U-Vox

Ultravox U-Vox Lyrics
1.Dreams?

Lyricist:Christopher Thomas Allen, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

First of all, do you all dream?
Yes, we do
The difference between our systems is that
Some of us remember our dreams better than others

Do you all dream, every night?
Yes, we do
It's part of a regular part of our sleep
Yes, it is

Does it affect the quality of our sleep?
Only if we wake up from the dreams
And we find our dreams disturbing


2.All Fall Down

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

When I was a boy, there's a dream that I had
That a war if it's fought was for good against bad
And I woke up to find that the world had gone mad
And we'd all fall down

And I feel like a child again sitting observing
You're toying with power, your fingers are burning
You're pushing so hard that the worms won't be turning
We'll all fall down

While you try to pretend you're a God upon high
With your party ideals and your squeaky clean lies
When it comes to the crunch you're not smarter than I
And we'll all fall down

If it's color or creed, or your old time religion
Well, fighting for that shows a pure lack of vision
The fight that we strive is the fight to survive
And we'll all fall down

Well, look in the mirror and what do you see
An American, Russian, a soldier or me?
When you've all pressed the buttons
Just where will you be when we all fall down?

It gets harder to see just what future's in store for us
Hard to see through all the wool you pull over us
Words that you give are just words to console us
We'll all fall down

And what will you do when you've pulled the release
When the sound of the thunder has drowned out the pleas
'Cos after all that was your idea of peace
When we all fall down

No sun for a world that once stood so tall
No wind's going to blow and no rain's going to fall
No flowers for graves, in fact no graves at all
When we all fall down


3.All In One Day

Lyricist:Chris Allen, Billy Currie, Midge Ure

Strange how the change came all in a day
Counting down and counting down
And waiting for the minute
We could touch a world
Where every heart had love to offer

Heart-felt passion building around
Feel the love, feel the love
Sharing the strain
From where apathy reigns
For a dying world

All in one day
All in one day
When the hands reached out
Across an ocean
Everywhere

All in one day
All in one day
When the people came
And stood together
Everywhere

All in one day
All in one day
When the hands reached out
Across an ocean
Everywhere

All in one day
All in one day
When the people came
And stood together
Everywhere
Everywhere


4.Dream On

Lyricist:Tony Martin, Calvin Loren Sweat

Hold my breath and pray for something better
Close my eyes and wish for something better
Much better
Dream on
Dream on

I saw a day when there was no fight to fight
Dream on
Dream on

Nothing more, no hurting for no reason
What reason?
Dream on
Dream on

I heard a world laugh together for a while
Dream on
Dream on

I saw the strength and the love behind the smiles
Dream on
Dream on

Something good for everyone to share
To care
Dream on
Dream on


5.Same Old Story

Lyricist:Christopher Thomas Allen, William Currie, Midge Ure

(Telling me the same old story)
When the storm grows
I find your face behind your helpless hands
When the cracks show

In your mirrored, mirrored eyes
When the words come out
So splintered and predictable again
Then I find you
(Telling me the same old story)

Stories of love
Stories and lies
Stories of love
The same old story

(Telling me the same old story)
When the day goes
I can hear you crying out behind your paper smile
And the light that shines
Won't give you strength to talk to me at all

And the sound I hear
Is not the sound I want to hear from you
'Cause you're always
(Telling me the same old story)

Stories of love
Stories and lies
Stories of love
The same old story


6.Time To Kill

Lyricist:Christopher Thomas Allen, William Currie, Midge Ure

Sitting on a train going round
Round, get around
Looking at the same old places
Going up, down, to and fro, leave it all behind

It's a really good time
It's a really good waste of
Time for the taking
Turn it into something more than just
Time to kill

Driving down the road
In a flip top motor car
Smiling at my strange reflection
Thinking buy one, have one
Anyway you want one

It's a really bad time
It's a really bad waste of
Time for the taking
Turn it into something more than just
Time to kill

Watch those minutes turn to hours
Watch those hours turn to days
Watch those days turn into years
Time to kill


