Karma Chameleon

Desert loving in your eyes all the way
If I listen to your lies would you say
I'm a man without conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go

Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy
If your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green

Didn't hear your wicked words every day
And you used to be so sweet I heard you say
That my love was an addiction
When we cling our love is strong
When you go you're gone forever
You string along
You string along

Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy
If your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green

Every day is like survival
You're my lover not my rival
Every day is like survival
You're my lover not my rival

I'm a man with conviction
I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contradiction
You come and go
You come and go

Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
You come and go
You come and go
Loving would be easy
If your colours were like my dream
Red, gold and green
Red, gold and green

Karma Chameleon topped the UK Charts for six weeks, and sold more than 1.3 million copies there. It was their first (and only) US chart topper.

It's A Miracle

Guns that cross the street
You never know who you might meet
Who's in disguise
Ooh as you blow a storm
There's no one there to keep you warm
It's no surprise there's something in my eyes

It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
And dreams are made of emotion

Dance with the counterfeit
The plastic smiles and micro heat
I'll meet you there, I'll meet you there
Run to the edge of town
Where Hollywood lay its footprints down
Monroe was there but do you really care

It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
And dreams are made of emotion

Cry it's a miracle
Cry it's a miracle
Cry it's a miracle
Cry it's a miracle

Guns that cross the street
You never know who you might meet
Who's in disguise, who's in disguise
Ooh as you blow a storm
There's no one there to keep you warm
It's no surprise there's something in my eyes

It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
It's a miracle
And dreams are made of emotion

Originally titled It's America, the video for It's A Miracle followed a board game that chronicled the history of Culture Club until that moment. It was a Top 5 hit in the UK and US.

Black Money

Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in?
Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in, oh yeah

Fortunes find you
Cross out every emotion
Standing right behind
A shadow of devotion

Somebody else's life cannot be mine

But when you love someone
And they don't love you in return
When you love someone
You got money to burn

Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in?
Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in, oh woh

I believe that nothing
Could come between us
Magic potions
Won't you save them for dreamers

Somebody else's life cannot be mine

But when you love someone
And they don't love you in return
When you love someone
You got money to burn

Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in?
Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in black money
Do you deal in, oh woh

Give me some love
But don't waste my time (oh black money)
I'd love you again
But you must be mine (oh black money yeah)
Give me some love
But don't waste my time (oh black money)

Black Money was to be released to coincide with the This Time greatest hits compilation in 1987, but was withdrawn at the last minute.

Changing Every Day

Someone says wake up child
And throw your life away
See you in the crime file
What will your mama say

Sometimes you get angry
No focus on your life
When people get hungry
They learn how to survive

Changing every day
Changing every day
I said we're changing every day
Changing every day

Summer syncopation
The space between your eyes
Is a place for heroes
That never compromise

Sometimes you get lonely
No focus or surprise
Pushed into production
What a way to live our lives

Changing every day
Changing every day
I said we're changing every day
Changing every day

That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You)

Clowns caress you
Figures undress your fears
Induce the crowd beyond emotion
Shedding tears as big as the ocean
Don't say you didn't hear us calling
Ooh ooh you'll be sorry in the morning
When we tell you mother had tears in her eyes
She's the only one that never cries

That's the way we destroy baby
Shut it out, shut it out
That's the way we destroy baby
Shut it out of your mind
That's the way, that's the way

If I address you
And you see me in the shadows falling
Call, caress me
Hey I woke up on my own this morning
Don't say you didn't hear us calling
Ooh ooh you'll be sorry in the morning
When we tell you mother had tears in her eyes
She's the only one that never lies

That's the way we destroy baby
Shut it out, shut it out
That's the way we destroy baby
Shut it out of your mind
That's the way, that's the way

I'm only trying to help you baby
(Only trying to help you)
I'm only trying to help you baby
(Only trying to help you)
I'm only trying to help you

That's The Way (I'm Only Trying To Help You) featured as the B-side to the 7" of Karma Chameleon

Church Of The Poison Mind

Desolate loving in your eyes
You used and made my life so sweet
Step out like a God found child
I saw your eyes across the street

Who would be the fool to take you
Be more than just kind
Step into a life of maybe
Love is hard to find

In the church of the posion mind
In the church of the posion mind
In the church of the posion mind

Watch me clinging to the beat
I had to fight to miake it mine
That religion you could sink it neat
Just move your feet and you'll feel fine

Who would be the fool to maybe
Trick a kiss in time
Who am I to say that's crazy
Love will make you blind

In the church of the posion mind
In the church of the posion mind
In the church of the posion mind

Desolate loving in your eyes
You used and made my life so sweet
Step out like a God found child
I saw your eyes across the street

Who would be the fool to take you
Be more than just kind
Step into a life of maybe
Love is jard to find

In the church of the posion mind
In the church of the posion mind
In the church of the posion mind

Church Of The Poison Mind was another US/UK Top 10 hit, and it's video clip featured Boy George's sister Siobhan as a look-a-like.

