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Lyrics to More Than This

Lyrics to the song More Than This as recorded by Roxy Music.

(Ferry)

I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they're blowing?
As free as the wind
Hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning

More than this
You know there's nothing
More than this
Tell me one thing
More than this
There's nothing

It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like a dream in the night
Who can say where we're going?
No care in the world
Maybe I'm learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning

More than this
You know there's nothing
More than this
Tell me one thing
More than this
No, there's nothing
More than this, nothing
More than this
More than this, nothing

 

More Than This

Single

More Than This was the first single to be released from Roxy Music's Avalon album. It reached number 6 in UK with the instrumental track India as the b-side. The USA single had the non album track Always Unknowing as the b-side. A 12" single was pressed but the version was the same as the single and album. A Brazilian promo by Polydor was pressed with Jean Michael Jarre on the b-side

The song was rehearsed for the Avalon tour but was dropped after the first show in Dublin. It was rehearsed for Bryan Ferry's As Time Goes By tour in 1999 but was never performed publicly. It was played at the first few shows on the reunion tour in 2001 and also during the Roxy Music festival dates in 2010 and during the Australia/New Zealand leg of the 2011 tour. Bryan did a one off Piano/Vocal performance of More Than This at a show in Barcelona during the Frantic tour.

More Than This has been recorded by 10,000 Maniacs and Emmie did a dance version of the song in 1999 which reached the top 10 in the UK charts charting higher than Roxy's original version. Both Robyn Hitchcock & Glass Candle Grenade have released this song in their recorded reportoire. Charlie Hunter has a jazz version of More Than This as track 5 on the album, Songs From The Ananlog Playground. Lucy Kaplansky who appears on Bryan Ferry's 'Frantic' album also perfromed More Than This in her live set.

The computer game Grand Theft Auto also uses the song on the game as well as the soundtrack.

What Bryan says:

"This is from the album Avalon, which was the breakthrough record for Roxy Music in America. I started writing the songs while on the west coast of Ireland, and I like to think that some of the dark melancholy of the album comes from that place."

Song Musicians

More Than This is on the following Roxy Music and Solo Albums

Chart Info

CHART HISTORY

29 Mar 1982    18
05 Apr          6
12 Apr          6
19 Apr          7
26 Apr         14
03 May         28
10 May         58
17 May         72
(Chart run of 8 weeks)

Format Country A-Side B-Side Details Label Cat. No
             
7" UK More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G ROXY 3
7" USA More Than This Always Unknowing   Warner Bros. 7-29912
7" UK More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G ROXY X3
7" Germany More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G 2141 527
7" Japan More Than This India Picture Sleeve + Lyrics Polydor/E'G 7DM 0049
7" USA More Than This Avalon Stamped Sleeve Promo Warner Bros. PRO-A-2033
7" USA More Than This More Than This Promo With Lyric Sheet Warner Bros. PRO S1067
7" Germany More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G 2002 129
7" Brazil More Than This Jean Michael Jarre Promo Polydor/E'G 2801 150
7" USA More Than This More Than This Mono/Stereo Promo Warner Bros. 7-29912
7" UK More Than This India White Label Test Pressing Polydor/E'G ROXY X3
7" Spain More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G 2002 129
7" Sweden More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G 2002 129
7" Ireland More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G ROXY X3
7" Holland More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G 2002 129
7" France More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G 2002 129
7" Australia More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G 2002 129
7" Italy More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G 2002 129
7" Portugal More Than This India Picture Sleeve Polydor/E'G 2002 129