-------- 1977 Car -------- -------- Down the Dolce Vita -------- [Verse 1] "Hey Mac, see you down the Dolce Vita!" "Get back, we don't have time 'Cause I hear we're sending off the heroes When the year goes, out of the bay Trying to find a way To make it alive" [Verse 2] "So long," said four men to their families "Be strong until we get back home And if not, take care of all the children Until then just hope and pray We're going to find a way To make it alive" [Chorus] "You guys are crazy!" [Verse 3] They shout and then we leave the harbor In doubt, they're acting weird And the sea is whipping up a welcome If hell come we're all easy prey Trying to find a way To make it alive [Chorus] "You guys are crazy!" [Bridge] The captain's hand shook for the guys to get in place He said, "Let's look behind your face" With each corner covered, they were all around Waiting for the midnight bell to sound [Interlude] [Verse 4] "Out of sight," cried Aeron through his glasses "Don't fight" said Gorham's smile All the while, his hand was on my shoulder I was scared of being easy prey Trying to find a way To make it alive I won't be easy prey Gonna find a way To make it alive -------- 1977 Car -------- -------- Excuse Me -------- [Intro] Excuse me You're wearing out my joie de vie Grabbing those good years again I want to be alone A one... a two... a one, a two, three... [Verse 1] Excuse me I'm not the man I used to be Someone else crept in again I want to be alone [Verse 2] Excuse me, please I'm looking for Lost Angeles Soaking up the sin again I want to be alone [Pre-Chorus 1] I want to be alone I want to be alone I want to be alone [Chorus] You got the money back, that's okay Who needs a Cadillac anyway? I got the medicine, make you see the light Call me in Alaska if it all turns out right Alright [Verse 3] Excuse me, please You're standing on my memories Stealing souvenirs again I want to be alone [Pre-Chorus 2] Leave me alone I want to be alone I want to be alone I want to be alone I want to be alone [Chorus] You got the money back, that's okay Who needs a Cadillac anyway? I got the medicine, make you see the light Call me in Alaska if it all turns out right Alright [Outro] The end? -------- 1977 Car -------- -------- Here Comes the Flood -------- [Verse 1] When the night shows The signals grow on radios All the strange things They come and go as early warnings Stranded starfish have no place to hide Still waiting for the swollen Easter tide There's no point in direction We cannot even choose a side [Verse 2] I took the old track The hollow shoulder, across the waters On the tall cliffs They were getting older, sons and daughters The jaded underworld was riding high Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky And as the nail sunk in the cloud The rain was warm and soaked the crowd [Chorus] Lord, here comes the flood We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent, in any still alive It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry [Verse 3] When the flood calls You have no home, you have no walls In the thunder crash You're a thousand minds, within a flash Don't be afraid to cry at what you see The actors gone, there's only you and me And if we break before the dawn They'll use up what we used to be [Chorus] Lord, here comes the flood We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent, in any still alive It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry [Interlude] [Chorus] Lord, here comes the flood We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent, in any still alive It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry [Interlude] [Outro] Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry -------- 1977 Car -------- -------- Humdrum -------- [Verse 1] I saw the man at J.F.K He took your ticket yesterday In the humdrum In the humdrum [Verse 2] I ride tandem with a random Things don't run the way I planned them In the humdrum In the humdrum [Verse 3] Hey Valentina, do you want me to beg? You got me cooking I'm a hard boiled egg In the humdrum In the humdrum [Chorus] Empty my mind I find it hard to cope Listen to my heart Don't need no stethoscope [Interlude] [Verse 4] It seems to me that television She come to cut me a deep incision In the humdrum In the humdrum [Chorus] Empty my mind I find it hard to cope Listen to my heart Don't need no stethoscope [Interlude] [Outro] Out of woman comes the man Spend the rest of his life getting back where he can As a bow, so a dove As below, so above From the black hole Come the tadpole With the dark soul In coal she burn, she burn As I drove into the sun Didn't dare look where I had begun Lost among echoes of things not there Watching the sound forming shapes in the air From the white star Come the bright scar Our amobea My little liebe schoen -------- 1977 Car -------- -------- Modern Love -------- [Verse 1] Hey, I'm feeling so dirty, you're looking so clean And all you can give is a spin in your washing machine I fly off to Rome to my prima bella She leaves me in the rain with telescopic umbrella [Chorus] Oh, the pain Modern love can be a strain Oh, the pain Modern love can be a strain [Verse 2] I trusted my Venus was untouched in her shell But the pearls in her oyster were tacky as hell For Lady Godiva I came incognito But her driver had stolen her red hot Magneto [Chorus] Oh, the pain Modern love can be a strain Oh, the pain Modern love can be a strain [Bridge] I don't know why they leave me in the lurch To carry on the search It's driving me up the wall Pity, when I have so much passion Romance is out of fashion Can't handle modern love at all [Interlude] [Verse 3] Hey, I worship Diana by the light of the moon When I pull out my pipe, she screams out of tune In Paris my heart sinks when I see the Mona Lisa She gives me the wink, then she shows me the freezer [Chorus] Oh, the pain Modern love can be a strain Oh, the pain Modern love can be a strain [Outro] Oh, the pain Oh, the pain Oh, the pain Oh, oh, the pain Oh, the pain Oh, the pain -------- 1977 Car -------- -------- Moribund the Burgermeister -------- [Verse 1] Caught the chaos in the market square I don't know what, I don't know why But something's wrong down there Their bodies twisting and turning in a thousand ways The eyes all rolling round and round to a distant gaze [Chorus 1] I look at that crowd Some are jumping up in the air Say, "We're drowning in a torrent of blood!" Others going down on their knees Seen a savior come out of the mud [Verse 2] Oh, Mother! It's eating out my soul Destroying law and order I'm going to lose control What can I do to stop this plague Spread by sight alone? Just a glimpse and then a quiver Then they shiver to the bone [Chorus 2] I look at them go Bunderschaft, are you going daft? Better seal off the castle grounds "This is Moribund, the Burgermeister Gonna keep the monster down Somebody sent the subversive element Gonna chase it out of town" [Post-Chorus] No-one will tell what all this is about But I will find out I will find out I will find out [Verse 3] This thing's outrageous, I tell you on the level It's really so contagious, must be the work of the devil You better go now, pick up the pipers And tell them to play Seems the music keeps them quiet There is no other way [Chorus 3] I close the doors "We've tried potions and waxen dolls But none of us could find any cures" Mother please, is it just a disease That has them breaking all my laws? Check if you can disconnect the effect And I'll go after the cause [Post-Chorus] No-one will tell what all this is about But I will find out I will find out I will find out [Outro] Mother, you know your son When I say I will, I will -------- 1977 Car -------- -------- Slowburn -------- [Verse 1] We're character actors from the Tower of Babel Bewildered, burned out, hardly able To sit astride the high wire cable It's hard to balance, a little unstable [Pre-Chorus 1] Through broken eyes and contact lenses Watched you draw your future tenses See kisses of flame blow out of your lips You're back telling me your apocalypse [Chorus 1] Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong When the slowburn sunset come along You've got to stay the night I got to think that you might [Verse 2] We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills We've tried making movies from a volume of stills Words fell like hailstones bouncing at our feet Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet [Pre-Chorus 2] A chance to move out, take a shot I get cold, you get hot We look outside, lying awake See birds breaking surface on a silent lake [Chorus 2] But don't get me wrong, I'll be strong When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong When the slowburn sunset come along You've got to stay the night I've got to think you might [Outro] Don't try to make it easy It'll cut you down to size Darling, we've got to trust in something We're shooting down our skies Shooting down, shooting down our skies Shooting down our... -------- 1977 Car -------- -------- Solsbury Hill -------- [Verse 1] Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I could see the city light Wind was blowing, time stood still Eagle flew out of the night He was something to observe Came in close, I heard a voice Standing stretching every nerve Had to listen, had no choice [Chorus 1] I did not believe the information I just had to trust imagination My heart going boom boom boom "Son," he said "Grab your things, I've come to take you home" [Verse 2] To keep in silence I resigned My friends would think I was a nut Turning water into wine Open doors would soon be shut So I went from day to day Though my life was in a rut 'Til I thought of what I'd say Which connection I should cut [Chorus 2] I was feeling part of the scenery I walked right out of the machinery My heart going boom boom boom "Hey," he said "Grab your things, I've come to take you home" Ay, back home [Verse 3] When illusion spin her net I'm never where I want to be And liberty she pirouette When I think that I am free Watched by empty silhouettes Who close their eyes but still can see No one taught them etiquette I will show another me [Chorus 3] Today I don't need a replacement I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant My heart going boom boom boom "Hey" I said "You can keep my things, they've come to take me home" -------- 1977 Car -------- -------- Waiting for the Big One -------- [Intro] "A one... ba... a two... ba... a one, two, a three, a..." [Interlude] [Verse 1] The wine's all drunk and so am I Here with the hoi-poloi, don't ask me why We're celebrating, anticipating end of the year Everybody come, everybody here Well more or less Some already in a mess [Chorus 1] I guess they're waiting for the big one Wonder why I'm cold How did I get this far? Had no money, had no car I pray the snow goes, be bad if it settles Because I follow my nose and the dried up rose petals Like the man says Sure hope Moses knows his roses Or we'll all be waiting on the big one [Interlude] [Verse 2] Once I was the credit to my credit card Spent what I hadn't got, wasn't hard No trust in judgement, no trust in money Someday I'll find myself like a bee finding honey But in the meantime I'm going to have me some fun [Chorus 2] Waiting for the big one One too many, where ego I go too Looking for the real thing It don't come from what I do No real communication moves out of my face I'm beginning to think I'm just out of place Won't get in too deep I want to get some sleep To be ready for the big one To be ready for the big one [Interlude] [Outro] Waiting for the big one Waiting for the big one -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World -------- [Verse 1] Saturday is shopping day and I drive my car But there's no place to park it No respect for supermen in the supermarket I guess there must be trouble, but I've not been alerted Looking round the store, it was all deserted And I'm stranded here with my empty basket So full of questions, but nowhere to ask it [Pre-Chorus] By the one way out, strange voice shouts "Don't let that good man out!" [Chorus] "Have a wonderful day in our one-way world One way, one day Have a wonderful day in our one-way world One way, one day One-way man, one-way mind Get along with mankind" [Verse 2] There's an old man on the floor so I summon my charm I say, "Hey scumbag, has there been an alarm?" He says "Yeah, I been selling off eternal youth They all got afraid, because I'm the living proof My name is Einstein, do you know time is a curve?" I said, "Stop, old man! You've got a nerve Because there's only one rule that I observe Time is money, and money I serve" [Pre-Chorus] By the one way out, strange voice shouts "Don't let that good man out!" [Chorus] "Have a wonderful day in our one-way world One way, one day Have a wonderful day in our one-way world One way, one day Have a wonderful day in our one-way world One way, one day One-way man, one-way mind Get along with mankind One-way man, one-way mind Get along with mankind" -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- Animal Magic -------- [Intro] Animal magic [Verse 1] What did you mean when you opened your mouth and let all our secrets out? You told him what I was about, my cover was completely blown I tell you darling, I've been watching the war films I've got a few ideas of my own Because after the film had ended, the call for recruits was shown [Chorus 1] And I'll be joining the professionals, I want to be a man With all that animal magic I'll do anything you can I'm joining the professionals because I want