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A Means to an End [Live At Birmingham University]

Joy Division
Track 13 on Still 

Producer

Martin Hannett
Oct. 8, 19811 viewer

A Means to an End [Live At Birmingham University] Lyrics

[Verse 1]
A legacy so far removed
One day will be improved
Eternal rights we left behind
We were the better kind
Two the same, set free too

[Chorus]
I always looked to you
I always looked to you
I always looked to you

[Verse 2]
We fought for good, stood side by side
Our friendship never died
On stranger waves, the lows and highs
Our vision touched the sky
Immoralists with points to soon

[Chorus]
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you

[Verse 3]
A house somewhere on foreign soil
Where aging lovers call
Is this your goal, your final needs
Whеre dogs and vultures eat
Committеd still, I turn to go
[Chorus]
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you

[Outro]
In you, in you, in you
Put my trust in you, in you
You

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Still (1981)
Joy Division
  1. 1.
    Exercise One
  2. 2.
    Ice Age
  3. 3.
    The Sound of Music
  4. 4.
    Glass
  5. 5.
    The Only Mistake
  6. 6.
    Walked in Line
  7. 7.
    The Kill
  8. 8.
    Something Must Break
  9. 9.
    Dead Souls
  10. 10.
    Sister Ray [Live At the Moonlight Club, London April 1980]
  11. 11.
    Ceremony (Live at Birmingham University, Birmingham, 2nd May 1980)
  12. 12.
    Shadowplay [Live at Birmingham University]
  13. 13.
    A Means to an End [Live At Birmingham University]
  14. 14.
    Passover
  15. 15.
    New Dawn Fades
  16. 16.
    Twenty Four Hours
  17. 17.
    Transmission
  18. 18.
    Disorder
  19. 19.
    Isolation
  20. 20.
    Decades
  21. 21.
    Digital
  22. A Means to an End (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
  23. Colony (High Wycombe Town Hall Live (Missing Lyrics)
  24. Twenty Four Hours (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
  25. Digital (Live at Birmingham University)
  26. New Dawn Fades (Live at Birmingham University)
  27. Ceremony (rehearsal)
  28. Decades [Live At Birmingham University]
  29. Passover (Live at Birmingham University)
  30. Disorder (Live at Birmingham University)
  31. A Means to an End
  32. Atrocity Exhibition (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
  33. Isolation (Live at Birmingham University)
  34. Sister Ray (Live at Moonlight Club)
  35. A Means to an End (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
  36. The Sound of Music (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
  37. Disorder (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
  38. Ice Age (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
  39. The Eternal (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
  40. Isolation (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Sound Check) (Missing Lyrics)
  41. Disorder (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
  42. The Sound of Music (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
  43. Isolation (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
  44. Love Will Tear Us Apart (High Wycombe Town Hall Live) (Missing Lyrics)
  45. Transmission (Live at Birmingham University)
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Release Date
October 8, 1981
A Means to an End [Live At Birmingham University] Is A Live Version Of
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RockPost-PunkLiveGothic Rock
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