The Human League Album

Tell me when
Will I?
Tell me when
Will I?
Tell me when
Will I see you again?
Tell me when

Kelly took a lifetime
Searching for the bottom line
I wasn't into searching
'Cause I was doing fine
I wasn't into fighting, chasing
Sweating, slaving, fretting, racing
Any waste of effort
Isn't part of my design
Billy was an inspiration
Positive and kind
Until he let confusion
Overcome his youthful mind
Common sense dictated
I could never be so blind
And then
Then I see you

Tell me when
Will I see you again?
Tell me when
Will I see you again?
Tell me when
Will I see you again?
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Happenstance an episode unplanned
Alone in time
Coincidence, the second chance
Re-sounding like a rhyme
How paths may cross against the odds
To wreck the plans you made
Among the crowd a face that smiles
To melt your masquerade
If only I could see you
Says the stranger deep inside
And lets you know that when you were
So sure you really lied
If only I could see you
Says the voice within your brain
And quietly, insistently
It says it once again
And then, I really need to know

Tell me when
Will I see you again?
Tell me when
Will I see you again?
Tell me when
Will I see you again?
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Tell me when
Tell me when

It wouldn't seem so lonely
If only I could see you
Baby, you can be free
If only I could see you
You'll never have to doubt me
If only I could see you
Baby, you could free me
If only I could see you
If only I could see you

Tell me when
Tell me when
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Tell me when
Will I see you again?
Will I see you again?
Will I see you again?
Will I see you again?

Then
I really need to know

If only if only if only I could see you
If only I could see you
If only if only if only I could see you
Will I see you again?
If only if only if only I could see you
Will I see you again?
Will I see you again?
If only if only if only I could see you
Will I see you again?
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

If only if only if only I could see you
Tell me when
Will I see you again?
Tell me when
Will I see you again?
If only if only if only I could see you
Tell me when
Will I see you again?

If only if only if only I could see you
If only if only if only I could see you
If only if only if only I could see you

Ah ah

Here's a song
About living in the past
If it was so good then
How come it didn't last?
If it helps you
I'll put it in a phrase
Those were the times
But these are the days

These are the days
These are the days
These are the days
These are the days
These are the days

The times you're smiling back on
Had that great sitcom
It hardly compensated
For the terror of the bomb
Let me help
'Cause you're looking through a haze
Those were the times
These are the days

These are the days
Hey hey hey
These are the days
Can you hear me now?
These are the days
Look around look around look around
These are the days

These are the days
Hey hey live today
These are the days
It's time to put the past away
These are the days
The more you do the more you say
These are the days
The more I need to get away

You're longing for a time
there never was
Now tell me the truth
You're looking for the reason
It's because
You're fighting for youth
But if I have to listen any more
To fantasy talk
Or any other bug you have
I'm leaving

Now I'm not saying
Everything is really great
Hey hey hey
After sixteen years
Of legalised class hate
Why waste time
Looking back for things to praise?
Those were the times huh
But these are the days

These are the days
Looking back in history
These are the days
Time to get contempory
These are the days
The past is not the place to be

When you ask me do I mean it?
You have to know
You are the only one
You ask me if it is forever
How can I show?
There's no comparison

Beyond your doubt
Beyond devout
Beyond the stars tonight

One man in my heart
One man in my head
Oo la la la oo la la la
One man in my home
One man in my bed
Oo la la la oo la la la

My faith is stronger than existence
Longer than time
More fiery than the sun
Within a universe exploding
Though we are mist
Among oblivion

Or should I lie?
So you can cry
In your sleep tonight

Your clumsy grace
I love your face
And when we meet
Oo oo oo la la la
Your kiss so sweet
The things we choose
The things we choose
The life we use
The life we use
The things you say
All the things you say
The need to stay
And the need to stay

One man in my heart
One man in my head
Oo la la la oo la la la
One man in my heart
One man in my home
One man in my bed
Oo la la la oo la la la
I've got one man one man
One man in my...

