The Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
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1
Woman in Chains
06 : 30
2
Badman’s Song
08 : 32
3
Sowing the Seeds of Love
06 : 19
4
Advice for the Young at Heart
04 : 55
5
Standing on the Corner of the Third World
05 : 33
6
Swords and Knives
06 : 20
7
Year of the Knife
06 : 55
8
Famous Last Words
04 : 31
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Track Lyrics
Badman’s Song Lyrics
[Intro: Roland Orzabal]
One, two, three, four!
[Verse 1: Roland Orzabal & Oleta Adams]
Heard every word that was said that night
When the light of the world put the world to right
Well here's to the boys back in 628
Where an ear to the wall was a twist of fate
I will shine a blinding light
Through those hearts as black as night
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But at least the seeds of love will be sown
[Verse 2: Roland Orzabal]
Now once in awhile when I feel no shame
I get down on my knees and I pray for rain
And though the breeze blows gently while I state my case
There'll be certain men waiting just to scratch my face
Hand on my heart I will make a stand
For the life and the times of the mirrorman
[Chorus: Roland Orzabal]
In my head there is a mirror
When I've been bad, I've been wrong
Food for the saints that are quick to judge me
Hope for a bad man, this is the bad man's song
[Post-Chorus: Both]
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Verse 3: Oleta Adams]
Guilt in the frame of the looking-glass
Puts a shine on the mind where reflections pass
Where the jigsaw pieces of a broken man
Try and fit themselves together again
Lies in disguise in the name of trust
Put your head in the sand it will turn to dust
What's your problem? What's your curse?
Won't it make the matter worse?
[Chorus: Roland Orzabal & Oleta Adams]
In my head there is a mirror
When I've been bad, I've been wrong
Food for the saints that are quick to judge me
Hope for a bad man, this is the bad man's song
[Post-Chorus: Both, Oleta Adams]
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Woah
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Uh-huh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Woohoo
Ooh, ooh, ooh
[Bridge 1: Roland Orzabal, Oleta Adams & Both]
And they say "Faith can move mountains
Fire can cleanse your soul"
Faith can move mountains
But mind over matter won't you stop all your chatter, no
Faith can move mountains
Faith can move mountains
But mind over matter won't you stop all your chatter, no
[Interlude]
[Verse 4: Roland Orzabal & Oleta Adams]
I heard every word that was said that night
When the light of the world put the world to right
When I hear soft whispers at the break of day
...
Sweet talking boys who can do no wrong
When the stories are tall as the day is long
With such a thin line drawn between friend and foe
Lord help me now and bless my soul
[Bridge 2: Both, Roland Orzabal]
Look at yourself, see how you lie
Your hands start shaking and you don't know why
Look at yourself, see how you lie
Your hands start shaking, they start shaking
Look at yourself, see how you lie
Your hands start shaking and you don't know, don't know, don't know why
Look at yourself, see how you lie
Shake, shake, shake, you don't know why
Don't know why, no you don't know why
[Interlude: Roland Orzabal]
Well there's food for the saints that are quick to judge me
Hope for a bad man...
[Chorus: Both, Oleta Adams]
In my head, there is a mirror
When I've been bad, I've been wrong
I have been really, really, really wrong
Food for the saints that are quick to judge me
Food for the saints that are quick to judge me
Hope for a bad man, this here is the bad man's Song
[Chorus: Both, Oleta Adams]
In my head, there is a mirror
There is a mirror
When I've been bad, I've been wrong
And I've been bad, I have been really, really, really wrong
Food for the saints that are quick to judge me
Food for the saints that are so quick to judge me
Hope for a bad man
Hope for a bad man, hope for a bad man this is the bad man's song
Sowing the Seeds of Love Lyrics
[Verse 1: Roland Orzabal]
High time we made a stand
And shook up the views of the common man
And the love train rides from coast to coast
D.J.'s the man we love the most
Could you be, could you be squeaky clean
And smash any hope of democracy?