Miss Me Blind

Miss me
I know you'll miss me
I know you'll miss me blind

I know you'll miss me
I know you'll miss me
I know you'll miss me blind

Bet you got a good gun
Bet you know how
To have some fun and then
You turn it around on me
Because I'm better than the rest of the men

I say you'll miss me
And you always do
I say you'll miss me
Now would I lie to you

Now there's no need to demand
Grab my golden hand
I'll teach you and you'll never be sure
If the way that you need
Is too much like greed
Decide if you are rich or you're poor

I know you'll miss me
I know you'll miss me
I know you'll miss me blind

Bet you make the fool run
Bet you know how
To make it last forever
But you know
I'm never really sure
If you're just kissing to be clever

I say you'll miss me
And you always do
I say you'll miss me
Now would I lie to you

Now there's no need to demand
Grab my golden hand
I'll teach you and you'll never be sure
If the way that you need
Is too much like greed
Decide if you are rich or you're poor

Because the love
That I have to give
Must be better than that kind
It can make you rich
It can make you poor
But I know that you'll miss me blind

I know you'll miss me
I know you'll miss me
I know you'll miss me blind

Mister Man

On the street they're preaching violence
Mister Man it's in your head
On the street the midnight cowboy
Needs no gun to shoot you dead

Why do I live the way I do
Ain't it obvious I'm just a man like you

Mister Man full of love
Mister Man full of hate
Got his heart on the trigger
But he pulled it too late
Mister Man is a pilot
Mister Man is a fake
Mister Man is feeling hungry
And he's lying in wait

On the streets the lights are fighting
Searching for someone like you
Better find a good Messiah
To help the sad and lonely through

Why do I hate the things you do
Ain't it obvious I'm much more black than blue

Mister Man full of love
Mister Man full of hate
Got his heart on the trigger
But he pulled it too late
Mister Man is a pilot
Mister Man is a fake
Mister Man is feeling hungry
And he's lying in wait

On the street they're preaching violence
Mister Man it's in your head
On the street the midnight cowboy
Needs no guns to shoot you dead

Why do I act the way I do
Ain't it obvious I'm just a man like you

Mister Man full of love
Mister Man full of hate
Got his heart on the trigger
But he pulled it too late
Mister Man is a pilot
Mister Man is a fake
Mister Man is feeling hungry
And he's lying in wait

Stormkeeper

Ooh I have love sweeter than lies
Gave you no reason not to decide
Say you are leaving, you've got too much pride
It's not love if you have it to hide it

Oh woe who is the man
Who puts waves on the sand
It's the stormkeeper, stormkeeper
Liven my life
When I need to survive
Is the storm keeping you warm
Keeping you warm

Oh I have cried so many times
But only for things that never were mine
Heaven is sweet, love is unkind
Thoughts are twisted inside of your mind

Don't let them tell you
That this love is wrong
And don't let them fool you
That this love can't go on

Victims

The victims we know so well
They shine in your eyes
When they kiss and tell
Strange places we never see
But you're always there
Like a ghost in my dream
And I keep on telling you
Please don't do the things you do
When you do those things
Pull my puppet strings
I have the strangest void for you

We love and we never tell
What places our hearts in the wishing well
Love leads us into the stream
And it's sink or swim
Like it's always been
And I keep on loving you
It's the only thing to do
When the angel sings
There are greater things
Can I give them all to you

Pull the strings of emotion
Take a ride into unknown pleasure
Feel like a child on a dark night
Wishing there was some kind of heaven
I could be warm with you smiling
Hold out your hand for a while
The victims we know them so well...

The victims we know so well
They shine in your eyes when they kiss and tell
Strange places we never see
But you're always there like a ghost in my dream
And I keep on telling you
Please don't do the things you do
When you do those things, pull my puppet strings
I have the strangest void for you

Show my heart some devotion
Push aside those that whisper never
Feel like a child on a dark night
Wishing there were some kind of heaven
I could be warm with you smiling
Hold out your hand for a while
The victims we know them so well, so well...

Despite no radio play and little media support, Victims made it all the way to Number 3 on the UK charts. It was not released in the US.