Genesis Lyrics

Genesis Chord and Tabs

Alien Afternoon (Banks/Rutherford) Woke up in the morning staggered out of bed Thought about getting back again, but went downstairs in...

Calling All Stations Calling all stations Can anybody tell me, tell me exactly where I am I've lost all sense of directio...
Calling All Stations Chords and Tabs

Congo You say that I put chains on you But I don't think that's really true But if you want to be free fro...
Congo Chords and Tabs

If That's What You Need Talking makes us human that's what I was told So why do I find it so difficult to let my feelings un...

Not About Us (Banks/Rutherford/Wilson) A little piece of something Falling gently down down down No one understands you like I do I'd rath...

One Man's Fool As the buildings crumble, tumble to the ground And the dust-filled smoke rises in the air You know t...

Shipwrecked I'm a million miles from anywhere, where can I be Somewhere out on the ocean Just take a look out on...

Small Talk Don't talk back to me, don't talk back to me Don't talk back to me, don't talk Going round in circl...

The Dividing Line There has always been a dividing line But you choose, you choose, yes you choose not to see it And t...

There Must Be Some Other Way You're no longer part of my life I must remind myself again Too much has happened to us to cause eac...

Uncertain Weather A day of uncertain weather Captured in a frame forever A face in a faded photograph He must have ha...

Anything She Does You know, You decorate the garage walls, Hang in people's halls, Live in secret drawers, If you coul...

Domino In The Glow Of The Night The grey of evening fills the room, There's no need to look outside, To ...

In Too Deep All that time I was searching, nowhere to run to, it started me thinking, Wondering what I could mak...

Invisible Touch Well I've been waiting, waiting here so long But thinking nothing, nothing could go wrong, ooh now I...
Invisible Touch Chords and Tabs

Land Of Confusion I must've dreamed a thousand dreams Been haunted by a million screams But I can hear the marching fe...
Land Of Confusion Chords and Tabs

The Brazilian (Instrumental) ...

Throwing It All Away Need I say I love you Need I say I care Need I say that emotion's, Something we don't share I don't ...
Throwing It All Away Chords and Tabs

Tonight, Tonight, Tonight I'm coming down, coming down like a monkey, but it's alright Like a load on your back that you can't...

For Absent Friends Sunday at six when they close both the gates a widowed pair, still sitting there, Wonder if they're ...
For Absent Friends Chords and Tabs

Harlequin Came the night a mist dissolved the trees And in the broken light colours fly, fading by. Pale and c...

Harold The Barrel News: A well-known Bognor restaurant-owner disappeared early this...

Seven Stones I heard the old man tell his tale: Tinker, alone within a storm, And losing hope he clears the leav...

The Fountain Of Salmacis Hermaphrodite: a flower containing both male and female organs; a person or animal of both sexes. ...
The Fountain Of Salmacis Chords and Tabs

The Musical Box While Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor (8) was playing croquet with Cynthia Jane De Blaise-William (9), s...
The Musical Box Chords and Tabs

The Return Of The Giant Hogweed Turn and run! Nothing can stop them, Around every river and canal their power is growing. Stamp them...

A Trick Of The Tail TBored of the life on the city of gold He'd left and let nobody know. Gone were the towers he had kn...

Dance On A Volcano Holy Mother of God You've got to go faster than that to get to the top. Dirty old mountain All cover...
Dance On A Volcano Chords and Tabs

Entangled When you're asleep they may show you Aerial views of the ground, Freudian slumber empty of sound. O...
Entangled Chords and Tabs

Los Endos There's an angel standing in the sun. There's an angel standing in the sun, Free to get back home. ...

Mad Man Moon Was it summer when the river ran dry, Or was it just another dam. When the evil of a snowflake in Ju...

Ripples Bluegirls come in every size Some are wise and some otherwise, They got pretty blue eyes. For an hou...
Ripples Chords and Tabs

Robbery, Assault & Battery The streets were deserted though the police were alerted, They considered the phone call a hoax. Fur...

Squonk afLike father like son Not flesh nor fish nor bone A red rag hangs from an open mouth. Alive at both...
Squonk Chords and Tabs

Home By The Sea Creeping up the blind side, shinning up the wall stealing thru the dark of night Climbing thru a win...
Home By The Sea Chords and Tabs

Illegal Alien Got out of bed, wasn't feeling too good With my wallet and my passport, a new pair of shoes The sun ...

