Life is a game where nothing is real - only you, only me Right from the start we chase an ideal - fooling you, fooling me Are you hearing what I hear Are you feeling what I feel You'r still no. 1 but they're coming up to get you Young eyes burning bright they can see a better way You won't sleep tonight but that's the price you pay Out of the past the words to a song - calling you, calling me Hope it will last but time pushes on - pullling you, pulling me Are you hearing what I hear Are you feeling what I feel Every dream you had like balloons they burst around you so you're on the phone trying to conjure up your past But the damage has been done We're too far apart and strangers we've become And I wonder if it's true Is the world a different place for me and you Are you hearing what I hear Are you feeling what I feel In out hearts we're still the same But the worlds we chose to live In may have changed And the damage has been done we trust no-one We're too far apart and strangers we've become

Level 42 - Bass solo + Love games (Live at Rockpalast 1984)

I keep to myself what I might share with others but they don't seem to understand I open my mouth to rediscover that I don't have the words at my command holding out for a world so much better but I'm a stranger in a stranger's land all my friends have sold out couldn't handle the pressure counting their blessings trying to salvage what they can Children say - children say we open our minds as one but one more day - slips away why don't the dreams of the young never come to be When I overhear my parents conversations well I'm struck by the things they say it seems they traded the years for mere complications who ever thought it could end this way they close the door but they can't lock it 'cause something of their childhood remains and they've felt it before when the man in their pocket counted the cost of their material gains Children say - come what may be strong for the friends you've known but one fine day - (not) far away will we remember the love we used to own Children say - children say we open our minds as one as one more day slips away why don't the dreams of the young never come to be Well you knew what I was saying but did you know what it meant when you saw that look in my eye did you know it was heaven sent was it all a waking dream all that time we must have spent well I guess it must have been somehow that feeling came and went Children say - come what may be strong for the friends you've known but one fine day - (not) far away will we remember the love we used to own Children say - children say we open our minds as one as one more day - slips away why don't the dreams of the young never come to be Children say - children say we thought it would never go as one more day - slips away who ever thought we could be so lonely

Level 42 - Children say (Live at Wembley 1986)

Take a chance - and dance It's a chance - dance All across the world there's people high on confrontation And they try to solve their problems burning up the nation Turn the whole world upside down and leave it in confusion But still we get no answers using yesterday's solutions We are the ones, keep sight of it Don't have to make a fight of it Dance on heavy weather Learn to live with modern times You can take the pressure It's all a state of mind - so we can Dance on heavy weather Raise the heartbeat of the young If we move together Don't you know that we are the ones Take a chance - and dance It's a chance - dance You can try to hide behind a mask of contemplation Say you want to live your life in private isolation From the east you can't ignore the storm of disillusion And so it falls on all our shoulders to find a new solution You've got to make a start of it You've got to feel a part of it Dance on heavy weather Learn to live with modern times You can take the pressure It's all a state of mind - so we can Dance on heavy weather Raise the heartbeat of the young If we move together Let the soul - take control - we are the ones Take a chance - and dance It's a chance - dance Hear the sound of the heartbeat of the young Though the rhythm is so unfamiliar Just be sure to be there now the time has come Hear the music that brings us together Dance on heavy weather Hear the sound of the heartbeat of the young We can take the pressure We may have a solution, we are the ones Dance on heavy weather Hear the sound of the heartbeat of the young If we move together We may have a solution, we are the ones

Level 42 - Fashion fever (Live at Wembley 1986)

