The Very Best of The Human League

The water shines, a pebble skips across the face A dozen times, then disappears, not a trace left behind The thrower turns and walks away A change of mind, another start a brand new day You know I'll change If change is what you require Your every wi

Human League Travelogue Being Boiled Listen to the voice of Buddha Saying stop your sericulture Little people like your offspring Boiled alive for some gods stocking Buddha's watching, Buddha's waiting Just because the kid's an orphan Is no excuse fo

When you're in love you know you're in love No matter what you try to do You might as well resign yourself To what you're going through If you're a hard man or if you're a child It still might get to you Don't kid yourself you've seen it all before A

Put your hand in a party wave Pass around Make a shroud pulling combs through a backwash frame Find the copies in a carbon mount Pass around Stroke a pocket with a print of a laughing sound Get around town, get around town Where the people look good

If it seems a little time is needed Decisions to be made The good advice of friends unheeded For the best of plans mislaid Just looking for a new direction In an old familiar way The forming of a new connection To study or to play And so the conversa

She dreams of nineteen sixty-nine Before the soldiers came The life was cheap on bread and wine And sharing meant no shame She is awakened by the screams Of rockets flying from nearby And scared she clings onto her dreams To beat the fear that she mi

Calling up the promised land Johnny Seven's coming over the sea He's taking your time when you want to be free Holding out a helping hand Are you ready for the real career? Will you be so cool when it's happening here? It don't say nothing that I hav

Since I was very young I realized I never wanted to be human size So I avoid the crowds and traffic jams They just remind me of how small I am Because of this longing in my heart I'm going to start the growing up I'm going to grow now and never stop

I only knew you for a while I never saw your smile 'Til it was time to go Time to go away (time to go away) Sometimes it's hard to recognise Love comes as a surprise And it's too late It's just too late to stay Too late to stay We'll always be togeth

Come on, baby, dry your eyes Wipe your tears Never like to see you cry Won't you please forgive me? I wouldn't ever try to hurt you I just needed someone to hold me To fill the void while you were gone To fill this space of emptiness I'm only human O