@ALBUM: singles Songs: Happy the Man Twilight Alehouse The Shepherd Pacidy Let Us Make Love Vancouver I'd Rather Be You On the Shoreline @SONG: Happy The Man (Genesis) (Stratsong/Carlin Music Corp 1972) Happy the Man was released as a single (A-side - HTM, B-side - Seven Stones) in October 1972. Happy The Man - he lives a simple life He doesn't have much - it doesn't worry him Where you go - where? Yeah, yeah, yeah, nowhere Like a nun with a gun - I'm wonderful fun Laughing all through - just watching you Seems a very stupid game... But I don't care Happy the man - he doesn't buzz around Nothing he wants - any more than anything Where you go - where? Yeah, yeah, yeah, nowhere Like a fool in the pool - I'm incredibly cool With a grin on my chin - I'm certain to win Someone says he's Jesus Christ - but I don't care He is a good man... @SONG: Twilight Alehouse (Genesis) (Quartet/Carlin Music Corp 1973) Twilight Alehouse was released as a one-sided flexidisc in October 1973 (free with Zig Zag Magazine.) T.A was also released as a B-side to 'I Know What I like' but only in France and Italy in Feruary 1974. Is it really true what they're saying Are you really sure there's nobody come for me When I'm walking home there is no-one Once there was a house, and the laughter so warm Trying to pretend there is someone Someone who will care when they're needed I will now receive my comfort, conjured by the magic power Just a drink and I'm feeling good Just a drink (I'll get that drink) and I'm feeling fine Just a drink to take my sorrow Just a drink and you can laugh tomorrow Just a drink to make me feel like a man again... Now I'm down When I walk outside, there is nowhere Children follow me, with their laughter so cold... Passing just a glance at the churchyard Casting just a glance, at my painted female friend Now I'm on my way, I am falling Got to find some help, I will need that now So I will receive my comfort... @SONG: The Shepherd - Genesis (1970) Rise up! Take your mar and sing! Listen! To the news I bring! Frosty breath on the window, See a friend in the snow that gently falls. Feel the truth in those sad eyes See the smile that's so rare Just like the love she waits for... And she plays a game of her own As she sleeps within the firelight For her dreams are incredibly wild But they're gone and lost forever, with the dawn. Fair and friend of the Fleece spoke, Warrior brave, shepherd wise, fair prince of peace. Someone waits in the doorway On a white horse he comes and holds out the hand She waits for... So they ride through a valley of mist To a castle in the heavens Where he lays her down to rest But he's lost and gone forever, with the dawn. See her writhe in her dream, then... Mermaids sing in the sunset Sadly asking if beauty ever walks free? But Queen Frost only whispers Maidens you will remain, to be free. See her writhe in her dreams... Lord of the seven sons! Keeper of the keys of time! (Hear me) @SONG: Pacidy - Genesis (1970) Pacidy my love, Glowing ember of evening Your eyes are frozen with guilt. I read my fate on your cheeks, The smoldering coals of a passion Once a meadow of hope. Days of minstrals and bright steeds, Autumn lights and silk sheets. Your tender battle shadow on me Sends a lavender kiss-es, soft and warm, The union of strength in a love against life, Love against life. Pacidy my love, Your touch so limp was once frenzied Your argon lips were once sweet. A life has passed through my hands My spirits sift in a stale sigh, Did love exist as a dream? Mother fawn of a pine wood, Shepherdess of my grief Veils a freedom not for me, Far beyond the steep ridge. Where blizzards, blast the spirit of man, The frailest of beasts, frailest of beasts. Where blizzards, blast the spirit of man, The frailest of beasts, frailest of beasts. Where blizzards, blast the spirit of man, The frailest of beasts, frailest of beasts. @SONG: Let Us Make Love - Genesis (1970) Please, I beg you hear this humble voice. Please, pale orchid flower, a music of my soul. Alone, upon the windswept way Descends the nightengale, She swoops to soothe my aching brow Let us now make love. Please, I beg you hear this humble voice. Please, my emerald goddess, wash away the wounds. Alone, the pilgrim thirsts and falls The Queen runs to his form, She stoops to soothe his aching brow Let us now make love. Make love, make love, let us, let us, let us Make love, love, sweet heavenly love, love I promise you life will be good, love, love If you just stand down and try, love, love To be one with, so feel pride. Let us make love 'til the end of time, now and forever. Please, I beg you hear this humble voice. Please, dear oyster shell reveal your hidden pearl. Alone, the deaf, the sick, the blind Turn grimly for the knife, The prophet stoops to soothe their brow Let us now make love. Make love, make love, let us, let us, let us Make love, love, sweet heavenly love, love I promise you life will be good, love, love If you just stand down and try, love, love To be one with, so feel pride. Let us make love 'til the end of time, now and forever. Please, I beg you hear this humble voice. Come, let's walk the windy roads to find the truth. Revealed, each part has now been played Your beauty will not fade So cling to me, fulfull your vow, Let us now make