Level 42 - Heathrow Live 1982

I'm going nowhere Gotta face up to it Gotta wake up to it I feel so guilty Killing time is a sin There's no way you can win A dam burst of dreams flow thru' me They slow me where I could be Flash point feelings flow Thru' my mind moving When my friends tell me You just can't connect You ain't got no respect They tell me nothing 'Cos I know about that Yes I know about that I'm not gonna take what people say Don't feel that I belong today Sense of freedom and Sense of pride From the mountains to the sea I'll run across this land Looking out for strength and beauty A diamond in the sand And I will chase the four winds over Trying to understand And I won't stop until I'm holding Heaven in my hands I won't let nobody Turn me off of the track Now there's no turning back Won't let no worries Turn my head inside out Now there's no room for doubt I'm heading for my destiny And it feels electric to me Flash point feelings flow Thru' my mind I was lonely going nowhere Drowning on dry land I was almost stranded there a Shipwreck on the sand But now I'll chase the whole world over Making my demands And I won't stop until I'm holding Heaven in my hands From the mountains to the sea I'll run across this land Looking out for strength and beauty A Diamond in the sand And I will chase the four winds over Trying to understand And I won't stop until I'm holding Heaven in my hands I was lonely going nowhere Drowning on dry land I was almost stranded there a Shipwreck on the sand But now I'll chase the whole world over Making my demands And I won't stop until I'm holding Heaven in my hands (Repeat)

tell - me something why do I always find it hard just to get along try my best - for nothing every little thing I do is wrong feel it in my brain driving me insane round and round the same old tune daddy's on the phone you know you're not alone turn that down and clean up your room. sons and daughters (don't fall in) in hot water sons and daughters (they don't do) what they oughta tell (tell) you something music is the key to set me free to the beat (on the street) I'm jumping forgetting all the things they said 'bout me here it comes again chugging like a train round and round an impeccable groove I know it's getting late but I won't histate can't slow down got to do what I do sons and daughters (always in) in hot water wasting time is a crime in their eyes but I'm still young so much time to decide - what to do ... (I don't need confirmation for my boyhood extrapolation though I'm not sure of my direction I have the groove for my protection) here it comes again chugging like a train round and round an impeccable groove I know it's getting late but I won't hesitate can't slow down got to do what I do sons and daughters (don't fall in) in hot water (when they fall by the way) sons and daughters (they don't do) what they oughta tell me something where you staying tonight your folks have waited up for you now they've locked the door and turned off the light.

Im not proud, I was wrong And the truth is hard to take I felt sure we had enough But our love went overboard Lifeboat lies lost at sea Ive been trying to reach your shore Waves of doubt keep drowning me All the dreams that we were building We never fulfilled them Could be better, should be better For lessons in love For restless eyes egos burn And the mold is hard to break Now weve waded in too deep And love is overboard Heavy hearts token words All the hopes I ever had Fade like footprints in the sand All the homes that we were building We never lived in Could be better, should be better Lessons in love If we lose the time before us The future will ignore us We should use it, we could use it, yeah Lessons in love Lost without love Lessons in love When will you ever learn Lessons in love When theres nowhere left to turn Lessons in love Dont let your spirit burn Lessons in love Ill wait till you return All the dreams that we were building We never lived them We could lose it, we should use it (lessons in love) lessons in love All the homes that we were building We never lived in Could be better (could be better), should be better Lessons in love If we lose the time before us The future will ignore us We should use it, we could use it (good God) Lessons in love

As I watch your face I can see my life go by You mean everyhing to me Just cant take no more Throw a smile my way And the pain I feel inside Turns to love for you And Im yours Do lovers ever need to hide The things they really fell inside I simply need you yo need me Cant you see Once I hoped to be Your lover and your friend It just cant go on Your love games Your love games Do lovers ever need to hide The things they really feel inside If you wont show your heart to me Set me free Now the time has come To show you how I feel The love I gave to you I cant give no more Even now I see The salt tears n your eyes But it cant go on Your love games

She came thru the door round my place she was not the same I reached out my hand to touch her face she turned her head away her words flew in empty circles reasons unexplained I saw that her thoughts were somewhere else we made love anyway lying still in your arms and the tears came down she cried her pain and like the rain that draws a cloud across the sun the tears flow on she cried the pain she felt inside as night touched the sky with moonglow she opened up her heart the tides of emotions ebb and flow washing us apart we talked thru the night in whispers as the silent city lay reasons she gave cut deep and hard the dawn broke angry grey lying still in your arms heartbeats cold she cried my pain like thunder rolling thru an aching winter sky heartbeats cold her pain lying still in your arms but the tears came down she cried my pain and like the rain that draws a cloud across the sun the tears flow on she cried the pain I felt inside the future dissolves in the tears the morning surrenders the years how can you say our love wasn't real when I can see how you feel another time another place I won't cry for her no more the days go on but the nights are long I'll remember her for sure still in your arms

