‘Lies Lies Lies’ (Toilets)

‘River Still To Cross (Demo)’ [4:27] (Dave Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: It’s not the thousand years of wanton waste Nor the desert sun that’s burning Or a fire like no other That’s gonna stop this world a-turning Not the ministers with wisdom Or the Unions with their might Oh they’ll still be fighting Over who was wrong or right Nor the innocents amongst us Would be robbed of life [read more]

‘Spirit Of 76 (July 1985 Marcus Studios rough mix)’ [7:03] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Well I find myself in reverie ‘Bout what we might have had And what might have been We had something going once That was such a long, long time ago It was way back in ’76 Our friendship formed of pure innocence We first met in Mathew Street Where we heard something that would set [read more]

‘Steeltown (1984 E-Zee Hire demo)’ [3:20] (Macdonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: The iron gates clang in a steelmill town A man breaks down to that unemployment sound A woman gives her love to a man disowned A man who’s alone in a world without hope She gives him the strength to run his miles Forge a will of iron, fuel for the fire FIRE FIRE FIRE And the odds are [read more]