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Drawing Board (Collins)
Released as B-side of "If Leaving Me Is Easy" single, 1981.
Early demo versions of "In The Air Tonight", "I Missed Again" and "If Leaving Me Is Easy". Lyrics similar to album versions.
Featured on the soundtrack of "Against All Odds", 1984.
How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace When I stand here taking every breath with you, ooh You're the only one who really knew me at all How can you just walk away from me, when all I can do is watch you leave Cos we've shared the laughter and the pain and even shared the tears You're the only one who really knew me at all So take a look at me now, oh there's just an empty space And there's nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face Ooh take a look at me now, well there's just an empty space And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face I wish I could just make you turn around, turn around and see me cry There's so much I need to say to you, so many reasons why You're the only one who really knew me at all So take a look at me now, well there's just an empty space And there's nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face Now take a look at me now, cos there's just an empty space But to wait for you, is all I can do and that's what I've got to face Take a good look at me now, cos I'll still be standing here And you coming back to me is against all odds It's the chance I've gotta take Take a look at me now
Easy Lover (Collins/Bailey/East)
Released on Phil Bailey's "Chinese Wall" album, 1984. Released as Phil Bailey & Phil Collins single, 1985.
Easy lover She'll get a hold on you believe it Like no other Before you know it you'll be on your knees She's an easy lover She'll take your heart but you won't feel it She's like no other And I'm just trying to make you see She's the kind of girl you dream of Dream of keeping hold of You'd better forget it You'll never get it She will play around and leave you Leave you and deceive you Better forget it Oh you'll regret it No you'll never change her, so leave it, leave it Get out quick cos seeing is believing It's the only way You'll ever know Easy lover She'll get a hold on you believe it Like no other Before you know it you'll be on your knees She's an easy lover She'll take your heart but you won't feel it She's like no other And I'm just trying to make you see You're the one that wants to hold her Hold her and control her You'd better forget it You'll never get it For she'll say there's no other Till she finds another Better forget it Oh you'll regret it And don't try to change her, just leave it, leave it You're not the only one, ooh seeing is believing It's the only way You'll ever know, oh No don't try to change her, just leave it, leave it You're not the only one, ooh seeing is believing It's the only way You'll ever know, oh She's an easy lover (she's a easy lover) She'll get a hold on you believe it (get a hold on you) (She's) like no other Before you know it you'll be on your knees (you'll be down on your knees) She's an easy lover She'll take your heart but you won't feel it (you won't feel it) She's like no other And I'm just trying to make you see (trying to make you see) She's an easy lover She'll get a hold on you believe it (get a hold on you) And like no other Before you know it you'll be on your knees (you'll be on your knees) She's an easy lover She'll take your heart but you won't feel it (you won't feel it) She's like no other And I'm just trying to make you see (trying to make you see) She's an easy lover...
I Like The Way (Collins/Stuermer)
Released as B-side of "One More Night" single, 1985.
I look out the window every day, I see the world go by Watching I sit and wait for you Just hoping you'll catch my eye You see me stare but I don't care I like the way you smile One day I'll get to talk to you Ooh, right now well I'm too shy But in my world of make believe You're the one what I need, oh, oh... I could imagine me with you But it's an impossibility I'd love to try to realise, I gotta deal with reality But if you turn my way, I'd look away, ooh even face-to-face And deep inside me, inside my mind Someone else is trying to take my place But in my world of make believe You're the one what I need, oh, oh... Oh, come with me, I'll show you everything Come with me, ooh Come with me, I'll show you everything It could be, come along with me and let me take you there, oh, oh... I look out the window every day, I see the world go by Watching I sit and wait for you Ooh, just hoping that you'll walk by But if you turn my way, I'd look away, ooh even face-to-face And deep inside, ooh in my mind Someone else is trying to take my place In my world of make believe You're the one what I need, oh, oh... Come with me, ooh Come with me, I'll show you everything It could be, come along with me and let me take you there, oh, oh... All of my life, come with me, come with me, come with me... All of my life... I like the way you smile All of my life...
The Man With The Horn (Collins)
Released as B-side of "Sussudio" single, 1985.
