Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark

This is another of my old favorites from the 80's. In fact, the Best Of OMD was the first disc I ever owned. Ahhhh, nostalgia....

Here's the best of OMD for you......


@SONG: Electricity
 
I want some energy
the ultimate discovery
electric blue for me
never more to be free
electricity
nuclear and heb
come fuels from the sea
wasted electricity

I want some energy
electricity
all we need is to learn to save
and if were made to throw away
it doesn't change the city cost
the alternative is only one
the final source of energy
solar electricity

electricity
electricity
electricity
electricity
electricity
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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@SONG: Messages
 
it worries me this kind of thing
how you hope to live alone
and occupy your waking hours
we're taking sides again
i just wept i couldn't understand
why you started this again

every day you send me more
what makes it worse is this plan of yours
to ensure I don't forget
I'd write and tell you that I've burnt them all
but you never send me your address
and i've kept them anyway

so don't ask me if I think it's true
that communication can bring hope to those
who have gone their seperate ways
it hardly touched me when it should have then
and memories are uncertain friends
when recalled by messages

coded messages always hurt
letters 

messages poision

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@SONG: Enola Gay
 

Enola Gay, you should have stayed at home yesterday
Oho it can't describe the feeling and the way you lied

These games you play, they're gonna end it all in tears someday
Oho Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way

It's 8:15, that's the time that it's always been

We got your message on the radio, condition's normal and you're coming home

Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today
Oho, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away

Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way
Oho Enola Gay, it should've faded our dreams away

It's 8:15, oh that's the time that it's always been
We got your message on the radio, condition's normal and you're coming home

Enola Gay, is mother proud of little boy today
Oho, this you give, it's never ever gonna fade away


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@SONG: SOUVENIR

It's my direction, it's my proposal, it's so hard, it's leading me astray
My obsession, it's my creation, you'll understand, it's not important now

All I need is coordination, I can't imagine my destination
My intention, ask my opinion, with no excuse, my feelings still remain

My feelings still remain

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@SONG: JOAN OF ARC

Little catholic girl is fallin' in love
A face on a page, a gift from above

She should've known better than to give her heart
She should've known better than to ever part without me, without me

I gave her everything that I ever owned
I think she understood it but she never spoke

She shouldn't oughta try to be that way
She shouldn't have to go there every day without me, without me

Now listen to us good and listen well
Listen to the song and everything we tell

We should've known better than to give her away
We should've known better to this very day, without me, without me

Listen, [show it all], all you gotta do
Say the right words and I'll be coming through
Hold you in my arms and take you right away

Now she's turned away to another land
We never understood it why she gave her hand

She shouldn't oughta promise, 'cos it's just pretend
I know she doesn't mean it and she'll leave again without me, without me
Without me, without me

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@SONG: JOAN OF ARC (MAID OF ORLEANS)

If Joan of Arc had a heart, would she give it as a gift
To such as me who longs to see, how a legend oughta be

Had dreams to give her heart away, like an orphan along the way
She cared so much, she offered up her body to the grave

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@SONG: Tesla Girls
 
No
no no no
no no no
 
Tesla girls Tesla girls
testing out theories
electric chairs and dynamos
dressed to kill they're killing me
but heaven knows their recipe
 
No no no
 
You wouldn't believe me if I said
the things I've seen went over my head
I've been patient heaven knows
I've learnt the rules and how it goes
I can't sit still or settle down
and when I walk I don't touch the ground
see those girls they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best
 
Tesla girls Tesla girls
writing in their diaries
now and then they'll watch TV
now and then they'll speak to me
but heaven knows their recipe
 
You wouldn't believe them if they said
the things they've seen went over their heads
they've been patient heaven knows
they seem to care and so it goes
they can't sit still or settle down
and when they walk they don't touch the ground
see those girls they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best
 
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
Tesla girls
 
Tesla girls Tesla girls
testing out theories
electric chairs and dynamos
dressed to kill they're killing me
but heaven knows their recipe
 
Tesla girls Tesla girls
now and then I watch TV
now and then they'll speak to me
but heaven knows their recipe
 
No no no

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@SONG: Locomotion
 
Across every ocean
for the sake of locomotion
but I wouldn't have a notion
how to save my soul
I walk down the sidewalk
run down the boardwalk
stop and make small talk
but I can't say no to you
 
I can't say no I can't say yes
I cant' even write down my own address
I can't touch Heaven it's a little too far
it's the only way to travel
got dreaming on a parr
I'm staring through the window
wonder where you are
moving through the landscape at a million miles an hour
 
Across every nation
from the harbour to the station
it's a source of inspiration
it's a power to the state
they run down the railways
sail across the seaways
fly through the airways
but they can't say no
to you
 
I can't stand up I can't stand still
I know you wouldn't like it if I told you how I feel
I just want to say that it's only common sense
but the words always fail me at my own expense
I'm staring out the window
wonder where you are
moving through the landscape at a million miles an hour
 
