New Musik
From A to B ©1980
(All songs written by and Tony Mansfield)
Straight Lines
Sanctuary
A Map Of You
Science
On Islands
This World Of Water
Living By Numbers
Dead Fish
Adventures
The Safe Side
Missing Persons
She's A Magazine
Sad Films
Straight
Lines
You're running in circles
Yet travelling in straight lines
You're racing around
You move at the speed of time
We're running together
We're moving along the way
Whatever the weather
You'll find there'll be no delay
Sure you can hit the beaten track
But you can never turn it back
One way
Moving on a straight line
Moving on a straight line
You're making decisions
You wonder which way to choose
There's this way and that way
How could you ever lose
We're shifting together
We're on a production line
All drifting together
As a patent unique design
Yes you can hit the beaten track
But you can never turn it back
One one
Straight lines straight lines
Straight lines straight lines
Straight lines straight lines
Straight lines straight lines
Moving on a straight line
Moving on a straight line
It's part of the service
That carries you on ahead
There's only the one way
The ticket is on your head
With robot precision
We're gonna be doin' just fine
So here we are here we go
Moving in one straight line
Sure you can hit the beaten track
But you can never turn it back
One way
Straight lines straight lines
Straight lines straight lines
Straight lines straight lines
Straight lines straight lines
Moving on a straight line
Moving on a straight line
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Sanctuary
Turning forever
I never could tell
If this was a heaven
Or this was a hell
I reach out and take
My piece of the cake
Sanctuary
Hiding comes easy
We hide everyday
In this world far apart
From a world far away
I've still yet to find
That place in my mind
Sanctuary
Nothing can change it now
Nothing can change it now
But I'm still looking
I'm still looking
I'm still looking loking sanctuary
So follow the rivers
And follow your dreams
It's all in your mind
It's just what it seems
Whatever they care
Is it all in the air
Sanctuary
Nothing can change it now
Nothing can change it now
But I'm still looking
I'm still looking
I'm still looking loking sanctuary
I'm looking at you
You look at me
We look for another sanctuary
But everyday
We look away
We think this is really sanctuary
We think this is really
Believing is seeing
And doubting is blind
Whatever it is
Whatever you find
Just reach out and take
Your piece of the cake
Sanctuary
Nothing can change it now
Nothing can change it now
But I'm still looking
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A Map Of You
Decide where you're going to
And how far you should go
Can't you see
Don't you know
You are here
Decide where you're coming from
Make your way passing by
Can't you see
Don't you know
You are here
You are here
You are here
Decide where you want to be
And arrice when you can
Can't you see
Don't you know
You are here
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Science
Someone asks a question
To someone in a room
Of power law and distance
In baskets of balloons
It's all so scientific
Natural scientific
We've got it scientific
Now now
Never touched by radio
There's something on the air
And you generate and you radiate
Solutions everywhere
It's all so scientific
Natural scientific
We've got it scientific
Now now
You are material
An observation
Look at all the people
Standing in their lives
In a world of wonder
A haven dipped in science
It's all so scientific
Natural scientific
We've got it scientific
Now now
It's all so scientific
Natural scientific
We've got it scientific
Now now
It's all so scientific
Natural scientific
We've got it scientific
Now now
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On Islands
On islands
We all run
Onto islands
In the sun
And the sun too
Is an island
With islands
All around
We're all islands
In the sea
And the islands
Want to reach
Other islands
Passing by
An island
In the sky
On islands
Everywhere
All the islands
Ever there
Are all waiting
On an island
That island
Stands alone
On islands
On islands
On islands
On islands
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This World Of Water
These waters have frozen
Can't break the ice no more
It's raining so hard now
Can't seem to find a shore
World of water
Where you swim for the other side
World of water
But you're swimming against the tide
This all goes so much deeper
Than some would like to say
Soaked in this world of water
Until it's washed away
World of water
Where you swim for the other side
World of water
But you're swimming against the tide
World of water
You can drown but you still survive
No colour no feeling
No time to sit around
No living no dying
No one here to be found
No entry no exit
I like to be beside the sea
The tide comes in once more but
I'm safe on higher ground
The water here still rising
It's come to drag me down
World of water
Where you swim for the other side
World of water
But you're swimming against the tide
World of water
You can drown but you still survive
World of water
Where you swim for the other side
World of water
But you're swimming against the tide
World of water
You can drown but you still survive
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Living By Numbers
Living by numbers
Adding to history