to be a man Look, I wave my wand, watch the rabbit disappear Join the professionals, learn to fight [Verse 2] I bet the two of you still laugh at me for being timid as a lamb That may be still the way I look, it's no longer what I am I've been across to Northern Ireland I came home with a new kind of charge I learned to hunt in the night, I learned about camouflage [Chorus] I've been joining the professionals, and now that I'm a man With all that animal magic I'll match anything you can I'm joining the professionals, this time I understand There's no way you'll get by me with the slightest slight of hand Be joining the professionals, I want to be a man Look! I wave my wand, watch the rabbit disappear Oh, join the professionals, learn to fight [Outro] Animal magic Animal magic Oh, animal magic Yeah, animal magic Animal magic Animal magic Animal magic Animal magic Animal magic Animal magic Animal magic -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- D.I.Y. -------- [Chorus] D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y [Verse 1] Don't tell me what I will do, 'cause I won't Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cause I don't Be on your guard, better hostile and hard, don't risk affection Like flesh to the bone in the no-go zone You're still looking for the resurrection Come up to me with your "What did you say?" And I'll tell you, straight in the eye, hey! [Chorus] D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y [Verse 2] Everyone wants to be what he not, what he not Nobody happy with what he got, what he got You function like a dummy with a new ventriloquist Can you say nothing yourself? Hanging like a thriller on the final twist Is it true you're getting stuck on the shelf? Come up to me with your "What did you say?" And I'll tell you, straight in the eye, hey [Chorus] D.I.Y Do it yourself D.I.Y Do it yourself D.I.Y Do it yourself D.I.Y Do it yourself [Bridge] When things get so big, I don't trust them at all You want some control, you've got to keep it small, hey [Chorus] D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y D.I.Y -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- Exposure -------- [Chorus] Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure [Chorus] Exposure Exposure Exposure [Bridge] Space is what I need It's what I feed on [Chorus] Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure [Outro] Out in the open Exposure -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- Flotsam and Jetsam -------- [Intro] Doing nothing, stuck in the mud Just pumping the blood The water level's getting low Something ugly's going to show [Bridge] If only I could touch you I guess you'd be alarmed If only I could touch you I don't mean you no harm If only I could touch you Like the wind can touch the sail If only I could touch you, darling Now that words have failed [Outro] Oh, flotsam still afloat Oh, jetsam thrown out of the boat And oh love, my love, nothing here is what it seems We both know it Christ, you show it Oh, oh my love -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- Home Sweet Home -------- [Verse 1] Met this girl called Josephine And took her up on my machine We had a little fun And now we got a little one Had to get married Being chased out of town Found ourselves a place to live We put all our money down [Chorus 1] Called it home sweet home, home sweet home Eleven floors up in a tower block, happy just to have a home I've gone and changed the lock on our home [Verse 2] Nothing really worked out right Things got broke, they stayed that way None of our friends came round at night Little Sam got no place to play "We've got to get out of here, Bill," she said "I've been saying it all the while" When I came home from work that night She'd jumped out the window with our child [Chorus 2] From our home sweet home, home sweet home Just a place to take a rest, just a place to make a nest We call it home [Verse 3] When the insurance money came through It seemed dirty, didn't know what to do Took out the cash, went down to the casino Down on the wheel on a double And I won, yes I won, like I never won before Bought myself a country house with an antique carved oak door [Chorus 3] It was home sweet home, home sweet home Just a place to lay our head, think of all the things we said About in our home sweet home In our home sweet home -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- Indigo -------- [Verse 1] It's too late, this model's out of date Got every spare part, but there ain't much heart inside here Not like the start, I was good at the art of survival I've always tried to keep my troubles deep inside Where I can hide them Now I'm open wide [Verse 2] When it ends, again I'll see my friends They'll give me a lift, I've been running adrift, so easy Shifting the gear, I've got nothing to fear from a showdown I'll go down quiet And the kids downstairs making a hell of a din I'm all alone getting a quote for the wages of sin [Bridge] Beyond the indigo, indigo Where the chilly winds, winds will blow My time is running low and Going to cross the dark, dark river Going to see my good life-giver Better cover my yellow liver [Interlude] [Verse 3] All right, I'm giving up the fight I didn't know when I'd be a stranger again in my own land The days are okay, but oh, how I hate those long nights You understand? Darling, please just hold my hand You feel so warm in the eye of the storm [Outro] I'm going away I'm going away I'm going away See you again someday Darling, I'm going away Feel like I'm going away This time I'm going away -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- Mother of Violence -------- [Verse 1] Walking the street with her naked feet So full of rhythm, but I can't find the beat Snapping her heels, clicking her toes Everybody knows just where she goes [Chorus 1] Fear, fear, she's the mother of violence Making me tense to watch the way she breed Fear, she's the mother of violence You know self-defense is all you need It's getting hard to breathe It's getting so hard to believe To believe in anything at all [Verse 2] Mouth all dry, eyes bloodshot Data stored on a microdot Kicking the cloud with my moccasin shoes TV dinner, TV news [Chorus 2] 'Cause fear, fear, she's the mother of violence Don't make any sense to watch the way she breed Fear, she's the mother of violence Making me tense to watch the way she feed The only way you know she's there Is the subtle flavor in the air Getting hard to breathe Getting hard to believe in anything at all But fear -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- On the Air -------- [Verse 1] Built in the belly of junk by the river, my cabin stands Made from the trash I dug off the heap with my own bare hands Every night I'm back at the shack I'm sure no one else is there I'm putting the aerial up, so I can go out on the air [Chorus] On the air On the air On the air On the air On the air [Verse 2] Every morning I'm out at dawn with the dwarfs and tramps For a silent communion lit from above by the sodium lamps Everyone I meet on the street Acts as if I wasn't there But they're all going to know who I am, 'cause I can go out on the air [Chorus] On the air On the air On the air On the air On the air [Bridge] Leaving the car down the leafy lane Turning out Tarzan for my Jungle Jane Anyone at all, from Captain Zero And his band of superheroes standing by on call Oh, it's not easy, no, no, no, no No, it's not easy making real friends [Interlude] [Verse 3] Don't give me your steak-reared milkboys, milkboys Half alive on empty white noise, white noise I've got power, I'm proud to be loud My signal goes out clear I want everybody to know that Mozo is here [Chorus] On the air On the air On the air On the air On the air [Instrumental Outro] -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- Perspective -------- [Verse 1] I need perspective Because I'm facing the wall I need perspective Because I'm not that tall I need perspective I heard the trumpet call Don't trust my eyes I wanna know where things fall I need perspective Party time for the newly wed I need perspective Colours ran as the images bled I need perspective Like confetti on the flower bed Don't trust my eyes Priest crying he's got fire in his head [Chorus] Oh Gaia, if that's your name Treat you like dirt, but I don't want to blame Oh Gaia, the wind heals the fire and blows the ash away [Verse 2] I need perspective Sitting in a long, long hall I need perspective Staring at the white, white wall I need perspective Waiting for the phone to call Don't trust my eyes There's one thing I've got to tell you all I need perspective To see through red, red skies I need perspective To carry merchandise I need perspective I don't trust my eyes Don't trust my eyes And I don't like surprise [Chorus] Oh Gaia, if that's your name Treat you like dirt, but I don't want no blame Oh Gaia, the wind heals the fire and blows the ash away [Bridge] I used to be an industrial giant Sitting in a garden full of chemical plants Trying very hard to get you off my mind Acting like any man, taking you for everything I can Just the same, the same as all my kind, so blind [Outro] I need perspective I need perspective I need perspective I need perspective I need perspective I need perspective I need perspective I need perspective I need perspective I need perspective -------- 1978 Scratch -------- -------- White Shadow -------- [Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Ten coaches roll into the dust Chrome windows turned to rust Hang on inside, they know they must Hanging on the green-backed words: "In God we trust" [Verse 2] No one knew if the spirit died All wrapped to go like Kentucky Fried Trying to read the flight of birds Low on fuel, getting low on words [Chorus] And she comes out like a white shadow She comes out like a white shadow [Verse 3] Each one drawn to empty spaces Outsiders, borderline cases It's hard to tell black from white When you wake up in the middle of the night [Verse 4] Weighed down by the absence of sound Broken now by the cry of a hound Looking for movement within the haze Light can be deceptive with her rays [Chorus] And she comes out like a white shadow And she comes out like a white shadow She comes out like a white shadow [Interlude] [Guitar Solo: Robert Fripp] [Instrumental Outro] -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- And Through the Wire -------- [Chorus 1] And through the wire I hear your voice And through the wire I touch the power And through the wire I see your face It's through the wire [Verse 1] Friday night, you're staying at home I want you I'm ticking and clicking, a metronome I want you Prowling the waterhole, I wait for the kill I want you Pressure's building, over-spill I want you [Chorus 1] And through the wire I hear your voice And through the wire I touch the power And through the wire I see your face It's through the wire [Verse 2] Watchmaker steady his delicate hands I want you For barbecue parties on blood red sands I want you Caught in the struggle, tight on the rod I want you Bring out the devil, bring out the god I want you [Chorus 2] And through the wire you are secure And through the wire we can talk And through the wire we can walk It's through the wire [Bridge] Driving around the city rings Staring at the shape of things I talk in pictures, not in words Overloaded with everything we said Be careful where you tread Watch the wire [Chorus 3] And through the wire you are secure And through the wire we can talk And through the wire we will walk And through the wire we're clinging like leeches And through the wire we push out tailor-made speeches And through the wire And through the wire [Outro] And through the wire we get so strange across the border We get so strange across the border We get so strange across the border We get so strange across the border We get so strange -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- Biko -------- [Intro: Crowd] Ngomhla sibuyayo Ngomhla sibuyayo Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal'igazi! Ngomhla sibuyayo Ngomhla sibuyayo Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal'igazi! Bakhala uVorster! Bakhala uVorster! Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal'igazi! Ngomhla sibuyayo Ngomhla sibuyayo Ngomhla sibuyayo, kophalal'igazi! [Verse 1: Peter Gabriel] September '77 Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business as usual In police room 619 [Chorus: Peter Gabriel] Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla moja, yihla moja The man is dead The man is dead [Interlude] [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel] When I try and sleep at night I can only dream in red The outside world is black and white With only one colour dead [Chorus: Peter Gabriel] Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla moja, yihla moja The man is dead The man is dead [Interlude] [Verse 3: Peter Gabriel] You can blow out a candle But you can't blow out a fire Once the flames begin to catch The wind will blow it higher [Chorus: Peter Gabriel] Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla moja, yihla moja The man is dead The man is dead [Post-Chorus: Peter Gabriel] And the eyes of the world are Watching now, watching now [Interlude] [Outro: Crowd] Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na? Senzeni na? 