Songwriter: B.A. Robertson Mike Rutherford
Producer: Mike Rutherford
[From the CD single "Stop Baby, pt II", 1991]
I didn't get it, not at all
When to run or when to crawl
Consistency, that's not my game
A whisper, then a shout
My youthfulness, I sense today
Forever may have fell away
Reluctantly, I have to say
It's time we talked things out
Cos I think I've got the message
I can hear you loud and clear
You don't have to spell it out for me, my dear
You don't have to paint a picture
Or whisper in my ear
Cos I think I've got the message, loud and clear
I don't know what gets into me
Makes me act so foolishly
The steady hand, once in control
Been missing, here of late
I know it's been a bumpy ride
So up and down, from side to side
I'll get my head out of the clouds
And try to see things straight
Cos I think I've got the message
I can hear you loud and clear
You don't have to spell it out for me, my dear
You don't have to paint a picture
Or whisper in my ear
Cos I think I've got the message, loud and clear
You don't have to paint no picture
Or whisper in my ear
I think I've got the message loud and clear
Yes, I think I've got the message
Loud and clear
I didn't get it, not at all
When to run or when to crawl
Consistency, that's not my game
A whisper, then a shout
My youthfulness, I sense today
Forever may have fell away
Reluctantly, I have to say
It's time we talked things out
Cos I think I've got the message
I can hear you loud and clear
You don't have to spell it out for me, my dear
You don't have to paint a picture
Or whisper in my ear
Cos I think I've got the message, loud and clear
I don't know what gets into me
Makes me act so foolishly
The steady hand, once in control
Been missing, here of late
I know it's been a bumpy ride
So up and down, from side to side
I'll get my head out of the clouds
And try to see things straight
Cos I think I've got the message
I can hear you loud and clear
You don't have to spell it out for me, my dear
You don't have to paint a picture
Or whisper in my ear
Cos I think I've got the message, loud and clear
You don't have to paint no picture
Or whisper in my ear
I think I've got the message loud and clear
Yes, I think I've got the message
Loud and clear
more tracks from the album
The Singles 1985-2014 + Rarities
- The Living Years
- Revolution
- Perfect Child
- Taken In
- You Never Change
- Try to Save Me
- Nobody Knows
- Too Far Gone
- A Time and Place
- Nobody Told Me
- Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) - 2013 Remaster
- Word of Mouth (East West Mix)
- When My Feet Don’t Touch the Ground
- My Crime of Passion (Acoustic version)
- I Get the Feeling (Live)
- Taken In (Live)
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Always The Last To Know
- Nobody’s Perfect
- Now That You’ve Gone
- Little Boy
- Help Me
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- All I Need Is a Miracle
- I Think I’ve Got the Message
- Whenever I Stop
- Too Many Friends
- Over My Shoulder
- Word of Mouth
- Everybody Gets a Second Chance
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
- Seeing Is Believing
- Boys at the Front
- One by One
From the album
Mike + the Mechanics popular songs
- The Living Years
- Silent Running
- Let Me Fly
- Over My Shoulder
- Don’t Know What Came Over Me
- A House of Many Rooms
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
- Going Going.... Home
- My Little Island
- Look Across at Dreamland
- Poor Boy Down
- Hanging by a Thread
- Seeing Is Believing
- Boys at the Front
- Always The Last To Know
- The Road
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Background Noise
- If Only
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Did You See Me Coming
- How Can I?
- Heaven Doesn’t Care
- Revolution