The Cause New Model Army

The Cause (Sullivan) Headline in the paper tells of fighting in the streets Teenage battles; six arrested Mutters in the council chambers, something must be done Before our city streets become

Till the End of the Day New Model Army

Till the End of the Day (The Kinks) Baby, I feel good From the moment I arise Feel good from morning Till the end of the day Till the end of the day Yeah, you and me We live this life From

The Last Time New Model Army

The Last Time (Rolling Stones) Well, I told you once and I told you twice But you never listen to my advice You don't try very hard to please me With what you know it should be easy Ch: Well

Hit the Road Jack New Model Army

Hit the Road Jack (Ray Charles) Ch: Hit the road Jack, and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more Hit the road Jack, and don't you come back no more Woo!

Live is Life New Model Army

Live is Life (Opus) Ch: Live Live is life Labadab dab dab live Live is life When we all give the power We all give the best Every minute of an hour Don't think about the rest Then you

The Charge New Model Army

piercing in their side The brave new world is beckoning So the olden world must die In the offices of the city At all the tables of oak and power The snares are laid and baited For the approaching

Christian Militia New Model Army

their words like swords The Christian militia is marching now There's a witch hunt coming Born from all those American fears There's a new purge coming An inquisition for all of us here Hold onto

Bad Old World New Model Army

About leaving this worn out world and starting again far away in a better place Well that's where I am now . . . but still thinking about you Ch: I'm never going back there I'm never going back to the

The Passenger New Model Army

The Passenger (Iggy Pop) I am a passenger And I ride and I ride I ride through the city's backside I see the stars come out of the sky Yeah, they're bright in a hollow sky You know it looks

Modern Times New Model Army

Looking back to the beginning I see a flood of painful memories and the bitter hurt and wounded pride that comes with our defeat We set out with our heads held high - so sure our ground, our righteousness

Lust for Power New Model Army

Lust for Power (Sullivan) Across the flatlands we came out of nowhere special Like a peasant revolution - makeshift weapons in our hands We crashed the gates so hard we'd never heard that kind

Great Expectations New Model Army

pop star on the screen Or captain of the England team They said "Son, it could all be yours You just work hard and pay your dues Don't be content with what you've got There's always more that you

Are You Lonesome Tonight? New Model Army

Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare? Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there? Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?

The Monster Mash New Model Army

the mash He did the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash He did the mash It caught on in a flash He did the mash He did the monster mash From my laboratory in the castle east

Brave New World New Model Army

Brave New World (Sullivan/Heaton/Harris/Joolz) The office lines are busy And the girls are working hard Tonight they'll be out clubbing With their boyfriends busy wishing they were Gentlemen

Brave New World 2 New Model Army

Brave New World 2 (Sullivan/Heaton/Harris/Joolz) The thick black smoke comes rising up, silent in these dreams There's faces leering through the haze, that ripples in the heat And words are just

The Hunt New Model Army

The Hunt (Sullivan/Heaton) We went into town on the Tuesday night Searching all the places that you hang about We're looking for you In the back street cellar dive drinking clubs In the discotheques

The Price New Model Army

The Price (Sullivan/Morrow) Splashing through the water on the motorway The headlights shine every drop of rain And every mile takes a minute and every minute lasts an hour And there's so many

The Attack New Model Army

The Attack (Sullivan) Now the talking's over Plans are laid and the hour is set Glances round the table Eyes all shining, dark and bright We meet again at daybreak For the day that will be ours

The Mermaid New Model Army

The Mermaid (Traditional) It was Friday morn when we set sail And we were not far from the land Our Captain he spied a mermaid so fair With a comb and a glass in her hand Ch: And the ocean

The Dream New Model Army

The Dream The man can't sleep tonight There's something on his mind worth thinking He wonders how far he ever stretched away from the past Does he know he's going nowhere I don't know if he knows

The World New Model Army

The roll of distant thunder breaks The afternoon of silence wakes They hurry through from Petergate As if they know this dance In fury blind I drive at night Across the moors, the open roads Beneath the

Over the Wire New Model Army

In the teeming rows behind the goal yelling for blood on the pitch below; where does all the passion go when it's not needed? Over the wire, and into the darkness . . .

Deadeye New Model Army

Deadeye (Sullivan) To the thoughts of the many from the minds of the few Voice of reason, censored view The truth is the News and the News is the truth As if that'll do as a lame excuse For killing

Whirlwind New Model Army

Whirlwind (Sullivan/Heaton) I felt a shiver in the heathaze And the waiting time is over Strange tongues on the airwaves As the voices call from distant lands I saw which was the winning side

Wipeout New Model Army

Wipeout (Sullivan) This is where we go to - to the blue of the ocean On the 30 westbound to the diamond water Lost out in the white waves - salt purification Bright eyes and breathless - this

Ghost Train New Model Army

Ghost Train (Sullivan) It's a long warm September And we're both still alive And the sea is like a painting Beneath the mirror sky Raise the dead Raise the dead We'll go riding on the ghost

Queen of My Heart New Model Army

Queen of My Heart (Sullivan/Heaton) To the Queen of my Heart, from the King of Nowhere . . .

