New Song

Album: Human's Lib (1983)
Charted: 3 27
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  • I've been waiting for so long
    To come here now and sing this song
    Oh Don't be fooled by what you see
    Don't be fooled by what you hear, whoa

    This is a song to all of my friends
    They take the challenge to their hearts
    Challenging preconceived ideas
    Saying goodbye to long standing fears

    Don't crack up
    Bend your brain
    See both sides
    Throw off your mental chains

    I don't wanna be hip and cool
    I don't wanna play by the rules
    Not under the thumb of the cynical few
    Or laden down by the doom crew

    Don't crack up
    Bend your brain
    See both sides
    Throw off your mental chains

    Don't crack up
    Bend your brain
    See both sides
    Throw off your mental chains

    Don't crack up
    Bend your brain
    See both sides
    Throw off your mental chains Writer/s: Howard Jones
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 7th 1984, Howard Jones performed "New Song" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    Seven months earlier on January 15th, 1984 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #73; and on March 25th, 1984 it peaked at #27 (for 1 week) and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100...
    On the same 'Bandstand' show he also performed "What Is Love?", which reached #33 on the Top 100...
    Mr. Jones, born John Howard Jones, will celebrate his 60th birthday this coming February 23rd, 2015.
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