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Brian Eno
Wrong Way Up
Footsteps

TRACK

Footsteps

Release date: 5th October 1990

From Wrong Way Up

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About This Track

"Footsteps" is a track by Brian Eno, from the album Wrong Way Up, released 5th October 1990. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Brian Eno.

About the Artist

Brian Eno

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Lyrics

Footsteps

[Verse 1]

I'm a man of many colours

Only yesterday I was blue

Ten days from now, I'll be different

And so will you

Written there in capital letters

So as not to be misunderstood

Making sure I'm clear

Telling bad from good

[Verse 2]

Two weeks ago in Tokyo

A man from Islamabad

Selling shells back to the rebels

Shells they never had

All is clear, I can see for miles and miles

I can hear your footsteps in my heart

Somebody make me an offer

I've got to get away from here, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Verse 3]

Driving hard through the snow drift

Like a moth to a naked light

To keep an appointment in Zurich

With a man who hears footsteps in the night

He's tired of what he's been doing

What it's done to his life

Getting most of what he needed

Has left him with less than he had

[Outro]

All is clear, I can see for miles and miles

All I hear are your footsteps in my heart

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Track details

From Wrong Way Up

1990

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1990

—You Don't Miss Your Water
—Been There Done That
—Cordoba
—Empty Frame
—The River
—Footsteps
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Brian Eno — Footsteps

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Brian Eno, John Cale
Producer: Brian Eno, John Cale
Engineer: Brian Eno, David Young
Bass: Brian Eno
Keyboards: John Cale
Vocals: John Cale
Harmony Vocals: Brian Eno
Mastering Engineer: Stephen Marcussen, Tony Cousins
Mixing Engineer: Brian Eno, Bruce Lampcov, Rhett Davies
Tabla: Ronald Jones