Manhattan Skyline

Die letzte Single von "Scoundrel Days" wurde im Februar 1987 veröffentlicht. Auf der Single war eine verkürzte Version von "Manhattan Skyline" zu finden und eine am 19. Januar 1987 in London aufgenommene Live-Version von "We're Looking For The Whales". Die 12'' Version wartet mit einer von Mags, Pål und Gerry W.W. Kitchingham gemixten Extended Version auf und enthält eine längere Live Version von "We're Looking For The Whales".

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MANHATTAN SKYLINE (4:11)

(Pål Waaktaar)

We sit and watch umbrellas fly
I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry
I hear myself say,
"My boat's leaving now"
...so we shake hands and cry
Now I must wave goodbye
Wave goodbye

You know
I don't want to cry again
I don't want to cry again
Don't want to say goodbye
I don't want to cry again
I don't want to run away
Don't want to race this pain
I'll never see your face again

Oh but how
How can you say
That I didn't try...
You see things in the depths of my eyes
That my love's run dry
No...

We leave to their goodbyes
I've come to depend on the look in their eyes
My blood's sweet for pain
The wind and the rain bring back words of a song
And they say wave goodbye
Wave goodbye

But you know
I don't want to fall again
Don't want to know this pain
Don't want another friend
Don't want to try again
Don't want to see you hurt
Don't let me see you hurt
I don't want to cry again
I'll never see your face again

How can you say
That I didn't try
You know I did
You see things in the depths of my eyes
That my love's run dry

...So I read to myself
A chance of a lifetime to see new horizons
On the front page
A black and white picture of
Manhattan Skyline

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WHALES (3:50)

(Pål Waaktaar)

One left low left two who left high
They seem so hard to find
Three came twice took once the time
To search...
We're looking for a little bewildered girl
We're looking for a little bewildered girl
We're looking for the whales

Restlessness is in our genes
Time won't wear it off
Born into this world with our eyes wide open
Girl
We're looking for a little bewildered girl
We're looking for a little bewildered girl
We're looking for the whales

I found angels
Beached outside your doors
Don't you set those lonely eyes on me

Girl
We're looking for a little bewildered girl
We're looking for the whales