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This song is assumed to have been written by Vince. It is unknown why it does not appear on "Speak & Spell" or as a B-side. It was only performed during the [[:Category:1980 Tour|1980 Tour]], and only one relatively poor audience recording of this song exists from [[1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK]] (which happens to be the earliest circulating genuine recording of Depeche Mode). The entire track, as well as lyrics transcribed to the best of our ability, are below.

'[[Reason Man]]' is an early live-only song written by [[Vince Clarke]]<ref>Source: <i>[[BONG 15|BONG]]</i> magazine, issue 15, pg. 4</ref>. It is unknown why it does not appear on [[Speak & Spell]] as an album song or B-side. It was only performed during the [[:Category:1980 Tour|1980 Tour]], and only one relatively poor audience recording of this song exists from [[1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK]] (which happens to be the earliest circulating genuine recording of Depeche Mode). A stream of the entire track, as well as lyrics transcribed to the best of our ability, are below.

One of the [[Demos & Studio Pre-Mixes#Unknown Track (Demo)|untitled tracks]] on the [[Demos & Studio Pre-Mixes#Composition Of Sound demo tape|Composition Of Sound demo tape]] bears some musical resemblance to Reason Man.

 

'Reason Man' is mentioned by [[Daryl Bamonte]] in ''BONG'' magazine, [[BONG 24|issue 24]] on pages 15 and 18, see below:

 

The track is mentioned by Daryl Bamonte in Bong Magazine, Issue 24 on pages 15 and 18, see below:

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*[[1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK]]

*[[1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK]]

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== Lyrics ==

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Not now, pressing tight

Not now, pressing tight

Children run, the mothers cry

Children run, the mothers cry

All my dreams are wasting now

All my dreams are wasting now

No more reason, I see this now

No more reason, I see this now

As I watch you from the road

As I watch you from the road

My mind did open, the reason man

My mind did open, the reason man

My mind did open, reason man

My mind did open, reason man

Government amusement, there's something to say

Government amusement, there's something to say

Propaganda, only today

Propaganda, only today

They need someone known to hear

They need someone known to hear

Manipulation is all to fear

Manipulation is all to fear

Things were edging to the rise

Things were edging to the rise

See him laughing, the reason man

See him laughing, the reason man

See him laughing, reason man

See him laughing, reason man

Everyone infected is paranoid

Everyone infected is paranoid

Old before the time

Old before the time

Blessed with the feeling we'll go grey

Blessed with the feeling we'll go grey

Shadow monsters will feed the flame

Shadow monsters will feed the flame

They're just calling, it's a rise

They're just calling, it's a rise

Now he's sending, the reason man

Now he's sending, the reason man

Now he's sending, reason man

Now he's sending, reason man

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