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The Shepherd (Banks/Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips/Mayhew)
1970. Officially unreleased.
Rise up! Take your lyre and sing Listen! To the news I bring Frosty breath on the window See a friend in the snow that gently falls Feel the truth in those sad eyes See the smile that's so rare Just like the love She waits for... And she plays a game of her own As she sleeps within the firelight For her dreams are incredibly wild But they're lost and gone forever, with the dawn Fair and friend of the fleece spoke Warrior bold, shepherd wise, fair prince of peace Someone waits in the doorway On a white horse he comes and holds out the hand She waits for... So they ride through a valley of mist To a castle in the heavens Where he lays her down to rest But he's lost and gone forever, with the dawn See her writhe in her dream, then... Mermaids sing in the sunset Sadly asking if beauty ever walks free But Queen Frost only whispers Maidens you will remain, to be free See her writhe in her dreams... Lord of the seven sons! Keeper of the keys of time! (Hear me)
Pacidy (Banks/Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips/Mayhew)
1970. Officially unreleased.
Pacidy, my love Glowing ember of evening Your eyes are frozen with guilt I read my fate on your cheeks The smoldering coals of a passion Once a meadow of hope Days of minstrels and bright steeds Autumn nights and silk sheets Your tender battle shadow on me Scented lavender kiss-es, soft and warm The union of strength in a love against life Love against life Pacidy, my love Your touch, so limp, was once frenzied Your argon lips were once sweet A life has slipped through my hands My spirits sift in a stale sigh Did love exist as a dream? Mother fawn of a pine wood Shepherdess of my grief Veils a freedom not for me Far beyond the steep ridge, where blizzards Blast the spirit of man, the frailest of beasts Frailest of beasts Where blizzards Blast the spirit of man, the frailest of beasts Frailest of beasts Where blizzards Blast the spirit of man, the frailest of beasts Frailest of beasts
Let Us Now Make Love(Banks/Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips/Mayhew)
1970. Officially unreleased.
Please, I beg you hear this humble voice Please, pale orchid flower, music of my soul Alone, upon the windswept way Descends the nightingale She swoops to soothe my aching brow Let us now make love Please, I beg you hear this humble voice Please, my emerald goddess, wash away the wounds Alone, the pilgrim thirsts and falls The Queen runs to his call She stoops to soothe his aching brow Let us now make love Make love, make love Let us, let us, let us make love (love, love) Love, sweet heavenly love (love, love) I promise you life will be good (love, love) If you just stand down and try (love, love) To be one with, so feel pride Let us make love till the end of time Now and forever Please, I beg you hear this humble voice Please, dear oyster shell reveal your hidden pearl Alone, the deaf, the sick, the blind Turn grimly for the knife The prophet stoops to soothe their brow Let us now make love Make love, make love Let us, let us, let us make love (love, love) Sweet heavenly love (love, love) I promise you life will be good (love, love) If you just stand down and try (love, love) To be one with, so feel pride Let us make love till the end of time Now and forever Please, I beg you hear this humble voice Come, let's walk the windy roads to find the truth Revealed, each part has now been played Your beauty will not fade So cling to me, fulfill your vow Let us now make love (Love, love) Sweet heavenly love (love, love) I promise you life will be good (love, love) If you just stand down and try (love, love) To be one with, so feel pride Let us make love till the end of time Now and forever Let us now make love Till the end of time
Twilight Alehouse (Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
1971. Released as B-side of "I Know What I Like" single, 1974.
Is it really true what they're saying Are you really sure there's nobody come for me When I'm walking home there is no-one Once there was a house, full of laughter - so warm Trying to pretend there is someone Someone who will care when I need it I will now receive my comfort, conjured by the magic power of wine Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling good Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling fine Just a drink to take my sorrow Just a drink and you can blast tomorrow Just a drink to make me feel like a man again Now I'm down When I walk outside, there is nowhere Children follow me, with their laughter - so cold... Casting just a glance at the churchyard Casting just a glance, at my painted female friend. Now I'm on my way, I am falling Got to find some 'elp, ooh I will need that now So I will receive my comfort, conjured by the magic power of wine Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling good Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling fine Just a drink to take my sorrow Just a drink and you can blast tomorrow Just a drink to make me feel like a man again Now I'm down... I will now receive my comfort, conjured by the magic power of wine Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling good Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling fine Just a drink to take my sorrow Just a drink and you can blast tomorrow, now...
Happy The Man (Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
Released as a single, 1972. Produced by Genesis/John Anthony.
