Peter Gabriel (81,85 %)
Shaking the Tree - Sixteen Golden Greats (87,66 %)
In collection
Released: 1990-11-20
Type: Compilation
Type: Compilation
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1.
Solsbury Hill
 04:20
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2.
I Don't Remember
 03:48
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3.
Sledgehammer
04:55
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4.
Family Snapshot
04:25
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5.
Mercy Street
04:43
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6.
Shaking the Tree
06:24
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7.
Don't Give Up
05:55
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8.
San Jacinto
06:40
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9.
Here Comes the Flood
04:31
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10.
Red Rain
05:35
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11.
Games Without Frontiers
03:57
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12.
Shock the Monkey
 03:57
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13.
I Have the Touch
03:44
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14.
Big Time
 04:25
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15.
Zaar
02:58
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16.
Biko
06:54
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Album length:
00:17:11
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Lyrics |
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1.
Solsbury Hill
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Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I could see the city light Wind was blowing, time stood still Eagle flew out of the night He was something to observe Came in close, I heard a voice Standing stretching every nerve Had to listen, had no choice I did not believe the information I just had to trust imagination My heart going boom, boom, boom "Son", he said, "grab your things, I've come to take you home." To keepin' silence I resigned My friends would think I was a nut Turning water into wine Open doors would soon be shut So I went from day to day Tho' my life was in a rut Till I thought of what I'd say Which connection I should cut I was feeling part of the scenery I walked right out of the machinery My heart going boom, boom, boom "Hey," he said "grab your things, I've come to take you home." When illusion spin her net I'm never where I want to be And liberty she pirouette When I think that I am free Watched by empty silhouettes Who close their eyes but still can see No one taught them etiquette I will show another me Today I don't need a replacement I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant My heart going boom, boom, boom "Hey", I said, "you can keep my things, they've come to take me home." |
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I Don't Remember
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I got no means to show identification I got no papers show you what I am You'll have to take me just the way that you find me What's gone is gone and I do not give a damn Empty stomach, empty head I got empty heart and empty bed I don't remember I don't remember I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything at all I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything, anything at all Strange is your language and I have no decoder Why don't you make your intention clear With eyes to the sun and your mouth to the soda Saying, "Tell me the truth, you got nothing to fear Stop staring at me like a bird of prey" I'm all mixed up, I got nothing to say I don't remember I don't remember I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything at all I don't remember, I don't recall I got no memory of anything, anything at all |
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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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Family Snapshot
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The streets are lined with camera crews Everywhere he goes is news Today is different Today is not the same Today I make the action Take snapshot into the light Snapshot into the light I'm shooting into the light Four miles down the cavalcade moves on Driving into the sun If I worked it out right They won't see me or the gun Two miles to go, they're clearing the road And the cheering has really begun I've got my radio I can hear what's going on I've been waiting for this I have been waiting for this All you people in TV land I will wake up your empty shells Peak-time viewing blown in a flash As I burn into your memory cells 'Cause I'm alive They're coming around the corner with the bikers at the front I'm wiping the sweat from my eyes It's a matter of time It's a matter of will And the governor's car is not far behind He's not the one I've got in mind 'Cause there he is, the man of the hour, standing in the limousine "I don't really hate you I don't care what you do We were made for each other, me and you I want to be somebody You were like that too If you don't get given you learn to take And I will take you" Holding my breath Release the catch And I let the bullet fly All turned quiet, I have been here before Lonely boy hiding behind the front door Friends have all gone home There's my toy gun on the floor Come back Mum and Dad You're growing apart You know that I'm growing up sad I need some attention I shoot into the light |
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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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Shaking the Tree
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Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife You don't want to do what your mother has done She has done This is your life, this new life has begun It's your day - a woman's day It's your day - a woman's day Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave Turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave Find your sisters and brothers Who can hear all the truth in what you say They can support you when you're on your way It's your day - a woman's day It's your day - a woman's day Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you Changing your ways, more than any man can do Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel You had to be so strong And you do nothing wrong Nothing wrong at all We're gonna to break it down We have to shake it down Shake it all around Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree |
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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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San Jacinto
