Tears For Fears - Tears Roll Down - lyrics.txt
Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92) (1992)
01. Sowing The Seeds Of LoveSowing The Seeds Of Love
High time we made a stand
And shook up the views of the common man
And the love train rides from coast to coast
D.J.'s the man we love the most
Could you be, could you be squeaky clean
And smash any hope of democracy?
As the headline says you're free to choose
There's egg on your face and mud on your shoes
One of these days they're gonna call it the blues, yeah, yeah
(Sowing the seeds of love) Anything is possible
(Seeds of love) When you're sowing the seeds of love (Sowing the seeds of love)
(Sowing the seeds of love) Anything is possible
(Seeds of love) Sowing the seeds of love (Sowing the seeds)
I spy tears in their eyes
They look to the skies for some kind of divine intervention
Food goes to waste
So nice to eat, so nice to taste
Politician granny with your high ideals
Have you no idea how the majority feels?
So without love and a promised land
We're fools to the rules of a government plan
Kick out the style, bring back the jam
(Sowing the seeds of love) Anything
(Seeds of love) (Sowing the seeds of love)
(Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love)
Sowing the seeds
The birds and the bees
My girlfriend and me
In love
Feel the pain, talk about it
If you're a worried man, then shout about it
Open hearts, feel about it
Open minds, think about it
Everyone, read about it
Everyone, scream about it
Everyone (Everyone, yeah, yeah)
Everyone (Everyone) read about it, read about it
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read
Chorus
(Sowing the seeds of love)
(Sowing the seeds of love)
We're sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds of love
We're sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love
(Mr. England sowing the seeds of love)
Time to eat all your words
Swallow your pride
Open your eyes
Time to eat all your words
Swallow your pride
Open your eyes
High time we made a stand (Time to eat all your words)
And shook up the views of the common man (Swallow your pride)
And the love train rides from coast to coast (Open your eyes)
Every minute of every hour
I love a sunflower (Open your eyes)
And I believe in love power (Open your eyes)
Love power
Love power (Open your eyes)
(Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love)
(Sowing the seeds)
(Sowing the seeds of love, the seeds of love) Sowing the seeds
(Sowing the seeds)
(Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love)
(Sowing the seeds)
Sowing the seeds
An end to need
And the politics of greed
With love
(Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love)
(Sowing the seeds of love)
(Sowing the seeds of love,seeds of love)
Sowing the seeds
An end to need
And the politics of greed
With love
(Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love)
02. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you'll never, never, never, never need it
One headline, why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
03. Woman In Chains
You better love loving, and you better behave
You better love loving, and you better behave
Woman in chains
Woman in chains
Calls her man the great white hope
Says she's fine, she'll always cope
Woman in chains
Woman in chains
Well, I feel lying and waiting is a poor man's deal
And I feel hopelessly weighed down by your eyes of steel
Well, it's a world gone crazy
Keeps woman in chains
Trades her soul as skin and bone
Sells the only thing she owns
Woman in chains
Woman in chains
Men of stone
Men of stone
Well, I feel deep in your heart there are wounds time can't heal
And I feel somebody somewhere is trying to breathe
Well, you know what I mean
It's a world gone crazy
Keeps woman in chains
It's under my skin but out of my hands
I'll tear it apart, but I won't understand
I will not accept the greatness of man
It's a world gone crazy
Keeps woman in chains
So free her
04. Shout
Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on
In violent times
You shouldn't have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really, really ought to know
Those one track minds
That took you for a working boy
Kiss them goodbye
You shouldn't have to jump for joy
You shouldn't have to jump for joy
Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on
They gave you life
And in return you gave them hell
As cold as ice
I hope we live to tell the tale
I hope we live to tell the tale
Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on
Shout, shout, let it all out (let it all out)
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, so come on
And when you've taken down your guard
If I could change your mind
I'd really love to break your heart
I'd really love to break your heart
Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I'm talking to you, come on
05. Head Over Heels
I wanted to be with you alone
And talk about the weather
But traditions I can trace against
The child in your face
Won't escape my attention
You keep your distance with a system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I'm lost in admiration, could I need you this much?
Oh, you're wasting my time
You're just, just, just wasting time
Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out
'Til I'm head over heels
Something happens and I'm head over heels
Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart
Don't, don't, don't throw it away
Throw it away
Throw it away
I made a fire, I'm watching it burn
Yeah, thought of your future
With one foot in the past, now, just how long will it last?
Now, now, now, have you no ambitions? (Mmm, what's the matter with my)
My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean air
(Nothing ever changes when you're acting your age)
And dreaming I'm a doctor
(Nothing gets done when you feel like a baby)
It's hard to be a man when there's a gun in your hand
(Nothing ever changes when you're acting your age)
Oh, I feel so
Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out
'Til I'm head over heels
Something happens and I'm head over heels
Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart
Don't, don't, don't throw it away
And this is my four-leaf clover
I'm on the line, one open mind
This is my four-leaf clover
La, la, la...
06. Mad World
All around me are familiar faces
Worn-out places, worn-out faces
Bright and early for their daily oasis
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
To feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello, teacher, tell me, what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Halargian world
Mad world
07. Pale Shelter
How can I be sure
When your intrusions, my illusion?
How can I be sure?
When all the time you changed my mind
I asked for more and more
How can I be sure?
When you don't give me love
(You give me pale shelter)
You don't give me love
(You give me cold hands)
And I can't operate on this failure
When all I wanna be is
Completely in command
How can I be sure
For all you say, you keep me waiting?
