Playlist Ultravox

ultravox - life at rainbow s end

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

Chorus:
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
Sown 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 broken (?) arm
Plays deaf cards for the girls
I saw the final vicar make confession to a dancer
He stood upon the bridge at dawn
And the dancer kissed my cancer

(Chorus)

ultravox - dancing with tears in my eyes

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that died

It's five and I'm driving home again
It's hard to believe that it's my last time
The man on the wireless cries again
It's over, it's over

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that died

It's late and I'm with my love alone
We drink to forget the coming storm
We love to the sound of our favourite song
Over and over

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that died

It's time and we're in each other's arms
It's time but I don't think we really care

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes
Living out a memory of a love that died

Dancing with tears in my eyes
Weeping for the memory of a life gone by
Dancing with tears in my eyes

ultravox - a friend i call desire

Desire, desire, desire, desire

You live for love, I long for it
You give for love, I take from it
This friend of mine, desire
This lover's crime, desire
Emotion driving all the time
A burning need for things not mine
Desire

Desire, desire

You need your love, I walk from it
You fight for love, I run from it
My enemy, desire
Caressing me, desire
The torch I carried burnt my hand
I can't control what I can't stand
Desire

Desire, desire

You live for love, I lie for it
You give for love, I shy from it
And the pain, and the lust
And the want, and the hurt
And the lies, and the fear
And the urge, and the feel
And the touch, and it's all
A friend I call desire

You live for love, I lie for it
You give for love, I shy from it
And the pain, and the lies
And the touch, and it's all
A friend I call desire

ultravox - accent on youth

What is this phase that I am going through
Oh these precious years
Please take my hand
And let me breathe again
Young depressive tears
We stumble blindly
Chasing something new and something sinful

You take my time you live my life for me
What have I done
To rate this penalty
You suck me dry
My body cries
We stumble blindly chasing instant thrills
And lasting memories

Accent on youth attention oh
Ascends on you oh oh

I scream with frustration and lost control
Open, for the blows
My hands fall limp
And hang down by my side
Take my soul and go
We stumble blindly chasing dancing lights
And others wishes

Accent on youth attention oh
Ascends on you oh oh

Just let me close my eyes and slip away
Dream a dream alone
You give me just enough rope
For the task
Let this man alone
We stumble blindly chasing silhouettes and vacant faces
So well rehearsed our moves
Once so graceful turn against us
We stalk dark passages
We're looking for that sweet surrender

Accent on youth attention oh
Ascends on you oh oh
Accent on youth
Accent on youth oh oh

ultravox - all stood still

The lights went out (The last fuse blew).
The clocks all stopped (It can't be true).
The program's wrong (What can we do?).
The printout's blocked (It relied on you).

The turbine cracked up.
The buildings froze up.
The system choked up.
What can we do?

Please remember to mention me,
In tapes you leave behind.

Chorus :
We stood still.
We all stood still.
Still stood still.
We're standing still.

The screen shut down (There's no reply).
The lifts all fall (A siren cries).
And the radar fades (A pilot sighs).
As the countdowns stall (The readout lies).

The turbines cracked up.
The buildings froze up.
The system choked up.
What can we do?

Please remember to mention me,
In tapes you leave behind.

(Chorus)

The black box failed (The codes got crossed).
And the jails decayed (The keys got lost).
Everyone kissed (We breathe exhaust).
In the new arcade (Of the holocaust).

The turbine cracked up.
The buildings froze up.
The system choked up.
What can we do?

Plese remember to mention me,
In tapes you might leave behind.

(Chorus - Repeat 2 times).

ultravox - artificial life

All the boys are wearing their utility drag
The girls slip identikits from their utility bags
Some refugees from suburbia are laughing Examining each other's gags
Vibrate on sulphate when it gets late
And their velocity begins to sag

Chorus: And it goes on all night, all night
And it goes on and on, the artificial life

Mary Mary got so confused About the fusion game, what a game
Blunked on booze, she talks like a newsreel
She'll take up any kind of bleak exchange
She turned to perfection once
But realised she'd only turned to pain
She ran through divine light, chemicals,
Warhol, scientology, her own sex
Before she turned away
(Chorus)

I've learned to be a stranger
I've learned to be a stranger
I've learned to be a stranger
I've learned to be a stranger
Stranger still

I should have left here years ago
But my imagination won't tell me how
This whirl pool's got such seductive furniture
It's so pleasant getting drowned
So we drink and sink and talk and stalk
With interchangeable enemies and friends
Trying on each other's skins
While we're dying to be born again.

(Chorus)

ultravox - astradyne

ultravox - blue light

I thought I'd take the slide
I thought I'd be alright
But when the details swam
Oh no, the door got jammed
Someone took the hand
And we were out slow dancing

(Chorus)
In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh
In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh
In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh
In the blue light, blue light
Blue light, blue light

There was a crowd below
Swanning in the glow
All the paste it shimmered
In the swimmer's glimmer
It was a sticky summer
And I was diving under...

