elstree (b/w johnny on the monorail (a very different version) released as a single oct 27. 1980
trevor horn / geoff downes
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i had a dream on a back lot and saw my life like a long shot
of smiling faces in a picture parade of all the stills from the films that you made
that we would see in the essoldo after drinking coffee at the gioconda
elstree remember me i had a part in a b-movie i played a man from history
elstree look at me now i work for the bbc life is not what it used to be
i took no dives in the fight scenes i had a stuntman keeped my suit clean
theres no technology to fake up a song they stop the orchestra if you get it wrong
elstree remember me i had a part in a b-movie iplayed a man from history
elstree look at me now i work for the bbc life is not what it used to be
elstree
they made a field into a warzone i beat the enemy on my own
all the bullets just went over my head theres no reality and no one dead in
elstree remember me i had a part in a b-movie i played a man from history
elstree elstree elstree elstree
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FLIP
johnny riding on the monorail
johnny riding on the monorail
johnny riding on the monorail, monorail
down down to pause and walk away even in the streets your feet dont move
see their faces through the perspex turn to stare back up at you
you your eyes are green and mine are blue
in the subway darkness i am watching you
oh my my you are so sci-fi please will you let me ride
johnny riding on the monorail johnny riding on the monorail monorail
you you know that life is terminal it's the paris pullman in your mind again
eyes like cameras move their lenses take this dream i offer you
all we cannot see we call invisible tracks that move on pylons through the sky
oh my my you are so sci-fi please will you let me ride
johnny riding on the monorail
johnny riding on the monorail
johnny riding on the monorail
goodbye johnny reslo!
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