Depeche Mode

Released: September 19, 1983

Songwriter: Alan Wilder

Producer: Depeche Mode

[Verse 1]
Don't know the reason why I
Think I've been here before
This place seems so familiar
But then I can't be sure
Here comes that time again when
You'll walk right out the door
Don't tell me secrets anymore

[Chorus]
And fools don't run away
You'll be followed another day
And all the chances that fall your way
Are in the fire on your dying day
So call me now and tell me that you're home

[Verse 2]
Can't see the sense in crying
There's too many tears to fall
My thoughts are multiplying
So I'll try to save them all

[Chorus]
And fools don't run away
You'll be followed another day
And all the chances that fall your way
Are in the fire on your dying day
So call me now and tell me that you're (home)

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
And fools don't run away
You'll be followed another day
And all the chances that fall your way
Are in the fire on your dying day

[Chorus]
And fools don't run away
You'll be followed another day
And all the chances that fall your way
Are in the fire on your dying day

[Outro]
And fools don't run away
And fools don't run away
And fools don't run away
And fools don't run away

Depeche Mode are recognized as one of the most artistically influential bands of the late 20th century. Commercially, they have released 14 studio albums to date, and sold more than 100 million records. Their most recent album, Spirit, hit the streets in March 2017.

The band got their start in Basildon, Essex in 1980, and named themselves after a French fashion magazine. They rose to fame with hits that have become “Just Can’t Get Enough” (1981), “Everything Counts” (1983), and “People Are People” (1984), to name a few. One of their most famous concerts was at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in 1988.

Martin Gore has been the band’s primary songwriter since Vince Clarke left in the early 1980s (and went on to form Yazoo and Erasure). Alan Wilder replaced Clarke on keyboards in 1982, but left in 1995 (reinvesting his creative energy in his band, Recoil, which he had started in 1986). Since then, the band has comprised frontman Dave Gahan, multi-instrumentalist Martin Gore, and keyboardist Andy Fletcher—all of whom are original members.

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