@ALBUM: Pleasure Principle ============================================================================ late 1979 Gary Numan - Vocals, Keyboards, Synthetic Percussion Paul Gardiner - Bass Christopher Payne - Keyboards, Viola Cedric Sharpley - Drums, Percussion Billy Currie - Fadeout Violin on "Tracks" and "Conversation" Garry Robson - Backing Vocal on "Conversation" Recorded at Marcus Music AB London Engineered and Mixed by Rikki Sylvan & Harvey Webb Mastered at Strawberry by Julian Mills & Melvyn Abrahams Produced by Gary Numan All songs written by Gary Numan ============================================================================ @SONG: AIRLANE Instrumental ============================================================================ @SONG: METAL we're in the building where they make us grow and i'm frightened by the liquid engineers like you my Mallory heart is sure to fail i could crawl around the floor just like i'm real like you the sound of metal i want to be you i could learn to be a man like you plug me in and turn me on oh everything is moving i need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me singing "i am an American" do you? picture this if they could make the change i'd love to pull the wires from the wall did you? and who are you and how can i try her inside i like metal aren't you all i know is no one dies i'm still confusing love with need ============================================================================ @SONG: COMPLEX they won't come back you know it's always the same and they're sure to forget saying "everyone lies" so i'm down to this i'm down to walking on air and you're here by my side with all your waving and smiles please keep them away don't let them touch me Please don't let them lie don't let them see me ============================================================================ @SONG: FILMS i don't like the film i don't like the film play it all back play it all back and i don't like the scenery and i don't like the set so pull it all down pull it all down but i like the actors and i like the show we're so exposed we're so exposed anything can happen anything can happen don't let them see don't let them know and you wonder why and you wonder why turn off the lights and turn off the sound ============================================================================ M.E. and M.E. i eat dust we're all so run down i'd call it my death but i'll only fade away and i hate to fade alone now there's only M.E. we were so sure we were so wrong but there's no one left to see and there's no one left to die there's only M.E. why shoud i care why should i try oh no, oh no i turned off the pain like i turned off you all now there's only M.E. ============================================================================ @SONG: TRACKS where are the tracks? where are the lines? where are the tracks, dear where is the time? you were so cold you were so slow you were so old and we were unsure and i want your lines and i want your time and i want your face, dear and you can have mine ============================================================================ @SONG: OBSERVER i could stand here for days or i could stand here for hours i could stand here for a lifetime watching you and waiting always i could observe you all i could wait for a day or i could wait for an hour i could wait here for a lifetime watching you and thinking always i could observe you all ============================================================================ @SONG: CONVERSATION oh it's so easy when parts take over my conversation is nothing more than lies you're just the viewer so cold and distant i've no intentions of saying "i love you" my conversation we are not gods we are not men we are not making claims we are only boys you are not strong you are not force you are not regular you are just wrong there are no faces this is my complex you are my picture i call you `mirrors' these are not my tears not my reflection am i a photo? i can't remember my conversation ============================================================================ @SONG: CARS here in my car i feel safest of all i can lock all my doors it's the only way to live in cars here in my car i can only receive i can listen to you it keeps me stable for days in cars here in my car the image breaks down will you visit me please if i open my door in cars here in my car i know i've started to think about leaving tonight although nothing seems right in cars ============================================================================ @SONG: ENGINEERS all that we are is all that we need to be all that we know is you and machinery we're engineers we are your heartbeat we are your night life we are your `low-line' we keep you alive for now we're engineers we are your voice we are your blood flow we are your eyes we all you need to know we're engineers all that we are is all that you'd love to be all that we know is hate and machinery we're engineers