B E N V E N U T O
Ho qui voluto inserire una raccolta dei testi
di uno dei gruppi mitici degli anni '80.
Sono canzoni che ancora oggi suscitano molte
emozioni. E poi credo che la musica di quel periodo sia ineguagliabile....
FOUNDATION
Hello, this is me to you
it's better now we're coming through
and I don't really know just who we are
I'll stay here till my loves full up
so stir this cocktail, shake me up
drink me down and take me from the bar.
We'll build a foundation,
build a foundation
build a foundation,
you know we're gonna build, build it up.
Spent the night in Tumbledown
a hundred miles from west of town
plans were laid, no compromise was made.
Gently up to meet the blue
left a note and signed it "TRUE"
those construction games were all we played.
Oh I know you're gonna give your best
so more or less,gotta put it to the test
don't you know you've got the whole world in your hands.
Surrender up and lay down your arms
the fighting hurts but the loving calms
oh I know you've got the whole world in your hand.
We'll build a foundation,
build a foundation
build a foundation,
you know we're gonna build, build it up.
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COMMUNICATION
Communication always leaves in incomplete
the grass is greener, but it's grown beneath my feet
love inspiration is a message on a wing
but I have left in the words you'll never sing
communication let me down
and I'm left here
communication let me down
and I'm left here
telex or tell me but it's always second-hand
I'm incognito but no rendez-vous been planned
dictate or relate I could send it to your home
"return to sender" I could sing it down the phone
I'm sitting and waiting by the telephone
waiting for the bell to ring
short change fumble
dial-a-heart trouble
and I ain't got time for searching through the rubble
communication let me down
and I'm left here
communication let me down
and I'm left here
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LIFELINE
Changing her colours she's off to the shore
she rides the soul train and he fight the law
there's a power in his voice and it makes her feel so sure
so live and let live in love
one day he'll build a statue with his hands
so gentle when he tries to understand
this subterfuge he never really planned
now you're living in the Lifeline
we're moving
in the Lifeline
we're walking
in the Lifeline
we're throwing
so live and let live in love
Exchanging their letters their exits begun
with deathless precision he's aiming his gun
a democracy of sorts that justifies the sun
so live and let live in love
neither has the ghost of a chance
those decisions only can be made once
you never really know just what you're giving
till you're living in the Lifeline
we're moving
in the Lifeline
we're walking
in the Lifeline
we're throwing
so live and let live in love
He could have built a statue with his hands
So gentle when he tries to understand
you never really know just what you're giving
now you're living in the Lifeline
we're moving
in the Lifeline
we're walking
in the Lifeline
we're throwing to you
but I'm not living
So live and let live in Lifeline
in the Lifeline....
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GOLD
Thank you for coming home
I'm sorry that the chairs are all worn
I left them here I could have sworn
these are my salad days
slowly being eaten away
just another play for today
oh but I'm proud of you, but I'm proud of you
there's nothing left to make me feel small
luck has left me standing so tall
Gold
always believe in your soul
you've got the power to know
you're indestructable
always believe in, because you are
gold
glad that you're bound to return
there's something I could have learned
you're indestructable, always believe in
After the rush has gone
I hope you find a little more time
remember we were partners in crime
it's only two years ago
the man with the suit and the pace
you know that he was there on the case
now he's in love with you, he's in love with you
and my love is like a prison wall
but you could leave me standing so tall
Gold
always believe in your soul
you've got the power to know
you're indestructable
always believe in, because you are
gold
glad that you're bound to return
there's something I could have learned
you're indestructable, always believe in
And my love is like a prison wall
but you could leave me standing so tall
Gold
always believe in your soul
you've got the power to know
you're indestructable
always believe in, because you are
gold
glad that you're bound to return
there's something I could have learned
you're indestructable, always believe in
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ONLY WHEN YOU LEAVE
Laying in the after glow
I only want to learn what you know
but now you're leaving
how many hearts must you break?
how many calls must I make?
but now you're leaving
in this world all that I choose has come unbearable
but love is in your touch
oh it's killing me so much
Only when tou leave
I'll need to love you
and when the action has all gone
I'm just a little fool enough to need you
fool enough too long
Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger
oh I'll make sure that you pay
so give a little passion to a stranger
and take this soul away
I only want to make this things last
so how could this have gone so fast
and now you're leaving
how many times must I learn
it's only when you've gone that I burn
and now you're leaving
In the end, all that I left has come unbearable
it's hard to change your mind,
so leave it all behind
Only when you leave
I'll need to love you
and when the action has all gone
I'm just a little fool enough to need you
fool enough to long
only when you leave, you'll leave in danger
oh I'll make sure that you pay
so give a little passion to a stranger
and take this soul away
Laying in the after glow
I only want to learn what you know
but now you're leaving
how many hearts must you break?
how many calls must I make?
