Extra Tracks

Tracks 
The Shepherd (1970) 
Pacidy (1970) 
Let Us Now (Make Love) (1970) 
Twilight Alehouse (1971) 
Happy The Man (1972) 
Evil Jam (1975) 
It's Yourself (1977) 
Match Of The Day (1977) 
Pigeons (1977) 
Inside And Out (1977) 
The Day The Light Went Out (1978) 
Vancouver (1978) 
Evidence Of Autumn (1980) 
Open Door (1980) 
Paperlate (1982) 
You Might Recall (1982) 
Me And Virgil (1982) 
It's Gonna Get Better (long version) (1983) 
Do The Neurotic (1986) 
Feeding The Fire (1986) 
I'd Rather Be You (1986) 
On The Shoreline (1991) 
Hearts On Fire (1991) 
Papa He Said (1997) 
Banjo Man (1997) 



The Shepherd (Banks/Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips/Mayhew) 

1970. Officially unreleased. 





Rise up! Take your lyre and sing

Listen! To the news I bring



Frosty breath on the window

See a friend in the snow that gently falls

Feel the truth in those sad eyes

See the smile that's so rare

Just like the love

She waits for...



And she plays a game of her own

As she sleeps within the firelight

For her dreams are incredibly wild

But they're lost and gone forever, with the dawn



Fair and friend of the fleece spoke

Warrior bold, shepherd wise, fair prince of peace

Someone waits in the doorway

On a white horse he comes and holds out the hand

She waits for...



So they ride through a valley of mist

To a castle in the heavens

Where he lays her down to rest

But he's lost and gone forever, with the dawn



See her writhe in her dream, then...



Mermaids sing in the sunset

Sadly asking if beauty ever walks free

But Queen Frost only whispers

Maidens you will remain, to be free



See her writhe in her dreams...



Lord of the seven sons!

Keeper of the keys of time!

(Hear me)






Pacidy (Banks/Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips/Mayhew) 

1970. Officially unreleased. 





Pacidy, my love

Glowing ember of evening

Your eyes are frozen with guilt

I read my fate on your cheeks

The smoldering coals of a passion

Once a meadow of hope



Days of minstrels and bright steeds

Autumn nights and silk sheets

Your tender battle shadow on me

Scented lavender kiss-es, soft and warm

The union of strength in a love against life

Love against life



Pacidy, my love

Your touch, so limp, was once frenzied

Your argon lips were once sweet

A life has slipped through my hands

My spirits sift in a stale sigh

Did love exist as a dream?



Mother fawn of a pine wood

Shepherdess of my grief

Veils a freedom not for me

Far beyond the steep ridge, where blizzards

Blast the spirit of man, the frailest of beasts

Frailest of beasts



Where blizzards

Blast the spirit of man, the frailest of beasts

Frailest of beasts



Where blizzards

Blast the spirit of man, the frailest of beasts

Frailest of beasts






Let Us Now Make Love(Banks/Gabriel/Rutherford/Phillips/Mayhew) 

1970. Officially unreleased. 



 

Please, I beg you hear this humble voice

Please, pale orchid flower, music of my soul

Alone, upon the windswept way

Descends the nightingale

She swoops to soothe my aching brow

Let us now make love



Please, I beg you hear this humble voice

Please, my emerald goddess, wash away the wounds

Alone, the pilgrim thirsts and falls

The Queen runs to his call

She stoops to soothe his aching brow

Let us now make love



Make love, make love

Let us, let us, let us make love (love, love)

Love, sweet heavenly love (love, love)

I promise you life will be good (love, love)

If you just stand down and try (love, love)

To be one with, so feel pride



Let us make love till the end of time

Now and forever



Please, I beg you hear this humble voice

Please, dear oyster shell reveal your hidden pearl

Alone, the deaf, the sick, the blind

Turn grimly for the knife

The prophet stoops to soothe their brow

Let us now make love



Make love, make love

Let us, let us, let us make love (love, love)

Sweet heavenly love (love, love)

I promise you life will be good (love, love)

If you just stand down and try (love, love)

To be one with, so feel pride



Let us make love till the end of time

Now and forever



Please, I beg you hear this humble voice

Come, let's walk the windy roads to find the truth

Revealed, each part has now been played

Your beauty will not fade

So cling to me, fulfill your vow

Let us now make love



(Love, love)

