Never in a Million Years
I'll tear down the sky
Don't stop now
No never in a million years
I'd spit in their eye
Don't stop now
But I won't be a volunteer
And now
I'm always dreaming of dreams
That lie in state
Waiting for me to wake
And make
A life for them
I know I'll never let
Those self-defeating fears
Spoil those golden years
These days that pass us by
So slow
And now
I always wander
Through fields that never stood
Can't see the trees for the wood
Or maybe - yes I could
Oh no
I'll tear down the sky
Don't stop now
No never in a million years
No never in a million years
I'd spit in their eye
Don't stop now
But I won't be a volunteer
And now
I'm always dreaming of dreams
That lie in state
Waiting for me to wake
And make
A life for them
I know I'll never let
Those self-defeating fears
Spoil those golden years
These days that pass us by
So slow
And now
I always wander
Through fields that never stood
Can't see the trees for the wood
Or maybe - yes I could
Oh no
I'll tear down the sky
Don't stop now
No never in a million years
Bob Geldof
©The Boomtown Rats
℗1982 Phonogram Limited
b/w Don't Talk To Me (also included on US version of Mondo Bongo)
You don't have to be afraid
You just have to make the leap of fate
I'm not thinking in quantum jumps
No I think in lines but I speak in lumps
When you say those things it seems so crude
Do you think you're clever ah you're so rude
Please don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
Don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
You're mouth's wide open and it don't become you
Now there's no need you don't have to be ashamed
I'm left standing in the shade
I say one thing, you say another
I've got insurance, I'm well covered
You seem so real but you feel so fake
I got it made when I'm on the make
Please don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
Don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
You're mouth's wide open and it don't become you
I keep feelin' I've been framed
You stitch me up now I'm tailor made
Time moves slow and I feel sick
You just have to make the leap of fate
I'm not thinking in quantum jumps
No I think in lines but I speak in lumps
When you say those things it seems so crude
Do you think you're clever ah you're so rude
Please don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
Don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
You're mouth's wide open and it don't become you
Now there's no need you don't have to be ashamed
I'm left standing in the shade
I say one thing, you say another
I've got insurance, I'm well covered
You seem so real but you feel so fake
I got it made when I'm on the make
Please don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
Don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
You're mouth's wide open and it don't become you
I keep feelin' I've been framed
You stitch me up now I'm tailor made
Time moves slow and I feel sick
Then you toss and turn stay up all night
Then you say those things and I don't know why
Please don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
Don't talk to me when I'm talking to you
You're mouth's wide open and it don't become you
Bob Geldof
© 1980 Published by Sewer Fire Hits/Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.