UNDERNEATH THE COLOURS

STAY YOUNG (3:24) HORIZONS (5:13) BIG GO GO (3:12) UNDERNEATH THE COLOURS (3:58) FAIR WEATHER AHEAD (4:21) NIGHT OF THE REBELLION (3:46) FOLLOW (3:52) BARBARIAN (2:59) WHAT WOULD YOU DO (3:08) JUST TO LEARN AGAIN (4:41)

PRODUCED BY RICHARD CLAPTON
RECORDED AT EMI STUDIO 301, JULY 1981, MIXED AT PARADISE STUDIOS, AUGUST 1981, ENGINEERED BY ALEX VERTIKOFF, SECOND ENGINEER DAVID WALSH, MASTERED AT FESTIVAL STUDIOS BY PAUL IBBOTSON
ALL LYRICS BROWNING MUSIC SOLE AGENT MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA, BMI, N.Y. FOR THE U.S.A. & CANADA. ALL SONGS PUBLISHED BY MUSIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC. / BROWNING MUSIC,BMI.

UNDERNEATH THE COLOURS - LYRICS

STAY YOUNG (3:24)

Keep that biting lip
Know what I mean
Sweat upon the brow
That's what I want

Stay young, just this once
I...wanna be good value
I...wanna see in the dark
I...wanna win with you

Hard edged thinker
Know what I mean
Fevered opinion
That's what I want

Stay young, just this once
I...wanna be good value
I...wanna see in the dark
I...wanna win with you

Stay young
Stay young
Just this once

Keep that biting lip
Know what I mean
Sweat upon the brow
That's what I want

Stay young, just this once
I...wanna be good value
I...wanna see in the dark
I...wanna win with you

Stay young
Stay young
Stay young

HORIZONS (5:12)

I want to want to sail a boat across the sea Four winds four winds in the sails and in me

See all the all the time I wasted from you Got to got to get so closer to you

I see the horizon of your love I see the horizon of your love

The navigation of desire in my heart Leads me leads me cross the oceans so far

Horizon ahead ahead I can see your face now So long so long I must say goodbye now

I see the horizon of your love I see the horizon of your love

Of your looking looking for the buried treasure Dig down dig down and find that buried love

I want to want to sail a boat across the sea Four winds four winds in the sails and in me

I see the horizon of your love I see the horizon of your love

BIG GO GO (3:11)

Watch the world go go It'll spin till it stops People gonna fly off When they turn it off

It's the way we walk down the road Without care for the good news
As the rain plays games with our feet Well I do hope it's not too free

Everything's closed and I need a smoke A serious habit treated like a joke
Listen now let me get this straight To be a man you need a fate

Watch the world go go It'll spin till it stops People gonna fly off When they turn it off

You look strange when you're laughing Uneasy with your moron's smile
Slow motion see saw ride My mind's not on it but you gotta try

Watch the world go go It'll spin till it stops People gonna fly off When they turn it off

Watch the world go go It'll spin till it stops People gonna fly off When they turn it off

Watch the world go go It'll spin till it stops People gonna fly off When they turn it off

UNDERNEATH THE COLOURS (3:59)

No division in the ranks The lines are long and proud
No questions on their lips But there will always be doubt

Like a chinese painting All red with it's message
A flag high in the sky Twists and turns it's language

Underneath the colours red-blue and white Catch a glimpse of others From the corner of your eye

With the rise and fall of The conductor's blind hand
I play Russian roulette I'm an angry young man

Underneath the colours red-blue and white Catch a glimpse of others From the corner of your eye

No division in the ranks The lines are long and proud
No questions on their lips But there will always be doubt

Underneath the colours red-blue and white Catch a glimpse of others From the corner of your eye

Underneath the colours red-blue and white Catch a glimpse of others From the corner of your eye

Underneath the colours red-blue and white Catch a glimpse of others From the corner of your eye

Underneath the colours red-blue and white Catch a glimpse of others From the corner of your eye

FAIR WEATHER AHEAD (4:21)

There's this place full of mountain heads Living and chewing on the fat
Built upon the hazy plan Like foundations slipping through sand

Long teeth and whiskers like a rat Fearing only those present
They got zero emotion And everybody's fed up with that

