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China Crisis – Age Old Need (1989) | Track profile | Dork

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Diary of a Hollow Horse
Age Old Need

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Age Old Need

Release date: 7th June 1989

From Diary of a Hollow Horse

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About This Track

"Age Old Need" is a track by China Crisis, from the album Diary of a Hollow Horse, released 7th June 1989. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

China Crisis

China Crisis

Lyrics

Age Old Need

A pillow to rest my weary head

The end of a working day

The door to the dream left open

I won't be turned away

A winter coat for a wind so cold

The age of age old need

A town to live and call my own

A way and a will to succeed

Yes I am lucky

Yes I am lucky

I'm a lucky man indeed

A town to live and call my own

A way and a will to succeed

I may search for happiness

And not know what it takes

And still be here a thousand years

And make the same mistakes

Yes I am lucky

Yes I am lucky

I'm a lucky man indeed

A town to live and call my own

A way and a will to succeed

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Track details

From Diary of a Hollow Horse

1989

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Album

Diary of a Hollow Horse

Release year

1989

—Singing the Praises of Finer Things
—Sweet Charity in Adoration
—All My Prayers
—Day After Day
—In Northern Skies
—St. Saviour Square
—Stranger By Nature
—Diary of a Hollow Horse
—Back Home
—Age Old Need

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