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Studio Album 2 | 1979 | Images At Twilight

Tracks:

CD[LP|MC]

1.[1A] It’s Time (Chapter Three) 4:04

           (Music: J.Crichton, M.Sadler, I.Crichton, S.Negus, G.Chadd | Lyrics: J.Crichton)

2.[2A] See Them Smile 3:24

           (Music: J.Crichton | Lyrics: J.Crichton)

3.[3A] Slow Motion 3:53

           (Music: J.Crichton, M.Sadler | Lyrics: M.Sadler)

4.[4A] You’re Not Alone 5:26

           (Music: J.Crichton, P.Rochon, I.Crichton, S.Negus | Lyrics: J.Crichton)

5.[1B] Take It Or Leave It 4:00

           (Music: J.Crichton, M.Sadler | Lyrics: M.Sadler)

6.[2B] Images (Chapter One) 6:29

           (Music: J.Crichton, M.Sadler | Lyrics: J.Crichton)

7.[3B] Hot To Cold 4:58

           (Music: M.Sadler, P.Rochon | Lyrics: M.Sadler)

8.[4B] Mouse In A Maze 5:43

           (Music: J.Crichton, S.Negus, P.Rochon | Lyrics: J.Crichton)

CD total time 36:37 (Polydor)

Michael Sadler - Lead Vocals|Keyboards|Moogs

Jim Crichton   - Bass|Moog Bass

Greg Chadd     - Keyboards|Vocals|Vocoder|Moogs

Ian Crichton   - Acoustic & Electric Guitars

Steve Negus    - Drums|Percussion

Produced by Paul Gross | Arranged by SAGA

Published by Pocket Musuc, except 4&7 published by Pocket Music/Cyborg Music

Recorded at Phase One Studios, Toronto, Canada

Recording engineers: Alan Thorne & Mick Walsh | Re-mix engineer: Mark Wright

Assisted by Robin Brouwers & Jeff Stobbs

Album concept & design by Zoran Busic

Illustration by Tony Roberts | Photos by Terry Hrynyk & Rosemary Miller

Management by Clive Corcoran & Zoran Busic for CBM

(P)&(C)1979 Polydor Ltd.

Releases: Oct 1979 (LP,MC,8-Track) | 1984,87,Aug 8th 94 (LP,CD) | 2002 (CD remastered by Steve Negus)

          Jun 18 2021 [US|CA] (CD+LP ‘earMusic reissue’ remastered by Eike Freese/Chameleon Studios, Hamburg)

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It’s Time (Chapter Three)

Large and tall ones, short and small ones

Working ‘round a frame

The pieces fit so perfectly

Like some large metal game

The time draws near, and with it fear

All scenes a new kind

I’ll not look back, on watered thoughts

Rearranging mine

Chorus-

It’s time!

This time!

make me now!

It’s time!

This time!

Change me now!

The book has said, that all the plans

Would be well within my reach

And here things were

Even larger than I dreamed

This metal gift, a perfect shift

From the art of being kind

I’ll not look back, on tired thoughts

And all those changing minds

(Chorus)

See Them Smile

You can say your winter tan

Is fading much too fast

And you can say that all your clothes

Are tailor made to last

You can say your gucci shoes

They really have the shine

And you can say that all your plans

Are shaping up so nice

See them smile

See them smile

You can say with Jaguar

The rental’s worth the style

You can say your lady friends

Are levelled by your smile

You can say your bank account

Is always on the rise

See them smile

See them smile

You can say there’s things in life

That I don’t understand

And you can say if I get stuck

You’re glad to lend a hand

You can say your stance looks good

But I just have to grin

Did you say your credit card

Is wearing awfully thin

See them smile,

they’ll watch you spend your money

See them smile

You may just have to carry more change

See them smile,

they love to take your money

See them smile

You may just have to carry more change

Slow Motion

Think, when was the last time

You, stumbled on rest time

Go, try to relax now

Or, did you forget how

Chorus-

Slow motion

Let everybody else run around

Slow motion

Maybe you have forgotten how

Slow motion

Let everybody else run around

Slow motion

Maybe you have forgotten how

You’ve been very busy

Now, you feel awfully dizzy

Why, is it so vital

You, insure your survival

(Chorus)

