The victims we know so well / They shine in your eyes / When they kiss and tell / Strange places we never see / But you’re always there / Like a ghost in my dream / And I keep on telling you / Please don’t do the things you do
When you do those things / Pull my puppet strings / Have the strangest void for you
We love and we never tell / What places our hearts / In the wishing well / Love leads us into the stream / And it’s sink or swim / Like it’s always been / And I keep on loving you / It’s the only thing to do
When the angel sings / There are greater things / Can I give them all to you
Pull the strings of emotion / Take a ride into unknown pleasure / Feel like a child on a dark night / Wishing there was some kind of heaven
I could be warm with you, smiling / Hold out your hand for a while / The victims / We know them so well / So well
The victims we know so well / They shine in your eyes / When they kiss and tell / Strange places we never see / But you’re always there / Like a ghost in my dream / And I keep on telling you / Please don’t do the things you do
When you do those things / Pull my puppet strings / Have the strangest void for you
Show my heart some devotion / Push aside those that whisper “never” / Feel like a child on a dark night / Wishing we could spend it together
I could be warm with you, smiling / Hold out your hand for a while / The victims / We know them so well / So well
[By George O’Dowd – Jon Moss – Michael Craig – Roy Hay © Virgin/Epic, 1983]