Sweet heavenly love (love, love)

I promise you life will be good (love, love)

If you just stand down and try (love, love)

To be one with, so feel pride



Let us make love till the end of time

Now and forever

Let us now make love

Till the end of time






Twilight Alehouse (Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford) 

1971. Released as B-side of "I Know What I Like" single, 1974. 



 

Is it really true what they're saying

Are you really sure there's nobody come for me

When I'm walking home there is no-one

Once there was a house, full of laughter - so warm

Trying to pretend there is someone

Someone who will care when I need it



I will now receive my comfort, conjured by the magic power of wine

Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling good

Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling fine

Just a drink to take my sorrow

Just a drink and you can blast tomorrow

Just a drink to make me feel like a man again

Now I'm down



When I walk outside, there is nowhere

Children follow me, with their laughter - so cold...

Casting just a glance at the churchyard

Casting just a glance, at my painted female friend.



Now I'm on my way, I am falling

Got to find some 'elp, ooh I will need that now



So I will receive my comfort, conjured by the magic power of wine

Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling good

Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling fine

Just a drink to take my sorrow

Just a drink and you can blast tomorrow

Just a drink to make me feel like a man again

Now I'm down...



I will now receive my comfort, conjured by the magic power of wine

Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling good

Just a drink, I'll get that drink, and I'm feeling fine

Just a drink to take my sorrow

Just a drink and you can blast tomorrow, now...






Happy The Man (Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford) 

Released as a single, 1972. Produced by Genesis/John Anthony. 





Happy the man - he lives a simple life

He doesn't have much - it doesn't worry him

Where you go - where?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, nowhere



Like a nun with a gun - I'm wonderful fun

Laughing all through - just watching you

Seems a very stupid game...

But I don't care



Happy the man - he doesn't buzz around

Nothing he wants - any more than anything

Where you go - where?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, nowhere



Like a fool in the pool - I'm incredibly cool

With a grin on my chin - I'm certain to win

Someone says he's Jesus Christ - but I don't care



He is a good man...






Evil Jam (Banks/Collins/Gabriel/Hackett/Rutherford) 

Released as B-side of "The Carpet Crawlers" single, 1975. 

Live version of "The Waiting Room", recorded at Los Angeles Shrine 1975. 



It's Yourself (Banks/Collins/Hackett/Rutherford) 

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

Lyrics to the demo version, "Beloved Summer", in brackets. 





Stepping out the back way

Hoping nobody sees

Feeling can be easy

Think how I feel



What will (can) you say?

What will you do?

Why can't you see?

It's yourself I love



(Don't you know I'm not asking

 You must have made up your mind

 Is it worth the pain you're causing

 To those you're leaving behind



 What will you say?

 What will you do?

 Why can't you see?

 It's yourself I love)



Don't you know I'd like some answers

You could give me a call

I hardly know the reason

And I really feel no good at all



Where will you go?

Where will you be?

Where can I try?

It's yourself I love






Match Of The Day (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) 

Released on "Spot The Pigeon E.P.", 1977. 





There's the Reds and there's the Greens

Super slicks and has beens,

They're accompanied by three men dressed in black,

One's a whistle, two are flags, and quite often they're the drags

Kick the ball into the goal, they put it back.



Yes Match of the Day's

The only way, to spend your Saturday



Each side's eleven men, with numbers on their backs

But at a distance they all tend to look the same

But some own their boutiques, well they clean up every week

Inciting riots, causing chaos, such a shame!



But Match of the Day's

The only way

We spend our Saturday



And that's not all, our mates the keepers

Slippin' and sliding in the mud

Arms as long as creepers



Send him off Ref' ***!!++??

Where are your specs Ref' +++***!!!

Kick you to death Ref' !!XX**??

Oi! Are you deaf Ref' X*+X*!!?



There's a few things before we go

That I think you ought to know

Obstruction, Body Checking, heavy tackles

So put on your hat and scarf

Have a drink, have a larf'

From the terrace you can see your men do battle



Yes Match of the Day's

The only way

You can spend your Saturday



Don't forget, the trainers with their sponges

Managers with open cheques, liquid business lunches



Send 'im off Ref' ***!!++??