Stop, remember the way back

Now, now you can lay back

They’ll get by without you

For, they’re not about to

(Chorus)

You’re Not Alone

There was a man who thought

He could avoid all of the things

That stood up in his way

Friends would say that he should

Plan to spend more time

There’s lots of trouble in a day

With just enough work

And a short line to a goal

He was so sure he could secure his place

He wanted a lot and was so

Quick to say how this small

World was unfair to its race

He’s spend his time, spends his time

Deciding routes with lines, routes with lines

Chorus-

Your pathway grows dark

Was clear at the start

You’re not! You’re not! You’re not alone

Your pathway grows dark

Was clear at the start

You’re not! You’re not! You’re not alone

Not listening to the people we were close

There always seemed to be an easy way

The work was tiresome, a thing to avoid

Leaving lots of time so he could play

He’d spend his time, spend his time

Shortening lines, shortening lines

There was no time, there was no time

To spend too long on the line, on the line

(Chorus)

Take It Or Leave It

Once again he lays his pen down

And rubs his tired eyes

A few small words are all he needs

To help him with the prize

Sometimes he finds it so damn hard

There’s so many different ways

To say exactly what he means

Within a simple phrase

Chorus-

Take it or leave it

You’re going to have to read between the lines

Take it or leave it

It’s got to come out different every time

Take it or leave it

You’re going to have to read between the lines

Take it or leave it

It’s got to come out different every time

Taking time with every line

Being careful no to stray

It’s easy to interpret this

A hundred different ways

Sometimes he finds it so damn hard

To be more clever than before

Yet knowing how to satisfy

He leaves you wanting more

(Chorus)

Images (Chapter One)

There he sits

Drawing images on the causeway

With small bits of chalk

He scetches all the lost days

And the rain keeps coming down

Wipes them from the ground

And the rain keeps coming down

Watching his life drown

Dashing past

The people circle around him

With a laugh

A bottle must have drowned him

And the rain keeps coming down

Wipes them from the ground

And the rain keeps coming down

Change his smiles to frowns

None remain

Not the friends or possessions

Who’s to blame

With all those good intentions

One picture did remain

A face that had his name

A body lies, no pain

Under blankets of warm rain

Hot To Cold

You’ve got us hanging off your every word

Patiently waiting a sign

One minute we can except the absurd

Next minute everything’s fine

So unpredictable no reason nor rhyme

Worse than the hours in a day

We seem to remember a well balanced time

Or was it always this way

Chorus-

Hot to cold

Too hot to hold

Hot to cold

Too hot to hold

Too hot to …

Half a degree either way unconcerned

You shed no ray of relief

And plagued by a fear of your high winds of change

Day to night’s difference is brief

Erratic shifts in your moods have us all

Under a high pressure sway

Showering us constantly playing your game

We have no choice but to play

Chorus-

Hot to cold

Too hot to hold

Hot to cold

Too hot to hold

Too hot to …

(Repeat chorus 2x)

Mouse In A Maze

Chorus-

He’s a mouse in a maze

With its so many ways

But there’s only one way to get out

He’s a mouse in a maze

With its so many ways

But there’s only one way to get out

Ever nearing eyes

Watch him as he tires

To correct that one same mistake

It shouldn’t take long

Oh, what did he go wrong

He’s tried so hard it must be in his fate

For everybody else

It’s quick they need no help

Why must it take him so long

He’s been this way before

Stares at the final door
The one he’s missed

Each time he’s been around, around

With plenty of advice

From all the other mice

Sets out and hopes he’s hot it straight

His audience will grow

As long as he is slow

They love to watch another man’s mistakes

As more of them arrive

His part is more disguised

Confusion seems to cloud his every thought

But it’s been this way before

Stares at the final door

The one he’s missed

Each time he’s been around, around

(Chorus x2)

Ever nearing eyes

Watch him as he tires

To correct that one same mistake

It shouldn’t take long

Oh, what did he go wrong

He’s tried so hard it must be in his fate

For everybody else

It’s quick they need no help

Why must it take him so long

But he’s been this way before

Stares at the final door
The one he’s missed

Each time he’s been around, around

(Chorus x2)