Put the lights out, fair weather ahead Oh these strange new creatures Aha, they won't be led

Warm outside but very cold within Followed and praised for many years
They got all the promotions Isn't that the way it's always been

History's written always red It's pages are painful and clear
It's so full of devotion Makes you wonder where it could have led

Put the lights out,fair weather ahead Oh these strange new creatures Aha, they won't be led

Ohohoh ohohoh Ohohoh ohohoh Ohohoh ohohoh

There's this place full of mountain heads Living and chewing on the fat
Built upon the hazy plan Like foundations slipping through sand

Put the lights out,fair weather ahead Woh these strange new creatures Aha, they won't be led

Put the lights out,fair weather ahead Woh these strange new creatures Aha, they won't be led

NIGHT OF THE REBELLION (3:43)

Simple matters always seem To make things complicated
I think of ways to understand But it all gets away from me

I sense persuasion of a kind It wraps itself around me
The changing message of your love It rarely ever reaches me

Not talking only want actions Reaches me
Once you give in you are through Reaches me
This is the night of rebellion Reaches me

There used to be paint on the walls But your too young for money
They'd rather paint the whole town red Than spend it on what they're told

Not talking only want actions Reaches me
Once you give in you are through Reaches me
This is the night of rebellion Reaches me

Summer to winter is never the same If it is then it's time to change
I don't want to rock your sacred boat But there's holes in your sacred sails

Not talking only want actions Reaches me
Once you give in you are through Reaches me
This is the night of rebellion Reaches me

Once you give in you are through Reaches me

Not talking only want actions Reaches me
This is the night of rebellion Reaches me

FOLLOW (3:53)

Never had a spanner on her Says she sees it straight
Never took the detour Always licks her plates

Got a sticky finger On someone I know
Best of everything now See the money roll

Stupid people I won't follow Stupid people I won't follow No

Built a better country Fight a war or two
You always need something Just to get you through

Stupid people I won't follow Stupid people I won't follow No no

Stupid people I won't follow Stupid people I won't follow No

Ten times I shouted at him Say it over again an' again
Words just melt around you You're like a pig in a pen

Ahhsoo

Stupid people I won't follow Stupid people I won't follow

Stupid people I won't follow Stupid people I won't follow

No ru du du du Naw! du oh

BARBARIAN (2:59)

First there's nothing Takes a long time Piece by piece It comes together

He makes drawings Turns them into real things Simple paintings On caves long ago

Barbarian he's lonely He's the only one

A lot of people Bent on the future Set up the countries Closing all the doors

Just like a game Always a winner But he works hard Surprise to himself

Barbarian he's lonely He's the only one

Now he thinks big Thinks he's come a long way But we all know A long long way to go

First there's nothing Takes a long time Piece by piece It comes together

Barbarian he's lonely He's the only one

Ahh.....

WHAT WOULD YOU DO (3:08)

I've come a long way by car The road went narrow The bridge's too far
Screaming at 90 Whisper at 10 Feel the towns make you spend

Look see the story What would you do
All the facts before me What would you do

Another city phone rings Letting tears come through Mixed among feelings
Fed on your body Fed on your mind Words that always remind

Look see the story What would you do
All the facts before me What would you do

Closed eyes and no more breathing A trick I had played To scare the living
She laughs at my game Questions if I'm sane And all we can do is grin

Look see the story What would you do
All the facts before me What would you do

Look see the story What would you do
All the facts before me What would you do

JUST TO LEARN AGAIN (4:41)

All those years of learning Just to learn again

All those years of learning Just to learn again

Back in time where fear can't climb Warm and safe with a nursery rhyme
They will put your feet in very hot water With your senses in a cloud
Make them rich and very proud

All those years of learning Just to learn again

All those years of learning Just to learn again

No talk of love or jungle law The tender heart we will ignore
And once again and once too often The misled aims of twisted teachers
Turns your life and face and features

All those years of learning Just to learn again

All those years of learning Just to learn again

I've come to see your honesty Of ideal plans and security
Softly the voices are speaking to me Your fault son, that you've been done
Now your lessons have just begun

All those years of learning Just to learn again

All those years of learning Just to learn again

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