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Music For Chameleons 7"

Title:

Music For Chameleons

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Full Lyrics

Artist:

Gary Numan

Tracklist:

A1. Music For Chameleons (Edit) 3:35 
B1. Noise Noise 3:39 

How old:

This 7" is old!

Release Date:

March 1st 1983

Format:

7"

Record Label:

Beggars Banquet

Catalogue No:

BEG 70

Price Guide:

£5.00

Country:

United Kingdom 

Additional info:

Deleted

Highest Chart Position:

19

Credits:

Gary Numan (Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar)
Roger Mason (Keyboards)
Pino Palladino (Fretless Bass)
Chris Slade (Drums, Percussion)
John Webb (Percussion)

Produced by Gary Numan

Engineered by Nick Smith
Assisted by Sean Lynch

Recorded at Rock City Studios, Shepperton

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"Music for Chameleons" is a 1982 single by Gary Numan from his album, I, Assassin. The song peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The song was composed during Numan's round-the-world trip in a light aircraft, which he undertook together with another pilot.[2] Numan states in his autobiography that he kept singing it to himself so much that it got on the nerves of his co-pilot. The song is highly unusual in using fretless bass as the main melody instrument. 

Music For Chameleons Lyrics



Music For Chameleons 
(Single from 'I, Assassin' album, 1982)

At 4 o'clock we land
And I'll wave my flag for you
Interest in heart

We are not savage
Like children we're people
'What difference' I say

Music for chameleons
Music for chameleons

A dream of Siam
We could leave in the morning
Old friends and shy
We need to win
Like you need to breathe
I've an interest in games

Music for chameleons
Music for chameleons

Gowns for another show
Maybe no-one will come
Here take my arm
I like the pictures
And you like ghost stories
Tommorrow I'll sight

Music for chameleons
Music for chameleons 


Noise : Noise 
(B-side, 'Music For Chameleons' single, 1982)

What's it to you?
If I feel
Just a face in the wall
Crawling out of the crowd
Now look at me
You cry 'Rust'
Like a leaf in the fall
I fly in the sky, don't you?

What's it to you?
This noise noise
Like a plaque on the wall
One of these days
I'll just leave
As boys drown
You feel like young Gods
You know all young Gods must fade

What's it to you?
Going down boys
Like a screw in the wall
My lovers never leave
Play war like Marines
Just noise noise
And just roar roar
One of these days