My People New Model Army

My People (Sullivan) Stare across the crowd, the fear and love in their faces The children of the tribes, prisoners of the flags unfurling Protect us in these changing times, The warm embrace,

Leeds Road 3am New Model Army

Leeds Road 3am (Sullivan/Dean) The Festival is over and the strings of coloured lights are blowing crazy in the coming wind One bulb comes loose, shatters on the ground The empty streets pick

Changing of the Light New Model Army

Changing of the Light (Sullivan) The sky is broken in grey and in silver The wind blows clean We watch the shadows chase across the hillside And out to sea You and I, we're nearly full circle

Tales of the Road New Model Army

Tales of the Road (Sullivan) The caravan flipped over two, three times Went spinning down the carriageway Breaking up into splinters Wheels turning around in the dust at the foot of the hill

All of This New Model Army

All of This (Sullivan/Heaton) There's a sentry in a uniform To watch the VIPs along the hall Strategical discussions taking place Behind the steel plated wall The agents issue the statements

Paralysed New Model Army

Paralysed Screeching fingernails across the room Desperate cornered in the dust Scratching space men on the cavern wall Searching for the second blow I don't know what I'm waiting for Am I dreaming

Winter Song New Model Army

Winter Song All rise for the king in all his rage and glory All kneel for the queen, her secret silver whisper 'cross the snowbound field slowly the silent procession moves And we follow behind,

Headlights New Model Army

Headlights (Sullivan/Heaton/Nelson) Lit up like a Christmas tree, the oil refinery glows in the night; and down by the shoreline the seagulls fly white, against the black.

No Pain New Model Army

No Pain (Sullivan) Across the town on the other hill, your lights glow from a different world.

Paekakariki Beach New Model Army

Paekakariki Beach (Sullivan) I saw you walking away from the battlefield Through the clearing smoke to the other side Lay down your weary head And gazing up two ocean birds are wheeling , turning

1984 New Model Army

1984 (Sullivan) The vans they come in convoys now Stealing through the dawn Silent in the countryside In the hills up to the north There's road blocks on the Meden bridge There's click click

Killing New Model Army

Killing (Sullivan/Heaton/Nelson/Blomberg) It was summer when they finally came, the law of force and line upon line of machine upon machine, back into the greenwood, closer to the heart of things

Flying Through the Smoke New Model Army

Flying Through the Smoke (Sullivan/Heaton) Red dots - close my eyes - tunnel vision the cooling towers like Cathedrals Pitch black dark, brighter than the sun Less than zero, more than infinity

Fate New Model Army

Fate (Sullivan) I put my hands into the roaring flames I felt the pain as it started to burn I've done the same thing over again and again As if I never ever wanted to learn Moving through the

White Light New Model Army

White Light (Sullivan/Heaton) It's another heroes' sunset I'm riding on the Great North Road Coiled and tensed in wonder As the land turns burning gold Ch: Out in the sun, out in the wind

Here Comes the War New Model Army

carrying the curses of history and a history yet unwritten . . . . the oil burns in thick black columns, the buzz saws echo through the forest floor . . . .

Ten Commandments New Model Army

Ten Commandments (Sullivan) Down comes Moses with the Ten Commandments Hewn on a tablet just the bitterest pill Breaks up the party in the valley below Says obey my orders and you're doing God's

Brother New Model Army

Brother (Sullivan/Heaton/Nelson) It's been a long dry season in tinderbox town And the ghetto cars go cruising up and down and round and round With tinted windows and the screech of tires Poverty

Drag it Down New Model Army

Drag it Down (Sullivan/Heaton/Morrow) They started work this morning Down at city square They're pulling down the statues Of our great grandfather's hero The new books said he wasn't such a great

Ballad 2 New Model Army

Ballad 2 Battle line so far away A late night DJ starts to play That sacred song goes fading Through the airwaves of the night Beyond the lonely light house beam Beyond this black and restless

Vengeance New Model Army

Vengeance (Sullivan) Escaped the net in '45 Hiding out in South America Protected by money and powerful friends Hoping the world has forgotten by now All the things that you did in the Nazi Death

Vagabonds New Model Army

Vagabonds (Sullivan) We follow the taillights out of the city Moving in a river of red As the colours fade away from the dusky sunset We roll for the darkness ahead Ch: We are old, we are