1981 Look! Hear! (BBC TV, UK)
Planet Earth
Only came outside to watch the nightfall with the rain
I heard you making patterns rhyme
Like some new romantic looking for the TV sound
you’ll see I’m right some other time
look now, look all around, there’s no sign of life
voices, another sound, can you hear me now?
This is Planet Earth, you’re looking at Planet Earth
Bop bop bop bop bop bop bop bop this is Planet Earth
My head is stuck on something precious
Let me know if you’re coming down to land
Is there anybody out there trying to get through?
My eyes are so cloudy I can’t see you
Careless Memories
So soon, just after you’ve gone
my senses sharpen
But it always takes
so damned long
before I feel how much
my eyes have darkened
Fear hangs a plane of gun smoke
drifting in our room
so easy to disturb
with a thought
with a whisper
with a careless memory