but now you're leaving
in this world all that I choose has come unbearable
but love is in your touch
oh it's killing me so much
Only when tou leave
I'll need to love you
and when the action has all gone
I'm just a little fool enough to need you
fool enough too long
Only when you leave, you'll leave in danger
oh I'll make sure that you pay
so give a little passion to a stranger
and take this soul away
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I'LL FLY FOR YOU
Passion take the wind
and break me from this tie
we're mortals on the earth
oh but God's in the sky
I haven't got a clue
I haven't got a thing
but what I give to you
is all that I could bring
I'll give you all my time
that's ev 'rything to me
you know my only crime
is this flight of fantasy
Because I've nothing else here for you
and just because it's easier than the truth
oh if there's nothing else that I can do
I'll fly for you
Because I've nothing else here for you
and just because it's easier than the truth
oh if there's nothing else that I can do
I'll fly for you
Passion take the wind
and break me from this tie
we're mortals on the earth
oh but God's in the sky
I haven't got a clue
I haven't got a thing
but what I give to you
is all that I could bring
I'll give you all my time
that's ev 'rything to me
you know my only crime
is this flight of fantasy
Because I've nothing else here for you
and just because it's easier than the truth
oh if there's nothing else that I can do
I'll fly for you
Because I've nothing else here for you
and just because it's easier than the truth
oh if there's nothing else that I can do
I'll fly for you
I'll fly for you
I'll fly
I'm just an average boy
you're more than an average girl
and when you sing to me the 'sho be doos'
you sing so well
oh don't you know that when I'm under you
I'm overjoyed
Because I've nothing else here for you
and just because it's easier than the truth
oh if there's nothing else that I can do
I'll fly for you
Because I've nothing else here for you
and just because it's easier than the truth
oh if there's nothing else that I can do
I'll fly for you
I'll fly for you
I'll fly for you
I'll fly
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ROUND AND ROUND
I don't have to be so wise
you're just my fantasy
and I will fantasize
something more or less to make this things started
we're the artisans
and we've been crafted
I wanna be your magical mystery
I wanna be your final history
this is the news
Nothing's ever been so wild
all that I get to do
is what I give to you
this is all about the circles we've found
and through the ups and downs
it goes round
oh I was just beginning to grow strong
she was only eighteen summers long
we were the news
Round and round it goes
and oh don't you know
this is the game that we came here for
round and round it goes,
and don't you know
I don't have to be so wise
you're just my fantasy
and I will fantasize
something more or less to make this things started
we're the artisans
and we've been crafted
I wanna be your magical mystery
I wanna be your final history
this is the news
Round and round it goes
and oh don't you know
this is the game that we came here for
round and round it goes,
and don't you know
this is the game that we came here for
round and round it goes,
and don't you know
this is the game that we came here for
round and round it goes,
and don't you know
You're just my fantasy
and I will fantasize
I wanna be your magical mystery
I wanna be your final history
this is the news of my life
This is the news of my life
oh I was just beginning to grow strong
she was only eighteen summers long
we were the news
we were the news
we were the news
Round and round it goes
and oh don't you know
this is the game that we came here for
round and round it goes,
and don't you know
round and round it goes
round and round it goes
and oh don't you know
this is the game that we came here for.....
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THROUGH THE BARRICADES
Mother doesn't know where love has gone
She says it must be youth
That keeps us feeeling strong
See it in her face, that's turned to ice
And when she smiles she shows
The lines of sacrifice
And now I know what they're saying
When the sun begins to fade
And we made our love on wasteland
And through the barricades
Father made my history
He fought for what he thought
Would set us somehow free
He tought me what to say in school
I learned off by heart
But now that's torn in two
And now I know what they're saying
In the music of the parade
We made our love on wasteland
And through the barricades
Born on different sides of life
We feel the same
And feel all of this strife
So come to me when I'm asleep
We'll cross the line
And dance upon the street
And now I know what they're saying
When the drums begin to fade
We made our love on wasteland
And through the barricades
Oh, turn around and I'll be there
There's a scar through my heart
But I'll bare it again
I thought we were the human race
But we were just another border-line-case
And the stars reach down and tell us
That there's always one escape
I don't know where love has gone
And in this trouble land
Desperation keep us strong
Fridays child is full of soul
With nothing left to lose
There's everything to go
And now I know what they're saying
It's a terrible beauty we've made
So we make our love on wasteland
And through the barricades
Now I know what they're saying
as hearts go to their graves
we made our love on wasteland
And through the barricades.
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CROSS THE LINE
We have no way to see eye to eye
Through all the walls in their mind
These are the pleasures that terrify
So leave them behind
You keep the chains that are in your life
We'll take flight of the dove
There's only one way to satisfy
This feeling that's love
And I'll say it again, and I'll say it again
And if the power comes between us
Oh, I'll know what to do,
I'm gonna say it to you
Cross the line tonight,
Take this chance and show your might,
All the world's on the other side,
Cross the line
Raise a flag to a moral crime,
We'll light a fire for this,
Make the papers by morning time
And lay in our bliss
So come on darling and share my mind,
There is no need to stay hid
'Cause all we are now is two of a kind
Can you believe what we did?
