Metropolis

Kilbey, Willson-Piper, Koppes, Ploog
(Campbell Connelly Australia Pty Limited and Control)

Appears On:

• Gold Afternoon Fix (1990), Track 2
• Gold Afternoon Fix (1990) - EMI Australia 2005 Remaster, CD 2, Track 10 (Acoustic Version)
• Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs (Bootleg - 1992), Track 11 (LP Only, Acoustic Version)
• Almost Yesterday 1981-1990 (1994), Track 16
• Under the Milky Way: The Best of the Church (1999), Track 13
• The Best of the Church (1999), Track 3
• El Momento Descuidado (2004), Track 5 (Acoustic Version)
• Deep In The Shallows: The Classic Singles Collection (2007), Disc 2, Track 1
• All Killer No Filler - The Church (2009), Track 2
• The Best of the Radio Songs (2010), Track 9 (2005 Digital Remaster)
• A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House (2014), Disc 1, Track 1 (Live)
• Released as a single (1990)
• 0408 / Metropolis split single (2004), Track 2 (Acoustic Version)
• Videos:
  • Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) (1990)
  • Retail Vision AlternaVision Volume 10 (1990)
  • A Psychedelic Symphony: Live at Sydney Opera House (2014), Track 1 (Live)
• Other Media:
  • Down Under 3 (4/23/95)
• Compilations:
  • 101 Driving Songs (2/24/12)
  • The Album Network Expand-O CD Tune Up #1 (1990)
  • The Album Network Tune Up - Rock #46 (2/26/90)
  • The Best Of Acoustic Volume One [Liberation Blue Acoustic Series] (2005) - Acoustic Version
  • Billboard Top Modern Rock Tracks 1990 (1997)
  • CMJ Presents Certain Damage! Vol. 26 (2/90)
  • Complete Nineties (8/22/05)
  • Electric Ave. Audio Mania (1994)
  • The Evolution Of Australian Rock And Roll (1990)
  • The Future Of Rock (1990)
  • Hitmakers Top 40 CD Sampler Vol. 35 (4/20/90)
  • Hits of 1990 #3 (1990)
  • I Was A Teenage Post Modern
  • Liberation Blue Acoustic Series Sampler (2005) - Acoustic Version
  • Modern Rock Superstars Of The 990's (9/8/98)
  • Mushroom & Festival Number 1 Christmas 1999 (12/99)
  • The Mushroom Story: The Hits Of The Nineties Vol. 1 (7/14/98)
  • Music Sales Publishing Group - Catalog Sampler (1997)
  • The Network Forty Tune Up Next40 #24 (4/23/90)
  • Rockin' 90's (1/27/04)
• Covers:
  • John Thomas Griffith - Aluminum (2001), Track 5
  • Hit Or Myth - Hit Or Myth (2017), Track 8
  • Tremolina - Bajo un Cielo Prehistorico: Un Homenaje a The Church (2014), Track 18

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev. May 28, 2010]

There'll never be another quite like you
I'm so involved with everything you do
Don't say nothing good will ever come of this
Don't say the damage is worse than it is

Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When I'm standing with you

You stare down at some crowd from your trapeze
And when you fell they fell down on their knees
And when you broke they scrambled for a piece
And when you spoke I felt their anger freeze

Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When I'm standing with you
And back in Metropolis talk about a holocaust
And then visit the zoo
And back in Metropolis the weather is ridiculous
What's it all leading to?

And it's only a day away
We could leave tonight
You could sleep along the way
Dream in black and white

Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing can ever topple us
When I'm standing with you
And back in Metropolis talk about a holocaust
And then visit the zoo
And back in Metropolis the weather is ridiculous
What's it all leading to?

And back in Metropolis
What's it all leading to?
And back in Metropolis
What's it all leading to?

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Acoustic Version on "El Momento Descuidado" Lyrics with different lyrics marked in red (unofficial)

There'll never be another quite like you
I'm so involved with everything you do
Don't say that nothing good could ever come of this
Don't say the damage is worse

Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing could ever topple us
When I'm standing with you

You stare down at the crowd from your trapeze
And when you fell they fell down on their knees
And when you broke they scrambled for a piece
And when you spoke I felt their anger

Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing could ever topple us
When I'm standing with you

And it's only a day away
We could leave tonight
You can sleep along the way
And dream in black and white

Back in Metropolis, circuses and elephants
Where the oranges grew
And back in Metropolis nothing could ever topple us
When I'm standing with you

And back in Metropolis talk about a holocaust
And then visit the zoo
And back in Metropolis nothing could ever topple us
When I'm standing with you