Happy the man - he lives a simple life He doesn't have much - it doesn't worry him Where you go - where? Yeah, yeah, yeah, nowhere Like a nun with a gun - I'm wonderful fun Laughing all through - just watching you Seems a very stupid game... But I don't care Happy the man - he doesn't buzz around Nothing he wants - any more than anything Where you go - where? Yeah, yeah, yeah, nowhere Like a fool in the pool - I'm incredibly cool With a grin on my chin - I'm certain to win Someone says he's Jesus Christ - but I don't care He is a good man...
Evil Jam (Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford)
Released as B-side of "The Carpet Crawlers" single, 1975.
Live version of "The Waiting Room", recorded at Los Angeles Shrine 1975.
It's Yourself (Banks/Collins/Hackett/Rutherford)
Released as B-side of singles "Ripples", 1976 and "Your Own Special Way", 1977.
Lyrics to the demo version, "Beloved Summer", in brackets.
Stepping out the back way Hoping nobody sees Feeling can be easy Think how I feel What will (can) you say? What will you do? Why can't you see? It's yourself I love (Don't you know I'm not asking You must have made up your mind Is it worth the pain you're causing To those you're leaving behind What will you say? What will you do? Why can't you see? It's yourself I love) Don't you know I'd like some answers You could give me a call I hardly know the reason And I really feel no good at all Where will you go? Where will you be? Where can I try? It's yourself I love
Match Of The Day (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
Released on "Spot The Pigeon E.P.", 1977.
There's the Reds and there's the Greens Super slicks and has beens, They're accompanied by three men dressed in black, One's a whistle, two are flags, and quite often they're the drags Kick the ball into the goal, they put it back. Yes Match of the Day's The only way, to spend your Saturday Each side's eleven men, with numbers on their backs But at a distance they all tend to look the same But some own their boutiques, well they clean up every week Inciting riots, causing chaos, such a shame! But Match of the Day's The only way We spend our Saturday And that's not all, our mates the keepers Slippin' and sliding in the mud Arms as long as creepers Send him off Ref' ***!!++?? Where are your specs Ref' +++***!!! Kick you to death Ref' !!XX**?? Oi! Are you deaf Ref' X*+X*!!? There's a few things before we go That I think you ought to know Obstruction, Body Checking, heavy tackles So put on your hat and scarf Have a drink, have a larf' From the terrace you can see your men do battle Yes Match of the Day's The only way You can spend your Saturday Don't forget, the trainers with their sponges Managers with open cheques, liquid business lunches Send 'im off Ref' ***!!++?? Where are your specs Ref' !***&&&!!! Kick you to death Ref' !!XX**?? Oi! Are you deaf Ref' X&+X&+!!? ...Phfff! Good game 'ey, Ron?... ...D'you see that goal in the Second Half? oh!... ...Bit of a dirty tackle that, mate!... ...I reckon I should've had a bet on it myself!... ...We paid 400, 000 pound for him, you realise that?... ...Oh - look out, here comes a bottle... ...Yes, fancy a pint then? My round...
Pigeons (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
Released on "Spot The Pigeon E.P.", 1977.
Who put fifty tons of shit on the Foreign Office roof? Who suffers from nine known diseases? Who gets up in the morning when the sun comes up And makes their beds, paper clips, bus tickets All around their heads? Who congregate around Trafalgar Square Taking pot shots at the tourists? Oh you've got to watch out When you wander round the square in the morning Cos they're everywhere, they're everywhere Here we have an honest man A civil servant to boot He lived high up in the Ministry And when he wished to make a point He knew just what to do His window ledges were all covered in grease "I want them out of here" He said to me, "I want them gone" Because you see - Oh don't you see None of us are getting any younger You've got to follow your nose And if it tells you that you've got to go Well that's because, they're everywhere, They're everywhere So we called in those men, those horrible men We set them to work on the rooftops You see their van is very plain And I know they're too ashamed To wear their by appointment badges anymore Sometimes they use vaseline, sometimes they use the pill I've often seen them with a gun But as the years go by, old habits seem to die And nowadays they knockatize them all Oh you've got to watch out As you wander round the square in the morning Oh they're everywhere, they're everywhere
Inside And Out (Banks/Collins/Hackett/Rutherford)
Released on "Spot The Pigeon E.P.", 1977.
