Genesis, Genesis - And Then There Were Three (1978) by Genesis (보컬), Genesis (보컬) on maniadb.com

It's good to be here! How've you been?
Check my bags boy! Where's my room?
Gotta sit on the phone, that's my game.
Keep up the pressure all the way!

I don't want to beat about the bush
But none of us are getting any younger.
There's people out there who could take your place.
A more commerical view! A fresher face!

I need a shower, take a nap
I'll meet you in the bar, must have a rap.
There's a lot on the line, a lot to say.
And there's something I must tell you today.

You and I both knew the score,
You can't go on like this forever.
So it's with regret I tell you now
That from this moment on,
You're on your own!

I don't talk round corners, right between the eyes.
If you're slow they'll run past you.
Stand tall, see them falling over.

I walk a straight line, right between the eyes.
But just show me the door; show me
Someone who'll do it better

The drinks are on me, be my guest.
Smoke a cigar? Take the best.
Don't hedge your bets, we can make a deal,
Got it in your pocket, how do you feel?

So glad that's over, now you know.
But I'm only acting under orders.
And looking down on you from way up here.
You've gotta sink or swim, get off the floor!

I don't talk round corners, right between the eyes.
If you're slow they'll run past you.
Stand tall, see them falling over.

I walk a straight line, right between the eyes.
But just show me the door, show me
Someone who'll do it better

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 embrase.
All fears go 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.
Tell 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 to mouth,
As it soothes, confusing our doubts.

And soon we feel,
Why do a single thing today,
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.
Tell me the danger's past, I need
not fear the icy blast again.

Big Jim Cooley commanded respect,
Whatever he wanted he could get.
The badge on his waistcoat shone in the sun.
It ain't no lie, Big Jim was feared by everyone.

In the saloon one evening Big took a bet
With a rancher whose name I forget.
He wanted a herd taken over the plain,
And he called Jim "yellow,"
He'll never do that again.

He got mad!

He threw his badge on the floor and walked out,
He's gonna give it a try, he left no doubt.

"Must be mad, must be mad!"
The people wished him well, and good luck.

"Hell, I don't need it!" he laughed, got on
His horse and rode away.

Over on the trail Jim 'n' his crew of five
Were trying their best to keep the cattle alive.
The weather was hard, but so were the men.
Though I don't think even Jim will try this trip again.

His horses were edgy, sensing trouble ahead.
But the trouble didn't start till the men were in bed
A-whooping and a-hollering and flashing their knives,
Big Jim and his men were jumped
By an all-star Indian tribe.

He was scared, Big Jim was scared.
Alive, they called him lucky, but not today.
Cos he died like all good cowboys
With his boots on next to his men.

Big Jim, he still won't lie down,
For him the bet is still on.
Some say he rides there, cursing still.
Some say they've seen him.

Lay your body down upon the midnight snow.
Feel the fold of winter in your hair.
Here in a world of your own,
In a casing that's grown
To the children's delight
That arrived overnight.

And here they come to play their magic games
Carving names upon your frozen hand.
Here in a world of your own,
Like a sleeper whose eyes
See the pain with surprise
As it smothers your cries
They'll never, never know.

Hey there's a Snowman
Hey, Hey what a Snowman
Pray for the Snowman
Ooh, Ooh what a Snowman
They say a snow year's a good year
Filled with the love of all who lie so deep.

Smiling faces tear your body to the ground
Covered red that only we can see
Here in a ball that they made
From the snow on the ground,
See it rolling away
With wild eyes to the sky
They'll never, never know

Hey there's a Snowman
Hey what a Snowman
Pray for the Snowman
Ooh, Ooh what a Snowman
They say a snow year's a good year
Filled with the love of all who lie so deep.

Hey there goes the Snowman
Hey there what a Snowman
Hey there lies the Snowman
Hey he was a Snowman
They say a snow year's a good year
Filled with the love of all who lie so deep.

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 train of your own, unknown, alone,
But keep in mind
Don't live today for tomorrow like you were immortal.
The onl survivors of this world of ours are

The warming sun, the cooling rain
The snowflake drifting on the breath of the breeze,
The lightning bolt that clears 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 realize that at last,
That all you have accomplished here
Will have soon all turned 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 of this world of ours are

The warming sun, the cooling rain
The snowflake drifting on the breath of the breeze,
The lightning bolt that clears 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.

Get out of the way fat man. You got something to do.
Go fill up your hands till they're shining up at you.
You gotta get out while there's gold in the air
It's falling like water, coming down from the hills.

Go West young man
Earn a dollar a day just like your family said
You're rolling your days right on into the night
The head of the line's going way out of sight
Go West young man, like your family said

All along the wagons
All along the dusty trail.
Seventeen years not over a day
Like children in the wild.
Your mother's milk still wet on your face
And no one to pray for your safe journey home.

