here
Inside my head I’m out of it
But I’m still never coming back

Chorus

I’m a military man
Just a military man yes I am

A.L.O.
(Payne/Nye)

Brown suede shoes and corduroys
Greasy hair not out of choice
Trying hard to blend in with the boys
Standing in the corner of the room
He would see her every Friday night
Watching all the guys hold her so tight
Looks in her eyes
But she doesn’t even know his name

He would give her just anything
To hear her voice
To hear her sing
“I love you”

Climbing mountains so high
He won’t give in
Risk the thin thread of life
To find his dream
There is no turning back
In the face of attack
Looking for the key of her heart

She’s the reason of his dreams
Heroine to his pirate king
Marylin to his Jimmy Dean
Swept away to the sound of violins
Friday night and it’s all for real
She don’t know just how he feels
Maybe this could be her lucky day

He would give her just anything
To hear her voice
To hear her sing
“I love you”

Climbing mountains so high
He won’t give in
Risk the thin thread of life
To find his dream
There is no turning back
In the face of attack
Looking for the key of her heart

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

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

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

Bella Nova
(Downes/Payne)

U Bring Me Down
(Downes/Payne/Ibrahim)

Don’t tell me what you are
Don’t tell me what you’re after
Don’t tell me what you want
Don’t tell me what you need
Aren’t you just the one to always point the finger
I don’t care for you ‘cos you don’t care for me !

U bring me down……..repeat

COUNTER RAP
U bring me down/You’re giving me no hope
Sucking off our land/Blowing off the smoke
Virus in the veins/That run into the sea
Poisoning the world/With you’re generosity

U bring me down/You’re killing me with lies
You take away our ears/ Won’t take away my eyes
The red red sea will return unto the vein
Covering the world/Are you happy with your gain

REFRAIN

I could breathe, I could fly
The day before you came
(Think you own my skin now)
Break the chains, free the slave
Turn the tides against you now

Talking to the sky
You promise evolution
Progression of the mind
By selling of the soul
The last will be the first
In the dust of revolution

Someone cares for me
But no one cares for you

REFRAIN 2

Will I breathe? Will I see?
Far beneath the clearest stream
(To the deepest ocean)
Break the chains, free the slaves
Give back the blood, that you drain from this world now

Ginger
(Downes/Payne/Howe)

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

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}

Boys From Diamond City
(Downes/Warman)

Echoes of a million years, lie twisted in my face
In a world without no name, and a stranger human race
In the distance how it shines, sparkles in the light
Like a flower pulls you in, you lose your mind.

And it really doesn’t matter if the sky should fall
Your living under ground, there’s no sky at all
Nothing much changes

We’re the boys of the diamond city
We’re tough like diamond
We’re the boys of the diamond city
So rough, like diamonds

I remember nightmare days, like packs of dogs we’d roam
Through the broken city streets, through the broken city’s bone
It’s so hard to stand your ground, it’s so hard to stay alive
‘Cos when you fight for what you keep, you know you fight for your life

And it really doesn’t matter if the sky should fall
Your living under ground, there’s no sky at all
Nothing much changes

We’re the boys of the diamond city
We’re tough like diamond
We’re the boys of the diamond city
So rough, like diamonds

I remember a time
A giant skyline
And a blue, blue sky
It’s almost dreamlike
We’re the boys of the diamond city

We’re the boys of the diamond city
We’re tough like diamond
We’re the boys of the diamond city
So rough, like diamonds

The Smoke That Thunders
(Downes/Payne/Palmer)

Don’t Come To Me
(Schwartz)

Walking down the avenue
Every step I take I see you
There’s nothing more that I can do
To hold back from crying

It’s not that I don’t have the time
To hear your voice would only cost a dime
I’m gonna save myself a dime
And you know why

‘Cos in the night, when you’re alone
And there is no one you can turn to
As you’re reaching for the phone

Don’t come to me
I won’t be there you see
You turned this heart to stone
Now you’ll walk alone
So don’t come to me

How did I get left this way?
I must have been born yesterday
Every single word you’d say
Were lies, lies, lies

Still walking down that avenue
Every step I take I see you
There’s nothing more that I can do
To hold back from crying

Don’t come to me
‘Cos I won’t be there you see
You turned this heart to stone
Now you’ll walk alone
So don’t come to me

Aria
(Downes/Payne/Nye)

s I look back
In that last act
Far beyond the call of duty

Did I stay strong?
Did I give more?
Far beyond the call of duty

And I know, you know… now

Armenia
(Downes/Payne)