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(Sullivan/Nelson/Dean/White/Gill)
I get so angry and
helpless
There's no way back from this spiral
Something always has to give
And nothing is given for nothing
The drug is in my veins now
Your life is your own for the taking
My body must be slowing down now
But my heart is at the speed of flying
I'm walking out, I close the door
I'm down the steps for the last time
You can lose too much to ever want to start
Over again - over again
When I look back and think about it
All I see is her face staring into mine
I feel the child holding onto me
I'm smelling his sweet smell of innocence
The world has become too silent
This night it seems everlasting
The clocks ticking on like dripping water
But the hands are not moving
I'm walking out, I close the door
I'm down the steps for the last time
Then dawn breaks open in faded blue
And the sounds of the city waking
I'm walking out, I close the door
I'm down the steps for the last time
But the grass is soaked with fallen dew
And the sun is almost rising
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High - CD (8/07)
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(Sullivan)
To the thoughts of the many from the minds of the few
Voice of reason, censored view
The truth is the News and the News is the truth
As if that'll do as a lame excuse
For killing the slavers, taking the slaves
Burying the dead, then robbing the graves
Stealing the modesty from heroes brave
Making the tears gush like waves
Ch:
Deadeye watches, still the killing
carries on
To the rhythm of the gunfire and the voices of concern
Deadeye claims to be some conscience for us all
But I was never born to be some fly upon the wall
Window dressing and the tinsel wreath
Stealing the pity and the widow's grief
Sentimental with a furrowed brow
Pinning the heart on the blooded sleeve
Ch
And yes I've crouched beneath the glow
Dazzled by it all
But this is not the world I know
Or people I recall
To the thoughts of the many from the minds of the few
Voice of reason, censored view
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
Here is the butterfly, here's the
wing
Ch
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Vagabonds - Maxi CD (2/89)
Vagabonds - 12" (2/89)
Vagabonds - 7" (2/89)
B-Sides and Abandoned Tracks - CD (9/94)
(Remastered) -
Thunder and Consolation - Double CD (5/05)
The Collection - CD (10/04)
(Demo) - Demos for Thunder and Consolation - Bootleg LP
Mar.-Apr. 88 - Red Sky Coven - UK Tour
Sep.-Oct. 89 - Red Sky Coven - UK, Germany Tour
Nov.-Dec. 93 - Justin Sullivan and Dave Blomberg - Europe Tour
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(Sullivan, Nelson, Dean, White, Gill)
We were brothers there, we were running away
In a mountain town on the other side of the world
And I remeber the night as clear as day
I wanted to leave but you had to stay
You were high on romance
And on a one-on-one with Fate
You stepped outside just for a moment
For a cigarette and to watch the stars
And that was all you said
And one by one we came outside,
Shouting for you, shouting for you
The laughter swallowed by the trees, shouting for you
Ch:
Do the gods take the children,
Do the gods take the children
That belong to them, that belong to them?
Do the gods take their children,
Do the gods take their children
Their mark upon you, their mark upon you
And the hours turned to days
And the days began to stretch
And the shepherds combed the hills
The way they search for straying sheep
Before they're taken by the wolves
And I tried to think about who was there
Put pictures of you everywhere
But there were only questions
And the local police shrugged their shoulders
Said the files are all still open,
Empty pages, nothing more
Ch
And for a while in hometown street
There were candles lit in every window
But soon it dwindled just to one,
And the frantic phone-calls became shorter
And no one speaking English now and nothing much to tell anyhow
This wilderness we carry with us
It's like a dream of innocence
Ch:
And the gods take their children,
And the gods take their children
Their mark upon you, their mark upon you
Do the gods take their children,
Do the gods take their children
I miss you, I miss you
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Today Is a Good Day - CD (9/09)
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(Sullivan/Heaton/Morrow)
They started work this morning
Down at city square
They're pulling down the statues
Of our great grandfather's hero
The new books said he wasn't such a great man after all
And anyway remember that the times they are a-changing
Ch:
Pull it down, drag it down
Till there's nothing to look up to
But the brand names on the posters all around
They proved on television last night
God was just a lie
He never made the world at all
It was just some sweet old fashioned rite
So melt down all the ornaments
Move out all the graves
And let us build the disco that we need for our young 'braves'
Ch:
Pull it down, drag it down
Till the hopes and dreams of all the ages
Past are shattered on the ground
We think we are so clever killing heroes, killing magic -
till everything that's sacred is brought down to our level -
for Mammon is a jealous master - leaves
no room for any other
All the questions left unanswered
All the answers gone forever
So bow to the woman in the finest fur
Bow to the man with the ace street cool
Bow to the woman with all the power
Bow to the man with all the money
In whose sight are we equal now?