It's Gonna Get Better Reach out, hands in the air, Don't care just what they're saying Hold out, just keep on hoping again...

Just A Job To Do It's no use saying that it's all right, it's all right. But where were you after midnight, midnight....

Mama I can't see you, mama But I can hardly wait To touch and to feel you, mama Oh, I just can't keep awa...
Mama Chords and Tabs

Second Home By The Sea Images of sorrow, pictures of delight things that go to make up a life endless days of summer longer...

Silver Rainbow Rivers flow uphill blue turns into grey winter follows springtime morning ends the day beyond the si...

Taking It All Too Hard No not this confused again No not the same mistakes again. You're taking it all to heart You're taki...

That's All Just as I thought it was going alright I find out I'm wrong, when I thought I was right s'always the...
That's All Chords and Tabs

Dusk See my hand is moving, Touching all that's real. And once it stroked love's body, Now it claws the p...
Dusk Chords and Tabs

Looking For Someone Looking for someone, I guess I'm doing that, Trying to find a mem'ry in a dark room. Dirty man, you'...

Stagnation To Thomas S. Eiselberg, a very rich man, who was wise enough to spend all his fortunes in burying hi...

The Knife For Those that Trespass against us Tell me my life is about to begin Tell me that I am a hero,...
The Knife Chords and Tabs

Visions Of Angels Standing in a forest gazing at the sun looking at the trees but there's not even one See a rippli...

White Mountain Thin hung the web like a trap in a cage, The fox lay asleep in his lair. Fang's frantic paws told th...
White Mountain Chords and Tabs

Afterglow Like the dust that settles all around me, I must find a new home. The ways and holes that used to gi...
Afterglow Chords and Tabs

Firth Of Fifth The path is clear Though no eyes can see The course laid down long before. And so with gods and ...
Firth Of Fifth Chords and Tabs

I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) It's one o'clock and time for lunch, When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench I can always hea...

Supper's Ready Lovers' Leap Walking across the sitting-room, I turn the television off. Sitting beside you, I lo...
Supper's Ready Chords and Tabs

The Carpet Crawlers He returns from his mixed-up memories to the passage he was previously stuck in. This time he discov...
The Carpet Crawlers Chords and Tabs

The Cinema Show Home from work our Juliet Clears her morning meal. She dabs her skin with pretty smells Concealing t...
The Cinema Show Chords and Tabs

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Genesis) Early morning Manhattan, Ocean winds bl...
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Chords and Tabs

Driving The Last Spike In the early 1800's, large groups of mainly unskilled labourers built England's Railways. The cost i...

Drum Duet Instrumental. ...

Fading Lights Another time it might have been so different oh if only we could do it all again but now it's just a...

Ballad Of Big Big Jim Cooley commanded respect, whatever he wanted he could get. The badge on his waistcoat shone ...

Burning Rope The warming sun, the cooling rain, The snowflake drifting on the breath of the breeze, The lightning...

Deep In The Motherlode Get out of the way fat man. You got something to do Go fill up your hands till they're shining up at...

Down And Out It's good to be here! How've you been? Check my bags, boy! Where's my room? I sit on the phone, that...

Follow You Follow Me Stay with me, My love I hope you'll always be Right here by my side if ever I need you Oh my love I...
Follow You Follow Me Chords and Tabs

Many Too Many Many too many have stood where I stand Many more will stand here too, I think what I find strange is...
Many Too Many Chords and Tabs

Say It's Alright Joe Say it's alright Joe, I need another drink To blow on the glass so I know I'm alive Play me a song ...

Scenes From A Night's Dream Little Nemo rubbed his eyes and got out of bed, trying hard to piece together a broken dream. His vi...

Snowbound Lay your body down upon the midnight snow, Feel the cold of winter in your hair Here in a world of y...
Snowbound Chords and Tabs

The Lady Lies The man steps out in the moonlight At the sound of a scream from below. He thinks he is a warrior So...

Undertow The curtains are drawn Now the fire warms the room. Meanwhile outside Wind from the north-east chill...
Undertow Chords and Tabs

Get 'Em Out By Friday John Pebble of Styx Enterprises "Get 'em out by Friday! You don't get paid till the last one'...
Get 'Em Out By Friday Chords and Tabs

The Knife (live version) Tell me my life is about to begin, Tell me that I'm a hero, Promise me all of you violent dreams...

