Saturday is shopping day and I drive my car but there's no place to park it, No respect for supermen in the supermarket I guess there must be trouble but I've n...

And through the wire I hear your voice And through the wire I touch the power And through the wire I see your face It's through the wire Friday night, you're s...

What did you mean when you opened your mouth and let all our secrets out? You told him what I was about, my cover was completely blown I tell you darling, I've ...

suc cess I'm on my way, I'm making it I've giot to make it show, yeah so much larger than life I'M going to watch it growing the place where I come from is a ...

September '77 Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business as usual In police room 619 Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla ...

September '77 Port Elizabeth - Sonnenschein in Sechs-Eins-Neun endlich Ruhe nur ein Stuhl ging aus dem Leim Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because B...

I caught sight of my reflection I caught it in the window I saw the darkness in my heart I saw the signs of my undoing They had been there from the start And th...

The book of love is long and boring No one can lift the damn thing It's full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing But I I love it when y...

Straight as an arrow Carry our intentions through the wind Dogs all around you But your gonna get the message to your friend At the rendezvous you keep on look...

The wretched desert takes its form, the jackal proud and tight In search of you, I feel my way, though the slowest heaving night Whatever fear invents, I swear ...

Courage I been beating my head against the rubber wall. I’ve been jumping on a Ladder, tryin’ to make it fall. We’re diving on the cliff from the highest Roc...

Oh, draw the blinds We can shut out the night Oh, pull up the blankets Pull the blankets up tight And there are angels on our curtains They keep the outside ou...

Don't tell me what I will do, 'cos I won't Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cos I don't Be on your guard, better hostile and ha --don't risk affection Like fle...

i'm scared of swimming in the sea dark shapes moving under me every fear i swallow makes me small inconsequential things occur alarms triggered memories stir it...

Umzingelt von spiegeln Von traeumen befleckt Der saum schnuert ein Was I?m koerper steckt Sanft der bauch, gespannter muskel Weiche tuecher auf der tigerhaut F...

Ich oeffne das fenster Seh, wie roter staub sich klaert Auf dem roten felsen Steht der schatten mit dem speer Mein fuss spuert das land Es glueht rot weiss Es ...

Something in me, dark and sticky All the time it's getting strong No way of dealing with this feeling Can't go on like this too long {Chorus: This time you've ...

DIY, DIY, DIY, DIY Don't tell me what I will do, 'cos I won't Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cos I don't Be on your guard, better hostile and hard, don't ris...

Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion All this momentum keeps stealing through Across the cornfields, through all the marshland There's nothing gonna...

In this proud land we grew up strong We were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win I never thought I could fail No fight left or so it seems I ...

"Hey Mac, see you down the Dolce Vita! "Get back, we don't have time 'Cos I hear we're sending off the heroes When the yera goes, (they're) out of the bay, Tryi...

Did you think that your feet had been bound By what gravity brings to the ground? Did you feel you were tricked By the future you picked? Well, come on down Al...

I looked up at the tallest building Felt it falling down I could feel my balance shifting Everything was moving around These streets so fixed and solid A shimme...

Ist doch nur wasser Wenn ein fremder weint Bitte klar trennen Wenn was unklar scheint Angst von neuem - "hier weht ein anderer wind" Bekannte gesichter Wo alle ...

Ich find ueberall einlass, ich knacke fenster und tuer Ich find schnell meine wege, der kater schleicht ueber den flur Ich find all deine sachen, versteckt ...

Excuse me You're wearing out my joie de vie Grabbing those good years again I want to be alone Excuse me I'm not the man I used to be Someone else crept in agai...

Exitin' the shower I forgot to wash my heart Now the dust has turned to mud Since we've been apart This angel whispered in my ear As I brushed my teeth She said...

The streets are lined with camera crews Everywhere he goes is news Today is different Today is not the same Today I make the action Take snapshot into the light...

Father, son Locked as one In this empty room Spine against spine Yours against mine Till the warmth comes through Remember the breakwaters down by the waves I ...

[ I think Gabriel only sings on this song; I don't think he wrote the lyrics or played any instruments, but I could be wrong ] I dream of my love from afar She...

Doing nothing stuck in the mud Just pumping the blood The water levels getting low Something uglys going to show If I could only touch you I guess youd be alar...

I am my mother's only one It's enough I wear my garment so it shows Now you know Only love is all maroon Gluey feathers on a flume Sky is womb and she's the mo...

Geh weg - geh weg Ich bin ein Niemand, ohne Behoerdenstempel kein Ausweis sagt dir, wer ich bin nimm mich doch so, wie du mich jetzt hier vorfindest ich steck g...

A one, two, one two four Jeux sans frontieres (4X) Hans plays with Lotte, Lotte plays with Jane Jane plays with Willi, Willi is happy again Suki plays with Leo,...

