Genesis - Me And Sarah Jane Lyrics

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The fires are burning in another land.

Don't start counting, don't start counting.

Colder and colder, the ice is moving closer and it gets me down.

Going round and round and down the same old track, pack on my back.

Going swiftly nowhere, heart in my ear, beating like a drum.

Where will you go?

 

All by yourself. Hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah.

And now I'm standing on the corner, waiting in the rain,

But then in sunlight without warnin', I invent a name.

Me and Sarah Jane, we had a special thing goin'. Me and Sarah Jane.

It was a time of love and laughter. It wouldn't come again.

We had our round of joyful laughter. Then began the pain.

Me and Sarah Jane, we had a special thing goin'.Me and Sarah Jane.

Sarah Jane.

 

Searching for a clue, traces on the sand.

First, I'm flying, going round, round, round.

Then, I'm sliding, going down, down, down.

Doesn't matter where I start, I always end up,

Crawling through those same old crowded rooms.

Me and Sarah Jane, we had it coming, all the pain.

Walkin' down the streets and finding nothing is the same.

And now the city lights are dimmin' one by one,

It costs too much money to keep them on.

Me and Sarah Jane, in silence walk along the shore,

Tears of joy and mocking laughter, words lost in the wind.

The tide was risin' but there we stayed,

We had no fear of dying, we weren't afraid.

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Genesis - Illegal Alien Lyrics

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Got out of bed, wasn't feeling too good

With my wallet and my passport, a new pair of shoes

The sun is shining so I head for the park,

With a bottle of Tequila, and a new pack of cigarettes

 

I got a cousin and she got a friend,

Who thought that her aunt knew a man who could help

At his apartment I knocked on the door,

He wouldn't come out until he got paid.

 

Now don't tell anybody what I wanna do

If they find out you know that they'll never let me through.

 

It's no fun being an illegal alien, no

It's no fun being an illegal alien

 

Down at the office had to fill out the forms

A pink one, a red one, the colours you choose,

Up to the counter to see what they think

They said 'It doesn't count man, it ain't written in ink'.

 

I don't trust anybody, least not around here, cos

 

It's no fun being an illegal alien, I tell ya

It's no fun being an illegal alien, no no no no no

It's no fun being an illegal alien, I mean it when I tell ya that

It's no fun being an illegal alien,

An illegal alien, O.K.

 

Consideration for your fellow man

Would not hurt anybody, it sure fits in with my plan

Over the border, there lies the promised land

Where everything comes easy, you just hold out your hand

 

Keep your suspicions, I've seen that look before

But I ain't done nothing wrong now

Is that such a suprise?

But I've got a sister who'd be willing to oblige

She will do anything now to help me get to the outside

 

So don't tell anybody what I wanna do

If they find out you know that they'll never let me through.

 

It's no fun being an illegal alien, I tell ya

It's no fun being an illegal alien, and it's getting me down

It's no fun being an illegal alien, no no no no no

It's no fun being an illegal alien, yeah yeah yeah

 

It's no fun (not much fun) being an illegal alien, I tell ya that

It's no fun being an illegal alien, I tell ya

 

It's no fun being an illegal alien, no no no no

It's no fun (not much fun) being an illegal alien, no no no

It's no fun (not bloody much fun) being an illegal alien,

It's no fun being an illegal alien, and that's what I am.

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Genesis - Undertow Lyrics

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The curtains are drawn

Now the fire warms the room

Meanwhile outside

Wind from the north-east chills the air

It will soon be snowing out there

 

And some there are

Cold

They prepare for a sleepless night

Maybe this will be their last fight

 

But we're safe in each other's embrace

All fears go out as I look on your face

 

Better think awhile

Or I may never think again

If this were the last day of your life, my friend

Tell me

What do you think you would do then?

 

Stand up to the blow

That fate has struck upon you

Make the most of all

You still have coming to you, or

Lay down on the ground

And let the tears run from you

Crying to the grass and trees

And heaven finally on your knees

 

Let me live again

Let life come find me wanting

Spring must strike again

Against the shield of winter

Let me feel once more

The arms of love surround me

Telling me the danger's past

I need not fear the icy blast again

 

Laughter, music

And perfume linger here

And there

And there

Wine flows from flask

To glass and mouth

As it soothes

Confusing our doubts

 

And soon we feel,

Why do a single thing to-day

There's tomorrow sure as I'm here

 

So the days they turn into years

And still no tomorrow appears.

 

Better think awhile

Or I may never think again

If this were the last day

Of your life, my friend

Tell me

What do you think you would do then?

 

Stand up to the blow

That fate has struck upon you

Make the most of all

You still have coming to you or

 

Lay down on the ground

And let the tears run from you

Crying to the grass and trees

And heaven finally on your knees

 

Let me live again

Let life come find me wanting

Spring must strike again

Against the shield of winter

Let me feel once more

The arms of love surround me

Telling me the danger's past

I need not fear the icy blast again

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Genesis - Time Table Lyrics

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A carved oak table

Tells a tale

Of times when kings and queens

Sipped wine from goblets gold

And the brave would lead their ladies

From out the room

To arbours cool

 

A time of valour

And legends born

A time when honour meant much more

To a man than life

And the days knew only strife

To tell right from wrong

Through lance and sword

 

Why?

Why?

Can we never be sure till we die

Or have killed for an answer?

 

Why?

Why?

Do we suffer each race to believe

That no race has been grander?

 

It seems because

Through time and space

Though names may change

Each face retains the mask it wore

 

A dusty table

Musty smells

Tarnished silver lies

Discarded upon the floor

Only feeble light

Descends through a film of grey

That scars the panes

 

Gone the carving

And those who left their mark

Gone the kings and queens

Now only the rats hold sway

And the weak must die

According to nature's law

As old as they

 

Why?

Why?

Can we never be sure till we die

Or have killed for an answer?

 

Why?

Why?

Do we suffer each race to believe

That no race has been grander?

 

It seems because

Through time and space

Though names may change

Each face retains the mask it wore

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Genesis - Burning Rope Lyrics

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The warming sun

The cooling rain

The snowflake drifting

On the breath of the breeze

 

The lightning bolt

That frees the sky for you

Yet only eagles seem to pass on through

 

The words of love

The cries of hate

And the man in the moon

Who seduced you

Then finally loosed you

 

You climbed upon a burning rope

To escape the mob below

But you had put the flaming out

So that others could now follow

To be out of the bounds

And the barks of those

Who do not wish you well

 

You must blaze a trail of your own

Unknown

Alone

But keep in mind

Don't live today for tomorrow

Like you were immortal

The only survivors on this world of ours are

 

The warming sun

The cooling rain

The snowflake drifting

On the breath of the breeze

The lightning bolt

That frees the sky for you

Yet only eagles seem to pass on through

 

The words of love

The cries of hate

And the man in the moon

Who seduced you

Then finally loosed you

 

You're old

And disillusioned now

As you realise at last

That all you have accomplished here

Will soon all turn to dust

 

You dream of a future after life

Well, that's as maybe

I don't know

But you can't take what you left behind

 

You're all

Alone

So keep in mind

Don't live today for tomorrow

Like you were immortal

The only survivors on this world of ours are

 

The warming sun

The cooling rain

The snowflake drifting

On the breath of the breeze

 

The lightning bolt

That frees the sky for you

Yet only eagles seem to pass on through

 

The words of love

The cries of hate

And the man in the moon

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Genesis - Alone Tonight Lyrics

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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...

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Genesis - Afterglow Lyrics

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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

You 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

Bring in the warmth of new life

And the sound that echoes 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

You 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

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