Across every ocean
for the sake of locomotion
but I wouldn't have a notion
how to save my soul
I walk down the sidewalk
run down the boardwalk
stop and make small talk
but I can't say no to you
 
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@SONG: Talking Loud and Clear
 
Talking loud and clear
saying just what I feel
lying in the grass
with the sun on our backs
it doesn't really matter
what we do or what we say
with every little movement
we give ourselves away
 
Opposite and opposite
decisions are reversed
facing one another
with words that couldn't hurt
with every little word
you're getting closer to me
talking loud and clear
saying just what we feel today
 
Talking loud and clear
saying just what we feel
lying in the grass
we've got time on our hands
body next to body
with silence all around
we understand each other
but didn't make a sound
 
Promises and promises
of vows we shall return
facing one another
I thought my heart would burn
you turn to move away
but then get closer to me
talking loud and clear
saying just what we feel today

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@SONG: SO IN LOVE

Talk to me, don't lie to me
Save your breath
Don't look at me, don't smile at me
Just close your eyes
I was so impressed by you
I was running blind
I would fall for every trick
Every twist of mind

Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It's hard to believe
I was so in love with you

Don't say your prayers, don't build your hopes
Just walk away
Don't phone me up, don't call around
Don't waste your time
You were so in awe of me
You were so divine
You would do just anything
To still be mine

Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It's hard to believe
I was so in love with you

All the things you said to me
I was so obsessed
You were always talking talking
God I did my best

Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It's hard to believe
I was so in love with you

Etc....

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@SONG: DREAMING

If you were born in heaven girl
I'd understand so well
But ever since I've met you child
You've made my life such hell
With every day that passes
I fall nearer to the ground
It seems that I've been looking for
Something that won't be found

I was only Dreaming
I was only trying to catch your eye
I was only wishing you would notice me
Instead you said goodbye

Could this be the new answer then
To all the dreams we've made
Could there be some solution please
To rid me of this grace
But every single second that you held me in your arms
You build me up 
You raise me up
You kill me with your charms

Refrain

Would you stay with me tonight
Won't you make these feelings last
Can we start this all again
Would that be just to much to ask

Refrain

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@SONG: IF YOU LEAVE
 
If you leave, don't leave now
Please don't take my heart away
Promise me just one more night
Then we'll go our separate ways
With hours left time on our sides
Now it's fading fast
Every second every moment
We've got to--we've gotta make it last
 
I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd still be friends someday
 
If you leave I won't cry
I won't waste one single day
But if you leave don't look back
I'll be running the other way
Seven years went under the bridge
Like time was standing still
Heaven knows what happens now
You've got to--you've gotta say you will
 
I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd meet again
 
I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd still be friends
 
I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd meet again someday
 
If you leave
Oh if you leave
Oh if you leave
Don't look back
Don't look back

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@SONG: SECRET

I've got a secret I can't explain
And all the time I've waited for this day
All along I was never in doubt
I always knew it would never get out
There are things that I cannot tell
And there are things that you know damn well
This is getting very hard for me
I guess you'd better just wait and see

This is all, this is all

You heard a message and the message was clear
And all the time you wipe away that tear
All I want is to hold your hand
To see the sun and walk the sand
You make me sad and you make me glad
And now you see all my secret is this love
Is love, is love
All my secret is this love

Everyday you're always there
You comfort me and make me feel it's worth my while
And then I look around and you're not there
And everyday you say you care and I'll beware

This is all, this is all

I've got a secret and I can't explain
All I want is to hold your hand
All along I was never in doubt
To see the sun and to walk the sand

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@SONG: LA FEMME ACCIDENT

La Femme Accident's
Got everything you want
You never have to know
You never have to show
She's hanging on your every word

She clings to your heart
She wonÕt let you depart
Oh this is mine
But she's with you all the time
She's crying like a fragile child

But if you get to know her
SheÕs not a little girl
And if she gets to know you 
You canÕt escape her world

La Femme Accident
A woman full of want
Her hearts on the line 
You haven't got the time
She suffers like some Joan of Arc

She says thereÕs just no justice
In this world
She's paradise for a day
La Femme Accident
What reason could you want
Just use her and turn away

La Femme Accident
Got everything you want
She's paradise for a day

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@SONG: WE LOVE YOU
 
Gotta get a message to the starg in our pockets for a rainy day
But here we are in trouble like we always are
Just praying for a miracle; reaching for the stars
 
We love you; would die for you
We need you everyday
 
We've gotta get a messageuWe love you; would die for you
We need you everyday
Oh we love you; wouldn't leave you
We miss you faraway
 
It's just another promise like we've heard before
Never really knowing what we're fighting for
 
We love you; would die for you
We need you everyday
Oh we love you; wouldn't leave you
We miss you faraway
 
We love you; would die for you
We need you everyday
Oh we love you; wouldn't leave you
We miss you faraway
 
(repeat and fade)