 Want an e-mail when there's something new? Join the e-mail news list today! songs & lyrics 28 (Unreleased)  28 was a song written for gay friends at the teachers' college I attended, after the UK's Conservative government passed an amendment to an Education Bill (Clause 28) that made it illegal for teachers to "promote homosexuality" in classrooms. The vague phrase was never defined at all, rightly causing a lot of fear that there would be flimsily-based witch hunts to exclude excellent teachers. Final version of lyrics: Friday, January 15th, 1988 28 (Unreleased) The city is restless tonight As we all sleep It's making plans for tomorrow That none of us can keep It's lights shine so high Across the sleeping roads While the world is laughing At what we hold close Have you just found what you just lost Sleeping soft in what we share The moon dances on the window pane Feel so safe so insecure Don't want to have these thoughts again Reach out to touch the parchment wall To prove that I can feel Last week the radio spoke to me Saying: your life is fake only your plans are real All the pictures in the album Melting into one of you Showing that who you are to me Is worth more than who you screw So when I wake up tomorrow I won't judge you by them I'll close my eyes to their surprise And see you, not condemn January 1988, London.
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