Genesis - Broadway Melody of 1974 (Live) Lyrics

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.



Writer(s): Michael Rutherford, Anthony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett


Genesis - Genesis Archive, Vol. 1 (1967-1975)
Album Genesis Archive, Vol. 1 (1967-1975)
date of release
16-10-2006

1 The Waiting Room (Live)
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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