Watcher Of The Skies Watcher of the skies watcher of all His is a world alone no world is his own, He whom life can no lo...

Anyway He panics, feels around for a stone and hurls it at the brightest point. The sound of breaking glass...
Anyway Chords and Tabs

Back In N.Y.C. No-one seems to take up the chase, and with the familiar faces fresh in his mind he moves into a rec...

Broadway Melody Of 1974 Echoes of the Broadway Everglades With her mythical Madonna still walking in her shades Lenny Bruce ...

Counting Out Time The palpitating cherry-red organ was returned to its rightful place and began to beat faster as it l...
Counting Out Time Chords and Tabs

Cuckoo Cocoon Rael regains consciousness in some musky half-light. He is warmly wrapped in some sort of cocoon. Th...
Cuckoo Cocoon Chords and Tabs

Fly On A Windshield The sky is overcast and as Rael looks back a dark cloud is descending like a balloon into Times Squa...
Fly On A Windshield Chords and Tabs

Hairless Heart It's Instrumental! ...
Hairless Heart Chords and Tabs

Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist Exhausted by all this conjecture, our hero gets the chance in a lifetime to meet his hero: Death. De...

In The Cage I got sunshine in my stomach Like I just rocked my baby to sleep. I got sunshine in my stomach But I...

In The Rapids He dives down into the cold water. At first he is thrown onto the rocks, and pulled under the water ...

It Rael cannot look away from those eyes, mesmerized by his own image. In a quick movement, his conscio...

Lilywhite Lilith The chamber was in confusion - all the voices shouting loud. I could only just hear, a voice quite n...

Ravine Instrumental Album: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Location: CD2, Track 8 Artist: Genesis ...

Riding The Scree He rushes to the cliff and scrambles down the rocks. It takes him a long time to get down to the wat...

Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats Instrumental Album: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Location:CD2, Track 6 Artist:Genesis ...

The Chamber Of 32 Doors At the top of the stairs he finds a chamber. It is almost a hemisphere with a great many doors all t...

The Colony Of Slippermen The Arrival Leaving by the same door from which he had come in, he finds some sort of freaks ghett...

The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging When all this revolution is over, he sits down on a highly polished floor while his dizziness fades ...

The Lamia Rael touches his face to confirm that he is still alive. He writes Death off as an illusion, but not...
The Lamia Chords and Tabs

The Light Dies Down On Broadway He follows a small path running along the top, and watches the tube bobbing up and down in the water...

The Waiting Room It's Instrumental! ...

Alone Tonight There's nothing here that I can understand And no one cares I'm a lonely man I touch your face and I...
Alone Tonight Chords and Tabs

Behind The Lines I held the book so tightly in my hands, I saw your picture, heard you call my name There was somethi...

Cul-De-Sac Wake up now, this is the time you've waited for. Far below, where shadows fester as they grow, An a...

Duchess Times were good, She never thought about the future, she just did what she would Oh but she really c...

Duke's End (Instrumental) ...

Duke's Travels I am the one who guided you this far, All you know and all you feel. Nobody must know my name For no...

Guide Vocal I am the one who guided you this far, All you know and all you feel. Nobody must know my name For no...
Guide Vocal Chords and Tabs

Heathaze No cloud, a sleepy calm, Sunbaked earth that's cooled by gentle breeze, And trees with rustling leav...
Heathaze Chords and Tabs

Man Of Our Times I'm one of many, I speak for the rest but I don't understand Tonight tonight, oh tonight, tonight He...

Misunderstanding There must be some misunderstanding There must be some kind of mistake I waited in the rain for hour...
Misunderstanding Chords and Tabs

Please Don't Ask Ooh please don't ask me how I feel, I feel fine Oh I cry a bit, I don't sleep too good, but I'm fine...
Please Don't Ask Chords and Tabs

Turn It On Again All I need is a TV show, that and the radio Down on my luck again, down on my luck again I can show ...

Dreaming While You Sleep In and out of darkness, in and out of sleep trying to keep my hands upon the wheel. Never saw the co...

Hold On My Heart Hold on my heart just hold on to that feeling we both know we've been here before we both know what ...
Hold On My Heart Chords and Tabs

I Can't Dance Hot sun beating down burning my feet just walking around. Hot sun making me sweat 'Gators getting c...
I Can't Dance Chords and Tabs

Jesus He Knows Me You see the face on the TV screen coming at you every Sunday see that face on the billboard that man...
Jesus He Knows Me Chords and Tabs

Living Forever I'm feeling so confused today they've gone and changed the rules again cos in my life I'm trying har...