As the headline says you're free to choose
There's egg on your face and mud on your shoes
One of these days they're gonna call it the blues, yeah, yeah
[Chorus 1: Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal]
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Anything is possible when you're sowing the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds of love
Anything is possible
Seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds
[Verse 2: Roland Orzabal]
I spy tears in their eyes
They look to the skies for some kind of divine intervention
Food goes to waste
So nice to eat, so nice to taste
Politician granny with your high ideals
Have you no idea how the majority feels?
So without love and a promised land
We're fools to the rules of a government plan
Kick out the style, bring back the jam
[Chorus 2: Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal]
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Anything
Sowing the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Sowing the seeds
[Post-Chorus 1: Roland Orzabal]
Sowing the seeds
The birds and the bees
My girlfriend and me
In love
[Interlude]
[Bridge 1: Roland Orzabal]
Feel the pain, talk about it
If you're a worried man, then shout about it
Open hearts, feel about it
Open minds, think about it
Everyone, read about it
Everyone, scream about it
Everyone
Everyone, yeah, yeah
Everyone read about it, read about it
Everyone
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the nooks, there are books to read for us
[Chorus 3: Roland Orzabal]
Sowing the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love
We're sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds of love
We're sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love
Mr. England sowing the seeds of love
[Bridge 2: Curt Smith, Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal]
Time to eat all your words
Swallow your pride
Open your eyes
Time to eat all your words
Swallow your pride
Open your eyes
[Verse 3: Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith]
High time we made a stand
Time to eat all your words
And shook up the views of the common man
Swallow your pride
And the love train rides from coast to coast
Open your eyes
Every minute of every hour
I love a sunflower
Open your eyes
And I believe in love power
Open your eyes
Love power
Love power
Open your eyes
[Chorus 4: Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal]
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds of love, the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love, sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds
[Post-Chorus 2: Roland Orzabal]
An end to need
And the politics of greed
With love
[Chorus 5: Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal]
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Anything, anything
Sowing the seeds
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Sowing the seeds
[Post-Chorus 2: Roland Orzabal]
An end to need
(What about the workers?)
And the politics of greed
With love
[Chorus 6: Curt Smith & Roland Orzabal]
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love, seeds of love
Sowing the seeds of love
Standing on the Corner of the Third World Lyrics
[Verse 1: Roland Orzabal]
Man, I never slept so hard
I never dreamt so well
Dreaming I was safe in life
Like mussels in a shell
Rolling and controlling
All the basements and the back roads of our lives
[Verse 2: Roland Orzabal]
Fill their dreams with big fast cars
Fill their heads with sand
Holy white we'll paint the town
The colour of our flag
Hey there little lady has your baby got the look of some old man?
Standing on the corner of the third world
[Verse 3: Roland Orzabal]
Hungry men will close their minds
Ideas are not their food
Notions fall on stony ground
Where passions are subdued
Colour all the madness for the madness is the thorn that's in our side
Standing on the corner of the third world
[Interlude: Carol Kenyon & Tessa Niles]
Of the third world, of the third world
Of the third world, of the third world
Of the third world, of the third world
[Bridge: Roland Orzabal]
When we gonna learn?
Who we gonna turn to?
The promises they make
The call for our attention
Compassion is the fashion
Free to earn, our pockets burn
We buy for love
Die for love
[Interlude]
[Outro: Roland Orzabal]
Hold me, I'm crying
Hold me, I'm dying
Swords and Knives Lyrics
[Verse 1: Roland Orzabal]
A waking world of innocence
So grave those first born cries
When life begins with needles and pins
It ends with swords and knives
[Verse 2: Roland Orzabal & Tessa Niles]
Oh dangerman, oh dangerman
Your blade fits like a glove
When forged in steel time cannot heal
That blood red bond of love
[Bridge: Roland Orzabal]
In times of trouble you're an open book
With the change in the way you look
And it's sad love's not enough to make things better
[Interlude]
[Verse 3: Roland Orzabal & Tessa Niles]
Turn the tables, we'll burn the fables
Lies beneath the visions and daydreams
Fooled by now, we mystify the past
Like a dream, like it never happened
[Interlude]
[Outro: Roland Orzabal & Tessa Niles, Roland Orzabal]
When life begins with needles and pins
It ends with swords and knives
God save those born to die