And I'll say it again, oh, and I'll say it again
That when the power comes between us
Oh, I'll know what to do,
I'm gonna say it to you
Cross the line tonight
Take this chance and show your might
All world's on the other side
Cross the line
Mother come to me now,
Take this hand now, I'm afraid
Mother, come to me
I'm bleeding
We had no way to see eye to eye
Through all the walls in their mind
These were the pleasures that terrified
We left them behind
And I'll say it again, and I'll say it again
And if the power comes between us
Oh, I'll know what to do,
I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say it to you
Cross the line tonight,
Take this chance and show your might,
All the world's on the other side,
Cross the line
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HIGHLY STRUNG
This is the song of little Jo
she's not the girl I used to know
forever screaming all the day and night
She used to be a diplomat
but now she's down the laundromat
they washed her mind and now she finds it hard
I know her name
but now she never seems the same
she don't talk to me
'cause she can't take no sympaty
because she's highly strung
oh highly strung, she's undone
highly strung
oh highly strung, she's undone
She's stepping out upon the ledge,
she's got a gun against her
she's wired up to blow the power line
She's walking out upon the knife
she'll take you to the edge of life
just like the song, the pressure is on again
I know her name
but now she never seems the same
she don't talk to me
'cause she can't take no sympaty
because she's highly strung
oh highly strung, she's undone
highly strung
oh highly strung, she's undone
I know her name
but now she never seems the same
she don't talk to me
'cause she can't take no sympaty
because she's highly strung
oh highly strung, she's undone
highly strung
oh highly strung, she's undone
This is the song of little Jo
she's not the girl I used to know
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TRUE
So true funny how it seems
always in time, but never in line for dreams
head over heels,when toe to toe
this is the sound of my soul
this is the sound
I bought a ticket to the world
but now I've come back again
why do I find it hard to write the next line
when I want the truth to be said
I know this much is true
I know this much is true
With a thrill in my head an a pill on my tongue
dissolve the nerves that have just begun
listening to Marvin all night long
this is the sound of my soul
this is the sound
Always slipping from my hands
sand's a time of it's own
take your seaside arms and write the next line
oh I want the truth to be known
I know this much is true
I know this much is true
I bought a ticket to the world
but now I've come back again
why do I find it hard to write the next line
when I want the truth to be said
I know this much is true
I know this much is true
this much is true....
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REVENGE FOR LOVE
Don't I need a saviour
just to bail me out
I'll hold my breath until the water lets me out
and I say
alimony never can pay
hey, hey, hey
I'm on the breadline,
your on the answer phone,
you're off the hook,
and I'm left all alone
it's a shame.
passion isn't always to blame,
hey, hey, hey
oh, I don't need time.
just sweet revenge for love.
oh, I don't don't need time,
just sweet revenge for love.
don't say it's a crime
just give me sweet revenge.
I'm undercover,
your love has overgrown,
retaliation is emotion I have shown,
and I say,
all the money never could pay.
hey, hey, hey,
I'm on the level,
you're on the second floor,
I'm counting seconds,
as my hand goes for the door,
pleasure isn't always the same.
hey, hey, hey.
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RAW
I've been running round town for a new identity
I've been dreaming hot dreams of insecurity
I've been chasing my heart through the streets of my mind
I've been clinging to the bed the sweat is turning me blind
well I'm plugged all the holes and sealing all the cracks
I'm like a galvanised nerve I just can't seem to relax
she's got fire on her breath and chilli on her lips
teeth around her neck and she's got Jazz on her hips
there's a flash in my brain like a shot from above
it's a strange idea of love
like a wolf at the door
like a scratch of a claw
she says "come on baby I want it raw"
a wolf at the door
a scratch of a claw
"I want it raw"
well I'm driving out of town I'm on the verge of a storm
I'm sucking my St. Christopher and trying to keep calm
a Mambo Mamma on the back of my heels
and this incantation can trap my wheels
there's a heat in my car there's a fog on my screen
I've never felt so scared never dreamt such a dream
there's a man on the corner preaching fire above
it's a strange idea of love
like a wolf at the door
like a scratch of a claw
she says "come on baby I want it raw!"
a wolf at the door
a scratch of a claw
"I want it raw!"
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ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND
Oh, you're always in the back of my mind.
nothing ever changes,
oh, I wish to god it did
just another drink and you'll be gone.
2 a.m. raining again.
I saw you making faces in the river.
Only me, down by the quay.
Just a sad reflection that I give you.
Oh, I thought time would burn it.
Burn it down to the ground.
just a little breeze and you'll be strong
driving home, all on my own.
Just a passenger in all that we lost
satisfy, oh, lord don't deny,
I see your face in the everything that's near 'cause.
Oh, you were always in the back of my mind
oh, I have all the memories,
the winter of '82.
When down upon the ice you saw me melt.
Washed up on the rocks again,
oh, don't you know that it's so damn hot
and the things you do.
Oh I won't ever learn.
Oh I won't ever learn.
Oh, you were always in the back of my mind.
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Tutte queste canzoni sono state scritte da Gary Kemp tranne Motivator scritta da Steve Norman,
e pubblicata a cura della Reformation Music Co.Ltd.
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