The Word Before Last demo version (Again The Eye Again): I spent a bad day yesterday with a man and a picture of himself The tape was running and the TV turned How different these people were, I learned <excerpts from television news report on political situation in Zaire> This man I saw was happy then And then loved And on TV, well But now he cried and cried And of course he had to want to die But he watched him, which made it worse Of course, of course, of course, of course You understand he didn't know it was someone else who looked the same A similar voice taken The clothes changed, but the face retained <more excerpts from television news reports> Surrounded by this imagery His brain bypassed The eternal moment laid bare No time to heal Continual pain, continual pain, continual pain, continual pain I spent a bad day yesterday with a man and a picture of himself The tape was running and the TV turned How different these people were, I learned Radio One John Peel session version (No Time): I spent a bad day yesterday with a man and a picture of himself The tape was running and the TV turned How different these people were, I learned This man I saw was happy then And then loved And on TV, well But now he cried and he cried And of course he had to want to die But he watched him, which made it worse Of course, of course, of course, of course You understand he didn't know that it was someone else who looked the same A similar voice taken The clothes changed, but the face retained Surrounded by old imagery His brain bypassed The eternal moment laid bare No time to heal Continuum, continuum, continuum, continuum I spent a bad day yesterday with a man and a picture of himself The tape was running and the TV turned album version: You will notice... you will notice that very appropriately I'm left-handed... This man I saw was happy then And then loved And on TV, well But now he cried and he cried And of course he had to want to die But he watched him, which made it worse Of course, of course, of course, of course You understand he didn't know that it was someone else who looked the same A similar voice taken The clothes changed, but the face retained Surrounded by old imagery His brain bypassed The eternal moment laid bare No time to heal Continual pain, continual pain, continual pain, continual pain I spent a bad day yesterday with a man and a picture of himself The tape was running and the TV turned ...described Mrs Thatcher's first three months in power as disastrous... words and music by Marsh / Oakey / Ware published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.