Peter Gabriel (81,85 %)
Peter Gabriel [2] (58,69 %)
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Released: 1978-06-03
Type: Studio
Type: Studio
Ranking:
Artist:
7
Year (1978):
33
Decade (1970's):
397
Overall:
1812
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1.
On the Air
 05:33
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2.
D.I.Y.
 02:47
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3.
Mother of Violence
03:14
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4.
A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World
 03:36
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5.
White Shadow
05:19
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6.
Indigo
03:33
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7.
Animal Magic
03:30
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8.
Exposure
 04:18
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9.
Flotsam and Jetsam
02:22
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10.
Perspective
03:29
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11.
Home Sweet Home
04:40
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Album length:
42:21
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Lyrics |
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1.
On the Air
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Built in the belly of junk by the river my cabin stands Made from the trash I dug out the heap, with my own fair hands Every night, I'm back at the shack I'm sure no one else is there I'm putting the aerial up, so I can go out on the air On the air, On the air On the air, On the air On the air Every morning I'm out at dawn with the dwarfs and tramps For a silent communion lit from above by the sodium lamps Everyone I meet on the street acts as if I wasn't there But they're going to know who I am 'cos I can go out on the air On the air, On the air On the air, On the air On the air Leaving the car down leafy lane Turning out Tarzan for my Jungle Jane Anyone at all From Captain Zero and his brand of superhero standing by a call Oh it's not easy, no no no no No it's not easy Making real friends Don't give me your steak-reared milkboys, milkboys Half alive on empty white noise, white noise I got power, I'm proud to be loud, my signal goes out clear I want everybody to know that Mozo is here On the air, On the air On the air, On the air On the air On the air On the air |
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2.
D.I.Y.
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D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. Don't tell me what I will do 'cos I won't Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cos I don't Be on your guard, better hostile and hard - don't risk affection Like flesh to the bone in the no-go zone You're still looking for the resurrection Come up to me with your "what did you say?" And I'll tell you straight in the eye D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. Do It Yourself D.I.Y. D.I.Y. Everyone want to be what he not, what he not Nobody happy with what he got, what he got You function like a dummy with a new ventriloquist Can you say nothing yourself? Hanging like a thriller on the final twist Is it true you're getting stuck on the shelf? Come up to me with your "What did you say?" And I'll tell you straight in the eye Hey! D.I.Y. Do It Yourself D.I.Y. Do It Yourself D.I.Y. Do It Yourself D.I.Y. Do it Yourself When things get so big I don't trust them at all You want some control - you've got to keep it small Hey! D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. D.I.Y. |
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3.
Mother of Violence
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Walking the street with her naked feet So full of rhythm but I can't find the beat Snapping her heels, clicking her toes Everybody knows just where she goes Ah fear, fear - she's the mother of violence Making me tense to watch the way she breed Fear, she's the mother of violence You know self-defence is all you need It's getting hard to breathe It's getting so hard to believe To believe in anything at all Mouth all dry, eyes bloodshot Data stored in microdot Kicking the cloud with my moccasin shoes TV dinner, TV news Ah - Ah 'Cos fear, fear - she's the mother of violence Don't make any sense to watch the way she breed Fear, she's the mother of violence Making me tense to watch the way she feed The only way you know she's there Is the subtle flavour in the air Getting hard to breathe Hard to believe in anything at all But fear |
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4.
A Wonderful Day in a One-Way World
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Saturday is shopping day I drive my car but there's no place to park it No respect for superman in supermarket I guess there must be trouble but I not been alerted Looking round the store it was all deserted and I'm Stranded here with my empty basket So full of question but nowhere to ask it By the one way out Strange voice shout "Don't let that good man out!" "Have a wonderful day in a one-way world" One way, one day "Have a wonderful day in a one-way world" One way, one day One-way man One-way mind Get along with mankind" Oh, there's an old man on the floor, so I summon my charm I say "hey scumbag, has there been an alarm?" He said, "Yeh, been selling off eternal youth They all got afraid 'cos I'm the living proof My name is Einstein do you know time is a curve? I said "stop old man! You got a nerve 'Cos there's only one rule that I observe Time is money and money I serve" By the one way out Strange voice shout Don't let that good man out!" Have a wonderful day in a one-way world One-way, one day Have a wonderful day in a one-way world One-way, one day Have a wonderful day in a one-way world One-way, one day One-way man One-way mind Get along with mankind" One-way man One-way mind Get along with mankind" |
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5.
White Shadow
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Ten coaches roll into the dust Chrome windows turned to rust Hang on inside they know they must Hanging on the green backed words - "In God we trust" No one knew if the spirit died All wrapped to go like Kentucky Fried Trying to read the flight of birds Low on fuel, getting low on words And she comes out like a white shadow She comes out like a white shadow Each one drawn to empty spaces Outsiders, borderline cases It's hard to tell black from white When you wake up in the middle of the night Weighed down by the absence of sound Broken now by the cry of a hound Looking for movement within the haze Light can be deceptive with her rays And she comes out like a white shadow And she comes out like a white shadow She comes out like a white shadow |
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6.
