Lyrics Broadway Melody of 1974 (Live) - Genesis
The
moment
of
impact
bursts
through
the
silence
and
in
a
roar
of
sound,
the
final
second
is
prolonged
in
a
world
of
echoes
as
if
the
concrete
and
clay
of
broadway
itself
was
reliving
it's
memorie
E
last
great
march
past.
newsman
stands
limp
as
a
whimper
as
audience
and
event
are
locked
as
one.
bing
crosby
coos
"you
don't
have
to
feel
pain
to
sing
the
blues,
you
don't
have
to
holla
-
Don't
feel
a
thing
in
your
dollar
collar."
martin
luther
king
cries
"everybody
sing!"
and
rings
the
grand
old
liberty
bell.
leary,
weary
of
his
prison
cell,
walks
on
heaven,
talks
Ell.
j.f.k.
gives
the
o.k.
to
shoot
us,
sipping
orange
julius
and
lemon
brutus.
bare
breasted
cowboy
double
decks
the
triple
champion.
who
needs
medicare
and
the
35c
flat
rate
fare,
when
fred
as
And
ginger
rogers
are
dancing
through
the
air?
from
broadway
melody
stereotypes
the
band
returns
to
'stars
and
stripes'
bringing
a
tear
to
the
moonshiner,
who's
been
pouring
out
his
spirit
from
Illegal
still.
the
pawn
broker
clears
the
noisy
t
Ill
and
clutches
his
lucky
dollar
bill.
Echoes
of
the
broadway
everglades,
With
her
mythical
madonnas
still
walking
in
their
shades:
Lenny
bruce,
declares
a
truce
and
plays
his
other
hand.
Marshall
mcluhan,
casual
viewin',
head
buried
in
the
sand.
Sirens
on
the
rooftops
wailing,
but
there's
no
ship
sailing.
Groucho,
with
his
movies
trailing,
stands
alone
with
his
punchline
Failing.
Klu
klux
klan
serve
hot
soul
food
and
the
band
plays
'in
the
mood'
The
cheerleader
waves
her
cyanide
wand,
there's
a
smell
of
Peach
blossom
and
bitter
almonde.
Caryl
chessman
sniffs
the
air
and
leads
the
parade,
he
knows
In
a
scent,
you
can
bottle
all
you
made.
There's
howard
hughes
in
blue
suede
shoes,
smiling
at
the
Majorettes
smoking
winston
cigarettes.
And
as
the
song
and
dance
begins,
the
children
play
at
home
With
needles;
needles
and
pins.
Then
the
blackout.
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2 Lilywhite Lilith (Live)
3 The Chamber of 32 Doors (Live)
4 Carpet Crawlers (Live)
5 Counting Out Time (Live)
6 Back In NYC (Live)
7 The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging (Live)
8 Anyway (Live)
9 Firth of Fifth (Live)
10 Dancing With the Moonlit Knight (Live)
11 It (Live)
12 In the Rapids (Live)
13 Riding the Scree (Live)
14 The Light Dies Down On Broadway (Live)
15 The Arrival/A Visit to the Doktor/Raven (Live)
16 The Lamia (Live)
17 Here Comes the Supernatural Anaesthetist (Live)
18 In the Cage (Live)
19 Cuckoo Cocoon (Live)
20 Broadway Melody of 1974 (Live)
21 Fly On a Windshield (Live)
22 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Live)
23 More Fool Me (Live)
24 Shepherd (BBC Nightride 1970)
25 In the Wilderness (Rough Mix Without Strings 1968)
26 Watcher of the Skies (Unreleased Single Version)
27 Happy the Man
28 Stagnation (BBC Live Recording)
29 I Know What I Like (Live)
30 Supper's Ready (Live)
31 Pacidy (BBC Nightride 1970)
32 Try a Little Sadness (Demo 1967)
33 The Magic of Time (Demo 1968)
34 In the Beginning (Demo 1968)
35 Where the Sour Turns to Sweet (Demo 1968)
36 One Day (Demo 1968)
37 Dusk (Demo 1969)
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