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wasteland (demo)

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Written by: Kerr / Burchill

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background

Wasteland was formally recorded at CaVa Studios in Glasgow on 9th November 1977 under the band title of Simple Minds.

It was formally recorded for Life In A Day.

The demo included a more prominent sax line which started in the second verse (which was partly replaced by Mick MacNeil's keyboards in the final version); and the startling self-referential line in the final verse: I could've been your Simple Minds (later changed to There's so much more that I can't find for the final recording).

It was eventually released on The Early Years 1977-78 in March 1998.

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Wasteland

lyrics

Can you see us now 'cause we're on our own?
And every chance, it has just come and just gone.
Now it looks so dark and so cold,
Think of the minds we sold.
We'd better speak now.
We'd better speak now.
We'd better speak now.
We'd better speak now.

I can remember when things that looked so bright,
And I could talk to you without all of this spite.
Can you picture all that's past?
Does your face deform so fast?
We'd better speak now.
We'd better speak now.
We'd better speak now.
We'd better speak now.

'Cause when I stop and look into your head,
I think of all the things that you said.
When I look up into you eyes,
I see the creature that I despise.
I wanna kill now.
Kill now.
I wanna kill now.
Kill now.

Can you see us now 'cause we're on our own?
And every chance, it has just come and just gone.
I've been wrong but you've been unkind,
I could've been your Simple Minds.
Wasteland.
Wasteland.
Wasteland...

demo discography

Demo Version (3:28)
Producer: Simple Minds and Brian Young