Quartet

Ultravox Quartet Lyrics
1.Hymn

Lyricist:Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory till my kingdom comes

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory till my kingdom comes
Give me all the storybook told me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

And they said that in our time all that's good will fall from
grace
Even saints would turn their face in our time
And they told us that in our days different words said in
different ways
Have other meanings from he who says in out time

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory till my kingdom comes
Give me all the storybook told me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

And they said that in our time we would reap from their legacy
We would learn from what they had seen in our time
And they told us that in our days we would know what was high on
high
We would follow and not defy it, in our time

Give us this day all that you showed me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

Faithless in faith we must behold the things we see

Give us this day all that you showed me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory till my kingdom comes
Give me all the storybook told me
The faith and the glory till my kingdom comes

Give us this day all that you showed me
The power and the glory till my kingdom comes


2.Cut and Run

Lyricist:Warren Reginald Cann, C Cross, William Currie, Midge Ure

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in the wrong with a gun at his head
Pushes on and now it's time to cut and run

Time, passing so slowly
Still, as he sits and he watches the sand slip through his hands
He demands something more, something strong
Something savage and pure
One more twist of the knife and it's time to cut and run

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in the wrong with a gun at his head
Pushes on and now it's time to cut and run

He smiles, as he draws on his last cigarette
And he tries to forget all that forces every move
He commands something new, something strong
Something spiteful and true
One more twist of the knife and it's time to cut and run

Cries on his tape so they might understand
Signs his farewell with a squeeze of his hand

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in the wrong with a gun at his head
Pushes on and now it's time to cut and run

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in the wrong with a gun at his head
Pushes on and now it's time to cut and run

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in the wrong with a gun at his head
Pushes on and now it's time to cut and run

See the man on the phone with a gun in his hand
Sipping courage from a crystal cup
He's a man in the wrong with a gun at his head
Pushes on and now it's time to cut and run


3.Mine for Life

Lyricist:Warren Reginald Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

Looking from a spiral staircase
At a man with a suitcase
As he shades his eyes

Watching from a stained glass shelter
He bides his time and thinks
There must be more to life than this

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

The poet reads his words out loud
To a make-believe crowd
In the quiet of his room

Careful where the tears are falling
He closed the book and cried
There must be more to love than this

See the boy on the walkway
Where the young have their own say
And it screams from the wall

He's writing for the hundredth time
There I hate it all but
There must be more to hate than this

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life

A life as a stranger
Hands through a wire
Forbidden desires
Are mine for life


4.Reap The Wild Wind

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Warren Cann, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

Reap the wild wind
Reap the wild wind

Reap the wild wind

A finger points to show a scene
Take my hand, take my hand
Another face where mine had been
Take my hand, take my hand
Another footstep where I once walked
Take my hand, take it all

You take my hand and give me your friendship
I'll take my time and send you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die

Reap the wild wind

A footprint haunts an empty floor
Take my hand, take my hand
A fading coat that I once wore
Take my hand, take my hand
Oh, desolation where I once lived

I have seen in times gone by
I have felt a different shadow on the wall
A stranglehold on a certain feeling

You take my hand and give me your friendship
I'll take my time and send you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die

Reap the wild wind
Reap the wild wind

You take my hand and give me your friendship
I'll take my time and send you my slow reply
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die

Reap the wild wind


5.Serenade

Lyricist:Warren Reginald Cann, Chris Cross, William Currie, Midge Ure

Serenade, in rhythm and swing
Serenade, the gift that we bring
Serenade, youth runs wild with the beat in their hearts
Dance a wild dance, be torn apart

Voices ringing in their heads
Their crashing hands in time
In sequence and in rhyme
The chant of a thousand-fold
The song of a million strong
Echoes their perfect praise

Serenade, in rhythm and swing
Serenade, the gift that we bring
Serenade, youth runs wild with the beat in their hearts
Dance a wild dance, be torn apart

From the mouths of babes and fools
Hunted melodies
With gracefulness and ease
Compose their gifted words
Orchestrate their moves
Echo the perfect praise, serenade

