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TITLE. LYRICS

Concert version

Day of the lords

This is the room, the start of it all
No portrait so fine, only sheets on the wall
I've seen the nights, filled with bloodsport and pain
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained
Where will it end?

These are your friends from childhood, through youth
Who goaded you on, demanded more proof
Withdrawal pain is hard, it can do you right in
So distorted and thin, distorted and thin
Where will it end?

This is the car at the edge of the road
There's nothing disturbed, all the windows are closed
I guess you were right, when we talked in the heat
There's no room for the weak, no room for the weak
Where will it end?

This is the room, the start of it all
Through childhood, through youth, I remember it all
Oh, I've seen the nights filled with bloodsport and pain
And the bodies obtained, the bodies obtained
Where will it end?

	LIVE RECORDINGS. NOTES	Studio recording
	Date: Monday 16 October 1978 Venue: Band on the Wall – Manchester (UK) Duration: 4.25 Availability on record: –
	Date: Thursday 2 August 1979 Venue: Prince of Wales Conference Centre – London (Tottenham) (UK) Duration: 4.36 Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 11 August 1979 (evening) Venue: Eric's – Liverpool (UK) Duration: 4.08 Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 31 August 1979 Venue: Electric Ballroom – London (Camden) (UK) Duration: 4.26 Availability on record: –
	Date: Thursday 4 October 1979 Venue: City Hall – Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) Duration: 4.24 Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 6 October 1979 Venue: Odeon – Edinburgh (Scotland) (UK) Duration: 4.27 Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 26 October 1979 Venue: Electric Ballroom – London (Camden) (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Sunday 28 October 1979 Venue: Apollo Theatre – Manchester (UK) Duration: 4.19 Availability on record: – Availability on video: Here Are The Young Men
	Date: Saturday 10 November 1979 Venue: Rainbow Theatre – London (Finsbury Park) (UK) Duration: 4.07 Availability on record: –
	Date: Tuesday 18 December 1979 Venue: Bains-Douches – Paris (France) Duration: 4.39 Availability on record: Fractured Box \| Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 \| Refractured Box One
	Date: Friday 11 January 1980 Venue: Paradiso – Amsterdam (Netherlands) Duration: 4.29 Availability on record: –
	Date: Tuesday 15 January 1980 Venue: Basement – Cologne (Germany) Duration: 4.32 Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 18 January 1980 Venue: Effenaar – Eindhoven (Netherlands) Duration: 4.33 Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 4 April 1980 Venue: Moonlight Club – London (West Hampstead) (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –

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