Released: October 20, 1986
Songwriter: Ian Kewley Paul Young
Producer: Hugh Padgham Ian Kewley Paul Young
The sky doesn't know whether to rain or shine
Doesn't know whether to laugh or cry
We stand in the middle looking both ways
We don't know whether we live or we die, caught between two fires
And while the fires burn brightly both sides of the sea
The man in the middle says that he's been had
Yet they sing "We're safe! We're safe!" to a sweet melody
And here we are in a world gone bad - caught between two fires
Our history calls us and tells us beware
There's a lesson to learn in what we did before
Do we blindly walk on as if we don't care?
Do we sit here and ask for more? - caught between two fires
Doesn't know whether to laugh or cry
We stand in the middle looking both ways
We don't know whether we live or we die, caught between two fires
And while the fires burn brightly both sides of the sea
The man in the middle says that he's been had
Yet they sing "We're safe! We're safe!" to a sweet melody
And here we are in a world gone bad - caught between two fires
Our history calls us and tells us beware
There's a lesson to learn in what we did before
Do we blindly walk on as if we don't care?
Do we sit here and ask for more? - caught between two fires
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Between Two Fires (1986)
Paul Young popular songs
- Everytime You Go Away
- Love of the Common People
- Come Back and Stay
- Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home)
- Oh Girl
- Tainted Love
- Softly Whispering I Love You (Extended Version)
- Only Game in Town
- This Means Anything
- Now I Know What Made Otis Blue
- A Little Bit of Love
- Calling You
- Reflections
- Bite the Hand That Feeds
- Heaven Can Wait
- I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten
- Follow On (Acoustic)
- Behind Your Smile
- Won’t Look Back
- Right About Now
- Your Precious Love
- Oh Women (Live)
- Behind Your Smile (Live)
- One Step Forward