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Mike Rutherford

Seb

4/5

Le premier disque de Mike avec ses Mechanics, après deux albums solos artistiquements reussi, mais commercialement ratés. Mike décide donc de creer un nouveau groupe pour sa carrière solo, et déçu de sa prestation de chanteur sur Acting Very Strange, il engage non pas un mais deux chanteurs pour le groupe ! Les deux Paul : Young et Carrack. Sort donc un très très très bon disque qui sera un bon succès commercial faisant de Tony en 86 le seul membre de Genesis à ne pas cartonner… Mike avec les Mechanics, Phil et Peter en solo, évidemment, et Steve avec son super groupe GTR !! Ce disque contient deux bijoux : All I Need Is A Miracle (même si je lui préfère la version de Hits en 96) et Silent Running. A Call To Arm est une chanson de Genesis, issue des sessions de Mama et que Mike a retravaillé pour M&Ms, demandant la permission à Phil et Tony.

Tracklist

(Rutherford/Robertson)

Take the children and yourself
And hide out in the cellar
By now the fighting will be close at hand
Don’t believe the church and state
And everything they tell you
Believe in me, I’m with the high command

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

There’s a gun and ammunition
Just inside the doorway
Use it only in emergency
Better you should pray to God
The Father and the Spirit
Will guide you and protect from up here

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

Swear allegiance to the flag
Whatever flag they offer
Never hint at what you really feel
Teach the children quietly
For some day sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stood still

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

Can you hear me running (can you hear me calling you?)
(Can you hear me) hear me calling you?
(Can you hear me running) hear me running babe?
(Can you hear me running) hear me running?
Calling you, calling you

(Rutherford/Neil)


I said “go if you wanna go,
Stay if you wanna stay”
I didn’t care if you hung around me
I didn’t care if you went away
And I know you were never right
I’ll admit I was never wrong
I could never make up my mind
I made it up as I went along

And though I treated you like a child
I’m gonna miss you for the rest of my life

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you

I never had any time
And I never had any call
But I went out of my way just to hurt you,
The one I shouldn’t hurt at all
I thought I was being cool
Yeah, I thought I was being strong
But it’s always the same old story
You never know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone

If I ever catch up with you
I’m gonna love you for the rest of your life

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you

And if I ever catch up with you
I’m gonna love you for the rest of your life

All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a miracle, all I need is you (all I need is a miracle)
All I need is a, all I need is a,
All I need is you (all I need is a miracle)

(Rutherford/Neil)


Another day has passed me by
And there’s an island in the sun
To see me through
Another day in paradise
But there’s no reason, there’s no rhyme
Without you

Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the dreaming of you
Breathing your love in me
Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the feeling I’ve been
Waiting here for so long
I’ve been waiting here for so long

There’s a time and there’s a place
When we can share the silver night
Silent room
In my bed an empty space
Cos there’s no other in my life
Only you

Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the dreaming of you
Breathing your love in me
Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the feeling I’ve been
Waiting here for so long
I’ve been waiting here for so long

Here comes the night
Here comes the dreaming of you
Breathing your love in me
Here comes the night (night)
Here comes the feeling I’ve been
Waiting here for so long
I’ve been waiting here for so long

(Rutherford/Robertson/Neil)


And through the grief and pain, I’m half insane
I give an inch you take a mile
You throw away the key, ignore my plea
You cut me down without a trial
(You keep me hanging by) hanging by a thread
(You keep me hanging by) leaving me for dead
(You keep me hanging by) I heard it when you said,
(You keep me hanging by) “Keep him hanging by a thread”

You throw a length of rope, I grab, you hope,
It’s just enough to hang myself
I make a fatal slip, I lose my grip
There’s no-one left to call for help

(You keep me hanging by) hanging by a thread
(You keep me hanging by) leaving me for dead
(You keep me hanging by) I’m not finished yet
(You keep me hanging by) I’m still hanging by a thread

I hear a final scream, another dream
I hear it then I start to go (hang him by a thread)
I recognise the pain, a time to play
Then stuck me to the afterglow (hang him by a thread)
Then I wake up wet, soaked in sweat
Tell you all you want to know (hang him by a thread)

(Rutherford/Neil)


I get the feeling, that I’ve been here before
Saying all these things to you
I get the feeling, that I fell through that door
Comin’ down with deja-vu
There’s no emotion, nothing at all
You don’t even know my name
I get the notion that you don’t recall
So here we go, and here we go
Here we go again