Where are your specs Ref' !***&&&!!!

Kick you to death Ref' !!XX**??

Oi! Are you deaf Ref' X&+X&+!!?



...Phfff! Good game 'ey, Ron?...

...D'you see that goal in the Second Half? oh!...

...Bit of a dirty tackle that, mate!...

...I reckon I should've had a bet on it myself!...

...We paid 400, 000 pound for him, you realise that?...

...Oh - look out, here comes a bottle ...

...Yes, fancy a pint then? My round...






Pigeons (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) 

Released on "Spot The Pigeon E.P.", 1977. 





Who put fifty tons of shit on the Foreign Office roof?

Who suffers from nine known diseases?

Who gets up in the morning when the sun comes up

And makes their beds, paper clips, bus tickets

All around their heads?

Who congregate around Trafalgar Square

Taking pot shots at the tourists?

Oh you've got to watch out

When you wander round the square in the morning

Cos they're everywhere, they're everywhere



Here we have an honest man

A civil servant to boot

He lived high up in the Ministry

And when he wished to make a point

He knew just what to do

His window ledges were all covered in grease

"I want them out of here"



He said to me, "I want them gone"

Because you see - Oh don't you see

None of us are getting any younger

You've got to follow your nose

And if it tells you that you've got to go

Well that's because, they're everywhere,

They're everywhere



So we called in those men, those horrible men

We set them to work on the rooftops

You see their van is very plain

And I know they're too ashamed

To wear their by appointment badges anymore

Sometimes they use vaseline, sometimes they use the pill

I've often seen them with a gun

But as the years go by, old habits seem to die

And nowadays they knockatize them all

Oh you've got to watch out

As you wander round the square in the morning

Oh they're everywhere, they're everywhere






Inside And Out (Banks/Collins/Hackett/Rutherford) 

Released on "Spot The Pigeon E.P.", 1977. 





 INSIDE



Brother    Seems they're letting him out next year

 He's behaving himself, I hear

 Governor Conway says it will be fine

 Just as long as he can tow the line



 It's the same old story

 But it says here "Mum you're not to worry"

 'Cos some you lose and some you lose



 At this party, he was on his own

 All he did was say he'd take her home

 But it seems they didn't go straight there

 'cos on the porch, she told him,

 "put your hand here"



 Yes it's that same old story

 They told her mum she's not to worry



Police"If what she says is so,

  we'll never let him go!"



Him   "Never a word could be heard

 Not even the sound of a bird

 Singing it over again, telling a different story

 Never the same as before

 See the summer going out by the door"

Brother    And now that you've paid for those lies

 Get another disguise



 "It's twenty years now since our Kid came free

 Oh I remember August '53

 But it wasn't quite like they said

 With that behind you, you can't plan ahead

   Yes it's the same old story

 They say you're free, but don't worry

 What they said's not so

 They'll never let you go!"



Him   "Never a word could be heard

 Not even the sound of a bird

 Singing it over again, telling a different story

 Never the same as before

 See the summer going out by the door"

Brother    And now that you've paid for those lies

 Get another disguise



 OUT






The Day The Light Went Out (Banks) 

Released as B-side of "Many Too Many" single, 1978. 





When they went to bed that night no-one would have believed

That in the morning light would not be there

The dark hung heavy on the air like the grip of a jealous man

No place was there known to have been spared

Then panic took control of minds as fear hit everyone

The day the light went out of the daytime sky



Artificial light could hardly penetrate the gloom

Nothing out of reach could be observed

Looting, pillage, murder, rape became the rule of that day

Who hit him no one knew or whom he hit

Cars were caught in pileups and the planes could never land

The day the light went out of the daytime sky



"Now I can rest here after my journey

Now I can feed here before I continue"



Some there were who's heads were clear who sought, tried to find

The nature of this deadly foe, the dark

It seemed the sun was still somewhere though hidden from their sight

By something, though amorphous, yet alive

And so they looked for ways to rid themselves of the parasite

The day the light went out of the daytime sky



"Now I can rest here after my journey

 Now I can feed here before I continue"



They tried in many fruitless ways to see the noonday sun

By blasting with their missiles through the dark

But soon a kind of sleepy state came over everyone

Till nothing seemed to stir or even breathe

And when the darkness chose to disappear not many had survived

Then came a shadow - another had arrived

And again the light went out the daytime sky






Vancouver (Collins/Rutherford) 

Released as B-side of "Many Too Many" single, 1978. 





