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song list next song Genesis: Letter V Genesis: Genesis Archive - 1967-1975 Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway The Waiting Room
(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
song list next song previous song Genesis: Rock Theatre Genesis: Genesis Archive - 1967-1975 Genesis: Three Sides Live (UK version) Genesis: Genesis Live Genesis: Foxtrot Watcher Of The Skies
(Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
Watcher of the skies watcher of all
His is a world alone no world is his own,
He whom life can no longer surprise,
Raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown.

Creatures shaped this planet's soil,
Now their reign has come to an end,
Has life again destroyed life,
Do they play elsewhere, do they know
more than their childhood games?
Maybe the lizard's shed its tail,
This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

Judge not this race by empty remains
Do you judge God by his creatures when they are dead?
For now, the lizard's shed it's tail
This is the end of man's long union with Earth.

From life alone to life as one,
Think not now your journey's done
For though your ship be sturdy, no
Mercy has the sea,
Will you survive on the ocean of being?
Come ancient children hear what I say
This is my parting council for you on your way.

Sadly now your thoughts turn to the stars
Where we have gone you know you never can go.
Watcher of the skies watcher of all
This is your fate alone, this fate is your own.
song list next song previous song Genesis: We Can't Dance Way Of The World
(Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Rutherford)
If you take the tears from crying eyes
will the hurt just disappear
put a weapon in the hands of a frightened man
will he show no fear
so we stand and we watch as the city lights go out one by one
Mother Nature sits on the other side with a loaded gun

Why is there blue sky
why is there red sky,
now's the time to ask the reason,
should the blue sky, meet the red sky
should the rules have to change at all
we all know whatever they say, time is on our side
Ooh this world has been here before just going round and round

We all agree as far as we can see
It's just the way of the world,
that's how it's meant to be
There's right and there's wrong
There's weak - oh and there's strong
It's just the way of the world
and that's how it's meant to be

Take the motion from a spinning wheel and watch it stop
Take the danger out of a naked flame and what have you got
If you take the anger out of a broken heart, you feel no pain
Could you swear if you had that second chance you wouldn't do it again.

Why is there blue sky
why is there red sky,
now's the time to ask the reason,
should the blue sky, meet the red sky
should the rules have to change at all
we all know whatever they say, time is on our side
This world has been here before just going round and round

We all agree as far as we can see
It's just the way of the world,
and that's how it's meant to be
There's right and there's wrong
There's weak - oh and there's strong
It's just the way of the world
and that's how it's meant to be

We all agree as far as we can see
It's just the way of the world,
and that's how it's meant to be
There's right and there's wrong
There's weak - oh and there's strong
Cos it's just the way of the world
and that's how it's meant to be...
song list next song previous song Genesis: Genesis Archive - 1967-1975 Genesis: From Genesis To Revelation Where The Sour Turns To Sweet
(Banks/Gabriel)
   We're waiting for you
   Come and join us now
   We need you with us
   Come and join us now

Look inside your mind
See the darkness is creeping out
I can see in the softness there
Where the sunshine is gliding in
Fill your mind with love
Find the world of future glory

You can meet yourself
Where the sour turns to sweet
Leave your ugly selfish shell
To melt in the glowing flames
Can you sense the change?
See your eyes, now listen

   We're waiting for you
   Come and join us now
   We want you with us
   Come and join us now

Paint your face all white
To show the peace inside
Drift away while the saffron burns
To the land where the rainbow ends
Can you sense the change?
See your eyes in focus

   We're waiting for you
   Come and join us now
   We need you with us
   Come and join us now

   We're waiting for you
   Come and join us now
   We need you with us
   Come and join us now

   We want you with us
   Come and join us now
   We need you with us
   Come and join us now
song list next song previous song Genesis: Trespass White Mountain
(Banks/Gabriel/Phillips/Rutherford/Mayhew)
Thin hung the web like a trap in a cage,
The fox lay asleep in his lair.
Fang's frantic paws told the tale of his sin,
Far off the chase shrieked revenge.
   Outcast he trespassed where no wolf may tread,
   The last sacred haunt of the dead.
   He learnt of a truth which only one wolf may know,
   The sceptre and crown of a king.
   Howling for blood, One-eye leads on the pack,
   Plunging through forest and snowstorm.