Can you feel it when
your throat dries?
Can you see it in the night sky?
Just a mumble round at tea time
Smile
When I'm watching you

When I was a child
We were living in fear
Living in fear
When I was a child
Just a light year from here
Living in fear

Worlds may shatter
Years don't matter
Words came back to haunt you
Worlds may shatter
Years don't matter
Words came back to haunt you
Friends past missing
Reminiscing
Words came back to haunt you

Tolerating propaganda
And your girlfriend, Alexandra
With her secret memoranda
Signs
For an interview

Searching for the light
In the world of the blahs
Masquerading as stars
How can this be right?
You've been going too far
Leaving conscience ajar

Worlds may shatter
Years don't matter
Words came back to haunt you
Friends past missing
Reminiscing
Words came back to haunt you

When I was a child
We were living in fear
Living in fear

Worlds may shatter

Years don't matter

Words came back to haunt you

Worlds may shatter
Years don't matter
Words came back to haunt you
Friends past missing
Reminiscing
Words came back to haunt you

Worlds may shatter
Years don't matter
Words came back to haunt you
Friends past missing
Reminiscing
Words came back to haunt you

Once there was a vision
Once there was a glow
Once there was a certainty
No chance could overthrow
Hope was scorched by summer
Crushed and beaten down
Once there was a winner
Now there was a clown
Without you life had seemed so
But now I'm

Filling up with Heaven
Without you life had
seemed so hostile
Filling up with Heaven
But maybe with you it's all worthwhile
Now I'm filling up with Heaven

No baby no baby no baby no
Filling up
No baby no baby baby baby no
Filling up
No baby no baby no baby no
No baby no baby baby baby no

All the fortune that my
luck had brought
It couldn't even make me smile
Without you life had seemed so
A lonely hideaway my last resort
All achievement infantile

Now I'm
Filling up with Heaven
Without you life had
seemed so hostile
Filling up with Heaven
But maybe with you it's all worthwhile
Hey hey hey

As the years had passed by
I became more cynical
All the magic had died
My existence clinical
Ow ow ow ow

But now I'm
Filling up with Heaven
Down down
Down down
Filling up

Without you life had
seemed so hostile
Down down
Down down
Hey hey hey hey
Filling up with Heaven
But maybe with you it's all worthwhile
Woah woah woah woah

Now I'm
Filling up with Heaven
Without you life had
seemed so hostile
Down down
Down down
Filling up filling up
Filling up with Heaven
But maybe with you it's all worthwhile
Ow ow ow ow ow
Woah woah woah

Now I'm
Filling up with Heaven
Without you life had seemed so
hostile
Down down
Down down
Filling up with Heaven
But maybe with you it's all worthwhile
Hey hey hey hey

Without you life had
seemed so hostile
Down down
Down down
Filling up
But maybe with you it's all worthwhile

Talking to your lover
On a non-existent phone
(Houseful of nothing)
The joyous conversation
Of a creature quite alone
(Houseful of nothing)
The whir of passing traffic
The sighing of the breeze
(Houseful of nothing)
The awareness of a culture
That is fading by degrees
(Houseful of nothing)

A hint of a shadow
Or a picture by the door
(Houseful of nothing)
The creak of a staircase
Or the flexing of the floor
(Houseful of nothing)
The light spreading even
Neither glaring nor too dark
(Houseful of nothing)
All finishes are blended
Leaving surface with no mark
(Houseful of nothing)

One time in a lifetime
Understand just what you own
No one owns the sunshine
And possession is a stone
One time in a lifetime
Try to glimpse just who you are
All that learning, all those ages
Have you really come so far

The traces of a perfume
Half-remembered from the past
(Houseful of nothing)
The ringing of a catchphrase
From a cherished telecast
(Houseful of nothing)
Nothing in the corner
Nothing on the wall
(Houseful of nothing)
It makes you laugh to think
That there were ever things at all
(Houseful of nothing)

One time in a lifetime
Will you use the things you know
Will your passing make a difference
Will you foster, will you sow
One time in a lifetime
Make a list of all you own
And when you are gone
What will it do for you
Baby

