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Midge Ure: If I was

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: EMI Records
Released: 1997
Time:
 61:11
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.midgeure.com
Appears with: Ultravox, Visage
Purchase date: 1998.04.04
Price in €: 7,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] If I Was (Midge Ure, Danny Mitchell) - 5:20 *
[2] That Certain Smile (Midge Ure, Danny Mitchell) - 4:09 *
[3] When the winds blow (Midge Ure, Danny Mitchell) - 4:05 *
[4] Living in the past [with Ian Anderson] (Ian Anderson) - 4:34 *
[5] Wastelands (Midge Ure, Danny Mitchell) - 4:23 *
[6] Antilles (Midge Ure) - 4:07 *
[7] The gift (Midge Ure) - 4:58 *
[8] Answers to Nothing (Midge Ure) - 3:39 **
[9] Remeberance day (Midge Ure, Danny Mitchell) - 4:27 **
[10] Sister and brothers [duett with Kate Bush] (Midge Ure) - 5:55 **
[11] Hell to heaven (Midge Ure) - 4:05 **
[12] Take me home (Midge Ure) - 3:05 **
[13] Homeland (Midge Ure) - 4:41 **
[14] Edo (Midge Ure) - 3:24 *

*   from the Album THE GIFT
** from the Album ANSWERS TO NOTHING

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


MIDGE URE - Vocals, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Mandolin, Orchestration, Instrumentation

KATE BUSH - Vocals on [10]
IAN ANDERSON - Flute, Vocals on [4]
MARK KING - Electric Bass
MAE MCKENNA - Background Vocals
MARK BRZEZICKI - Drums
JACKIE CHALLENOR - Background Vocals
GLENN GREGORY - Background Vocals
LORENZA JOHNSON - Background Vocals
PAUL MOSBY - Mizmar
NIGEL ROSS-SCOTT - Electric Bass
LINDSEY ELLIOT - Drums
MICK KARN - Bass
STEVE BRZEZICKI - Bass
ROBBIE KILGORE - Keyboards

RICK WALTON - Co-producer, Engineer, Mixing
BOB CLEARMOUNTAIN - Mixing
BRIAN TENCH - Mixing
JOHN HUDSON - Mixing on [10]
BOB LUDWIG - Mastering
DEL PALMER - Vocal Engineer
PETER SAVILLE - Art Direction

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


Disky DC 868792

Compilation of tracks from "The Gift" and "Answers to nothing" CDs.
 

 L y r i c s


IF I WAS

If I was a better man
Would fellow men take me to their hearts
If I was a stronger man
Carrying the weight of popular demand
Tell me would that alarm her
I'd never harm her at all

If I was a soldier
Captive arms I'd lay before her
If I was a sailor
Seven oceans I'd sail to her

If I was a wiser man
Would other men reach out and touch me
If I was a kinder man
Dishing up love for a hungry world
Tell me would that appease her
I want to please her again

If I was a painter
I'd paint a world that couldn't taint her
If I was her leader
On food of love from above I would feed her
If I was a poet
All my love and burning words I would show it
If I was her lover
Her eyes in kisses I would cover

Come here my baby
Oh they can't touch you now
I'll keep you safe and warm
I'll never leave you at all
Come here my baby
Oh they won't touch you
Dishing up love for a hungry world
Tell me would that appease you
I want to please you again

If I was a soldier
Captive arms I'd lay before her
If I was a sailor
Seven oceans I'd sail to her
If I was a painter
I'd paint a world that couldn't taint her
If I was her leader
On food of love from above I would feed her
If I was a poet
All my love and burning words I would show it


THAT CERTAIN SMILE

Cross your heart and hope to die, it's love
A perfect world in my mind's eye and oh
The face that's watching me tonight has me
Falling for that certain smile

Hold your hand up, swear to God, it's love
Help me to believe, because for all
The words you said to me tonight has me
Falling for that certain smile
Falling for that certain smile

Take my tears and smile for me, it's love
Take my soul, my heart, my fears for oh
The way you're touching me tonight has me
Falling for that certain smile

Bring me passion, bring me lust or love
Bring me only truth because for all
The times you said to me tonight have me
Falling for that certain smile
Falling for that certain smile
Oh, falling for that certain smile