It’s no good saying, that you’ve never been in love before
No good explaining, that you’ve never been in love before
No good denying, I’ve seen them comin’ back for more
I know you’re lying, baby
Cos your name is written on that door

Oh, baby

I get the feeling, that you’ve been here before
Saying all these things to me
I get the feeling, that I’m just a chore
You don’t give your love for free
There’s no excuses, nothing to say
You just play those little games
I get the feeling it would turn out this way
So here we go, here we go
Here we go again

Your love has given me, what I never never had before
But the way you’re living, I just never never know the score
Oh, I’m though with trying, and I say I can take no more
You know I’m lying baby, when you hear me knocking at that door

Oh girl

I get the feeling, by the look on your face
Could be the right time, but it sure is the wrong place
I get the feeling that nothing I say
Is gonna change a single thing, gonna make you come away

Oh, I get the feeling
Oh, I get the feeling
Here we go again
Here we go again
Here we go
I get the feeling
Yeah get the feeling
No no no, tell me now now
Never been in love before
Don’t try tell me
Don’t try tell me about it
Never been in love before
I don’t believe it darling, no

(Rutherford/Robertson/Neil)


I’m a man, don’t you forget it, I’m not a little kid
Understand, you might regret it, treating me the way you did
Hey old man, shut your mouth and listen, this here’s the new regime
I command, you could go missin’, you could be off the scene

(I’m not here to pray) I’m not here to pray
(So papa don’t say) so papa don’t say, I’m not ready
Cos the hands feel so steady, take the reins

We got a team, we got the muscle, when things are getting tight
Will there seem, if there’s a hustle, money changes every fight?
Look at me, you will discover, I’m not my father’s son
You will see, when you recover, I’m mama’s only one

(Look straight in my eye) look me in the eye
(Try to deny) try to deny, I’m not ready
But these hands feel so sturdy, oh, take the reins

(Take the reins)

(I’m sure in your game) I know that in your game
(You were okay) you were okay, that’s behind us
Oh, Louise, is it vengeless?
Oh, take the reins

I’m a man, I’m not a little kid
Why, I understand
Shut your mouth and listen
Ah, and don’t work out a new regime
Yeah, I got a team
Yeah, take the reins
I’m mama’s only one
Ah, take the reins

(Rutherford/Neil)


Time from the man, who will live while he can, on his own
Pass by the dream, it’s movie you’ve seen once before
Tears in the rain, as you wave at the plane
As it climbs through the clouds, to the sun

You are the one, oh, you are the one
You make it all worthwhile, you make it all worthwhile
You are the one, oh, you are the one
You make it all worthwhile, you make it all worthwhile
I see your picture smiling back at me
But I’m afraid of the future, I’m afraid you won’t see

Look for the slave, is he trying to wave or to drown?
There at the start, he’ll be there when your heart touches down
Drawn to the pain, like a moth to a flame
As he climbs through the clouds, to the sun

You are the one, oh, you are the one
You make it all worthwhile, you make it all worthwhile
You are the one (you are the one)
Oh, you are the one (you’re the only one)
You make it all worthwhile (you make it all worthwhile)
You make it all worthwhile
I see your picture smiling back at me
But I’m afraid of the future, I’m afraid you won’t see

(Banks/Collins/Rutherford/Neil/Robertson)


Pass the word, it’s a call to arms
Midnight man at your door
Blackened faces run in the night
Daybreak under the floor

Bring my bow
Fill my head with flame, and we must
Let them know that the torch is lit again
Crystalize the pain behind your eyes
Are you ready to fight?

(You hear the drum and) run for your life
(Sweet Avalon the heat is on)
In other words, I hope and pray
That time and tide wash the hate away
A simple man with simple thoughts
Who turned to force as a last resort

All around us, chaos rings
Buildings crumbling down
Silhouettes in the fiery rain
Timbers crash to the ground

Bring my spear, invested with my youth
Bring the children near, they must now be told the truth
Old and young and those of foreign tongue
Are you ready to fight?

