Strange Frontier (Released in 1984) These are all typed as they appear on the album sleeve. The lack of capitalization, punctuation and odd use (or not) of apostrophes is not mine. Strange Frontier (Taylor) Beautiful Dreams (Taylor) Man On Fire (Taylor) Racing In The Street (Springsteen) Masters Of War (Dylan) Killing Time (Taylor) Abandonfire (Taylor/Richards) Young Love (Taylor) It's An Illusion (Taylor/Parfitt) I Cry For You (love hope and confusion) (Taylor/Richards) _strange frontier_ into the shadows from out of the light, into the darkness and into the night, we're off the tracks we're off the lines you and me seen better times now we're on the borderline and I wish I wasn't here people say--it could never happen here but this is a strange frontier had some good times had some fun soon our problems could be none we're on the skids we're off the lines we're out of luck we're out of time now we're on the borderline we've nearly gone and done it this time people say it could never happen here but this is a strange frontier freedom fighters come and go bloody--righteous and mentally slow we're out of work we're out of time we're out of luck we're out of line now we're on the borderline we've really gone and done it this time people say it could never happen here but this is a strange frontier take your children while you can but there's nowhere you can run no more tears and no more fun someday soon they'll drop the big one no more dad and no more mum this is a strange frontier _beautiful dreams_ beautiful dreams we had at night all children have to dream at night eyes closed in sleep of innocence sandman had come to us alright beautiful dreamers - lost in some never-never dream beautiful dreams we had just beautiful dreams beautiful dreams we had alright now we had found the golden key door to a secret world of chemical dreams beautiful dreamers - of beautiful dreams beautiful dreams we had such beautiful dreams we'd like to find a cure for every known disease there's no such thing you say the answer's there to see colourful dreams we have at night of nuclear purity this is the final twilight this is the final cure it seems beautiful dreamers - drifting in never-never dreams beautiful dreams we had such beautiful dreams dreams _man on fire_ I walk these streets each end every day trying to find some work just to earn my pay just to make some plans for you some day but plans don't work and it's not that fine when you got no money all you got is time don't it make you stop and wonder why sometimes I feel like a man on fire sometimes I feel like a man possessed sometimes I wanna burn down this crazy town I walk these streets each and every night feel like I'm playing my role but it fits too tight watch my life go by in black and white when times are hard and times are rough then you better be made of sterner stuff you'll find its time to stop and wonder why I'm smokin'--I'm burnin' I'm twisting and turning but one thing I'm learning it's the power of your love keeps me under their thumb 'cos the beat of your heart is the beat of my drum don't it make you stop and wonder why sometimes I feel like a man on fire sometimes I feel like a man possessed sometimes I wanna burn down this crazy town sometimes I feel unrest _racing in the street_ I got a 69 Chevy with a 396 fuellie heads and a Hurst on the floor she's waiting tonight down in the parking lot outside the seven eleven store me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch and he rides with me from town to town we only run for the money got no strings attached we set 'em up and then we shut 'em down tonight tonight the strips just right I wanna blow 'em off in my first heat summers here and the time is right for racing in the street we take all the action we can meet and we cover all the north-east states and when the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street from the fire-roads to the inter-state now some guys they go racin' in the street tonight tonight the strips just right I wanna blow 'em all outta their seats we're calling out around the world we're going racing in the street I met her on the strip three years ago in a Camaro with this dude from L.A. I blew that Camaro off my back and drove that little girl away but now there's wrinkles round my baby's eyes and she cries herself to sleep at night when I come home the house is dark she sighs 'baby did you make it alright' she sits on the porch of her daddy's house but all her pretty dreams are torn she stares off alone into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just bein' born for all the shut-down strangers and hot-rod angels rumblin' through this promised land tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea and wash these sins off our hands tonight tonight the highways bright out of our way mister you best keep summers here and the time is right for racing in the street tonight tonight the strips just right I wanna blow 'em all outta their seats 'cos summers here and the time is right for racing in the street _masters of war_ come you masters of war you that build the big guns you that build the death planes you that build all the bombs you that hide behind