Genesis - Old Medley lyrics

Holy Mother of God
You've got to go faster than that
To get to the top
Dirty old mountain all covered in smoke
She can turn you to stone
You better start doing it right
Yes, you better start doing it right
All right

You're halfway up and you're halfway down
The pack on your back
Keeps turning you around
Throw it away, you won't need it up there
And remember
You don't look back, whatever you do
Yes, you better start doing it right
All right
Yes, you better start doing it right

And the lamb lies down, down, down
Down on Broadway



Early morning Manhattan
Ocean winds blow in off the land
The Movie-Palace is now undone
The all-night watchmen have had their fun
Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show
It's the same old ending – it's time to go
Get out!
It seems they cannot leave their dream
There is something moving in
The sidewalk steam

And the lamb it lies down, down, down
Down on Broadway

Nighttime flyers feel their pains
Drugstore takes down it's chains
Metal motion comes in bursts
But the gas station can quench that thirst

Suspension cracked on an unmade road
The trucker's eyes, they read 'Overload'
And out on the subway
Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid
He Exit's in the daylight, spray gun hid
And the lamb it lies down, down, down
Down on Broadway on Broadway
On Broadway on Broadway

They say the lights are
Always bright on Broadway
They say there's always magic, in the air
Tonight, tonight, tonight
They say the lights are
Always bright on Broadway
They say there's always magic in the air

She's a lady, she's got time
Brush back your hair
And let me get to know your face
She's a lady, she is mine
Brush back your hair
And let me get to know your flesh
(Just let me look)

I've been waiting here for so long
And all this time passed me by
It hardly seems to matter now, not now

You stand there with your fixed expression
Just casting doubt on all I have to say
So why don't you touch me, touch me
Why don't you touch me, touch me
Touch me now, now, now, now, now
Now, now, now, now, now
Now, now, now, na, ha now
Now, now, now, now, now
Now, now, now, na, ha now

It's one o'clock and it's time for lunch
Bum de dum de dum, dum, dum
When the sun beats down
And I lie on me bench
I can always hear them talk

Ah, there's always been Ethel
"Jacob, wake up
You've got to tidy your room now!"
And then Mister Lewis:
"Isn't it time that he was out on his own?"
Over the garden wall
Two little lovebirds – cuckoo to you!
Keep them mowing blades sharp

I know what I like, and I like what I know
Getting better in your wardrobe
Stepping one beyond your show, oh
Your show, it's your show

I know, yes I know what I like, and I like
I like what I know
Is getting better in your wardrobe
Stepping one beyond your show, your show

Your show you know that is your show
Your show you know that is your show
Your show, you know
You know that is your show

When the sun beats down
And I lie on me bench
I can always hear them talk
Me, I'm just a lawnmower
You can tell me by the way I walk walk!

Well I just as I thought
It was going all right
I found out I'm wrong when
I thought I was right it's always the same
It's just a shame that's all
And I could say day, and you'd say night
And tell it's black when I
Know that it's white
It's always the same, it's just a shame
That's all

No, no, no
It's no fun being an illegal alien
No, no, it's no fun being an illegal alien
It's no fun being an illegal alien
No, no, no, no, no
It's no fun being an illegal alien

You have your own special way

And I will follow you, will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you, will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each passing year

I will follow you, will you follow me
All the days and nights that we know will be
I will stay with you, will you stay with me
Just one single tear in each
Passing year there will be

Ye, ye, ye, ye
Yes I know well I know what I like
And I like well I like what I know, I know
I know it's getting better in your wardrobe
Stepping one beyond your show
Your show you know it's your show