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Song «The Thin Wall» von Ultravox.

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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1981 08 (Single), 1981 09 11 (Album)
Label: Chrysalis CHS 2540, Chrysalis CDL 1338
Songwriter Warren Cann & Chris Cross & Billy Currie & Midge Ure
Produktion: Warren Cann & Chris Cross & Billy Currie & Conny Plank & Midge Ure
Genre: Newpop - Synthpop - Newromantic

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Personen und Querverweise

Ultravox
Warren Cann
Chris Cross
Billy Currie
Midge Ure
Warren Cann
Chris Cross
Billy Currie
Conny Plank
Midge Ure

Lyrics

The sound is on the visions move The image dance starts once again They shuffle with a bovine grace and glide in syncopation Just living lines from books we've read With atmospheres of days gone by With paper smiles The screenplay calls a message for the nation And those who sneer will fade and die And those who laugh will surely fall And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall The thin wall Thin wall Old men who speak of victory Shed light upon their stolen life They drive by night and act as if they're moved by unheard music To step in time and play the part With velvet voices smooth and cold Their power games a game no more And long the chance to use it And those who sneer will fade and die And those who laugh will surely fall And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall The thin wall Thin wall And those who dance will spin and turn And those who wait will wait no more And those who talk will hear the word And those who sneer will fade and die And those who laugh will surely fall And those who know will always feel their backs against the thin wall The thin wall Thin wall The thin wall The thin wall The thin wall And those who dance The thin wall And those who talk The thin wall And those who sneer The thin wall And those who laugh The thin wall And those who know The thin wall And those who dance The thin wall And those who wait The thin wall And those who talk...