Whites of Their Eyes New Model Army

Whites of Their Eyes (Sullivan/Heaton) Raised in the fields in the back of beyond, hauled into position as the prodigal son, I was not Abel - I was a Cain; the kind you find a use for every now

See You in Hell New Model Army

See You in Hell (Sullivan/Heaton) As we touched down on the tarmac They strode out to greet us It was under a blue snake-skin sky With a handshake of welcome They set their agenda With their

Brave New World New Model Army

Brave New World (Sullivan/Heaton/Harris/Joolz) The office lines are busy And the girls are working hard Tonight they'll be out clubbing With their boyfriends busy wishing they were Gentlemen

Christian Militia New Model Army

Christian Militia (Sullivan/Morrow) There's a witch hunt coming Screaming out on it's rebirth There's a crusade coming Hellfires back here on earth See the light in their eyes shine Listen to

Vagabonds New Model Army

Vagabonds (Sullivan) We follow the taillights out of the city Moving in a river of red As the colours fade away from the dusky sunset We roll for the darkness ahead Ch: We are old, we are

Shot 18 New Model Army

weapons have this safety catch Your moral conscience tells you kid what's right, what's wrong Well they make out like they're so surprised But it's easy when you're civilised Count to ten, close your eyes

Ballad New Model Army

Ballad (Sullivan) When they look back at us and they write down their history What will they say about our generation?

The Cause New Model Army

The Cause (Sullivan) Headline in the paper tells of fighting in the streets Teenage battles; six arrested Mutters in the council chambers, something must be done Before our city streets become

The Hunt New Model Army

We picked up the trail at the Seven Crowns One of your cronies - he was doing your rounds We followed him Just a silhouette figure up Market Pass Where the headlamps shine on the broken glass We followed

Stupid Questions New Model Army

Questions (Sullivan) It's not a crime to be innocent These things we have not done But you're not some little child Spring is past and gone Well I know my craving heart And I've seen your vicious eyes

The Monster Mash New Model Army

The Monster Mash (Bobby Pickett) I was working in the lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight For my monster from the slab began to rise And suddenly to my surprise Ch: He did

Love Songs New Model Army

Under darkening thundering towering skies We live through these painful days Walking like strangers in streets of damnation Under the enemy's gaze Well we all create monsters Come back for their masters

Believe It New Model Army

that we've been through - I don't believe it Take a look around here - I don't believe it I look into my own sweet heart - I don't believe it Oh how they talk about us When we're far away Behind their

Lovesongs New Model Army

Lovesongs (Sullivan/Heaton) Under darkening thundering towering skies We live through these painful days Walking like strangers in streets of damnation Under the enemy's gaze Well we all create

Western Dream New Model Army

Western Dream (Sullivan/Heaton) Gather round and listen And I'll tell you how's it's done How they manage to make idiots Out of everyone Take a human population With their hunger and their pain

The Charge New Model Army

(Sullivan/Heaton) Our history speaks in thunder From a thousand village halls In blood and sweat and sacrifice In honouring every call So the forces gathered against the thorn A- piercing in their

Here Comes the War New Model Army

they break like waves of hunger and desire upon these eroded shores . . . . carrying the curses of history and a history yet unwritten . . . .

Archway Towers New Model Army

Archway Towers (Heaton/Sullivan) Rolling up tab ends that the baby's collected Waiting for the number that clicks on the wall It's open season on the weak and the feeble Their meagre ambitions

My Country New Model Army

So yes, I will fight for my country The land that I love so well Yes - for justice A land fit for all our futures Yes, I will fight for my country The land that I love so well Hear the voices Of

Family New Model Army

Family (Sullivan/Heaton) Joey puts her makeup on really well She looks cool in the flashing lights And all the boys gossip about the shape of her legs On these muddled up and drunken nights And

The Price New Model Army

The Price (Sullivan/Morrow) Splashing through the water on the motorway The headlights shine every drop of rain And every mile takes a minute and every minute lasts an hour And there's so many

All of This New Model Army

All of This (Sullivan/Heaton) There's a sentry in a uniform To watch the VIPs along the hall Strategical discussions taking place Behind the steel plated wall The agents issue the statements

My People New Model Army

My People (Sullivan) Stare across the crowd, the fear and love in their faces The children of the tribes, prisoners of the flags unfurling Protect us in these changing times, The warm embrace,

No Sense New Model Army

Bitter words leave such a bitter taste Well yes I meant to hurt you But it was never meant to go as far as this And still I can make no sense Out of these things that I do And I still put myself through

Nosense New Model Army

Bitter words leave such a bitter taste Well yes I meant to hurt you But it was never meant to go as far as this And still I can make no sense Out of these things that I do And I still put myself through

Refugee New Model Army

Refugee (Heaton/Sullivan) My room is dark, and very small; there's a place to wash at the end of the hall.

