Genesis - Down And Out

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Song Lyrics

It`s good to be here! How`ve you been?
Check my bags, boy! Where`s my room?
I sit on the phone, that`s my game,
Keep up the pressure all the way!

I don`t want to beat about the bush
but none of us are getting any younger.
There`s people out there who could take your place.
A more commercial view! A fresher face!

I need a shower, take a nap
I`ll meet you in the bar, we must have a rap.
There`s a lot on the line, a lot to say.
There`s something I must tell you today.

You and I both know the score,
you can`t go on like this forever.
So it`s with regret that I tell you now
that from this moment on,
you`re on your own!

I don`t talk round corners, it`s right between the eyes
If you`re slow they`ll run past you,
Stand tall, see them falling over.
I walk a straight line, it`s right between the eyes.
Well show me the door, show me someone who`ll do it better.

The drinks are on me, be my guest.
Smoke a cigar? Take the best.
Don`t hedge your bets, we can make a deal,
you got it in your pocket, how do you feel?

So glad that`s over, now you know,
but I`m only acting under orders.
And looking down on you from way up here.
You`ve got to sink or swim, get off the floor!

I don`t talk round corners, it`s right between the eyes
If you`re slow they`ll run past you,
Stand tall, see them falling over,
I walk a straight line, right between the eyes.
Well show me the door, show me someone who`ll do it better.

Release History

02 April 2007

1976 - 1982

1. Dance On A Volcano (6:30)
2. Entangled (6:29)
3. Squonk (7:12)
4. Mad Man Moon (4:14)
5. Robbery, Assault & Battery (6:39)
6. Ripples (10:28)
7. A Trick Of The Tail (4:35)
8. Los Endos (7:14)
9. Robbery, Assault And Battery [Video Clip] (6:19)
10. Ripples... [Video Clip] (8:02)
11. A Trick Of The Tail [Video Clip] (4:24)
12. Reissue Interviews 2007 (14:08)
13. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (4:08)
14. Fly On A Windshield (3:04)
15. Carpet Crawlers (5:23)
16. The Cinema Show (11:04)
17. Supper's Ready (23:18)
18. 'White Rocks' Premiere Programme 1977 [Stills Gallery]
19. Eleventh Earl Of Mar (7:46)
20. One For The Vine (10:41)
21. Your Own Special Way (6:20)
22. Wot Gorilla? (3:21)
23. All In A Mouse's Night (6:39)
24. Blood On The Rooftops (5:30)
25. Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers... (2:20)
26. ...In That Quiet Earth (4:56)
27. Afterglow (4:11)
28. (Interview) (5:54)
29. World Tour Programme 1977 [Stills Gallery]
30. Down And Out (5:29)
31. Underlow (4:47)
32. Ballad Of Big (4:51)
33. Snowbound (4:31)
34. Burning Rope (7:53)
35. Deep In The Motherlode (5:55)
36. Many Too Many (3:32)
37. Scenes From A Night's Dream (3:30)
38. Say It's Allright Joe (4:21)
39. The Lady Lies (6:08)
40. Follow You Follow Me (3:59)
41. Many Too Many [Video Clip] (3:33)
42. Follow You Follow Me [Video Clip] (3:58)
43. Three Dates With Genesis 1978 [Documentary] (48:53)
44. Japanese Tour Programme 1978 [Stills Gallery]
45. Knebworth Tour Programme 1978 [Stills Gallery]
46. German Festival Programme 1978 [Stills Gallery]
47. Behind The Lines (5:43)
48. Duchess (3:56)
49. Guide Vocal (1:21)
50. Man Of Our Times (5:35)
51. Misunderstanding (3:12)
52. Heathaze (4:60)
53. Turn It On Again (3:41)
54. Alone Tonight (3:57)
55. Cul-De-Sac (5:05)
56. Please Don't Ask (4:02)
57. Duke's Travels (9:32)
58. Duke's End (2:10)
59. Duchess [Video Clip] (3:55)
60. Misunderstanding [Video Clip] (3:08)
61. Turn It On Again [Video Clip] (3:47)
62. In The Cage (7:49)
63. (Drum Solo Duel) (0:56)
64. World Tour Programme 1980 [Stills Gallery]
65. Abacab (8:37)
66. No Reply At All (4:00)
67. Me And Sarah Jane (6:08)
68. Keep It Dark (4:32)
69. Dodo/Lurker (7:32)
70. Who Dunnit? (3:25)
71. Man On The Corner (3:53)
72. Like It Or Not (4:59)
73. Another Record (4:00)
74. Abacab [Video Clip] (4:11)
75. No Reply At All [Video Clip] (4:02)
76. Keep It Dark [Video Clip] (4:11)
77. Man On The Corner [Video Clip] (3:39)
78. World Tour Programme 1981 [Stills Gallery]
79. Paperlate (From E.P. 3X3 – 1982) (3:25)
80. Evidence Of Autumn (B-Side To Misunderstanding – 1980) (4:58)
81. Pigeons (From E.P. Spot The Pigeon – 1977) (3:15)
82. You Might Recall (From E.P. 3X3 – 1982) (5:35)
83. Naminanu (B-Side To Keep It Dark – 1981) (3:54)
84. Inside And Out (From E.P. Spot The Pigeon – 1977) (6:48)
85. Vancouver (Part Of Double B-Side To Many Too Many – 1978) (3:03)
86. Me And Virgil (From E.P. 3X3 – 1982) (6:19)
87. Its Yourself (B-Side To Your Own Special Way - 1977) (6:15)
88. Match Of The Day (From E.P. Spot The Pigeon – 1977) (3:30)
89. Open Door (B-Side To Duchess – 1980) (4:06)
90. The Day The Light Went Out (Part Of Double B-Side To Many Too Many – 1978) (3:12)
91. Submarine (B-Side To Man On The Corner – 1982) (4:38)
92. Paperlate [Video Clip] (3:06)
93. Reissues Interviews 2007 (4:52)

23 March 1978

...And Then There Were Three...

1. Down And Out (5:29)
2. Undertow (4:49)
3. Ballad Of Big (4:51)
4. Snowbound (4:31)
5. Burning Rope (7:53)
6. Deep In The Motherlode (5:55)
7. Many Too Many (3:32)
8. Scenes From A Night's Dream (3:30)
9. Say It's Alright Joe (4:21)
10. The Lady Lies (6:08)
11. Follow You Follow Me (3:59)

2009

Greatest Hits Part One (1970 - 1978)

1. Looking For Someone (7:04)
2. The Knife (Part 1) (3:17)
3. The Musical Box (11:03)
4. For Absent Friends (1:44)
5. Watcher Of The Skies (7:43)
6. Time Table (4:40)
7. Can-Utility And The Coastliners (5:45)
8. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (8:58)
9. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (4:08)
10. Firth Of Fifth (10:11)
11. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (4:50)
12. Fly On A Windshield (3:04)
13. Broadway Melody Of 1974 (2:17)
14. Cuckoo Cocoon (2:09)
15. Lilywhite Lilith (2:36)
16. Anyway (3:31)
17. Dance On A Volcano (6:30)
18. Entangled (6:29)
19. Squonk (7:12)
20. Mad Man Moon (4:14)
21. A Trick Of The Tail (4:35)
22. Eleventh Earl Of Mar (7:46)
23. One For The Vine (10:41)
24. Your Own Special Way (6:20)
25. Blood On The Rooftops (5:30)
26. Afterglow (4:11)
27. Down And Out (5:29)
28. Undertow (4:49)
29. Snowbound (4:31)