(You hear the drum and) run for your life
(Sweet Avalon the heat is on)
In other words, I hope and pray
That time and tide wash the hate away
A simple man with simple thoughts
Who turned to force as a last resort

In other words, I hope and pray
That time and tide keep the day away
When simple men with simple thoughts
Will turn to force as a last recourse

(Rutherford/Neil)


Taken in, taken in again
Wrapped around the finger of some fair-weather friend
Caught up in the promises, left out in the end
No pride, taken for a ride
You say I’m the only one when I look in your eyes
I want to believe you but you know how to lie

And if you say you understand I don’t believe it
And when you reach out for my hand I don’t believe it
And if you say you take the blame I don’t believe it
And if say that nothing’s changed I don’t believe it, don’t believe it

Taken in, taken in again
Someone saw me coming, a fool without a friend
There’s one born every minute and you’re looking at him

And if you say you want me near I don’t believe it
And when you’re holding back the tears I don’t believe it
And when you swear that you are mine I don’t believe it
And it’s your heart that’s on the line I don’t believe it, don’t believe
it

Taken in, taken in again
Wrapped around the finger of some fair-weather friend
Caught up in the promises, left out in the end
No pride, taken for a ride
You say I’m the only one when I look in your eyes
I’d love to believe you but you know how to lie

You say you want me near I don’t believe it
And when you’re holding back the tears I don’t believe it
Oh, there’s one born every minute, you’re looking at him

Taken in, taken in again
Someone saw me coming, a fool without a friend
I want to believe you, oh
When you say you understand
When you reach out for my hand
Oh, I wish I could believe you
Taken in, taken in again

Infos générales

Mike Rutherford : guitares, basse
Paul Carrack : chant, coeurs
Paul Young : chant, coeurs
John Kirby : chant
Gene Stashuk : chant
Linda Taylor : chant coeurs
Adrian Lee : claviers
Peter Van Hooke : batterie
Alan Murphy : guitare
Dereck Austin : claviers
Ian Wherry : claviers
John Earle : saxophone
Ray Beavis : saxophone
Louis Jardin percussion
Christopher Neil, Alan Carve : coeurs
Produit par Christopher Neil
Ingénieur du son : Simon Hurrell
Enregistré à The Farm technical (assistance par Geoff Callingham)
Air Studios, Monserrat
Air London
Masterisé par Barry Diament aux Atlantic Studios

Sorti en novembre 1985

Singles :
Octobre 1985 – Silent Running/I Get The Feeling/Too Far Gone/Par Avion/Stop Baby/Plain & Simple
Mars 1986- All I Need Is A Miracle/You Are The One/A Call To Arms
Août 1983 – Hanging By A Thread/I Don’t Wanna Know
Août 1986 – Taken In/A Call To Arms

 

Mozo

2.5/5

“Pop, le son de ce second album de Mike est résolument Pop !! Ouvert par un « Acting very strange » endiablé auquel Stewart Copeland (qui assure les drums avec un certain Pete Phipps) ne doit pas être étranger, ce disque capte tout de suite l’attention par son côté enjoué. D’autres titres tels que « Halfway there » ou « Who’s fooling who » sont amenés sur le même rythme d’enfer et l’on se surprendrait presque à penser que l’on est en train d’écouter un disque de …….. Police. Sur un rythme mid-tempo, on trouve des bluettes pop telles que « I don’t wanna know » ou le sautillant « Couldn’t get arrested » contre lequel il faudrait vraiment lutter très fort pour ne pas être pris de convulsions névrotiques à son écoute. Single à l’époque, « Hideway » tout en douceur et enrobée de sa section de cordes, conclut l’album de belle manière et prouve que Mike n’a pas un filet de voix si mince qu’il veut bien le laisser entendre (il assure les leads sur tout l’album). Au final, un album qui n’a pas la dimension de la première réalisation de Mike, mais un disque très agréable à l’oreille, en somme une jolie réussite.”

Tracklist

(Rutherford)

If I step into the light
And hold it in my hand
Nothing left to see,
Nothing left for me, anyway
I feel the world is slipping
Out of reach (I’m all alone)
It’s a memory
It’s a memory that used to be

In a little while
I know it’ll be too late
Somebody help me, please
Cos you’re acting very strange
You’re acting very strange
You’re acting very strange
You’re acting very strange

Oh, you never come here any more
You never even call
To see if I’m alright
Get me through the night
Like you used to do

In a little while
I know it’ll be too late
Now I’m certain
That you’re acting very strange
You’re acting very strange
You’re acting very strange
You’re acting very strange

Another lonely day without you, oh
I’m acting very strange without you, oh
Another lonely day without you, oh
I’m acting very strange without you, oh

