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We’re building fires that will burn until morning
The smell of books and hot stone surround us
Tough is the leather that’s strapped to my skin
Strong are the bonds that we make
We feel the steam as it rises around us
Up from the soil that it’s cracking it’s back
Tough is the leather that’s strapped to my skin
Strong are the bonds that we sing
Work ‘til you’re musclebound all night long
Work ‘til you’re musclebound all night long
Work ‘til you’re musclebound all night long
Work ‘til you’re musclebound all night long
Work ‘til you’re musclebound all night long
To hear a pulsing from chanter to mountain
Down through the vain and into the grain
Strong is the shoulder that moves to the time
Here is the land it can break
Ha! Strong is the leather that’s strapped to my skin
Strong are the bonds that we sing…
ã1981 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Bleak and tired Western skies
Silence crashing with quiet lies
Shattered glass reflects elation
Reformation, Reformation.
I saw you running through my dreams
Question held me to the scene
Your face was wet with perspiration
Reformation, Reformation.
There’s something wrong
There’s something wrong
Man is something that must be overcome
Quick, snap, break, crack, complication
Reformation, Reformation.
I saw you running through my dreams
A sun that burst through a cloudy scene
Shattered glass reflects elation
Reformation, Reformation.
ã 1981 Gary Kemp. Published by Reformation Publishing Ltd.
Oh Mandolin, oh mandolin
Waiting in the dark
Centuries passed down upon
Your smooth Venetian skin
Memories oh memories
Lay stains upon your heart
When lovers dance into the trance
You weaved by candlelight
Oh I saw a sunrise like never before
As mandolin played I cried for more.
Oh Mandolin, oh mandolin
Waiting in the dark
Centuries passed down upon
Your smooth Venetian skin
Incessant sound, incessant sound
That stirs the young and pure
Incestuous I kiss my hand
And play the calling drum.
The lover cried into the silk
Many years ago
Your voice laid comfort down upon
His European skin.
Oh I saw a sunrise like never before
As mandolin played I cried for more.
Oh Mandolin, oh mandolin
Waiting in the dark
Centuries passed down upon
Your smooth Venetian skin.
ã 1981 Gary Kemp. Published by Reformation Publishing Ltd.
This is an instrumental song
ã 1981 Gary Kemp. Published by Reformation Publishing Ltd.
She ran the risk from unity
Obsession dies alone with tragedy
She loved like diamond
She loved like diamond
And cut so hard
She died
A passion course that leads to pain
An acid taste that laced her soul again
She loved like diamond
She loved like diamond
And cut so hard
She died
Another path, I’ve run them all
The rain has cleared the stains, no trace at all
She loved like diamond
She loved like diamond
And cut so hard
She died
ã1982 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Matthew didn’t stay home
He went abroad instead
Journeys to glory breathing in his
head
Got caught up with shoehorns
But he couldn’t get a shine
Matthew bought rap
And read the map without a sign.
Contort yourself on disco
With a rap trap white and brown
Caught within the spinning
The key-chain gang went down
No coffee club will have the rub
When product is your answer
Discuss the man; he’ll break your
plan
It’s deep within the dancer…
Wear it on your back now
And summarise your vision
On the train and though the strain
Your own soul decision
Well she had a certain shimmer
She sleeps with him tonight
Stifled love decides where I’m
dreaming.
No coffee club will have the rub
When product is your answer
Discuss the man; he’ll break your
plan
It’s deep within the dancer…
ã1982 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Going alone, Going alone, Going
alone
Take that pharaoh
Going alone, Going alone, Going
alone
Take that pharaoh
When the lights die down
You’ll see them go
Going alone, Going alone, Going
alone
Take that pharaoh
Going alone, Going alone, Going
alone
Take that pharaoh
When the lights die down
You’ll see them go
We are living for the game
For the game
Oh, heaven is weeping
We are all living for the game
For the game
Oh, heaven is weeping
Please don’t let my memory fail me
now
‘Cause I’ve waited all this time
And I can’t run another mile
Oh, please don’t let the world know
now
Please don’t let the world know now
We are living for the game
For the game
Oh, heaven is weeping
We are all living for the game
For the game
Oh, heaven is weeping….
ã1982 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Break the ropes and binds
Water comes from inside
And frees me
Metal sings my name
Poisoned love sustained
Metal breaks me inside
And frees me
Innocence and science
I will never forget
ã1982 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
An announcement of our loss
And in the act three men decide
An indefinite epilogue
My letters have all gone
A journey that’s unsure
A message that was rich
A hand that was poor
Oh have my breath and let me go
Cause I don’t want you to know
Cause I don’t want you to know
Oh I don’t want you, want you
Want you
My own descriptions may have failed
Torn from pictures that were saved
Along with images from words
That shelves arranged above my head
A memory of my fear
Blankets hold the smell of life
And soak the many years
Oh have my breath and let me go
Cause I don’t want you to know
Cause I don’t want you to know
Oh I don’t want you, want you
Want you
Oh missionary are you here
Sun doesn’t burn when the water
comes
But water doesn’t come like the
English rain
They bury their heads for
self-defence
A marked improvement through
diligence
We are alone against our sins
Alone against our sins
Alone against our sins
Vacant rooms that are full of men
That sit on stools awaiting time
Discussion leads to little sense
They bury their heads for
self-defence
We are alone against our sins
Alone against our sins
Alone against our sins.