The Attack New Model Army

The Attack (Sullivan) Now the talking's over Plans are laid and the hour is set Glances round the table Eyes all shining, dark and bright We meet again at daybreak For the day that will be ours

Understand U New Model Army

Understand U (Sullivan/Heaton) Ch: They don't understand you None of them understand you Tonight, as you stare at the ceiling again With you lover turning away Disappointment closing in Like

Turn Away New Model Army

please But he moves towards the open door Still you find you're screaming no But something breaks this time You find you cannot move Ch: And is it wrong to let him walk into the water Close my eyes

Stranger New Model Army

Stranger (Sullivan) When it comes down, we know we’re alone you could scream and nobody would hear Today my face in the glass is a stranger’s furrowed with the lines of fear All the little truths

No Greater Love New Model Army

The city shines in grey, mills closing down On the valley floor All you can do here is survive Grit your teeth and just stay alive And never understand The young ones they dance with fire in their

51st State New Model Army

51st State (Cartwright/NMA) Look out of your windows, watch the skies Read all the instructions with bright blue eyes We're W.A.S.Ps, proud American sons We know how to clean our teeth and how

Courage New Model Army

We walk every morning in silence Past the mills on Whetley Lane Where the lights went out for the very last time And they never came on again The spokesman all shred crocodiles tears In the glory of

Over the Wire New Model Army

Over the Wire (Sullivan/Heaton) Behind all the rusting cranes, in the lengthening shadows of the Empire days there's a world that waits, but it's not needed . . .

Frightened New Model Army

Frightened (Sullivan/Morrow) It's all out on the streets today But you, you've found a place to hide Too busy with the ratrace You pass by on the other side Your's is the face of the brand new

Nothing Touches New Model Army

Nothing Touches (Sullivan) We drive in silence Beneath the grey dawning skies Past the cooling towers Where the white clouds slowly rise I watch the world through motionless eyes Nothing touches

Ten Commandments New Model Army

Sullivan) Down comes Moses with the Ten Commandments Hewn on a tablet just the bitterest pill Breaks up the party in the valley below Says obey my orders and you're doing God's will And disciples of

Spancil Hill New Model Army

Spancil Hill (Traditional) Last night as I lay dreaming of pleasant days gone by My mind being bent on rambling to Ireland I did fly I stepped on board a vision and I followed with the wind And

Bittersweet New Model Army

Bittersweet (Sullivan/Morrow) Once upon a time it was easy Everything kind of fell into place Now this feeling won't leave me We lost the power and we lost the pace It's staring straight between

Brother New Model Army

Brother (Sullivan/Heaton/Nelson) It's been a long dry season in tinderbox town And the ghetto cars go cruising up and down and round and round With tinted windows and the screech of tires Poverty

Wipeout New Model Army

Wipeout (Sullivan) This is where we go to - to the blue of the ocean On the 30 westbound to the diamond water Lost out in the white waves - salt purification Bright eyes and breathless - this

Lullaby New Model Army

You've the breath of my mother, the life of a stranger; and there's so much to tell - so much I need to know. All of the stories, and reasons . . .

Fate New Model Army

I've done the same thing over again and again As if I never ever wanted to learn Moving through the world at obsession speed Leave a dust trail crossing the land I'm crying out in fury to the gods of

Paralysed New Model Army

Scratching space men on the cavern wall Searching for the second blow I don't know what I'm waiting for Am I dreaming, did I die a long time ago Ch: Paralysed Waiting for the shot between the eyes

Jolene New Model Army

Jolene (Dolly Parton) Ch: Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I'm begging of you please don't take my man Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don't take him just because you can Your beauty is

Waiting New Model Army

Waiting (Sullivan) There's absolutely nothing on my mind The television flickers in my eyes Waiting, always waiting Down in the bus station doing time We watch the world go passing by Waiting

Leeds Road 3am New Model Army

nights sits beside a wall of screens but he’s not watching - gazing into the steam rising from his cup of coffee He’s locked away inside Staring into the light of a different world.

Flying Through the Smoke New Model Army

Flying Through the Smoke (Sullivan/Heaton) Red dots - close my eyes - tunnel vision the cooling towers like Cathedrals Pitch black dark, brighter than the sun Less than zero, more than infinity

Ballad 2 New Model Army

Ballad 2 Battle line so far away A late night DJ starts to play That sacred song goes fading Through the airwaves of the night Beyond the lonely light house beam Beyond this black and restless

Freedom New Model Army

Freedom It's time to rebuilding Dresden The great machines come a-rumbling in The desecration of the ruins And everything that might have been You showed me the square in the melting snow As the