Heaven 17 - Contenders Lyrics
We're going to stop this world from turning
We build it up you knock it down
If you go high then we'll go higher
Beyond the sky without a sound
Keep building up keep movin' round
If you use ten then we'll use twenty
They're up above and underground - all around
We've won we've lost we've counted up the cost
And we've evened out the scores we are contenders
I'm telling you so pay attention
In God we trust and he has told me
I need you now and I'm talking love
We want a piece of what you're selling
Put up your hands and face the wall
How much it costs there is no telling
How much it costs to walk so small - and we're so tall
In truth we dare we people just don't care
We've got you running scared we are contenders
Rich or poor or hiding from the law
You know what we've got in store we are contenders
You're black, or white, Arab, Christian, Israelite
We are hiding in plain sight we are contenders
Don't bother asking for a favour
I always get all that I want
Though some are foolish we are braver
Than those who do not have a bomb
Forget the turning of the seasons
Let's escalate and never stop
And yes we've talked but for no reason
Let's start again right from the top - countdown
10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
Got the world on a string but it ain't got that swing
You speed it up we slow it down
A frontier wilder than the West ever was
No sheriff round this outlaw town
So Superman if you're listening
Help us out you're on the team
For truth and justice, the American way
The fight for right's not what it seems - with laser beams
With gun and sword there is no reward
But we're fighting on we are contenders
We've won we've lost and we've counted up the cost
And we've evened out the scores we are contenders
You're black, or white, Arab, Christian, Israelite
We are hiding in plain sight we are contenders
No virgin birth is going to claim the earth
We know what you're worth we are contenders
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- Heaven 17 - Responsibility
- Heaven 17 - Train Of Love In Motion
- Heaven 17 - I Set You Free
- Heaven 17 - Dangerous
- Heaven 17 - The Ballad Of Go Go Brown
- Heaven 17 - Can You Hear Me
- Heaven 17 - Don't Stop For No One
- Heaven 17 - Free
- Heaven 17 - Move Out
- Heaven 17 - Look At Me
- Heaven 17 - Designing Heaven
- Heaven 17 - We Blame Love
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Heaven 17 Contenders Comments
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HI flexxmi, I'm impressed this must have been a exact first hand copy that would have been circulated to the TV companies at the time.
legacy of support
Awesome!!
Think I saw this on The Chart Show back in the day. The only non-idea on the Pleasure One album seemed to be to ditch the synth's.
"Superman, if you are listening, help us out...you're on the team." Love that line.
There was a remix on the 12" that was really cool.
Great work, Flexxmi! Thanks for sharing!
My god, I remember this from the 80s. The lyric " black or white, Arab, Christians, Israelite" has been in my memory for so long but I could never remember from where!
Deluded liberal shitheads, and this album was awful too.
@Stuart Maxwell you fool Sir
Stuart Maxwell Why are you adressing a comment from donkeys ago? You do know they're not going to get a notification of your reply don't you?