Serenade, in rhythm and swing
Serenade, the gift that we bring
Serenade, youth runs wild with the beat in their hearts
Dance a wild dance, be torn apart

Prophets tell the tale
The legend and the lies
The fable and the rhymes
The chant of a thousand-fold
The song of a billion strong
Echoes the perfect praise, serenade

Serenade, in rhythm and swing
Serenade, the gift that we bring
Serenade, youth runs wild with the beat in their hearts
Dance a wild dance, be torn apart

In rhythm and swing
The gift that we bring
Youth runs wild with the beat in their hearts
Dance the wild dance, be torn apart

Serenade, in rhythm and swing
Serenade, in rhythm and swing
Serenade, in rhythm and swing
Serenade, in rhythm and swing
Serenade, in rhythm and swing
Serenade, the gift that we bring


6.The Song (We Go)

Lyricist:Christopher Thomas Allen, Warren Cann, Billy Currie, Midge
Ure

Welcome to
Welcome to
Welcome to the song

Hear the words of the syncopated rhythms
Welcome to the song
And when it calls you, time to move on
We go

Welcome to
Welcome to
Welcome to the song

Feel the strength of a hundred thousand heartbeats
Cry welcome to the song
And as it lifts you, time to move on
We go

Welcome to
Welcome to
Welcome to the song

Drawn from the inside
Time to move on

We go
We go


7.Visions in Blue

Lyricist:Warren Cann, C Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

Face in the window in the night
Caught for a second by the light
Ashes of memories still aglow, only for you
Portraits and pictures you once saw

Visions in blue

Read while the letters still remain
Sip from the wine of youth again
Oaths made in silence still return, only for you
Cast like a shroud your clutching arm

Visions in blue

Catch aimless smiles from passers-by
Blistered and broken in reply
Breath seems to mist the hazy view, only for you
Tears coat your lifeless eyes with dew

Visions in blue, visions in blue

Ashes of memories still aglow
Portraits and pictures you once saw
Ashes of memories still aglow
Portraits and pictures you once saw

Face in the window in the night
Caught for a second by the light
Ashes of memories still aglow, only for you
Portraits and pictures you once saw

Visions in blue


8.We Came To Dance

Lyricist:Warren Cann, C Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away

We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time

Standing as the parade goes passing by
I hear a voice around me cry
Like the sound of distant drums
Rejected and alone, a heart without a home

And someone said

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away

We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time
We came to dance

Waiting as the panic grips my hand
Hearing prose from high command
Like a million times before, no dignity or grace
It's the prize and not the race

And someone said

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away

We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time
We came to dance

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away

We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away

We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play
The ties that bind us just slip away

We came to dance
The piper calls out a different rhyme
He cracks the whip and we step in time

We came to dance
Making moves from a passion play


9.When the Scream Subsides

Lyricist:Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

(And we talked)
Just the two of us
(All the time)
Nothing serious
(We pretend)
Time is on our side
('Til the end)
When the scream subsides

Yes, we had it all, had the key gripped in our hands
We could see the fall as a martyr understands
When the chorus calls there's no room for hope inside
Lose it all when the scream subsides

(And we talked)
Just the two of us
(All the time)
Nothing serious
(We pretend)
Time is on our side
('Til the end)
When the scream subsides

Yes, we took the role of the lovers and the friends
And we played the parts 'til the words came to an end
But the tongues were tied in the passion and the pride
Wasted all when the scream subsides

(And we talked)
Just the two of us
(All the time)
Nothing serious
(We pretend)
Time is on our side
('Til the end)
When the scream subsides

(And we talked)
Just the two of us
(All the time)
Nothing serious
(We pretend)
Time is on our side
('Til the end)
When the scream subsides


10.Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo)

(Instrumental)


11.Monument

(Instrumental)


12.Break Your Back

(Instrumental)


13.Overlook

Ah
Overlook
Ah, ah
Overlook
Ha, ah, ah, ah