Compulsion Joe Crow

Charms in limited supply
And refusing to stretch
That indefinable nothing
Somehow keeps pushing you
Finding the right words
Can be a problem
How many times must it be said
There's no plan
It had to happen

Got to move on sometime
And it's about time
By putting one foot in front of another
And repeating the process
Cross over the street
You're free to change your mind
Strength through diversity
Couldn't have put it more plainly
Got to move on sometime
Got to move on sometime
Got to move on sometime
Got to move on sometime

Charms in limited supply
Under threat of extinction
That indefinable nothing
Somehow motivates you
Finding the right words
Can be a problem
How many times must it be said
There's no plan
It had to happen

Got to move on sometime
And it's about time
By putting one foot in front of another
And repeating the process
Cross over the street
You're free to change your mind
Strength through diversity
Couldn't have put it more plainly
Got to move on sometime

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• Crow
• Compulsion
• Depeche
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[JAZMINPISACO]

wow, this is amazing (i also love the martin gore version)

can someone tell me from which album is this song, and the year, please?

[hahe1000]

It is on a sampler called "Pillows and Prayers"

[kevanhughes]

Got to say your taste is impeccable ... Has probably been my favourite track off 'pillows and prayers' for the past 25 plus years .... However, always thought he was singing 'Jobs in limited supply' --- always thought of this haunting track was a meditation on Thatchers Britain ..? Perhaps it's just my agit pop brain working overtime?

[hahe1000]

Thanks for the compliment.

No, its not about Jobs.

Or yes, about the job we have to work on until we go.

We got to move on sometime.

By putting one foot in front of another.

[alyscrow]

Thats my dad. You can find links to his stuff through cherry red records. Think there's a download there too.

[Ade6464]

This track sorts the men from the boys. With limited technology, (correct me if I'm wrong!) possibly an old basic drum machine (Roland TR606?)and Roland TB303 bassline macine? (or something similar) quite simply, the most beautiful and moving song I have ever had the pleasure to hear. Go Joe. You're 1 in a trillion.

[alyscrow]

@DIEGOKEN242 This isn't a cover, it's the original...

[khatic47]

why this sonic youth picture?

[GlorifiedTruth]

Someone please tell me something about Joe Crow.

[diskochimp]

I remember this song from the Pillows & Prayers comp & the days when 99p for an album was still a bit of a gamble (50p p/w pocket money didn't stretch far!). Joe's original version makes Martin Gore's cover sound soulless & insipid...

If this gets played at my funeral I'll be very, very pleased.

[24kGoldenRocket]

It is about TIME...That is the message I get from this.

[BloodTrucksandBeer]

ok, i'm an idiot... i didn't know this was written by someone other than Gore... stupidity on my part... i often wondered why i liked his cover, but wasn't drawn in by other songs... now i know; again, i'm an idiot! That being said and accepted, i give proper respects to the original! this song has been part of my life's soundtrack-- thank you!!

[whitestarlinetitanic]

Joe Crow is my uncle, but I know him by his real name. He's has also got an album released in 2009 called 'Coincidence'. He really is awesome!!

[Aesoppkm]

Thats a perfect song, a masterpiece of songwriting. Love the lyrics and melody...Awesome.

[rjjcms1]

And thank you so much hahahehe1000 for putting this up.

[portishphonic]

this is love