One Thing Leads to Another

Album: Reach the Beach (1983)
Charted: 4
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  • The deception with tact, just what are you trying to say?
    You've got a blank face, which irritates
    Communicate, pull out your party piece
    You see dimensions in two
    State your case with black or white
    But when one little cross leads to shots, grit your teeth
    You run for cover so discreet, why don't they

    Do what they say, say what you mean, and baby
    One thing leads to another
    You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long but then
    One thing leads to another

    The impression that you sell
    Passes in and out like a scent
    But the long face that you see comes from living close to your fears
    If this is up then I'm up but you're running out of sight
    You've seen your name on the walls
    And when one little bump leads to shock miss a beat
    You run for cover and there's heat, why don't they

    Do what they say, say what they mean
    One thing leads to another
    You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long but then
    One thing leads to another, yeah, yeah, yeah

    One thing leads to another

    Then it's easy to believe
    Somebody's been lying to me
    But when the wrong word goes in the right ear
    I know why you've been lying to me
    It's getting rough, off the cuff I've got to say enough's enough

    Bigger the harder he falls
    But when the wrong antidote is like a bulge on the throat
    You run for cover in the heat why don't they

    Do what they say, say what they mean
    One thing leads to another
    You told me something wrong, I know I listen too long but then
    One thing leads to another, yeah, yeah
    One thing (one thing) leads to another
    One thing (one thing) leads to another
    One thing (one thing) leads to another
    One thing (one thing) leads to another
    One thing (one thing) leads to another
    One thing (one thing) leads to another Writer/s: ADAM WOODS, ALFRED AGIUS, CYRIL CURNIN, JAMES WEST-ORAM, PETER GREENALL
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn November 5th 1983, the Fixx's video for "One Thing Leads to Another" was aired on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was at #4 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart, and that was also its peak position on the chart {it was at #4 for 1 week}...
    On October 16th, 1983 it reached #1 {for 1 week} on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart...
    Between 1982 and 1991 the British band had nine Top 100 records; with "One Thing Leads to Another" being their only Top 10 record, their next biggest hit was "Are We Ourselves?”, it peaked at #15 in 1984.
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