TEARS FOR FEARS – Sowing the Seeds of Love (1989)

“Sowing the Seeds of Love” is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears. It was released in August 1989 as the first single from their third studio album, The Seeds of Love (1989). The song was a worldwide hit, topping the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart and reaching the top 10 in Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their fourth and last top 10 hit. It also reached No. 1 on both the Modern Rock Tracks chart and the Cash Box Top 100.

High time we made a stand And shook up the views of the common man And the love train rides from coast to coast DJ’s the man we love the most

Could you be, could you be squeaky clean And smash any hope of democracy? As the headline says, you’re free to choose There’s egg on your face and mud on your shoes

One of these days, they’re gonna call it the blues Yeah, yeah

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I spy tears in their eyes They look to the skies for some kind of divine intervention Food goes to waste So nice to eat, so nice to taste

Politician granny with your high ideals Have you no idea how the majority feels? So without love and a promised land We’re fools to the rules of a government plan

Kick out the style, bring back The Jam

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The birds and the bees My girlfriend and me In love

Feel the pain Talk about it If you’re a worried man Then shout about it

Open hearts Feel about it Open minds Think about it

Everyone Read about it Everyone Scream about it

Everyone, everyone, yeah, yeah Everyone (everyone) Read about it, read about it Read it in the books In the crannies and the nooks There are books to read for us

(Sowing the seeds of love) Sowing the seeds of love We’re sowing the seeds Sowing the seeds

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Mr. England sowing the seeds of love

Time to eat all your words, swallow your pride Open your eyes Time to eat all your words, swallow your pride Open your eyes

High time we made a stand And shook up the views of the common man And the love train rides from coast to coast Every minute of every hour I love a sunflower And I believe in love power

Love power Love power

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An end to need And the politics of greed With love

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An end to need (what about the workers?) And the politics of greed With love

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