Slowburn lyrics
Artist Name - Peter Gabriel
Song Lyrics - Slowburn
 Send Peter Gabriel "Slowburn" Ringtones to your Cell  We're character actors from the Tower of Babel Bewildered, burned out hardly able To sit astride the high wire cable It's hard to balance, a little unstable. Through broken eyes and contact lenses (I) Watched you draw your future tenses See kisses of flame blow out of your lips You're back telling me your Apocalypse. Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong When the slowburn sunset come along You've gotta stay the night I gotta think that you might. We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills We've tried making movies from a volume of stills (But) the words fell like hailstones, bouncing at our feet, Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet. A chance to move, I take a shot I get cold - you get hot We look outside, lyin' awake See birds breaking surface on a silent lake. But don't get me wrong, I'll be strong When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon Dont get me wrong, I'll be strong When the slow burn sunset come along You've got to stay the night I've got to think that you might. Don't try (to) make it easy, it'll cut you down to size Darlin' we've got to trust in something We're shooting down our skies shooting down (shooting down) our skies (shooting down our ...) |
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don't ask me why We're celebratin' anticipatin'; end of the year everybody come, ....
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have time 'Cos I hear we're sending off the heroes When the yera ....
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Moribund The Burgermeister
Caught in the chaos in the market square I don't know what,
I don't know why, but something's wrong down there Their bodies twistin' and ....
Solsbury Hill
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 ....
Modern Love
Hey, I'm feeling so dirty, you're looking so clean All you can
give is a spin in your washing machine I fly off to Rome ....
Excuse Me
Excuse me You're wearing out my joie de vie Grabbing those good
years again I want to be alone Excuse me I'm not the man ....
Humdrum
I saw the man at J.F.K. He took your ticket yesterday In
the humdrum I ride tandem with a random Things don't run the way ....
Slowburn
We're character actors from the Tower of Babel Bewildered, burned out hardly
able To sit astride the high wire cable It's hard to balance, a ....
Waiting For The Big One
The wine's all drunk and so am I Here with the hoi-poloi,
don't ask me why We're celebratin' anticipatin'; end of the year everybody come, ....
Down The Dolce Vita
"Hey Mac, see you down the Dolce Vita! "Get back, we don't
have time 'Cos I hear we're sending off the heroes When the yera ....
Here Comes The Flood
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 ....
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