Time

Here is the news
Coming to you every hour on the hour
(here is the news)
The weather's fine but there may be a meteor shower.

Here is the news
A cure's been found for good old rocket lag
(here is the news)
Someone left their life behind in a plastic bag.

Here is the news
Here is the news
Here is the news.

("spaceworkers dispute in london today.
A lightning strike by air shuttle officers
Led to over 2,000 passengers being held up
For up to 10 hours to board flights...")

("ten eurotechnicians were today sentenced
By the justice computer to be banished for life
To the prison satellite penal one...")

Here is the news
Another action filled adventure
(here is the news)
All the worst from the world convention.

Here is the news (the very latest)
Here is the news
Here is the news
Here is the news

("... shares of roboko development are now climbing...")
("... a very great friend of mine...")
("... our regular scheduled programs...")
("... the latest report from the people down there...")
("... a tiny little detail...")
("... i'd like to say hello to everybody...")

Here is the news
I wanna go home, i want my baby back
(here is the news)
I wanna go back!

Here is the news
Somebody has broken out of satellite two
(here is the news....)
Look very carefully, it may be you, you, you, you...

("... the energy counsel today announced...")
("... the archbishop is waving to the crowds...")
("... the world broadcasting authority today announced...")
("... i think that's going to be alright, you'll have to wait & see...")
("... i'll call you back later...")

Here is the news.

(rain rain, go away, come again another day)

Early in the morning
The sun was up and the sky was very blue
Without a warning
As i looked out, my thoughts returned to you.
A noise in the city made the children run
And hide themselves away
And thunder boomed and lightning filled the sky.

Looking from this window
A thousand rivers running past my door
Standing on an island
Looking for someone upon the shore
I cane see it very clearly, nothing's really changed
Then lightning strikes across an empty sky.

Chorus:
Ooohh, the rain is falling
Ooohh, the rain is falling
Ooohh, the rain is falling
Will it wash away the lonely tears?

(it's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring)

With their brand new time transporter
They'll think maybe i fought to get away
But with all their great inventions
And all their good intentions, here i stay
Down on the corner where the sun had shone
The people gathered round
Then scattered as the raindrops hit the ground.

Repeat chorus:

(it's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring)

Repeat chorus:

(it's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring)
(rain rain, go away, come again another day)

Remember the good old 1980s?
When things were so uncomplicated?
I wish i could go back there again
And everything could be the same.

I've got a ticket to the moon
I'll be leaving here any day soon
Yeah, i've got a ticket to the moon
But i'd rather see the sunrise in your eyes.

Got a ticket to the moon
I'll be rising high above the earth so soon
And the tears i cry might turn into the rain
That gently falls upon your window
You'll never know.

Chorus:
Ticket to the moon (ticket to the moon)
Ticket to the moon (ticket to the moon)
Ticket to the moon (ticket to the moon).

Fly, fly through a troubled sky
Up to a new world shining bright, oh, oh.

Flying high above
Soaring madly through the mysteries that come
Wondering sadly if the ways that led me here
Could turn around and i would see you there
Standing there (and i would see you there, waiting...)

Ticket to the moon
Flight leaves here today from satellite two
As the minutes go by, what should i do?
I paid the fare, what more can i say?
It's just one way (only one way)...

Repeat chorus:

Repeat chorus:

(the lights go down...)

One day
I gotta get out of here
I gotta make everything clear
I gotta see you, oh, oh.

I know
The way that i feel is wrong, so wrong
But i gotta carry on
When you ain't around.

Chorus:
I believe things are going wrong
And the night goes on and on
All your dreams have flown away
And the sun won't shine today.
The lights go down (i want you, baby)
The lights go down (i need you, baby)
The lights go down
And there's no one around.

I know
You're waiting so close to me
But how will you ever see
As time rolls away?

Lonely
But trying to be so proud
And just as i turn around
The lights go down.

Repeat chorus:

The lights go down (i want you, baby)
The lights go down (i need you, baby)
The lights go down
And there's no one around...

A penny in your pocket
Suitcase in your hand
They won't get you very far
Now you're a 21st century man.

Fly across the city
Rise above the land
You can do 'most anything
Now you're a 21st century man.

Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow (tomorrow)
You still wander the fields of your sorrow
What will it bring?

One day you're a hero
Next day you're a clown
There's nothing that is in between
Now you're a 21st century man.

You should be so happy
You should be so glad
So why are you so lonely
You 21st century man?

You stepped out of a dream
Believing everything was gone
Return with what you've learned
They'll kiss the ground you walk upon.

Things ain't how you thought they were
Nothing have you planned
So pick up your penny and your suitcase
You're not a 21st century man.

Though you ride on the wheels of tomorrow
You still wander the fields of your sorrow (sorrow)
Tomorrow, 21st century man
21st century man
21st century man...

Well, i came a long way to be here today
And i left you so long on this avenue
And here i stand in the strangest land
Not knowing what to say or do
As i gaze around at these strangers in town
I guess the only stranger is me
And i wonder (yes, i wonder)
Yes, i wonder (oh, i wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?

Although it's only a day since i was taken away
And left standing here looking in wonder
(it's your life, it's your life)
Ah, the ground at my feet, maybe it's just the old street
But everything that i know lies under
(it's your life, it's your life)
And when i see what they've done
To this place that was home
Shame is all that i feel
Oh, and i wonder (oh, i wonder)
Yes, i wonder (wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?

Too late, too late to cry
The people say
Too late for you, too late for me
You've come so far, now you know everything my friend
Look and see the wonders of our world...

And i wonder (oh, i wonder)
Yes, i wonder (yes, i wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?

As i wander around this wreck of a town
Where people never speak aloud
With its ivory towers and its plastic flowers
I wish i was back in 1981
Just to see your face instead of this place
Now i know what you mean to me
And i wonder (oh, i wonder)
Yes, i wonder (yes, i wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?

And i wonder (oh, i wonder)
Yes, i wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life's meant to be?
Ooohh, i wonder
Oh, i wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life's meant to be?
Oh, is this the way life's meant to be?
Mmmmm, is this the way life's meant to be?
I wanna know now
Is this the way life's meant to be?