Lyrics




No-one seems to take up the chase, and with the familiar
faces fresh in his mind he moves into a reconstruction
of his old life, above ground - Too much time was one
thing he didn't need, so he used to cut through it with
a little speed. He was better off dead, than slow in
the head. His momma and poppa had taken a ride on his
back, so he left very quickly to join The Pack.
I see faces and traces of home back in New York City -
So you think I'm a tough kid? Is that what you heard?
Well I like to see some action and it gets into my blood.
The call me the trail blazer - Rael - electric razor
I'm the pitcher in the chain gang, we don't believe in pain
'cos we're only as strong, yes we're only as strong,
as the weakest link in the chain.
Only after a spell in Pontiac reformatory was he given any respect in the gang.
Let me out of Pontiac when I was just seventeen,
I had to get it out of me, if you know what I mean, what I mean.
You say I must be crazy, 'cos I don't care who I hit, who I hit.
But I know it's me that's hitting out and I'm, I'm not full of shit.
I don't care who I hurt, I don't care who I do wrong.
This is your mess I'm stuck in, I really don't belong.
When I take out my bottle, filled up high with gasoline,
You can tell by the night fires where Rael has been, has been.
Now, walking back home after a raid, he was cuddling a sleeping porcupine.
That night he pictured the removal of his hairy heart and to the accompaniment of very romantic music he watched it being shaved smooth by an anonymous stainless steel razor.
As I cuddled the porcupine
He said I had none to blame, but me.
Held my heart, deep in hair,
Time to shave, shave it off, it off.
No time for romantic escape,
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape. No!
Off we go...
Your sitting in your comfort you don't believe I'm real,
You cannot buy protection from the way that I feel.
Your progressive hypocrites hand out their trash,
But it was mine in the first place, so I'll burn it to ash.
And I've tasted all the strongest meats,
And laid them down in coloured sheets (laid them down in coloured
sheets).
Who needs illusion of love and affection
When you're out walking the streets with your mainline connection?
connection.
As I cuddled the porcupine
He said I had none to blame, but me.
Held my heart, deep in hair.
Time to shave, shave it off, it off.
No time for romantic escape,
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape. No!



Writer(s): ANTHONY GEORGE BANKS, STEVEN HACKETT, MIKE RUTHERFORD (GB), PHIL COLLINS, PETER BRIAN GABRIEL


Genesis - R-Kive
Album R-Kive
date of release
22-09-2014

1   The Knife (New Stereo Mix)
2   The Musical Box
3   Supper's Ready
4   Calling All Stations
5   Over My Shoulder
6   Hold On My Heart
7   No Son of Mine
8   Red Day On Blue Street
9   The Living Years
10   Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
11   Land of Confusion
12   Invisible Touch
13   Signal to Noise
14   Wake Up Call
15   Nomads
16   Easy Lover
17   Easy Lover
18   Solsbury Hill
19   Afterglow
20   Ripples
21   Carpet Crawlers (New Stereo Mix)
22   Back In N.Y.C. (New Stereo Mix)
23   The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (New Stereo Mix)
24   I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
25   The Cinema Show
26   Follow You Follow Me
27   That's All
28   Mama
29   Abacab
30   In the Air Tonight
31   Turn It On Again
32   Biko
33   Every Day
34   For a While
35   For a While (Live from Polar Studios, Stockholm, Switzerland 1979)
36   I Can't Dance
37   Ace of Wands




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