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40 Versions

Release date: 23rd September 1979

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"40 Versions" is a track by Wire, from the album 154, released 23rd September 1979. Full lyrics are available below.

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40 Versions

I never know which version I'm going to be

I seem to have so many choices open to me

It's not hard to see another unique event

When you miss the beginning and you miss the end

I've got forty versions all dying to get the part

And so with a change of mind comes a change of heart

A total eclipse arrives now and Niagara Falls

No loss of life yet and no further calls

I never know which version I'm going to be

I get the feeling my mind is deceiving me

Where only edges can be seen of the spaces

In between are where only edges can be seen of the spaces

In between are where only edges can be seen of the spaces

In between are where only edges can be seen of the spaces

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1st September 1979
Release year
1979
  1. 1I Should Have Known Better (2006 Remastered Version)
    3:52
  2. 2Two People In a Room (2006 Remastered Version)
    2:11
  3. 3The 15th (2006 Remastered Version)
    3:05
  4. 4The Other Window (2006 Remastered Version)
    2:08
  5. 5Single K.O. (2006 Remastered Version)
    2:24
  6. 6A Touching Display (2006 Remastered Version)
    6:56
  7. 7On Returning (2006 Remastered Version)
    2:06
  8. 8A Mutual Friend (2006 Remastered Version)
    4:28
  9. 9Blessed State (2006 Remastered Version)
    3:28
  10. 10Once Is Enough (2006 Remastered Version)
    3:23
  11. 11Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W (2006 Remastered Version)
    3:40
  12. 12Indirect Enquiries (2006 Remastered Version)
    3:37
  13. 1340 Versions (2006 Remastered Version)
    3:29
  14. —Two People in a Room
  15. —Map Ref 41 Degrees N 93 Degrees W - 2006 Remastered Version
    3:40
  16. —Once Is Enough
  17. —A Mutual Friend
  18. —The 15th
  19. —A Touching Display
  20. —I Should Have Known Better
  21. —Indirect Enquiries
  22. —40 Versions
  23. —Blessed State
  24. —Single K.O.
  25. —On Returning
  26. —The Other Window

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