Oh, the place is getting very hot
I’m afraid to stay
Something’s going on
Something’s very wrong with you and me
If I reach out to touch your face
There’s nothing there to touch
It’s a memory
It’s a memory of you and me

In a little while
I know it’ll be too late
Now I’m certain
That you’re acting very strange
You’re acting very strange
You’re acting very strange
You’re acting very strange

I’m acting very strange without you, oh
Another lonely day without you, oh
I’m acting very strange without you, oh
Another lonely day without you, oh

You’re acting very strange…

I’m acting very strange without you, oh…

(Rutherford)


There’s a light in every window
And it’s shining on your door
It’s put there to remind you
Of what you must answer for
Have you never had this feeling
There’s nothin’ you must hide
No day to remember
No day to recall

Every day is just another day
Every way is just another way
So try to remember
Please try to recall
Why don’t you believe me, oh
Why don’t you believe me, oh

And in a moment’s hesitation
Your defences are down
And your secret is out, it is out

Nightmares keep coming
Your dreams get confused
As you try to remember
The way that you were used
But you’ll have forgotten
You can’t recall
The way that it happened
And the things that you saw

Every face is just another face
Every place is just another place
That haunts you forever,
The day you can’t hide
Why don’t you believe me, oh
Why don’t you believe me, oh

And in a moment’s hesitation
Your defences are down
And your secret is out, is out

Someone points a finger
Someone knows the truth
‘Bout the day you’ve been hiding
The day you were used
But the nightmares keep coming
Your dreams get confused
As you try to remember
As you try to recall
But you know in your heart
Someone will find

That day you remember
That day you can’t hide

That day you remember
That day you can’t hide

(Rutherford/Belotte)


Maxine, well have you been?
Maxine, long time no see
Maxine, such a surprise
Maxine, just look out tonight

I hear you been livin’ in Paris
Under an assumed fame
They say that you’ve been married
If not in passion at least in name
Damn you, girl, it still hurts me
No man was ever safe, yeah
Taming the shrew comes easy
If any man knew your taste, Maxine

Maxine, how times have changed
Maxine, well nothing’s the same
Maxine, everything’s gone
Maxine, your home ain’t your own

You suit those European clothes
In a foreign sort of way
You still wear that air of distinction
In your fatefully stunning way
Damn you, girl, it still hurts me
And the years just made it worse
In fact our love is divided
Between the blessed and the cursed, Maxine

Maxine, don’t bring back the past
Maxine, life is too fast
Maxine, oh everything’s changed
Maxine, nothing’s the same
Maxine, Maxine

I do remember, do you remember
I still remember, do you remember
I still remember, do you still –

Maxine…

(Rutherford/Palmer)


Oh, I think I know the story
I’ve been hiding it for so long
Are you running away?
Cos I’m in love with you
There’s nothing you can do
I’m in love with you

Why when we get halfway there
Why when we get halfway started
Why when we get halfway there
Do I feel it’s so half-hearted?

(Make up your mind) making up your mind
(Better decide) you better decide this time
How can you call this loving?
You know it’s all or nothing

I’m not afraid to tell the truth
I’ve been hiding it for so long
Oh, I think you already know
That I’m in love with you, with you

Why when we get halfway there
Why when we get halfway started
Why when we get halfway there
Do I feel it’s so half-hearted?

(Make up your mind) making up your mind
(Better decide) you better decide this time
How can you call this loving?
You know it’s all or nothing

Why when we get halfway there
Why when we get halfway started
Why when we get halfway there
Do I feel it’s so half-hearted?

(Give me a sign) why don’t you give me?
(Give me a line) why don’t you believe me?
How can you call this loving?
You know it’s all or nothing
Why when we get halfway there
Why when we get halfway there

(Make up your mind) making up your mind
(Better decide) you better decide this time
How can you call this loving?
You know it’s all or nothing

(Make up your mind) why did you do it?
(Better decide) why can’t you believe it?
How can you call this loving?
You know it’s all or nothing…

(Rutherford/Palmer)


They think they know me
But they couldn’t be more wrong
They’re not hearing what I’m singing
When I sing my song
They say I’m aimless
They don’t know I’ve got a plan
Mystified by me
They don’t understand

They tried out pocket-book psychology
They’d better think again
When they try sussing me

Who is fooling who
Who is fooling, who is fooling
Who is fooling, who is fooling who

They think they know me
But they couldn’t be more wrong
They’re not listening what I’m singing
When I’m singing out this song
Well they think they know me
But they haven’t got a clue
I’m the one who knows
Who is fooling who