Folded in your fleshy purse I am floating once again While the muted sounds are pumping rhythm All the walls close in on me Pressure's building wave on wave 'ti...

Sass in der Ecke vom Schnellrestaurant - mit Plastikblumen auf der Fensterbank Kein Wunder mehr - Brotlaib und Fisch hol das schmutzige Geschirr vom Tisch Bin h...

When the night shows the signals grow on radios All the strange things they come and go, as early warnings Stranded starfish have no place to hide still waiting...

Met this girl called Josephine and took her up on my machine, We had a little fun, and now we got a little one Had to get married, being chased out of town Foun...

I saw the man at JFK He took your ticket yesterday In the humdrum I ride tandem with a random Things don't run the way I planned them In the humdrum Hey Valen...

I got no means to show identification I got no papers show you what I am You'll have to take me just the way that you find me What's gone is gone and I do not g...

Ooh, I go swimming, swimming in the water Swimming in the river, swimming in the sea I go swimming I go swimming, swimming in the water Swimming in the pool, sw...

It was only one hour ago It was all so different then There's nothing yet has really sunk in Looks like it always did This flesh and bone It's just the way that...

The time I like is the rush hour, cos I like the rush The pushing of the people - I like it all so much Such a mass of motion - do not know where it goes I move...

Broken windows and empty hallways A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with gray Human kindness is overflowing And I think it's going to rain today Scarecrows ...

Written by Joseph Arthur Performed by Peter Gabriel on "Diana, Princess of Wales - Tribute" I picture you in the sun Wondering what went wrong And falling down...

Love I get so lost, sometimes Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart When I want to run away I drive off in my car But whichever way I go I come back to th...

It's too late, this model's out of date Got every spare part, but there ain't much heart inside here Not like the start, I was good at the art of survival; I've...

I know something about opening windows and doors I know how to move quietly to creep across creaky wooden floors I know where to find precious things in all you...

Wenn die Nacht droht Der Himmel rot - das Radio Spielt das Lied dreimal Ein Paar tanzt still im leeren Saal Ein Seestern stirbt und Stumme andre Zeichen Das Mee...

Essen - essen - essen Immer noch so hungrig Ich hoer nie wieder auf Ich hoer nie wieder auf Schlafen - schlafen - schlafen Nachts immer so nervoes Ich hoer nie...

See me a big woman, big woman look how you dance See me a big woman, big woman caught in a trance Dancing on the tabletop, covered up with the Easter feast You...

[Aah, yeah] Jump in the water Sweet little princess Let me introduce his frogness You alone can get him singing He's all puffed up, wanna be your king Oh you ...

Das Schoenste ist Bueroschluss, da geht alles rasch Alle draengen und stossen - oh ja, ich mag das Wenn Koerper fluten - ganz egal wohin Ich mittendrin und KON...

Sat in the corner of the Garden Grill, with plastic flowers on the window sil No more miracles, loaves and fishes, been so busy with the washing of the dishes R...

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom Let it be And in my hour of darkness She is standing right it front of m...

Mojique sees his village from a nearby hill Mojique thinks of days before Americans came He sees(serves) the foreigners in growing numbers He sees the foreigner...

[Aaaaahi, byeeee] So, you know how people are When it's all gone much too far The way their minds are made Still, there's something you should know That I coul...

Put on the dress in which you were married Pull down the veil til your eyes are hid Can you remember where we both came from Let us do as we did Look at tomorr...

Me and my teddy bear Oh me and my teddy bear We got no hair, but we dont care Me and my teddy bear We love to play and play cause they take all the pain away Th...

looking down on empty streets, all she can see are the dreams all made solid are the dreams all made real all of the buildings, all of those cars were once jus...

I plant the kind of kiss that wouldn't wake a baby On the self-same face that wouldn't let me sleep And the street is singing with my feet And dawn gives me a s...

Hey, I'm feeling so dirty, you're looking so clean All you can give is a spin in your washing machine I fly off to Rome to my prima bella She leaves me in the r...

i woke up and the world outside was dark all so quiet before the dawn opened up the door and walked outside the ground was cold i walked until i couldnt walk a...

Caught in the chaos in the market square I don't know what, I don't know why, but something's wrong down there Their bodies twistin' and turnin' in a thousand w...

Walking the street with her naked feet, So full of rhythm but I can't find the beat Snapping her heels, clicking her toes, Everybody knows just where she goes ...

Zeig mir die frau, oh Gott, wie sie tanzt Zeig mir die frau Koerper voll in trance Wie sie tanzt! Sie tanzt auf den tischen Fegt bestecke weg Greift sich den s...

My body is a cage That keeps me from dancing with the one I love But my mind holds the key My body is a cage That keeps me from dancing with the one I love But...

