Lyrics
No Heros - 1982 - Tracklist
1. German Girl
2. Tired Of Here
3. Nothing New Under The Sun
4. Remember The Brave Ones
5. Isolation
6. Newbridge Town
7. Winona
8. Our Love
9. Feeling Inside Me
10. Mother, Father, Son
1.German Girl
They had long forgotten days
Cruel men and cruel ways
Madmen screaming super race in Germany
They said "Sing!" and "Entertain!"
"We like you here to please our men
Before they go to war again in Germany."
Europe's ready for the fight
Explode us into the darkest night
The only hope left in the world
Is a German girl
We met in Hamburg in '76
In a concert hall and my eyes were fixed
I couldn't see you clear
But I could feel you there
A night in Hamburg holding hands
You said that in your future plans
You would come to Ireland
And see me there
Sabina, German girl.
Sabina, German girl.
Walking on an Irish shore
You said that you feared once more
They'd come knocking down the doors in Germany
Circle's come around again
Cruel ways of cruel men
You must return again to Germany
Sabina, German girl.
Sabina, German girl.
Europe's ready for the fight
Explode us into the darkest night
The only hope left in the world
Is a German girl
Sabina, German girl.
Sabina, German girl...
2.Tired Of Here
I get a feeling this time of year
A little uneasy and tired of here.
A little feeling I need a rest
And it'd be nice to go out west.
Sick of the city you're pulling me down
Buses and taxis racing around.
Making me run when I want to go slow
Out to the country I've got to go.
Out in the air so fresh and free
No one to hurry or worry me
Feeding the chickens, making hay
Taking it easy, lazing away.
I get a feeling this time of year
A little uneasy and tired of here.
Sick of the sights I see around
Bringing me back to my place in town.
Sick of the country pulling me down
Everyone knows what you're doing around
Rivers and mountains and trees are nice
But I need an injection of love in my life.
I have an idea inside my head
That in the city I'll make my bed
Among the concrete sky-high
Somewhere there to lie.
Rockers and punks, students of words
Coppers and drunks, the ladies in furs
People around me to keep me alive,
People around me to keep me alive.
3.Nothing New Under The Sun
Baby's eyes light up with every new thing he sees
Every new touch he feels crawling on his knees
He's learning, learning to live.
Reading from a book or building in the snow
Jumping higher to reach ever seeking to know
He's learning, learning to grow.
There's nothing new under the sun
There's nothing new under the sun
Bees making honey
Swallows moving on.
He sits by the river and he stares at the trees
He wonders at beauties around that he sees
He's learning, learning to love.
Taking home his money feeling good he's alive
His future is doubtful, but time is on his side
He's learning, learning to survive.
There's nothing new under the sun
There's nothing new under the sun
Bees making honey
Swallows moving on.
He plays with the children he loves big and bold
Laughs at the good times, distracts from the cold
He's learning to be old.
Though his heart's a little heavy he won't cry
He can still see the birds making way in the sky
He's learning, learning to die.
There's nothing new under the sun
There's nothing new under the sun
Bees making honey
Swallows moving on.
As I sing this song I get a feeling something isn't right
Someone is interfering with the cycle of life
They've taken the days and turned them into night
They alter the climate and say it's their right.
There's something new under the sun
There's something new under the sun
No bees making honey or swallows moving on
Swallows moving on.
4.Remember The Brave Ones
Remember the brave ones with the blackened face
Digging the trenches for the human race
Remember the brave ones with the sanded eyes
Storming the beach-head, hear the battle cry
Mow them down, mow them down.
The European fields and the coastal sands
Ran wet and warm where warriors had spilled
This Christian sacrifice must never happen again
The search began to find
A cleaner way to kill
Remember the brave ones who flew the skies
Dropping their gifts down on the passers-by
Deliver to London and to Dresden Town
Let the buildings and rubble be their sleeping gown
Blow them up, blow them up.
The European cities and European towns
Ran wet and warm where peaceful people spilled
This Christian sacrifice must never happen again
The search began to find
A cleaner way to kill
Remember the brave ones
With the button is down
In a shelter in Moscow or in Washington
And the faceless features of a life unborn
To a civilisation that wouldn't live to learn
To forget the brave ones and let them lie
Let their death moans be the warning cry
Of a battle that burns up like a million suns
Where there are no heroes
And there are no brave ones
Forget the brave ones
Forget the brave ones
5.Isolation
Afraid to say hello
Afraid they might know
Afraid to say hello
Afraid to face the day
Pain won't go
Afraid to face the day
Oh, so cold, oh, so cold
If I had a home
A pillow of my own
Maybe I'd go home
They gave me wings to fly
And took away the sky
Left me here to lie
Oh, so cold, oh, so cold
Whisper once again
Those sweet words in my ear
Whisper once again
Say it soft and clear
Did I hear you say that you loved me
Did I hear you say that you knew
Just for a moment
There was company that knew
The feeling of isolation too
The light went on ...
