“Pioneers” is the honorific term given by the Chinese Communist Party to the members of the Chinese Red Army who survived the Long March from the Jiangxi Soviet in China’s southeast to Yan'an in the northwest. These men formed the backbone of Chinese Communist leadership during the first two decades...
[Verse 1]
Sometimes I feel I've been here forever
Sometime ago
Sometimes we sense the doubt together
Sometimes alone
[Chorus]
I'm tired but we won't sleep at all
Even though the air is calm
There's something here, it's something warm
Something cuts and scars inside tonight
Sons of pioneers are hungry men
[Verse 2]
Every voice I hear sounds so familiar
Every song I know
Still there's been no change in the weather
But sometime we'll have to go
[Chorus]
I'm tired but we won't sleep at all
Even though the air is calm
There's something here, it's something warm
Something cuts and scars inside tonight
Sons of pioneers are hungry men
[Instrumental]
Sons of Pioneers was written by David Sylvian & Mick Karn.
Japan released Sons of Pioneers on Fri Nov 13 1981.