They think I’m an open book
But they can’t see
They’re in the darkroom
When it comes to reading me

Who is fooling who
Who is fooling, who is fooling
Who is fooling, who is fooling who

You think you’re with me
But you couldn’t be more wrong
They’re not following me closely
But they only trail along
Who do you think is fooling who
It could be me who’s fooling you, hey hey

Who’s been fooling who
Who’s been fooling who

I won’t say you’re lacking
But you just have no idea
You’re not hearing what I’m singing
Though I’m singing loud and clear
You’ll never make it
As a player in my band
We can’t have that
Oh no, who is fooling who

You think I’m no good
But there’s nothing I can do
Think again
I know who is fooling who

I am the one who knows
Who is fooling who, oh
Think once again, I know
Who is fooling who, oh

Who is fooling who

I am the one who knows
Who is fooling who, oh
Think once again, I know
Who is fooling who, oh

(Rutherford/Belotte)


Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
You keep on investing everything you had
Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
They are all protesting, you’re luckier than the rest

You were the last one, to find out what you want
While all your friends went, chasing their careers
They called you crazy and said you’d never make it
They all moved out to their suburbia that year
Life is so good, no one else could see it
It never stopped you from hawkin’ it around

You knew you had it, long before they found it
Everywhere the doors slammed, everybody turned you down (but)

Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
You keep on investing everything you had
Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
They are all protesting, it’s only luck at best

Now fame has hit you, old friends keep on calling
And all the slamming doors are taken off the hinge
They all remember the encouragement they gave you
You have to turn each time and try to hide a grin
It’s good to be there, they said you’d never make it
That satisfaction’s feeling good to know

You knew you had it, long before they found it
Everywhere the doors slammed, everybody turned you down (but)

Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
You keep on investing everything you had
Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
They are all protesting, you’re luckier than the rest

Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
Couldn’t get arrested
You’re luckier than the rest
Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
You keep on investing everything you had
Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
Couldn’t get arrested
You’re luckier than the rest
Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
You keep on investing everything you had

Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
Couldn’t get arrested
You’re luckier than the rest
Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested
You keep on investing
You’re luckier than the rest
Couldn’t get arrested, couldn’t get arrested

(Rutherford)


I suppose you think I’m crazy
I suppose you think I’m mad
You will never understand
Why I’m alone, oh I’m alone, but I

Such a lot of information
Such a lot of useless talk
And there is no way to avoid it
So I’m alone, oh I’m alone, but I

I don’t think I wanna know…

I don’t think I wanna know
And I don’t think I wanna know

Ask all the questions
Answer all the lies
Many men have told me
That you wouldn’t be surprised
I’m so alone, I’m so alone, but I

I don’t think I wanna know…

I don’t think I wanna know
I don’t need this information
Information…

But I think I’ll find an answer
If you’ll just give me the chance
There are people in the world today
Who won’t even question that
They don’t need this information

And now I’m asking you, the only way I know
And you are telling me you cannot keep control
If you think of me
If you think of me the way I am
If you think of me and what I mean
If you think of me the way I ask you now

I don’t think I wanna know…

I don’t wanna be another fool…

(Rutherford)


When the day is weary
All the things that we have said
Take on a different meaning
Now the world has gone to bed
I need to feel you near me
Put your arms around me now
And we will stay together
Watch the world go by somehow

It’s a dream I thought we might have had
But it’s too late, I’m losing you

Hideaway, till the night comes back to me
Hideaway, until the sun comes up again
I will hideaway, till your love comes back to me
Hideaway, until somebody sets me free
You never, oh never know

When the streets are empty
Not a soul is to be found
And the wind around us
Covers every other sound
As you turn the corner
See my light up on the hill
All I’ll ever ask you
Is you’ll stay with me until

It’s a dream I thought we might have had
But it’s too late, I’m losing you

Hideaway, till the night comes back to me
Hideaway, until the sun comes back to me
Hideaway, till your love comes back to me
Hideaway, until somebody sets me free
You never, oh never know
Until darling, nothing left to show

Hideaway, till the night comes back to me
Hideaway, until the sun comes up again
Until somebody, hideaway
And your love comes back, comes back to me
Hideaway, until somebody sets me free
Until somebody, yeah, oh never know
‘Til darling…