And living by numbers
I guess was always meant to be
Living by numbers
Living by numbers now
We've been living a long time
Counted out in the rows of files
Such a digital lifetime
It's been by numbers all the while
Living by numbers
Living by numbers now
You count the days but does it
All add up to you
Does it all add up to you why we're
Living by numbers
Living by numbers now
So you're living by numbers
And numbers you answer to
You can count all the nubmers
You bet that someone's counting you
Living by numbers
Living by numbers now
Living by numbers
Living by numbers now
They don't want your name
They don't want your name
They don't want your name
They don't want your name
Just your number
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Dead Fish (Don't Swim Home)
Some things in life I see
I don't understand
Sometimes I miss the point
To things that they've planned
I know dead fish don't swim home
When the seas get left alone
When things don't go as well
As they would have planned
The big fish lose control
Big fish on the land
I know dead fish don't swim home
When the seas get left alone
I know dead fish don't swim home
When things go wrong
The big fish sound the alarm
Potential dangers lead
To potential calm
I know dead fish don't swim home
When the seas get left alone
They play their games with toys
They welcome a war
When will the big fish learn
Just what life is for
I know dead fish don't swim home
When the seas get left alone
I know dead fish don't swim home
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Adventures
I'm looking out
In every way
I'm searching here
For some display
I couldn't find
The hidden art
To tell me how
Adventures start
I never knew where to find
The answer to a really good time
I never knew just where to look
I never knew just what it took
I never know where to start
Adventures
Adventures are
So they say
In every part
Of every day
But out of time
And out of place
It's got me here
Stuck in space
I never knew where to find
The answer to a really good time
I never knew just where to look
I never knew just what it took
I never know where to start
Adventures
So how am I
Supposed to find
Adventures here
Where I'm confined
I'm in a spot
So un-exposed
To adventures' doors
That always close
I never knew where to find
The answer to a really good time
I never knew just where to look
I never knew just what it took
I never know where to start
Adventures
Adventures
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The Safe Side
Someone said the magic words today
What's going on is going wrong again
So how does it feel to be
On the safe side
I fear the walls are closing in around
I'm in the air and falling to the ground
So tell me how does it feel to be
On the safe side
On the safe side
They tell me this is sound security
With just the hint of danger that we need
So tell me how does it feel to be
On the safe side
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Missing Persons
When you were young you lost your way
One simple mind led you astray
Now I can see the missing link
So why miss out again
Yes I can see where you went wrong
Cos I missed out the same
You thought the door had closed on you
Like me you didn't have a clue
Now I can see the missing link
We won't miss out again
Oh I can see where we went wrong
We both missed out the same
Missing missing persons
Missing missing persons
Missing missing persons
Missing missing persons
Missing missing
We missed the point we took the blame
A cast of thousands did the same
Now I can see the missing link
We won't miss out again
Oh I can see where we went wrong
We both missed out the same
Missing missing persons
Missing missing persons
Missing missing persons
Missing missing persons
Missing missing
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She's A Magazine
She smiled at me
From the pages of a magazine
Pure fantasy
From an advertising figurine
She's playing she's teasing
She's everything you'd wish for
She's doing it all for you
She sold it all to you
She's a magazine
She's a magazine
She's a magazine
Such a picture
She's a magazine
She's a magazine
She's a magazine
Such a picture
She knows her place
Switching on the style to fit the face
Down on the sand
She lays untouched by human hand
She's playing she's teasing
She's everything you'd wish for
She's doing it all for you
She sold it all to you
She's a magazine
She's a magazine
She's a magazine
Such a picture
She's a magazine
She's a magazine
She's a magazine
Such a picture
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Sad Films
Looking up it's a silver screen
And I don't know what it is I've seen
I only know that it made me cry
Some connection from another time
I lost control and I lost my mind
I only know that it turned me round
But it's alright now
It's alright now
It's just a sad film
A sad film
A sad film crossed my mind
I saw the names and the faces change
Like moving targets out of range
I only know that it changed my mind
Then other forces were stepping in
Reminding me of way back when
I only know that it changed my mind
But it's alright now
It's alright now
It's just a sad film
A sad film
A sad film crossed my mind
But it's alright now
It's alright now
It's just a sad film
A sad film
A sad film crossed my mind
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