Wastelands-Midge Ure

[ti:Wastelands] [ar:Midge Ure] [al:No Regrets] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Wastelands - Midge Ure [00:01.32]The boy is listening [00:02.75] [00:03.27]To those records from the past [00:05.90] [00:07.72]He wants to make them last [00:09.58] [00:11.08]For they make him feel alive [00:13.36] [00:16.01]They are the voices [00:17.33] [00:18.02]Of the faces on the wall [00:20.64] [00:22.45]He listens to them all [00:24.40] [00:26.23]Hangs on every little tale they tell [00:30.99] [00:33.54]Knows them all [00:34.78] [00:35.33]And their life stories [00:37.19]Shares their pain [00:38.54]And shares their glories [00:40.61] [00:41.71]One day he even cut their names [00:45.16]Upon his skin [00:46.16] [00:48.20]They mean that much to him [00:49.97] [00:51.72]For them he'd take the test [00:53.95] [00:56.35]His bedroom window opens [00:59.32]To the evening air [01:01.73] [01:02.90]The fox is in his lair [01:05.03] [01:06.64]The volume of his system is full on [01:10.93] [01:13.81]But the neighbours moan [01:15.75]And the parents call [01:16.84] [01:17.71]This angry noise is the muzak [01:20.65]Of the wastelands [01:23.98] [01:29.34]Wastelands the wastelands wastelands [01:47.25] [01:51.83]The boy is dressing [01:53.95]In the fashion of the day [01:56.57] [01:58.25]The kids all dress that way [02:00.17] [02:01.52]You can tell them anywhere [02:04.31] [02:06.52]The boy looks out [02:07.77] [02:08.28]And sees his friends [02:09.89]Are waiting there [02:11.25] [02:12.74]In the cold electric glare [02:15.33] [02:16.18]Of those lamps that make you [02:18.57]Think that night is day [02:21.45] [02:24.08]They drag their lusts into your sight [02:27.03] [02:27.70]With shouts and screams [02:29.18]They meet the night [02:30.67] [02:32.15]They block your way in twos and fours [02:36.10]In uniforms from city stores [02:39.68]They're closing in who knows the score [02:43.47]It won't be long before [02:45.54] [02:46.12]A martyr's blood is nourishing the wastelands [02:53.82] [02:57.76]Wastelands [03:01.04]Yes it won't be long before [03:02.71]A martyr's blood is nourishing the wastelands [03:06.11] [03:12.40]Wastelands the wastelands [03:23.11] [03:27.07]Wastelands oh wastelands [03:37.55] [03:42.03]Wastelands [03:45.64]Yes it won't be long [03:46.68]Before a martyr's blood is nourishing [03:48.79]The wastelands [03:51.52] [03:56.70]Wastelands oh wastelands