@ALBUM: Extra Tracks Peter Gabriel EXTRA TRACKS (compiled 19 March 1993) 1. SOFT DOG (Gabriel) * (b-side of 'Shock The Monkey', September 1982) 2. ACROSS THE RIVER (Gabriel/Shankar/Rhodes/Copeland) * (b-side of 'I Have The Touch', December 1982, also on 'Big Time' CD5) 3. I GO SWIMMING (Gabriel) * (lyrics taken from the live version on 'Plays Live', June 1983) 4. WALK THROUGH THE FIRE (Gabriel) * (for soundtrack to 'Against All Odds' released as a-side, May 1984) 5. DON'T BREAK THIS RHYTHM (Gabriel) * (b-side of 'Sledgehammer', May 1986) 6. CURTAINS (Gabriel) * (b-side of 'Big Time', March 1987) 7. IN YOUR EYES (Special Mix) (Gabriel) * (b-side of 'In Your Eyes' (US), on 'Don't Give Up' 12" in UK, 1986) 8. SHAKING THE TREE (Gabriel/N'Dour) * (with Youssou N'Dour, from the album of the same name, 1990) 9. QUIET STEAM (Gabriel) * (b-side of 'Digging In The Dirt', September 1992) * Transcribed lyrics @SONG: SOFT DOG Soft dog Soft dog @SONG: ACROSS THE RIVER Across the river Across the river Across the river I go @SONG: I GO SWIMMING 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, swimming is cool I go swimming The sun is burning, I am yearning For the waterflow (waterflow) Next to my skin I, like to begin a Waterflow (waterflow) Letting off steam I float in a dream, I can't let go (can't let go) Follow my wishes, follow the fishes Down below (down below) I go swimming I need water, water to drink Water on my brain, water sustain, Water over me I want water, water I need Water to think, water to drink Water over me The sun is burning, I am yearning For the waterflow (waterflow) Next to my skin I, like to begin a Waterflow (waterflow) Letting off steam I float in a dream, I can't let go (can't let go) Follow my wishes, follow the fishes Down below (down below) I go swimming I go swimming, I go swimming Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water Water all over me Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water I go swimming, I go swimming I go swimming, I go swimming Swimming, I go swimming Oh I go swimming, I go swimming Water all over me Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water Water all over me Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water Water all over me Swimming in water, swimming in water, swimming in water Water all over me @SONG: WALK THROUGH THE FIRE Walk through the fire Walk through the fire (walk through the fire) Through the dust and ashes While the building crashes Walk through the flame (walk through the fire) No trace of indecision Lion keep his vision clear Moving out Across the water The wet leaves quiver in the heat Darkness heavy on my shoulder Smell the smoke, sickly sweet The body's weak, the shadow's strong Walk through the fire (walk through the fire) Through the dust and ashes While the building crashes Walk through the flame (walk through the fire) Lion show no sign of fear Walk through the fire (walk through the fire) Through the dust and ashes While the building crashes Walk through the flame (walk through the fire) No time for doubt or caution Taken by the strong emotion Walk through the fire (walk through the fire) No trace of indecision Lion hold his vision clear (Walk, walk, walk) Walk through the fire (walk through the fire) Walking in the path of angel Walk on down below, walk on down below Walk on down below, walk on down below @SONG: THIS IS THE PICTURE Flying birds Excellent birds Watch them fly, there they go Falling snow Excellent snow Here it comes, watch it fall Long words Excellent words I can hear them now This is the picture, this is the picture This is the picture, this is the picture I'm sitting by the window Watching the snow fall I'm looking out And I'm moving, turning in time Catching up, moving in Jump up! I can land on my feet, look out! This is the picture, this is the picture This is the picture, this is the picture Looking out, watching out When I see the future I close my eyes I can see it now I see pictures of people (rising up) Pictures of people (falling down) I see pictures of people They're standing on their heads, they're ready They're looking out, look out! They're watching out, watch out! I see pictures of people, rising up Pictures of people, falling down I see pictures of people They're standing on their heads, they're ready They're looking out, look out! They're watching out, watch out! They're looking out, look out! They're watching out, watch out! I see pictures of people I see pictures of people @SONG: DON'T BREAK THIS RHYTHM 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 stop this thing Clear the trees, burn the brushwood Bring the diggers in, I'm gonna move this earth Lay the big stones, put down the sleepers Haul the steel in, I will beat this land Don't care how but, I'm coming through here Whatever it takes, oh Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion We work together in