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TITLE. LYRICS

Earlier studio version

Walked in line

All dressed in uniforms so fine
They drank and killed to pass the time
Wearing the shame of all their crimes
With measured steps, they walked in line
They walked in line

They carried pictures of their wives
And numbered tags to prove their lives
And made it through the whole machine
With dirty hearts and hands washed clean
They walked in line

Full of a glory never seen
They made it through the whole machine
To never question anymore
Hypnotic trance, they never saw
They walked in line

ALTERNATE LYRICS

Later studio version | Concert version

DETAILS

Line-up: Ian Curtis | Peter Hook | Stephen Morris | Bernard Sumner

STUDIO RECORDING. NOTES

Later studio recording | Live recordings

Date: Monday 1–Thursday 4 May 1978
Studio: Arrow Studios – Manchester (UK)
Duration: 2.40
Availability on record: –

MEMORIES

The studio time wasn't all frustration and arguments. Some time was taken for the odd drink across the road and one night, when the band found their lagers devoid of lime, they changed the lyrics of 'Walked in line' to 'We wanted lime'
(Source: Deborah Curtis – Touching from a distance)