No more fear in the morning
No more hate in the morning
I love to feel the morning
Feel love in the morning
Just for a moment
There was company that knew
The feeling of isolation too
The light went on ..
6.Newbridge Town
Crossing the bridge in the morning light
Making our way to school
The swans on the river made a pretty sight
Making our way to school
Later playing in the park
There were orchards we raided in the dark
Thinking back how good things were those days.
We'd go for a drive around the Curragh Plains
On a Sunday afternoon
And run among the bushes playing games
All afternoon
And when the evening came along
We would go home singing songs
And thinking back how good things were those days
Growing up in Newbridge town.
Liffey flowing gently passing by
And carried me away
Never knowing how everything could change
Since leaving Newbridge town.
Down on the strand where the river turns
And lovers love renew
We'd watched them walking and holding hands
Where flowers and bushes grew
But it all looks different now
It all seems altered now
Or is that the way things look through grown-up eyes
Looking at Newbridge town.
Liffey flowing gently passing by
And carried me away
Never knowing how everything could change
Since leaving Newbridge town.
7.Winona
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew.
I only met you briefly in a bar
But your love came shining through me, oh Indian star
And when you talked about your people long ago
You painted me a picture, oh buffalo.
In the Blackfoot Hills their motorways
Are tearing up your life
Progress at its best,
Progress bringing death.
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew.
The mirror of your heart rings through my mind
Just what I need to feel, need to find
The earth is everyone's, your people said
And he who's by the earth soul is dead
Custer leading brave young men
You educate the loss
Christians got it wrong
They never listened to your song.
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew
Winona, Winona, Winona,
The only Indian girl I knew.
Winona ....
8.Our Love
Here love
Take away my heart forever
Never fear love
We'll share the load together.
How was the frost upon the ground
And how was the snow
And how were the raging wind and rain
To know?
That our love
Is stronger than the stone
And our love
Would forever keep us warm
And our love
Is shelter in the storm
Our love
Our love
Here love
Take away my heart forever
Never fear love
We'll share the load together.
How were the singing birds
And how was the rose
And how were the farmers in the fields
To know?
That our love
Sings the sweetest song of all
And our love
Is the sweetest scent of all
And our love
Is the greatest food of all
Our love
Our love
9.Feeling Inside Me
Videos and TVs crowding the brain
Keeping feeling down.
Some of these machines can put the mind to sleep
Keeping feeling down.
Watch the birds depart to the winter sun
Free to fly as they please.
Watch the rivers run their lives to the sea
Free to flow at their ease.
As long as my thoughts they are free
Nobody can take love from me
As long as I look there it will be.
Whenever I'm worried or uptight
I know that it's going to be alright
Just a feeling inside me.
Sunny summer days at Carnsore Point
People gathered round.
Music in our ears and love in our hearts
People gathered round.
Summer '81 at the GPO
People gathered round.
With sorrow in our souls and love in our hearts
People gathered round.
As long as my thoughts they are free
Nobody can take love from me
As long as I look there it will be.
Whenever I'm worried or uptight
I know that it's going to be alright
It's just a feeling inside me
Something's greater than me.
As long as my thoughts they are free
Nobody can take love from me
As long as I look there it will be.
Whenever I'm worried or uptight
I know that it's going to be alright
It's just a feeling inside me
Just a feeling inside me ...
10.Mother, Father, Son
They waited on the platform
Mother, Father, Son
Parents took the young man's arms
Three got on
Small talk to pass the journey
On a Dublin train
Going to the Dublin doctor
Young man sat in pain
He said: "Rebel's words and rebel swords
They pushed into my face
And Shakespeare and Latin verse and
Words of market-place
But now I make my journeys
To sweeter greener lands
My friends and I
We dream of dreams
You would not understand."
I asked him if within his dreams
Or in his secret plans
He could see a ray of hope at all
For the people in this land
He said: "Love to see the walls and fences
Coming down around their ears
Love to see them standing naked
With all the naked fears."
Mother said: "He's just a young man
He will change in time."
(He said) "No, I won't go back there
Not this time
Chasing wealth and discipline
Have been your only goals
I feel peace in darker places
In my soul, in my soul.
He said: "Love to see the walls and fences
Coming down around their ears,
Love to see them standing naked
With all the naked fears."
Always told "Hide your feelings"
Always told "Never show your feelings"
But now I need to know my feelings, feelings.
Love to see the walls and fences
Coming down around their ears
Love to see them standing naked
With all the naked fears.
Waving from the platform
Watch them moving on
Together in the city
Mother, Father, Son
Mother, Father, Son
