Bangs and Crashes

1. We Close Our Eyes 

(The Total Overhang Club Mix)

2. Man In My Mirror

3. Goodbye Girl

4. S.O.S

5. Eye to Eye

6. Ball of Confusion – Live 

(Whitfield/Strong)

7. Call Me (The Indiscriminate Mix)

8. Haunted

9. Missing Persons – Live

10. Don’t Look Down

 (The Stratospheric Mix)

11. One Way Street

12. Innocence (The Desperation Mix)

We Close Our Eyes

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

Inside.. everyone hides one desire

Outside, no one would know

Danger.. close to the edge of the knife

Safer not to let go

And while we miss chances

You can almost hear time slipping away


We close our eyes 

we never lose a game

Imagination never lets us 

take the blame

We close our eyes to see 

the final frame

We close our eyes to time 

slipping away


No Show…Wednesday girl waits 

with the wine

She knows just what to say

While no one listens

You can almost hear time slipping away


We close our eyes 

we never lose a game

Imagination never lets us 

take the blame

We close our eyes to see the 

final frame

We close our eyes and…..


We can talk to strangers

We are burning with the spark

And we can walk on water

We are tigers in the dark

We are burning!


We close our eyes


Heroes.. never give in to the night.

He knows how far he can run

And as he surrenders

You can almost hear time slipping away.

Man In My Mirror

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

There is a man in my mirror
Looking out at me
He has the eyes of a stranger
No-one else can see
He knows all my secrets
He can change my mind

And in the dark while you’re dreaming
He keeps me awake
I try to make him see reason
But the truth is hard to take
Every day he is stronger
I can’t hide this hurt much longer

I see the man in my mirror
Moving a step out of time
How close am I to the stranger
In my mirror…

Watching and waiting
Never letting go
No escaping this feeling
I am not alone
Every day he is stronger
I can’t hide this hurt much longer

I see a man in my mirror
Moving a step out of time
How close am I to the stranger
I’m still running..

From the man in my mirror now
Tomorrow will be too late
He knows time is on his side
He won’t mind the wait

There is a man in my mirror
Looking out at me
He has the eyes of a stranger
That no-one else can see
Every day he is stronger
I can’t hide this hurt much longer

I see a man in my mirror
Moving one step at a time
How close am I to the stranger
In my mirror…

In my mirror..
Eyes, eyes of stranger..

Goodbye Girl

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

Footsteps echo on familiar streets
Crossing bridges, never burned
I am tired of playing hide and seek
Is this all that I have learned?

Looking for a diamond in the dark
I was sure you were the one
You held me spell bound
While you made your mark
Now, the damage has been done

Goodbye girl, it’s a game
We play every time we say
Goodbye girl, you hypnotize
I can’t say goodbye

I’m afraid when I turn out the light
Words you say while you’re asleep
Where you were and what you did last night?
Those are secrets you can keep, yeah

Goodbye girl, it’s a game
We play every time we say
Goodbye girl, you hypnotize
I can’t say goodbye

Tied to you, blood on the wire
Don’t you know you’ve pushed me much too far?
Just who do you think you are?
I can’t escape, must almost need you around
Every time I say goodbye, you hypnotize

Footsteps echo on familiar streets
Crossing bridges, never burned
I am tired of playing hide and seek, yeah
Is this all that I have learned?

Goodbye girl, it’s a game
We play every time we say
Goodbye girl, you hypnotize my eyes

Goodbye girl, it’s a game
We play every time we say
Goodbye girl, you hypnotize
I can’t say goodbye

Goodbye girl, it’s a game
We play every time we say
Goodbye girl, you hypnotize my eyes

Goodbye girl, it’s a game
We play every time we say
Goodbye girl, you hypnotize
I can’t say goodbye

S.O.S

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

Watching your window
Across the street we share
Eyes on your shadow
You are unaware, unaware

Picture a stranger
Footsteps in gabardine
You sense the danger
Something unforeseen
Burning fires on your shore
Never opened any door

I’m wasting my time
You don?t hear my S.O.S.
The perfect crime
To answer your S.O.S.

