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Words Into Action (1985 Version)

from Youth Is Not For Pleasure by Second Language

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Toni Zeto: Lead & Backing Vocals
Jessie Jacobson: Lead & Backing Vocals, Guitars
Jerome Faulkner: Keyboards, Flute
Jarrett Lesko: Bass, Drum Programming
Brian Bielski: Kick & Snare Drum, Sheet Metal, Brass Pipes

lyrics

Words Into Action

Words won't make you feel what you should feel
What you once felt
Words won't reveal what is real
They'll just mislead you from the start
They will seal and constrict
Charismatic tongues
As they conceal
They contradict the language of the heart

And so one word leads to the next
As conversation slips into text
Let's put - let's put words - words into action
Words into action

Words turn into shouts
Triggered by doubts
Fall on deaf ears
Words sprayed all about
Ooze from the spout
But no one hears

So automatic, reeled off by rote
Snag on your conscience, catch in your throat
Let's put - let's put words - words into action
Words into action

I would give anything
To make you understand
No need to read my lips
Feel the warmth of my hand

Words mean nothing at all
They bounce off the wall and fade away
But feelings that beckon and call
No matter how small
Can still save the day

Somehow the silence says so much more
And in the stillness, love settles the score
Let's put - let's put words - words into action
Words into action

© Jessie Jacobson (Music: 2/5/85 & Lyrics/Melody: 2/18/85)

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from Youth Is Not For Pleasure, released November 16, 2023
Produced by Tony Berg, Earle Mankey and Second Language.

(Note: this is the first studio version of Words Into Action, a second version was recorded in 1986, and a third in 1987.)

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Second Language Los Angeles, California

Second Language (1981-present) is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles. They will be releasing 7 albums of vintage and new material throughout 2024 on GO2L Records with Atmos/stereo singles releases on Alternator Records (mixed by Michael James).

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