D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (1994)

Peter Cunnah, a.k.a. D:Ream, born 1966 in Derry, Northern Ireland, is the prime example why not to get involved in politics as an artist... UK clubbers may remember him as THE high flyer in 1994. Everything he touched turned into a hit at the time. He was so popular, that Tony Blair chose this track (with his agreement) for his 1997 election campaign, which resulted in a MAJOR Labour landslide in 1997. Given, Tony achieved a peace agreement in Northern Ireland, but - in hindsight - failed miserably elsewhere. First victim: D:Ream's success. Final victim: Labour's landslide loss at the last election, with plenty of casulties inbetween...

D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better (1994)
1993 - UK#24, 1997 - UK#19



Lyrics:

You can walk my path, you can wear my shoes
Learn to talk like me and be an angel too
But maybe you ain't never gonna feel this way
You ain't never gonna know me, but i know you
I'm singing it now-
Things can only get better
They can only get better if we see it through-
that means me and I mean you too
So teach me now that things can only get better,
They can only get, they only get, take it on from here
You know i know that things can only get better
I sometimes lose myself in me, I lose track of time
And I can't see the wood for the trees
You set them alight
burning bridges as you've gone
I'm too weak to fight ya
I've got my personal hell to deal with, then you say
Walk my path, wear my shoes, talk like that-
I'll be an angel then
Things can only get better
they can only get better, now i found you
Things can only get better, they can only get better,
now I found you
and you and you
You have shown me prejudice and greed
And you've shown me how I must learn to deal with this disease
I look at things now in a different light than I did before
And I've found the cause
and I think you can be my cure
So teach me to...
Walk your path, wear your shoes, talk like that, I'll be an angel and
Things can only get better...