Ultravox

[fox69]

"If I Was"

"If I Was"


If I was a soldier
Captive arms I'd lay before her
If I was a sailor
Seven oceans I'd sail to her

If I was a wiser man
Would other men reach out and touch me?
If I was a kinder man
Dishing up love for a hungry world
Tell me would that appease her?
I want to please her again

If I was a painter
I'd paint a world that couldn't taint her
If I was a leader
On food of love from above I would feed her

If I was a poet
All my love and burning words I would show it
If I was her lover
Her eyes in kisses I would cover

Come here my baby
Oh, they can't touch you now
I'll keep you save and warm
I'll never leave you at all

Come here my baby
Oh they won't touch you
Dishing up love for a hungry world
Tell me would that appease you
I want to please you again

If I was a soldier
Captive arms I'd lay before her
If I was a sailor
Seven oceans I'd sail to her

If I was a painter
I'd paint a world that couldn't taint her
If I was a leader
On food of love from above I would feed her

If I was a poet
All my love and burning words I would show it
If I was her lover
Her eyes in kisses I would cover

 

[fox69]

"Ingenuity"

"Ingenuity"


Reach for the stars
(Kudos is lost)
The space race
Man on the moon
(Won't tear me apart)
Your future

Curiosity staring out
In everyone's eyes
Discover lust?
We're innocent now
Deliver us
Ingenuity right now

Ingenuity right now
Ingenuity

Send out the sound
(Galactic collide)
Lightyears
A quest for the key
(The technology)
To transport us

Curiosity steers us out
Through everyone's eyes
Discover lust
We're innocent now
Deliver us
Ingenuity right now

Discover us
They're amateurs now
Deliver us
Ingenuity right now

Ingenuity right now [x3]

Discover us
We're innocent now
Deliver us
Ingenuity right now

Discover us
They're amateurs now
Deliver us
Ingenuity right now

 

[fox69]

"Just For A Moment"

"Just For A Moment"


Talking in the window as the light fades
I heard my voice break just for a moment
Talking by the window as the light fades
I felt the floor change into an ocean

[Chorus:]
We'll never leave here, never
Let's stay in here forever
And when the streets are quiet
We'll walk out in the silence

Listening to the movement that the night makes
I let the room fade just for a moment
Sitting in the shadows that the leaves make
I felt the floor change into an ocean

[Chorus]

Listening to the music the machines make
I let my heart break just for a moment
Listening to the music the machines make
I felt the floor change into an ocean

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"King's Lead Hat"

"King's Lead Hat"


Oh yeah!

Oh - it's automatic (narcotic) let's ride
Four turkeys in a big black car
The road is shiny (black shine) the wheels slide
It all goes for a dangerous ride
The lacquer crackles (black car) the engine roars
A ship is turning, they come back to the shore
Splish splash I was raking in the cash
The biology of purpose keeps my nose above the surface

King's lead hat was a mother to desire
It will come, it will come, it will surely come
King's lead hat put the innocence inside her
It will come, it will come, it will surely come

In New Delhi and Hong Kong
We all know that it won't be long
I count my fingers (here she comes) as night falls
And draw bananas on the bathroon walls
The killer cycles (hum drum) the killer hertz
The passage of my life is measured out in shirts
Time and motion (motion carried) time and tide
All I know and all I have is time and time and tide is on my side

King's lead hat was a poker in the fire
It will come, it will come, it will surely come
King's lead hat was a mother to desire
It will come, it will come, it will surely come

The weapon's ready, the gun's on
The satellite can toss and turn
The captain's here (sieg heil) but nobody hears
The king's hat fits over their ears
He dials zero (cold line) on every time
He tries to dial out 999999999
He dials reception, he's all alone
He's just a victim of the telephone

King's lead hat made the Amazon much wider
It will come, it will come, it will surely come
King's lead hat was a mother to desire
It will come, it will come, it will surely come
King's lead hat put the innocence inside her
It will come, it will come, it will surely come
King's lead hat was the poker in the fire
It will come, it will come, it will surely come

Oh yeah!

 

[fox69]

"Lament"

"Lament"


And just as my eyes start seeing
After all the pain
The twist in my life starts healing
Just to twist again
In stillness, in sorrow
Returns that softly sighing lament

And just as the smile's returning
After all the pain
The fire inside stops burning
Just to burn again
In moments of madness
Returns that softly sighing lament

 

[fox69]

"Lie"

"Lie"


Couldn't you let it lie?

