Gig: 4/9/1988, The Alarm, The Vogue, Indianapolis

‘Devolution Working Man Blues’ [4:11] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: I’m a man Torn in two State and nation I’ve got to choose For on these streets That I spit upon There’s no money in my pocket No soles on my shoes Ain’t got no religion But the workingman blues Oh I, I’ve got the workin’ man blues Oh I’m kicking the dirt off my shoes Devolution workingman blues I [read more]

While Dave and Nigel stayed at Ezee Hire, Eddie and Mike at The Waterfront in London. They recorded many demos using a drum machine and synthesizer, plus guitars. From thesee demos the future “Eye” songs .’Newtown Jericho’, “Only Love Can Set Me Free”, and the Raw song “Lead Me Through The Darkness”. Eddie Macdonald has described this time his “happiest time in The Alarm’.

‘Know Me Like I Know You (electric demo)’ [4:14] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: I�m a man who bites hard on the bullet of silence If only you could know the pain I hide And know me like I know you Still waters running deep in the caverns of my soul So many words that got trapped down deep And know me like I know you Know me Know me [read more]