walls you that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks like Judas of old you lie and deceive a world war can be won you want me to believe but I see through your eyes and I see through your brain like I see through the water that runs down my drain you fasten all the triggers for others to fire then you sit back and watch while the death count gets higher you hide in your mansion while the young peoples' blood flows out of their bodies and into the mud you've thrown the worst fear that can ever be hurled fear to bring children into the world for threatening my baby unborn and unnamed you're not worth the blood that runs in your veins and I hope that you die and your death will come soon I'll follow your casket on a pale afternoon and I'll watch while you're lowered down to your deathbed I'll stand over your grave till I'm sure that you're dead _killing time_ I live on a satellite sun shines on a sea of steel ice-men in kryptonite cavemen on wheels here in our own small way just passing the time of day time goes by and we're treading the same old wheel killing what we can't steal days go by just killing time days go by I'm living in paradise sunset across the shield paradise--ain't so nice some raw deal here in our own sweet way passing the time of day time goes by and we're treading the same old wheel smothering all that's real ring the bell it's killing time days go by just killing time I'm taking a fast flight straight course through the force fields I've seen the real sights caveman appeal here in our own small way passing the time of day time goes by and we're treading the same old wheel smile but we just don't feel all fall down it's killing time days go by just killing time _abandon fire_ join our army, join our band join our army and be a real man abandon hope who enter here land of hopelessness and fear a band of gypsies a band of gold won't save your hide won't save your soul caught like a fly on the face of the Eiger there's a smile on the face of the tiger abandonhope is this your answer abandonfire abandonship you know the answer abandonfire join our army, join our band join our army and be a real man the fires of hell would feel ice cold as sure as time you'll soon grow old tears of heartache, tears of rage from living in a tiring age listen to the rhythms of the city life listen to the rhythms of your soul listen to the rustling in the undergrowth follow in their footsteps to your goal abandonhope abandonfire abandonship abandonfire _young love_ with a feeling so sure with a feeling so real when you know that it's right when you know it's for real you gotta stick to your guns show the world that you just don't care when they're puttou gotta stand on your ground show the world that it's no cheap deal this is your time this is your life this is no cage this is your problem this is your life this is your age starbright-this is your night young love is what you feel young lovers fight but young love is right when your young love is real you've seen it before like your mum and your dad they're dying each day living a lie that's so sad you gotta stick to your guns grab a chance while your chances come if you're frightened of dying you ain't really alive everytime that you meet you try to kindle the fire you gotta stick to your ground show the world that it's no cheap deal this is your time......................... starbright........................ young love is right young love is real young love is what you feel young lovers fight but young love is right when your young love is real is real real _it's an illusion_ can't believe what you hear don't believe what you read hard to see what you need these days can't believe that it's true you know we had so much to do how come you treat me this way hey--you why don't you play by the rules play by the rules you--just you must take me take me for some kind of fool it's an illusion here and gone in a day not what it seems this American dream just drifting away it's an illusion after all that we've seem a complete waste of time just a nursery rhyme can't believe that you're leaving can't believe what you hear don't believe what you read hard to see what you need--these days they'll feed you the facts leave you like a kid on a railroad track our reason is fading away O.K. not much left I can do I can do you--just you just took me took me for some kinda fool it's an illusion here and gone in a day not what it seems this American dream just drifting away it's an illusion after all that we've seem a complete waste of time just a nursery rhyme can't believe that you're leaving it's an illusion.................. _i cry for you (love, hope and confusion)_ i cry for you i cry for you i cry for you i cry for you love me tender love me true love can always see you through i hope you're fine i hope all's well given time hope springs eternal who finds conclusions with love, hope and confusion i cry for you life has no fun anymore time is on the run for sure no place to run anymore love, hope and confusion. i hope you're fine i hope all's well give 'em hell hope springs eternal who finds conclusions with love, hope and confusion i cry for you......................