She packed her bags and dressed

Long before the sunrise

No one knew

She told them many times

About how she would teach them

And now it's time

Standing quietly by the door

Her face is numb with fear

She stops and then goes on

"Leave forever - it's now or never"



Quickly walking down the street

It's cold and grey, dawn's breaking

She don't mind (she don't mind)

Why she feels so grown up now

Her life is just beginning

She don't know (she don't know)

She's standing in the pouring rain

Her make-up's running down

She wonders now she's here

"Where will I go? Who do I know?"



Now, now she's not quite so sure

I may be wrong but home seems so much more friendly now

And they might worry but she doesn't want them to

Cos causing pain, that's not the thing that she set out to do



So she's back in bed before

Anyone can miss her

She feels good (she feels good)

Knowing the chance was there

Deciding not to take it

That's her choice (that's her choice)

She's still awake, her mum comes in

"Me and dad, we've had a chat

And we're sorry for the things we said

Please forgive us - you wouldn't leave us?"






Paperlate (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) 





Paperlate paperlate

Paperlate paperlate



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

Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news



Ooh it's too easy to live like clockwork

Tick tock watching the world go by

Any change would take too long

So dry your eyes

Ooh it's too easy to live in a cold sweat

Just sitting dripping in pools below

You can wipe your face

Kill the pain

But the fever won't go, no no



Paperlate

Pull it together now

Put your feet back on the ground

Paperlate

Ooh don't worry now

You're not alone

Look around you 

Paperlate

Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line

Paperlate

Ooh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news



Ooh it's too easy to compute your future

Taking no risks and playing too safe

Any change would take too long

So dry your eyes

Ooh it's too easy to talk about rocking the boat

Making changes and changing track

But you'd better not lock that door

Cos you'll be coming back



Ah you're breathing faster

Silence the only sound

There's no need to be nice on the way up

Cos you're not coming down



Paperlate paperlate

Paperlate paperlate

Paperlate paperlate

Paperlate paperlate



Paperlate

Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line

Paperlate

Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news...






You Might Recall (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) 





What was it you said to me

Back in the days when things looked fine 

'bout how we would be together 

Until we left the earth behind 

Oh, it's funny how things can change

Cos there was a time I thought I'd be the one 

Who'd leave and start again 

But now I'd stay forever 



Ooh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water

Just sunk in the night

And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta

Ah, the end of a life

Or maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back

You might recall

Now did I act carefully, did I do right?

Or were we meant to be, all of our lives

In love and harmony, all of our lives?



So now, take my hand

Come, hold me closely

As near as you can

Believing all that we could be

And all that we have been

And all that we are



Everyday seems summertime 

The river flow with wine 

Ooh when you were here with me 

I wish we'd stayed that way forever 



Oh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water

Just sunk in the night

And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta

Ah, the end of a life

Or maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back

Well you might recall

Now did I act carefully, did I do right?

Or were we meant to be, all of our lives

In love and harmony, all of our lives?



So now, take my hand

Come, hold me closely

As near as you can

Believing all that we could be

And all that we have been

And all that we are



Oh my hopes were as the leaves upon the water

Ah, sunk in the night

And though I know you couldn't care, you oughtta

Oh, the end of a life

And maybe when you're older, and you're thinking back

Oh, you might recall

Now did I act carefully, did I do right?

Or were we meant to be, all of our lives

In love and harmony, all of our lives?