sympathy Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion We work together in sympathy Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion We work together in sympathy Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion We work together in sympathy Right through these fences, cut through the stone walls Dig out the tunnels from a solid stone There she is, but so surrounded All those fancy men with soft white hands Come all this distance, that should be me there Whatever it takes (whatever it takes), oh Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion We work together in sympathy Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion We work together in sympathy Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion We work together in sympathy Don't break this rhythm, don't break this motion We work together in sympathy @SONG: CURTAINS 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 out And there are lions on our curtains They lick their wounds They lick their doubt @SONG: IN YOUR EYES (SPECIAL MIX) Accepting all I've done and said I want to stand and stare again Til there's nothing left out, oh It remains in your eyes Whatever comes and goes I will hear silent call I will touch this tender wall Til I know I'm home again Ooh In your eyes (in your eyes) In your eyes (in your eyes) In your eyes (in your eyes) In your eyes And all my instincts, they return And the grand façade, so soon will burn Without a noise, without my pride I reach out from the inside In your eyes In your eyes In your eyes In your eyes The light, the heat (in your eyes) In your eyes I am complete (in your eyes) In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches (in your eyes) The resolution (in your eyes) of all the fruitless searches (in your eyes) Oh I see the light and the heat (in your eyes in your eyes) Oh, I wanna be that complete (in your eyes) I wanna touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes (In your eyes) (In your eyes) (In your eyes) (In your eyes) (In your eyes) (In your eyes) In your eyes Accepting all I've done and said I want to stand and stare again Til there's nothing left out, oh It remains in your eyes Whatever comes and goes Oh it's in your eyes In your eyes In your eyes In your eyes @SONG: SHAKING THE TREE We are shaking the tree... Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife You don't want to do what your mother has done She has done This is your life, this new life has begun It's your day - a woman's day It's your day - a woman's day Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave Turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave Find your sisters and brothers who can hear all the truth In what you say They can support you when you're on your way It's your day - a woman's day It's your day - a woman's day We are shaking the tree... Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you Changing your ways, more than any man can do Open your heart, show him the anger and pain So you heal Maybe he's looking for his womanly side And you feel you had to be so strong And you do nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all We're gonna to break it down We have to shake it down, shake it all around We are shaking the tree... @SONG: QUIET STEAM Stand back Stand back What are those dogs doing, sniffing at my feet They're onto something, pickin' up, pickin' up This heat This heat Give me steam How you feel can make it real Get a life with this dreamer's dream Oh, give me steam Real as anything you see Get a life in this dreamer's dream You know your culture from your trash You know your plastic from your cash When I lose sight of the track You know the way back But I know you You know your stripper from your paint You know your sinner from your saint Whenever heaven's doors are shut You get them open, but I know you Give me steam And how you feel can make it real Get a life in this dreamer's dream Oh, give me steam Real as anything you see Get a life in this dreamer's dream You know your green from your red You know the quick from the dead So much better than the rest You think you've been blessed But I know you You know your ladder from your snake You know the throttle from the brake You know your straight line from the curve You've got a lot of nerve But I know you Give me steam And how you feel can make it real Get a life in this dreamer's dream Oh, give me steam Real as any place you've been Get a life with this dreamer's dream Oh yeah, I need steam Feel your steam around me Turning up the heat I start to dream aloud You move my hands and feet Won't you step into this cloud Of steam This steam Give me steam How you feel can make it real Real as anything you've seen Get a life with this dreamer's dream Give me steam How you feel can make it so real Get a life in this dreamer's dream Help me yeah Comin' alive In your steam Comin' alive In your steam Comin' alive