Message From The Heart
(Tony Poole)
Once upon a time when I never had to think once
Only took a look to know, everything was instant
Wish I could remember those days of independence
Memories get tricky as they're fading in the distance
Message from the heart, message from the heart
Here is a message from the heart
Don't let me down again, I couldn't stand the pain
Message from the heart, message from the heart
Here is a message from the heart
Don't let your arrow go until you're sure you know Oh oh oh message from the heart

All I really want is somebody to adore me
All I'm looking for is the one who's looking for me
Nowadays I seem to see two sides to every story
Wish I could be glad but I know I will be sorry

The Same Sun Shines
(Tony Poole-Iain Whitmore)
Now I realise no disguise can hide the way the real world works
I'm not a child peeping out from my mommy's skirts
Real life hurts
It doesn't know you're the centre of the universe

The same sun shines on everybody

I won't be afraid to make the grade and gain the things I'm reaching for
I'm not a child anymore
The nursery door is wide open
And all my toys in a line to the horizon

The same sun shines on everybody

When Lady Luck gives you a chance - take it
Shoots you a glance - step up and take it
You're not a child anymore
The choice is yours

The X Factor
(Tony Poole-Iain Whitmore-Nick Trevisick)
You're living on god's TV screen
You speak the lines, you play the scenes
No rehearsal
Later on when the jury is out
In the Court Of Appeal there's furious doubt
But there'll be no reversal
If you're watching and waiting for it all to begin
Or you're wondering when it'll happen again
Don't forget the X Factor

Try to be so organised
To keep face as the mess inside gets worse
No use trying
As long as you refuse to grow up
Some parent figure will always show up to nurse
Your baby-crying
And just when you think you've got it all neat and clean
Reality detonates in your dream
Don't forget the X Factor
That's what it is ...

Girl Be Real
(Tony Poole)
Something tells me you're not the same one
Maybe it's me you put the blame on
How can I believe what you're saying ?
Are you serious or are you playing ?
Girl I realise we're both in disguise
Tell me how you feel
I'll tell you how I feel
Oh girl, girl be real

Something tells me we lost our promise
We found how hard it hurts to be honest
Start out with the best of intentions
End up full of things you can't mention
Girl I understand we can't show our hands
Nothing will be healed if nothing is revealed
Oh girl, girl be real

So what if I'm wrong and you're right
Or I'm right and you're wrong ?
Girl you realise we could say goodbye
Never know why

Girl be real

How To Save Your Own Life
(Tony Poole)
All your preconceptions are now redundant
There's a new direction on the ascendant
In your struggle for higher existence

You're so well defended behind your fences
The world may well have ended
Come to your senses
In your struggle for higher achievement
Learn first and foremost
How to save your own life

You won't make commitments to what you believe in
While you keep your distance
Your life waits to begin
In your struggle for some higher freedom
Learn first and foremost
How to save your own life

Is that why you don't call me ?
Why you can't face me ?
This is not a story
You can't erase me
In your struggle to face off your darkness
Learn first and foremost
How to save your own life

Hide And Seek (Iain Whitmore)
Every day I search, but you cannot be found
I walk the empty halls, my face set in a frown
You never leave a clue nor sign for me to see
I want to know the truth - have you forgotten me ?

All the papers say that you are still alive
They say you look for me, but they've been known to lie
I must be old enough - I think it's time we met
Six years I've followed you
I haven't seen you yet

I give in, I give in, I don't know where you are
If this is hide and seek it's gone too far

I hear stories of the trouble that you've caused
I hear the cries of others caught between your jaws
Very few of them can take it in their stride
Those simple fools who thought that you were on their side

Walking out today, I see where you have been
There are so many here who share the broken dream
I do not wish to live that life of misery
I'm giving up my search
Now you can look for me

I give in, I give in, I don't know where you are
If this is hide and seek it's gone too far

Hide and seek, hide and seek

Start The Countdown
(Iain Whitmore)
There will be no return to Singapore
No going back to old Bombay
No more safari trips to Zululand
Unless you really want to pay