So now, take my hand

Come, hold me closely

As near as you can

Believing all that we could be

And all that we have been

And all that we are






Me And Virgil (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) 





Ma would never say what happened

And we knew better than push too hard

We knew we had all the chores to tend to

Like fixing fences and helping her

Washing dishes and making coffee

Me and Virgil'd chop some wood

But we'd stop our swinging

Just to listen to her crying

It didn't sound too good

I can remember, too well



But we never thought to pay much heed

We learned to live life the best we could

But then one day pa upped and left us

High and dry without a word

Seemed a pity

My ma was pretty

But I soon learned life ain't that way

And I can remember hearing her weeping

While we were sleeping next to her



I can remember 

I'll never forgive and I'll never forget

Cos pa you broke her heart

Ooh pa you broke her heart

You broke her heart

Ooh pa you broke her heart



Well the years rolled by

And 'fore we knew it

Our sister got married and moved out west

I stayed with ma, cos I couldn't desert her

I knew it would hurt her to be alone

So we pulled tighter

We said we'd try to make things easy

And raise a smile

But as the night came

We'd hear her crying

Praying for pa to come back again



I can remember

I'll never forgive him and I'll never forget

Cos pa you broke her heart

Oh pa you broke her heart



And then the winter came

I'd never known it colder

Ooh it seemed the worst for years

And the night she died I swear I saw her smiling

Saying I was a big boy now, no tears



So I packed up all we had, and Virgil got the horses

And we paid our last respects and gave the whip a crack

Ooh, seemed a big bad world, we were riding into

Me and Virgil both agreed, we best head off

And don't look back



Nothing but desert all around

Oh it made me wonder

Lord it's hard to carry on

When you're sick with hunger



Weeks and months of sleeping rough

Keeping clear of danger

Seems we were miles from anywhere

And too far gone to change it

We'd best keep going, don't look back



Well me and Virgil we beat the desert

Riding fast and riding hard

We hit the city, the past behind us

So we raised some hell, we had some fun

But real soon I met a lady oh so pretty, and oh so fine

'fore too long I found myself married

With a home of my own and a blue eyed son

And 'til this day I can hear ma saying to me -

"You're a big boy now"






Evidence Of Autumn (Banks) 





The girl from all those songs

Who made everything feel right

She came in like an angel, into your lonely life

And filling your world with light

Oh, and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky"



Curtains part revealing a country scene

Clothed in green and brown

Evidence of autumn

And recent rain

On a winding lane, a byway

Walking on that road is a certain girl

In all the world the one

Guaranteed to move you and turn your head

When all's been said and done



The girl from all those songs

Who made everything feel right

She came in like an angel, into your lonely life

And filling your world with light

Oh, and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky"



The night is clear but cool

Ooh maybe dawn is breaking as you turn to find her gone

Then you see the note

Ooh you cannot believe it

And you think you'll go insane...



But that was many years ago

And though the pain is dim

A something still remains

Though you hardly can recall

Her face or form

Her memory lingers on

Ooh she made everything feel right

She came in like an angel (in like an angel),

Into your lonely life (into your life)

And filling your world with light

Oh and everybody told you "you're oh so lucky"






Open Door (Rutherford) 





I see your smiling face, by the open door

There's the morning light

Shining in your hair, and in your eyes



And just a little way behind that smile of yours

I see another one, oh so far away

If only for one second, I could hold you close to me

When the Master calls for me again

There's nothing I can say, or I can do



Goodbye, my love

Time has come to say farewell

I hear the call again

Goodbye to the world

I've shouted for so long

Oh there's so much my love, that I can never say



And in a little while, in a little while

There's nothing left to see



As the years go by and I have not returned

And the night has come, falling all around

Ooh if you count the stars you'll know

How many have gone out

And when the Master calls for me again

There's nothing that I can say

Or I can do



Stand in the sun

Shut your eyes and feel the world

It's changing every day

Goodbye my love

Each day will seem so long

Ooh there's so much I feel, that I can never say



I can't see you

I can't feel you anymore

I've just a memory of that open door






It's Gonna Get Better (long version) (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) 

Released as B-side of "Mama" 12" single, 1983. 





Reach out, hands in the air,

Don't care just what they're saying

Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope

That it's gonna get better

Don't worry, there's no hurry for you, for me,

Everything's gonna come around 

Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me,

Someone's gonna see



He calls me over and, calls me brother and I know

always fighting and moonlighting and, well it never ends

in the city, if you're all alone

there's a sister and she's standing next to her man

in the doorways and in the hallways and

she don't really care, it's the city and she's all alone



So reach out, hands in the air

Don't care just what they're saying

Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope,

That it's gonna get better

Don't worry, there's no hurry for you, for me,

Everything's gonna come around

Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me,

Someone's gonna see, yeah



Well everywhere you go you, you live in the shadow of fear

in the darkness you feel the sharpness of steel

and it's always there, in the city, and you're all alone



So reach out, hands in the air

Don't care just what they're saying

Hold out, just keep on hoping against hope,

That it's gonna get better

Don't worry, there's no hurry for you, for me,

Everything's gonna come around

Shout out, someone will listen to you, to me

Someone's gonna see...