love. Love, love, sweet heavenly love, love I promise you life will be good, love, love If you just stand down and try, love, love To be one with, so feel pride. Let us make love 'til the end of time, now and forever. Let us now make love 'til the end of time. @SONG: Vancouver She packed her bags and dressed Long before sunrise No one knew She told them many times About how she would teach them And now it's time Standing quietly by the door Her face is numb with fear She stops and then goes on Leave forever It's now or never Quickly walking down the street It's cold and grey, dawn breaking But she don't know (she don't know) Why she feels so grown up now And life is just beginning She don't know (she don't know) She's standing in the pouring rain Her makeup's running down She wonders now she's here Where will I go? Who do I know? Now now she's not quite so sure I may be wrong but home seems so much more friendly now And they may worry but she doesn't want them to It's causing pain, that's not the thing she set out to do So she's back in bed before Anyone can miss her She feels good (she feels good) Knowing the chance was there Deciding not to take it That's her choice (that's her choice) And she's still awake Her mom comes in Me and dad we've had a chat And we're sorry for the things we said Please forgive us You wouldn't leave us.... @SONG: Feeding The Fire You are terrified by the smallest sound Because you live your life in such a sheltered world As all those who surround you Well I have seen you stung by poisonous flies And you suffer much to much from their bites There you sit in your comfort watching other people get caught by the storm Many a thing that used to be a secret Has become so talked about Not worth a second thought There's different kinds of secrets now Times change, it's not enough to say It seemed a good idea a hundred years ago You think it's not your problem It really doesn't matter at all Every stone that's thrown must fall to the ground But you don't give a thought to where they might come down Cos you are feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted Anywhere that they don't speak the same And any place that they don't think the same You think it's not your problem No no (keyboard solo) do do dododo You think it's not your problem It really doesn't matter at all Oh......... Maybe it's not your fate to be a leader of men But you just leave it all to someone else and complain You could be so much stronger but it really doesn't matter any longer Cos you are feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted Cos you are feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted @SONG: I'd Rather Be You Ooohhh..... You know I never wanted to be closer And I'll still be here until it's over I never wanted to be closer But you'll be back I could've told you Well I always knew Yes I could see it coming Your ambitious streak You always want things beyond your reach Well now you've got what you wanted And you're free to be the things You always said you'd be You're up there looking down Tell me what do you see? Cos you know I never wanted to be closer And I'll still be here until it's over I never wanted to be closer But you'll be back I could've told you Well it seems to me That you've got to fight for yourself In this world we live in It's dog eat dog and never give in While ..... are holding the aces Don't throw it away cos you know I'd rather be you than me Up there looking down Tell me what do you see? (keyboard solo) hey hey yeah You know I never wanted to be closer And I'll still be here until it's over I never wanted to be closer But you'll be back I could've told you It's been a long time coming But at last we seem to be moving on Straight ahead We're finally getting something done Time flies and before you know it You'll be getting closer to where You always knew you'd be You're up there looking down Tell me what do you see? You know I never wanted to be closer And I'll still be here until it's over I never wanted to be closer But you'll be back I could've told you @SONG: On The Shoreline Well, there's a place where two worlds collide, The pale stone against the pull of the tide. You can stay with your feet on the ground Or step into the water, leave the dry behind On the shoreline Meet me on the shoreline Where you can only swim if you try Well, if there's somewhere on the other side, It might be better, it might be as bad. Someday soon you'll have to make a move, 'Cause you can't stay forever, oh, just waiting On the shoreline Meet me on the shoreline Take me over Lead me through Well, can you take me there, to the other side, Where everything is new, uncertain and strange? Don't ever let me go 'til we get there. I don't know what it is I'm looking for, And until it's found I won't be sure... Well, there are squares in the game of life When you can keep on moving or turn aside. Yes, there are times when you have to decide, To put your feet in the water or stay On the shoreline (on the shoreline) Meet me on the shoreline (on the shoreline) Where you can only swim if you try I'll be there On the shoreline (on the shoreline) I'll be there on the shoreline (on the shoreline) Where you can only swim if you try I'll be there I'll be there Oh Yes, I'll be there I'll be there (fade)