@ALBUM: Live at the Bottom Line
The Durutti Column
[New York October 1986]

Lyrics transcribed by R Stanzel
and Michael B. Branch
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93/06/07

@SONG: Missing Boy

There was a boy
I almost knew him
A glance exchanged
Made me feel good
Leaving some signs
Now a legend
A dream was wrought
Where thoughts were heard
Where love is reserved
From previous times

[chorus]
Like a dead bird in the dirt
Like a rusty can on the ground
I don't believe in stardom
Machinery in action
Full of experts
Full of experts
Same old order
Same old order
Same old order

Watch with obsession
Some accident of beauty
Try to capture
As the light begins to fail
Shapes to compose
Shadows of frailty
The dream is better
Dissolves into softness
But the end
The end is always the same

[chorus]

There was a boy
I almost knew him
A glance exchanged
Made me feel good
Leaving some signs
Now a legend

@SONG: Tomorrow

All I wanted was your time
All you ever gave me was tomorrow
All I wanted was your time
All you ever gave me was tomorrow

And tomorrow never comes
Tomorrow never comes
Tomorrow never comes

People stood in a line with flowers
They were only waiting for the moment
People stood in a line with flowers
They were only waiting for the moment
And I know the feeling so well
I've been waiting for you for so long
And I know the feeling so well
I've been waiting for you for so long

And tomorrow never comes
Tomorrow never comes
Tomorrow never comes
Tomorrow never comes