jca@abnji.UUCP (james armstrong) (01/08/85)
> I'm trying to identify a song that got a modest amount of airplay > hereabouts some months ago, and has now faded away. I remember the > melody fairly well, but can't easily reproduce it here! All I remember > of the lyrics was the chorus: > > The grabbing hands > Grab all they can > Everything counts > In large amounts > > Anybody know title and artist(s)? Please reply by mail; I don't read > net.music very often. > -- > Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology > {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry The song is by Depeche Mode, "Everything Counts." JCA -- She dreams of 1969 Before the soldiers came When life was cheap on bread and wine And sharing meant no shame She is awakened by the screams Of rockets fired from nearby Yet still she wakes into a dream To beat the fear that she might die.