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Mothers Talk [Album Version] Lyrics
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
We can work it out
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
We can work it out
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
We can, only we can work it out
It's not that you're not good enough
It's just that we can make you better
Given that you pay the price
We can keep you young and tender
Following in the footsteps of a funeral pyre
You were paid not listen now your house is on fire
Wake me up when things get started
When everything starts to happen (happen, hey yeah)
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
We can work it out
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
We can work it out
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
We can, only we can work it out
Some of us are horrified
Others never talk about it
But when the weather starts to burn
Then you'll know that you're in trouble
Following in the footsteps of a soldier girl
It is time to put your clothes on and to face the world
Don't you feel your luck is changing
When everything starts to happen (happen, hey yeah)
Put your head right next to my heart
The beat of the drum is the fear of the dark
We can work it out
We can work it out (there's a change in the weather)
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
We can, only we can work it out
Weekend
We can work it out
Weekend
We can work it out
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
It's just that we can make you better
Given that you pay the price
We can keep you young and tender
You were paid not listen now your house is on fire
When everything starts to happen (happen, hey yeah)
Weekend
We can work it out
My features form with a change in the weather
Weekend
We can work it out
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
Others never talk about it
But when the weather starts to burn
Then you'll know that you're in trouble
It is time to put your clothes on and to face the world
When everything starts to happen (happen, hey yeah)
The beat of the drum is the fear of the dark
We can work it out (there's a change in the weather)
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
When the mothers talk
When the wind blows
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This is an anti war song referring to nuclear winter with the "wind blows" and the old wives tale that your face would get stuck when you made a funny face if the weather changes refers to how your face would get stuck if there was a change in the weather from nuclear warfare.
Song came out in the 80s and was a protest against the US putting nuclear missiles into Europe against then USSR, provoking a nuclear warfare. There's an interview with the band somewhere where they explain this I think it might be on an audio recording from the extended album.