pushing all the buttons trying to come to something flying with his feet on the ground full of dreams and visions in a world of indecision he ain't around to be pushed around been a long time coming on - take a look at him now and the days of If are gone - 'cause he's showing us how knowledge fuels the mind of the few in a way that no - one's found brave new answers screaming the truth and the techno wins the crown Chorus micro-kid with mega-thoughts he is real, he is here, he is fashionable micro-kid speaks digitalk if you hear what he says it's acceptable generating square waves while computing new games finally gets the chips off his back a smile is on his face erasing every trace of doubt that plagues the rest of the pack and his brain stores memories - no alternatives could come in he's the living remedy - times are better than they were then knowledge fuels the mind of the few in a way that no-one's found brave new answers screaming the truth and the techno wins the crown Chorus (Rpt.)

Level 42 - Microkid (Live at Rockpalast 1983)

Esecuzione della mia band preferita del brano strumentale "Mr Pink" durante un concerto tenuto in Germania nel 1984.

Now How can it be That a love Carved out of caring Fashioned by fate Could suffer so hard From the games Played once too often But making mistakes Is a part Of lifes imperfections Born of the years Is it so wrong To be human after all Drawn into the stream Of undefined illusion Those diamond dreams They cant disguise the truth That there is something about you Baby so right I wouldnt be without you Baby tonight

Take a journey back in time Leave the western world behind Cross the mountains to Peking Where the paper laterns gently swing The Chinese way Who knows what they know The Chinese legend grows My eyes wide open I feel a breeze Words softly spoken In Cantonese Standing at the master's side The with patience he confides Secret knowledge - sacred ways Paerls of wisdom from the dragon days I could never lie For honour I would lie Following the Chinese way So many years ago hero's ruled the world (Some died for love in a cruel world) They were the only ones in a cruel world I could never lie For honour I would lie Following the Chinese way From the mountains to Peking Where the paper laterns gently swing The Chinese way Who knows what they know The Chinese legend grows

Level 42 - The pursuit of accidents (Live at Rockpalast 1984)

Though I live on the edge time is on my side all the doors to my life are open wide just as long as the wheels keep on turning 'round I will live for the groove 'til the sun goes down living it up, living it up I can feel it living it up is it a crazy notion? living it up, living it up I can feel it living it up I got forward motion I don't wanna go to war, I don't wanna go to war I said I know what I want and I don't wanna go war do you follow me? I saw a soldier standing in a bar looked so tired he'd come so far he said "I need to love someone, before they drop the atom bomb" there's a girl at the back making eyes at me and her hair long and black is a sight to see but I get kind of scared when love's around I just live for the groove 'til the sun goes down living it up, living it up I can feel it living it up is it a false emotion? living it up, living it up I can feel it living it up I got forward motion so I'm a-taking you out but I'm a-faking I'm married to the beat but to the music I gave the heart I could have given you still there's something 'bout the way that you move and the way that people stare it's the shock of the new I want my friends to see me standing next to you the sun goes down . . . time is on my side I don't care what they say I'll enjoy the ride but I get kind of scared when I turn around so I'll stay with the groove 'til the sun goes down living it up living it up I can feel it living it up I got forward motion ooh - watch her dance there must be one like her in every club in every town but I don't mind if that the way she wants to be there's something 'bout her that reminds me of me she's my soulmate we'll be together 'til the sun goes down the sun goes down living it up living it up I can feel it living it up I got forwand motion

