Lyrics Thomas Dolby – Dissidents
Text:
One more young writer slid away in the night
Over the border he will drown in light
And the man said
Hold it — wait a minute!
I can’t read my writing — my own writing!
Like tiny insects in the palm of history
A domino effect in a cloud of mystery
It’s an iron fist!
In a glove full of vaseline
Dip the fuse in the kerosene
I too became a dissident!
Became a dissident
Became a dissident
Like tiny insects in the palm of history
A domino effect in a cloud of mystery
It’s an iron fist!
In a glove full of vaseline
Dip the fuse in the kerosene
I too became a dissident!
Became a dissident
Became a dissident
Courting disaster we ran in the night
Wings of an angel torn in flight
When the man said
Check it — verify it!
It’s all here in writing — my own writing!
Like tiny insects in the palm of history
A domino effect in a cloud of mystery
It’s an iron fist!
In a glove full of vaseline
Dip the fuse in the kerosene
I too became a dissident!
Check it — verify it!
It’s all here in writing — down in writing!
At the hands of the press
And in the eyes of the government
I fell from grace
I too became a dissident
I was a dissident, yeah
Like tiny insects in the palm of history
A domino effect and an early end to this story
There’s an iron fist in a glove full of vaseline
Dip the fuse in the kerosene
I too became a dissident
Like tiny insects in the palm of history
A domino effect and an early end to this story
There’s an iron fist in a glove full of vaseline
Dip the fuse in the kerosene
I too became a dissident
Album
Thomas Dolby – Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
Thomas Dolby – The Devil Is An Englishman
Thomas Dolby – Don’t Turn Away
Thomas Dolby – Field Work
Thomas Dolby – Puppet Theatre
Thomas Dolby – Hyperactive!
Thomas Dolby – I Scare Myself
Thomas Dolby – Mulu The Rain Forest
Thomas Dolby – White City
Thomas Dolby – Screen Kiss
Thomas Dolby – The Flat Earth
Thomas Dolby – Dissidents