The Style Council - Long Hot Summer

Video: The Style Council - Long Hot Summer
Live in Japan (1984)


Lyrics: The Style Council - Long Hot Summer

I play out my role
Why Ive even been out walking
They tell me that it helps
But I know when Im beaten
All those lonely films
And all those lonely parties
But now the feeling is off-screen
An the tears for real not acted, anymore

Im all mixed up inside
I want to run but I cant hide
And however much we try
We cant escape the truth and the fact is

Dont matter what I do
It dont matter what I do
Dont matter what I do
Dont matter what I do
Dont matter what I do
cause I end up hurting you

One more covered sigh
And one more glance you know means goodbye
Cant you see thats why
Were dashing ourselves against the rocks of a lifetime

(in my mind different voices call)
What once was pleasure nows pain for us all
(in my heart only shadows fall)
I once stood proud now I feel so small
(I dont know whether to laugh or cry)
The long hot summer just passed me by

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The Style Council - Introducing the Style Council (1983)

1. Long Hot Summer
2. Headstart For Happiness
3. Speak Like A Child
4. Long Hot Summer (Club Mix)
5. The Paris Match
6. Mick's Up
7. Money-Go-Round



Video: Speak Like A Child


Speak Like A Child (lyrics)

Your hair hangs in golden steps
Youre a bonafide in every respect
You are walking through streets that mean nothing to you
You believe youre above it and I dont really blame you
Maybe thats why you speak like a child;
The things youre saying like Im so free and so wild
And I believe it when you look in my eyes;
You offer me a life, and never lies
Least only the kind to make me smile

Your clothes are clean and your mind is productive
It shops in store where only the best buy
Youre cool and hard, and if I sound like a lecher
Its probably true,
But at least theres no lecture

I really like it when you speak like a child
The crazy sayings like Im so free and so wild
You have to make a bargain with me now
A promise that you wont change somehow
No way, now how

Spent all day thinking about you
Spent all night coming to terms with it
Time and conditions are built to tame
Nothing lasts with age, so people say
But I will always try to feel the same

I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
The way you hate the homely rank and the file
The way youre so proud to be oh, so free and so wild

I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
The way youre so proud to be oh, so free and so wild