If it's gonna get better, it starts with a feeling

If it's gonna get better, it's gonna take time

If it's gonna get better, we've gotta start now

cos I know, everybody can feel it

and I know, everybody will see it

cos it shows, and that shows I'm not dreaming

cos you know, and I know, it's time for change






Do The Neurotic (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) 

Released as B-side of "In Too Deep" single and "Land Of Confusion" CD single, 1986. 

(Instrumental) 



Feeding The Fire (Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Banks) 

Released as B-side of "Land Of Confusion" single, 1986. 





You are terrified by the smallest sound

Because you live your life in such a sheltered world

As do those who surround you

Well I have seen you stung by poisonous flies

And you suffer much too much from their bites

There you sit in your comfort watching other people get caught by the

storm



Many a thing that used to be a secret

Has become so talked about

Not worth a second thought

There's different kinds of secrets now

Times change, it's not enough to say

It seemed a good idea a hundred years ago

You think it's not your problem

It really doesn't matter at all



Every stone that's thrown must fall to the ground

But you don't give a thought to where they might come down

You are feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted



Anywhere that they don't speak the same

In any place that they don't think the same

You think it's not your problem

No no



You think it's not your problem

It really doesn't matter at all

Oh...



Maybe it's not your fate to be a leader of men

But you just leave it all to someone else and complain

You could be so much stronger, but it really doesn't matter any longer

Cos you're feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted

Cos you're feeding the fire over which you'll be roasted






I'd Rather Be You (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) 

1986. Released as B-side of single "Throwing It All Away", 1987. 





Ooh yeah

You know I never wanted to be closer

And I'll still be here until it's over

No, no I never wanted to be closer

But you'll be back, I could've told you



Well I always knew

Yes I could see it coming

Your ambitious streak

You always want things beyond your reach

Well now you've got what you wanted

And you're free to be the things

You always said you'd be

You're up there looking down

Tell me what do you see - oh



Cos you know

You know I never wanted to be closer

And I'll still be here until it's over

No, no I never wanted to be closer

Yeah, but you'll be back, I could've told you



Well it seems to me

That you've got to fight for yourself 

In this world we live in 

It's dog-eat-dog and never give in

Why worry when you're holding the aces

Don't throw it away cos you know

I'd rather be you than me

Up there looking down

Tell me what do you see - oh



hey hey yeah



Ooh yeah

You know I never wanted to be closer (never wanted)

And I'll still be here 'til it's over

No, no I never wanted to be closer (never wanted)

Ooh but you'll be back, I could've told you



It's been a long time coming

But at last we seem to be moving on, straight ahead

We're finally getting something done

Time flies and 'fore you know it

You'll be getting closer to where

You always knew you'd be

Up there looking down

Tell me what do you see - oh



Cos you know

No, no I never wanted to be closer (never wanted)

I'll still be here until it's over

No, you know I never wanted to be closer (never wanted)

Yeah but you'll be back, I could've told you



hey hey yeah...






On The Shoreline (Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Banks) 

Released as B-side of "I Can't Dance" single, 1991. 





Well there's a place where two worlds collide

The pile of stone against the pull of the tide

You can stay with your feet on the ground

Or step into the water, leave the dry behind



On the shoreline

Meet me on the shoreline

Where you can only swim if you try



Well, if there's somewhere on the other side

It might be better, it might be as bad

Someday soon you'll have to make a move

Cos you can't stay forever, ah just waiting



On the shoreline (on the shoreline)

Meet me on the shoreline (on the shoreline)



Take me over, lead me through



Well can you take me there, to the other side

Where everything is new, uncertain and strange

Don't ever let me go till we're there

I don't know what it is I'm looking for

And until it's found I won't be sure...



