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Release date:
17.05.85
Tracks:
1. So Far Away (5:12)
2. Money for Nothing (8:26)
3. Walk of Life (4:13)
4. Your Latest Trick (6:34)
5. Why Worry (8:31)
6. Ride Across the River (6:58)
7. The Man's Too Strong (4:40)
8. One World (3:41)
9. Brothers in Arms (6:59)
Here I am again in this
mean old town
And you're so far away
from me
And where are you when
the sun goes down
You're so far away from
me
So far away from me
So far I just can't see
So far away from me
You're so far away from
me
I'm tired of being in
love and being all alone
When you're so far away
from me
I'm tired of making out
on the telephone
And you're so far away
from me
So far away from me
So far I just can't see
So far away from me
You're so far away from
me
I get so tired when I
have to explain
When you're so far away
from me
See you been in the sun
and I've been in the rain
And you're so far away
from me
So far away from me
So far I just can't see
So far away from me
You're so far away from
me
Now look at them yo-yo's
that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on
the MTV
That ain't workin' that's
the way you do it
Money for nothin' and
chicks for free
Now that ain't workin'
that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys
ain't dumb
Maybe get a blister on
your little finger
Maybe get a blister on
your thumb
We gotta install microwave
ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour
TVs
See the little faggot
with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy that's his
own hair
That little faggot got
his own jet airplane
That little faggot he's
a millionaire
We gotta install microwave
ovens
Custom kitchens deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour
TV's
I shoulda learned to play
the guitar
I shoulda learned to
play them drums
Look at that mama, she
got it stickin' in the camera
Man we could have some
fun
And he's up there, what's
that? Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongos
like a chimpanzee
That ain't workin' that's
the way you do it
Get your money for nothin'
get your chicks for free
We gotta install microwave
ovens
Custom kitchen deliveries
We gotta move these refrigerators
We gotta move these colour
TV's, Lord
Now that ain't workin'
that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on
the MTV
That ain't workin' that's
the way you do it
Money for nothin' and
your chicks for free
Money for nothin' and
chicks for free
Here comes Johnny singing
oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lua, Baby What
I Say
Here comes Johnny singing
I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels,
trying to make it pay
He got the action, he
got the motion
Yeah, the boy can play
Dedication devotion
Turning all the night
time into the day
He do the song about the
sweet lovin' woman
He do the song about
the knife
He do the walk, he do
the walk of life
Here comes Johnny and
he'll tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin'
shoes
Here come Johnny with
the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin'
blues
He got the action, he
got the motion
Yeah, the boy can play
Dedication devotion
Turning all the night
time into the day
He do the song about the
sweet lovin' woman
He do the song about
the knife
He do the walk, he do
the walk of life
Here comes Johnny singing
oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What
I Say
Here comes Johnny singing
I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels,
trying to make it pay
He got the action, he
got the motion
Yeah the boy can play
Dedication devotion
Turning all the night
time into the day
And after all the violence
and double talk
There's just a song in
the trouble and the strife
You do the walk, you
do the walk of life
All the late night bargains
have been struck
Between the satin beaus
and their belles
And prehistoric garbage
trucks
Have the city to themselves
Echoes roars dinosaurs
They're all doing the
monster mash
And most of the taxis
and the whores
Are only taking calls
for cash
I don't know how it happened
It all took place so
quick
But all I can do is hand
it to you
And your latest trick
My door was standing open
Security was laid back
and lax
But it was only my heart
got broken
You must have had a pass
key made out of wax
You played robbery with
insolence
And I played the blues
in twelve bars down Lover's Lane
And you never did have
the intelligence to use
The twelve keys hanging
off my chain
I don't know how it happened
It all took place so
quick
But all I can do is hand
it to you
And your latest trick
Now it's past last call
for alcohol
Past recall has been
here and gone
The landlord finally
paid us all
The satin jazzmen have
put away their horns
And we're standing outside
of this wonderland
Looking so bereaved and
so bereft
Like a Bowery bum when
he finally understands
The bottle's empty and
there's nothing left
I don't know how it happened
It was faster than the
eye could flick
But not all I can do
is hand it to you
And your latest trick
Baby I see this world
has made you sad
Some people can be bad
The things they do, the
things they say
But baby I'll wipe away
those bitter tears
I'll chase away those
restless fears
That turn your blue skies
into grey
Why worry, there should
be laughter after the pain
There should be sunshine
after rain
These things have always
been the same
So why worry now
Baby when I get down I
turn to you
And you make sense of
what I do
I know it isn't hard
to say
But baby just when this
world seems mean and cold
Our love comes shining
red and gold
And all the rest is by
the way
Why worry, there should
be laughter after pain
There should be sunshine
after rain
These things have always
been the same
So why worry now
I'm a soldier of freedom
in the army of man
We are the chosen, we're
the partisan
The cause it is noble
and the cause it is just
We are ready to pay with
our lives if we must
Gonna ride across the
river deep and wide
Ride across the river
to the other side
I'm a soldier of fortune,
I'm a dog of war
And we don't give a damn
who the killing is for
It's the same old story
with a different name
Death or glory, it's
the killing game
Gonna ride across the
river deep and wide
Ride across the river
to the other side
Nothing gonna stop them
as the day follows the night
Right becomes wrong,
the left becomes the right
And they sing as they
march with their flags unfurled
Today in the mountains,
tomorrow the world
Gonna ride across the
river deep and wide
Ride across the river
to the other side
I'm just an ageing drummer
boy
And in the wars I used
to play
And I've called the tune
To many a torture session
Now they say I am a war
criminal
And I'm fading away
Father please her my
confession
I have legalised robbery
Called it a belief
I have run with the money
And hid like a thief
I have re-written history
With my armies and my
crooks
Invented memories
I did burn all the books
And I can still hear
his laughter
And I can still hear
his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong
Well I have tried to be
meek
And I have tried to be
mild
But I spat like a woman
And sulked like a child
I have lived behind walls
That have made me alone
Striven for peace
Which I have never known
And I can still hear
his laughter
And I can still hear
his song
The man's too big
The man's too strong
Well the sun rose on the
courtyard
And they all did hear
him say
'You always were a Judas
But I got you anyway
You may have got your
silver
But I swear upon my life
Your sister gave me diamonds
And I gave them to your
wife'
Oh father please help
me
For I have done wrong
The man's too big
The man's too strong
Can't find no sleeves
for my records
Can't get no laces for
my shoes
Can't get no fancy notes
On my blue guitar
Can't get no antidote
for blues
Can't find the reasons
for your actions
Or I don't much like
the reasoning you use
Somehow your motives
are impure
Or somehow I can't find
the cure
Can't find no antidote
for blues
They say it's mostly vanity
That writes the plays
we act
They tell me that's what
everybody knows
There's no such thing
as sanity
And that's the sanest
fact
That's the way the story
goes
Can't get no remedy on
my TV
There's nothing but the
same old news
They can't find a way
to be
One world in harmony
Can't get no antidote
for blues
These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return
to
Your valleys and your
farms
And you'll no longer
burn
To be brothers in arm
Through these fields of
destruction
Baptism of fire
I've watched all your
suffering
As the battles raged
higher
And though they did hurt
me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms
There's so many different
worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one
world
But we live in different
ones
Now the sun's gone to
hell
And the moon's riding
high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the
starlight
And every line on your
palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms