Madison - Diamond Mistress (1984) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goran Edman - Lead Vocals Anders Karlson - Guitars Dan Stomberg - Guitars Conny Sundqvist - Bass Peter Frederickson - Drums Produced by Jans Laganovskis. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Lay Down Your Arms (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 5:09 2) Run Boy (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:45 3) Sneaker (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 3:27 4) Don't Look Around (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:08 5) Pictures Return (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 5:10 6) Diamond Mistress (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:04 7) Don't Go (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 5:30 8) Sqealer (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 3:55 9) Changes (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:29 10) Turn Me Loose (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Lay Down Your Arms (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 5:09 Watch the sky turning red at night Shades of burning corpses Sailing through the air Is there any way to stop this evil Is this the way it ends it isn't fair Black knight in power of starlight Are coming down We stole the rising sun The final war has just begun Glimmering birds invaded earth Everybody tried to hide or run away There's no place for us no more They're takin' on the world There're here to stay Lay down your arms or hell comes down In a world of fire, you've got no time to run Lay down your arms or hell comes down The end is near, you've got the final sign Bad deseases conquered life Oh no, an evil future seems to come We've got no chance to self-defence Our arms are not enough to fight them all ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Run Boy (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:45 Will the earth survive his evil In the battle hot as hell In his hands he holds destruction Nuclear power is his spell Smoke and fire's comming out When the dragon speaks His pleasure is a wargame And his power makes us weak Run boy, run for your life Black clouds rising in the sky Can you see his evil eye Watch the earth is bleeding From the deep cuts from his sword ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Sneaker (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 3:27 He's the common man's ideal The all mighty voice you hear Wearing such a good honest appeal Civil servant in attention Innocent in every mention But his true aim he will soon reveal Don't lay your faith into his hands And trust the things for which he stands Perventing law that is his game He is the preacher of today He's the mist in your way Forget your chance to repay Nothing to do but obey Sneakers will stay Reaches top for indiscreet Falling, cheating those he meets Breaking promises he'll never mind Twist around with every mission And fulfilling your suspicion Soon you realize you have been blind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Don't Look Around (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:08 You make the sun go down Make my heaven black Stormy weather on its way Coming up behind by back Trapped Fooled again, my feelings make no sense You cut the line You got your spine Then you went without no sign Remember don't look around What's meant to be there was never found Times of hostility Was that all that you could give I bet you got no reason Just to live the life you live No, curse you girl You're such a pain in the ass No I gotta find A piece of mind And leave this time behind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Pictures Return (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 5:10 Standing here alone in the night Listening to the sound of the sea Feel how much I miss you Since the day that you left me We used to walk here hand in hand Watching the stars in the sky But now you're gone forever And I keep asking myself why Lonely days, the pictures return Lonely days, you walked away from me Lonely days, the pictures return Lonely days, I find myself alone dreaming A new bright day is born again And the dawn is slowly speaking through Trying to clear things out of my mind But all I find is the memory of you With a tear in my eye and a broken heart I slowly walk away in the sand Now I can't get you back again But still I reach out my hand ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Diamond Mistress (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:04 All dressed up in white Striked me right from open skies You came from my well hidden dreams Rising your hands up towards me You said you loved me the way I was Haven't changed you haven't changed Since then it seems He came up from behind and really Mixed up your mind, it made you wonder I said, 'Stay or leave, you gotta make up your mind' A solid unit fell apart Your brain defeated your heart And you, you went away with gold achieved Cold as ice diamond mistress You've got status, you've got class All the pain you try to stash Living in your fantasies Trying to find promised lands Turn around and understand You'll come running back to me I am still, yes I am still in love with you ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Don't Go (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 5:30 When I heard there's been some rumors Going 'round in town Well I don't wanna believe 'em But I can't help feeling so down They say that you can't take me 'Cause I'm not urgent anymore That I can't show you all the passion I used to have before You've gotta stop and listen To what I have to say Don't make my world to a prison Can't you hear me pray Don't go, no honey don't run away Don't go, don't run away You know my time is so expensive Every minute's occupied But you can't blame me for my reasons Won't let our love be sacrificed Don't let this wall of blind confusion Make us go apart Can it be your own illusion That's been the problem from the start ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Sqealer (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 3:55 When I see your ugly face Staring through the night Always get that feeling That I'll never see the light Show me the way Can you find the end of my fear Shadows of despair Are getting me so near Squealer They've got a contract on you Squealer Don't know what to do Squealer They've got a contract on you Squealer, yeah Well the hour's getting late I'm feeling so alone My finger pulls the trigger And tomorrow I'll be gone Trading and betraying, oh you never seem to care Fearing every moment with delight Searching and demanding all excitement you can get No one knows if future brings a light ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Changes (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:29 Leave behind all the memories from the past It's been a long time and it happened so fast Can't remember when I last felt your love The stars aren't shining on me from above So many changes, so many lies I've through You couldn't hide it anymore So many changes in your eyes I could see no reflections of your heart Feeling so lonely there's no light in my mind My heart is bleeding 'cause my love make me blind Now you left me and it cuts like a knife To see you with a new man, have no intention with life ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Turn Me Loose (Edman, Karlson, Myllynen, Sundqvist, Frederickson) 4:06 Black clouds in the sky, too late to cry To move and make a change begin There's no one to entrust can't hide but I must 'Cause there's a prize on my head Turn me loose to burn the fuse of life I'm going to break the chains And turn me into me again Out on the run on my way from the gallow But I can't make a move Without no alibi I was sentenced to die 'Cause the witness was a lie I'm out, out on the edge of time See the boy insulted and nearly blind Who rose for the stars he could never find Don't try to tell me why I'm gonna die Winners and losers And givers and users, it's all a game But if you're down and out Then who's to blame ------------------------------------------------------------------------