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song list next song Peter Gabriel: Letter C Peter Gabriel: Passion A Different Drum
(Gabriel)
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song list next song previous song Peter Gabriel: Secret World Peter Gabriel: Us Digging In The Dirt
(Gabriel)
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

{Chorus:}
This time you've gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]
This time you've gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]

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
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

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

[Chorus]

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
To open up the places I got hurt

Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
[x7]
song list next song previous song Peter Gabriel: Passion Disturbed
(Gabriel)
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song list next song previous song Peter Gabriel: Revisited Peter Gabriel: Plays Live Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (2nd album: Scratch) D.I.Y.
(Gabriel)
D.I.Y., D.I.Y., D.I.Y., D.I.Y.
Don't tell me what I will do, 'cos I won't.
Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cos 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:

D.I.Y., D.I.Y., (etc.)

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,
Do 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:

D.I.Y., D.I.Y., (etc.)

When things get so big, I don't trust them at all,
You want some control, you've got to keep it small.

D.I.Y., D.I.Y., (etc.)
song list next song previous song Don't Break This Rhythm
(Gabriel)
Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion
All this momentum keeps stealing through
Across the cornfields, through all the marshland
There's nothing gonna stop this thing
Clear the trees, burn the brushwood
Bring the diggers in, I'm gonna move this earth
Lay the big stones, put down the sleepers
Haul the steel in, I will beat this land
Don't care how but, I'm coming through here
Whatever it takes, oh

Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion
We work together in sympathy
Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion
We work together in sympathy
Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion
We work together in sympathy
Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion
We work together in sympathy

Right through these fences, cut through the stone walls
Dig out the tunnels from a solid stone
There she is, but so surrounded
All those fancy men with soft white hands
Come all this distance, that should be me there
Whatever it takes (whatever it takes), oh

Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion
We work together in sympathy
Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion
We work together in sympathy
Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion
We work together in sympathy
Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion
We work together in sympathy
song list next song previous song Peter Gabriel: Secret World Peter Gabriel: Shaking The Tree - Sixteen Golden Greats Peter Gabriel: So Don't Give Up
(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

don't give up
'cos you have friends
don't give up
you're not beaten yet
don't give up
I know you can make it good

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 where I was born, on the lakeside
as daylight broke, I saw the earth
the trees had burned down to the ground

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

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 anymore
going to stand on that bridge
keep my eyes down below
whatever may come
and whatever may go
that river's flowing
that river's flowing

moved on to another town
tried hard to settle down
for every job, so many men
so many men no-one needs

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
song list next song previous song Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (1st album: Car) Down The Dolce Vita
(Gabriel)
"Hey Mac, see you down the Dolce Vita!
"Get back, we don't have time
'Cos I hear we're sending off the heroes
When the yera goes, [they're] out of the bay,
Trying to find a way
                to make it alive"

"So long," said four men to their families
"Be strong till we get back home
And if not, take care of all the children
Until then just hope and pray
We're gonna find a way
              to make it alive"

"You guys are crazy!"

They shout and then we leave the harbour.
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"

"You guys are crazy!"

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.

"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 an easy prey,

Trying to find a way
                to make it alive"

[I won't be easy prey trying to find a way to make it alive.]
song list next song previous song Peter Gabriel: Birdy Dressing The Wound
(Gabriel)
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song list Peter Gabriel: Letter E previous song Peter Gabriel: Ein Deutsches Album Du Bist Nicht Wie Wir
(Gabriel)
see also the English version, Not One Of Us
Ist doch nur Wasser
wenn ein Fremder weint
Bitte klar trennen
wenn was unklar scheint
Angst von Neuem -
"Hier weht ein anderer Wind"
Bekannte Gesichter
wo alle wie Blinde sind
Augen wie wir
Muender wie wir


        Du bist nicht wie wir
        Nicht wie wir
        Nein, du bist nicht wie wir
        Nicht wie wir
        Nicht wie wir
        Nein, du bist nicht wie wir

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macht viele ganz still
Hier kann ein jeder
sagen, was Sache ist
nur da sollst du singen
wo dein Brot du frisst
Augen wie wir
Muender wie wir


        Du bist nicht wie wir
        Nicht wie wir
        Nein, du bist nicht wie wir
        Nicht wie wir
        Nicht wie wir
        Nein, du bist nicht wie wir
        Nicht wie wir