(Chorus)

Well nothing drove out behind me I was so glad
Even the walls were turning round

Well, someone said
There was something wrong
But I couldn't quite
Put my finger on it

What the...
Well I thought I heard...
And I tried to...
Then we were just diving

(Chorus)

ultravox - cut and run

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in a room with a gun at his head
Pressures on him now it's time to cut and run

Time passing so slowly
Still as he sits and he watches
The sand slip through his hands
He demands something more
Something strong
Something savage and pure
One more twist of the knife
And it's time to cut and run

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in a room with a gun at his head
Pressure's on him now it's time to cut and run

He smiles
As he draws on his last cigarette
And he tries to forget all that forces every move
He commands something new
Something strong
Something spiteful and true
One more twist of the knife
And it's time to cut and run

He cries on his tape
So they might understand
Signs his farewell
With a squeeze of his hand
See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in a room with a gun at his head
Pressure's on him now it's time to cut and run

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in a room with a gun at his head
Pressure's on him now it's time to cut and run

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in a room with a gun at his head
Pressure's on him now it's time to cut and run

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in a room with a gun at his head
Pressure's on him now it's time to cut and run

ultravox - dangerous rhythm

Chorus:
Dangerous rhythm
Dangerous rhythm
Dangerous rhythm in the air

Stranger to stranger
We're both dressed for danger
Something is generating here

Oh, take off your halo
For the all-night inferno
Something is happening in the air

It's not like anything
I've ever known before
And I don't care

(Chorus)

Surging and merging
Urgent and urging
Soft as a footstep on the stair

The red light is on now
My gravity's gone and how
I can feel something in the air

It's not like anything I've ever known before And I don't care

(Repeat chorus twice and fade)

ultravox - dislocation

Running down an empty street
Perhaps it was a railway station
A smell of eau de cologne
The sound of celebration
Oh oh oh
Dislocation.
Chorus:
Just a swimmer
Growing dimmer
In the glimmer of a summer
Waving gladly
Swimming madly
Never, never going under
Oh oh oh Dislocation.

The sun was going down one quiet evening
Someone came into the room while I was half asleep
We spoke for a while I couldn't see his face
Later on, when he was gone I realised I didn't catch his name

Oh oh oh Dislocation.
(Chorus)

ultravox - distant smile

Sometimes I find I drift away
Behind a distant smile
Light years ago I think someone spoke
Quizzical glances behind cigarette smoke
She drew the curtains at the end of the day
And then we laughed because the room sailed away

Fancy glitter in the summer arcades
Then autumn leaves fall by a winter lane
Piano echoes and the perfume still lingers
But you fell through my fingers like sand

With a distant smile
A distant smile
A distant smile
Somehow I always seem to be
Adrift in other times with a distant smile
(???) the sound of the streets
The city's glittering like diamonds in heat
Our secret destination, touch down in the haze
As the cameraman pans away

Hey look, it's a long lost horizon
Private oceans you can surface a sunrise in
Hearts well ? dodging logic
But nevertheless still permanently surprised

Behind a distant smile
A distant smile
A distant smile
Somehow I always seem to be
Adrift in other times behind a distant smile

You will see (?)

ultravox - enola gay

Enola Gay, you should have stayed at home yesterday
Oho it can't describe the feeling and the way you lied

These games you play, they're gonna end it all in tears someday
Oho Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way

It's 8:15, that's the time that it's always been
We got your message on the radio, condition's normal and you'recoming home

Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today
Oho, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away

Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way
Oho Enola Gay, it should've faded our dreams away

It's 8:15, oh that's the time that it's always been
We got your message on the radio, condition's normal and you'recoming home

Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today
Oho, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away

ultravox - fear in the western world

Your picture of yourself is a media myth
Underneath this floor we're on the edge of a cliff
Someone told me Jesus was the Devil's lover
While we masturbated on a magazine cover
Chorus: Dead in the streets
Who's that girl? Ireland screams
Africa burns
Suburbia stumbles
The tides are turned
I can feel the fear in the Western world
I can feel the fear in the Western world
I can feel the fear in the Western world
I can feel the fear in the Western
The Western world

Mama's still on valium,
Daddy puts the news on TV orphans laugh at the confusion
The audience finds itself on the stage
Fifty million people in a state of decay

(Chorus)

The party goes on behind elevator doors
While the elevator plummets from the 69th floor
All the cars lost in the scrapyards of paradise
The newspaper photographs have all come alive

(Chorus)

I can feel the fear in the Western world
I can feel the fear in the Western world
I can feel the fear in the Western world
I can feel the fear in the Western The Western world

ultravox - heart of the country

I was young and not deceived then
I believed in the heart of the country
How the words sound, how the truth lies
I was moved by the heart of the country

Oh, oh, then I saw through
The charade, the facade
Now I've had it all

When they ask you, "Who deprives you?"
You reply, "Your heart of the country"
I am older, I am wiser
I despise the heart of the country

Oh, oh, then I felt it
All the tears and the grief
I believed it all

Taking bad times, by the handful
Do what you can for the heart of the country
They dish the dirt out, too hard to swallow
Just to follow the heart of the country

Oh, oh, heed the words
And learn the lines
I'll be fine when I have it all

Heart of the country
Heart of the country
Heart of the country
Heart of the country

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