Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
I presume from Andy and Paul’s occasional comments about this song that it’s about this:
“On Nov. 3, 1979, Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis of the American Nazi Party (ANP) attacked an anti-Klan march in Greensboro, N.C., that was organized by the Communist Workers Party (CWP). Five members of th...
[Chorus]
Eighty-eight seconds
Is all it takes
Eighty-eight seconds
Don't make mistakes
We've seen you
We can see you
[Verse 1]
In red and blue
In black and white
Under crystal skies
In full daylight
You know it
God you know it
[Chorus]
Eighty-eight seconds (Eighty-eight seconds)
Is all it takes
In eighty-eight seconds
We don't make mistakes
We know you
Oh yes we have known you
[Verse 2]
Times are changing
But not in our street
Once we played there
Like the good times
You know it
God you know it
[Verse 3]
They're heading for
A shallow grave
With a big black cross
By a tall white house
To a place down south
We won't forget
To be stabbed in the back
By a man they met
[Outro]
In eighty-eight seconds
In Greensboro
Eighty-eight seconds
In eighty-eight seconds
In Greensboro
Eighty-eight seconds
Eighty-eight seconds
In Greensboro
In eighty-eight seconds
In Greensboro
Eighty-eight seconds
In Greensboro
Is all we take
Is all we take
88 Seconds in Greensboro was written by Andy McCluskey & Paul Humphreys.
88 Seconds in Greensboro was produced by Stephen Hague.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released 88 Seconds in Greensboro on Mon Jun 17 1985.