Out beyond the desert
To cross the mountains by the lake.
Servants who leave their master's house
Are walking all the way.
The golden fields that beckoned you
Are darkened by the years

Go West Young Man
If you knew then what you know today
You'd be back where you started, a happier man
And leave all the glory to those who have remained

Go West Young Man
Go West Young Man, like your family said.

Many too many have stood where I stand
Many more will stand here too.
But I think what I find strange is
The way you built me up
Then knocked me down again.

The part was fun but now it's over.
What can't I just leave the stage?
Maybe that's because you securely locked me up
Then threw away the key.

Oh mama
Please would you find the key.
Oh pretty mama,
Please won't you let me go free.
I thought I was lucky
I thought that I'd got it made.
How could I be so blind?

You said goodbye on a corner
That I thought led to the straight,
You set me on a firmly laid and simple course
And then removed the road.

Oh mama,
Please help me find my way
Oh pretty mama.
Please lead me through the next day
I thought I was lucky
I thought that I'd got it made.
How could I be so blind?

Little Nemo
Rubbed his eyes
And got out of bed
Trying hard
To piece together a broken dream
His visions lifelike
And full of imagination
It's strange to think
They came from such a tiny head

Dragons breathing fire
But friendly
Mushrooms tall as houses
Giant Nymphs
And goblins playing
Scenes from a night's dream
Poor Little Nemo!

Eating all kinds of food
So close to bedtime
They always made him
Have these nightmares, it seemed

Helped young Washington in the garden
Cut the cherry tree down
Now we all know
That's not history
Scenes from a night's dream
Poor Little Nemo!

"Nemo, get out of bed!"
"Don't tell me stories
I don't want to know!"
"Come on you sleepy head
We're waiting to go!"

Once he went to
The 'Carnival of Nations'
Dancing with the princess through the night

Found themselves
On a moving platform
Ten ton weights above them
Seeking audience with King Morpheus
Scenes from a night's dream
Poor little Nemo!

"Nemo, get out of bed!"
"Don't tell me stories
I don't want to know!"
"Come on you sleepy head
We're waiting to go!"

Say it's alright Joe,
I need another drink
To blow on the glass so I know I'm alive

Play me a song Joe
To fill the hours till morning
Then never again will I bother you
Ooh, Build myself a tower
No way in no way out.
Then my friends can visit me
Once in a while.

Say it's alright Joe,
I need some reassurance
You never know what you might find in the night.
Ooh I'm just a busy bee, still alive in my hive,
I'm looking for some other world
To dream out my dreams.

There were Kings who were laughing in the rain
And they told me I'd come here to lead the parade
All the colours were changing, The sky was in ruins
The lights are all shining on me and on you
Oh, Shine on........

Say it's alright Joe
The night will soon be over
And nothing and no one will ever know.
Open my eyes Joe
I'd like to see the daylight
The clock on the wall says it's time to leave.
Never seen the same face twice
Never walked the same way
The little love that I have known
I keep to myself.

If there's a fire it's asleep in my bed
I must leave it to burn till it burns itself out
Catch as you can I'm not staying here long
I'll be coming back early or never at all
Shine on........

The man steps out in the moonlight
At the sound of a scream from below,
He thinks he is a warrior
So he picks up his sword and goes.

From the mouth of the monster
He rescues the maiden fair,
But we know she's a demon
Come to lure him to the demon's lair.

Through restless foliage and tall trees he leads
To a house in a clearing, a place in her fear she
Calls home.

"Come with me, I need you,
I fear the dark and I live all alone.
I'll give you wine and food too
And something special after if you like."

And though his body bids him
To enter in with her,
There was something in her manner
That his mind could not ignore.

Also it is whispered
In the kingdom far and wide
To beware of a little cottage
In the forest in a glade.

For who knows what magic
Takes place in this world?
So he just thanks her kindly
Preparing to go on his way.

"Come with me, I need you,
I fear the dark and I live all alone.
I'll give you wine and food too
And something special after if you like.

Come to my garden,
Taste the fruits and the spices of love.
You can't resist me.
I'm the kind that your dreams tell you of."

"So glad you could make it
We had everything arranged.
So glad you saw fit to pay a call."

Some men never listen,
And others never learn,
But why this man did as he did
Only he will ever know.

He knew he was walking
Into a waiting trap,
Neatly set up for him
With a bait so richly wrapped.

So he went inside there to take on what he found
But he never escaped them, for who can escape
What he desires?

"Come with me, I need you,
I fear the dark and I live all alone.
I'll give you wine and food too
And something special after if you like."

Stay with me,
My love I hope you'll always be
Right here by my side if ever I need you
Oh my love

In your arms,
I feel so safe and so secure
Everyday is such a perfect day to spend
Alone with you

I will follow you will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year

With the dark
I see so very clearly now
All my fears are drifting by me so slowly now
Fading away

I can say
The night is long but you are there
Close at hand though I'm better for the smile you give
And while I live

I will follow you will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year

I will follow you will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year