The Human League

Released: November 8, 1986

Songwriter: Philip Oakey Jim Russell Ian Burden

Producer: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

[Verse 1:]
Make your mind up
Who's going to think for you?
When the time comes
You'll have to see it through
Use your instinct
And take a risk or two
Don't you worry
'Cause you'll know what to do

[Verse 2:]
You can give so
Much to me
But I don't want it
I will be free

[Verse 3:]
For the last time
I'm going out the door
You don't need me
To help you anymore
Eyes wide open
I see it's different now
Keep your comfort
I'll get along somehow

[Chorus:]
You can have my money
I don't need it anymore
I don't need your invitation
Down that lonesome corridor

Breakdown!

[Chorus:]
You can have my money
I don't need it anymore
I don't need your invitation
Down that lonesome corridor

Nothing good comes easily
Count the cost, I will be free
You can scream and disagree
I don't want it - I will be free

[Chorus:]
You can have my money
I don't need it anymore
I don't need your invitation
Down that lonesome corridor

Nothing good comes easily
Count the cost, I will be free
You can scream and disagree
I don't want it - I will be free

The Human League are a synth pop band from Sheffield, England, formed in 1977. They generated a string of synthesizer-backed dance pop hits throughout the 80s. David Bowie dubbed the group “the sound of the future” in 1981.

The band is best known for its third studio album released in 1981, Dare! The fourth single from Dare, “Don’t You Want Me,” catapulted to #1 in the UK and US.

Phil Oakey is the only core member of the group. The band’s first incarnation was as an arty all-male synthesizer group, composed of Oakey, Martyn Ware, and Ian Craig Marsh. In the 1980s, Ware and Marsh left the group after continued conflicts with Oakey—they went on to form Heaven 17.

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