Released: August 6, 1990
Songwriter: Eugene Reynolds Jo Callis
Producer: Martin Rushent
Calling up the promised land
Johnny Seven's coming over the sea
He's taking your time
When you want to be free
Holding out a helping hand
Are you ready for a real career
Will you be so cool
When it's happening here
It don't say nothing that I haven't heard
If what I hear is true
You won't keep the law with a broken word
So what are you gonna do
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Changing in time
Beating colder steel
Pass the message around the world
The medium is in retreat
The power is here
And packing some heat
Sell your soul to a holy war
Set the captive free
We make no promises anymore
But it isn't fooling me
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Changing in time
Beating colder steel
You can't keep the wheels turning anymore
With anger, blood, and fear
Or make any friends with an M16
When you blast your way through here
Oh
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Changing in time
Beating colder steel
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Changing in time
Beating colder steel
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Driving the world
Is gonna be a steal
Johnny Seven's coming over the sea
He's taking your time
When you want to be free
Holding out a helping hand
Are you ready for a real career
Will you be so cool
When it's happening here
It don't say nothing that I haven't heard
If what I hear is true
You won't keep the law with a broken word
So what are you gonna do
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Changing in time
Beating colder steel
Pass the message around the world
The medium is in retreat
The power is here
And packing some heat
Sell your soul to a holy war
Set the captive free
We make no promises anymore
But it isn't fooling me
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Changing in time
Beating colder steel
You can't keep the wheels turning anymore
With anger, blood, and fear
Or make any friends with an M16
When you blast your way through here
Oh
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Changing in time
Beating colder steel
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Changing in time
Beating colder steel
Heart like a wheel
Turning away
From anything that's real
Heart like a wheel
Driving the world
Is gonna be a steal
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Romantic? (1990)
The Human League popular songs
- Don’t You Want Me
- Human
- Love Action
- The Sound Of The Crowd
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination
- Fascination
- Sky
- (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation)
- Egomaniac
- 122.3 BPM
- Love On The Run
- Rock ‘n’ Roll / Night Clubbing
- Get Carter
- Love Is All That Matters
- The Sign
- Tom Baker
- Life on Your Own (Extended Version)
- Boys and Girls
- Are You Ever Coming Back?
- Rock Me Again And Again And Again And Again…
- Morale... You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
- Rebound
- Do Or Die
- The Sound of the Crowd (extended Family vocal mix)