Well, there are squares in the game of life

When you can keep on moving or turn aside

Yes, there are times when you have to decide

To put your feet in the water, or stay



On the shoreline (on the shoreline)

Meet me on the shoreline (on the shoreline)

Where you can only swim if you try

I'll be there - oh

On the shoreline (on the shoreline)

I'll be there on the shoreline (on the shoreline)

Where you can only swim if you try

I'll be there

I'll be there - oh

Yes, I'll be there

I'll be there...






Hearts On Fire (Banks/Collins/Rutherford) 

1991. Released as B-side of "Jesus He Knows Me" single, 1992. 





In life there are those decisions

Which direction you should take

It's only later that you realize

All those simple mistakes you make

I don't like being alone

Don't wanna be by myself

But since you've gone that's all I can think oF

I can't think of nothing else



Oh, I said I'm sorry, soon I give it up

You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up

You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up

Cos my heart's on fire

My heart's on fire



Woh can you take me there

Oh, come back and take me there

Cos I need to be with you

Be there with you 



Yes there is no denying

Our love is not untrue

I know I've lied so many times before

But deep down there's only you

I need you here by my side

Together our love could grow

But first you have to believe that I want you

More than you'll ever know



Woh, I said I'm sorry and I give it up (give it up)

You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up (give it up)

You know I'm sorry, soon I give it up (give it up)

Cos my heart's on fire

My heart's on fire



Woh can you take me there 

Oh, come back and take me there 

Cos I need to be with you

Be there with you 



(give it up, give it up, give it up...)



With it we take our chances

What will be will be

But I don't care what the people may think

Just as long as you're here with me

Don't like being alone

Don't wanna be by myself

And since you've gone, well that's all I can think of

I can't think of nothing else



Woh, I said I'm sorry and I give it up (give it up)

You know I'm sorry soon I give it up (give it up)

You know I'm sorry soon I give it up

Cos my heart's on fire

My heart's on fire



Woh can you take me there

Oh, come back and take me there

Cos I need to be with you

Be there with you 

You, be there with you



Hearts on fire

Hearts on fire

Hearts on fire

My heart's on fire

Hearts on fire, hearts on fire...





Papa He Said (Banks/Rutherford) 

Released as B-side of "Congo" single, 1997. 





Oh Papa he said you must turn the lights down low

Oh Papa he said that way no one will ever know

And Papa he said what kind of trouble are you in?



Well Papa he said you must go down on your knees

Oh Papa he said you must do what it takes to please

Papa he said if you've done everything I've told you to

and I've never had the feeling in the past 

and I never felt I needed to impress

I should know



Well Papa he said you must walk up the hill

Oh Papa he said if you don't someone else will

Papa he said if you've done everything I've told you to

and I've never had the feeling in the past

and I've never felt I needed to impress



Well Papa he said you must turn the lights down low

Oh Papa he said that way no one will ever know

Papa he said if you follow him wherever he may go, don't say no



Oh Papa he said you must walk up the hill

Papa he said if you don't no one else will

No one else will

Turn the lights down low

No one will know

Turn the lights down low

The lights down low...





Banjo Man (Banks/Rutherford/Wilson) 

Released as B-side of "Congo" sinle, 1997. 





Gimme a song I know, something I can relate to

People never criticise the way I play

Show me the way to go, I need to make a breakthrough

I don't think that I can wait another day



It's putting years on me, I'm a young man going grey

I don't believe that I can wait another day



This simple melody is all I have

I make my living that way

I make good friends that way

Ooh, I really can make no sense of it, as hard as I try

Is it something I do wrong please won't you tell me why

People all seem to like it and no one knows about it more than I



I met a man today who walked in my direction

Stopped took off his hat and lit a cigarette

He listened carefully to what I had been playing

He threw a coin into my hat and walked away



Always play just what they want me to

Everybody wants the same song

If only I could do it in my own way

I feel such emotion, emotion, ooh, emotion, emotion, ooh



Say gimme a song I know, something I can relate to

And no one wants to criticise the way I play

I should just say no and play them what I want to

Cos I don't think that I can wait another day



It's putting years on me, I'm a young man going grey

I don't believe that I can wait another day



This simple melody is all I have

I make my living that way

I make good friends that way

They feel my emotion, emotion, ooh, ooh

emotion, emotion, ooh



