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song list next song Genesis: Turn It On Again - The Hits Genesis: Three Sides Live (UK version) Genesis: Three Sides Live (US version) Genesis: Abacab Abacab
(Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
Look up on the wall, there on the floor,
Under the pillow, behind the door.
There's a crack in the mirror.
Somewhere there's a hole in a window-pane.
Do you think I'm to blame?
Tell me do you think I'm to blame?

(When they do it) you're never there.
(When they show it) you stop and stare.
(Abacab) He's in anywhere.
(Abacab)

If you're wrapping up the world
'Cos you've taken someone elses girl,
When they turn on the pillow,
Even when they answer the telephone,
Don't you think that by now,
Tell me, don't you think that by now.

(When they do it) you're never there.
(When they show it) you stop and stare.
(Abacab) He's in anywhere.
(Abacab) Doesn't really care.

you want it, you got it, you gotta go
you want it, you got it, now you know

It's an illusion, It's a game,
Or reflection of someone else's name.
When you wake in the morning,
Wake and find you're covered in cellophane.

Well, there's a hole in there somewhere.
Yeah, there's a hole in there somewhere.
Baby, there's a hole in there somewhere.
Now there's a hole in there somewhere.

(When they do it) you're never there.
(When they show it) you stop and stare.
(Abacab) he's in anywhere.
(Abacab)
song list next song previous song Genesis: Selling England By The Pound After The Ordeal
(Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
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song list next song previous song Genesis: Three Sides Live (UK version) Genesis: Three Sides Live (US version) Genesis: Wind And Wuthering Genesis: Seconds Out Afterglow
(Banks)
Like the dust that settles all around me,
I must find a new home.
The ways and holes that used to give me shelter,
Are all as one to me now.
But I, I would search everywhere
Just to hear your call,
And walk upon stranger roads than this one
In a world I used to know before.
I miss you more.

Than the sun reflecting off my pillow,
Bringing the warmth of new life.
And the sounds that echoed all around me,
I caught a glimpse of in the night.
But now, now I've lost everything,
I give to you my soul.
The meaning of all that I believed before
Escapes me in this world of none, no thing, no one.

And I would search everywhere
Just to hear your call,
And walk upon stranger roads than this one
In a world I used to know before.
For now I've lost everything,
I give to you my soul.
The meaning of all that I believed before
Escapes me in this world of none,
I miss you more.
song list next song previous song Genesis: Selling England By The Pound Aisle Of Plenty
(Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
"I don't belong here", said old Tessa out loud.
   "Easy, love, there's the Safe Way Home."
- thankful for her Fine Fair discount, Tess Co-operates

            Still alone in o-hell-o
     - see the deadly nightshade grow

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     It's Scrambled Eggs.
song list next song previous song Genesis: Calling All Stations Alien Afternoon
(Banks/Rutherford)
Woke up in the morning, staggered out of bed
Thought about getting back again, but went downstairs instead
Read the daily paper, have to know the truth
Slammed the door as I ran outside
Looked at my watch and cried

Gotta get to work on time
Gotta get to work on time

Then the sky turned to deeper blue
Not a cloud as the sun shone through
But all around rain kept falling to the ground
The wind was blowing but the trees didn't make a sound

Just another alien afternoon
Just another alien afternoon

Time that I was leaving while there's still a chance
Before I start believing in what I see or hear
Nothing here to keep me, nothing anywhere
Gotta get out, pack my bags before I go insane

Gotta get away in time
Gotta get away in time

Then the sky turned from blue to green
Took on colours I have never seen
Then a sound started ringing in my ears
I heard voices but in truth there's nobody there

Just another alien afternoon
Just another alien afternoon

To be there, back where I belong
To feel again, the wind upon my face
To see again, all that I took for granted
All that I had
And everything I knew

Never want to go wandering
Never leaving the world behind
There was never a reason to leave my heart and my home behind
Where I was born is where I should be now
I should never be lonely
I would never be sad again

I wanted to go anywhere
I wanted to see how strange it could be
Nothing would ever take me away again
Never want to go wandering
Never leaving the world behind
No, no, no, no
Nothing will ever take me away again, away again
No, no, no, no
song list next song previous song Genesis: Wind And Wuthering All In A Mouse's Night
(Banks)
Loving Couple:

   I can't see you but I know you're there.
   Got to get beside you cos it's really cold out here.
   Come up close to me you'll soon be warm.
   Hold me tightly like we're sheltering from a storm.