Infos générales

Mike Rutherford : chant, guitares, basse, claviers, coeurs
Daryl Stuermer : guitare
John Alexander : guitare
Stewart Copeland : batterie
Pete Phipps : batterie
Pete Robinson : claviers
Paul Fishman : claviers
Gary Barnacle : saxophone
Luke Tunney : trompette
Steve Gould, Noel McCalla, Dale Newman : coeurs
Martyn Ford : arrangement et direction des cordes
Produit par Mike Rutherford assisté de Nick Launay
Ingénieur du son : Nick Launay
Enregistré à :
– The Farm 1982
Assistance Technique : Geoff Callingham
– The Town House, Londres par Howard Gray et Gavin
– The Manor Mobile chez Mike

Sorti en 1982

Août 82 – Halfway There/A Day To Remember
Août 82 – Maxine/A Day To Remember
Octobre 82 – Acting Very Strange/Couldn’t Get Arrested
Février 83 – Hideaway/Calypso

Seb

5/5

Le tout premier disque solo de Mike. Somptueux de part en part… Notamment Smallcreep’s day suite… Voilà, pas grand chose de plus à dire.

Tracklist

(Rutherford)

It’s so very dark in here
There’s water on the wall
I can see no lights and what’s that sound
That droning far above the smoke
And everywhere I look their eyes are watching me.

Hello my friend
The day is long and I am very hot
This metal world
The lower half of every face is lit
Everytime I look the clock is calling me
On the tick and the tock.

I’ve got my love to get me there
But I’ve more pain that I can bare
There is a world to find and share
Oh Saturday – Oh Saturday
And I can see a dying race, who live their lives
On the tick and the tock, in between.

(Rutherford)

I’m hopelessly waiting in line
For what I don’t know I don’t mind
There’s never a day that goes by
Without blood on my hands in my hair.

I’m hopelessly working in line
On what I don’t care I don’t mind
There’s nothing that I would give
To see what comes out at the end.

(Rutherford)

(Instrumental)

(Rutherford)

Say I’m going, yes I am going in another day,
Coz if I do go home I’ve nothing left to say.
I’m a man who clocked on but out of my life.
When the lights go out tonight I’ll make my move.
Too many years and all those tears have gone so deep inside me.
Oh No!

Along the edge, above the metal dreamlike streamlike world.
Way up above looking down up row after row of factory machines.
There’s no time like the present.
Singing a song I brought along to keep me company.

Aching back, my breath coming fast my feet getting lighter, I
I feel kind of dizzy

Running up, I’m running down.
I am nearly there, I am, I’m nearly there.
The light in the distance is getting so much brighter.
I’m a no-man in a no-man’s land.

The metal girders that stand all around have now gone.
The sky through the skylight’s a different shade of blue.
Cats and rats in this neighbourhood,
Cats and rats in this neighbourhood.
Look different to me.

Let it be a better day – for you my love.
Let it be a better day – for me my love.

The day is nearly ended hurry home to your bed
My nights are oh so lonely come and lay down your head
The eyes of all our children growing heavy with sleep
And with one final flicker into a world full of dreams.

Oh I need you now through the lonely nights
And when the morning comes upon us
I’ll be holding you so close to me.

The grass is never greener either side of the wall
If I am here or somewhere many miles away
For I have come to realize nothing changes at all.

Oh I need you now through the lonely nights
And when the morning comes upon us
I’ll be holding you so close to me.

(Rutherford)



And I feel like the night is closing – I know it is
Do you feel it burning in my blood
Burning in my blood like it’s setting me fire.

And I feel like a cloud is closing in – I know it is
As I slip into a hazy crazy world – I know I am
Sooner or later moonshine in my brain
Turning me around till there’s madness in the air.

Turning water into wine, till there’s nothing left to burn
Courage deserted me tonight.

And in the moments that I have when peace is all around
I can see clearly now, and what I see
There’s your world and there’s mine
There’s so little in between
But listen my love
We will never know which one of us has got it right.

Coz baby the things I do are hurting everyone
I know they are. I’ve got to try to find the door
Sooner or later it will turn me inside out
Begone all those who would torment me
I’ve an answer for you now.

And I’m glad it’s not late to give it up – I know it’s not
All I need’s a year or two to rearrange – to rearrange
I can feel it burning in my blood
Turning me around till there’s madness in the air.

Turning water into wine, till there’s nothing left to burn
Courage deserted me tonight.

