Peter Gabriel (81,85 %)
So (85,35 %)
In collection
Released: 1986-05-19
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
2
Year (1986):
7
Decade (1980's):
32
Overall:
167
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1.
Red Rain
 05:40
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2.
Sledgehammer
 05:13
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3.
Don't Give Up
06:34
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4.
That Voice Again
 04:53
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5.
Mercy Street
06:23
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6.
Big Time
04:29
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7.
We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
 03:22
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8.
This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
 04:26
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9.
In Your Eyes
05:30
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Album length:
46:30
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Lyrics |
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1.
Red Rain
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red rain is coming down red rain red rain is pouring down pouring down all over me I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream I cannot make a single sound as you scream it can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch yeah, we touch this place is so quiet, sensing that storm red rain is coming down red rain red rain is pouring down pouring down all over me well I've seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town they tell you that this rain can sting, and look down there is no blood around see no sign of pain hay ay ay no pain seeing no red at all, see no rain red rain is coming down red rain red rain is pouring down pouring down all over me red rain- putting the pressure on much harder now to return again and again just let the red rain splash you let the rain fall on your skin I come to you defences down with the trust of a child red rain is coming down red rain red rain is pouring down pouring down all over me and I can't watch any more no more denial it's so hard to lay down in all of this red rain is coming down red rain is pouring down red rain is coming down all over me I see it red rain is coming down red rain is pouring down red rain is coming down all over me I'm bathing in it red rain coming down red rain is coming down red rain is coming down all over me I'm begging you red rain coming down red rain coming down red rain coming down red rain coming down over me in the red red sea over me over me red rain |
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2.
Sledgehammer
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you could have a steam train if you'd just lay down your tracks you could have an aeroplane flying if you bring your blue sky back all you do is call me I'll be anything you need you could have a big dipper going up and down, all around the bends you could have a bumper car, bumping this amusement never ends I want to be your sledgehammer why don't you call my name oh let me be your sledgehammer this will be my testimony show me round your fruitcage 'cos I will be your honey bee open up your fruitcage where the fruit is as sweet as can be I want to be your sledgehammer why don't you call my name you'd better call the sledgehammer put your mind at rest I'm going to be-the sledgehammer this can be my testimony I'm your sledgehammer let there be no doubt about it sledge sledge sledgehammer I've kicked the habit shed my skin this is the new stuff I go dancing in, we go dancing in oh won't you show for me and I will show for you show for me, I will show for you yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I do mean you only you you've been coming through going to build that power build, build up that power, hey I've been feeding the rhythm I've been feeding the rhythm going to feel that power, build in you come on, come on, help me do yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you I've been feeding the rhythm I've been feeding the rhythm it's what we're doing, doing all day and night |
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3.
Don't Give Up
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in this proud land we grew up strong we were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win I never thought I could fail no fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted I've changed my face, I've changed my name but no one wants you when you lose don't give up 'cos you have friends don't give up you're not beaten yet don't give up I know you can make it good though I saw it all around never thought DID I could be affected thought that we'd be the last to go it is so strange the way things turn drove the night toward my home the place that I was born, on the lakeside as daylight broke, I saw the earth the trees had burned down to the ground don't give up you still have us don't give up we don't need much of anything don't give up 'cause somewhere there's a place where we belong rest your head you worry too much it's going to be alright when times get rough you can fall back on us don't give up please don't give up 'got to walk out of here I can't take anymore going to stand on that bridge keep my eyes down below whatever may come and whatever may go that river's flowing that river's flowing moved on to another town tried hard to settle down for every job, so many men so many men no-one needs don't give up 'cause you have friends don't give up you're not the only one don't give up no reason to be ashamed don't give up you still have us don't give up now we're proud of who you are don't give up you know it's never been easy don't give up 'cause I believe there's the a place there's a place where we belong |
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4.
That Voice Again
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I want to be with you I want to be clear but each time I try it's the voice I hear I hear that voice again I'm listening to the conversation judge and jury in my head it's colouring everything all we did and said and still I head that sharp tongue talking talking tangled words I can sense the danger just listen to the wind I want you close I want you near I can't help but listen but I don't want to hear hear that voice again I want to be with you I want to be clear but each time I try it's the voice I hear I hear that voice again I'm hearing right and wrong so clearly there must be more than this it's only in uncertainty that we're naked and alive I hear it through the rattle of a streetcar hear it through the things you said I can get so scared listen to the wind I want you close I want you near I can't help but listen but I don't want to hear hear that voice again what I carry in my heart brings us so close or so far apart only love can make love I want you close I want you near I can't help but listen but I don't want to hear I hear that voice again I want to be with you I want to be clear but each time I try it's the voice I hear I hear that voice again |
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5.