I've been making moves in chains wrapped around my hollow heart the thought of you remains I can't replace your face no matter how I try and in the night I cry from wanting you you know I thought I could not lose America was calling me you said I must choose between a life of love or visions that will fade and now the choice is made I'm so lonely Can you feel me reaching out to you I'm so lonely are you lonely too I would give anything to make you understand that I would go anywhere to be with you again Heaven help me if you can I remember better days but now I understand you can't buy happiness, love is not for sale the night is turning pale and I'm needing you I've tried to talk the time away (but the time is here to stay) empty ears aren't listening to one word I say (time to play) the dream became a big machine out of control and here inside my soul I am so lonely Where are you now when I need you so I'm so lonely I need you to know I would give anything (can you feel me) to make you understand (reaching out to you) and I would go anywhere (where are you now) to be with you again (when I need you) I was standing in the rain I was trying to break the chains I was calling out your name (something snapped inside of me) I need to be with you again, yeah baby Can you feel me (can you feel me now) reaching out to you I'm so lonely (I am so lonely girl) are you lonely too where are you now (I would go anywhere) now I need you so I'm so lonely (I am so lonely girl) I need you to know I would give anything to make you understand and I would go anywhere to be with you again and you are the only one who can break these chains and I would go anywhere to be with you again (can you feel me) (reaching out to you) (where are you now) (when I need you so) (I'm so lonely) (are you lonely too) (where are you now) (now I need you)

Steppin' out from underneath my shadow Walking home from Fridays nine to five. Rememberin' the long way way round the meadow The one we used to take from time to time. I thought about you How you must have changed now baby far away from me How I used to savour all your kisses Where no one else could see. Exchanging knowing glances across the schoolroom Dreamin' of a love down by the sea. Changing plans to cover up for one another Working on our secret fantasy. But now as I walk down the road to your house baby No one there but me. How I wish that I could steal your kisses Just as they used to be. Tracie where are you now girl? I don't know why this feeling's so strong. Tracie where have you been You know there's no one now to tell us we're wrong. Countin' by the street lights to the phone box Where we used to meet before the dawn. Smokin' on the top floor of the scholl bus Promising the moon as we rode along. But now If I saw you across a crowded dance floor Or somewhere in the town Would you show me what I have been missing And spin me round and round? Tracie where are you now girl?... 'Cause deep inside from some other place I turn to find we're there face to face. We laugh we cry we work and we play Tracie where are you now girl? Tracie where are you now girl?

Last night when you spoke to me Emotion in your voice You said that you gave to me A very simple choice I could leave you ... And go wandering on my own Or believe in you ... Never leave you all alone Weave your spell for one more day You enchanted me to stay When you met me I was wild "The Spider and the Fly" Your affections made me smile I didn't have to try But then you tamed me... never blamed me for my pride And you aimed to ... Find the real me deep inside Weave your spell for one more day You enchanted me to stay Now I'm feeling like a change You say that I don't care But when I look across the way It's always greener there If I leave you ... I may never have the choice To come back to ... All the loving that you gave unceasingly Weave your spell for one more day You enchanted me to stay

Esecuzione del grande Mark King durante un concerto tenuto allo stadio di Wembley nel Dicembre 1986.

Our dad would send us to our room he'd be the voice of doom he said that we would thank him later all day he was solid as a rock but by eight o'clock we'd be crumbling one night my brother Joe and me climbed down the family tree that grew outside our bedroom window we ran though we knew it couldn't last running from the past from things that we were born to be Looking back it's so bizarre it runs in the family all the things we are on the back seat of the car with Joseph and Emily we only see so far - and we all have our daddy's eyes looking back it's so bizarre Dad rang the officer in charge a man so large he barely fit his circumstances he said two kids out on the street were picked up on the beat and in the station so there's me with Emily and Joe daddy driving home all heading in the same direction he knew no matter what the breaks we'd make the same mistakes couldn't take his eyes of Joe and me Looking back it's so bizarre it runs in the family all the things we are on the backseat of the car with Joseph and Emily we only see so far - and we all have our daddy's eyes looking back it's so bizarre it runs in the family all the things we are looking back it's so bizarre Like a dream within a dream we're all somewhere in between Like a drummer plays his drum like a father like a son - and your gonna have to face the music - face the music Hey hey we keep it running in the family hey hey we keep it coming in the family Looking back it's so bizarre it runs in the family all the things we are on the backseat of the car with Joseph and Emily we only see so far - 'cause we all have our daddy's eyes take me back into your arms it's no longer a mystery no cause for alarm could have never come this far with no sense of history it always leaves a scar - and we all have our daddy's eyes looking back it's so bizarre running in the family Hey, hey!