Answers To Nothing - Midge Ure

High upon a hillside

A preacher tells a story to a crowd

He tells the same old story

A thousand times he’s read that story loud

He wants to give the answers but his words are only

Answers to nothing

Lying in my bedroom

A man comes on my TV with a grin

He tells me to believe him

He said that I should put my faith in him

He says he has the answers

But his words are only

Answers to nothing

Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time

Oh, oh, oh, deceived for the last time

Hear the chosen leaders

Say, we can’t stay sitting on the fence

Believe the stuff they feed us

They’re buying guns and bombs for our defence

They think this is the answer

But their thoughts are only

Answers to nothing

Where is all the friendship

How can all the comradeship be done

What of all the teachings

What of things we learned when we were young

It doesn’t bear the asking

'Cos the answers given were

Answers to nothing

Oh, oh, oh, lied for the last time

Oh, oh, oh, died for the last time

Oh, oh, oh, cried for the last time, this time

Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time

Oh, oh, oh, deceived for the last time

Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time, this time

High upon a hillside

A preacher tells a story to a crowd

He tells the same old story

A thousand times he’s read that story loud

He wants to give the answers but his words are only

Answers to nothing

Lying in my bedroom

A man comes on my TV with a grin

He tells me to believe him

He said that I should put my faith in him

He says he has the answers

But his words are only

Answers to nothing

Oh, oh, oh, lied for the last time

Oh, oh, oh, cried for the last time

Oh, oh, oh, died for the last time

Oh, oh, oh, deceived for the last time

Oh, oh, oh, believed for the last time, this time