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Senzeni na? -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- Family Snapshot -------- [Verse 1] The streets are lined with camera crews Everywhere he goes is news Today is different, today is not the same Today I make the action, take snapshot into the light Snapshot into the light, I'm shooting into the light [Verse 2] Four miles down the cavalcade moves on Driving into the sun If I worked it out right, they won't see me or the gun Two miles to go, they're clearing the road And the cheering has really begun I've got my radio, I can hear what's going on [Bridge 1] I've been waiting for this I've been waiting for this All you people in TV land I will wake up your empty shells Peak-time viewing blown in a flash As I burn into your memory cells 'Cause I'm alive [Verse 3] They're coming around the corner with the bikers at the front I'm wiping the sweat from my eyes It's a matter of time, a matter of will And the governor's car is not far behind, he's not the one I've got in mind 'Cause there he is, the man of the hour, standing in the limousine [Bridge 2] I don't really hate you, I don't care what you do We were made for each other, me and you I want to be somebody, you were like that too If you don't get given you learn to take And I will take you Holding my breath Release the catch And I let the bullet fly [Outro] All turned quiet, I have been here before A lonely boy hiding behind the front door Friends have all gone home There's my toy gun on the floor Come back, Mum and Dad You're growing apart, you know that I'm growing up sad I need some attention I shoot into the light -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- Games Without Frontiers -------- [Intro] "A one... two... one, two, four..." [Hook: Kate Bush] Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières [Verse 1: Peter Gabriel] Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane Jane plays with Willi, Willi is happy again Suki plays with Leo, Sacha plays with Britt Adolf builds a bonfire, Enrico plays with it [Pre-Chorus 1: Peter Gabriel] Whistling tunes, we hide in the dunes by the seaside Whistling tunes, we're kissing baboons in the jungle It's a knockout [Chorus: Peter Gabriel] If looks could kill, they probably will In games without frontiers, war without tears If looks could kill, they probably will In games without frontiers, war without tears Games without frontiers, war without tears [Hook: Kate Bush] Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel] Andre has a red flag, Chiang Ching's is blue They all have hills to fly them on except for Lin Tai Yu Dressing up in costumes, playing silly games Hiding out in treetops, shouting out rude names [Pre-Chorus 2: Peter Gabriel] Whistling tunes, we hide in the dunes by the seaside Whistling tunes, we piss on the goons in the jungle It's a knockout [Chorus: Peter Gabriel] If looks could kill, they probably will In games without frontiers, war without tears If looks could kill, they probably will In games without frontiers, war without tears Games without frontiers, war without tears [Hook: Kate Bush] Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans frontières Jeux sans... -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- I Don't Remember -------- [Verse 1] I got no means to show identification I got no papers show you what I am You'll have to take me just the way that you find me What's gone is gone and I do not give a damn [Pre-Chorus 1] Empty stomach, empty head I got empty heart and empty bed I don't remember I don't remember [Chorus] I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything at all I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything, anything at all [Verse 2] Strange is your language and I have no decoder Why don't you make your intentions clear With eyes to the sun and your mouth to the soda Saying, "Tell me the truth, you got nothing to fear" [Pre-Chorus 2] Stop staring at me like a bird of prey I'm all mixed up, I got nothing to say I don't remember I don't remember [Chorus] I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything at all I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything, anything at all [Interlude] [Chorus] I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything at all I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything, absolutely anything at all [Outro] I don't remember I don't remember I don't remember I don't remember I don't remember I don't remember I don't remember -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- Intruder -------- [Verse 1] I know something about Opening windows and doors I know how to move quietly To creep across creaky wooden floors I know where to find precious things In all your cupboards and drawers [Chorus 1] Slipping the clippers Slipping the clippers through the telephone wires A sense of isolation Inspires, inspires me [Interlude] [Verse 2] I like to feel the suspense When I'm certain you know I am there I like you lying awake Your bated breath charging the air I like the touch and the smell Of all the pretty dresses you wear [Chorus 2] Intruder's happy in the dark Intruder come Intruder come and he leave his mark Leave his mark, leave his mark [Interlude] [Outro] I am the intruder -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- Lead a Normal Life -------- [Instrumental] [Verse] It's nice here, with a view of the trees Eating with a spoon? They don't give you knives? 'Spect you watch those trees blowing in the breeze We want to see you lead a normal life [Instrumental] -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- No Self Control -------- [Verse 1] Got to get some food I'm so hungry all the time I don't know how to stop I don't know how to stop [Verse 2] Got to get some sleep I'm so nervous in the night I don't know how to stop No, I don't know how to stop I don't know how to stop I don't know how to stop [Verse 3] I got to pick up the phone I will call any number I will talk to anyone I know I've gone too far Much too far I gone this time I don't want to think what I've done I don't know how to stop I don't know how to stop [Bridge] There are always hidden silences Waiting behind the chair They come out when the coast is clear They eat anything that moves I go shaky at the knees Lights go out, stars come down Like a swarm of bees [Refrain] No self control No self control No self control No self control No self control No self control No self control No self control No self control No self control No self control No self... No, no [Verse 4] You know I hate to hurt you I hate to see your pain But I don't know how to stop No, I don't know how to stop [Verse 5] Street after street Night after night I walk on through the rain I walk on through the rain I don't know how to stop I don't know how to stop No, I don't know how to stop I don't know how to stop Hey, I don't know how to stop I don't know how to stop -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- Not One of Us -------- [Verse 1] It's only water in a stranger's tear Looks are deceptive, but distinctions are clear A foreign body and a foreign mind Never welcome in the land of the blind [Pre-Chorus] You may look like we do Talk like we do But you know how it is [Chorus] You're not one of us, not one of us No, you're not one of us Not one of us, not one of us No, you're not one of us [Verse 2] There's safety in numbers when you learn to divide How can we be in if there is no outside? All shades of opinion feed an open mind But your values are twisted, let us help you unwind [Pre-Chorus] You may look like we do Talk like we do But you know how it is [Bridge] It's only water It's only water It's only water It's only water in a stranger's tear [Pre-Chorus] You may look like we do Talk like we do But you know how it is [Chorus] You're not one of us, not one of us No, you're not one of us You're not one of us, not one of us No, you're not one of us [Interlude] [Outro] He's not one of us He's not one of us He's not one of us He's not one of us He's not one of us No, no, no, no, no, no, no He's not one of us He's not one of us No, no, no, no, no, no, no He's not one of us He's not one of us No, no, no, no, no, no, no He's not one of us He's not one of us No, no, no, no, no, no, no He's not one of us He's not one of us No, no, no, no, no, no, no He's not one of us -------- 1980 Melt -------- -------- Start -------- [Instrumental] -------- 1982 Security -------- -------- I Have the Touch -------- [Verse 1] The time I like is the rush hour, 'cause I like the rush The pushing of the people, I like it all so much Such a mass of motion, do not know where it goes I move with the movement and I have the touch [Verse 2] I'm waiting for ignition, I'm looking for a spark Any chance collision and I light up in the dark There you stand before me, all that fur and all that hair Oh, do I dare? I have the touch [Chorus] Wanting contact, I'm Wanting contact, I'm Wanting contact with you Shake those hands, shake those hands Give me the thing I understand Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake hands, shake hands [Verse 3] Any social occasion, it's "Hello, how do you do?" All those introductions, I never miss my cue So before a question, so before a doubt My hand moves out and I have the touch [Chorus] Wanting contact, I'm Wanting contact, I'm Wanting contact with you Shake those hands, shake those hands Give me the thing I understand Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake those hands, shake those hands [Bridge] Pull my chin, stroke my hair, scratch my nose, hug my knees Try drink, food, and cigarette, tension will not ease I tap my fingers, fold my arms, breathe in deep, cross my legs Shrug my shoulders, stretch my back, but nothing seems to please [Outro] I need contact I need contact Nothing seems to please I need contact Oh, I need contact Yes, I need contact Tact-tact-tact-contact Tact-tact-tact-contact Tact-taca-tact-contact -------- 1982 Security -------- -------- Kiss of Life -------- [Intro] Kiss of life, kiss of life Kiss of life, kiss of life Kiss of life, kiss of life Kiss of life, kiss of life, kiss of life [Verse 1] See me a big woman Big woman look how you dance See me a big woman Big woman caught in a trance, in a trance [Verse 2] Dancing on the tabletop Covered up with the Easter feast You're dancing for the fishermen From the very large right to the least Dancing for the slow release First the boy and then the beast, then the beast [Chorus] Burning, burning with the kiss of life Burning, burning with the kiss of life [Verse 3] See me a big woman Big woman so full of life See me a big woman Big woman going to be my wife, be my wife [Verse 4] Watching for the different eyes They change your face, they come inside Watch the spirits laugh and cry Watch them find a place to hide Watch the spirits talk in tongues Watch them take you for a ride, for a ride [Bridge] Down at the ocean lies a body in the sand Big woman sits beside, head in hand With heat from her skin, and fire from her breath She blows hard, she blows deep in the mouth of death [Chorus] Burning, burning with the kiss of life Burning, burning with the kiss of life Burning, burning with the kiss of life [Interlude] [Outro] Kiss of life, kiss of life Kiss of life, kiss of life Kiss of life, kiss of life Oi, oi Kiss of life, kiss of life Kiss of life, kiss of life Kiss of life, kiss of life Kiss of life, kiss of life, kiss of life, kiss of life -------- 1982 Security -------- -------- Lay Your Hands on Me -------- [Verse 1] Sat in the corner of the Garden Grill With plastic flowers on the windowsill No more miracles, loaves and fishes Been so busy with the washing of the dishes Reaction level's much too high I can do without the stimuli [Verse 2] I'm living way beyond my ways and means Living in the zone of the in-betweens I can see the flashes on the frozen ocean Static charge of the cold emotion Watched on by the distant eyes Watched on by the silent hidden spies [Pre-Chorus 1] But still the warmth flows through me And I sense you know me well No luck, no golden chances No mitigating circumstances now It's only common sense There are no accidents round here [Chorus] I am willing, lay your hands on me I am ready, lay your hands on me I believe, lay your hands on me Over me [Verse 3] Working in gardens, thorn-less roses Fat men play with their garden hoses Poolside laughter has a cynical bite Sausage speared by the cocktail satellite I walk away from light and sound Down stairways leading underground [Pre-Chorus 2] But still the warmth flows through me And I sense you know me well It's only common sense There are no accidents around here [Chorus] I am willing, lay your hands on me I am ready, lay your hands on me I believe, lay your hands on me Over me Over me [Interlude] [Outro] Lay your hands on me Lay your hands on me Lay your hands on me Over me Lay your hands on me Lay your hands on me Lay your hands on me Lay your hands on me Over me Lay your hands on me Over me Lay your hands on me Over me Lay your hands on me Over me Lay your hands on me Over me Lay your hands on me Over me Lay your hands on me Over me Lay your hands on me -------- 1982 Security -------- -------- San Jacinto -------- [Verse 1: Peter Gabriel] Thick cloud, steam rising Hissing stone on sweat lodge fire Around me, buffalo roam Sage in bundle, rub on skin Outside, cold air Stand, wait for rising sun Red paint, eagle feathers Coyote calling, it has begun Something moving in I taste it in my mouth and in my heart It feels like dying, slow Letting go of life [Refrain: Peter Gabriel & Jill Gabriel] (Hyena wakan tanka) (Hyena wakan tanka) (Hyena wakan tanka) (Hyena wakan tanka) (Hyena wakan tanka) (Hyena wakan tanka) [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel] Medicine