ã1982 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Pleasures in my car
Even in the bars I’m searching
In love that’s strong, I’m learning
(I am learning)
Pleasures in the sand
Warm
within the hand she’s holding.
It is on the screen
Adventures at nineteen, I’m searching
I am searching in my heart
Pleasure in my heart
Never let us part for pleasure
Work, work today
Never let them pay for pleasure
Leave or lose her from my heart.
Pleasure is your name
I accept the blame for falling
It is down the phone
Living in your home, I’m calling
(I am calling)
Pleasure is a word
When love is left unheard, its burning
It is on the screen
Adventures at nineteen, I’m searching
I am searching in my heart
Why do you feel like breaking my heart?
What made you feel like breaking my heart
tonight?
Now I am crying, now I am crying
Now I am crying, now I am crying
Pleasure in my heart
Never let us part for pleasure
Work, work today
Never let them pay for pleasure
Leave or lose her from my heart.
ã1983 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
He put so much into her life
She took so much out of his
It was a crucial assignment
No one ever asked for this
It was a little confusing
He thought he knew what to do
But now they’re walking in silence
Little girl and soldier blue
Well she wrote you a song saying that she
approved
But you didn’t understand
And when love comes along it’s just a catcher
in the rye
It’s hard to make those long-term plans.
Well it’s the code of love
You don’t understand her
Well it’s the code of love
You could never ask for more
You could never ask for more
They made a certain agreement
He’s bound to do what he’s told
He ran back home with the message
Screwed up in a pocket cold
She sat at home with her reason
A sour note and a tear
But love comes home for the season
Breaking down the walls of fear.
Well it’s the code of love
You don’t understand her
Well it’s the code of love
You could never ask for more
You could never ask for more
ã1983 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
She’ll sing a Westside song
You can be the boy in the film
Heaven is a secret
Oh heaven is a secret
Where are the west side boys
Fighting on the scaffold of love
Scripted pleasures made forever
Easier said than done together
Heaven is a secret
It’s a passion
It’s a long way over there
Far from her arms tonight
Heaven is a secret
It’s a passion
It’s a long way over there
Far from her arms tonight
Far from her arms tonight
Here is her model home
Listen to the call of the wild
Heaven is a secret
Heaven is a secret
Facts are an awful shame
The shadow of a doubtful affair
Scripted pleasures made forever
Easier said than done together
Heaven is a secret
It’s a passion
It’s a long way over there
Far from her arms tonight
Heaven is a secret
It’s a passion
It’s a long way over there
Far from her arms tonight
Far from her arms tonight
Act ones the same as you read in the book
Could this be the thing that they shout about
No more in distress, now it’s rushed through the door
And you can’t believe that the secret’s out
Scripted pleasures made forever
Easier said than done together.
Heaven is a secret
It’s a passion
It’s a long way over there
Far from her arms tonight
Heaven is a secret
It’s a passion
It’s a long way over there
Far from her arms tonight
Far from her arms tonight
ã1983 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
Hello, this is me to you
It’s better now were 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 tumble down
A hundred mile from west of town
Plans were laid no compromise was made
Gentle up to meet the blue
Left a note and signed it True
Those construction games were all we played.
We’ll build a foundation,
Build a foundation
Build a foundation
You know we’re gonna build
Build it up
Oh I know you’re gonna give your best
So more or less gonna 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 arms
We’ll build a foundation,
Build a foundation
Build a foundation
You know we’re gonna build
Build it up
ã1983 Gary Kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
It is the key to all
the doors,
It is the crashing on
the shores.
It lives in your
steering wheel,
It hides in the wind
and rain,
With voices as cold
as steel
It’s calling your
name.
It is the smile upon
his face,
It lives in the
red-alert,
It lives in the power
game
It’s easy to take to
heart,
But harder to tame.
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
Without all this
heat,
They’ll be dancing
west to east
This is the nature of
the beast
It is the glowing in
his eyes.
It is the reason for
his lies.
How many know you’re
there,
How many play your
game.
He’s always the man
to dare,
You’re always to
blame.
It is the need to
understand
It is the trigger in
his hand.
It lives in the
uniform,
It grows from the
need to gain.
With faces so old and
torn,
It’s calling your
name.
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
Without all this
heat,
They’ll be dancing
west to east
This is the nature of
the beast
It lives in the
red-alert,
It lives in the power
game
It’s easy to take to
heart,
But harder to tame.
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
Without all this
heat,
They’ll be dancing
west to east
This is the nature of
the beast
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
This is the nature of
the beast
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
This is the nature of
the beast
(This is the nature)
ã1984 Gary kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
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,
You’re 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,