Midge Ure Album

High upon a hillside,
A preacher tells a story to a crowd
He tells the same old story,
A thousand times he's read that story loud
He wants to give the answers but his words are only
Answers to nothing

Lying in my bedroom,
A man comes on my TV with a grin
He tells me to believe him,
He said that I should put my faith in him
He says he has the answers,
But his words are only
Answers to nothing

Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, deceived for the last time

Hear the chosen leaders
Say, we can't stay sitting on the fence
Believe the stuff they feed us,
They're buying guns and bombs for our defence
They think this is the answer,
But their thoughts are only
Answers to nothing

Where is all the friendship,
How can all the comradeship be done
What of all the teachings,
What of things we learned when we were young
It doesn't bear the asking,
'Cos the answers given were
Answers to nothing

Oh, oh, oh, lied for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, died for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, cried for the last time, this time
Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, deceived for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time, this time

High upon a hillside,
A preacher tells a story to a crowd
He tells the same old story,
A thousand times he's read that story loud
He wants to give the answers but his words are only
Answers to nothing

Lying in my bedroom,
A man comes on my TV with a grin
He tells me to believe him,
He said that I should put my faith in him
He says he has the answers,
But his words are only
Answers to nothing

Oh, oh, oh, lied for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, cried for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, died for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, deceived for the last time
Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time, this time

Take me home
I need to see that light again
Take me home
I need to feel that sense of belonging
See my father, see my mother
My sister, my brother
Take me home
I need to see where I come from
Take me home
I need to feel that sense of belonging
See the homeland
See the places, the streets and the faces

Take me home, take me home
I want to feel that warmth again
Take me home
I need to know that sense of belonging
See the streets where I walked as a child
Where I laughed and I smiled
Take me home
Take me home

See the land that my father fought for
Lay my head on that shore
Take me home

Sister, I will stand by you
Sister, I believe in you
Sister, 'coz I am your brother
Sister, fight for what you need
Sister, make the blind man see
Sister, and I'll be your brother

Giving, taking, living, with one another
Sister and brother
Seeing, breathing, believing in one another
Sister and brother

Brother, I am equal to
Brother, all a man can do
Brother, for I am your sister
Brother, if you need me near
Brother, in your doubt and fear
Brother, then I'll be your sister

Giving, taking, living, with one another
Sister and brother
Seeing, breathing, believing in one another
Sister and brother

Sister, will you stand by me
Sister, and believe in me
Sister, 'coz I am your brother

Brother, if you need me near
Brother, in your doubt and fear
Then I'll be your sister

Oh no, oh no I'll be your sister
Oh no, oh no I'll be your brother
Oh no, oh no I'll be your sister
Oh no, oh no. Sister and brother
Oh no, oh no I'll be your sister

Dear God, is there somebody out there?
Is there someone to hear my prayer?
I'm a simple man with simple words to say
Is there some point in asking?
Asking for more only got us where we are today
Lost and alone and afraid

Give me, love for the lonely
Give me, food for the hungry
Give me, peace in our restless world
Give me, hope for the children
Give me, a worldwide religion
Give me, peace in our restless world

Dear God, can you hear me crying?
A whole world crying
Looking for something to say
We had it all and we threw it all away
Is there somebody watching
Somebody watching over the mess that we've made
We're lost and alone and afraid

Give me, love for the lonely
Give me, food for the hungry
Give me, peace in our restless world
Give me, hope for the children
Give me, a worldwide religion
Give me, peace in our restless world

And we need to know there's something good
Though all our years of solitude go on and on and on...

Give me, love for the lonely
Give me, food for the hungry
Give me, peace in our restless world

oh, oh

Give me, hope for the children
Give me, a worldwide religion
Give me, peace in our restless world

oh, oh

Give me, love for the lonely
Give me, food for the hungry
Give me, peace in our restless world

oh, oh

Give me, hope for the children
Give me, a worldwide religion
Give me, peace in our restless world

Dear god, is there somebody out there,
Is there someone to hear my prayer

I'll walk away from my town
See which way the wind blows my future, oh
Find what's before me
There must be something better
Must be something more than I've had so far
Something new, something good
Something worth being put here for

So long, so long, so long

Move into the city
Find myself a job with a purpose, oh
I'll work for a reason
And hope that reject turns to warm self-respect
And I'll start to live
Live the life that I thought would be mine
From the day I was born

So long, so long, so long

Find myself a partner
Turn my partner into a family, oh
We'll grow old together
Then I'll know that it can be
All that it should be and then
And only then I'll know that I've had
What by rights is mine

So long, so long, so long

Just for you I could fly
Just for you I could walk the oceans
I would cross all divides
To satisfy your whims and notions

For you I could change
Just for you I could beat the system
I could take every blow
Survive upon a poor man's wisdom

