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TITLE. LYRICS

Concert version

She's lost control

Confusion in her eyes that says it all, she's lost control
And she's clinging to the nearest passer-by, she's lost control
And she gave away the secrets of her past and said "I've lost control again"
And of a voice that told her when and where to act, she said "I've lost control again"

And she turned to me and took me by the hand and said "I've lost control again"
And how I'll never know just why or understand, she said "I've lost control again"
And she screamed out, kicking on her side and said "I've lost control again"
And seized up on the floor – I thought she'd die –, she said "I've lost control"
She's lost control again, she's lost control

Well I had to phone her friend to state her case and say she's lost control again
And she showed up all the errors and mistakes and said "I've lost control again"
But she expressed herself in many different ways until she lost control again
And walked upon the edge of no escape and laughed "I've lost control again"
She's lost control again, she's lost control

I could live a little better with the myths and the lies
When the darkness broke in I just broke down and cried
I could live a little in a wider line when the change is gone, when the urge is gone
To lose control when here we come

	LIVE RECORDINGS. NOTES	Studio recordings \| TV recordings
	Date: Monday 16 October 1978 Venue: Band on the Wall – Manchester (UK) Duration: 3.42 Availability on record: –
	Date: Wednesday 14 March 1979 Venue: Bowdon Vale Youth Club – Altrincham (UK) Duration: 3.49 Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 23 June 1979 Venue: Free Trade Hall – Manchester (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Wednesday 11 July 1979 Venue: Roots Club – Leeds (UK) Duration: 3.24 Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 13 July 1979 Venue: Russel Club – Manchester (UK) Duration: 3.40 Availability on record: Heart And Soul
	Date: Friday 27 July 1979 Venue: Imperial Hotel – Blackpool (UK) Duration: 3.36 Availability on record: –
	Date: Thursday 2 August 1979 Venue: Prince of Wales Conference Centre – London (Tottenham) (UK) Duration: 3.42 Availability on record: –
	Date: Wednesday 8 August 1979 Venue: Romulus Club – Birmingham (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 11 August 1979 (evening) Venue: Eric's – Liverpool (UK) Duration: 3.42 Availability on record: –
	Date: Monday 13 August 1979 Venue: Nashville Rooms – London (Earls Court) (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Monday 27 August 1979 Venue: Rock & Music Festival – Leigh (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 31 August 1979 Venue: Electric Ballroom – London (Camden) (UK) Duration: 3.20 Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 8 September 1979 Venue: Queens Hall (Futurama) – Leeds (UK) Duration: 3.36 Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 22 September 1979 Venue: Nashville Rooms – London (Earls Court) (UK) Duration: 4.12 Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 28 September 1979 Venue: Russel Club – Manchester (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Tuesday 2 October 1979 Venue: Mountford Hall (University) – Liverpool (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Wednesday 3 October 1979 Venue: University – Leeds (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Thursday 4 October 1979 Venue: City Hall – Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) Duration: 3.36 Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 6 October 1979 Venue: Odeon – Edinburgh (Scotland) (UK) Duration: 3.35 Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 26 October 1979 Venue: Electric Ballroom – London (Camden) (UK) Duration: 3.40 Availability on record: –
	Date: Sunday 27 October 1979 Venue: Apollo Theatre – Manchester (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: – Availability on video: Here Are The Young Men
	Date: Sunday 28 October 1979 Venue: Apollo Theatre – Manchester (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 9 November 1979 Venue: Rainbow Theatre – London (Finsbury Park) (UK) Duration: 3.39 Availability on record: –
	Date: Tuesday 18 December 1979 Venue: Bains-Douches – Paris (France) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 11 January 1980 Venue: Paradiso – Amsterdam (Netherlands) Duration: 3.45 Availability on record: –
	Date: Tuesday 15 January 1980 Venue: Basement – Cologne (Germany) Duration: 3.50 Availability on record: –
	Date: Friday 18 January 1980 Venue: Effenaar – Eindhoven (Netherlands) Duration: 3.34 Availability on record: –
	Date: Thursday 28 February 1980 Venue: Warehouse – Preston (UK) Duration: 4.41 Availability on record: Fractured Box \| Preston 28 February 1980 \| Refractured Box One
	Date: Friday 29 February 1980 Venue: Lyceum Ballroom – London (Strand) (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: Heart And Soul
	Date: Friday 4 April 1980 Venue: Rainbow Theatre – London (Finsbury Park) (UK) Duration: unknown Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 5 April 1980 Venue: Winter Gardens – Malvern (UK) Duration: 4.09 Availability on record: –
	Date: Saturday 19 April 1980 Venue: Ajanta Theatre – Derby (UK) Duration: 4.57 Availability on record: –

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