Now you're playing around with money and fear
And a power you can't control
And the Zimmermen grin their perjured grins
Saying: "There's no risk at all"
Look into the eyes of the next generation
Know you would never dare
You're laying the tracks of the ultimate sin
Like Himmler and you don't care

It only takes a few words, it only takes a few
To cut a long story short
It only takes a few words
Oh my, how it hurts

Look into the eyes of the next generation
Look into the eyes of the next generation

Your orders filtered through the ranks
Intentions you can't hide
With tightened lips you're sinking ships
In the shadows of the night
You presidents of Genocide
You ministers of Crime
You're laughing at your firemen
From miles behind (from miles behind) the lines

It only takes a few words, it only takes a few
To cut a long story short
It only takes a few words
Oh my, how it hurts

Look into the eyes of the next generation
Look into the eyes of the next generation

Lyrics & Music: Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Ricky Echolette, Michael O'Ryan

Release history:

1986 06 01 · Universal Daddy · Single

1987 04 14 · Red Rose · Single

1999 01 · Dreamscapes · Album

2005 12 31 · Dreamscapes Revisited · MP3 Album

2014 10 13 · So80s - Alphaville · Compilation

2019 01 19 · Live at the Whisky a Go Go · Live Album

2021 05 07 · Afternoons in Utopia - Remastered · Album

2021 09 03 · Universal Daddy EP · Online Release

2024 09 27 · Forever! Best of 40 Years · Compilation