And in the moments that I have when peace is all around
I can see clearly now, and what I see
There’s your world and there’s mine
There’s so little in between
But listen my love
We will never know which one of us has got it right.

Turning water into wine, till there’s nothing left to burn
Courage deserted me tonight.

Turning water into wine, till there’s nothing left to burn
Courage deserted me tonight.

(Rutherford)


It’s been so many years since I saw your face,
But now I’m home again back in my old place
And though you’re not quite sure you think you see me by the door
I’ll be there.

When the winter comes knocking on the door
And you’ve the firelight dancing on the floor
In the dead of night when every star is burning bright
I’ll be there

Time and time again
I am always there to see you through the night
Time and time again
Rest your tired head and it will be alright
and after all is said, is said and done
Oh God you’ll never know
Just how lonely life can be for me.

So let me tell you now what it’s like to be
The one whose memories are scattered on the sea
When the wind goes down you’ll see them lying all around.

On a cloudy day, high up in the sky
There’s a lonely bird who’s sailing round and round
Looking for a place to land down on the ground, for a while
Over and over again
Please give your love to me
Throw it in the wind and I’ll be there.

Deep within the darkness I’m the shadow next to yours
I’ll be there.

Time and time again
I am always there to see you through the night
Time and time again
Rest your tired head and it will be alright
And after all is said, is said and done
Please give your love to me
Throw it in the wind and I’ll be there.

(Rutherford)


There never was a moment I wasn’t sure
I would be someone who roamed the world
And when the time was ready and so was I
get out of here onto the streets
Who’ll make everything better, who’ll make everything better.

The life that I was living, the great outdoors
Stars up above me everynight, as I lay down my head
Who’ll make everything better, who’ll make everything better.

Get out of bed I hear them singing all along the way
You’re where you want to be out on the open road again
Ain’t that peculiar, you’re on you’re own again
You’re on your own, on your own, I guess you always were.

One day you come to realise you’re getting old
No one to share the lonely days, to be together
Who’ll make everything better, who’ll make everything better.

Get out of bed I hear them singing all along the way
Too late to change it all, the gypsy in your blood has gone
Ain’t that peculiar, you’re on your own again
You’re on your own, on your own, until the very end.

(Rutherford)


How, how can I
How can I be back here again
It was just the other day.

That I, I said I
I said I would be moving on
Seems to me I’m going round and round
It’s the only way I know.

Every road that I take is the same
Everyway I go, everyday I go
Leading me back the way I’ve just come
Every road that I take is the same
Don’t be sorry please, don’t you worry please
I will be back again very soon.

Then, when I know
I know that I have stayed too long
And there’s nothing left for me to say
So I’ll be on my way

Every road that I take is the same
Everyway I go, everyday I go
Leading me back the way I’ve just come
Every road that I take is the same
Don’t be sorry please, don’t you worry please,
I will be back again very soon.

Follow me now, wherever I go
Follow me now.

(Rutherford)


Get the money and run
Now’s not the time to hang around
Overnight job it’s an overnight job
Anymore for anymore
Think it over, you’ve always got to be
Just one more step ahead
Everyone said that it couldn’t be done
And I know that’s why you’re here tonight
You’ve got everything that you need for the job
I hope that it all works out right.

Out on the streets at the dead of night
There’s nobody else around
Overnight job it’s an overnight job
Anymore for anymore
Think it over, you’ve always got to be
Just one more step ahead
Coz everyone said that it couldn’t be done
And I know that’s why you’re here tonight
Over your shoulder the day’s getting bolder
The shadows are fading away.

Because everyone’s got it inside, just a little bit somewhere

Overnight job it’s an overnight job
Think it over, you’ve always got to be
Just one more step ahead
Everyone said that it couldn’t be done
And I know that’s why you are here tonight
Over your shoulder the day’s getting bolder
The shadows are fading away.

Infos générales

Mike Rutherford : guitares, basse, pédale basse
Noel McCalla : chant
Anthony Phillips : claviers
Morris Pert : percussion
Simon Phillips : batterie
Produit par : David Hentschel
Ingénieur du son : David Hentschel
Enregistré à Polar Studios, Stockholm 1979
Mixé à Maison Rouge, London 1979 assisté par Dave Bacsombe

Sorti en janvier 1980

Singles :
Janvier 1980 – Working In Line/Compression
1980 – Moonshine/Working In Line
Juillet 1980 – Time And Time Again/At The End Of The Day/Overnight Job