OMD DISCOGRAPHY | ALBUMS 1980

THE BEST OF OMD

ELECTRICITY

Our one source of energy
The ultimate discovery
Electric blue for me
Nevermore to be free

Electricity, nuclear and H.E.P.
Carbon fuels from the sea
Wasted electricity

Our one source of energy
Electricity
All we need to live today
A gift for man to throw away

The chance to change has nearly gone
The alternative is only one
The final source of energy
Solar electricity

Electricity
Electricity
Electricity
Electricity
Electricity
E...........

McCluskey/Humphreys © DinSong Ltd 1980

MESSAGES

It worries me this kind of thing
How you hope to live alone
And occupy your waking hours
We're taking sides again
I just wept I couldn't understand
Why you started this again

And everyday you send me more
It makes it worse is this a plan of yours
To ensure I don't forget
I'd write and tell you that I've burnt them all
But you never send me your address and I've
I've kept them anyway

So don't ask me if I think it's true
That communications can bring hope
To those who have gone their separate ways
It hardly touched me when it should have then
But memories are uncertain friends
When recalled by messages

Coded messages
Poison letters

McCluskey/Humphreys © DinSong Ltd 1980

ENOLA GAY

Enola Gay
You should have stayed at home yesterday
Ah-ha words can't describe
The feeling and the way you lied

These games you play
They're going to end in more than tears some day
Ah-ha Enola Gay
It shouldn't ever have to end this way

It's eight fifteen
And that's the time that it's always been
We got your message on the radio
Conditions normal and you're coming home

Enola Gay
Is mother proud of little boy today
Ah-ha this kiss you give
It's never going to fade away

Enola Gay
It shouldn't ever have to end this way
Ah-ha Enola Gay
It shouldn't fade in our dreams away

It's eight fifteen
And that's the time that it's always been
We got your message on the radio
Conditions normal and you're coming home

Enola Gay
s mother proud of little boy today
Ah-ha this kiss you give
It's never ever going to fade away

McCluskey © DinSong Ltd 1980

SOUVENIR

It's my direction
It's my proposal
It's so hard
It's leading me astray

My obsession
It's my creation
You'll understand
It's not important now

All I need is
Co-ordination
I can't imagine
My destination
My intention
Ask my opinion
But no excuse
My feelings still remain
My feelings still remain

Humphreys/Cooper © DinSong Ltd 1981

JOAN OF ARC

A little Catholic girl who's fallen in love
A face on a page, a gift from above
She should have known better than to give her heart
She should have know better than to ever part

Without me
Without me

I gave her everything that I ever owned
I think she understood but she never spoke
She shouldn't ought to try to be that way
She shouldn't have to go there ever again

Without me
Without me

Now listen to us good and listen well
Listen to us all and everything we tell
We should have known better than to give her away
We should have know better to this very day

Without me
Without me

Now listen Joan of Arc
All you have to do
Is say the right words and I'll be coming through
Hold you in my arms and take you right away

Now she's on her way to another land
We never understood why she gave her hand
She shouldn't ought to promise because it's just pretend
I know she doesn't mean it and she'll leave again

Without me
Without me
Without me
Without me

McCluskey © DinSong Ltd 1981

MAID OF ORLEANS

If Joan of Arc had a heart
Would she give it as a gift
To such as me who longs to see
How an angel ought to be

Her dream's to give her heart away
Like an orphan on a wave
She cared so much she offered up
Her body to the grave

McCluskey © DinSong Ltd 1981

TALKING LOUD AND CLEAR

Talking loud and clear
Saying just what we feel
Lying in the grass
With the sun on our backs
It doesn't really matter
What we do or what we say
With every little movement
We give ourselves away

Opposite and opposite
Decisions are reversed
Facing one another
With words that couldn't hurt
With very little word
You're getting closer to me
Talking loud and clear
Saying just what we feel today

Talking loud and clear
Saying just what we feel
Lying in the grass
We've got time on our hands
Body next to body
With silence all around
We understood each other
But didn't make a sound

Promises and promises
Of vows we shall return
Facing on another
I thought my heart would burn
You turn to move away
But then get closer to me
Talking loud and clear
Saying just what we feel today

