Tracklisting

1. Click title for lyrics
2. Girls on Film

   Girls on Film

   ×

   See them walking hand in hand
   Across the bridge at midnight
   Heads turning as the lights flashing out
   Are so bright
   And walk right out to the four line track
   There's a camera rolling on her back
   On her back
   And I sense a rhythm humming in a frenzy
   All the way down her spine

   Girls on Film
   Girls on Film
   Girls on Film
   Girls on Film

   Lipstick cherry all over the lens as she's falling
   And miles of sharp blue water coming in
   Where she lies
   The diving man's coming up for air
   'Cause the crowd all love pulling Dolly by the hair
   By the hair
   And she wonders how she ever got here
   As she goes under again

   Girls on Film (Two minutes later)
   Girls on Film
   Girls on Film (Got your picture)
   Girls on Film

   Wider, baby, smile and you've just made a million
   Fuses pumping live heat twisting out on a wire
   Take one last glimpse into the night
   I'm touching close
   I'm holding bright, holding tight
   Give me shudders in a whisper,
   Take me up til I'm shooting a star

   Girls on Film (she's more than a lady)
   Girls on Film
   Girls on Film (Two minutes later)
   Girls on Film
   Girls on Film (see you together)
   Girls on Film
   Girls on Film (see you later)
   Girls on Film

   Close
3. Planet Earth

   Planet Earth

   ×

   Only came outside to watch the night fall with the rain
   I heard you making patterns rhyme
   like some new romantic looking for the tv sound
   you'll see I'm right some other time

   look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
   voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
   this is planet earth, you're looking at planet earth
   bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop this is planet earth

   my head is stuck on something precious
   let me know if you're coming down to land
   is there anybody out there trying to get through?
   my eyes are so cloudy I can't see you

   look now, look all around, there's no sign of life
   voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
   is is planet earth, you're looking at planet earth

   bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
   this is planet earth
   bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
   this calling planet earth
   bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
   this looking at planet earth
   bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop
   this is planet earth

   Close
4. Anyone Out There

   Anyone Out There

   ×

   I never found out what made you leave
   And now the day is over just an hour to go
   I tried to phone last night but you didn't answer
   Just left me ringing on the line
   Outside is there anyone out there
   anyone else outside
   Outside love is there anyone out there
   anyone else outside

   My face in the mirror shows a break in time
   A crack in the ocean which does not align
   I tried to sleep last night
   but I've caught your dreaming
   About days we used to wonder away

   Outside is there anyone out there
   anyone else outside
   Outside love is there anyone out there
   anyone else outside

   Look maybe my name

   Out of the window you can call by your
   Another babe coves in vain
   night over another light oh in vain
   Oh I tried to phone last night but you never answered
   Just
   Left me ringing in the air (outside)

   Is there anyone out there
   (Anyone out there)

   Close
5. Careless Memories

   Careless Memories

   ×

   So soon,
   just after you've gone
   my senses sharpen
   But it always takes
   so damned long
   before I feel how much
   my eyes have darkened

   Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke
   drifting in our room
   so easy to disturb
   with a thought
   with a whisper...
   with a careless memory

   On the table
   signs of love life scattered...
   and the walls break
   we go crashing within
   It's not as though--
   as though you really mattered
   But being close,
   how could I let you go
   without some feeling
   some precious sympathy following

   Fear hangs a plane of gunsmoke
   drifting in our room
   so easy to disturb
   with a thought
   with a whisper...
   with a careless memory

   I walk out into the sun
   I try to find a new day
   but the whole place
   it just screams in my eyes
   where are you now?
   cuz I don't want to meet you
   I think I'd die--
   I think I'd laugh at you--
   I think I'd cry--
   What am I supposed to do,
   follow you?

   Outside the thoughts
   come flooding back now...
   I just try to forget you...
   So easy to disturb
   with a thought...
   with a whisper...
   with a careless memory...

