@ALBUM: The Formula BAND: Thinkman All songs written by Rupert Hine & Jeannette Obstoj Produced by Rupert Hine and Stephen W Teyler Recorded by Stephen W Tayler and Andrew Scarth Mixed by Stephen W Tayler at Farmyard Studios Buckinghamshire England Special thanks to: Chris Thomson courtesy of the Network James West-Oram courtesy of MCA Records, Inc. Lisa Dalbello courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc. Stewart Copeland courtesy of A&M Records, Inc. Photography by Simon Fowler Assisted by Peter Mountain Art Direction by Jeannette Obstoj All titles published by AJM/April Music, Inc., (ASCAP) Management: Geoff Jukes, Jukes Production Ltd. London North American Management: Ed de Joy A Rupert Hine Production for the Thinkman syndicate For Max and Isabel Cade and December 3rd Thinkman are: Rupert Hine Andy Paris Leo Hurll Joe McArthur @SONG: Best Adventures Is it time to throw away our memories photographs and relics of what used to be Is it time to start again another life, another name oh, does it have to end? I always felt save with you. (chorus) Do the best adventures have to end Now do we leave the scene as friends. Is this how I'll find love and trust from being so alone alone and lost is this where we say goodbye rather than just live another lie does it have to end? I always felt safe with you. (chorus) There is a silence in our heartaches the cry of the unknown it's like a bird that can't be heard is it really time to go? Is it time to throw away our memories photographs and relics of what used to be Is it time to start again another life, another name oh, does it have to end? I always felt save with you. (chorus) @SONG: The Formula It's an interview But it's a second take There's a questioner But your mind's at stake It's a room designed for propaganda's sake He's a rich man now There's no escape (chorus) You can't take it where you're going You can't take things where you are ...you can't take it with you. Let's break down the formula Let's switch off the set ...and be glad we finally met. I could crash... my car Through your screen I could take a match... to your empire And teach you how to dream You open the door let me into your home You show me how you cry You tell me how you scream and how you watch when you're alone (chorus) You can choose any channel from your chair But I've got a better idea ...tear up the guide rip down the aerial (chorus) Let's play real life Let's play real life instead... @SONG: Legend There are leaders and those who only wish to follow and be fed there are strangers with stolen power and there are reasons that come tomorrow and is it natures way for you to run today and be free (chorus) do you want to be a legend or a passing footprint on the sands of time do you want to be a failure or the best example of a man who lived to use his mind - imagine what you could be there are rebels who can't be silenced, they remind us how to see there are prophets, believing visions while many others, put trust in science and there are dreamers who must get through, to your soul (chorus) imagine what you could be with that feeling of symmetry and your eye for beauty then you've faith in the impossible - imagine what you could be There are lovers of skills forgotten by great people - in their haste But there is no one who knows what you do that's the knowledge you should not waste and teachers point the way but only you can find the place (chorus) @SONG: The Ecstasy Of Free Thought Do we hear the same music Do we know the same people Do we take the same time to change our minds and write the sequel are we in the same picture one flick of that switch could kill you will we ever feel the ecstast of free thought (chorus) You'd love to know whose side you're on You're nowhere you're trapped by information just let it go the key hangs with your senses set the prisoner free Do we see the same stars at night where did we leave our education do we have the same proof at least to judge the situation Do we understand morality from watching television will we ever feel the ecstasy of free thought (chorus) Don't we all start as children Don't we know how we're guided All blood that flows is red why should our skin leave us divided (chorus) how can we fight without a mission and will we ever feel the ecstasy of free thought how can we fight - with no decision and will we ever feel the ecstasy of free thought. @SONG: The Conflict You can't deal with the problem on the surface anymore go for the root - and put your boot in the door knock down the walls and get right to the core go for the root brush off the dust when you find it now's the time to explore go for the root it's the conflict between fact and meaning I'm living proof and you can't scale the walls 'cos there's an armed guard on the roof go for the root just found a crack in the foundations we'll drill ourselves a way right to the root brush off the dust when you find it now's the time to explore go for the root you can't deal with the problem on the surface anymore go for the root it's the conflict between fact and meaning I'm living proof when you watch the starving thousands on the channel of your choice my friend you're an audience for war but you're always switching sides it's like looking at a landscape through a microscope in the middle of the night - even half a revolution would only bring you light go for the root you're so messed up by politics lady there's nothing exotic in poverty go for the root where do you get your information from a dream or a twenty four inch screen brush off the dust when you find it now's the time to explore go for the root you can't deal with the problem on the surface anymore go for the root @SONG: The Challenge Maybe you don't feel it you must be wearing armour maybe you don't hear it you must have wax in your ears maybe you can't see it but you've worn that blindfold for years. Are you aneaesthetized? Are you preoccupied? Did someone cruel tell you lies? Did you believe it? Or have you seen it all? (chorus) Love is like a mountain if you never try the climb there's no risk at all Is there no challenge Don't you know the edge where the innocents fall? Maybe you can't hold it But then it was never yours to hold Perhaps you've gone crazy living with no one to catch your fall Could you be hypnotized? Have you been analyzed? Did someone cruel tell you lies? Did you believe it? Or have you seen it all? (chorus) @SONG: The Days Of A Champion The days of a champion are numbered it seems The days of a champion now the cameras burn hot The days of a champion they'd even duel to get the shot The days of a champion they'll search for him but he's a burnt out star (chorus) He'll be out of the picture but stuck in the frame no more prizes, no more accolades and no more famous name no more famous name The days of a champion they will dissect his whole career The days of a champion and watch him disappear The days of a champion unrecognised he'll walk the busy streets The days of a champion he will be private again (chorus) The days of a champion he'll watch the young man rise to fame The days of a champion knowing their ends must be the same The days of a champion friends acquired on golden days are gone The days of a champion he'll search for them - in vain @SONG: There Shines Our Promised Land Love makes us strong don't close your eyes you're not alone. When you're out of control I will guide you down, I won't let you fall Feed on my energy You'll be amazed how brave we can be I'll take the pain - I'll take the pain away. I'll share your laughter. dream your first dream with me thousands of light years from here - Love makes us strong open your mind, we can do no wrong. There are others who think life is worth fighting for till we win freedom. There is a sanctuary, beyond this place, this universe so far from our time, another frequency - and one perfect reason. dream your first dream with me thousands of light years from here we can go there there shines our promised land you'll smile in wonder. There's light and there's water pastures green and no hunger, under another sun and there's someone like you - it's no strangers face it's your reflection we can go there dream your first dream with me thousands of light years from here we can go there. There shines our promised land - we can go there you'll smile in wonder - love makes us strong.