Never A Time There is never a time to say cos it seems to me we've lost our way so we carry on, down the road and...

No Son Of Mine Well the key to my survival was never in much doubt the question was how I could keep sane trying to...
No Son Of Mine Chords and Tabs

Since I Lost You It seems in a moment, your whole world can shatter like morning dreams they just disappear like dust...
Since I Lost You Chords and Tabs

Tell Me Why Mothers crying in the street Children dying at their feet, tell me why, ooh tell me why People starv...

Way Of The World If you take the tears from crying eyes will the hurt just disappear put a weapon in the hands of a f...

A Place To Call My Own And I've nearly found a place to call my own Waking gently feel her presence near Devil shattered, ...

A Winter's Tale The winter's bitterness is lost It's the fireside warmth that comforts me The peace for all my thoug...

Am I Very Wrong? Am I very wrong To hide behind the glare from an open minded stare Am I very wrong To wander in the ...

Fireside Song As daybreak breaks the mist upon the earth It came to pass that beauty settled there forever more An...

Image Blown Out (Early demo - Only on new release of FGTR) People moving about the town upside down, you know why Little bits of coloured glass in the sky Chil...

In Hiding Pick me up, put me down Push me in, turn me round Switch me on, let me go - I have a mind of my own ...
In Hiding Chords and Tabs

In Limbo Please take me away Far from this place Leaving me here Take me away To the furthest star in the sk...

In The Beginning Ocean of motion Squirming around and up and down Pushing together Scattering mountains all around yo...

In The Wilderness Leaving all the world to play they disappear And the leaves have gathered dust to run like deer Tear...

One Day Don't get me wrong I think I'm in love But the feeling in the word is more Than your crystal eyes wi...

One-Eyed Hound Mister you've been caught at last Chasing dogs in the moonlight This man committed a sin Thi...

She's So Beautiful (Early demo - Only on new release of FGTR) Cool as ice yet brittle as glass A nervous wreck with a sweet facade You're breaking up You're break...

Silent Sun The silent sun that never shines She is the warmth of my lonely heart The motion of a turning wheel ...

That's Me Every morning when the people are out And I'm free move around on my own I look into the sun and I s...

The Conqueror He climbs inside the looking glass And points at anything he hates He calls to you, "Hey look o...

The Serpent Dark night, planets are set Creator prepares for the dawn of man You're waking up, the day of incarn...

Where The Sour Turns To Sweet We're waiting for you Come and join us now We need you with us Come and join us now Look i...

Window Slowly I stretch out my arms, freely Shadows of night disappear Rise from the slough of despond, fin...
Window Chords and Tabs

...In That Quiet Earth (Instrumental) ...

All In A Mouse's Night Loving Couple: I can't see you but I know you're there. Got to get beside you cos it's reall...

Blood On The Rooftops Dark and grey, an English film, the Wednesday Play We always watch the Queen on Christmas Day Won't ...
Blood On The Rooftops Chords and Tabs

Eleventh Earl Of Mar The sun had been up for a couple of hours, Covered the ground with a layer of gold. Spirits were hig...

One For The Vine Fifty thousand men were sent to do the will of one. His claim was phrased quite simply, though he ne...

Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers... (Instrumental) ...

Wot Gorilla? (Instrumental) ...

Your Own Special Way Go far enough and you will reach, A place where the sea runs underneath. We'll see our shadow, high ...
Your Own Special Way Chords and Tabs

Abacab Look up on the wall, there on the floor, Under the pillow, behind the door. There's a crack in the m...

Another Record It's funny you know, 'Cos there's an old rock 'n' roller He's got nowhere to go. Did you ever think ...

Dodo Too big to fly, dodo ugly so dodo must die, Doggo with fear on its side, can't change, can't change ...

Keep It Dark Found that man reported missing, He wandered in his home. It don't seem to bad if you consider Just ...

Like It Or Not Ah, don't you know, I've been on my own But I'm coming home. And I'd like you to be there, I feel a ...
Like It Or Not Chords and Tabs

Lurker Meanwhile lurking by a stone in the mud Two eyes looked to see what I was and Then something spoke a...

Man On The Corner See the lonely man there on the corner, What he's waiting for, I don't know, But he waits everyday n...