Indigo
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It's too late This model's out of date Got every spare part But there ain't much heart inside here Not like the start I was good at the art of survival I've always tried To keep my troubles deep inside Where I can hide them Now I'm open wide When it ends Again I'll see my friends They'll give me a lift I've been running adrift, so easy Shifting the gear I got nothing to fear from the showdown I'll go down quiet And kids downstairs making a hell of a din I'm all alone Getting a quote for the wages of sin Beyond the indigo, indigo Where the chilly winds, winds will blow My time is running low I'm going to cross the dark dark river Going to see my good life-giver Better cover my yellow liver Alright, I'm giving up the fight I didn't know when I'd be a stranger again In my own land The days are O.K. Oh how I hate those long nights You understand Darling please, just hold my hand You feel so warm In the eye of the storm I'm going away, I'm going away, I'm going away See you again some day Darling, I'm going away Feel like I'm going away, this time I'm going away |
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Animal Magic
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Animal magic What did you mean when you opened your mouth And let all our secrets out You told him what I was about My cover was completely blown I tell you darlin' I've been watching the war film I got a few ideas of my own 'Cos after the film had ended the call for recruits was shown And I'm joining the professionals I want to be a man With all that animal magic I'll do anything you can I'm joining the professionals 'Cos I want to be a man Look! I wave my wand, watch the rabbit disappear Join the professionals learn to fight I bet the two of you still laugh at me For being timid as a lamb That may be still the way I look It's no longer what I am Been across to Northern Ireland I came home with a new kind of charge I learned to hunt in the night I learned about camouflage I've been joining the professionals And now that I'm a man With all that animal magic I'll match anything you can I'm joining the professionals This time I'll understand There's no way you'll get by me With the slightest sleight of hand I'm joining the professionals I want to be a man Look! I wave my wand Watch the rabbit disappear Oh, Join the professionals learn to fight Animal magic, animal magic, Oh animal magic Animal magic Yeah, Animal magic Animal magic Animal magic, animal magic, Oh animal magic Animal magic, animal magic, Oh animal magic |
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8.
Exposure
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Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Space is what I need, it's what I feed on Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Exposure Out in the open Exposure |
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9.
Flotsam and Jetsam
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Doing nothing stuck in the mud I'm just pumping the blood The water level's getting low Something ugly's going to show If only I could touch you I guess you'd be alarmed If only I could touch you I don't mean you no harm If only I could touch you Like the wind can touch the sail If only I could touch you, darling Now that words have failed Oh, Flotsam still afloat Oh, Jetsam thrown out of the boat And oh love, my love Nothing here is what it seems We both know it Christ! you show it Oh, oh my love |
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Perspective
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I need perspective, oh, 'cos I'm facing the wall I need perspective, oh, 'cos I'm not that tall I need perspective, I heard the trumpet call Don't trust my eyes, I want to know where things fall I need perspective, party time for the newly wed I need perspective, colours ran as the images bled I need perspective, like confetti on the flower bed Don't trust my eyes priest crying he's got fire in his head Oh Gaia, if that's your name Treat you like dirt, but I don't want no blame Oh Gaia, the wind heats the fire and blows the ash away I need perspective, sitting in a long long hall I need perspective, staring at the white white wall I need perspective, waiting for the phone to call Don't trust my eyes, there's one thing I've got to tell you all I need perspective, ah, to see through red red skies I need perspective to carry merchandise I need perspective, oh, I don't trust my eyes Don't trust my eyes and I don't like surprise Oh Gaia, if that's your name Treat you like dirt, but I don't want no blame Oh Gaia, the wind heats the fire and blows the ash away I used to be an industrial giant Sitting in a garden full of chemical plant Trying very hard to get you off my mind Acting like any man Taking you for everything I can Just the same, the same as all my kind - so blind I need perspective |
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11.
Home Sweet Home
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Met this girl called Josephine and took her up on my machine We had a little fun and now we got a little one Had to get married, being chased out of town Found ourselves a place to live, we put all our money down Home sweet home, home sweet home Eleven floors up in a tower block Happy just to have a home I've gone and changed the lock on our home Nothing really worked out right, things got broke, they stayed that way None of our friends came around at night, little Sam got no place to play "We've got to get out of here, Bill" she said, "I've been saying it all the while" When I came home from work that night she'd jumped out the window with our child From our home sweet home, home sweet home Just a place to take a rest Just a place to make our nest We call it our home When the insurance money came through seemed dirty didn't know what to do Took out the cash went down the casino, down on the wheel on the double And I won, oh yes I won, like I never won before Bought myself a country house with an antique carved oak door It was home sweet home, home sweet home Just a place to lay our head Just to think of all those things we said Home sweet home |