Mouse:

    Think I might go out for a stroll
    Into the night, and out of this hole.
    Maybe find me a meal.
    Walking along this new shag pile
    Presents a problem all the while.
    Nearly the door.

Suddenly he bumps into wood, the door is closed.
A voice from the bed, he'll be exposed.
Which way to run, must make for the hole,
The light's been turned on, he's blind as a mole in coal.

Now I can see they're coming at me,
They've blocked off my door, I haven't a chance in hell.


Couple:

    Come on baby let the poor thing go.
    I'm not sleeping with that thing around here, no.
    Alright then, I'll fetch a box from below,
    Guard him carefully, they're very quick you know.


Mouse:

    The door's been opened, my chance to escape.
    Must run out quick, better sorry than late.
    I'm out on the stairs.
    They won't catch me now, I've the run of the house now.
    I'll make it downstairs and into the breadbin.
    That would be nice.

Suddenly he bumps into fur, that's very unwise,
A cat is much quicker than men and their eyes.
The chase that ensues can have only one end,
Unless outside help steps in for our friend in need.

But now the cat comes in for the kill,
His paw is raised, soon blood will spill, yes it will.


Cat:

    Hard luck mouse, this is the end of your road.
    The signpost says inside me, let me bear your heavy load.

But it's not to be, that final pounce
Knocks a jar upon his head, and lays him out.

But it's all in a mouse's night
To take on all those who would fight.


Cat's Story:

    There I was with my back to the wall,
    Then comes this monster mouse, he's ten feet tall,
    With teeth and claws to match.
    It only took one blow.
song list next song previous song Genesis: Duke Alone Tonight
(Rutherford)
There's nothing here that I can understand
And no one cares I'm a lonely man
I touch your face and I don't know why
I call your name but you're going by
Now I'm alone again.

I have no name for each and every day
Until the year is done and fades away
There's a time in between the two
The old years gone by but it's not the new
And I, I, I...

I know that'll be all
Alone again, alone again tonight oh I'm
Alone again, alone again tonight oh I'm
Alone again, and it seems to me that every time I try to change
Say that you're say that you'll
Help me reach the other side

When the morning comes the sun is out
And warms me up again
What a funny world it is for me
And all I'll never be

It's not enough, it's not enough
This feeling I'm feeling inside
Oh I know it  I know tonight that I'll be

On my own tonight, alone again tonight
Oh I'm alone again, alone again tonight
Oh I'm alone again, and it seems to me that everytime I try to change
Say that you'll, say that you'll
Help me reach the other side
Help me please cos I know I'm gonna be
On my own again alone again tonight...
song list next song previous song Genesis: From Genesis To Revelation Am I Very Wrong?
(Gabriel/Banks)
Am I very wrong
To hide behind the glare from an open minded stare
Am I very wrong
To wander in the fear of a never ending lie

Am I very wrong
To try to close my ears to the sound they play so loud
Am I very wrong
The happiness machine is trying hard to sing my song

Today's your birthday friend, everything all right
Let us our greetings to you send
Happy friend, everything all right
We hope your life will never end

Am I very wrong
To want to steal a pin then I'll check that I have skin
Am I very wrong
To want to leave my friends and the curse of the happiness machine

Today's your birthday friend, everything all right
Let us our greetings to you send
Happy friend, everything all right
We hope your life will never end

They say, we hope your life will never end
They say never end, never end, never end, never end, never end
They say never end - no
They say never end, never end...
song list next song previous song Genesis: Abacab Another Record
(Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
It's funny you know,
'Cos there's an old rock 'n' roller
He's got nowhere to go.
Did you ever think of taking him in?
Somebody help him, somebody please.

