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Studio Album 3 | 1980 | Silent Knight

Tracks:

CD[LP|MC]

1.[1A] Don’t Be Late (Chapter Two) 6:04

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

2.[2A] What’s It Gonna Be? 4:30

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

3.[3A] Time To Go 4:24

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

4.[4A] Compromise 3:21

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

5.[1B] Too Much To Lose (Chapter Seven) 4:41

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

6.[2B] Help Me Out 5:52

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

7.[3B] Someone Should 4:08

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

8.[4B] Careful Where You Step 4:22

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

CD total time 36:02 (Polydor)

Michael Sadler - Lead Vocals|Keyboards|Bass Guitar

Jim Crichton   - Bass|Moog Bass

Jim Gilmour    - Keyboards(Moogs)|Vocals|Vocoder

Ian Crichton   - Guitars

Steve Negus    - Drums|Percussion

Produced by Paul Gross | Arranged by SAGA

Published by Pocket Music

Recorded at Phase One Studios, Toronto,Canada

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

Assisted by Jeff Stobbs, Robin Brouwers & Lenny DeRose

Album concept & design by Zoran Busic

Illustration by Tony Roberts | Photos by Philip Kamin, Jos Heister & George Bodner

Management by Clive Corcoran and Zoran Busic for CBM

(P)&(C)1980 Corcoran-Busic Management, Inc.

Releases: Nov 1980 (LP,MC) | 1984,87,94 (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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Don’t Be Late (Chapter Two)

Look at him running there’s so far to go,

He’s very short of breath

And he’d said don’t be late

Just don’t be late

With his parcel tucked tight under his arm

He’s sure he’s passed half way

And he’d said don’t be late

Just don’t be late.

DID YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU’RE TOLD

THE INSTRUCTION YOU HAD WAS OLD

I wasn’t sure if I’d hear you

I’m glad you’re still allright

IT’S ALL BEEN ARRANGED FOR TEN

THE STREETS SHOULD BE CLEAR BY THEN

I’ve done all that you told me

I’m sure that they will wait

THEIR TIMING WAS MADE QUITE CLEAR

IF WE’RE LATE THEY WILL NOT APPEAR

They don’t know, they don’t know

They don’t know how far we’ve had to go

CAN YOU PICK UP THIS SLOWING PACE

YOU’RE RUNNING A LOSING RACE

No! Soon we’ll see them

hen you’ll know

That I have not delayed, he said

Chorus-

Hurry and don’t be late

You’d better hurry you might be late

Just hurry and don’t be late

You’d better hurry you may be late

IF WE’RE LATE I WILL NOT SURVIVE

THEY WILL KEEP ME ALIVE

It’s not too far now

And I can only wish you luck my friend

I’M SORRY I GO ALONE

THIS METAL IS A COLD HOME

I can see they’re waiting

A few more steps and you’ll be there, he said

(Chorus)

Just hurry and don’t be late

You’d better hurry you may be late

What’s It Gonna Be?

I’ve watched the way you stare into the night

There’s plenty out there and you need to see it all

There’s something in you that doesn’t like daylight

You’d better close your eyes and wait until you’re called

What’s it gonna be tonight?

What do ya wanna do?

So what’s it gonna be tonight?

What cha gonna do?

What’s it gonna be tonight?

What do ya wanna do?

So what’s it gonna be tonight?

That’s a most outstanding stamina you’ve got

And you push it ‘till you get all that you came for

It doesn’t seem to work until it’s night for you

You’re just sitting there all day unti they call

What’s it gonna be tonight?

What do ya wanna do?

So what’s it gonna be tonight?

What cha gonna do?

What’s it gonna be tonight?

What do ya wanna do?

So what’s it gonna be tonight?

Don’t things look better in the night?

Don’t things look better in the night?

Don’t things look better in the night, to you?

Don’t things look better in the night, to you?

Don’t things look better in the night, to you?

