Colin Moulding
Colin Moulding (born 17 August 1955, in Swindon, Wiltshire, England) is a founding member of the new wave rock/pop group XTC, its second songwriter, vocalist, and bassist.
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[edit]White Music (1978)
[edit]- We have the pool
Ah - No that's cruel
Why do you take me for
A fool?
Try the rails
It's just not me
No No No
No - Siree- "Set Myself On Fire"
Go2 (1978)
[edit]- What makes you wander far
Don't know who you are
Now if the vibe is right
I'll go out tonight- "Buzzcity Talking"
Drums And Wires (1979)
[edit]- We're only making plans for Nigel
He has his future in a British steel
We're only making plans for Nigel
Nigel's whole future is as good as sealed- Making Plans For Nigel
Black Sea (1980)
[edit]- Generals and Majors ah ah
They're never too far
away from men who made the grade
out in a world of their own
They'll never come down
until the battle's lost or made- "Generals And Majors"
English Settlement (1982)
[edit]- You caught mum chasing dad with a knife
You ran away to escape from the fights
Now you're lost in a maze of neon light
And she's worried, he's worried, she's worried, oh...- "Runaways"
Mummer (1983)
[edit]- Can't you see
Love and affection
When it's put
In your direction
Wrapped in your mysterious wonderland- "Wonderland"
- Oh Lord deliver us from the elements
We at your mercy and your reverence
Oh Lord deliver us from the elements
We've no defence we are impotent- "Deliver Us From The Elements"
- England can never repay you
You gave your life to be buried alongside
The place you loved
The sermons attended when you were young
Still echo round these churchyard walls- "In Loving Memory Of A Name"
The Big Express (1984)
[edit]- Yes, I weeping, a teardrop attack
I give emotion at the drop of a hat
When I remember days at school
I remember many things, but
Most of all, I remember the sun- "I Remember The Sun"
Skylarking (1986)
[edit]- Shocked me too the things we used to do on grass
It would shock you too the things we used to do on grass
Grass, grass.
Things we did on grass- "Grass"
- The scapegoat blood spilled
Spittled and grilled it crackled and spat
And children grew fat on the meat
Change must be earnt- "Sacrificial Bonfire"
Nonsuch (1992)
[edit]- Yes I'm talking about this war dance
A patriotic romance
And I know all you poets
Have seen it all before
About the stirring of those young hearts
Back in the first world war- "War Dance"
Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)
[edit]- Pour ourselves a glass of stout
And let our Rael Brook shirts hang out
Nothing makes us more content
To let us wallow in a bit of nonsense- "Frivolous Tonight"
- Some people say
That I am out of my tree
Or just a strawberry fool
Someday they'll see
Till then I'll blow you a raspberry
'Cos apples and pears are me- "Fruit Nut"