   Close
6. Is There Something I Should Know? (1983 Re-release)

   Is There Something I Should Know? (1983 Re-release)

   ×

   [Intro]
   Please, please tell me now
   Please, please tell me now
   Please, please tell me now
   Please, please tell me now

   [Verse 1]
   I made a break, I run out yesterday
   Tried to find my mountain hideaway
   Maybe next year, maybe no go

   I know you're watching me
   Every minute of the day, yeah
   I've seen the signs
   And the looks and the pictures
   That give your game away, yeah

   There's a dream that strings the road
   With broken glass for us to hold
   And I cut so far before I had to say

   [Chorus 1]
   Please, please tell me now
   Is there something I should know?
   Is there something I should say
   That would make you come my way?
   Do you feel the same?
   'Cause you don't let it show

   [Verse 2]
   People stare and cross the road from me
   And jungle drums
   They all clear the way for me
   Can you read my mind?
   Can you see in the snow?

   And fiery demons all dance
   When you walk through that door
   Don't say you're easy on me
   You're about as easy as a nuclear war

   There's a dream that strings the road
   With broken glass for us to hold
   And I cut so far before I had to say

   [Chorus 1]
   Please, please tell me now
   Is there something I should know?
   Is there something I should say
   That would make you come my way?
   Do you feel the same?
   'Cause you don't let it show

   Please, please tell me now
   Is there something I should know?
   Is there something I should say
   That would make you come my way?
   Please, please tell me now
   Can you see what makes me blow?
   Can you see how much I'd die
   Every time it passes by?
   Please, please tell me now
   What it takes to make it show
   Is there something I should know?
   Is there something I should know?

   Close
7. Night Boat

   Night Boat

   ×

   Standing...
   on the edge of the quay
   no lights flashing
   on the water for me
   fog in my mind
   darkens in my eyes
   silently screaming
   for a distant sound
   ripple river yellow--
   rising for a breath
   of breeding and drowns
   stillness overcome me
   in the night

   listen...
   to the rising water moan

   I'm waiting
   waiting, for the nightboat
   I'm waiting
   waiting, for the nightboat

   Shadows all through me
   shudder away
   echo me, echo me...
   am I alone,
   or is the river alive?
   cuz it echoes me, echoes me--
   echoes me...

   I'm waiting
   waiting, for the nightboat
   I'm waiting
   waiting, for the nightboat

   I'm waiting...
   waiting for the nightboat..
   I'm waiting...
   waiting for the nightboat....

   I'm waiting for the nightboat...

   Close
8. Sound of Thunder

   Sound of Thunder

   ×

   I've been in this grass here for the last 10 hours
   My clothes are dirty but my mouth isn't dry
   How does it happen? Does it fly through the air?
   Oh I gave up asking days away
   I gave up asking
   Days away

   And now I'm lying here waiting for the Sound of Thunder
   Waiting for the Sound of Thunder
   Here I am, I'm a dotted line
   Cut the corner, stick me to your door
   I'm the man who stepped off the path
   and I just lie here
   It's what I was made for

   And now my eyes are closing, but I still feel the land
   Leaning out for the touch of my hand
   The world spins so fast that I might fly off
   The world spins so fast that I might fly off
   The world spins so fast, I might fly off

   Waiting for the Sound of Thunder
   I'm waiting for the Sound of Thunder
   I'm waiting for the Sound of Thunder
   I'm waiting for the Sound of Thunder
   I'm waiting for the Sound of Thunder
   I'm waiting for the Sound of Thunder
   I'm waiting for the Sound of Thunder
   fade out

   Close
9. Friends of Mine

   Friends of Mine

   ×

   friends of mine
   They said they were friends of mine
   Said they were passing time
   More like a waste of time

   Close the door
   I said close the door
   I've told you twice before
   What are you waiting for?

   Georgie Davies is coming out
   No more heroew, we twist and shout
   Oh no, not me, I'm not too late,
   And I know that I'm not taking any more
   Rocky Picture has lost his gun
   Leave him out now, he's having fun
   Oh no, not me, I'm not too late
   And I know that I'm not waiting any more
   Hey hey

   Through the eyes
   Don't have to advertise
   When will you realize
   I'm sick of your alibis?

