Song written by Ricky and Marty Wilde. Ninth track of the album Catch as Catch Can.
A remix of this track, made by Glenn Howard, was released by Disconet.
Versions
There are three versions of ‘Sparks’: the album version, the Disconet remix and the rough mix.
Credits
Flute, saxophone: Gary Barnacle
Lead guitar, backing vocals: Steve Byrd
Bass guitar, backing vocals: Mark Hayward Chaplin
Drums: Trevor Murrell
Keyboards, bass, guitar, Linn programmes, synclavier, backing vocals: Ricky Wilde
Produced by Ricky Wilde
Engineer: Pete Schwier, Will Gosling, Simon Schofield, Keith Fernley
Lyrics
Caught in the times we live in
Caught in the time we know
It’s taking a real hard line
You feel you’ve become a number
Nobody needs your trouble
Gives you the time of day
But kicking the world behind
Won’t make it go away
‘Cos we’re strong
And we’re big enough to take
Whatever time will bring
We’ve only one life
And we’ve got a lot to give
There’s only one time
And we’ve got to make or break it
Let the sparks fly out again – sparks
Let the feelings tell you when – sparks
Let the sparks fly out again
A flick of the fingers
And they’ll cut you down for sure
You gotta be hard sometimes
And so you pretend it’s nothing
Finding what to believe in
That’s what it’s hard to do
Boy there was another time
I saw the best in you
‘Cos we’re strong
And we’re big enough to take
Whatever time will bring
We’ve only one life
But we got a lot to give
There’s only one time
And we’re gonna make or break it