How can I be sure
When all you do is see me through?
I asked for more and more
How can I be sure?
When you don't give me love
(You give me pale shelter)
You don't give me love
(You give me cold hands)
And I can't operate on this failure
When all I wanna be is
Completely in command
I've been here before
There is no why, no need to try
I thought you had it all
I'm calling you, I'm calling you
I asked for more and more (Asked for more and more)
How can I be sure? (How can I be sure?)
When you don't give me love
(You give me pale shelter)
You don't give me love
(You give me cold hands)
And I can't operate on this failure
When all I wanna be is
Completely in command (Completely in command)
You don't give me love
You don't give me love
08. I Believe
I believe that when the hurting and the pain has gone
We will be strong, oh yes we will be strong
Is it absurd or am I being real?
I believe that if you knew just what these tears were for
They would just pour like every drop of rain
That's why I believe it is too late for anyone to believe
I believe that if you thought for a moment, took your time
You would not resign yourself, resign yourself to your fate
And I believe that if it's written in the stars, that's fine
I believe that if you're bristling while you hear this song
I could be wrong or have I hit a nerve?
That's why I believe it is too late for anyone to believe
I believe that maybe somewhere in the darkness
In the night time, in the storm, in the casino
Casino Spanish eyes
I believe, no I can't believe
That every time you hear a newborn scream
You just can't see the shaping of a life
The shaping of a life
09. Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)
Chewed the bone down too low
Got fed on tea and sympathy
Blew the sail like the wind
I wish you were my enemy
I was humble for you
What a fool I've been to have
Laid so low for so long
Into that void of silence
Where we cry without sound
Where tears roll down
Where tears roll down
And where your mother's violence
Sent your soul underground
Where tears roll down
Where tears roll down
Drew the blade way too slow
Was shackled by your honesty
Made a mess, I guess I have should have known
That life was lust and liberty
Not a chance mutation or the last temptation
Laid so low for so long, so low
Into that void of silence
Where we cry without sound
Where tears roll down
Where tears roll down
And where your mother's violence
Sent your soul underground
Where tears roll down
Where tears roll down
10. Mothers Talk
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
(We can work it out)
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
(We can work it out)
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
(We can work it out)
It's not that you're not good enough
It's just that we can make you better
Given that you pay the price
We can keep you young and tender
Following the footsteps of a funeral pyre
You were paid not to listen
Now your house is on fire
Wake me up when things get started
When everything starts to happen
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
(We can work it out)
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
(We can work it out)
When the wind blows
(When the wind blows)
When the mothers talk
(When the mothers talk)
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
(When the wind blows)
When the mothers talk
(When the mothers talk)
When the wind blows
(We can
Only we can work it out)
Some of us are horrified
Others never talk about it
But when the weather starts to burn
Then you'll know that you're in trouble
Follow in the footsteps of a soldier girl
It is time to put your clothes on and to face the world
Don't you feel your luck is changing
When everything starts to happen
Put your head right next to my heart
The beat of the drum is the fear of the dark
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
(We can work it out)
My features form with a change in the weather
But in the weekend never
There's a change in the weather
(We can work it out)
When the wind blows
(When the wind blows)
When the mothers talk
(When the mothers talk)
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
(When the wind blows)
When the mothers talk
(When the mothers talk)
When the wind blows
(We can
Only we can work it out)
11. Change
You walked in to the room
I just had to laugh
The face you wore was cool
You were a photograph
When it's all too late
It's all too late
I did not have the time
I did not have the nerve
To ask you how you feel
Is this what you deserve
When it's all too late
It's all too late
Change
You can change
Change
You can change
And something on your mind
Became a point of view
I lost your honesty
You lost the life in you
When it's all too late
It's all too late
We walk and talk in time
I walk and talk in two
Where does the end of me
Become the start of you
When it's all too late
It's all too late
Change
You can change
Change
You can change
What has happened to
The friend that I once knew
Has he gone away
It's all too late, It's all too late
Change
Change
You can change
Change
You can change
12. Advice For The Young At Heart
Advice for the young at heart
Soon we will be older
When we gonna make it work?
Too many people living in a secret world
While they play mothers and fathers
We play little boys and girls
When we gonna make it work?
I could be happy
I could be quite naive
It's only me and my shadows
Happy in our make believe
Soon...
And with the hounds at bay
I'll call your bluff
hey...
'Cause it would be okay
To walk on tiptoes everyday
And when I think of you and all the love that's due
I'll make a promise, I'll make a stand
'Cause to these big brown eyes, this comes as no surprise
We've got the whole wide world in our hands
Advice for the young at heart
Soon we will be older
When we gonna make it work?
Love is a promise
Love is a souvenir
Once given
Never forgotten, never let it disappear
This could be our last chance
When we gonna make it work?
Working hour is over
And how it makes me weep
'Cause someone sent my soul to sleep
And when I think of you and all the love that's due
I'll make a promise, I'll make a stand
'Cause to these big brown eyes, this comes as no surprise
We've got the whole wide world in our hands
We've got the whole wide world in our hands
We've got the whole wide world in our hands
(in our hands)
Advice for the young at heart
Soon we will be older
When we gonna make it work?
Advice for the young at heart
Soon we will be older
When we gonna make it work?
Working hour is over
We can do anything that we want
Anything that we feel like doing
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