They come from miles around just to hear him play He's on the same street corner almost every day And there's always a crowd wherever he goes And when he blows his horn, well everybody knows I only wanna see him play All the girls 'n' boys they wanna see him play Nobody else they wanna see him play And he brings a tear to the eye He'll make you smile of make you cry And nobody asks him why Cos they just wanna see him play They come from every way, every night He's got a band so out there, it's outta sight And the boys in the dancehall are rocking in the aisle The girls up front - they wanna see him smile I only wanna see him play All the girls 'n' boys they wanna see him play Nobody else they wanna see him play And he brings a tear to the eye He'll make you smile of make you cry Ooh, nobody asks him why Cos they just wanna see him play Yeah, he's the man with the horn Ooh they wanna see him play Yeah, he's the man with the horn Ooh they wanna see him play Yeah, he's the man with the horn You know they wanna see him, they wanna see him They wanna, they wanna, they wanna see him play (Play it, Don!) Ah, station to station, coast to coast Well you can hear all his records on the radio He makes every evening feel like Saturday night And if you're happy or sad he'll make the feeling right I only wanna see him play All the girls 'n' boys they wanna see him play Nobody else they wanna see him play And he brings a tear to the eye He'll make you smile of make you cry Ooh, nobody asks him why Cos they just wanna see him play Yes, you know they wanna see him, they wanna see him Chow, they know they wanna see him, they wanna see him They wanna, they wanna, they wanna see him play They wanna see him play, play, play, play Oh, all the girls and boys wanna see him play All the girls and boys wanna see him play All the girls and boys...
Separate Lives (Bishop)
Released as Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin single, 1985.
You called me from the room in your hotel All full of romance for someone that you met And telling me how sorry you were, leaving so soon And that you miss me sometimes when you're alone in your room Do I feel lonely too? You have no right to ask me how I feel You have no right to speak to me so kind We can't go on just holding on to time Now that we're living separate lives Well I held on to let you go And if you lost your love for me, well you never let it show There was no way to compromise So now we're living (living) Separate lives Ooh, it's so typical, love leads to isolation So you build that wall (build that wall) Yes, you build that wall (build that wall) And you make it stronger Well you have no right to ask me how I feel You have no right to speak to me so kind Some day I might (I might) find myself looking in your eyes But for now, we'll go on living separate lives Yes for now, we'll go on living separate lives Separate lives
Featured on the soundtrack of "Buster", 1988. Released as a single.
When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat I can hear you breathing near my ear Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love Anytime you want to you can turn me onto Anything you want to, anytime at all When I kiss your lips, ooh I start to shiver Can't control the quivering inside Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love, oh When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue When I'm in your arms, nothing seems to matter My whole world could shatter, I don't care Wouldn't you agree, baby you and me got a groovy kind of love We got a groovy kind of love We got a groovy kind of love, oh We got a groovy kind of love
Two Hearts (Collins/Dozier)
Featured on the soundtrack of "Buster", 1988. Released as a single.
Well, there was no reason to believe she'd always be there But if you don't put faith in what you believe in It's getting you nowhere Cos it hurts, you never let go Don't look down, just look up Cos she's always there to behind you, just to remind you Two hearts, believing in just one mind You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind Cos there's no easy way to, to understand it There's so much of my life in her, and it's like I'm blinded And it teaches you to never let go There's so much love you'll never know She can reach you no matter how far Wherever you are Two hearts, believing in just one mind Beating together till the end of time You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind Together forever till the end of time She knows (she knows) There'll always be a special place in my heart for her She knows, she knows, she knows Yeah, she knows (she knows) No matter how far apart we are She knows, I'm always right there beside her We're two hearts...
Big Noise (Collins)
Featured on the soundtrack of "Buster", 1988. Instrumental version released as B-side of "A Groovy Kind Of Love" single.
(Lyrics not available)
1989. Released as B-side of "I Wish It Would Rain Down" single, 1990.
You've been in love that little bit too long You've been in love and I think that you know You've been in love it's time to move on You've been in love and it's starting to show She's getting to used to your face, getting too used to your smile She's saying the same things every morning before you leave her You'd better run, find out what's going through her mind You'd better look out, cos he's not far behind You've been in love that little bit too long You've been in love and I think that you know You've been in love it's time to move on You've been in love and it's starting to show Suddenly she's trying to please you, you start to think she's acting strange And after all these years she wears make-up in the morning You'd better run, find out what's going through her mind You'd better look out, cos he's not far behind Did you really believe she's doing it all for you? Oh, can't you see, there's somebody else You never showed it, you should have known it You've been in love, yeah you've been in love You've been in love, yeah you've been in love Going round singing all those love songs, songs you haven't heard for years You're gonna have to ask her why she's so happy You'd better run, find out what's going through her mind But it may be too late, and I know why You've been in love that little bit too long You've been in love and I think that you know You've been in love it's time to move on You've been in love and it's starting to show You've been in love that little bit too long You've been in love, I think that you know You've been in love it's time to move on You've been in love and it's starting to show To show, show, you've been in love, oh oh (I've got blisters on my fingers!)