And if you want I'd chase the world away
And when you cry I'd kiss the tears away

Just for you I would cry
Just for you I would fall down to my knees
And pray that I
Could raise a love that's fit to please you

And if you're lonely I will be with you
If you're in doubt I'll tell you what to do
I'll take your hand and I will lead you through
I'd give my very soul to be with you

And when infatuation fades
I will still be by your side
I will be there when you call

There's not one thing I wouldn't do
That I couldn't do at all
That I wouldn't do at all

Just for you I would change
Just for you I would break the system
I would take every blow
Survive upon a poor man's wisdom

If I could understand why one land
Throws aside what others need to survive
Then maybe I could justify what I'm seeing
I can't quite accept that we who have so much watch others die
Who designed this world we live in?

Hand giving a hand
Giving the world a helping hand
It's falling around us now

If I could understand why one man
Lifts his hand to strike another down
Then maybe I'd believe the reasons that I'm given
I'd like to think it's just a few who make the rest of us comply
Who designed this world we live in?

Help turn round this hell to heaven

Hand giving a hand
Giving the world a helping hand
It's falling around us now

Help turn round this hell to heaven
Help turn round this hell to heaven
Who designed this world we live in?
Help turn round this hell to heaven
Who designed this world we live in?
Help turn round this hell to heaven
Who designed this world we live in?

One thing I know
I've learned over all
The more that you trust
The harder you fall
The more you believe
The more you recall
You'll see the signs
You'll hear the sound
When your feeling of hope
Is turned upside down
My hope lay in tatters
Lying cold on the ground
When I found

You lied
From your head down to your toes
You lied
But somehow I know I'll survive
And I can't believe another word you say
So go your way
You lied

You lied
From your head down to your toes
You lied
But somehow I know I'll survive
And I can't believe another word you say
Go your way

You lied
Every little word you said
You whispered lies
And right now I know I despise
Every thing I find that came from you
'Cos I hurt too
You lied

You lied
As you looked me in the eyes
I saw you lie
But somehow I knew I'd get by
When nothing seems to matter anymore
Who did you lie for?

You lied
From your head down to your toes
I know you lied
But somehow I know I'll survive
And I can't believe another word you say
So go your way

You lied
Every little word you said
You whispered lies
And right now I know I despise
Every thing I find that came from you
'Cause I hurt too
You lied

Sometimes I find that the ghost from behind me won't go
You'd think by this time
You'd be gone from my mind
But it isn't so
Sometimes I hear your voice ringing clear on the radio
Hearing you tell words that I knew so well
Not so long ago

And though it's changed for us all
I know you will always be near
And though you watch from afar
I know where you are
You walk the homeland

I remember that night
Of that year when the tears wouldn't clear my eyes
I'd seen it before
Like a dream I'd ignore
It was no surprise
I tried to pretend that the madness would end and you'd realise
That all that was left was the whisper of death and your children's cries

And though it's changed for us all
I know you will always be near
And though you watch from afar
I know where you are
You walk the homeland

You slipped away like snow in a warm hand
You welcomed that warm hand
You made it too easy

While I was standing I saw
Two men before my eyes, I saw
One man all dressed in truth
The other man was dressed in lies
One man held green and gold
The other man blue, white and red
And they smiled as they held guns to our heads
While I was standing I saw
Two men before my eyes

CHORUS
Watch as the rain begins to fall
Like tears from Heaven on us all
To clean the sins we've made
And wash them away, wash them away

While I was standing I saw
Two countries go to war, I saw
Faces of children wondering
What their friends were fighting for
A crowd of people stood in silence
On Remembrance Day and I cried
As they blew them all away
While I was standing I saw
Two men before my eyes

CHORUS

While I was standing I saw
Two men with one God to share
Both wanting peace by war
Both want to win by prayer
How long before they find
This holy war a heinous sin
And they find that there's nothing left to win?

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Sister, I will stand by you
Sister, I believe in you
Sister, 'coz I am your brother
Sister, fight for what you need
Sister, make the blind man see
Sister, and I'll be your brother

Giving, taking, living, with one another
Sister and brother
Seeing, breathing, believing in one another
Sister and brother

Brother, I am equal to
Brother, all a man can do
Brother, for I am your sister
Brother, if you need me near
Brother, in your doubt and fear
Brother, then I'll be your sister

Giving, taking, living, with one another
Sister and brother
Seeing, breathing, believing in one another
Sister and brother

Sister, will you stand by me
Sister, and believe in me
Sister, 'coz I am your brother

Brother, if you need me near
Brother, in your doubt and fear
Then I'll be your sister

Oh no, oh no I'll be your sister
Oh no, oh no I'll be your brother
Oh no, oh no I'll be your sister
Oh no, oh no. Sister and brother
Oh no, oh no I'll be your sister