Mercy Street
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Looking down on empty streets, all she can see Are the dreams all made solid, are the dreams all made real All of the buildings, all of those cars Were once just a dream in somebody's head She pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam She pictures a soul with no leak at the seam Lets take the boat out Wait until darkness Let's take the boat out Wait until darkness comes Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey Nowhere in the suburbs in the cold light of day There in the midst of it so alive and alone Words support like bone Dreaming of Mercy Street Wear your inside out Dreaming of mercy In your daddy's arms again Dreaming of Mercy Street Swear they moved that sign Dreaming of mercy In your daddy's arms Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth Tugging at the darkness, word upon word Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box To the priest: he's the doctor, he can handle the shocks Dreaming of the tenderness-the tremble in the hips Of kissing Mary's lips Dreaming of Mercy Street Wear your insides out Dreaming of mercy In your daddy's arms again Dreaming of Mercy Street Swear they moved that sign Looking for mercy In your daddy's arms Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy Mercy, mercy, looking for mercy Anne, with her father is out in the boat Riding the water Riding the waves on the sea |
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Big Time
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Hi there! I'm on my way, I'm making it I've got to make it show, yeah So much larger than life I'm going to watch it growing The place where I come from is a small town They think so small They use small words But not me I'm smarter than that I worked it out I've been stretching my mouth To let those big words come right out I've had enough, I'm getting out To the city, the big big city I'll be a big noise with all the big boys There's so much stuff I will own And I will pray to a big god As I kneel in the big church Big time I'm on my way, I'm making it Big time, big time I've got to make it show yeah Big time, big time So much larger than life Big time I'm going to watch it growing Big time My parties all have big names And I greet them with the widest smile Tell them how my life is one big adventure And always they're amazed When I show them round my house, to my bed I had it made like a mountain range With a snow-white pillow for my big fat head And my heaven will be a big heaven And I will walk through the front door Big time I'm on my way, I'm making it Big time, big time I've got to make it show-yeah Big time, big time So much larger than life I'm going to watch it growing Big time, big time My car is getting bigger Big time My house is getting bigger Big time My eyes are getting bigger Big time And my mouth Big time My belly is getting bigger Big time And my bank account Big time Look at my circumstance Big time And the bulge in my big big big big big big big |
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We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)
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We do what we're told We do what we're told We do what we're told Told to do We do what we're told We do what we're told We do what we're told Told to do One doubt One voice One war One truth One dream |
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This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)
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Flying birds Excellent birds Watch them fly, there they go Falling snow Excellent snow Here it comes. watch it fall Long words Excellent words I can hear them now This is the picture, this is the picture This is the picture, this is the picture I'm sitting by the window Watching the snow fall I'm looking out And I'm moving, turning in time Catching up. moving in Jump up! I can land on my feet. look out! This is the picture, this is the picture This is the picture, this is the picture Looking out. watching out When I see the future I close my eyes I can see it now I see pictures of people, rising up Pictures of people, falling down I see pictures of people They're standing on their heads, they're ready They're looking out, look out! They're watching out, watch out! They're looking out, look out! They're watching out, watch out! I see pictures of people I see pictures of people |
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9.
In Your Eyes
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Love, I get so lost sometimes Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart When I want to run away I drive off in my car But whichever way I go I come back to the place you are All my instincts, they return And the grand facade, so soon will burn Without a noise, without my pride I reach out from the inside In your eyes The light the heat In your eyes I am complete In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches In your eyes The resolution of all the fruitless searches In your eyes I see the light and the heat In your eyes Oh, I want to be that complete I want to touch the light The heat I see in your eyes Love, I don't like to see so much pain So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away I get so tired of working so hard for our survival I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive And all my instincts, they return And the grand facade, so soon will burn Without a noise, without my pride I reach out from the inside In your eyes The light the heat In your eyes I am complete In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches In your eyes The resolution of all the fruitless searches In your eyes I see the light and the heat In your eyes Oh, I want to be that complete I want to touch the light, The heat I see in your eyes In your eyes, in your eyes In your eyes, in your eyes In your eyes, in your eyes |