Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Chameleons - Strange Times (1986)

Strange Times, released in 1986, is the third album released by The Chameleons. Initial American pressings of the record came with a bonus 12" with six additional tracks, two of which are covers; the American cassette also had the same bonus tracks, split up so that each side of the cassette contained half of the bonus tracks.

The record did not have a B Side. It was credited as Side A and Side A+.

The album was never released on CD in any territory until 1993. Although Geffen released it as a two-disc set with all of the bonus tracks in the United Kingdom and Germany, the decision was made to omit one of the bonus tracks ("Ever After") from the American version to facilitate its release on a single disc

1986 Strange Times The Chameleons
Tears The ChameleonsTears The Chameleons
Strange Times (1986)
THE CHAMELEONS
Limited Edition Free Bonus CD

All songs written by Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, Reg Smithies, and John Lever.

DISC 1 | Download 73.6mb
1. Mad Jack
2. Caution
3. TearsOutstanding Track(Original Arrangement Of 'Tears' - Very Different!)
4. Soul in Isolation
5. Swamp Thing
6. Time the End of Time
7. Seriocity
8. In Answer
9. Childhood
10. I'll Remember

DISC 2 | Download 56mb
1. TearsOutstanding Track
2. Paradiso
3. Inside Out
4. Ever After
5. John, I'm Only Dancing (David Bowie)
6. Tomorrow Never Knows (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)


TEARS LYRICS


TEARS

It's just coincidence
Well, you can talk that way
But I have to say I don't believe in it
It was a chill of chance,
I decided to dance the days away

And I wasn't worried at all
Sneaking through the back door
No, I wasn't worried at all
Dreams are what you live for

Waiting for the light to turn green
Carry me home
To the kindest eyes that I've ever seen
Carry me home
Well, can you tell me how will it be now?
How will it be?
Can you tell me, how will it be now?
How will it be?

Well we were younger then,
And the days were long and slow
But were we wiser then?
I couldn't say, I wouldn't know

But I wasn't worried at all
I had someone to run to
And I wasn't worried at all
I knew which way the wind blew

Counting out the chaos and gloom
Carry me home
And I watched the ceiling spin round the room
Carry me home

Well, can you tell me, how will it be now?
How will it be?
Can you tell me, how will it be now?
How will it be?

In the real world, how will it be?
In a cold world, how will it be?
In a lonely world, how will it be?
Will the ghosts just stop following me?

No, now drawn into the sun
He was the only one

In the real world, how will it be?
In a cold, cold world, how will it be?
Beck and call, beg and crawl, how will it be?
Will the ghosts just stop following me?

No, now drawn into the sun
He was the only one

And so I'll remember you,
I'll remember the days and the thousands of ways you pulled me through,
And dream of all the things you've seen,
Of all the faces and all of the places you have been,
Now you have no phone and you have no name and you have no number,
And it comes to an end in the blink of an eye and it makes me wonder...

Alternative Lyrics from Marks songbook (Dearest dead days)
It's just coincidence
Well you can talk that way
But I have to say I don't believe in it
And with the chill of chance
I decided to dance the days away

And I wasn't worried at all
Sneaking through the backdoor
No I wasn't worried at all
Dreams are what you live for

Waiting for the light to turn green
Carry me home
To the kindest eyes that I've ever seen
Carry me home
Can you tell me how will it be now
How will it be?
Well we were younger thenAnd the days were long and slow
But were we wiser then
I couldn't say, I wouldn't know

But I wasn't worried at all
I had someone to run to
No I wasn't worried at all
I knew which way the wind blew

Kicking out the chaos and gloom
Carry me home
I'll watch the ceiling spin round the room
Carry me home


Can you tell me how will it be now?
How will it be?


In the real world how will it be?
In a cold world how will it be?
In a lonely world
(Beg and crawl)
How will it be?
Will the ghosts just stop!
Following me

Now drawn into the sun
He was the only one
He cries out to everyone

For his only son
From the window of my room now
I can see the colour blue now
You can't even look in my eyes now
What would you see
If you could look into my eyes now
What would you see
What would you see
It's a coincidence
You can talk that way
I don't believe in it

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