ABC - By Default By Design Lyrics






By default by design
Time after time
Maybe you earned it
Maybe you spurned it
But you got it...
Yes, you got it

Call it attraction or charm
Sound the alarm
Maybe you earned it
Maybe you spurned it
But you got it...
Yes, you got it

Breaking hearts your speciality?
Why did you ever have to come so close to me
Was it love or morbid curiosity?
Either way I'd say that love's a possibility
Come a little closer
Let me see you in close detail
The object of my affections
Walked off in the other direction

By default by design
Time after time
Maybe you earned it
Maybe you spurned it
But you got it...
Yes, you got it

Call it attraction or charm
Sound the alarm
Maybe you earned it
Maybe you spurned it
But you got it...
Yes, you got it

Modern day Romeo's, Modern day Juliet's
Are selling their love for a packet of cigarettes
Still I remember the day that we first met...
And yet so far, so good
So what else can we ever expect?
Come a little closer, let me see you in close detail
The object of my affections walked off in the other direction

By default by design
Time after time
Maybe you earned it
Maybe you spurned it
But you got it...
Yes, you got it

Call it attraction or charm
Sound the alarm
Maybe you earned it
Maybe you spurned it
But you got it...
Yes, you got it





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  1. M.... D....

    This is a classical piece of music.

  2. M.... N....

    to the uploader if you could correct the written and music by to... it should read 'written by Mark White/Martin Fry.

  3. D.... E....

    Maybe you've earned it Maybe you've spurned it.

  4. r.... ....

    The most under-appreciated album in music history. 🇺🇸

  5. S.... B....

    Wow what a string sound and his voice 💪🏼the video is just too satanic for sane people 🤦🏻‍♂️

  6. h.... o....

    the Object of my affection walked off in the other direction

  7. M.... S....

    Nice masonic / kabalah picture

    M.... S....

    Thanks. I chose this song because it fits so well with my disillusionment about American/world politics. If I were to edit it, I'd leave out the Washington as a Freemason photo, which ruins the subtlety of it all, if you were never familiar with Freemasonry before.

  8. w.... V....

    just one of those super ABC songs

  9. m.... ....

    This song came to me in a dream last night :-/. Loved it then (In 83 I was 20) and love it now... Now to go out and find the album ;-)

  10. S.... ....

    Musical orgasmic lethal bliss = Martin performing this with the string section of The London Symphony Orchestra and the English Children's Chorale at Albert Hall...LIVE. With Keith Richards on guitar.

  11. s.... ....

    Excellent song! Beauty Stab is my favorite ABC album... pure class.

  12. M.... B....

    It is. Stonewall classic.

  13. M.... B....

    ABC were ahead of their time. Period. Beauty Stab sounds fantastic nearly 30 years on. Excellent pop with a rock edge. I do like Zillionaire too... again ahead of its time. Genius.

  14. p.... p....

    Beauty Stab,was 2 far ahead of it,s time when released !! Give the album a listen 2day ? It sounds bloody good !!

  15. t.... ....

    @lexiconloves Both are works of genius. Too bad their latter stuff became so poppy...good, but not as great.

  16. t.... ....

    @dallastexjr Definitely. The whole album is absolute brilliance!

  17. D.... ....

    For a long time this was my favourite ABC song. It's so bleak, stark, symphonic. Martin's voice is at its absolute finest.