man lead me up through town Indian ground, so far down Cut up land, each house a pool Kids wearing water wings, drink in cool Follow dry river bed Watch Scouts and Guides make pow-wow signs Past Geronimo's disco Sitting Bull steakhouse, white men dream A rattle in the old man's sack, see Look at mountain top, keep climbing up Way above us the desert snow White wind blow [Bridge: Peter Gabriel] I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me through the fear San Jacinto, I hold the line San Jacinto, the poison bite and darkness take my sight I hold the line And the tears roll down my swollen cheek Think I'm losing it, getting weaker I hold the line, I hold the line San Jacinto, yellow eagle flies down from the sun, from the sun [Interlude] [Outro: Peter Gabriel] We will walk on the land We will breathe of the air We will drink from the stream We will live, hold the line Hold the line, hold the line We will live, hold the line Hold the line, hold the line -------- 1982 Security -------- -------- Shock the Monkey -------- [Verse 1] Cover me when I run Cover me through the fire Something knocked me out the trees, now I'm on my knees Cover me, darling please [Chorus 1] Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey? Hey, hey [Verse 2] Fox the fox, rat on the rat You can ape the ape, I know about that There is one thing you must be sure of I can't take anymore Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey Hey, hey [Chorus 2] Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey? Hey, hey Shock the monkey Hey, hey, yeah [Post-Chorus 1] Monkey Wheels keep turning A monkey Something's burning Monkey Don't like it but I guess I'm learning Shock, shock, shock Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock, shock, shock Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey [Verse 3] Cover me when I sleep Cover me when I breathe You throw your pearls before the swine, make the monkey blind Cover me, darling please [Chorus 3] Hey, hey Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey? Hey, hey Shock the monkey Hey, hey, yeah [Post-Chorus 2] Monkey Too much at stake A monkey Ground beneath me shake Monkey And the news is breaking Shock, shock, shock Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock, shock, shock Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey [Outro] Shock the monkey Shock the monkey Shock the monkey, hey, hey Shock the monkey Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey to life Shock the monkey (shock the monkey) Shock the monkey (shock the monkey) Shock the monkey (shock the monkey) Shock the monkey (shock the monkey) Shock the monkey (shock the monkey) Shock the monkey (shock the monkey) Shock the monkey Shock the monkey to life -------- 1982 Security -------- -------- The Family and the Fishing Net -------- [Verse 1] Suffocated by mirrors, stained by dreams Her honey belly pulls the seams Curves are stiff upon the hinge Pale zeros tinge the tiger skin [Verse 2] Moist as grass, ripe and heavy is the night The sponge is full, well out of sight All around the conversations Icing on the warm flesh cake [Verse 3] Light creeps through her secret tunnels Sucked into the open spaces Burning out in sudden flashes Draining blood from well-fed faces [Interlude] [Verse 4] Desire forms in subtle whispers Flex the muscles in denial Up and down its pristine cage So the music, so the trial [Chorus 1] Vows of sacrifice Vows of sacrifice Headless chickens Headless chickens Dance in circles Dance in circles They the blessed Man and wife, undressed by all Their grafted trunks in heat possessed [Interlude] [Verse 5] Even as the soft skins tingle They mingle with the homeless mother Who loves the day but lives another That once was hers [Verse 6] The worried father, long lost lover Brushes ashes with his broom Rehearses jokes to fly and hover Bursting over the bride and groom [Interlude] And the talk goes on [Bridge] Memories crash on tireless waves The lifeguards whom the winter saves Memories crash on tireless waves The lifeguards whom the winter saves [Verse 7] Silence falls the guillotine All the doors are shut Nervous hands grip tight the knife In the darkness, 'til the cake is cut [Chorus 2] Cut and passed around Passed around In little pieces In little pieces The body The body and the flesh The family and the fishing net Family, and the fishing net Another, another in the mesh Another [Outro] The body and the flesh And the flesh -------- 1982 Security -------- -------- The Rhythm of the Heat -------- [Verse 1] Looking out the window I see the red dust clear High up on the red rock Stands the shadow with the spear [Verse 2] The land here is strong Strong beneath my feet It feeds on the blood It feeds on the heat [Chorus] The rhythm is below me The rhythm of the heat The rhythm is around me The rhythm has control The rhythm is inside me The rhythm has my soul [Refrain] The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat [Bridge] Drawn across the plain land to the place that is higher The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat Drawn into the circle that dances 'round the fire The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat We spit into our hands and breathe across the palms The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat Raising them up high, held open to the sun The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat Drawn across the plain land to the place that is higher The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat Drawn into the circle that dances 'round the fire The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat We spit into our hands and breathe across the palms The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat Raising them up high, held open to the sun The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat [Refrain] The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat The rhythm of the heat, the rhythm of the heat [Verse 3] Self-conscious, uncertain I'm showered with the dust The spirit enters into me And I submit to trust [Chorus 2] Smash the radio No outside voices here Smash the watch Cannot tear the day to shreds Smash the camera Cannot steal away the spirits The rhythm is around me The rhythm has control The rhythm is inside me The rhythm has my soul -------- 1982 Security -------- -------- Wallflower -------- [Verse 1] 6 by 6 from wall to wall Shutters on the windows, no light at all Damp on the floor, you got damp in the bed They're trying to get you crazy, get you out of your head And they feed you scraps and they feed you lies To lower your defences, no compromise Nothing you can do, the day can be long Your mind is working overtime, your body's not too strong [Pre-Chorus] Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on [Chorus] They put you in a box so you can't get heard Let your spirit stay unbroken, may you not be deterred Hold on, you have gambled with your own life And you face the night alone While the builders of the cages Sleep with bullets, bars and stone They do not see your road to freedom That you build with flesh and bone [Verse 2] They take you out and the light burns your eyes To the talking room, it's no surprise Loaded questions from clean white coats Their eyes are all as hidden as their Hippocratic Oath They tell you how to behave, behave as their guest You want to resist them, you do your best They take you to your limits, they take you beyond For all that they are doing there's no way to respond [Pre-Chorus] Hold on, hold on [Chorus] They put you in a box so you can't get heard Let your spirit stay unbroken, may you not be deterred Hold on, you have gambled with your own life And you face the night alone While the builders of the cages Sleep with bullets, bars and stone They do not see your road to freedom That you build with flesh and bone [Outro] Though you may disappear, you're not forgotten here And I will say to you, I will do what I can do You may disappear, you're not forgotten here And I will say to you, I will do what I can do And I will do what I can do And I will do what I can do -------- 1986 So -------- -------- Big Time -------- [Intro] "Hi there" [Chorus] I'm on my way, I'm making it I've got to make it show, yeah So much larger than life I'm going to watch it growing [Verse 1] The place where I come from is a small town They think so small, they use small words But not me, I'm smarter than that I worked it out [Pre-Chorus 1] I've been stretching my mouth To let those big words come right out I've had enough, I'm getting out To the city, the big, big city I'll be a big noise with all the big boys There's so much stuff I will own And I will pray to a big god As I kneel in the big church [Chorus] Big time I'm on my way, I'm making it Big time Big time I've got to make it show, yeah Big time Big time So much larger than life Big time I'm going to watch it growing Big time [Verse 2] My parties have all the big names And I greet them with the widest smile Tell them how my life is one big adventure And always they're amazed [Pre-Chorus 2] When I show them round the house, to my bed I had it made like a mountain range With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head And my heaven will be a big heaven And I will walk through the front door [Chorus] Big time I'm on my way, I'm making it Big time Big time I've got to make it show, yeah Big time Big time So much larger than life Big time I'm going to watch it growing Big time [Outro] Big time My car is getting bigger Big time My house getting bigger Big time My eyes getting bigger Big time And my mouth Big time My belly's getting bigger Big time And my bank account Big time Look at my circumstance Big time And the bulge in my big, big, big Big, big, big, big Big, big, big, big Big, big, big, big -------- 1986 So -------- -------- Don't Give Up (Ft. Kate Bush) -------- [Verse 1: Peter Gabriel] In this proud land we grew up strong We were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win I never thought I could fail No fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted I've changed my face, I've changed my name But no one wants you when you lose [Chorus 1: Kate Bush] Don't give up 'cause you have friends Don't give up, you're not beaten yet Don't give up, I know you can make it good [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel] Though I saw it all around Never thought that I could be affected Thought that we'd be last to go It is so strange the way things turn Drove the night toward my home The place that I was born, on the lakeside As daylight broke, I saw the earth The trees had burned down to the ground [Chorus 2: Kate Bush] Don't give up, you still have us Don't give up, we don't need much of anything Don't give up, 'cause somewhere there's a place where we belong [Bridge: Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel] Rest your head, you worry too much It's going to be alright When times get rough, you can fall back on us Don't give up, please don't give up Got to walk out of here, I can't take any more Gonna stand on that bridge, keep my eyes down below Whatever may come and whatever may go That river's flowing, that river's flowing [Verse 3: Peter Gabriel] Moved on to another town Tried hard to settle down For every job, so many men So many men no-one needs [Chorus 3: Kate Bush] Don't give up 'cause you have friends Don't give up, you're not the only one Don't give up, no reason to be ashamed Don't give up, you still have us Don't give up now, we're proud of who you are Don't give up, you know it's never been easy Don't give up 'cause I believe there's a place There's a place where we belong [Interlude] [Outro] Don't give up, don't give up, don't give up Don't give up, don't give up, don't give up Don't give up, don't give up, don't give up Don't give up, don't give up, don't give up Don't give up, don't give up, don't give up -------- 1986 So -------- -------- In Your Eyes -------- [Verse 1] Love, I get so lost sometimes Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart When I want to run away, I drive off in my car But whichever way I go, I come back to the place you are [Pre-Chorus] All my instincts, they return And the grand façade, so soon will burn Without a noise, without my pride I reach out from the inside [Chorus] In your eyes, the light, the heat In your eyes I am complete In your eyes I see the doorway In your eyes to a thousand churches In your eyes the resolution In your eyes of all the fruitless searches In your eyes In your eyes Oh, I see the light and the heat In your eyes, the light, the heat In your eyes Oh, I wanna be that complete In your eyes, the light, the heat In your eyes I wanna touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes [Verse 2] Love, I don't like to see so much pain So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away I get so tired of working so hard for our survival I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive [Pre-Chorus] And all my instincts, they return And the grand façade, so soon will burn Without a noise, without my pride I reach out from the inside [Chorus] In your eyes your eyes, your eyes In your eyes In your eyes the light, the heat In your eyes I am complete In your eyes I see the doorway To a thousand churches In your eyes the resolution In your eyes of all the fruitless searches Oh, I see the light and the heat In your eyes Oh, I wanna be that complete In your eyes I want to touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes In your eyes In your eyes In your