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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark


Background information
Origin The Wirral, Merseyside, England
Genre(s) New Wave
Synthpop
Post-punk
Years active 1978—present
Label(s) Virgin Records
Associated acts The Id
Dalek I Love You
Godot
Games
The Listening Pool
Onetwo
Website Website
Members
Andy McCluskey
Paul Humphreys
Malcolm Holmes
Martin Cooper
Former members
Mike Douglas
Dave Hughes
Graham Weir
Neil Weir
Stuart Kershaw
Lloyd Massett
Nigel Ipinson
Phil Coxon
Abe Jukes



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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Lyrics

"International" lyrics



The youth and the Imperialist Tribune was also addressed by a young girl
from Nicaragua whose hands had been cut off at the wrists by the former
Samosa guards.
Veronica Merco, of the German Federal Republic, had this to say:

Aber ich habe eine Ausbildung gemacht
ak Industrie Kaufmann und... ??

I'm a shop assistant at the... ??
and I must say I'm a shop assistant by profession,
but it is difficult for.... ??

Now and then a little thing gets by.
Now and then we'll cry.

Like a fall in a war, like a mother's open arms.
Like a pawn in a game, hard to take.
There we sit on a line, wasting fortunes at a time, and pray.

All the time we are gone, there's no reason, there's no way.
Oh, the soul is the one so they say.
There we sit on a line, wasting fortunes at a time, and play.

She never thought he'd be this way.
Her arms aloft, she holds.
But now it's all a memory.
And it's gone...


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