Leave you in silence
Change my identity
Second appearance
I will set you free
Burning fires on your shore
Never opened any door

I’m wasting my time
You don?t hear my S.O.S.
The perfect crime
To answer your S.O.S.

Watching your window
Across the street we share
Eyes on your shadow
You are unaware
Burning fires on your shore
Never opened any door

Eye to Eye

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

Maybe it’s the wrong time
But when is the right time to say I lied?
I’ve been keeping secrets
Could this be the last time we say goodbye?

(Here we are)
Eye to eye – no conversation
You know what I’m going to say
Eye to eye – it’s a sad situation
Girl have I thrown it away?

I was missing you, missing you
I needed someone to comfort me
When you closed the door baby
How could I know that I still had the key?

(Here we are)

Eye to eye –  no conversation
You know what I’m going to say
Eye to eye – it’s a sad situation
Girl have I thrown it away?

Your love – never thought that I would lose it

My love  – won’t you tell me what it takes to prove it?

All I want is your love

It’s all up to you girl
I just couldn’t keep it to myself
She was nothing to me
And you know in your heart
I don’t want anyone else.

Ball of Confusion

Written by Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield

People movin’ out, people movin’ in.
Why, because of the color of their skin.
Run, run, run, but you sho’ can’t hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Vote for me and I’ll set you free
Rap on, brother, rap on.
Well, the only person talkin’ ’bout love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody’s interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, aggravation,
Humiliation, obligation to our nation

Ball Of Confusion that’s what the world is today (yeah, yeah)
The sale of pills is at an all time high
Young folks walkin’ ’round with their heads in the sky
Cities aflame in the summer time, and oh the beat goes on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction,
City inspectors, bill collectors,
Evolution, revolution, gun control, the sound of soul,
Shootin’ rockets to the moon, kids growin’ up too soon
Politicians say more taxes will solve ev’rything, and the band played on.
Round and round and around we go, where the world’s headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can’t you hear me talkin’ to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that’s what the world is today. (yeah, yeah)

Fear in the air, tension ev’rywhere
Unemployment rising fast, the Beatle’s new record’s a gas,
And the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation,
And the band played on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction,
City inspectors, bill collectors, mod clothes in demand,
Population out of hand, suicide too many bills,
Hippies movin’ to the hills
People all over the world are shouting end the war and the band played on.
Round and round and around we go, where the world’s headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can’t you hear me talkin’ to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that’s what the world is today
Let me hear you, let me hear you, let me hear you
Ball Of Confusion that’s what the world is today

Call Me

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

Face to face
My reflection in your eyes
I was scared to say too much
Perfect strangers in perfect worlds apart
Almost close enough to touch
Staring at my shoes
Feeling so confused
Shot down without a gun
Victim of a hit and run
Won’t you…

Call me – call me
No time to hesitate – we must communicate
Call me – call me
Won’t you call this number now

Mesmerised
I go back to where we met
A reconstruction of the crime
I can’t track you down
Nowhere to be found
Now my one shot at success
Is the power of the press
Won’t you…

Call me – call me
No time to hesitate – we must communicate
Call me – call me
Won’t you call this number now

Worlds apart – we are worlds apart

Watch this space
There’s a message here for you
No need to read between the lines
I am inside out
There can be no doubt
I want you and no-one else
Please identify yourself

Call me – call me
No time to hesitate – we must communicate
Call me – call me
Won’t you call this number now

Haunted

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

Makes him a winner
Standing in the dark just out of sight
Checks his collar
Wondering who will he be tonight?