eyes -------- 1986 So -------- -------- Mercy Street -------- [Verse 1] Looking down on empty streets, all she can see Are the dreams all made solid Are the dreams made real All of the buildings, all of the cars Were once just a dream In somebody's head She pictures the broken glass, pictures the steam She pictures a soul With no leak at the seams [Bridge] Let's take the boat out Wait until darkness Let's take the boat out Wait until darkness comes [Verse 2] Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey Nowhere in the suburbs In the cold light of day There in the midst of it, so alive and alone Words support like bone [Chorus] Dreaming of Mercy Street Wear your inside out Dreaming of mercy In your daddy's arms again Dreaming of Mercy Street I swear they moved that sign Dreaming of mercy In your daddy's arms [Verse 3] Pulling out the papers from drawers that slide smooth Tugging at the darkness Word upon word Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box To the priest, he's the doctor He can handle the shocks Dreaming of the tenderness, the tremble in the hips Of kissing Mary's lips [Chorus] Dreaming of Mercy Street Wear your inside out Dreaming of mercy In your daddy's arms again Dreaming of Mercy Street I swear they moved that sign Looking for mercy In your daddy's arms [Interlude] [Outro] Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy Looking for mercy Mercy, looking for mercy Looking for mercy, looking for mercy Looking for mercy, looking for mercy Anne, with her father, is out in the boat Riding the water Riding the waves on the sea -------- 1986 So -------- -------- Red Rain -------- [Chorus 1] Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me [Verse 1] I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream I cannot make a single sound as you scream It can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch Hey, we touch This place is so quiet, sensing that storm [Chorus 1] Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me [Verse 2] Well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town They tell you that this rain can sting and look down There is no blood around, see no sign of pain Hey, no pain Seeing no red at all, see no rain [Chorus 1] Red rain is coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me [Bridge 1] Red rain Oh! Oh! Putting the pressure on much harder now To return again and again Red rain Just let the red rain splash you Let the rain fall on your skin Red rain I come to you, defences down With the trust of a child Oh! [Chorus 1] Red rain coming down Red rain Red rain is pouring down Pouring down all over me [Bridge 2] And I can't watch anymore No more denial It's so hard to lay down in all of this [Chorus 2] Red rain coming down Red rain is pouring down Red rain is coming down all over me I see it [Chorus 3] Red rain coming down Red rain is pouring down Red rain is coming down all over me I'm bathing in [Chorus 4] Red rain coming down Red rain is coming down Red rain is coming down all over me I'm begging you [Outro] Red rain coming down Red rain coming down Red rain coming down Red rain coming down Over me in the red, red sea Over me Over me Red rain -------- 1986 So -------- -------- Sledgehammer -------- [Intro] Hey, hey, you Tell me how have you been? [Verse 1] You could have a steam train If you just lay down your tracks You could have an aeroplane flying If you bring your blue sky back All you do is call me I'll be anything you need [Verse 2] You could have a big dipper Going up and down, all around the bends You could have a bumper car, bumping This amusement never ends [Chorus 1] I wanna be your sledgehammer Why don't you call my name? Oh, let me be your sledgehammer This will be my testimony [Verse 3] Show me 'round your fruit cage 'Cause I will be your honey bee Open up your fruit cage Where the fruit is as sweet as can be [Chorus 2] I wanna be your sledgehammer Why don't you call my name? You'd better call the sledgehammer Put your mind at rest I'm going to be the sledgehammer This can be my testimony I'm your sledgehammer Let there be no doubt about it [Post-Chorus] Sledge, sledge Sledgehammer [Interlude] [Outro] I get it right I kicked the habit Kicked the habit, kicked the habit Shed my skin Shed my skin This is the new stuff This is the new stuff I go dancing in We can go dancing in Oh, won't you show for me? Show for me I will show for you Show for you Show for me Show for me Oh, I will show for you Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you Show for me Only you You been coming through Show for you I'm gonna build that power Build, build up that power, hey Show for me I've been feeding the rhythm I've been feeding the rhythm Show for you Gonna feel that power, hey, build in you Show for me Come on, come on, help me do Come on, come on, help me do Show for you Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you Show for me I've been feeding the rhythm I've been feeding the rhythm Show for you It's what we're doing, doing All day and night Show for me Come on, come on, help me do Come on, come on, help me do Show for you Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you Show for me I've been feeding the rhythm... -------- 1986 So -------- -------- That Voice Again -------- [Chorus 1] I wanna be with you, I wanna to be clear But each time I try, it's the voice I hear I hear that voice again [Verse 1] Oh, I'm listening to the conversation Judge and jury in my head It's colouring everything All we did and said And still I hear that sharp tongue talking Talking tangled words I can sense the danger Just listen to the wind [Interlude] [Chorus 2] I want you close, I want you near I can't help but listen, but I don't wanna hear Hear that voice again [Chorus 1] And I wanna to be with you, I wanna to be clear But each time I try, it's the voice I hear I hear that voice again [Verse 2] Oh, I'm hearing right and wrong so clearly There must be more than this It's only in uncertainty That we're naked and alive I hear it through the rattle of a streetcar Hear it through the things you said I can get so scared Listen to the wind [Interlude] [Chorus 2] I want you close, I want you near I can't help but listen, but I don't want to hear Hear that voice again [Bridge] What I carry in my heart Brings us so close or so far apart Only love can make love [Chorus 2] And I want you close and I want you near I can't help but listen, but I don't wanna hear I hear that voice again [Chorus 1] I wanna be with you, I wanna be clear But each time I try, it's the voice I hear I hear that voice again -------- 1986 So -------- -------- This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) (Ft. Laurie Anderson) -------- [Verse 1: Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel and Laurie Anderson] Flying birds, excellent birds Watch them fly There they go Falling snow, excellent snow Here it comes Watch it fall Long words, excellent words I can hear them now [Chorus: Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson] This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel and Laurie Anderson] I'm sitting by the window Watching the snow fall I'm looking out And I'm moving, turning in time Catching up, moving in Jump up I can land on my feet, look out [Chorus: Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson] This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture This is the picture [Verse 3: Laurie Anderson] Looking out, watching out When I see the future I close my eyes I can see it now [Outro: Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson and Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson] I see pictures of people Rising up Pictures of people Falling down I see pictures of people They're standing on their heads, they're ready I see pictures of people Rising up I see pictures of people Falling down I see pictures of people They're standing on their heads, they're ready They're looking out Look out They're watching out Watch out They're looking out Look out They're watching out Watch, watching out I see pictures of people I see pictures of people They're watching, they're watching I see pictures of people They're watching out, watch out I see pictures of people They're watching out, watch out I see pictures of people They're watching, they're watching I see pictures of people They're watching out, watch out I see pictures of people -------- 1986 So -------- -------- We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) -------- [Chorus] We do what we're told We do what we're told We do what we're told Told to do [Chorus] We do what we're told We do what we're told We do what we're told Told to do [Outro] One doubt One voice One war One truth One dream -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Bashi-Bazouk -------- [Instrumental] -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Blood of Eden (Ft. Sinéad O'Connor) -------- [Verse 1: Peter Gabriel] I caught sight of my reflection I caught it in the window I saw the darkness in my heart I saw the signs of my undoing They had been there from the start And the darkness still has work to do The knotted chord's untying The heated and the holy Oh they're sitting there on high So secure with everything they're buying [Chorus: Peter Gabriel and Sinéad O'Connor] In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man With the man in the woman and the woman in the man In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man We wanted the union Oh the union of the woman, the woman and the man [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel] My grip is surely slipping I think I've lost my hold Yes, I think I've lost my hold I cannot get insurance any more They don't take credit, only gold Is that a dagger or a crucifix I see You hold so tightly in your hand And all the while the distance grows between you and me I do not understand [Chorus: Peter Gabriel and Sinéad O'Connor] In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man With the man in the woman and the woman in the man In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man We wanted the union Oh the union of the woman, the woman and the man [Bridge: Peter Gabriel] At my request you take me in In that tenderness I am floating away No certainty, nothing to rely on Holding still for a moment What a moment this is Oh for a moment of forgetting A moment of bliss [Verse 3: Peter Gabriel] I can hear the distant thunder of a million unheard souls Of a million unheard souls Watch each one reach for creature comfort For the filling of their holes [Chorus: Peter Gabriel and Sinéad O'Connor] In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man With the man in the woman and the woman in the man In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man We wanted the union Oh the union of the woman, the woman and the man In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man With the man in the woman and the woman in the man In the blood of Eden lie the woman and the man We wanted the union Oh the union of the woman, the woman and the man -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Come Talk to Me (Ft. Sinéad O'Connor) -------- [Verse 1] The wretched desert takes its form The jackal proud and tight In search of you I feel my way Through the slowest heaving night Whatever fear invents I swear it make no sense I reach out through the border fence Come down, come talk to me [Verse 2] In the swirling, curling storm of desire Unuttered words hold fast With reptile tongue, the lightning lashes Towers built to last Darkness creeps in like a thief And offers no relief Why are you shaking like a leaf Come on, come talk to me [Chorus 1] Ah please talk to me Won't you please talk to me We can unlock this misery Come on, come talk to me I did not come to steal This all is so unreal Can't you show me how you feel now Come on, come talk to me Come talk to me [Verse 3] The earthly power sucks shadowed milk From sleepy tears undone From nippled skin as smooth as silk The bugles blown as one You lie there with your eyes half closed Like there's no one there at all There's a tension pulling on your face Come on, come talk to me [Chorus 2] Won't you please talk to me If you'd just talk to me Unblock this misery If you'd only talk to me Don't you ever change your mind Now your future's so defined And you act so deaf, so blind Come on, come talk to me Come talk to me [Bridge] I can imagine the moment Breaking out through the silence All the things that we both might say And the heart it will not be denied Until we're both on the same damn side All the barriers blown away [Chorus 3] I said please talk to me Won't you please come talk to me Just like it used to be Come on, come talk to me I did not come to steal This all is so unreal Can you show me how you feel now Come on, come talk to me Come talk to me I said please talk to me If you'd just talk to me Unblock this misery If you'd only talk to me Don't you ever change your mind Now your future's so defined And you act so deaf and blind And you act so deaf so blind Come on, come talk to me Come talk to me -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Digging in the Dirt -------- [Verse 1] Something in me, dark and sticky All the time it's getting strong No way of dealing with this feeling Can't go on like this too long [Refrain] This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you [Pre-Chorus] Don't talk back Just drive the car Shut your mouth I know what you are Don't say nothing Keep your hands on the wheel Don't turn around This is for real [Chorus] Digging