Genesis Live lyrics
Genesis song lyrics
Watcher Of The Skies (Banks, Rutherford) lyrics
A carved oak table,
Tells a tale
Of times when kings and queens sipped wine from goblets gold,
And the brave would lead their ladies from out of the room to arbours cool.
A time of valour, and legends born
A time when honour meant much more to a man than life
And the days knew only strife to tell right from wrong
Through lance and sword.
Why, why can we never be sure till we die
The Return Of The Giant Hogweed (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) lyrics
Turn and run!
Nothing can stop them,
Around every river and canal their power is growing.
Stamp them out!
We must destroy them,
They infiltrate each city with their thick dark warning odour.
They are invincible,
They seem immune to all our herbicidal battering.
Long ago in the Russian hills,
A Victorian explorer found the regal Hogweed by a marsh,
He captured it and brought it home.
The Knife (Banks, Gabriel) lyrics
For Those that Trespass against us
Tell me my life is about to begin
Tell me that I am a hero,
Promise me all of your violent dreams
Light up your body with anger.
Now, in this ugly world
it is time to destroy all this evil.
Now, when I give the word
get ready to fight for your freedom
Now -
Stand up and fight, for you know we are right
We must strike at the lies
Get 'Em Out By Friday (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford) lyrics
John Pebble of Styx Enterprises
Get 'em out by Friday!
You don't get paid till the last one's well on his way.
Get 'em out by Friday!
It's important that we keep to schedule, there must be no delay.
Mark Hall of Styx Enterprises (otherwise known as The Winkler )
I represent a firm of gentlemen who recently purchased this
house and all the others in the road,
The Musical Box (Banks, Collins, Gabriel, Hackett, Rutherford, Phillips, Barnard) lyrics
While Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor (8) was playing croquet with Cynthia Jane De Blaise-William (9), sweet-smiling Cynthia raised her mallet high and gracefully removed Henry's head. Two weeks later, in Henry's nursery, she discovered his treasured musical box. Eagerly she opened it and as Old King Cole began to play, a small spirit- figure appeared.

