Parade Album
ã All songs
written by Gary Kemp
Produced by Tony
Swain, Steve Jolley & Spandau Ballet
Published by
reformation publishing co ltd.
è1984 Chrysalis
records ltd
ã 1984 Chrysalis
records ltd
ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF MY MIND. 4.28
Laying in the afterglow,
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 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 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 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;
Now you’re
leaving.
In the end,
all that is left has become 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
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.
Laying in
the afterglow,
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
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
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.
No, no, no,
no
ã1984 Gary
kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
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 sympathy.
Because she’s highly strung,
Highly strung, she’s undone
Highly strung
Highly strung, she’s undone
She’s stepping out upon the ledge,
She’s got a gun against her head,
She’s wired up to blow the power lines.
She’s walking out upon the knife
She’s take you to the edge of life
Just like the song, the pressures 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 sympathy
Because she’s highly strung,
Highly strung, she’s undone
Highly strung
Highly strung, she’s undone
ã1984 Gary
kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd
I’LL FLY FOR YOU
Passion
take the wind
And break
me from this tie.
We’re
mortals on the earth
But god’s
up 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 everything to me
You know my
only crime. Is this flight of fantasy
Because
there’s 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
But god’s
up 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 whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Because
there’s 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 average, girl,
And when
you sing to me
The
shoo-bee-doo’s you sing so well.
Oh, don’t
you know that when I’m under you
I’m overjoyed
Because there’s 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…
ã1984 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,
Just sweet revenge for love.
Oh, I 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,
It’s a shame
Pleasure isn’t always the
same,
Hey, hey, hey,
Oh, I don’t need time,
Just sweet revenge for love.
Oh, I don’t need time,
Just sweet revenge for love.
Don’t say it’s a crime
Just give me sweet revenge
I need revenge for love
Revenge for love
Revenge for love
Revenge for love
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,
Oh, I don’t need time,
Just sweet revenge for love.
Oh, I don’t need time,
Just sweet revenge for love.
Don’t say it’s a crime
Just give me sweet revenge
Oh I need it, I need it, I
need it, I need it
Revenge for love
Sweet revenge for love
Oh, I don’t need time,
Just sweet revenge for love
Don’t say it’s a crime
Just give me sweet revenge.
ã1984 Gary kemp published by Reformation
Publishing Ltd
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.
Oh, It’s 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
everything that’s near ‘cause.
Oh you were always in the
back of my mind.
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.
Oh, It’s 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 you were always in the
back of my mind.
Oh you were always in the
back of my mind.
Washed up on the rocks
again,
Oh, don’t you know that it’s
so damn hot
And the things you do,
I won’t ever learn
Oh, I won’t ever learn.
Oh, Washed up on the rocks
again,
Oh, don’t you know that it’s
so damn hot
And the things you do,
I won’t ever learn
I won’t ever learn
Oh, I won’t ever learn.
I won’t ever learn.
Oh you were always in the
back of my mind.
Oh you were always in the
back of my mind.
Oh you were always in the
back of my mind.
Oh you were always in the
back of my mind.
In the back of my mind.
Oh, In the back of my mind
ã1984 Gary kemp published by Reformation
Publishing Ltd
That I worked for,
Now they’ve taken the reason
away.
Just leave me with the pride
That I worked for
Today.
Build on rock or build on
sand,
They’re never gonna lend a
hand,
So nothing grows or nothing
stands.
I can’t take any more, I
can’t take any more.
There’s not a lot of space
for me,
But I’ve still got my
dignity.
I’ve got my price,
Don’t say I’m free.
I can’t take any more,
I can’t take any more.
But I’m hungry,
I could eat anything,
But I’m hungry,
Oh let’s dance, oh, let’s
swing.
And all I can hear are the
words that she sings
Now they’ve taken it all
Now they’ve taken it all.
That I worked for,
Now they’ve taken the reason
away.
Just leave me with the pride
That I worked for
Today.
That I worked for,
Now they’ve taken the reason
away.
Just leave me with the pride
That I worked for
Today.
I’d rather take this cure
for life;
Than make myself a
sacrifice.
If living is to pay the
price
I can’t take any more,
I can’t take any more.
It takes a while to
understand,
When your eyes are full of
sand,
When only time is in your
hands,
I can’t take any more,
I can’t take any more.
But I’m hungry,
I could eat anything,
But I’m hungry,
Oh let’s dance, oh, let’s
swing.
And all I can hear are the words
that she sings
Now they’ve taken it all
Now they’ve taken it all.
That I worked for,
Now they’ve taken the reason
away.
Just leave me with the pride
That I worked for
Today.
That I worked for,
Now they’ve taken the reason
away.
Just leave me with the pride
That I worked for
Today.
But I’m hungry,
I could eat anything,
But I’m hungry,
Oh let’s dance, oh, let’s
swing.
And all I can hear are the
words that she sings
Now they’ve taken it all
Now they’ve taken it all.
That I worked for,
Now they’ve taken the reason
away.
Just leave me with the pride
That I worked for
Today.
That I worked for,
Now they’ve taken the reason
away.
Leave me with the pride
That I worked for
Today.
Leave me with the pride
Leave me with the pride
ã1984 Gary kemp published by Reformation
Publishing Ltd
I don’t have to be so wise,
You’re just
my fantasy,
And I will
fantasize,
Something
more or less to make 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.
Nothings
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 oh,
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 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 oh,
don’t you know
This is the
game that we came here for
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 oh,
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.
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 oh,
don’t you know
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 oh,
don’t you know
Round and
round it goes
ã1984 Gary
kemp published by Reformation Publishing Ltd