The Skin Game — Lyrics

You're welcome to fame
You're welcome to try
I've been on TV, sold my face to you

You're welcome to love
You're welcome to me
I burned my dream, sold my heart, nobody knew

Listen children
I've seen my future
Call it the dead line for now
I've heard secrets
I've heard excuses
I've heard a voice in the dark

You're waiting for me
You've made a mistake
I'll give you nothing but lies, or nothing at all

I'm playing a game
I'm playing with you
I call it shameful, 'the skin game,' don't you?
You're playing it cold
(Ripping it up)
You're playing for time
(I don't like pictures)
You're breaking my rules and I won't let you go

I'm looking for you
(Welcome to me)
Somebody screamed
(It's no use talking)
I've connections with God. What do you need?

Lost in junk sick
No sleep no motion
She said 'he's nothing to lose'
Love sick? Skin game
Welcome to romance
She's like the heart of the world

I'm still breathing
Welcome to my house
I'd steal from God, wouldn't you?
One more question
Am I in danger?
Rumours. And I've got the fear

Looking for you
Is it any wonder
Tearing it up
I'm living on empty

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Song Statistics

Total live performances 13

From The Original Album Machine And Soul

First performance 22nd March 1992Liverpool, Empire Theatre,England

Most recent performance 04th April 1992London, Hammersmith Odeon,England

Performances by Year

1992


The Skin Game
Live Performances in 1992 - 13


22 March 1992	-	Liverpool Empire Theatre
23 March 1992	-	Aston Villa Sports & Leisure Centre
24 March 1992	-	Leicester De Montfort Hall
25 March 1992	-	Sheffield City Hall
27 March 1992	-	Glasgow Plaza Ballroom
28 March 1992	-	Manchester Apollo
29 March 1992	-	Bristol Colston Hall
30 March 1992	-	Southampton Mayflower Theatre
31 March 1992	-	Oxford Apollo Theatre
01 April 1992	-	Cambridge Corn Exchange
02 April 1992	-	Guildford Civic Hall
03 April 1992	-	London Hammersmith Odeon
04 April 1992	-	London Hammersmith Odeon

The Skin Game

Singles
(a) Nu Mix (b) Lycra Mix (*c) Digi Mix

1992	7" Single	NU 23	4.09 *a
1992	12" Single	NUM 23	7.41 *b
1992	12" Single	NUM 23	4.09 *a
1992	Cassette Single	NUC 23	4.09 *a
1992	CD Single	NUCD 23	4.09 *a
1992	CD Single	NUCD 23	6.18 *c


LP Records
(*c) Digi Mix

1992	Machine + Soul	NUMA 1009	6.23 *c
1992	The Other Side Of ... Gary Numan	RRLP 170	6.21 *c
1992	Machine + Soul CD	NUMACD 1009	6.23 *c
1998	The Numa Years Boxset Machine + Soul	EAGBX025	6.17 *c


Cassettes
(*c) Digi Mix

1992	Machine + Soul	NUMAC 1009	6.23 *c
1996	The Best Of Gary Numan 1984 to 1992	EMPRCD 666	6.18 *c


CD's
(a) Nu Mix (c) Digi Mix (f) Includes all foreign releases for that year (l) Live Recording

1992	The Other Side Of ... Gary Numan	RRCD 170	6.21 *c
1994	Here I Am	RRCD 186	6.18 *c
1995	Les Genies Du Rock	RKCD511	6.18 *c
1995	Babylon 6	SACD 2/6	6.15 *c
1996	My Dying Machine	RRCD 221	6.18 *c
1996	Time To Die Live	RRCD 223	6.19 *l
1996	The Story So far CD 1	RRXCD 505	6.18 *c
1996	The Story So far CD 3	RRXCD 505	6.18 *l
1996	The Best Of Gary Numan 1984 to 1992	EMPRMC 666	6.18 *c
1999	New Dreams For Old 84 : 98	EAMCD 096	4.09 a f
1999	Down In The Park - The Alternative Anthology	ESACD 785	6.23 *b
1999	Down In The Park - The Alternative Anthology	ESACD 785	6.21 *c
2002	Dark Wonders CD 1	SMDCD 372078-154082	6.20 *c
2002	Disconnection CD 2	SACA 812142	6.18 *c
2002	Disconnection CD 3	SACA 812142	6.27 *l
2003	I Can't Stop CD 1	4719900	6.19 *c
2003	Reconnected Live 'N' More CD 2	CMFVD1408	6.17 *c