INSIDE Brother Seems they're letting him out next year He's behaving himself, I hear Governor Conway says it will be fine Just as long as he can tow the line It's the same old story But it says here "Mum you're not to worry" 'Cos some you lose and some you lose At this party, he was on his own All he did was say he'd take her home But it seems they didn't go straight there 'cos on the porch, she told him, "put your hand here" Yes it's that same old story They told her mum she's not to worry Police "If what she says is so, we'll never let him go!" Him "Never a word could be heard Not even the sound of a bird Singing it over again, telling a different story Never the same as before See the summer going out by the door" Brother And now that you've paid for those lies Get another disguise "It's twenty years now since our Kid came free Oh I remember August '53 But it wasn't quite like they said With that behind you, you can't plan ahead Yes it's the same old story They say you're free, but don't worry What they said's not so They'll never let you go!" Him "Never a word could be heard Not even the sound of a bird Singing it over again, telling a different story Never the same as before See the summer going out by the door" Brother And now that you've paid for those lies Get another disguise OUT
The Day The Light Went Out (Banks)
Released as B-side of "Many Too Many" single, 1978.
When they went to bed that night no-one would have believed That in the morning light would not be there The dark hung heavy on the air like the grip of a jealous man No place was there known to have been spared Then panic took control of minds as fear hit everyone The day the light went out of the daytime sky Artificial light could hardly penetrate the gloom Nothing out of reach could be observed Looting, pillage, murder, rape became the rule of that day Who hit him no one knew or whom he hit Cars were caught in pileups and the planes could never land The day the light went out of the daytime sky "Now I can rest here after my journey Now I can feed here before I continue" Some there were who's heads were clear who sought, tried to find The nature of this deadly foe, the dark It seemed the sun was still somewhere though hidden from their sight By something, though amorphous, yet alive And so they looked for ways to rid themselves of the parasite The day the light went out of the daytime sky "Now I can rest here after my journey Now I can feed here before I continue" They tried in many fruitless ways to see the noonday sun By blasting with their missiles through the dark But soon a kind of sleepy state came over everyone Till nothing seemed to stir or even breathe And when the darkness chose to disappear not many had survived Then came a shadow - another had arrived And again the light went out the daytime sky
Vancouver (Collins/Rutherford)
Released as B-side of "Many Too Many" single, 1978.
She packed her bags and dressed Long before the sunrise No one knew She told them many times About how she would teach them And now it's time Standing quietly by the door Her face is numb with fear She stops and then goes on "Leave forever - it's now or never" Quickly walking down the street It's cold and grey, dawn's breaking She don't mind (she don't mind) Why she feels so grown up now Her life is just beginning She don't know (she don't know) She's standing in the pouring rain Her make-up's running down She wonders now she's here "Where will I go? Who do I know?" Now, now she's not quite so sure I may be wrong but home seems so much more friendly now And they might worry but she doesn't want them to Cos causing pain, that's not the thing that she set out to do So she's back in bed before Anyone can miss her She feels good (she feels good) Knowing the chance was there Deciding not to take it That's her choice (that's her choice) She's still awake, her mum comes in "Me and dad, we've had a chat And we're sorry for the things we said Please forgive us - you wouldn't leave us?"
It's Gonna Get Better (long version) (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
Released as B-side of "Mama" 12" single, 1983.
Reach out, hands in the air, Don't care just what they're saying Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope That it's gonna get better Don't worry, there's no hurry for you, for me, Everything's gonna come around Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me, Someone's gonna see He calls me over and, calls me brother and I know always fighting and moonlighting and, well it never ends in the city, if you're all alone there's a sister and she's standing next to her man in the doorways and in the hallways and she don't really care, it's the city and she's all alone So reach out, hands in the air Don't care just what they're saying Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope, That it's gonna get better Don't worry, there's no hurry for you, for me, Everything's gonna come around Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me, Someone's gonna see, yeah Well everywhere you go you, you live in the shadow of fear in the darkness you feel the sharpness of steel and it's always there, in the city, and you're all alone So reach out, hands in the air Don't care just what they're saying Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope, That it's gonna get better Don't worry, there's no hurry for you, for me, Everything's gonna come around Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me Someone's gonna see... If it's gonna get better, it starts with a feeling If it's gonna get better, it's gonna take time If it's gonna get better, we've gotta start now cos I know, everybody can feel it and I know, everybody will see it cos it shows, and that shows I'm not dreaming cos you know, and I know, it's time for change
Do The Neurotic (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
Released as B-side of "In Too Deep" single and "Land Of Confusion" CD single, 1986.
(Instrumental)
Feeding The Fire (Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Banks)
Released as B-side of "Land Of Confusion" single, 1986.