   Running cold
   The water's running cold
   It's time that you were told
   I think you're growing old

   Georgie Davies is coming out
   No more heroes, we twist and shout
   Oh no, not me, I'm not too late,
   And I know that I'm not waiting any more
   Rocky Picture has lost his gun
   Leave him out now, he's having fun
   Oh no, not me, I'm not too late,
   And I know that I'm not taking any more
   Hey hey

   (pictures on the wall
   they're all friends of yours
   see them sell your alibi
   it runs you by
   think yourself lucky!)

   Friends of mine
   They said they were friends of mine
   They were just wasting time
   Out on the dotted line

   The money's gone
   I've known it all along
   Why don't you say I'm wrong?
   Why don't they drop the bomb?

   'Cause Georgie Davies is coming out
   No more heroes, we twist and shout,
   Oh no, not me, I'm not too late,
   and I know that I'm not waiting any more
   Rocky Picture's thrown away his gun
   Leave him out now, he's having fun
   Oh no, not me, I'm not too late,
   And I know that I'm not taking any more

   What you doing, friends of mine
   Holding back now, friends of mine
   I've always heard you calling...

   Close
10. Tel Aviv

    Tel Aviv

    ×

    (Instrumental)

    Close
11. Late Bar [from `Planet Earth' 7" & 12" single - released February 21, 1981]
12. Khanada [from `Careless Memories' 7" & 12" single - released May 9, 1981]
13. Fame [from `Girls On Film' 12" single - released July 25, 1981]
14. Faster Than Light [from `Girls On Film' 7" & 12" single - released July 25, 1981]
15. Girls On Film - Previously Unreleased (AIR Studios Versions [recorded July 29, 1980])
16. Tel Aviv - Previously Unreleased (AIR Studios Versions [recorded July 29, 1980])
17. Anyone Out There - Previously Unreleased (Manchester Square Demos (recorded December 8, 1980))
18. Planet Earth - Previously Unreleased (Manchester Square Demos (recorded December 8, 1980)
19. Friends Of Mine - Previously Unreleased (Manchester Square Demos (recorded December 8, 1980))
20. Late Bar - Previously Unreleased (Manchester Square Demos (recorded December 8, 1980))
21. Night Boat - Previously Unreleased (BBC Radio 1: Peter Powell Session [recorded June 19, 1981 / transmitted August 11, 1981])
22. Girls On Film - Previously Unreleased (BBC Radio 1: Peter Powell Session [recorded June 19, 1981 / transmitted August 11, 1981])
23. Anyone Out There - Previously Unreleased (BBC Radio 1: Peter Powell Session [recorded June 19, 1981 / transmitted August 11, 1981])
24. Like An Angel - Previously Unreleased (BBC Radio 1: Peter Powell Session [recorded June 19, 1981 / transmitted August 11, 1981])
25. Planet Earth (Night Version) [from `Planet Earth' 12" single released February 21, 1981]
26. Girls On Film (Extended Night Version) - Previously Unreleased
27. Planet Earth (Night Mix) [first released on `Strange Behaviour' remix album, March 27, 1999]
28. Girls On Film (Night Mix) - Previously Unreleased
29. Planet Earth (Music video)
30. Planet Earth (Club Version) (Music video)
31. Careless Memories (Music video)
32. Girls On Film (Long Uncensored Version - explicit) (Music video)
33. Girls On Film (Short Censored Version) (Music video)
34. Night Boat (Music video)
35. A Day In The Life featurette
36. Planet Earth [March 5, 1981] - Previously Unreleased ("Top Of The Pops" TV Performance)
37. Careless Memories [May 21, 1981] - Previously Unreleased ("Top Of The Pops" TV Performance)
38. Girls On Film [July 30, 1981] - Previously Unreleased ("Top Of The Pops" TV Performance)
39. Night Boat - Previously Unreleased ("Old Grey Whistle Test" TV Performance [July 7, 1981])
40. Anyone Out There - Previously Unreleased ("Old Grey Whistle Test" TV Performance [July 7, 1981])
41. Girls On Film - Previously Unreleased ("Get Set For Summer" TV Performance [August 8, 1981])
42. Friends Of Mine - Previously Unreleased "Multi-Coloured Swap Shop" TV Performance [February 27, 1981])
43. Girls On Film - Previously Unreleased "Multi-Coloured Swap Shop" TV Performance [February 27, 1981])