(Hey)
You took my family
Give it back
(Give it back)
You took the heart of me
Give it back
(Give it back)
You took my dignity
Give it back
(Give it back)
Remember society
(Bring it back, bring it back)
Bring it back
Sense of community
(Bring it back, bring it back)
Bring it back
Lost opportunity
(Bring it back, bring it back)
Bring it back
Mercy and charity
(Bring it back
Bring it, bring it, bring it)
Bring it back

One time in a lifetime
Understand just what you own
No one owns the sunshine
And possession is a stone
One time
(Remember society)
In a lifetime
(Bring it back)
Try to glimpse just who you are
All that learning
(Sense of community)
All those ages
(Bring it back)
Have you really come so far

(Lost opportunity
Bring it back
Mercy and charity
Bring it back)

One time in a lifetime
Try to glimpse just who you are
All that learning, all those ages
Have you really come so far
(Bring it, bring it, bring it
Bring it back
Bring it back)
One time in a lifetime
(Mercy and charity
Bring it back).

[No lyrics]

I'll miss your naked body
I'll miss your mind
Human beings learn to miss
The things they leave behind
Another romance broken
It's time to go
Too late to contradict
What we already know
Closed my eyes
To the truth
And the lies
Never again
Won't ask why
Don't reply
I'll just say
Never again

Time tells
Your heart compels
Never again
Never take a chance
Again
Time tells
Your heart compels
Never again
Never break a heart again

Never again never again
But until then
Never again never again
Never again
Never again never again
Never again never again

I know I couldn't keep you
I know the score
I know I'm surplus
To the life you're looking for
'Though nothing lasts forever
Still hope remains
We never go back to
The way we were before
From now on
To the end
Won't pretend
Say it again
Won't commit
Won't submit
'Til I know
Never again

Woman
Runaway woman,
Never again
Woman
Oh my woman,

Woman
Runaway woman,
Never again
Woman
Oh my woman,

Never again
Never break a heart again

Time tells
Woman
Your heart compels
Runaway woman,
Never again
Woman
Oh my woman,
Never take a chance
Again
Time tells
Woman
Your heart compels
Runaway woman,
Never again
Woman
Oh my woman,
Never break a heart again

Never again never again
But until then
Never again never again
Never again
Never again
Never again never again
Never again never again

Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?

Just because you can
You treat me like a fool
But just because you can
Don't make it right
Can it be so hard
To be a little kind
And you could be here
With me tonight

I've got feelings
Don't be unkind
Feelings
Don't be unkind
Feelings
Stay with me tonight
You've been stealing
That's so unkind
Stealing
A heart, a mind
Stealing
Stay with me tonight

Cruel young lover
Blow your mind out
Time will come when
You will find out
Time will take your cruel power away
Cruel young lover
Try to stand out
Will it always pay
To bland out?
Time will take your cruel power away

Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?

Once again you're gone
Somewhere in the night
Disappearing
Leaving me alone
The lure of city streets
The pull of unknown souls
The overpowering draw
Of the unknown

You've been stealing
That's so unkind
Stealing
A heart, a mind
I'm appealing
Stay with me tonight

Cruel young lover
Hit the action
Can you live on your attraction
Time may take your cruel power away
Cruel young lover
Try to stand out
Will it always pay
To bland out?
Time will take your cruel power away

Cruel young lover
Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah

Do you hear me?
Cruel young lover
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Cruel young lover

Do you hear me?
Cruel young lover
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?

Cruel young lover
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
Do you hear me?
Cruel young lover
Ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah
Do you hear me?
Cruel young lover
Ah ah ah ah ah
That's so unkind
Do you hear me?
That's so unkind
Do you hear me?
That's so unkind
Cruel young lover
That's so unkind
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Ah ah ah ah ah
Cruel young lover
That's so unkind
Do you hear me?
That's so unkind
That's so unkind
Do you hear me?
That's so unkind
Do you hear me?
Do you hear me?
Cruel young lover
Cruel young lover

Do you hear me?
Thief
Do you hear me?
Thief
Do you hear me?
That's so unkind
That's so unkind