in the dirt Stay with me, I need support I'm digging in the dirt To find the places I got hurt Open up the places I got hurt [Verse 2] The more I look, the more I find As I close on in, I get so blind I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes I feel it in my sex, that's the place it goes [Refrain] This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far This time you've gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I told you [Pre-Chorus] Don't talk back Just drive the car Shut your mouth I know what you are Don't say nothing Keep your hands on the wheel Don't turn around This is for real [Chorus] Digging in the dirt Stay with me I need support I'm digging in the dirt To find the places I got hurt Open up the places I got hurt I'm digging in the dirt Stay with me I need support I'm digging in the dirt To find the places I got hurt Open up the places I got hurt [Outro] Digging in the dirt To find the places we got hurt -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Fourteen Black Paintings -------- [Verse] From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people From the people come the power From this power come the change -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Kiss That Frog -------- [Intro] Jump in the water [Verse 1] Sweet little princess, let me introduce his frogness You alone can get him singing He's all puffed up, want to be your king Oh you can do it [Chorus] Come on Come on Come on Come on Come on Come on Lady kiss that frog [Verse 2] Splash, dash, heard your call Bring you back your golden ball He's going to dive down in the deep end He's going to be just like your best friend So what's one little kiss, one tiny little touch? Aah, he's wanting it so much I swear that this is royal blood Running through my skin Oh, can you see the state I'm in Kiss it better, kiss it better Kiss that frog [Verse 3] Get it into your head He's living with you he sleeps in your bed Can't you hear beyond the croaking Don't you know that I'm not joking Aah, you think you won't, I think you will Don't you know that this tongue can kill [Chorus] Come on Come on Come on Come on Come on Come on Lady kiss that frog [Bridge] Let him sit beside you Eat right off your plate You don't have to be afraid There's nothing here to hate Princess, you might like it If you lowered your defense Kiss that frog and you will get your prince [Outro] Jump in the water, come on baby jump in with me Jump in the water, come on baby get wet, get wet, get wet Kiss that frog, lady kiss that frog Get wet, get wet -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Love to Be Loved -------- [Verse 1] So, you know how people are When it's all gone much too far The way their minds are made Still, there's something you should know That I could not let show That fear of letting go [Chorus 1] And in this moment, I need to be needed With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted 'Cause I love to be loved I love to be loved I love to be loved Yes, I love to be loved [Verse 2] I cry the way that babies cry The way they can't deny The way they feel Words, they climb all over you Until they uncover you From where you hide [Chorus 2] And in this moment, I need to be needed When my self-esteem is sinking, I like to be liked In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted 'Cause I love to be loved I love to be loved I love to be loved Oh, I love to be loved [Bridge] This old familiar craving I've been here before, this way of behaving Don't know who the hell I'm saving anymore Let it pass let it go let it leave From the deepest place I grieve This time I believe And I let go And I let go I can let go of it Though it takes all the strength in me And all the world can see I'm losing such a central part of me I can let go of it You know I mean it You know that I mean it I recognize how much I've lost But I cannot face the cost Because I love to be loved [Outro] Yes I love to be loved I love to be loved I love to be loved I love to be loved I love to be loved I love to be loved Yes I love to be loved -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Only Us -------- [Intro] Only us Only us Only us [Verse 1] It wasn't in the words that kept sticking in their throats It wasn't with the angels in their quilted coats These battered wings still kick up dust Seduced by the noise and the bright things that glisten I knew all the time I should shut up and listen And I'm finding my way home from the great escape [Chorus] The further on I go, oh the less I know I can find only us breathing Only us sleeping Only us dreaming Only us [Verse 2] I hear you calling me Yes, I hear you calling me Home from the great escape Yes, I can read you loud and clear The further on I go, oh the less I know Friend or foe, there's only us [Chorus] The further on I go, oh the less I know I can find only us breathing Only us sleeping Only us dreaming Only us [Outro] I'm coming home again, home again And I hear you calling me home again I am coming home again Only us Only us Only us Only us Only us Only us Only us Only us -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Secret World -------- [Verse 1] I stood in this unsheltered place Until I could see the face behind the face All that had gone before had left no trace Down by the railway siding In our secret world, we were colliding All the places we were hiding love What was it we were thinking of? [Verse 2] So I watch you wash your hair Underwater, unaware And the plane flies through the air Did you think you didn't have to choose it That I alone could win or lose it In all the places we were hiding love What was it we were thinking of? [Verse 3] In this house of make believe Divided in two, like Adam and Eve You put out and I receive Down by the railway siding In our secret world, we were colliding In all the places we were hiding love What was it we were thinking of? [Bridge] Oh the wheel is turning, spinning round and round And the house is crumbling but the stairways stand With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame Whatever it is, we are all the same Making it up in our secret world Making it up in our secret world Making it up in our secret world Shaking it up Breaking it up Making it up in our secret world [Verse 4] Seeing things that were not there On a wing on a prayer In this state of disrepair Down by the railway siding In our secret world, we were colliding In all the places we were hiding love What was it we were thinking of? [Outro] Shh, listen... -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Steam -------- [Intro] Stand Back! Stand Back! [Verse 1] What are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet They're on to something, picking up Picking up this heat, this heat [Chorus] Give me steam And how you feel can make it real Real as anything you've seen Get a life with this dreamer's dream [Verse 2] You know your culture from your trash You know your plastic from your cash When I lose sight of the track You know the way back But I know you You know your stripper from your paint You know your sinner from your saint Whenever heaven's doors are shut You kick them open but I know you [Chorus] Give me steam And how you feel can make it real Real as any place you've been Get a life with the dreamer's dream [Verse 3] Stand back! Stand back! Can't you see I've lost control I'm getting indiscreet You're moving in so close Until I'm picking up Picking up this heat, this heat [Chorus] Give me steam And how you feel can make it real Real as anything you've seen Get a life with this dreamer's dream [Verse 4] You know your green from your red You know the quick from the dead So much better than the rest You think you've been blessed But I know you You know your ladder from your snake You know the throttle from the brake You know your straight line from a curve You've got a lot of nerve But I know you [Chorus] Give me steam And how you feel could make it real Real as any place you've been Get a life with the dreamer's dream [Bridge] Everybody nosedive Hold your breath, count to five Backslap, boobytrap Cover it up in bubblewrap Room shake, earthquake Find a way to stay awake It's going to blow, it's going to break This is more than I can take Oh yeah, I need steam Feel the steam all around me [Verse 5] Ah you're turning up the heat When I start to dream aloud See you move your hands and feet Won't you step into this cloud of steam This steam [Chorus] Give me steam And how you feel can make it real Real as anything you've seen Get a life with this dreamer's dream [Outro] Help me yeah Ready to steam out the log jam Stir crazy from the freezer to the boil Water's bubbling, it's bubbling Bubbling, bubbling Like it's coming to a boil Give me steam, lady Give me steam around me now Aah coming alive, coming alive Said give me some steam -------- 1992 Us -------- -------- Washing of the Water -------- [Intro] River, river, carry me on Living river, carry me on River, river, carry me on To the place where I come from [Verse 1] So deep, so wide Will you take me on your back for a ride? If I should fall Would you swallow me deep inside? River, show me how to float I feel like I'm sinking down Thought that I could get along But here in this water My feet won't touch the ground I need something to turn myself around [Hook 1] Going away, away toward the sea River deep Can you lift up and carry me? [Verse 2] Oh, roll on through the heartland Until the sun has left the sky River, river, carry me high 'Til the washing of the water Make it all alright Let your waters reach me Like she reached me tonight [Verse 3] Letting go, it's so hard The way it's hurting now To get this love untied So tough to stay with this thing 'Cause if I follow through I face what I deny I get those hooks out of me And I take out the hooks that I sunk deep in your side Kill that fear of emptiness, loneliness I hide [Hook 2] River, oh, river River running deep Bring me something That will let me get to sleep [Outro] In the washing of the water Will you take it all away? Bring me something To take this pain away -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- Darkness -------- [Verse 1] I'm scared of swimming in the sea Dark shapes moving under me Every fear I swallow makes me small Inconsequential things occur Alarms are triggered Memories stir It's not the way it has to be I'm afraid of what I do not know I hate being undermined I'm afraid I can be Devil Man And I'm scared to be divine Don't mess with me my fuse is short Beneath this skin these fragments caught [Pre-Chorus] When I allow it to be There's no control over me I have my fears But they do not have me [Chorus] Walking through the undergrowth To the house in the woods The deeper I go, the darker it gets I peer through the window Knock at the door And the monster I was so afraid of Lies curled up on the floor Is curled up on the floor just like a baby boy I cry until I laugh, ah [Verse 2] I'm afraid of being mothered With my balls shut in the pen I'm afraid of loving women And I'm scared of loving men Flashbacks coming in every night Don't tell me every thing's alright [Pre-Chorus] When I allow it to be It has no control over me I own my fear So it doesn't own me [Chorus] Walking through the undergrowth To the house in the woods The deeper I go, the darker it gets I peer through the window Knock at the door And the monster I was so afraid of Lies curled up on the floor Is curled up on the floor Just like a baby boy I cry until I laugh, ah, ah -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- Growing Up -------- [Verse 1] Folded in your fleshy purse I am floating once again While the muted sounds are pumping rhythm All the walls close in on me Pressure's building wave on wave Until the water breaks and outside I go, oh [Verse 2] One dot, that's on or off Defines what is and what is not, one dot Two dot, a pair of eyes, a voice A touch, complete surprise, two dot [Chorus] Growing up, growing up Looking for a place to live Growing up, growing up Looking for a place to live Growing up, growing up Looking for a place to live [Hook] My ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown My ghost likes to travel so deep into your space [Verse 3] Three dot, a trinity A way to map the universe, three dot Four dot, is what will make a square A bed to build on, it's all there, four dot [Hook] My ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown My ghost likes to travel so deep into your space [Verse 4] All the slow clouds pass us by Make the empire state look high As you take me in your sea-stained sweetness It spills, it tingles and it stings All the pleasure that it brings Until the door has let the outside inside here [Bridge] (My ghost likes to travel) Well on the floor there's a long wooden table (My ghost likes to travel) On the table there's an open book (My ghost likes to travel) On the page there's a detailed drawing (My ghost likes to travel) And on the drawing is the name I took [Hook] My ghost likes to travel so far in the unknown My ghost likes to travel so deep into your space [Chorus] Growing up, growing up Looking for a place to live Growing up, growing up Looking for a place to live Growing up, growing up Looking for a place to live [Bridge] My ghost likes to travel My ghost likes to travel (Moving inside of your space) My ghost likes to travel My ghost likes to travel (Moving inside of your space) My ghost likes to travel (Moving inside) My ghost likes to travel (Moving inside of your space) My ghost likes to travel (Moving inside) My ghost