James Vincent Holton writes: >> A European audiophile friend of mine is >> convinced that the theme music >> from Chariots of Fire has lyrics to it. >> >> Can anyone tell me, is this true? What are they? Wolfgang Karl Steuer writes: >Jim, your friend is right, there is a vocal >adaptation of main theme from the film >"Chariots of Fire"' written by Jon Anderson >(of Yes fame and obviously working with >Vangelis who wrote the music in loads of projects). > >The single (7") I have is sung by Demis Roussos, but probably Jon did >his own version (but I do not know about it). > >The words are as follows (as printed on sleeve): Race to the End There is but one freedom Man running along Each step that he's taking A step to his soul The passion and courage It takes to be there The spirit of freedom Alive in the air Whenever the running man awakes To challenge to glory He knows that he can turn the key once more To unlock the soul The way becomes clearer The way is complete The need, that of winning Admit no defeat The circles together Hold hands to the sky The freedom of running The freedom to fly Let no man surround himself with pain But use it to free him The game is to learn to live again To try to the end A race to the end >Before Vangelis worked with Jon Anderson to use vocals over his superb >music, he worked with Demis (the band was called Aphrodite's Child, and >their album 666 is a classic where I come from). > >By the way: the single was released by Phonogram GmbH in Hamburg >The address of the Demis Roussos International Fanclub on the back > sleeve is given as > > PO Box 308, 3860 A H Nijkerk, The Netherlands > >Maybe that way you can find out where to lay >your hands on a copy of this song (there may >be an album somewhere where the song was released on!). > > Hope that this clears the fog > Wolfgang Thanks to all who brought these lyrics to our attention. Yesman.