7.The Prize

Lyricist:Christopher Thomas Allen, William Currie, Midge Ure

The prize is worth the working for
The prize is worth the waiting for

Waiting for years in the dirt
And the tears is no compromise
Stand up and fight for the right
To be someone in others' eyes
The popular sin of us all giving
In won't reveal the prize

The prize is worth the working for
The prize is worth the waiting for

Running up hills and the battle
Of wills used to wear you down
The pressures of life used to cut like
A knife at this humble clown

The taunts and the jokes of the carnival
Chokes on your fearful cries
The popular sin of us all giving
In won't reveal the prize

The prize is worth the working for
The prize is worth the waiting for

You were the proud believer
Oh don't you want that pride again?
The prize

The prize is worth the working for
The prize is worth the waiting for


8.Follow Your Heart

Lyricist:Christopher Thomas Allen, William Currie, Midge Ure

Follow, follow
Follow, follow your heart
There must be something to rely on
Follow your own way

Follow, follow
Follow, follow your heart
There must be someone to depend on
Follow your own way

We were the listeners, we were believers
Of a thousand lies
(Follow your heart)
And it gave us what we have today

We heard the preachings, we heard the gospel
Tried to turn the tides
(Follow your heart)
Oh, as it washes our hopes away

Follow, follow
Follow, follow your heart
There must be something to rely on
Follow your own way

Follow, follow
Follow, follow your heart
There must be someone to depend on
Follow your own way

Don't ask the questions, follow the leader
Just like a good boy will
(Follow your heart)
And I wonder what's in store for me

Don't need the prophets, don't need the seer
Don't need the overkill
(Follow your heart)
Oh and I wonder what could be

Follow, follow
Follow, follow your heart
There must be something to rely on
Follow your own way

Follow, follow
Follow, follow your heart
There must be someone to depend on
Follow your own way


9.Sweet Surrender

Lyricist:Christopher Thomas Allen, William Currie, Midge Ure

Sweet, sweet
Sweet surrender
Sweet, sweet
Sweet surrender

Sweet, sweet
Sweet surrender
Sweet, sweet
Sweet surrender

Searching the institution
Chasing the grand illusion
All the way, away
Turn every stone to find it
Filling my empty mind
It falls away, away

Beats on my devotions
Like a hammer hits a nail
With your sweet surrender
Fill up my emotions
Like a wind fills out a sail
With your sweet surrender

Beats on my devotions
Like a hammer hits a nail
With your sweet surrender
Fill up my emotions
Like a wind fills out a sail
With your sweet surrender

Finding the key to open a heart
That was never broken
With a smile, a smile
Look for whoever sold me
On a feeling, nobody told me
Could be wild, so wild

Sweet, sweet
Sweet surrender
Sweet, sweet
Sweet surrender

Sweet, sweet
Sweet surrender
Sweet, sweet
Sweet surrender

Beats on my devotions
Like a hammer hits a nail
With your sweet surrender
Fill up my emotions
Like a wind fills out a sail
With your sweet surrender


10.Moon Madness

Lyricist:Christopher Thomas Allen, William Currie, Midge Ure

One more day in a vacuum drags me down
One bright thought in a black room drags me down, down, down
One more head hits a wall and it drags me down
Two of us tired of it all and it drags me down

Picture us on a snow white charger
Picture us in a secret hideaway
Picture us with a million dollars
Moon madness again

One more life at a dead stop drags me down
Like a cat in a cage in a big top drags me down, down, down
Like strangers who nod on a station drag me down
Run dry on our conversations, drags me down

Picture us on a wild adventure
Picture us as we sail around the world
Picture us with some happy moments
Moon madness again

One more day in a vacuum drags me down
One bright thought in a black room drags me down, down, down
One more head hits a wall and it drags me down
Two of us tired of it all and it drags me down, down, down

One more life at a dead stop drags me down
Like a cat in a cage in a big top drags me down, down, down
Strangers who nod on a station drag me down


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12.Stateless