Released: March 25, 1985
Songwriter: Ian Kewley Paul Young
Producer: Laurie Latham
I’m sending you these letters
Across miles and miles of water
Tell Stevie that I saw his friend
And the mother that I love her
Well, I know I haven’t been here long
And I know it seems much longer
But every letter you write back
Makes me a little stronger
Everybody here has been as many years as me
But only now they realize what they are here to see
So I’ll take my pen and I write you a note
And send it off in a letter
And we’ll hope that writing my troubles down
Will make me feel better
One step forward and one step left
I raise my gun and I take my aim
I’m just a pawn in the government’s game
The first day I was posted
Was the longest I have known
I can’t believe the bitterness
The human heart can show
The hatred of another is a blindness in their eyes
All I do is stand between them
Wondering why
One step forward and one step left
I raise my gun and I take my aim
I’m just a pawn in the government’s game
Little boy stands with stones in hand
And cold eyes of steel
I wish I could throw my riffle down
And tell them how I feel
Well, I know I haven’t been here long
And I know it seems much longer
But every letter you post to me
Makes me a little stronger, stronger
Across miles and miles of water
Tell Stevie that I saw his friend
And the mother that I love her
Well, I know I haven’t been here long
And I know it seems much longer
But every letter you write back
Makes me a little stronger
Everybody here has been as many years as me
But only now they realize what they are here to see
So I’ll take my pen and I write you a note
And send it off in a letter
And we’ll hope that writing my troubles down
Will make me feel better
One step forward and one step left
I raise my gun and I take my aim
I’m just a pawn in the government’s game
The first day I was posted
Was the longest I have known
I can’t believe the bitterness
The human heart can show
The hatred of another is a blindness in their eyes
All I do is stand between them
Wondering why
One step forward and one step left
I raise my gun and I take my aim
I’m just a pawn in the government’s game
Little boy stands with stones in hand
And cold eyes of steel
I wish I could throw my riffle down
And tell them how I feel
Well, I know I haven’t been here long
And I know it seems much longer
But every letter you post to me
Makes me a little stronger, stronger
more tracks from the album
From the album
- The Secret of Association (1985)
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