Put another record on
'Cos he likes that song.

It's funny you know,
Ooh he never done nothing, done nobody wrong,
Did he think about changing his name,
But I'm gonna tell him it's the same old game.

Put another record on
Round and round and round and around - oh
Ah - see him smile.

Well lately I've seen him
Walking down the street, kinda moving his feet,
Everyone I know looks the other way
Somebody help him, somebody say -

Put another record on
Round and round and round and around - oh
Ah - see him smile.

It's funny you know,
'Cos there's an old rock 'n' roller
He's got nowhere to go.
Did you ever think of taking him in?
Somebody help him, somebody please.

Just put another record on
Put another record on
Put another record on       Cos you know we like it
Put another record on       Cos you know we like it...
song list next song previous song Genesis: Invisible Touch Anything She Does
(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Banks)
You know,
You decorate the garage walls,
Hang in people's halls,
Live in secret drawers,
If you could look around you,
Wonder what you'd see.

Fiction.
That's all you really are I know,
Editorial dreams.
They can't make you real,
Tell me where you came from,
And where you're going to.

I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
Or be the cause of anything she does.
I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
Do you think this aching could be love?

Oh you know,
You've figured in some fantasies.
You would not believe,
What you've had to do,
Life goes on around you and all because of you.

No I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
Or be the cause of anything she does.
I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
Do you think this aching could be love?

I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
Or be the cause of anything she does.
I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
Do you think this aching could be love?

You know,
That in twenty years or more,
You'll still look the same
As you do today.
You'll still be a young girl,
When I'm old and grey.

No - I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
Or be the cause of anything she does.
I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
Do you think this aching could be love?

I won't ever, no I'll never get to know her,
Or be the cause of anything she does.
I won't ever, no I'll never get to hold her.
Do you think this aching could be love? (no you'll never...)
song list Genesis: Letter B previous song Genesis: Genesis Archive - 1967-1975 Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Anyway
(Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
He panics, feels around for a stone and hurls it at the brightest point.
The sound of breaking glass echoes around the cave. As his vision is
restored he catches sight of two golden gloves about one foot in diameter
hovering away down the tunnel. When they disappear a resounding crack
sears across the roof, and it collapses all around him. Our hero is
trapped once again.

"This is it" he thinks, failing to move any of the fallen rocks.


All the pumping's nearly over for my sweet heart,
This is the one for me,
Time to meet the chef,
O boy! running man is out of death.
Feel cold and old, it's getting hard to catch my breath.
's back to ash, 'now, you've had your flash boy'
The rocks, in time, compress
your blood to oil,
your flesh to coal,
enrich the soil,
not everybody's goal.

Anyway, they say she comes on a pale horse,
But I'm sure I hear a train.
O boy! I don't even feel no pain -
I guess I must be driving myself insane.
Damn it all! does earth plug a hole in heaven,
Or heaven plug a hole in earth - 'how wonderful to be so profound,
when everything you are is dying underground.'


There's not much spectacle for an underground creole as he walks through
the gates of Sheol. "I would have preferred to have been jettisoned into
a thousand pieces in space, or filled with helium and floated above a
mausoleum. This is no way to pay my last subterranean homesick dues.
Anyway I'm out of the hands of any pervert embalmer doing his interpretation
of what I should look like, stuffing his cotton wool in my cheeks."


I feel the pull on the rope, let me off at the rainbow.
I could have been exploding in space
Different orbits for my bones
Not me, just quietly buried in stones,
Keep the deadline open with my maker!
See me stretch; for God's elastic acre
The doorbell rings and its
"Good morning Rael
So sorry you had to wait.
It won't be long, yeh!
She's very rarely late."