WHEN THE WINDS BLOW

Common people living quietly in confusion
Information's giving quite a grand illusion
Hearts are beating, keeping time
To meet a deadline
Faces pressed against the pane
To watch a headline

When the winds blow I will call
When the winds blow I will call
When the winds blow I will call you
We will stand and watch them fall

All our ships are sailing blindly
Under one sun
Sending signals, calling kindly
Reaching no-one
Echoes sound, the shifting air
Of empires calling
Hold my hand, the shifting sand
Of empires falling

When the winds blow I will call
When the winds blow I will call
When the winds blow I will call you
We will stand and watch them
Oh we'll stand and watch them fall

We confided, then decided not to follow
All the slogans, taunts and charges
Sound so hollow
With open minds across the borders
We have waited
But keeping place within this race is complicated

When the winds blow I will call
When the winds blow I will call
When the winds blow I will call you
We will stand and watch them

When the winds blow I will call
When the winds blow I will call
When the winds blow I will call you
We will stand and watch them
Oh we'll stand and watch them
We will stand and watch them fall


LIVING IN THE PAST

Happy and I'm smiling
Walk a mile to drink your water
You know I'd love to love you
And above you there's no other

We'll go walking out
While others shout of war's disaster
Oh, we won't give in
Let's go living in the past

Once I used to join in
Every boy and girl was my friend
Now there's revolution
But they don't know what they're fighting

Let us close our eyes
Outside their lives go on much faster
Oh, we won't give in
Let's go living in the past


WASTELANDS

The boy is listening to those records from the past
He wants to make them last
For they make him feel alive
They are the voices of the faces on the wall
He listens to them all
Hangs on every little tale they tell
He knows them all and their life stories
Shares their pain and shares their glories

One day he even cut their names upon his skin
They mean that much to him
For them he'd take the test
His bedroom window opens to the evening air
The fox is in his lair
The volume of his system is full on
But the neighbours moan and the parents call
This angry noise is the muzak of the wastelands

The wastelands

The boy is dressing in the fashion of the day
The kids all dress that way
You can tell them anywhere
The boy looks out and sees his friends are waiting there
In the cold electric glare
Of those lamps that make you think that night is day
They drag their lusts into your sight
With shouts and screams they meet the night

They block your way in twos and fours
In uniforms from city stores
They're closing in, who knows the score
It won't be long before
A martyr's blood is nourishing the wastelands

Yes it won't be long before
A martyr's blood is nourishing the wastelands

The wastelands
Oh wastelands

Yes it won't be long before
A martyr's blood is nourishing the wastelands

Oh wastelands


ANTILLES

This is an instrumental track.


THE GIFT

For C. R. Mackintosh

From city streets you came with something true
From dirt and smoke you breathed in something new
And when you laid all before you
They took what you made
And threw it away
The gift that you gave

With hands of gold and images strong
You cast the shape of things to cling on
And when you tried to show them
They took what you made
And gave it away
The gift that you gave

And in return I give you honest love
These things I see around me
I see with my soul
I feel in my heart
The gift that you gave

And in return I give you my respect
That's all that's mine for giving
I've learned from it all
The textures and form
The gift that you gave

And when they ask what prize I treasure most
What legacy I cherish
I say from the heart
The passion and art
That's the gift that you gave


ANSWERS TO NOTHING

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 that 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
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


REMEMBRANCE DAY

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

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

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 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


SISTER AND BROTHER

Sister, I will stand by you
Sister, I believe in you
Sister, 'cos 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, one another
Sister and brother

Brother, I am equal to
Brother, all a man can do
Brother, I am your sister
Brother, if you need me near
Brother, in your doubt and fear
Brother, 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, 'cos I am your brother

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

Oh no, oh no, oh I'll be your sister
Oh no, stand by me, oh no, I'll be your brother, oh
Oh no, oh no, I'll be your sister
Oh no, oh no, sister and brother
Oh no, oh no, oh I'll be your sister


HELL TO HEAVEN

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?


TAKE ME HOME

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
'Cos I hurt too
You lied


HOMELAND

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


EDO

This is an instrumental track.

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