likes to travel (Moving inside of your space) [Verse 5] The breathing stops, I don't know when In transition once again Such a struggle getting through these changes And it all seems so absurd To be flying like a bird When I do not feel I've really landed here -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- Sky Blue (Ft. The Blind Boys Of Alabama) -------- [Verse 1] Lost my time lost my place in Sky blue Those two blue eyes light your face in Sky blue I know how to fly, I know how to drown in Sky blue Warm wind blowing over the earth Sky blue I sing through the land, the land sings through me Sky blue Reaching into the deepest shade of Sky blue [Chorus] Sky blue So tired of all this travelling So many miles away from home I keep moving to be stable Free to wander, free to roam [Verse 2] Train pulled out said my goodbyes Sky blue Back on the road alone with the sky Sky blue There's a presence here no one denies Sky blue Sky blue [Chorus] Sky blue So tired of all this travelling So many miles away from home I keep moving to be stable Free to wander, free to roam [Verse 3] I can hear the same voice calling Crying out, from my heart And that cry, what a cry What a cry, it's going to be If I can stop to let it out, oh -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- No Way Out -------- [Verse 1] Saw a group of people forming Round a figure lying down And someone runs to make a phone call And the man kneels on the ground The man kneels on the ground There's a tightening in my chest I know that I'm drawn in Oh God let it not be you [Chorus] Don't leave us Don't leave like this Don't leave me here again I'm not quitting on you No one else You're not quitting on us No running out [Verse 2] The color in your shirt is darkening Against the paleness of your skin I remember how you held the goldfish Swimming around in a plastic bag Swimming around in a plastic bag You held it up so high In the bright lights of the fair It slipped and fell We looked everywhere [Chorus] Don't leave us (your eyes are bright, your blood is warm) Don't leave like this (your heart is strong, you're holding on) Don't leave me here again (I feel your pulse, I hold your hand) I'm not quitting on you There's no one else You're not quitting on us There's no way out No way out [Chorus] Don't leave us Don't leave like this Don't leave me here again (I feel your pulse, I hold your hand) I'm not quitting on you There's no one else You're not quitting on us No running away no way out -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- I Grieve -------- [Verse 1] It was only one hour ago It was all so different then Nothing yet has really sunk in Looks like it always did This flesh and bone It's just the way that we had tied in Now there's no-one home [Chorus] I grieve for you You leave me So hard to move on Still loving what's gone They say life carries on Carries on and on and on and on [Verse 2] The news that truly shocks is the empty, empty page While the final rattle rocks its empty, empty cage And I can't handle this [Chorus] I grieve for you You leave me Let it out and move on Missing what's gone They say life carries on They say life carries on and on and on [Verse 3] Life carries on In the people I meet In everyone that's out on the street In all the dogs and cats In the flies and rats In the rot and the rust In the ashes and the dust Life carries on and on and on and on Life carries on and on and on [Verse 4] It's just the car that we ride in A home we reside in The face that we hide in The way we are tied in As life carries on and on and on and on Life carries on and on and on [Outro] Did I dream this belief? Or did I believe this dream? Now I can find relief I grieve -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- The Barry Williams Show -------- [Verse 1] Let's go One man at the window One girl at the bar Saw that look of recognition When they know just who you are I seen you on the TV I seen you on that show You make the people crazy And then you let them go Before the show we calm them We sympathize, we care And the hostile folk we keep apart Until the red light says 'on air' Did you see our leather lovers All tied up to the chair Did you catch those child molesters No one else goes there [Chorus] What a show, the Barry Williams show What a show Dysfunctional excess Is all it took for my success The greater pain that they endure The more you know the show will scored It's showtime [Verse 2] Got the reputation of a surgeon Because they cannot feel the cut It looks so very simple But it really is an art They call our studio 'the hospital' Making money from the sick We let people be themselves There is no other trick 'My lover stole my girlfriend' 'I keep beating up my ex' 'I want to kill my neighbour' 'My daughter's selling sex' 'My S/M lover hurt me' 'My girl became a man' 'I love my daughter's rapist 'My life's gone down the pan' [Chorus] What a show, the Barry Williams show The Barry Williams show Dysfunctional excess Is all it took for my success And when the punches start to fly The ratings always read so high It's showtime [Verse 3] 'That girl has got no scruples' Not a wrinkle on her face You would not believe the plot she conceived So they'd let her take my place Well, no man is an island No man is a sea But this display of emotion Is all but drowning me [Chorus] What a show, oh what a show On my show, the Barry Williams show It's my show What a show Dysfunctional excess Is all it took for my success [Outro] The best TV you've ever seen Where people say the things that they really mean I hear my name, I hear them roar For the one more time I take the floor Just one more Barry Williams show We're going to take you where you want to go It's showtime Come on down Come on down -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- My Head Sounds Like That -------- [Verse] The metal jangles as the key turns Unlock the door, wipe my feet clean Oh, my head sounds like that The oil is spitting in the saucepan I squeeze this sponge and let the cat out Oh, my head sounds like that Oh, my head Oh oh oh Oh oh oh The water's dripping in the hallway The guy next door, he knocks his wall down Oh my head sounds like that The knife it scrapes across the burnt brown toast The freight train rumbles pass my window Oh, my head sounds like that Oh, my head Oh oh oh Oh oh oh Oh oh oh Around the axis we all spin To determine what's left out and what's left in What's left out and what's left in What's left out and what's left in Who's left out and who's left in Who's left in The moment's come and go like water I try to hold them but they're fading Oh, my head sounds like that Oh, my head Oh oh oh -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- More Than This -------- [Verse 1] I woke up and the world outside was dark All so quiet before the dawn Opened up the door and walked outside The ground was cold I walked until I couldn't walk anymore To a place I'd never been There was something stirring in the air In front of me, I could see [Chorus] More than this More than this So much more than this There is something else there When all that you had has all gone And more than this I stand Feeling so connected And I'm all there Right next to you [Verse 2] It started when I saw the ship go down I saw them struggle in the sea And suddenly the picture disappears In front of me Now we're busy making all our busy plans On foundations built to last But nothing fades as fast as the future And nothing clings like the past, until we can see [Chorus] More than this More than this So much more than this There is something out there More than this It's coming through And more than this I stand alone and so connected And I'm all there Right next to you [Verse 3] Oh then it's alright When with every day another bit falls away Oh but it's still alright, alright, alright And like words together we can make some sense Much more than this Way beyond imagination Much more than this Beyond the stars With my head so full So full of fractured pictures And I'm all there Right next to you So much more than this There is something else there When all that you had has all gone And more than this I'm alone Feeling so connected And I'm all there right next to you [Outro] More than this More than this More than this -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- Signal to Noise -------- [Intro: Peter Gabirel] You know the way that things go When what you fight for starts to fall And in that fuzzy picture The writing stands out on the wall So clearly on the wall [Non-lyrical Vocalizing: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan] [Refrain: Peter Gabriel] Send out the signals deep and loud [Verse 1: Peter Gabirel] And in this place, can you reassure me With a touch, a smile while the cradle's burning All the while the world is turning to noise Oh the more that it's surrounding us The more that it destroys Turn up the signal Wipe out the noise [Non-lyrical Vocalizing: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan] [Refrain: Peter Gabriel] Send out the signals deep and loud [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel] Man I'm losing sound and sight Of all those who can tell me wrong from right When all things beautiful and bright Sink in the night Yet there's still something in my heart That can find a way To make a start To turn up the signal Wipe out the noise [Breakdown: Peter Gabriel] Wipe out the noise Wipe out the noise You know that's it You know that's it You know that's it Receive and transmit Receive and transmit Receive and transmit You know that's it You know that's it Receive and transmit You know that's it You know that's it Receive and transmit Receive and transmit -------- 2002 Up -------- -------- The Drop -------- [Verse] Moving down the fuselage Toward the open door Catch you looking down outside To see what lies ahead One by one You watch them fall Fall through cloud One by one You watch them fall No idea where they're going But down Where they've gone Where they've gone Watching as the sun goes down I sit inside this plane Notice how the city lights Are like the nerves inside the brain One by one They're going out You watch them dim One by one You watch them fall And wonder where they're falling to ==== 2023 I/O ==== Panopticom ==== In the air the smoke cloud takes its form All the phones take pictures while it’s warm Panopticom, let’s find out what’s going on Panopticom, let’s see where clues are leading Panopticom, won’t you show us what’s going on Panopticom, show how much is real And we pour the medicine down While we watch the world around us We got witness on the ground Taking in the evidence And we reach across the globe Got all the information flowing You face the motherload Tentacles around you Around you From above and deep below the ground It was in Berlin that all the evidence was found Look from the street and we look down from the skies See through the barriers We can see through all those lies Panopticom, let’s find out what’s going on Panopticom, let’s see where clues are leading Panopticom, won’t you show us what’s going on Panopticom, show how much is real And we pour the medicine down While we watch the world around us We got witness on the ground Taking in the evidence And we reach across the globe Got all the information flowing You face the motherload Tentacles around you Around you Around you Around you Around you ==== 2023 I/O ==== The Court ==== You put your hand up, you make your bid You got your pictures all laid out on the grid Dug in the garden in the softest ground Buried everything that you never want found And the court will rise While the pillars all fall We’ve got the healer and the birthday cake We got the real thing and we’ve got the fake We got the ladder, look there is the snake How my body begins to ache And the court will rise While the pillars all fall You got the money going up your nose You got the data don’t control where it goes What you have left, is getting down to the bone Your only memory’s on your mobile phone And the court will rise While the pillars all fall Out of this sentence, the ball and the claw In all of these pronouncements I can make out the voice of the law Out in the market all our lives are on sale And the poles are drifting further apart, recovery cannot fail Got contingency deals and they’re all in place Got the bigshot barrister to plead my case Got my baby throwing up on her chocolate milk The black cap judge reaches for his silk And the court will rise While the pillars all fall We lost the line between the good and the bad We lost the line between the sane and the mad Still draw the line across the writing pad The line of conscience that we never have had And the court will rise While the pillars all fall So many reaching for it So many reaching out for it You know that justice is blind So many reaching for it So many reaching out for it You know that justice is blind So many looking out for it So many looking out for it You know that justice is blind ==== 2023 I/O ==== Playing for Time ==== Far, far away Out amongst the stars There’s a planet spinning slowly We call it ours Any time, any day Any moment that we bring to life Will never fade away Oh, all the moments come and go While the memories ebb and flow And play again, play again Oh, there’s a hill that we must climb Climb through all the mists of time It’s all in here What we’ve been through Down, I’m getting it down Sorting it out So everything I care about Is held in here All of those I love, inside Everybody’s playing for time You and I