The metal jangles as the key turns Unlock the door, wipe my feet clean Oh my head sounds like that The oil is spitting in the saucepan I squeeze the sponge and...

Zweimal zwei - von Wand zu Wand Klappen vor dem Fentsern, du tastest mit der Hand Feucht der Boden, klamm das Lager Sie treiben dich zum Wahnsinn - ohne Naechte...

Got to get some food I'm so hungry all the time I don't know how to stop I don't know how to stop Got to get some sleep I'm so nervous in the night I don't kno...

Saw a group of people forming Round a figure lying down And someone runs to make a phone call And the man kneels on the ground The man kneels on the ground Ther...

I dream of birds, birds without wings Children who grew up to be dangerous things I was known as the postman, i worked through the night I made my deliveries si...

It's only water In a stranger's tear Looks are deceptive But distinctions are clear A foreign body And a foreign mind Never welcome In the land of the blind You...

Built in the belly of junk by the river, my cabin stands; Made from the trash I dug off the heap with my own bare hands Every night I'm back at the shack, I'm s...

Only Us [x3] It wasn't in the words that kept sticking in their throats It wasn't with the angels in their quilted coats These battered wings still kick up dus...

Had enough of this Out Out Out Out I seen a crazy dog, crazy dog In the flowers in the wood, crazy dog I've seen a crazy dog, crazy dog Crash through flowers in...

So then, up upon this high wall Looking at the street lights All spread out like a banquet Why is this room so silent? Only when I?m moving No direction chosen ...

I need perspective, 'cos I'm facing the wall I need perspective, 'cos I'm not that tall I need perspective, heard the trumpet call Don't trust my eyes, want to ...

Sometimes I think that I know what love's all about And when I see the light, I know I'll be all right I've got my friends in the world, I had my friends When ...

Released as B-side of "Digging In The Dirt" single, 1992 Stand back Stand back What are those dogs doing, sniffing at my feet They're onto something, pickin' u...

red rain is coming down red rain red rain is pouring down pouring down all over me I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream I cannot make a single soun...

Thick cloud - steam rising - hissing stone on sweat lodge fire Around me - buffalo robe - sage in bundle - run on skin Outside - cold air - stand, wait for risi...

Die kameras sind schon lange hier Reporter stehen spalier Heute ist es anders Heute nicht wie sonst Heute mach ich es endlich Den schnappschuss in das licht Sch...

Fasse mich wenn ich brenn Fasse mich wenn ich renn Schuettel die baeume I?m regenwald Von oben faellt ein tier Fasse mich jetzt und hier Offen - offen - uh - uh...

I stood in this sunsheltered place 'Til I could see the face behind the face All that had gone before had left no trace Down by the railway siding In our secre...

Released as Youssou N'Dour/Peter Gabriel single, 1989 and featured on the Youssou N'Dour album "The Lion" We are shaking the tree Waiting your time, dreaming o...

You know the way that things go When what you fight for starts to fall And in that fuzzy picture He writing stands out on the wall So clearly on the wall Send ...

Lost my time lost my place in Sky blue Those two blue eyes light your face in Sky blue I know how to fly, I know how to drown in Sky blue Warm wind blowing ove...

you could have a steam train if you'd just lay down your tracks you could have an aeroplane flying if you bring your blue sky back all you do is call me I'll b...

We're character actors from the Tower of Babel Bewildered, burned out hardly able To sit astride the high wire cable It's hard to balance, a little unstable Th...

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill I could see the city light Wind was blowing, time stood still Eagle flew out of the night He was something to observe Came in close...

Hans spielt mit lotte, lotte spielt mit jane Jane spielt mit willi, willi ist wieder froh Suki spielt mit leo, sacha spielt mit britt Adolf zuendet buecher an, ...

Stand Back! Stand Back! What are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet They're on to something, picking up Picking up this heat, this heat [Chorus 1:] Give me...

Rows of houses all bearing down on me I can feel their blue hands touching me All these things into position All these things we'll one day swallow whole And fa...

I want to be with you I want to be clear but each time I try it's the voice I hear I hear that voice again I'm listening to the conversation judge and jury in ...

A kind and steady heart can make a grey sky blue, And a task that seems impossible, is quite possible for you A kind and steady heart, is sure to see you throug...

Let's go One man at the window One girl at the bar Saw that look of recognition When they know just who you are I seen you on the tv I seen you on that show Yo...

The book of love is long and boring No one can lift the damn thing It's full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing But I I love it when y...

Moving down the fuselage Toward the open door Catch you looking down outside To see what lies ahead One by one You watch them fall Fall through cloud One by on...

Suffocated by mirrors, stained by dreams Her honey belly pulls the seams Curves are still upon the hinge Pale zeros tinge the tiger skin Moist as grass, ripe a...