Genesis - The Musical Box

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Song Lyrics

While Henry Hamilton-Smythe minor (8) was playing croquet with Cynthia Jane De Blaise-William (9), sweet-smiling Cynthia raised her mallet high and gracefully removed Henry`s head. Two weeks later, in Henry`s nursery, she discovered his treasured musical box. Eagerly she opened it and as "Old King Cole" began to play, a small spirit- figure appeared. Henry had returned - but not for long, for as he stood in the room his body began ageing rapidly, leaving a child`s mind inside. A lifetime`s desires surged through him. Unfortunately the attempt to persuade Cynthia Jane to fulfill his romantic desire led his nurse to the nursery to investigate the noise. Instinctively Nanny hurled the musical box at the bearded child, destroying both.


Play me Old King Cole
That I may join with you,
All your hearts now seem so far from me
It hardly seems to matter now.

And the nurse will tell you lies
Of a kingdom beyond the skies.
But I am lost within this half-world,
It hardly seems to matter now.

Play me my song.
Here it comes again.
Play me my song.
Here it comes again.

Just a little bit,
Just a little bit more time,
Time left to live out my life.

Play me my song.
Here it comes again.
Play me my song.
Here it comes again.

Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he.
So he called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three.

But the clock, tick-tock,
On the mantlepiece -
And I want, and I feel, and I know, and I touch,
the wall

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.

I`ve been waiting here for so long
And all this time has passed me by
It doesn`t seem to matter now
You stand there with your fixed expression
Casting doubt on all I have to say.
Why don`t you touch me, touch me,
Why don`t you touch me, touch me,
Touch me now, now, now, now, now...

Remixes

Release History

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)

1979

Nursery Cryme / Foxtrot

1. The Musical Box (11:03)
2. For Absent Friends (1:44)
3. The Return Of The Giant Hogweed (7:58)
4. Seven Stones (5:11)
5. Harold The Barrell (2:58)
6. Harlequin (2:40)
7. The Fountain Of Salmacis (9:06)
8. Watcher Of The Skies (7:43)
9. Time Table (4:40)
10. Get 'Em Out By Friday (8:33)
11. Can-Utility And The Coastliners (5:45)
12. Horizons (2:17)
13. Supper's Ready (23:18)
14. Lover's Leap
15. The Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man
16. Ikhnaton And Itsacon And Their Band Of Merry-Men
17. How Dare I Be So Beautiful?
18. Willow Farm (2:57)
19. Apocalypse In 9/8
20. As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)

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)

1974

Presenting Genesis

1. The Musical Box (11:03)
2. The Fountain Of Salmacis (9:06)
3. Time Table (4:40)
4. Return Of The Giant Hogweed (8:14)
5. The Knife (8:57)
6. Seven Stones (5:11)