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Minimum Motion
Written: 1983
Writers: David Jenneson, Alan Hovden
Status: Recorded and published by Terry Jacks.
Genre and Style: Light pop rock
Comments: Dave: Minimum Motion tells the story of some poor wretch suffering under the spell of a cruel and controlling woman. With its unlikely title it is still a well crafted album cut.
Comments: Al: I always thought that this was the closest Terry Jacks came to nailing one of our songs. Cool arrangement Terry!
Vocals - Terry Jacks (had #1 hit Season's In The Sun)
There’s two of us but our love goes one way
Two of us
You’re the one who can ruin us
With just a wave of your hand
You lift your finger I move a mile
For the two of us
To make you smile I go through enough
Till its all I can stand
You apply the minimum motion
You’ve got control of my every emotion
You sail me like a ship on the ocean
Caught in the wind
Where you blow, I bend
You apply the minimum motion
I do what you say but no words have been spoken
You play with me right out in the open
With minimum motion
You’ll do it again
Someday you’ll be the one who got away
From the two of us
I’ll hear you say you’re through with us
Like only you can.
You apply the minimum motion
You’ve got control of my every emotion
You sail me like a ship on the ocean
Caught in the wind
Where you blow, I bend
You apply the minimum motion
I do what you say but no words have been spoken
You play with me right out in the open
With minimum motion
You’ll do it again