With a smile and subterfuge
You dance your savage dance
Some hidden cause you cannot justify
A lie's a lie

Couldn't you let it lie?
Couldn't you let it lie?

Conscience clear and sanctified
You wash your sins away
In God's name you start your holy war
Who's it for?

Couldn't you let it lie?
Couldn't you let it lie?
Couldn't you let it lie?

Couldn't you let it lie?
Couldn't you let it lie?
Couldn't you let it lie?
Couldn't you let it lie?

 

[fox69]

"Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)"

"Life At Rainbow's End (For All The Tax Exiles On Main Street)"


Streets I knew were raining, changing
Addresses were rearranging
The cold boy from the suburbs, he left there
He'd read the book of no return

And me, I burnt your picture
For the ashes of the lords
For you had played your games too well
As the martyr and the boss

I suppose I chose a
Good introduction
From a formerly trusted friend
A good introduction
To life at rainbow's end
Life at rainbow's end
Life at rainbow's end

Here I am a millionaire
Sewn into these dreams
I burnt all the maps that lead here
So no one can ever follow me

Only lonely parties start
At the dark side of this world
The gangster with the golden arm
Plays death cards for the girls

I saw the final vicar
Make confession to a dancer
We stood upon the bridge at dawn
And the dancer kissed my cancer

I suppose I chose a
Good introduction
From a formerly trusted friend
A good introduction
To life at rainbow's end
Life at rainbow's end
Life at rainbow's end

 

[fox69]

"Live"

"Live"


Oh
Oh
Oh-oo

Time will find a way
A way to make your world go round
Present an empty day
A canvas for your words
To paint the things you see
A chapter still to come
Don't you know that every picture holds a story?

Don't you know you'll learn to live again?
Soon to find your road to everything
Don't you know you'll learn to live again?

Oh
Oh
Oh-oo

I've seen it all before
The emptiness and empty heart
Bewildered and unsure
One moment, and it's gone
Release and set you free
To cast away your ties
To radiate and shine to light your path to glory

Don't you know you'll learn to live again?
Soon to find your road to everything
Don't you know you'll learn to live again?

Time will find a way
I've seen it all before

Don't you know you'll learn to live again?
Soon to find your road to everything
Don't you know you'll learn to live again?

Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh

 

[fox69]

"Love's Great Adventure"

"Love's Great Adventure"


Standing on my own
It didn't mean that much to me
I thought I had it all
I didn't see the mystery
I stood the test of time
and took the step to find
Love's great adventure

I spoke a million words
They didn't mean that much to me
They rang around my head
Like empty tuneless harmonies
Love's great adventure mine

Lying side by side
It didn't mean that much to me
I started to enjoy
The poetry and symphonies
I took it in my stride
I hailed the day I tried
Love's great adventure

A fool who couldn't see
It didn't mean that much to me
I couldn't understand
That's how the game is meant to be
Love's great adventure mine

Love's great adventure
Love's great adventure
Love's great adventure

Standing on my own
It didn't mean that much to me
I thought I had it all
I didn't see the mystery
I stood the test of time
and took the step to find
Love's great adventure

 

[fox69]

"Man Of Two Worlds"

"Man Of Two Worlds"


Taking shelter by the standing stones
Miles from all that moves
Breathing solitude, seeking confidence
A gift to me
Feeling spirits never far removed
Passing over me and I greet them with open arms

Hand fighting hand
As you turn to a man of two worlds
Taobh ri taobh tha sinn mar aon de dha shaobhail
Do lambh nam lambh gabhal aithne air leim a ghablh

Reading passages of ancient rhyme
Cut so deep so old
Telling tales of travellers and mystery
Hearing spirits never far removed
Call out aloud
When the time comes they'll talk to me

Hand fighting hand
As you turn to a man of two worlds
Taobh ri taobh tha sinn mar aon de dha shaobhail
Do lambh nam lambh gabhal aithne air leim a ghablh
Hand fighting hand
As you turn to a man of two worlds

Feel a presence moving into me
Painting pictures with its words
Seeing places that I've never seen
Like a door thrown open on a life I've lived before

Taobh ri taobh tha sinn mar aon de dha shaobhail
Do lambh nam lambh gabhal aithne air leim a ghablh
Mar e shealbhaichis mi an tiodhlac seo ahonisa
S mo lambh n'ad lambh smuainich air na tireauu ceinne
S mi deaunabh gardochas da raire