Voices in Local Time - Rupert Hine

If you have been watching television please remember to switch on your mind

The match is struck already

and the smoke screen has been measured

to a perfect fit.

From the cradle to the grave

foresaking all others

mothers and fathers and brothers

and friends.

The thicker the carpet

the softer the sound of each step.

This is the voice of America, (and my name’s Geoffrey).

Don’t trust in the slogan

Don’t fall for the line…

They’ll be eating your mind.

If you have been watching television please remember to switch on your mind

Born in the west it’s so hard to resist

they are practiced in the art of deception.

Born in the west it’s so hard to resist

I am practiced in the art of confrontation.

That’s the strangest thing I ever heard

That’s the strangest thing I ever heard.

Channels flicking, switches switching.

Channels flicking, switches switching.

I hear the drum in the crowd

and the call of the world in a heart beat

I hear the drum in the crowd

and the call of the world in a heart beat

I am here to make you ask the question.

Additional Vocals: LUCIE TAYLER, THE JOAN COLLINS’FAN CLUB