Best of

The Durutti Column Best of Lyrics
1.Missing Boy

There was a boy
I almost knew him
A glance exchanged
Made me feel good
Leaving some signs
Now a legend

The dream was wrought
Where thoughts were heard
Love is reserved
From previous times

Like a dead bird in the dirt
Like a rusty can on the ground
I don't believe in stardom
Machinery in action

Full of experts
Full of experts
Same old order
Same old order
Same old order

Watch with obsession
Some accident of beauty
Try to capture
As the light begins to fail

Shapes to compose
Shadows of frailty
The dream is better
Dissolves into softness
But the end, the end
Is always the same

Like a dead bird in the dirt
Like a rusty can on the ground
I don't believe in stardom
Machinery in action

Full of experts
Full of experts
Same old order
Same old order
Same old order

There was a boy
I almost knew him
A glance exchanged
Made me feel good
Leaving some signs
Now a legend


2.Never Known

I cry in my sleep, sometimes you stay
Sometimes you stay, you never know why
Please say my name, don't turn away

The pain is black
The pain is bright
The pain is black
The pain is bright
The pain is bright

Then I awake and in the half light
Watching my movements through half closed eyes
You're touching me as a priest loves pornography
Don't turn away

The pain is black
The pain is bright
The pain is black
The pain is bright
The pain is bright

Kissed by the years, caresses of time
Marking the lines, the lines of expression
The patterns of place, the patterns of youth
The patterns of love, don't turn away
Say my name, say my name


3.Spent Time

At the end of the journey
And all you have seen
Remember some faces
From the places you've been

And then there's a sadness
When you try to describe
How these things can happen
And the passing of time

The end of the journey
And all you have seen
Remember some faces
From the places you've been

And there's a sadness
When you try to describe
How these things can happen
And the passing of time

And the passing of time
And the passing of time
The passing of time
Passing of time