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calling your name


composers
Lyrics: Kerr
Music: Simple Minds


publisher
© EMI Music Publishing


background
First appearing during the Life In A Day tour, Calling Your Name harked back to the earlier sounds and lyrical ideas of Life In A Day.

It was eventually recorded and scheduled as the penultimate track on Real To Real Cacophony, and duly became a staple of their immediate live shows.




lyrics
Private world,
Moving fast.
I see your face in the distant past.
Time passes slowly.
Time passes slowly.
Time passes slowly.
Echoes of an empty room,
Assassin at the window below.
The concrete jungle sleeps at night.
Story ends.
Leave him alone.

Calling,
Calling your name.
All that you say goes in vain.
I would like to find you,
On a voyage,
That could find itself true.

Centre of a scene,
Where a man lies dying in the sun.
The concrete jungle sleeps at night.
Story ends.
Can't leave him alone.

Calling,
Calling your name.
All that you say goes in vain.
I would like to find you,
On a voyage,
That could find itself true.

Private world,
Moving fast,
I see your face in the distant past.
Time passes slowly.
Time passes slowly.
Time passes slowly.



discography
Album Version (5:05)
Recorded and mixed: John Leckie
Arrangement: John Leckie and Simple Minds

Real To Real Cacophony LP Real To Real Cacophony MC Celebration LP Celebration MC Real To Real Cacophony LP (Virgin Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony MC (Virgin Reissue) Celebration LP (Virgin Reissue) Celebration MC (Virgin Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony LP (Virgin Budget Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony MC (Virgin Budget Reissue) Celebration CD Real To Real Cacophony CD Celebration LP (Virgin Budget Reissue) Celebration MC (Virgin Budget Reissue) Real To Real Cacophony Remaster Promo CD Real To Real Cacophony Remaster Limited Edition CD Real To Real Cacophony Remaster CD




live history
Life In A Day Tour: 1979
Real To Real Cacophony Tour: 1979-1980
Empires And Dance Tour: 1981