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Thick cloud - steam rising - hissing stone on sweat lodge fire Around me - buffalo robe - sage in bundle - rub on skin Outside - cold air - stand, wait for rising sun Red paint - eagle feathers - coyote calling - it has begun Something moving in - I taste it in my mouth and in my heart It feels like dying - slow - letting go of life Medicine man lead me up through town - Indian ground - so far down Cut up land - each house - a pool - kids wearing water wings - drink in cool Follow dry river bed - watch scouts and guides make pow-wow signs Past Geronimo's disco - Sit'n'Bull steakhouse - white men dream A rattle in the old man's sack say - look at mountain top - keep climbing up Way above us the desert snow - white wind blow I hold the line -the line of strength that pulls me through the fear San Jacinto - I hold the line San Jacinto - the poison bite and darkness take my sight - I hold the line And the tears roll down my swollen cheek - think I'm losing it - getting weaker I hold the line - I hold the line San Jacinto - yellow eagle flies down from the sun - from the sun We will walk - on the land We will breathe - of the air We will drink - from the stream We will live - hold the line Hold the line - Hold the line We will live - hold the line Hold the line |
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Here Comes the Flood
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When the night shows The signals grow on radios All the strange things They come and go as early warnings Stranded starfish have no place to hide Still waiting for the swollen Easter tide There's no point in direction we cannot even choose a side I took the old track The hollow shoulder, across the waters On the tall cliffs They were getting older, sons and daughters The jaded underworld was riding high Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky And as the nails sunk in the cloud, The rain was warm and soaked the crowd Lord, here comes the flood We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent In any still alive It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry When the flood calls You have no home, you have no walls In the thunder crash You're a thousand minds, within a flash Don't be afraid to cry at what you see The actors gone, there's only you and me And if we break before the dawn, they'll use up what We used to be Lord, here comes the flood We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent In any still alive It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry Lord, here comes the flood We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood If again the seas are silent In any still alive It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry |
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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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Games Without Frontiers
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Jeux sans frontières Hans plays with Lotte Lotte plays with Jane Jane plays with Willi Willi is happy again Suki plays with Leo Sacha plays with Britt Adolf builds a bonfire Enrico plays with it Whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside Whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle It's a knockout If looks could kill they probably will In games without frontiers War without tears If looks could kill they probably will In games without frontiers War without tears Games without frontiers War without tears Jeux sans frontières Andre has a red flag Chiang Ching's is blue They all have hills to fly them on Except for Lin Tai Yu Dressing up in costumes Playing silly games Hiding out in tree tops Shouting out rude names Whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside Whistling tunes we piss on the goons in the jungle It's a knockout If looks could kill they probably will In games without frontiers War without tears If looks could kill they probably will In games without frontiers War without tears Games without frontiers War without tears Jeux sans frontières |
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Shock the Monkey
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Cover me when I run Cover me through the fire Something knocked me out ' the trees Now I'm on my knees Cover me, darling please Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey Fox the fox Rat on the rat You can ape the ape I know about that There is one thing you must be sure of I can't take any more Darling, don't you monkey with the monkey Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey Shock the monkey Monkey, Wheels keep turning Monkey, Something's burning Monkey, Don't like it but I guess I'm learning Shock! Shock! Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock! Shock! Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Cover me, when I sleep Cover me, when I breathe You throw your pearls before the swine Make the monkey blind Cover me, darling please Monkey, monkey, monkey Don't you know you're going to shock the monkey Shock the monkey Monkey, Too much at stake Monkey, Ground beneath me shake Monkey, And the news is breaking Shock! Shock! Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock! Shock! Shock! - watch the monkey get hurt, monkey Shock the monkey, shock the monkey Shock the monkey, shock the monkey Shock the monkey to life |
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I Have the Touch
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The time I like is the rush hour, cos I like the rush The pushing of the people - I like it all so much Such a mass of motion - do not know where it goes I move with the movement and... I have the touch I'm waiting for ignition, I'm looking for a spark Any chance collision and light up in the dark There you stand before me, all that fur and all that hair Oh do I dare... I have the touch Wanting contact I'm wanting contact I'm wanting contact with you Shake those hands, shake those hands Oh give me the thing I understand Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake hands, shake hands Any social occasion, it's hello, how do you do? All those introductions, I never miss my cue So before a question, so before a doubt My hand moves out and... I have the touch Wanting contact I'm wanting contact I'm wanting contact with you Shake those hands, shake those hands, Give me the thing I understand Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake those hands, shake those hands Shake those hands, shake those hands Pull my chin, stroke my hair, scratch my nose, hug my knees Try drink, food, cigarette, tension will not ease I tap my fingers, fold my arms, breathe in deep, cross my legs Shrug my shoulders, stretch my back - but nothing seems to please I need contact I need contact Nothing seems to please I need contact Oh, I need contact Yes, I need contact Tac, tac, tac, contact Tac, tac, tac, contact Tac, tac, tac, contact |
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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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Zaar
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Biko
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September '77 Port Elizabeth, weather fine It was business as usual In police room 619 Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja The man is dead When I try to sleep at night I can only dream in red The outside world is black and white With only one colour dead Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja, The man is dead You can blow out a candle But you can't blow out a fire Once the flame begins to catch The wind will blow it higher Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja The man is dead And the eyes of the world are Watching now, watching now |