@ALBUM: Systems Of Romance By Ultravox This file contains the lyrics as printed on the inner sleeve of the LP - except Blue Light, which is strangely omitted... That particular song is the same transcription as in the other Systems Of Romance text file. @SONG: Slow Motion No reply... I'm trying hard to somehow frame a reply Pictures, I've got pictures, and I run them in my head When I can't sleep at night. Looking out at the white world and the moon I feel a soft exchange taking place, Merging with the people on the frames, Blurring my face, and conversation Slow motion... Slow motion... Hush... can you feel the trees so far away Hush... can you feel the breeze of another day When we held each other close in the night As we wheeled away in our own light Stepping sideways into our own time Such a simple way Slow motion... Slow motion... Then we held each other close in the night As we wheeled away in our own light And some of us found another tide And drifted away Slow motion... Slow motion... @SONG: I Can't Stay Long I can feel The turning of the tides Pulling away the night Like a sheet From over me. In summer time Dissolve to a beach And everywhere seems to be Just a flicker on a silent screen. Because I can't stay long Let the sky roll on Just a flicker And the crowd moves on In wintertime Overcoats close in And the snow tastes of tin On the steps of any station. I need to glide In the long green light Of a July afternoon Sliding down a vague conversation. Because I can't stay long When the moment comes Just a glance And the glancer's gone. Watch closely As a man with a hat And a girl with a map Synchronise with the track And echo away. I need to drift through the walls Let the scenery dissolve Into some other lives Because I can't stay long, Let the crowds roll on When the right time comes I'll resign. @SONG: Someone Else's Clothes Check out some memories I don't recognise Another country and another life Oh oh I find I'm strolling on a distant shore To meet someone I've never seen before Oh oh I'm wearing someone else's clothes - again Walking in the streets I know - again Back in the old familiar glow again I'm wearing someone else's clothes. Painting quiet pictures in my ear We're driving past without a wish to steer Oh oh Driving underneath a deep blue sleep I'm always surfacing in sunny sheets. Transfer me into a Saturday crowd Or merge me back into the factory towns Oh oh I'm waking up to such a splendid moon Making love with someone and I don't know who Oh oh I'm wearing someone else's clothes - again Walking in the streets I know - again Back in the old familiar glow again I'm wearing someone else's clothes. @SONG: Blue Light I thought I'd take the slide I thought I'd be alright But when the details swam Oh no, the door got jammed Someone took the hand And we were out slow dancing In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh In the blue light, blue light Blue light, blue light There was a crowd below Swanning in the glow All the paste it shimmered In the swimmer's glimmer It was a sticky summer And I was diving under... The Blue light, blue light, uh-huh In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh In the blue light, blue light Blue light, blue light Well nothing drove out behind me I was so glad Even the walls were turning round Well, someone said There was something wrong But I couldn't quite Put my finger on it What the... Well I thought I heard... And I tried to... Then we were just diving In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh In the blue light, blue light, uh-huh In the blue light, blue light Blue light, blue light @SONG: Some Of Them Some of them are changing day to day Some of them flicker then they fade Some of them get triggered off by any crazy thing Some of them are all that's left Some of them are just dead regrets Some of them are shining out through everything I see Some of them are brittle, some are sad. Some of them are aching, some are glad. Some of them are gone so long they're hard to recognise. Stand close To the long parade Watch them passing by In their million ways Walk on Through the evergreens Pass from scene to scene Through all these yesterdays Some of them are friends just as they were, Some of them are gentle, some can flare. Some of them are crowding closer every passing year. Some of them live in photographs Some of them still give me a laugh Some of them I've altered slowly as they're changing me. @SONG: Quiet Men Waiting - we were waiting As the traffic moved through all our hearts and our heads But things were different then For the quiet men Shifting - things were shifting Through the walls and hall There were no walls at all For the quiet friends Of the quiet men. Springtime - there was sunshine Through the window panes Down all the English lanes Where they walked again The quiet men. Talking, they were talking Of the times to come And all the time that's gone And they smiled again The quiet men. Listening - they were listening As the season changed And all the reasons changed And people came and went By the quiet men. Walking - they were walking Through the rainy days Looking at all the faces And no-one ever noticed them The quiet men. @SONG: Dislocation Running down an empty street Perhaps it was a railway station A smell of eau de cologne The sound of celebration Oh oh oh Dislocation. Just a swimmer Growing dimmer In the glimmer of a summer Waving gladly Swimming madly Never, never going under Oh oh oh Dislocation. The sun was going down one quiet evening Someone came into the room while I was half asleep We spoke for a while I couldn't see his face Later on, when he was gone I realised I didn't catch his name Oh oh oh Dislocation. Just a swimmer Growing dimmer In the glimmer of a summer Waving gladly Swimming madly Never, never going under @SONG: Maximum Acceleration I thought you knew me by now Let the lights go on roaring Someone's hand on my shoulder - then We passed a turning point There was time for the taking Chorus: Maximum acceleration Maximum acceleration Maximum acceleration A face echoes slowly A signal close by me The landscapes are changing - and - Some of us flipped a coin And shimmered away (Chorus) You really were aching It's turning to twilight Over and under - then - A couple of figures shook their heads on the sidelines (Chorus) @SONG: When You Walk Through Me It's warm tonight, it rained tonight, The windows are all open wide. Can't see the clock to check the time Nothing is moving. When you walk through me. I turn around to switch the scene The room dives like a submarine, I cross the carpet, try to leave Sometimes I can do it. When you walk through me. When you walk through me I almost lose me It's so confusing When you walk through me. Locations change The angles change Even the streets get re-arranged While I'm swimming out someone waves Across a crowded room. Take a train or shine or shoe A dark horizon comes to view I get lost in the crossword clues Or check the time again... When you walk through me. @SONG: Just For A Moment Talking in the window as the light fades I heard my voice break Just for a moment. Talking in the window as the light fades I felt the floor change Into an ocean. We'll never leave here - ever Let's stay in here forever And when the streets are quiet We'll walk out in the silence. Listening to the movement that the night makes I let the room fade Just for a moment Sitting in the shadows that the leaves make I felt the floor change Into an ocean. We'll never leave here - ever Let's stay in here forever And when the streets are quiet We'll walk out in the silence. Listening to the music the machines make I let my heart break Just for a moment Listening to the music the machines make I felt the floor change Into an ocean. We'll never leave here - ever Let's stay in here forever And when the streets are quiet We'll walk out in the silence.