@ALBUM: CONSTRUCTION TIME AGAIN (C) 1983 All songs written by Martin L. Gore except "Two Minute Warning" and "The Landscape Is Changing" which were written by Allan Wilder. Depeche Mode: Martin Gore David Gahan Andy Fletcher Allan Wilder Songs ----- Love, in Itself More Than a Party Pipeline Everything Counts Two Minute Warning Shame The Landscape is Changing Told You So And Then... Note: These lyrics are correct to the best of my ear's knowledge. I have tried to be careful at decoding the words. However, if you see something I messed up on, please write to me; I will change it immediately. Thanks and enjoy. GOPHERed from cs.uwp.edu on 18 March 1993 Corrected and FTPd to ftp.uwp.edu on 23 March 1993 Dale W.R. Rosenthal dwr1@cornell.edu @SONG: LOVE IN ITSELF 4:27 All of these insurmountable tasks That lay before me All of the firsts and the definite lasts That lay in store for me There was a time When all of my mind was love Now I find that most of the time Love's not enough in itself Consequently I've a tendency to be unhappy You see The thoughts in my head All the words that were said All the blues and the reds Get to me There was a time When all of my mind was love Now I find that most of the time Love's not enough in itself All of these absurdities That lay before us All of the doubts and the certainties That lay in store for us There was a time When all of my mind was love Now I find that most of the time Love's not enough in itself @SONG: MORE THAN A PARTY 4:30 Lots of surprises in store This isn't a party It's a whole lot more ???We've had enough of these lies as rough You've kept us in the dark for long enough This is more than a party More than a party You're telling us We're to have fun They take all the ice cream So we've got none This is more than a party More than a party The failed magician waves his wand And in an instant the laughter's gone This is more than a party More than a party Lots of surprises in store This isn't a party it's a whole lot more More than a party @SONG: PIPELINE 6:08 ???Get down the crane Construction time again What is it this time? We're laying a pipeline Let the beads of sweat flow ???Until the ends of men know We'll take a long time Working on the pipeline Taking from the greedy Giving to the needy On this golden day Work's been sent our way That could last a lifetime Working on the pipeline From the hearts of the land To the mouth of the man We must reach them sometime We're laying a pipeline Taking from the greedy Giving to the needy @SONG: EVERYTHING COUNTS 4:24 The handshake Seals a contract From the contract There's no turning back The turning point Of a career A career of being insincere The holiday Was fun packed The contract: Still intact The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all It's a competitive world Everything counts in large amounts The graph On the wall Tells the story Of it all Picture it now See just how The lies and deceit gained a little more power Confidence taken in By a sun tan And a grin The grabbing hands Grab all they can All for themselves After all It's a competitive world Everything counts in large amounts The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts @SONG: TWO MINUTE WARNING 4:10 We're lying by the orange sky Two million miles across the land Scattered to the highest high Expect they'll either laugh or cry No sex, no consequence, no sympathy You're good enough to eat Two minute warning Two minutes later When time has come My days are numbered The dawning of another year It's time for those who understand One in four still here While you and I go hand in hand No radio, no sound, no sin, no sanctuary So welcome to your last Two minute warning Two minutes later When time has come My days are numbered Two minute warning The sun, the solitude, the symmetry So welcome to your last Two minute warning Two minutes later When time has come My days are numbered @SONG: SHAME 3:50 Do you ever get that feeling When the guilt begins to hurt? Seeing all the children Wallowing in dirt Crying out with hunger Crying out in pain At least the dirt will wash off When it starts to rain Soap won't wash away your shame Do you ever get the feeling That something isn't right? Seeing your brother's fist Clenched ready for the fight Soon the fighting turns to weapons And the weapons turn to wounds So the doctor's start to stitch and stitch and stitch And stitch and stitch and stitch and stitch Surgery won't improve your pain It all seems so stupid It makes me want to give up But why should I give up When it all seems so stupid? Do you ever get the feeling That something can't be done? To eradicate these problems That make the people want Do you ever get that feeling Something like an like an itch? But oh, how the doctors stitch and stitch And stitch and stitch and stitch and stitch Hope alone won't remove the stains Shame It all seems so stupid It makes me want to five up But why should I give up When it all seems so stupid? @SONG: THE LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING 4:46 The landscape is changing The landscape is crying Thousand of acres of forest are dying Carbon copies from the hills about forests lie Acid streams are flowing ill across the countryside 'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world Now we're rearranging There's no use denying Mountains and valleys Can't you hear them sighing? Evolution The solution, almost certainty Can you imagine this intrusion of their privacy? 'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world Talking gestures Some semblance of intelligence Can we be grateful? The security of ignorance 'Cause I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world I don't care if you're going nowhere Just take good care of the world @SONG: TOLD YOU SO 4:25 ???And to those feet In modern times Walk upon the flowers And walk upon their brothers while Heads are busy lying low Trying to keep to cover, oh Something went wrong Went along the way Everybody's waiting for judgment day So they can go, "Told you so" They can go, "Told you so" Bring me my arm Of itching desire Bring me my bullets And I will fire Sights set higher than a torch or spire Something went wrong Went along the way Everybody's waiting for judgment day So they can go, "Told you so" They can go, "Told you so" ???Staying in line, the fight at the hind Waiting and waiting for an order to sign Brothers and sisters Playing Chinese Whispers If things aren't suited Then they'll get diluted Here's one more dead with a hole in his head He shouldn't have said all the things he said Many tears were shed For the blood he bled Something went wrong Went along the way Everybody's waiting for judgment day So they can go, "Told you so" They can go, "Told you so" @SONG: AND THEN... 5:40 Let's take a map of the world Tear it into pieces All of the boys and the girls Will see how easy it is To put it all down And start again From the top to the bottom and then I'll have faith Oh, I prefer To think that things Could have turned out worse All that we need at the start Universal revolution And if we trust in our hearts We'll find the solutions To put it all down And start again From the top to the bottom and then I'll have faith Oh, I prefer To think that things Could have turned out worse I took a plane across the world (You can't take a car) And when I reached my destination I hadn't gone far Let's take a hold of the world The mountains and the sand Let all the boys and the girls Shape it in their hands To put it all down And start again From the top to the bottom and then I'll have faith Oh, I prefer To think that things Could have turned out worse "The grabbing hands Grab all they can Everything counts in large amounts"