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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark


Background information
Origin The Wirral, Merseyside, England
Genre(s) New Wave
Synthpop
Post-punk
Years active 1978—present
Label(s) Virgin Records
Associated acts The Id
Dalek I Love You
Godot
Games
The Listening Pool
Onetwo
Website Website
Members
Andy McCluskey
Paul Humphreys
Malcolm Holmes
Martin Cooper
Former members
Mike Douglas
Dave Hughes
Graham Weir
Neil Weir
Stuart Kershaw
Lloyd Massett
Nigel Ipinson
Phil Coxon
Abe Jukes



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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Album



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Talk to me, don't lie to me
Save your breath
Don't look at me,
don't smile at me
Just close your eyes
I was so impressed by you
I was running blind
I would fall for every trick
Every twist of mind
Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It's hard to believe
I was so in love with you
Don't say your prayers,
don't build your hopes
Just walk away
Don't phone me up,
don't call around
Don't waste your time
You were so in awe of me
You were so divine
You would do just anything
To still be mine
Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It's hard to believe
I was so in love with you
All the things you said to me
I was so obsessed
You were always talking talking
God I did my best
Heaven is cold
Without any soul
It's hard to believe
I was so in love with you
Etc....


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I've got a secret I can't explain
And all the time I've waited for this day
All along I was never in doubt
I always knew it would never get out
There are things that I cannot tell
And there are things that you know damn well
This is getting very hard for me
I guess you'd better just wait and see
This is all, this is all
You heard a message and the message was clear
And all the time you wipe away that tear
All I want is to hold your hand
To see the sun and walk the sand
You make me sad and you make me glad
And now you see all my secret is this loveIs love, is love
All my secret is this love
Everyday you're always there
You comfort me and make me feel it's worth my while
And then I look around and you're not there
And everyday you say you care and I'll beware
This is all, this is all
I've got a secret and I can't explain
All I want is to hold your hand
All along I was never in doubt
To see the sun and to walk the sand


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I want to go up to Detroit
I want to lie in the shade
I want to visit the president
And then I want to get laid

I want to go down to Memphis
I want to talk to the king
I want to tell him we're sorry
And it won't happen again

I've got a photo of James Joyce
It's a photo by Man Roy
It's not very very much like him
But it's not for me to say

She sacrifices her body
Almost every night
Just like a lamb to the slaughter
And she thinks it makes him feel right


You gave me so many problems


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It took a lot of reasoning
Before she got to please him
She made a combination


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Rain rain
Go away
I couldn't take you
One More day
There's broken glass here
On the floor
And I can't take this anymore

Stay Stay
Don't leave now
I'll do anything
But let you go
My hands are cold
My eyes can't see
You can't do this
Not to me

Rain rain
Go away
I can't stand this one more day
I'll close my eyes
I'll shut my brain
I can't stand this
Fucking rain

I can't stand the rain
Close my eyes


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Stop stop going around
With the girl that I love
SheÂ¡ÂЇs already taken
SheÂ¡ÂЇs all sewn up
ItÂ¡ÂЇll only end in tears
SheÂ¡ÂЇll only break your heart
If my fist doesnÂ¡ÂЇt get you
Before she tears you apart

Stop stop going places
Where you know that she goes
IÂ¡ÂЇve heard all the stories
ItÂ¡ÂЇs just another pose
YouÂ¡ÂЇll only get rejected
Just when you think youÂ¡ÂЇve scored
And when you think youÂ¡ÂЇve made it
SheÂ¡ÂЇll be walking through that door

Every little now
And every little then
Toe to toe with my best friend
Arm in arm in luxury
Heaven knows you wonÂ¡ÂЇt see me
Again

Well
YouÂ¡ÂЇd better be careful
With the things that you say
Your mouth will get you in trouble
One of these days
I know you donÂ¡ÂЇt believe me
And I know it seems absurd
But it just goes to show
How little you know that girl

Every little now
And every little then
Toe to toe with my best friend
Arm in Arm in luxury
Heaven knows you wonÂ¡ÂЇt see me
Again


. . .



The Native Daughters Of The Golden West

In ecstasy they cry to know
If their parents love will let them go
Their mother's pride, their father's joy
We thank the stars that they're not boys

The native daughters of the golden west
Their beauty is priceless, you'll never pass their test

As children do they stayed at home
Waiting for the day when they were grown
The future seemed so far away
But every night they'd kneel and pray

But all in all they did their best
And one by one they left the nest
Across the globe they searched for love
And put their faith in their God above

The Native Daughters Of The Golden West
They're made of light, we never would have guessed

So by and by their dreams came true
They fell in love with boys they knew
Their children grew fed from the breast
Of The Native Daughters Of The Golden West

The Native Daughters Of The Golden West
They talk all day, but we were not impressed

The Native Daughters Of The Golden West
They're sisters of mercy, they'll grant your last request


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Crossing every ocean for the sake of Locomotion
Crossing every ocean for the sake of Locomotion

Across every ocean
For the sake of Locomotion
But I wouldnÂ¡ÂЇt have a notion
How to save my soul
I walk down the sidewalk
Run down the boardwalk
Stop and make small talk
But I canÂ¡ÂЇt say no to you

I canÂ¡ÂЇt say no I canÂ¡ÂЇt say yes
I canÂ¡ÂЇt even write down my own address
I canÂ¡ÂЇt touch Heaven itÂ¡ÂЇs a little too far
ItÂ¡ÂЇs the only way to travel
Got dreaming on a par
IÂ¡ÂЇm staring through the window
Wondering where you are
Moving through the landscape at a million miles an hour

Across every nation
From the harbour to the station
ItÂ¡ÂЇs a form of inspiration
ItÂ¡ÂЇs a power to the state
They run down the railways
Sail across the seaways
Fly through the airways
But they canÂ¡ÂЇt say no
To you

I canÂ¡ÂЇt stand up I canÂ¡ÂЇt stand still
I know you wouldnÂ¡ÂЇt like it if I told you how I feel
I just want to say that itÂ¡ÂЇs only common sense
But the words always fail me at my own expense
IÂ¡ÂЇm staring out the window
Wonder where you are
Moving through the landscape at a million miles an hour

Across every ocean
For the sake of Locomotion
But I wouldnÂ¡ÂЇt have a notion
How to save my soul
I walk down the sidewalk
Run down the boardwalk
Stop and make small talk
But I canÂ¡ÂЇt say no to you


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If you leave, don't leave now
Please don't take my heart away
Promise me just one more night
Then we'll go our separate ways
With hours left time on our sides
Now it's fading fast
Every second every moment
We've got to--we've gotta make it last

I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd still be friends someday

If you leave I won't cry
I won't waste one single day
But if you leave don't look back
I'll be running the other way
Seven years went under the bridge
Like time was standing still
Heaven knows what happens now
You've got to--you've gotta say you will

I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd meet again

I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd still be friends

I touch you once I touch you twice
I won't let go at any price
I need you now like I needed you then
You always said we'd meet again someday

If you leave
Oh if you leave
Oh if you leave
Don't look back
Don't look back


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There's a painting on the wall
That wasn't there at all
Ten minutes ago
There's a girl who walks the line
She's with you all the time
She won't let go
And I can't see me with another girl
As everything slows down across the world

The lights are going out
One by one
across the world
With faces turning sown
The night will hide the sound
She comes to you

And I can't see me with another girl
As everything slows down across the world

In a harbor safe from storm
She waits for darkened forms
She's seen you there
And time and time again
You hear her call your name
She calls for you

And I can't see me with another girl
As everything slows down across the world

The lights are gong out
One by one
across the world
The lights are going out
One by one
Across the world


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