There will be no return to Nippon shores
No more excursions on the Nile
No more canoe trips up the Amazon
Unless you're travelling in style

We're gonna split the world in two
One half for me, one half for you
Now don't that make you wanna smile

Start the countdown, we're on our way
Start the countdown

There will be no return to Panama
No fortnights on the Alpine slopes
No going back to Mount Vesuvius
This is the end of all your hopes

There will be no return to Canada
No going back to old Cathay
No more collecting Icons in Kiev
This is the end of the old way

We're gonna split the world in two
One half for me, one half for you
It's getting closer every day

Start the countdown, we're on our way
Start the countdown

One day we'll lay to rest the Empire State
La Tour Eiffel will tower no more
We won't be blamed for countless years of hate
In this the Holiest of Wars

We're gonna split the world in two
One half for me, one half for you
And then we'll cut it up some more

Start the countdown, we're on our way
Start the countdown

Always Fall For The Girl
(Tony Poole)
Well I guess that I just don't know
When I feel the pull of reason
I know I should, and I would
But my heart won't let me go
And my emotions commit treason
I see the logical thing to do
But it's something I can never use
I always fall for the girl
that I don't stand a chance at all with

Well I spoke to her yesterday
I just had to play it cool
I know I shouldn't, and I wouldn't
But my nerves fled in disarray
And left me talking like some fool
I hear the comical things I say
Just tripping me up in six different ways
I always fall for the girl
that I don't stand a chance at all with

Then my best friend told me: Stop
It's only you, stumbling over lack of confidence
She may feel it too
Putting on an act of self-defence

Should I call her tomorrow ?
The very thought sets my pulse racing
I know I should, and I would
But she's real and she may not know
How to be the girl I'm chasing
I guess it's possible she'll say yes
But the minute she does, will I want her less ?
I always fall for the girl
that I don't stand a chance at all with

Machinery
(Iain Whitmore)
Your future - conjecture
Good faith won't protect'ya
You're just another part of the machinery, machinery
You're sitting and waiting
You're crying and hating
You're just another part of the machinery, machinery
Machinery oh, machinery yeah

You go to the office
They're breaking their promise
You're just another part of the machinery, machinery
It's shameless, I tell'ya
The garbage they sell'ya
You're just another part of the machinery, machinery
Machinery oh, machinery yeah

Too late to upset me
I know you'll forget me
I'm just another part of the machinery, machinery
I'm writing my memoirs
No stardom, no big cars
I'm just another part of the machinery, machinery
Machinery oh, machinery yeah

Stuck To My Chair
(Iain Whitmore)
Brian goes to Australia
And I am stuck to my chair
Ginny goes off around the world
And I am stuck to my chair
Anthony goes to India
And I am stuck to my chair
The world gets smaller for everyone
And I am stuck to my chair

Rooted to my seat, stuck to my chair

There is so much that I can do
And I am stuck to my chair
There are places that I can go
And I am stuck to my chair
I wait for something to come to me
And I am stuck to my chair
It don't seem like much fun to me
And I am stuck to my chair

Sitting on my hands, stuck to my chair

Shout
(Iain Whitmore)
I think I got something to say
But I don't know if it's okay
Opinions are for those of us
who think we know the truth
But I believe I know less now
than I did in my youth

So if I seem to take too long
It's 'cos I think I may be wrong
But I'm not gettin' younger here
My time is running out
If I can just convince myself
To quell this nagging doubt
I shout, shout
Let my feelings out
But if I have a doubt
I hush my mouth

You don't believe me
It don't surprise me
I don't think I believe myself
If you believe me
I might despise me
If it transpired I was not right
I don't think I could sleep at night

I can imagine a situation
Where all the leaders our nations
Decide they have to drop the bomb
To make all fighting cease
But I don't think that's a very nice way
To bring the world to peace

Shout, shout
Let your feelings out
But if you have a doubt
Hush your mouth