That's How I Feel (Collins)
1989. Released as B-side of "Hang In Long Enough" CD single, 1990.
Well I've been waiting so long I've been waiting so patiently Out of the blue you call You're leaving him to be with me now Now maybe I'm right, or maybe I'm wrong Oh, I gotta know now I'll take what you got, so you'd better hold on You'd better believe it Cos that's how I feel when I'm in your arms That's how I feel when I'm with you You make me feel like never before That's how I feel when I'm with you He doesn't treat you good He doesn't say the things that I say So when he turns around You're gonna stab him in the back and then walk away Now maybe I'm right, or maybe I'm wrong Oh, I gotta know now I'll take what you got, so you'd better hold on You'd better believe it Cos that's how I feel when I'm in your arms That's how I feel when I'm with you You make me feel like never before That's how I feel when I'm with you You've been away too long And now you're coming home But I won't believe it until I'm holding you tight, tight, tight tonight Now maybe I'm right, or maybe I'm wrong Oh, I gotta know now I'll take what you got, so you'd better hold on You'd better believe it Cos that's how I feel when I'm in your arms That's how I feel when I'm with you You make me feel like never before That's how I feel when I'm with you That's how I feel when I'm in your arms (That's how I feel when I'm with you) ooh, yeah That's how I feel when I'm in your arms That's how I feel when I'm with you That's how I feel when I'm with you
Hero (Collins/Crosby)
1991. Released as David Crosby & Phil Collins single, 1993 and featured on the David Crosby album "Thousand Roads". Phil Collins demo version released as B-side of "We Wait And We Wonder" single, 1994.
Well it was one of those great stories that you can't put down at night the hero knew what he had to do and he wasn't afraid to fight the villain goes to jail, while the hero goes free I wish it were that simple for me. And the reason that she loved him was the reason I loved him too and he never wondered what was right or wrong he just knew - he just knew. Shadows and shape mixed together at dawn but by time you catch them simplicity's gone and so we sort through the pieces my friends and I searching through the darkness to find the breaks in the sky. And the reason that she loved him was the reason I loved him too and he never wondered what was right or wrong he just knew - he just knew. And we wonder, yes we wonder how do you make sense of this when the hero kills the maiden with his kiss - with his kiss. Well it was one of those great stories that you can't put down at night the hero knew what he had to do and he wasn't afraid to fight the villain goes to jail, while the hero goes free I wish it were that simple for me - if it were that simple for me.
Rad Dudeski (Collins)
Released as B-side of "Both Sides Of The Story" CD single, 1993.
(Instrumental)
Don't Call Me Ashley (Collins)
1993. Released as B-side of "Everyday" CD single, 1994.
(Instrumental)
1993. Released as B-side of "We Wait And We Wonder" CD single, 1994.
If you see the light on in the window of my room I'll be looking out though the shades are drawn If you should hear someone quietly calling out for your hair Don't be alarmed it might just be me Take me with you, take me there I'll go with you anywhere Show me all the things you know Are you with me, are you there I'll be with you everywhere Show me all the things you know, you know, you know, you know The sun always seems to shine on the other side of the mountain The water is clearer on the other side of the hill All that water comes to me, ooh as I lay down Where I am is where I should be Take me with you, take me there I'll go with you anywhere Show me all the things you know - oh Are you with me, are you there I'll be with you everywhere Show me all the things you know I'm holding them close to me All those things I learned But there's no questions and answers So we watch the candle burn, on and on So the candle burns all night, burns so bright until morning When I wake I find myself alone So if you see me - are you here? - hear someone cry, calling out Rescue me and take me home - take me home Take me with you, take me there I'll go with you anywhere Show me all the things you know - you know Take me with you, take me with you Take me with you, take me with you Show me all the things you know Please show me Please take me, show me Just take me, show me...
For A Friend (Collins)
1993. Released as B-side of "We Wait And We Wonder" CD single, 1994.
When I saw him last he had that look in his eyes I said, "Do you need to talk?" he said, "No." So I called him up, asked him again and I waited a while - he began to speak, then he started to cry You know some things are best left unspoken and some things just never work out and sometimes, seems you try and you try and whatever you do There's a fix that you're in, and you just can't get out he said, "I need your help, I need it now Give me the strength to go on" Though I didn't know what I knew that something was wrong but he still had his pride he'd tell me in time Well this feeling inside kept eating at me I was losing a friend, and I had to know why When I heard the voice on the phone, I knew it was bad news so I rushed to be by his side and we said goodbye for the last time I gently hugged him, and kissed him goodbye he whispered, "I need your help, I need it now Give me the strength to go on." We were always laughing I just remember laughing, mama We were always laughing Oh I need your help, I need it now Give me the strength to go on Though as time goes by, and it all becomes clear we can see the deceit, we see the lies So I asked myself, over and over, and over again What did they know? What did they hide? Fools, leading the innocent blindly Fools, turning away And I know that when I think of my friend with that look in his eyes and if they told the truth, he might be here today I need your help, I need it now Just give me the strength to go on, on I remember the laughing We were always laughing Oh no - it's just strength we need now Just the strength to go on...