Haunted
Some people can be so sure of their hearts
Haunted
Same people can be so wrong for the part

Men in movies
Cast no shadows in the light
Frame by frame
Heroines caught in black and white

Haunted
Some people can be so sure of their hearts
Haunted
Same people are so wrong

Fact or fiction
Dangerous to lose sight of the line
These moving pictures
Still moving but running out of time

Haunted
Some people can be so sure of their hearts
Haunted
Same people are so wrong

Haunted
Some people can be so sure of their hearts
Haunted
Same people are so wrong

 

Missing Persons

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

Somewhere they’re waiting for me
We are running towards the light
So many hearts incomplete
We are innocents in the night

Left on the rocks by the storm
We are powerless to resist
Wide eyed so weary at dawn
But who knows what we might have missed

Missing persons never look behind
Missing persons you’ve got to walk between the lines

No clues and so far to go
Will we find what we’re looking for?
I’m ready blow winds blow
And carry me to the shore to the shore

Somewhere they’re waiting for me
We are running towards the light
So many hearts incomplete
We are innocents in the night.

Don't Look Down

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

How much longer ’til the curtain rises?First night stage fright always hypnotizesLeading ladies never think about itLive without it
 
Try to hide your fear of fallingKeep your eyes on me, I’m callingDon’t look down girl (Don’t look down)You know you’re holding acesDon’t look down girl (Don’t look down)Don’t give the game away
 
One more heartbeat and you walk the wireWhy wait? Ooh, it’s too late to put out the fireAlmost strangers, can you stop deceivingStart believing
Try to hide your fear of fallingKeep your eyes on me, I’m calling
Oh, even when you feel you can’t go onLaughing at the rain you fool no oneIf you don’t wanna lose what you have foundThen don’t look down
Changing partners is just substitutionIt’s no solution
Try to hide your fear of fallingKeep your eyes on me, I’m calling
Don’t look down girl (Don’t look down)You know you’re holding acesDon’t look down girl (Don’t look down)Don’t give the game away
Don’t look down (Don’t look down)Don’t look down (Don’t look down)Don’t look down (Don’t look down)

 

One Way Street

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

Sending a rose would never change your mind
I’m sure you don’t know but to me you seem so unkind
I thought I heard sympathy
I just want a chance to get you closer to me

I feel I’m on a one way street
Moving in the wrong direction
It’s a one way street
Someone on my line and I got a bad connection
One way street
Moving in the wrong direction
It’s a one way street
Someone on my line and I got a bad connection

Surrounded by voices I don’t want to hear
I tell myself they must be insincere
I never told you lies
He was the one who put the tears in your eyes

I feel I’m on a one way street
Moving in the wrong direction
It’s a one way street
Someone on my line and I got a bad connection
One way street
Moving in the wrong direction
It’s a one way street
Someone on my line and I got a bad connection


Spend your whole life waiting for a sign
You make your move too late
And love gets left behind
Truth is there but you don’t want to see
I’m here, darling – take advantage of me
Take it from me

I don’t care who is right or who is wrong
One day of loneliness is a day too long

You only made one mistake
Second time round a heart is harder to break
Harder to break


One way street
Moving in the wrong direction
It’s a one way street
Someone on my line and I got a bad connection
One way street moving in the wrong direction
It’s a one way street
Someone on my line and I got a bad connection…

Innocence

Written by Peter Cox /Richard Drummie

Room with a view
For a man who is starting over
A new beginning in a new town
Where no one knows his name
Looking for somewhere
To hide from the sound of thunder
Out of the storm the air will feed the flame

One man alone in search of innocence
Out on his own in search of innocence

Telling himself once again
That it’s now or never
One kiss, one promise broken
Memories burn and fade away
Closing the door
He knows yesterday’s gone forever
So much unsaid but nothing left to say

One man alone in search of innocence
Out on his own in search of innocence
One man alone in search of innocence
Out on his own in search of innocence

And tomorrow he will be a different man
His mind is made up
He’s got to leave while he still can
Must we learn from our mistakes?
Sometimes answers come too late
Will he be lost forever in search of innocence?

Into the twilight
His heart driven by the hunger
Station to destination anywhere
Where no one knows his name
Room with a view for a man
Who is starting over
Out of the storm the air will feed the flame

One man alone in search of innocence
Out on his own in search of innocence
One man alone in search of innocence
Out on his own in search of innocence

One man alone in search of innocence
Out on his own in search of innocence
Anywhere they don’t know my name
And the air can feed the flame

I’m a man alone in search of innocence…