White China Lyrics - Ultravox

When pale turns to pink 

With a soft unnerving ease 

And all you've built around 

May just tumble to the ground 

We stand or fall 

With your future in another's hands 

We stand or fall 

When your life is not your own 

When white turns to red 

In the not too distant days 

Will force and misery 

Be the life you have to lead? 

We stand or fall 

With your children in anothers world 

We stand or fall 

When your town is not your own 

Chorus: 

White China 

White China 

When crimson takes a hold 

When the lights go down on all you've ever known 

When all you'll ever do 

Is worked out for you 

We stand or fall 

When the thoughts you have are not your own 

We stand or fall 

When the freedom slips away 

(Repeat chorus 3 times)