Released on April 19, 1983

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[Verse 1]

Heard it said it's a stupid thing

Everything that I follow through

Never got to our God, you see

Abandoned with the taste of the new, new, new


[Pre-Chorus]

And every time that whistle blows

I'm stranded in my shoes


[Chorus]

Get me back on board

Pull me up with grace

Get me back on board

Let me be embraced

'Cause even after all those words

I want you for my own

Touch me when the sun comes up

And tell me that we're home


[Verse 2]

We'll take a train to the graves again

We can learn the value of life

Kick the snow with our shoe-heels

Shivers give a smile in the night


[Verse 3]

Hey, honest to goodness, girl

I'd kiss you with the lips of the Lord

But to be honest to goodness

I feel I have to wait for the word, word, words


[Pre-Chorus]

And every time that whistle blows

I'm stranded in my shoes


[Chorus]

Get me back on board

Pull me up with grace

Get me back on board

Let me be embraced

'Cause I'm always, always trying to be

The archetypal free

The strangest something went to sleep

I buckled at the knees


[Post-Chorus]

So here we go, digging through those dustbins

Giving things new names


[Chorus]

Get me back on board

Pull me up with grace

Get me back on board

Let me be embraced

Get me back on board

Pull me up with grace

Get me back on board

Here's my ticket, where's the [?]


[Outro]

Get me back on board

Pull me up with grace

Get me back on board

Let me be embraced (Back on board)

Get me back on board (Get me back on board)

Pull me up with grace

Get me back on board (Get me back, get me back)

Let me be embraced (Get me back on board)