You are terrified by the smallest sound Because you live your life in such a sheltered world As do those who surround you Well I have seen you stung by poisonous flies And you suffer much too much from their bites There you sit in your comfort watching other people get caught by the storm Many a thing that used to be a secret Has become so talked about Not worth a second thought There's different kinds of secrets now Times change, it's not enough to say It seemed a good idea a hundred years ago You think it's not your problem It really doesn't matter at all Every stone that's thrown must fall to the ground But you don't give a thought to where they might come down You are feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted Anywhere that they don't speak the same In any place that they don't think the same You think it's not your problem No no You think it's not your problem It really doesn't matter at all Oh... Maybe it's not your fate to be a leader of men But you just leave it all to someone else and complain You could be so much stronger, but it really doesn't matter any longer Cos you're feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted Cos you're feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted
I'd Rather Be You (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
1986. Released as B-side of single "Throwing It All Away", 1987.
Ooh yeah You know I never wanted to be closer And I'll still be here until it's over No, no I never wanted to be closer But you'll be back, I could've told you Well I always knew Yes I could see it coming Your ambitious streak You always want things beyond your reach Well now you've got what you wanted And you're free to be the things You always said you'd be You're up there looking down Tell me what do you see - oh Cos you know You know I never wanted to be closer And I'll still be here until it's over No, no I never wanted to be closer Yeah, but you'll be back, I could've told you Well it seems to me That you've got to fight for yourself In this world we live in It's dog-eat-dog and never give in Why worry when you're holding the aces Don't throw it away cos you know I'd rather be you than me Up there looking down Tell me what do you see - oh hey hey yeah Ooh yeah You know I never wanted to be closer (never wanted) And I'll still be here 'til it's over No, no I never wanted to be closer (never wanted) Ooh but you'll be back, I could've told you It's been a long time coming But at last we seem to be moving on, straight ahead We're finally getting something done Time flies and 'fore you know it You'll be getting closer to where You always knew you'd be Up there looking down Tell me what do you see - oh Cos you know No, no I never wanted to be closer (never wanted) I'll still be here until it's over No, you know I never wanted to be closer (never wanted) Yeah but you'll be back, I could've told you hey hey yeah...
On The Shoreline (Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Banks)
Released as B-side of "I Can't Dance" single, 1991.
Well there's a place where two worlds collide The pile of stone against the pull of the tide You can stay with your feet on the ground Or step into the water, leave the dry behind On the shoreline Meet me on the shoreline Where you can only swim if you try Well, if there's somewhere on the other side It might be better, it might be as bad Someday soon you'll have to make a move Cos you can't stay forever, ah just waiting On the shoreline (on the shoreline) Meet me on the shoreline (on the shoreline) Take me over, lead me through Well can you take me there, to the other side Where everything is new, uncertain and strange Don't ever let me go till we're there I don't know what it is I'm looking for And until it's found I won't be sure... Well, there are squares in the game of life When you can keep on moving or turn aside Yes, there are times when you have to decide To put your feet in the water, or stay On the shoreline (on the shoreline) Meet me on the shoreline (on the shoreline) Where you can only swim if you try I'll be there - oh On the shoreline (on the shoreline) I'll be there on the shoreline (on the shoreline) Where you can only swim if you try I'll be there I'll be there - oh Yes, I'll be there I'll be there...
Hearts On Fire (Banks/Collins/Rutherford)
1991. Released as B-side of "Jesus He Knows Me" single, 1992.
In life there are those decisions Which direction you should take It's only later that you realize All those simple mistakes you make I don't like being alone Don't wanna be by myself But since you've gone that's all I can think oF I can't think of nothing else Oh, I said I'm sorry, soon I give it up You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up Cos my heart's on fire My heart's on fire Woh can you take me there Oh, come back and take me there Cos I need to be with you Be there with you Yes there is no denying Our love is not untrue I know I've lied so many times before But deep down there's only you I need you here by my side Together our love could grow But first you have to believe that I want you More than you'll ever know Woh, I said I'm sorry and I give it up (give it up) You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up (give it up) You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up (give it up) Cos my heart's on fire My heart's on fire Woh can you take me there Oh, come back and take me there Cos I need to be with you Be there with you (give it up, give it up, give it up...) With it we take our chances What will be will be But I don't care what the people may think Just as long as you're here with me Don't like being alone Don't wanna be by myself And since you've gone, well that's all I can think of I can't think of nothing else Woh, I said I'm sorry and I give it up (give it up) You know I'm sorry soon I give it up (give it up) You know I'm sorry soon I give it up Cos my heart's on fire My heart's on fire Woh can you take me there Oh, come back and take me there Cos I need to be with you Be there with you You, be there with you Hearts on fire Hearts on fire Hearts on fire My heart's on fire Hearts on fire, hearts on fire...