Don’t things look better in the night, to you?

Time To Go

He fancied himself a professional dreamer

Never much good at pretending to be something else

Often times he would sit there expressionless

Staring at nothing and everything at the same time

Chorus-

Sometimes he hears voices …

It’s that space in his head you say

Sometimes he hears voices …

Then they just seem to fade away

Gone it an instant, without notice

One minute with us, next minute miles away

This time Vienna, next time Calais

The further the better with little or no delay

(Chorus)

One day he took it little too far

Woke up … standing … right where you are!

Surrounded by strangers and stranger surroundings

Staring at nothing and everything at the same time

Sometimes he hears voices …

It’s that space in his head you say

Sometimes he hears voices …

But they just seem to fade away

It’s time to go …

Compromise

Last time you dramatized

I knew it was your job

And you really did it well

Next time you might criticize

I get so confused

What’ll it be this time?

Chorus-

Compromise

Compromise

Now, reflect, but not too long!

Those presses are waiting,

Can’t miss that deadline!

Even can’t hope to please us all.

So what’ll it be this time?

(Chorus)

Reload … Then hide again

Each time a different view

How’s your perspective?

Bending a little line

You … could … use … a …

very … different … kind …

of …

… phrasing

What’ll it be this time?

(Chorus)

Too Much To Lose (Chapter Seven)

He woke up in sweat

With a fading dream

But one picture still stood clear

And he wasn’t sure if he could see it any other way

They’re like a tiny dot

On an endless page

Just waiting to be erased

And it was clear to him they were treating it like a game

Chorus-

You’ve got too much to lose

You’ve got too much to lose

He looked out on the field

They were hard at work

Like locusts in flight

And it almost looked as though they liked what they had to do

The sound of metal being shaped

To enable its flight

Not that far away

And as the numbers grew, their swarm blackened his view

(Chorus)

(Chorus)

Help Me Out

You just sit there like there’s

Nothing wrong

Slightly unconcerned

Don’t you think your silence

Holds you back?

Won’t you ever learn? (Take it)

Can’t you see it’s worth it?

Can’t you try?

Time is running out

If you don’t think you’ll make it

Let me know

But please don’t waste my time

Just help me out

I can’t do this myself anymore

Help me out

I can’t do this myself anymore

If you lack inspiration

If you need a push

Think of what you’ll gain

I won’t criticize you

I’ll be kind

I’ll even play your game

If you’ll help me out

I can’t do this myself anymore

Help me out

I can’t do this myself anymore

You just sit there listening

Like there’s nothing wrong

Slightly unconcerned

Don’t you think your silence

Holds you back?

Won’t you even learn? (Take it)

Someone Should

Young Albert was searching for something

A little bit out of the ordinary

Some kind of break in his dull routine

One day he took leave of his senses

Dropped everything, climbed over his fences

To find out himself if their grass was green

Chorus-

Someone should tell him to go back

He may have taken leave of his senses

Tell him to go back

He’s liable to forget where he is

Little Audrey was certainly restless

Getting nearly everything but needing next to nothing

Nothing apart from a change of pace

It never entered her mind when it left her

That she might miss that pomp and splendour

Those things she’d seen but could never face

Chorus-

Someone should tell her to go back

She may have taken leave of her senses

Tell her to go back

She’s likely to forget where she is

Chorus-

Tell them to go back

Because they may have taken leave of their senses

Tell them to go back

They’re likely to forget where they are

Careful Where You Step

Can you see the day,

when everyone can say they’ve got one?

Acloud is moving in,

blotting out your landmine vision

So many are afraid,

concealing all their secret weapons

You can see it in their eyes,

like the brake lights on a highway glisten

Three billion is a lot,

it’s impossible to seperate them

A career I made and last,

in sorting out the devastation

And what you lose you’ve lost,

here comes the instant seperation

Chorus-

Careful where you step

There may be a mine under there