Released: October 18, 1988
Songwriter: John Taylor Nick Rhodes Simon Le Bon
Producer: John Taylor Nick Rhodes Simon Le Bon Jonathan Elias Daniel Abraham
The taxman's in the pocketbook
The pressmen are by the bar
And all the world is at your door
It's strange that you should lock it up
And preach an open heart
But you know what they're waiting for
You can turn your face away now
And don't think twice
I'm just the ordinary guy you used to know
I'm not after your money
Or even your advice
I believe you'll follow me
It's all I need to know
(to walk away)
-
I was tempted by the devil in this deep blue swimming pool
Until the devils makeup ran..
And my future's in the strangle hold of ever changing rules
I don't intend to understand
You can stop pretending now that I had you fooled
I'm still the ordinary guy you used to know
I'm not after your money
To paralyze my soul
I believe you'll follow me
It's all I need to know
Promise me you'll try to understand before I go
(and walk away)
-
You can turn your face away now
And don't think twice
I'm just the ordinary guy you used to know
I'm not after your money
Or even your advice
I believe you'll follow me
It's all I need to know
Promise me you'll try to understand before I go
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
The pressmen are by the bar
And all the world is at your door
It's strange that you should lock it up
And preach an open heart
But you know what they're waiting for
You can turn your face away now
And don't think twice
I'm just the ordinary guy you used to know
I'm not after your money
Or even your advice
I believe you'll follow me
It's all I need to know
(to walk away)
-
I was tempted by the devil in this deep blue swimming pool
Until the devils makeup ran..
And my future's in the strangle hold of ever changing rules
I don't intend to understand
You can stop pretending now that I had you fooled
I'm still the ordinary guy you used to know
I'm not after your money
To paralyze my soul
I believe you'll follow me
It's all I need to know
Promise me you'll try to understand before I go
(and walk away)
-
You can turn your face away now
And don't think twice
I'm just the ordinary guy you used to know
I'm not after your money
Or even your advice
I believe you'll follow me
It's all I need to know
Promise me you'll try to understand before I go
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
All I need to, all I need to, all I need to know
more tracks from the album
The Singles 1986-1995
- Come Undone [Edit]
- Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
- Skin Trade (Parisian Mix)
- Ordinary World [Single Version]
- Water Babies
- Yo Bad Azizi
- Skin Trade [Radio Cut]
- Ordinary World (Acoustic version)
- Violence of Summer (Love’s Taking Over) (The Dub Sound Of A Powerful Mix)
- This Is How A Road Gets Made
- I Don’t Want Your Love (7" mix)
- I Believe / All I Need To Know
- Decadance
- Meet El Presidente (7" Remix)
- Violence of Summer (Love’s Taking Over) (Rock mix)
- Hungry Like the Wolf [130 B.P.M. Version]
- Notorious (Live)
- Come Undone (12" mix - Comin’ Together)
- Throb
- All She Wants Is (US Master Mix)
- I Don’t Want Your Love (Big Mix)
- Palomino (Edit)
- God (London)
- Skin Trade (Stretch Mix)
- Notorious (Extended Mix)
- Notorious [45 Mix]
- Drug (It’s Just a State of Mind)
- The Krush Brothers LSD Edit
- All She Wants Is [45 Mix]
- Vertigo (Do the Demolition)
- My Antarctica
- All Along The Water
- Serious
- Violence Of Summer (Love’s Taking Over)
- Skin Trade
- Do You Believe in Shame?
- Come Undone
- Save a Prayer
- Girls on Film
- Is There Something I Should Know?
- Meet El Presidente
- Winter Marches On
- I Don’t Want Your Love
- Violence of Summer (Love’s Taking Over) (The Power Mix)
- Perfect Day (acoustic version)
- Violence of Summer (Love’s Taking Over) (The Story mix)
- The Reflex (7'’ version)
- Meet el Presidente (Meet el Beat)
- Too Much Information
- We Need You
- The Needle And The Damage Done
- Burning The Ground
- Perfect Day
- White Lines
- A View to a Kill
From the albums
- The Singles 1986-1995 (2004)
- Big Thing (2010) (2010)
Duran Duran popular songs
- Ordinary World
- Come Undone
- Hungry Like the Wolf
- Rio
- Save a Prayer
- Girls on Film
- The Reflex
- The Chauffeur
- Notorious
- A View to a Kill
- The Wild Boys
- New Moon on Monday
- Planet Earth
- Is There Something I Should Know?
- Union of the Snake
- New Religion
- Drug (It’s Just a State of Mind)
- Faster Than Light
- Hungry Like the Wolf (Night Version)
- American Science (Meltdown Dub)
- Girls on Film [Night Version]
- I Believe / All I Need To Know
- I Don’t Want Your Love (7" mix)
- This Is How A Road Gets Made