Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
(Genesis)

Early morning Manhattan,
Ocean winds blow on the land.

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 - time to go.
Get out!
It seems they cannot leave their dream.
There`s something moving in the sidewalk steam,
And the lamb lies down...on Broadway.

Nightime`s flyers feel their pains.
Drugstore take down the chains.
Metal motion comes in bursts,
The gas station can quench that thirst.
Suspension cracked on unmade road
The trucker`s eyes read `Overload`

And out on the subway,
Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid
Exits into daylight, spraygun hid,
And the lamb lies down...on Broadway.

The lamb seems right out of place,
Yet the Broadway street scene finds a focus in its face.
Somehow it`s lying there,
Brings a stillness to the air.
Though man-made light, at night is very bright,
There`s no whitewash victim,
As the neons dim, to the coat of white.


Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid
Wipes his gun - he`s forgotten what he did,

And the lamb lies down...on Broadway.

Suzanne tired her work all done,
Thinks money - honey - be on - neon.
Cabman`s velvet glove sounds the horn
And the sawdust king spits out his scorn.
Wonder women you can draw your blind!
Don`t look at me! I`m not your kind.
I`m Rael!
Something inside me has just begun,
Lord knows what I have done,
And the lamb lies down...on Broadway.
On Broadway -
They say the lights are always bright on Broadway.
They say there`s always magic in the air.

Remixes

Release History

2007

14 From Our Past

1. The Knife (8:57)
2. Happy The Man (3:07)
3. Watcher Of The Skies (7:43)
4. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (4:08)
5. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (4:50)
6. Squonk (7:12)
7. Your Own Special Way (6:20)
8. Follow You Follow Me (3:59)
9. Turn It On Again (3:41)
10. Abacab (8:37)
11. That's All (4:22)
12. Land Of Confusion (4:45)
13. Hold On My Heart (4:39)
14. Congo (4:04)

21 September 2009

1973 - 2007 Live

1. Watcher Of The Skies (7:43)
2. Get 'Em Out By Friday (8:33)
3. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed (7:58)
4. The Musical Box (11:03)
5. The Knife (8:57)
6. Back In New York City (6:10)
7. Fly On A Windshield (3:04)
8. Broadway Melody Of 1974 (2:17)
9. Anyway (3:31)
10. Chamber Of 32 Doors (5:59)
11. Squonk (7:12)
12. Carpet Crawlers (5:23)
13. Robbery, Assault & Battery (6:39)
14. Afterglow (4:11)
15. Firth Of Fifth (10:11)
16. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (4:08)
17. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (4:50)
18. The Musical Box (Closing Section) (3:21)
19. Supper's Ready (23:18)
20. The Cinema Show (11:04)
21. Dance On A Volcano (6:30)
22. Los Endos (7:14)
23. Turn It On Again (3:41)
24. Dodo (7:20)
25. Abacab (8:37)
26. Behind The Lines (5:43)
27. Duchess (3:56)
28. Me And Sarah Jane (6:08)
29. Follow You Follow Me (3:59)
30. Misunderstanding (3:12)
31. In The Cage (Medley - The Cinema Show - Slipperman) (11:51)
32. One For The Vine (10:41)
33. The Fountain Of Salmacis (9:06)
34. It/Watcher Of The Skies (5:47)
35. Land Of Confusion (4:45)
36. No Son Of Mine (6:42)
37. Driving The Last Spike (10:19)
38. Old Medley (Dance On A Volcano-The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway-The Musical Box-Firth Of Fifth-I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe))
39. Throwing It All Away (3:51)
40. Fading Lights (10:50)
41. Jesus He Knows Me (4:16)
42. Home By The Sea / Second Home By The Sea (12:03)
43. Hold On My Heart (4:39)
44. Domino (In The Glow Of The Night-The Last Domino) (11:20)
45. The Drum Thing (5:49)
46. I Can't Dance (4:03)
47. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (4:29)
48. Invisible Touch (5:19)
49. Mama (6:08)
50. That's All (4:22)
51. In Too Deep (4:58)
52. Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (8:58)
53. More Fool Me (3:41)
54. The Battle Of Epping Forest (12:30)

1981

Genesis

1. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (4:50)
2. The Musical Box (11:03)
3. White Mountain (8:09)
4. Carpet Crawl
5. The Knife (8:57)
6. Watcher Of The Skies (7:43)

29 November 2004

Platinum Collection

1. Abacab (8:37)
2. No Son Of Mine (6:42)
3. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (4:50)
4. Counting Out Time (3:50)
5. I Can't Dance (4:03)
6. Keep It Dark (4:32)
7. Carpet Crawlers (5:23)
8. Jesus He Knows Me (4:16)
9. Turn It On Again (3:41)
10. Behind The Lines (5:43)
11. Firth Of Fifth (10:11)
12. Hold On My Heart (4:39)
13. Duchess (3:56)
14. Invisible Touch (5:19)
15. The Cinema Show (11:04)
16. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe) (4:08)
17. Misunderstanding (3:12)
18. Throwing It All Away (3:51)
19. Many Too Many (3:32)
20. Supper's Ready (23:18)
21. Tonight Tonight Tonight (Edit) (4:29)
22. Follow You Follow Me (3:59)
23. Land Of Confusion (4:45)
24. The Musical Box (11:03)
25. In Too Deep (4:58)
26. The Knife (8:57)
27. Undertow (4:49)
28. ...In That Quiet Earth (4:56)
29. Mama (6:08)
30. Afterglow (4:11)
31. That's All (4:22)
32. Home By The Sea (5:08)
33. Your Own Special Way (6:20)
34. A Trick Of The Tail (4:35)
35. Second Home By The Sea (6:06)
36. Illegal Alien (5:17)
37. Ripples (10:28)
38. Los Endos (7:14)
39. Paperlate (3:15)
40. Calling All Stations (2:25)

2001

The Genesis Songbook

1. Coming Together
2. Exit Peter
3. Misunderstanding [Phil Takes The Lead]
4. Turn It On Again [Phil Takes The Lead]
5. Mama [Phil Takes The Lead]
6. Invisible Touch (5:19)
7. Second Home By The Sea (6:06)
8. Domino (11:59)
9. Land Of Confusion (4:45)
10. I Can't Dance (4:03)
11. Not About Us [The Final Tour]
12. Fading Lights [The Final Tour]
13. Phil Collins Joins Genesis
14. Steve Hackett Joins Genesis
15. Horizons (2:17)
16. Supper's Ready [Writing]
17. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (4:50)
18. Firth Of Fifth (10:11)
19. Bill Bruford Joins Genesis
20. Chester Thompson & Daryl Stuermer Join Genesis
21. Follow You Follow Me (3:59)
22. Afterglow (4:11)
23. No Son Of Mine (6:42)