OMD © Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd 1984

TESLA GIRLS

N-N-N-N-N-N-N-N-No

No No No

Tes Tes T-T-T-T
Tesla Girls, Tesla Girls
Testing out theories
Electric chairs and dynamos
Dressed to kill they're killing me
But heaven knows their recipe

No No No

You wouldn't believe me if I said
The things I've seen went over my head
I've been patient heaven knows
I've learnt the rules and how it goes
I can't sit still or settle down
And when I walk I don't touch the ground
See those girls they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best

Tesla Girls, Tesla Girls
Writing in their diaries
Now and then they'll watch TV
Now and then they'll speak to me
But heaven knows their recipe

No No No

You wouldn't believe them if they said
The things they've seen went over their heads
They've been patient heaven knows
They seem to care and so it goes
They can't sit still or settle down
And when they walk they don't touch the ground
See those girls they're heaven blessed
I guess it's so they know best

Tesla Girls
Tesla Girls
Tesla Girls
Tesla Girls

Tesla Girls, Tesla Girls
Testing out theories
Electric chairs and dynamos
Dressed to kill they're killing me

Tesla Girls, Tesla Girls
I'm in love with Tesla Girls
Now and then they'll watch TV
Now and then they'll speak to me
But heaven knows...
But heaven knows...
But heaven knows their recipe

No No No
No No No
No No
No No
No

OMD © Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd 1984

LOCOMOTION

Across every ocean
For the sake of locomotion
But I wouldn't have a notion
How to save my soul

I walk down the sidewalk
Run down the boardwalk
Stop and make small talk
But I can't say no to you

I can't say no I can't say yes
I can't even write down my own address
I can't touch heaven it's a little too far
It's the only way to travel
Got dreaming on a par
I'm staring through the window
Wonder where you are
Moving through the landscape
At a million miles an hour

Across every nation
From the harbour to the station
It's a form of inspiration
It's a power to the state

They run down the railways
Sail across the seaways
Fly through the airways
But they can't say no to you

I can't stand up I can't stand still
I know you wouldn't like it
If I told you how I feel
I just want to say that it's only common sense
But the words always fail me
At my own expense
I'm staring out the window
Wonder where you are
Moving through the landscape
At a million miles an hour

Crossing every ocean
For the sake of locomotion

OMD/Troeller © Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd 1984

SO IN LOVE

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

All the things you said to me
I was so obsessed (don't cry)
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

OMD © Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd 1985

SECRET

I've got a secret I can't explain
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 my secret is this love
Is 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

IF YOU LEAVE

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
We always had time on our side
Now it's fading fast
Every second, every moment
We've got to, we've got to 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 need you then
We 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 run 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 got to 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 need you then
We 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 need you then
We 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 need you then
You always said we'd meet again someday

(FOREVER) LIVE AND DIE

I never wanted another
Come over to me and discover
I want to be near you
And you need to be far away
You always seem to make me feel at home
Hey you

I never know, I never know
I never know why
You make me want to cry
I never know, I never know
I never know why
Forever live and die

I look at all of the people
They're over and over
You never get any older
I wish that you could be here
I look at you and I make the same mistakes
Hey you
People like us

I never know, I never know
I never know why
You make me want to cry
I never know, I never know
I never know why
Forever live and die

DREAMING

If you were born in heaven girl
I'd understand so well
But ever since I met you child
You've made my life such hell
With every day that passes
I fall nearer to the ground
It seems that I've been looking for
Something that won't be found

I was only dreaming
I was only trying to catch your eye
I was only wishing you would notice me
Instead you said goodbye

Could this be the new answer then
To all the dreams we've made
Could there be some solution please
To rid me of this craze
But every single second that you
Hold me in your arms
You build me up you raise me up
You kill me with your charms

I was only dreaming
I was only trying to catch your eye
I was only wishing you would notice me
Instead you said goodbye

Won't you stay here tonight?
Won't you make these feelings last?
Can't we start this all again?
Would that be just too much to ask?

I was only dreaming
I was only trying to catch your eye
I was only wishing you would notice me
Instead you said goodbye