still playing for time There goes the sun Back from where it came The young move to the centre The mum and dad the frame Any space, any time Any moment that we bring to life Ridiculous, sublime Oh, all the moments come and go While the memories ebb and flow And play again, play again Oh, there’s a hill that we must climb Climb through all these mists of time It’s all in here What we’ve been through Down, I’m getting it down Sorting it out so everything I care about Is held in here All of those I love, inside The future shines a sunny day Unpacked memories stored away All the while the clock keeps ticking You and I still playing for time One by one the voices silenced For they know that time will tell It’s time that wears the crown And time that rings the bell All cards on the table All hands are down Everybody’s playing for time Everyone’s still playing for time Looking for a flicker in the face of the clock Hidden in the mountain in the body of the rock No-one seems to notice or to feel the aftershock They’re all too busy playing for time Everybody’s playing for time You and I still playing for time ==== 2023 I/O ==== i/o ==== I’m just a part of everything I stand on two legs and I learned to sing It’s not what was said and it’s not what I heard I walk with my dog and I whistle with the bird Stuff coming out, stuff going in I’m just a part of everything Stuff coming out, stuff going in I’m just a part of everything So we think we really live apart Cuz we got two legs a brain and a heart We all belong to everything To the octopus’ suckers and the buzzards’ wing To the elephants’ trunk and the buzzing bees’ sting Stuff coming out, stuff going in I’m just a part of everything I’m just a part of everything i/o, i/o I’m coming out, I’m going in i/o, i/o I’m just a part of everything I learn like a baby, I learn like a seed Spread out my tubers wherever I need I find any way to attach and connect And I run like water, no cause or effect I got stuff coming out and stuff going in I’m just a part of everything Stuff coming out and stuff going in I’m just a part of everything When the panting is over and the warmth has run out Love will be flowing, I have no doubt With the vehicle in neutral and the ground to be faced I’ll be all laid to rest in my proper place Into the roots of an old oak tree Where life can move freely in and out of me I’ll have stuff coming out and stuff going in I’m just a part of everything i/o, i/o I’m coming out, I’m going in i/o, i/o I’m just a part of everything i/o, i/o I’m coming out, I’m going in i/o, i/o I’m just a part of everything ==== 2023 I/O ==== Four Kinds of Horses ==== It all seems so simple Remarkably clear Like the darkest superhero You will burst into our fear They must have seen you looking Watched everything you said Knowing you could be a part of it They fill your head - fill your head Come all the nights (ohh) Come all the days So inaccessible in this land, this land beyond the brilliant haze And here is all your money There is the load This is how you travel if you live to see the world explode Four kinds of horses Four kinds of men Are you saying something different but you do it all again Four kinds of horses Four kinds of men Ah you think you’re something different but you do it all again Again and again Again and again Your mind is made up So certain what is right But when they audit everything Will they see you were born so bright Oh mother illusion With your jacket of flames Your face it is everywhere Such a dark, dark shade of fame Come all the nights (ooh) Come all the days So inaccessible in this land, this land beyond the brilliant haze And here is all your money There is the load This is how you travel if you live to see the world explode Four kinds of horses Four kinds of men Are you saying something different but you do it all again Four kinds of horses Four kinds of men Ah you think you’re something different but you do it all again Again and again Again and again We feel the vibration We’re all holding it down We feel the vibration It’s coming out of the ground We feel the vibration We’re all holding it down We feel the vibration It’s coming out of the ground ==== 2023 I/O ==== Road to Joy ==== Sore eyes, swollen skies, Look for anchors, look for ties Sharp sounds swim around Soak into the brittle ground Been so many days been held inside this body Been so many days and there’s nothing to do Been so many days in the throbbing of the darkness Been so many days I’ve been waiting for you Back in the world Waking up the road to joy Love calls through the walls Warms the earth wherever it falls Lights form and call you down Going in for another round This is how it goes I’ve been listening to the voices This is how it goes you were sure I was gone This is how it goes in this state of meditation This is how it goes I’ve been waiting for you Back in the world Waking up the road to joy Back in the world Walking down the road to joy The engine stops and silence pours Fills the holes and cracked stone floors Young and old, girl and boy Dance along the road to joy Picture sharpens in your head Opens up when it’s been read All the things you strain to see Can move on in and come to be Show your eyes show your teeth That’s the way to build belief Touch my hair touch my knee You can wake up every part of me Get the blood to flow in every nook and cranny Get the blood to flow from my head to my toes Get the blood to flow flowing all around me Get the blood to flow put the life in my soul Back in the world Walking down the road to joy Just when you think it can’t get worse The mind reveals the universe Opens up a distant star That gives you straight just who you are I’m more a dog, you’re more a cat Then we’re getting bored of that Alive again a bird, a snake Then we jump into the lake ==== 2023 I/O ==== So Much ==== So much unfinished business All sticky with desire Raking through the empty shells Of all the rockets we fired Set the navigation For the earth all warm and wet And as the longing drops away The compass is reset Ah, there’s so much to aim for You can shoot at the sun But all of it just comes and goes There’s only so much can be done Time slips in the mirror As an old man I was born But I’ve grown to be a baby With a halo and a horn Burn up like a lightning bolt All gone within a flash You look around to find a home Where the asteroid will crash Ah, there’s so much to live for So much left to give This edition is limited There’s only so much can be done The body stiffens tires and aches In its wrinkled blotchy skin With each decade more camouflage For the wild-eyed child within Now close your eyes for a moment Look down and look above All the warmth inside of you Comes from those you love Ah, there’s so much to live for So much left to give This edition is limited There’s only so much can be done So much to aim for Shooting up at the sun But it all comes and goes There’s only so much can be done So much can be done Only so much can be done ==== 2023 I/O ==== Olive Tree ==== In the misty silvered night My eyes fall to the ground I can feel it come alive In the seeds pushing out through the soil New life weaves its way out through the coil Nothing’s going to hold this movement down I was apart from it, my head in the sky With no ears to listen, no light reached my eye There rose the fungi, still tied to its past For the melting of the solid world the changes coming fast And its Ho oh I’ve got the water falling on me - it’s all waking me up I’ve got the sunlight warming my back - warming up all my bones I’ve got the cool breeze right on my skin Bringing every cell to life, making all connections live From one point to another and we’re all here just the same Trying to make some sense of it, where I’m going now And how it fits together in the bigger shape of things And I slide into the waves, leaving land behind It’s another world I’m entering now There’s the shark pushing through the swaying weeds Predator and prey sort out their needs Nothing’s going to hold this pattern down I was apart from it in a world of our own We’d lost all connection to the place from which we’d grown But here in this helmet I can read other minds And scan all the thinking all the juice I can find And its Ho oh I’ve got the water falling on me - it’s all waking me up I’ve got the sunlight warming my back warming up all my bones I’ve got the cool breeze right on my skin Bringing every cell to life making all connections live From one point to another and we’re all here just the same Trying to make some sense of it, where I’m going now And how it fits together in the bigger shape of things Water falls on me It’s waking up the world Water falls on us Pouring from the head Pouring from the head Pouring from the head ==== 2023 I/O ==== Love Can Heal ==== Whatever mess you found yourself within Regardless how you got there When the edifice has slipped away and died Left you standing there defenseless Love can heal Love can heal Love can heal Love can heal There’s something moving out of you Your body and your skin Like mist comes from the water You can sense it when the cold has clenched its claws And alone you face what’s coming For a moment Raise my head I can breathe the air Out in the sunlight In all the colours Set against a bed of green A bed of green Love can heal Love can heal Love can heal Love can heal Love can heal Love can heal Give in to love Give in to love Give in to love ==== 2023 I/O ==== This Is Home ==== I looked into the deepest sky Find what you’d shown me Here beside the churning sea A calm came over me Cuz I know, this is home Home is where I need to be I know, you are my home Running down these roads of glass With no way to see through them We struggle through the buzz and the grind Of one thing I’m certain I know, this is home Home is where I need to be I know, you are my home More or less When you strip the whole thing down Let all the feelings flow And we’re standing there in the garden Watching the world roll out below And we float on love Like a river through the night Where all the colours bleed to light Looked as far as I could see See what was showing We’ve scattered like a bag of seeds Wherever the wind was blowing Whatever bothers you in the day or night It’ll come and go But then it’s you and I We just keep moving on Walk on down the road When we make it hard And when I left you scarred It looks like all has gone Then the love creeps through From deep in me and you Walking down the road Going back home Looking for answers but they’re hidden from view There’s no way of knowing And here I am holding you There’s nowhere else I’m going I know, this is home And home is where I have to be I know, this is my home Home, ho-ome, this is my home Home, ho-ome, you are my home ==== 2023 I/O ==== And Still ==== All gone away All gone away I place my head against your skin As I did as a boy And still your hands feel cold Those hands that brushed my hair I feel you everywhere And I’ll carry you inside of me In every place that I will be And still the warm winds will blow Still all the rivers flow And still the green grass will grow In every place I choose to go I wander round the house in which we lived Cupboards full of coats and hats Your presence everywhere And in every corner, memories form You warmed us like the sun And every morning you’d be there Now you’re gone You warmed me like the sun In your belly With your food And your love of family and friends The dogs and the horses too In the life of the conversation Connecting one and all And your spirit would find its place, its home, its face in the music Your eyes so young so old And still your hands are cold I feel you everywhere And I’ll carry you inside of me In every place that I can be And still the warm winds will blow Still all the rivers will flow And still the green grass will grow In every place I choose to go I carry you inside of me ==== 2023 I/O ==== Live and Let Live ==== Just how much does it have to hurt Before you let go the pain And just how deep does it have to be Before you yearn to be free again Every word can lock you away You can walk or you can choose to remain But everyday can pass you by While you are holding the key This is how it turns This is what we do This is who we are When we forgive, we can move on Release all the shackles one by one We belong to the burden Til it’s gone Just how long do you want to hate With all that anger to burn You dream of revenge and you dream of reply You’d hope that someday we’d learn Every time you think of that hurt It spins around in your mind With an eye for an eye again and again Until the whole world is blind This is how it turns This is what we do This is who we are When we forgive, we can move on Release all the shackles one by one We belong to the burden ‘Till it’s gone Yeah, yeah, yeah Lay the burden down I’m gonna lay the weapons down Lay the burden down And it’s William Blake who inks his sting Drawing out Martin Luther King Tutu and Madiba Saying rainbows do exist The voice of the elders coming through the mist Lay the burden down Lay the weapons down Lay the burden down Lay the weapons down It takes courage to learn to forgive To be brave enough to listen To live and let live It takes courage To start to forgive To be brave enough to listen To live and let live Let live Let live Let live Let live and let live Let live It takes courage to learn to forgive To be brave enough to listen To live and let live Let live Live and let live Let live Live and let live Live and let live Live and let live Live and let live Let live