Steep rose the ridge, ghostly peaks climbed the sky,
Fang sped through jungles of ice.
Hard on his tail, One-eye drew from the pack -
An old hero conquered by none.
   Steep, far too steep, grew the pathway ahead,
   Descent was the only escape.
   A wolf never flees in the face of his foe,
   Fang knew the price he would pay -
   One-eye stood before him
   With the crown upon his head,
   Sceptre raised to deal the deadly blow.

Fang, son of Great Fang, the traitor we seek,
The laws of the brethren say this:
That only the king sees the crown of the gods,
And he, the usurper, must die.
   Snarling he tore at the throat of his foe,
   But Fang fought the hero in vain.
   Dawn saw the white mountain tinted with red -
   Never would the crown leave again.
   One-eye his the crown and with laurels on his head
   Returned amongst the tribe and dwelt in peace.
song list next song previous song Genesis: Abacab Who Dunnit?
(Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Who dunnit?

I didn't, I, I didn't do it....

Oh but we know, we know, we know...

So was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it A or was it B?
Or was it X or Z?

Was it you or was it me?
Or was it he or she?
Was it you or was it me?
Who dunnit?

I, I, I didn't, I didn't do it...

But we know, we know, we know...
Yeah we don't know, we don't know, we don't know...
We all know, we all know, we all know...
song list next song previous song Genesis: From Genesis To Revelation Window
(Phillips/Rutherford)
Slowly I stretch out my arms, freely
Shadows of night disappear
Rise from the slough of despond, find the pathway
Guiding us forward through pastures of dream day
Days to enjoy, peace I knew once before me
Dawning to dusk on the hills until morning
   Come see me take my hand
   Come see me in my land

Flying invisibly high, watch me
All on a beautiful sky, I'll be
Clear and serene in the love I've discovered
Long search is over, the soul is uncovered
Resting on joy that abounds without ceasing
Bidding farewell to the fears now decreasing
   Come see me take my hand
   Come see me in my land

High on a golden crested wave she sits
The little nymphs dance in her hair
The trees all beckon to the sky to bless their empty lives
Horizons come to sip wine there
The veiled mist reveals the wandering ship upon the reef
The albatross flies to the stern
But only Jack Frost saw the kiss you gave him in return

Crossing the mountains of truth see them
Soaring majestically high, and then
Stop at the warning light, see it flash brightly
Thunder awakes me, the crashes beside me
Shatters the scene and brings chaos to beauty
Leading us forward where destiny may be
   Come see me take my hand
   View from another land...
song list next song previous song Genesis: From Genesis To Revelation A Winter's Tale
(Banks/Gabriel)
The winter's bitterness is lost
It's the fireside warmth that comforts me
The peace for all my thoughts

The night brings shadows to the street
It's the time for dreams of things to come
To creep inside their lives

   You're concealing every feeling
   Can you find me, deep inside you
   Let me touch you, let me keep you
   Let me know you're there

   You're concealing every feeling
   Can you find me, no
   Yes deep inside you're a part of me
   Every day I need to know I'm there, I'm there, I'm there
      [with previous verse sung behind]

The evening fantasy begins
In the sandy lanes that cross the fields
The gentle rain will fall

The morning sweeps away the night
And the dreams of you still haunt my thoughts
Bring meaning to my life

   You're concealing every feeling
   Can you find me, deep inside you
   Let me touch you, let me keep you
   Let me know you're there

   You're concealing every feeling
   Can you find me, no
   Yes deep inside you're a part of me
   Every day I need to know I'm there, I'm there, I'm there
      [with previous verse sung behind]

      [ad lib to fade]

   Can you hold me with your small hand
   Prepare much, length and beauty of our tiny lives
   Future's brighter now
   Our world is everything to me, to know, I'm there
   Lord! You see the world is brighter than the sky
   The sky is shining everywhere in our world
   You know you never said in your many times, all in me instead
song list Genesis: Letter X previous song Genesis: Wind And Wuthering Wot Gorilla?
(Collins/Banks)
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