Wastelands (2010 Digital Remaster)-Midge Ure

[00:08.20]The boy is listening to those records from the past [00:14.74]He wants to make them last [00:18.03]For they make him feel alive [00:22.87]They are the voices of the faces on the wall [00:29.42]He listens to them all [00:33.22]Hangs on every little tale they tell [00:40.61]Knows them all and their life stories [00:44.19]Shares their pain and shares their glories [00:48.73]One day he even cut their names upon his skin [00:55.14]They mean that much to him [00:58.75]For them he'd take the test [01:03.42]His bedroom window opens to the evening air [01:09.84]The fox is in his lair [01:13.60]The volume of his system is full on [01:20.66]But the neighbors moan and the parents call [01:24.64]This angry noise is the muzak of the wastelands [01:32.33] [01:35.36]Wastelands oh wastelands [01:50.05]Wastelands [01:58.68]The boy is dressing in the fashion of the day [02:05.10]The kids all dress that way you can tell them anywhere [02:13.29]The boy looks out and sees his friends are waiting there [02:19.54]In the cold electric glare [02:23.13]Of those lamps that make you think that night is day [02:30.91]They drag their lusts into your sight [02:34.33]With shouts and screams they meet the night [02:39.12]They block your way in twos and fours [02:42.92]In uniforms from city stores [02:46.53]They're closing in who knows the score [02:50.36]It won't be long before [02:53.06]A martyr's blood is nourishing the wastelands [03:00.48] [03:04.65]Wastelands yes it won't be long before [03:09.76]A martyr's blood is nourishing the wastelands [03:15.55] [03:19.37]Wastelands oh wastelands [03:30.08] [03:34.02]Wastelands oh wastelands [03:48.80]Wastelands yes it won't be long before [03:53.86]A martyr's blood is nourishing the wastelands [04:03.47]Wastelands oh wastelands [04:18.14]Wastelands [04:23.36] [04:32.97]Wastelands