Me And Sarah Jane The fires are burning in another land, Don't start counting, don't start counting. Colder and colder...

No Reply At All Talk to me, you never talk to me. Ooh, it seems that I can speak. But I can hear my voice shouting o...

Who Dunnit? Was it you or was it me? Or was it he or she? Was it A or was it B? Or was it X or Z? Was it you or...

After The Ordeal (Instrumental) ...
After The Ordeal Chords and Tabs

Aisle Of Plenty "I don't belong here", said old Tessa out loud. "Easy, love, there's the Safe Way ...

Dancing With The Moonlit Knight "Can you tell me where my country lies?" said the unifaun to his true love's eyes. "I...

More Fool Me Here am I Who while away the mornings Since you've gone Too long have I lay alone Not knowing which ...
More Fool Me Chords and Tabs

The Battle Of Epping Forest Taken from a news story concerning two rival gangs fighting over East-End Protection rights. Alon...

Can-Utility And The Coastliners The scattered pages of a book by the sea Held by the sand, washed by the waves A shadow forms cast b...

Horizons (Instrumental) ...
Horizons Chords and Tabs

Time Table A carved oak table, Tells a tale Of times when kings and queens sipped wine from goblets gold, And t...

Anything Now And whether you want it Or whether you hate it And try to battle it out Someday you may just come to...

Banjo Man Gimme a song I know, something I can relate to People never criticise the way I play Show me the way...

Do The Neurotic Released as B-side of "In Too Deep" single and "Land Of Confusion" CD single, 19...

Evidence Of Autumn The girl from all those songs Who made everything feel right She came in like an angel, into your lo...

Evil Jam Released as B-side of "The Carpet Crawlers" single, 1975. Live version of "The Wait...

Feeding The Fire Released as B-side of "Land Of Confusion" single, 1986. You are terrified by the smalle...

Happy The Man Released as a single, 1972. Produced by Genesis/John Anthony. Happy the man - he lives a simple l...

Hearts On Fire 1991. Released as B-side of "Jesus He Knows Me" single, 1992. In life there are those d...

I'd Rather Be You 1986. Released as B-side of single "Throwing It All Away", 1987. Ooh yeah You know I ne...

In The Air Tonight I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord And I've been waiting for this moment, all my life,...

Inside And Out Released on "Spot The Pigeon E.P.", 1977. INSIDE Brothe...
Inside And Out Chords and Tabs

It's Gonna Get Better (long version) Released as B-side of "Mama" 12" single, 1983. Reach out, hands in the air, Don't ...

It's Yourself Released as B-side of singles "Ripples", 1976 and "Your Own Special Way", 1977. ...

Let Us Now Make Love 1970. Officially unreleased. Please, I beg you hear this humble voice Please, pale orchid flower...

Match Of The Day Released on "Spot The Pigeon E.P.", 1977. There's the Reds and there's the Greens Super...

Me And Virgil Ma would never say what happened And we knew better than push too hard We knew we had all the chores...

On The Shoreline Released as B-side of "I Can't Dance" single, 1991. Well there's a place where two worl...

Open Door I see your smiling face, by the open door There's the morning light Shining in your hair, and in you...

Pacidy 1970. Officially unreleased. Pacidy, my love Glowing ember of evening Your eyes are frozen with g...

Papa He Said Oh Papa he said you must turn the lights down low Oh Papa he said that way no one will ever know And...

Paperlate Paperlate paperlate Paperlate paperlate Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but there is no one on the line Pap...

Pigeons Released on "Spot The Pigeon E.P.", 1977. Who put fifty tons of shit on the Foreign Off...
Pigeons Chords and Tabs

Run Out Of Time Ooh hear me, ooh hear me Time to tell the truth, no more lying By the light of a candle Through the ...

Sign Your Life Away Well I heard you sold them America You said it was built to last Price is right, the time is now You...

The Day The Light Went Out Released as B-side of "Many Too Many" single, 1978. When they went to bed that night no...

The Shepherd 1970. Officially unreleased. Rise up! Take your lyre and sing Listen! To the news I bring Frosty...

Twilight Alehouse 1971. Released as B-side of "I Know What I Like" single, 1974. Is it really true what ...

Vancouver Released as B-side of "Many Too Many" single, 1978. She packed her bags and dressed Lon...

You Might Recall What was it you said to me Back in the days when things looked fine 'bout how we would be together ...
You Might Recall Chords and Tabs