Now that we've killed God
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No Rest for the Wicked - CD (5/85)
No Rest for the Wicked - LP (5/85)
(Remastered) - No Rest for the Wicked - Double CD (5/2005)
(Janice Long Show) - Radio Sessions 83-83 - CD (6/88)
(Janice Long Show) - Radio Sessions 83-83 - LP (6/88)
(Janice Long Show) - Vengeance/Radio Sessions - Double Picture CD (6/95)
(Janice Long Show) - Smalltown England - Double CD (97)
The Collection - CD (10/04)
Videos 86-89 (Bootlegged Bootleg) - Video
(89)
(London Astoria, 16/12/03) - Live 161203 - DVD (5/04)
(Nottingham Rock City, 28/02/89) - Like a
Storm - Bootleg CD
(Nottingham Rock City, 28/02/89) - Sadistic Pleasures
- Bootleg 7"
(Duesseldorf Philipshalle, 16/04/90) - Heroes of a Ghost
Town - Bootleg CD
(Duesseldorf Philipshalle, 16/04/90) - European Tour '90 - Bootleg CD
(Duesseldorf Philipshalle, 16/04/90) - Vagabonds - Bootleg CD
(Duesseldorf Philipshalle, 16/04/90) - We Are Old, We Are Young . . . - Bootleg
LP
(Duesseldorf Philipshalle, 16/04/90) - State of Mind -
Bootleg CD
Sep.-Dec. 84 - Northern Europe, UK Tour
Jun. 85 - UK Tour
Feb.-Mar. 86 - UK Mini Tour
Jan.-Apr. 89 - Thunder and Consolation Tour (Europe, UK)
16/04/90 - Philipshalle, Duesseldorf (WDR Rocknacht)
Jun. 90 - UK Tour, Europe Festivals
14/02/91 - Marquee, London
Mar.-May 91 - Europe Tour (Partly as Raw Melody Men)
Mar. 85 - Justin Sullivan - UK Mini Tour
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The man can't sleep tonight
There's something on his mind worth thinking
He wonders how far he ever stretched away from the past / path
Does he know he's going nowhere
I don't know if he knows it but
Does he know he's going nowhere
But his hands are weak
Something dies, something lies
Why should ???
Through the trees and
Past the houses
Will he never fly
Past the trees and
???
Will he never go
The man can't sleep tonight
There's something in his mind at last
He wonders how far he ever stretched away from the past / path
Does he know he's going nowhere
His hands are weak but his spirit
???
Does he know he's going nowhere
I don't know
Something dies, something lies
He'll never go
Through the trees and
Past the houses
Into the rainy sky
Past the trees and
Past the streetlights
Will he never go
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(Keighly Funhouse Bar, 14/09/81 ?) - Unreleased Songs
83-85 - Bootleg Tape
14/09/81 - Funhouse Bar, Keighly
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Drummy B (Billy McCann Version)
(Sullivan/Heaton)
The bonfires blazed across the city
The smoke swirling into the sky
We were standing shoulder to shoulder
Billy McCann and I
Our faces ruddy and burning
As we stared into the flames
But I know now the things that we saw that night
Were not the same
Ch:
And I see you as I walk away
Standing by your barricade
It's all over now between us
Billy McCann goodbye
So we'll sit up at the bar for the last time
The way we used to do
And I'll toast the love that you showed me
And the faith I gave to you
And we can drive out and watch the sunrise
From the top of the Glenshane Pass
And I won't make you answer the questions
I've always tried to ask
Ch:
Now I see you as I walk away
Standing still by your barricade
It's all over now between us
Billy McCann goodbye
I see you as I walk away
Standing by your barricade
And though you never will forgive me
Billy McCann goodbye
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Living in the Rose (The Ballads EP) - Maxi CD (6/93)
Living in the Rose (The Ballads EP) - 12" (6/93)
B-Sides and Abandoned Tracks - CD (9/94)
(Live Justin Sullivan and Friends, 2002) -
Ocean Rising 1- CD Single (4/03)
(Europe, UK Tour 02-03) - Justin Sullivan and Friends - Tales of the Road
- CD (3/04)
(Nobody Else) - Feb.-May 98 - Nobody Else Tour (UK, Europe)
23/07/96 - Justin Sullivan - Kaue, Gelsenkirchen
Aug. 98 - Justin Sullivan - Germany Tour
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(Sullivan/Heaton)
Stevie said now don't look round they're watching us
Two girls in the corner of that dodgy club
And the grey eyes, the storm that I've come to know and wish for
Before I caught a breath well she was standing there
We walked the streets of our town just talking
And the dawn broke grey and freezing through the deserted blocks
Just when your life is stale and there's reason there for everything
Something comes to kick you up inside
Ch:
Eleven sweet years and no nearer home
A hundred thousands miles through this battle zone
Still high on the wire above the hollow darkness
Trying not to look down
No Rest for the wicked
is still how it goes
Twisted up and turning in my bed alone
And separation pains like a blunted amputation
Pushing endless coins in the telephone
Ch
So rest in these open arms
And lie until they come for you
And tell me everything you've ever felt
Tell me everything you want to see
Forever running even when we are standing still
Driven on and fired up as the whirlwinds blow
And shouting out inside
I'm proud of you, I'm proud of you
Ten thousand footsteps echo down the Brixton Road
Ch
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Impurity - CD (9/90)
Impurity - LP (9/90)
(Remastered) - Impurity - Double CD (5/2005)
The Collection - CD (10/04)
(Nobody Else) - New Model Army . . . & Nobody Else - CD (8/99)
Red Sky Coven Volumes 1 & 2 - CD (1/99)
Oct.-Dec. 90 - Impurity Tour (UK, Europe)
(Nobody Else) - Feb.-May 98 - Nobody Else Tour (UK, Europe)
(Acoustic) - 25/07/98 - WOM Record Store, Karlsruhe
23/07/96 - Justin Sullivan - Kaue, Gelsenkirchen
Aug. 98 - Justin Sullivan - Germany Tour
Jan. 99 - Red Sky Coven - Germany Tour
01/04/99; last update 01/11/09