A Piece Of You Tony Banks

A Piece Of You (Banks/Hues) A street in Paris in the rain I shoot in black and white a hundred frames I watch your make-up Begin to run You show a strange unease But you're my subject and it's

A Curious Feeling Tony Banks

A Curious Feeling (Banks) (It's a curious feeling) It's a curious feeling to see the edge receding, It seems the more I know, the more I don't know, does this ever end?

You Tony Banks

You (Banks) How strange I never noticed Your eyes, or the colour of your hair. It seems to me you grow more beautiful In every way. With every single passing day.

Man Of Spells Tony Banks

Man Of Spells (Banks) In shadowy holes, the light disappears, Evening is with us now, And all around begins the movement, The many creatures of the night prepare.

Angel Face Tony Banks

Angel Face (Banks) Are you ready for the rest of your life Does your comforter provide Are you ready to remain evermore in your world of ice All your feelings all locked inside Are you a woman

Queen Of Darkness Tony Banks

Queen Of Darkness (Banks) If you want me to I will be your fairy princess Your dream of romance If you ask me then I can be your queen of darkness Take you below It don't matter at all Devil

An Island In The Darkness Tony Banks

An Island In The Darkness (Banks) Like a fuse to the end will burn Like a wave when the tide has turned You keep on coming regardless You won't accept defeat And in the light of a cold grey

Lion Of Symmetry Tony Banks

Lion Of Symmetry (Banks/Wilcox) The stars ignite as the sun sets And disappears in a river of dancing molten gold In the moon rise the lion steps out tonight No law, no sin, no rip it up and

Shortcut To Somewhere Tony Banks

Shortcut To Somewhere (Banks/Fish) He was a fallen angel from the Tower of Babble Strung out on the high wire Another skyline drifter an immaculate stranger A legend for the wild west end So when

The Border Tony Banks

The Border (Banks) Dry forever the sun blinds off the whitewashed walls Unbelieving she looks up from the unswept floor You don't have to go you don't have to tell me All that talk of lofty causes

Throwback Tony Banks

Throwback (Banks) I am the throwback But you don't know I walk amongst you every day I don't need moonlight Or any secret word to make the change in me I don't know what you see in your rules

And The Wheels Keep Turning Tony Banks

And The Wheels Keep Turning (Banks) And the wheels keep turning, all the time, But there's no pounding or purring, not a sound, Just a feeling of stirring, hold them down, hold them down, hold them

I'll Be Waiting Tony Banks

you would be truly next to me So then I'll be waiting I'll be waiting I'm waiting just for you To stroke your hair and feel your arms around me To talk of things we did or we would do Would be the kind

By You Tony Banks

By You (Banks) As I step inside the street sound, A growl of thunder turns my head round, I see one face in the crowd, Like a beacon in the rain, I see your sunshine calling to me.

Charity Balls Tony Banks

Charity Balls (Banks) You think you're safe from all that's gone before No one can touch you now for evermore It's out of sight but not out of your mind You cannot lose it you can only pretend

I Wanna Change The Score Tony Banks

I Wanna Change The Score (Banks/Kershaw) I wanna be in another place Some other body and someone else's face Don't wanna be in here I need a space I can disappear I wanna play me a different part

The Serpent Said Tony Banks

The Serpent Said (Banks) In the silence of the night, a serpent shape Moves its way across the stony floor In the comfort of your life, the serpent said, You know that you could have still more

This Is Love Tony Banks

This Is Love (Banks) Here am I, lost in a world behind me, All alone, just like before you found me.

From The Undertow Tony Banks

The curtains are drawn Now the fire warms the room Meanwhile outside Wind from the north-east chills the air It will soon be snowing out there And some people are Cold, they prepare for a sleepless night

Say You'll Never Leave Me Tony Banks

On a cold clear night in november All the people have gone to bed We found ourselves upon a cliff edge Looking out to sea Then a sight in the pale moonlight Made us shake our heads in dismay A wave taller

Hero For An Hour Tony Banks

Hero For An Hour (Banks) I was walking along at the end of the day I was walking along when it began to rain and by the edge of the path was a suitable tree I decided to wait there patiently

That Night Tony Banks

That Night (Banks) I was always insecure I never was too sure That what we did that night was right Or very wrong It was never in dispute It was always understood But I can't leave it there

Strictly Incognito Tony Banks

Strictly Incognito (Banks/Hues) I want to tell you all about a young man He'll be known as Dan Then he was living down in San Diego Drove an ice-cream van One night he met a girl in Club Alamo

Red Day On Blue Street Tony Banks

Red Day On Blue Street (Banks/Kershaw) They're kissing babies and telling me lies They're taking over my television They're making noises that sound so wise Trying to influence my decision Rituals

The More I Hide It Tony Banks

The More I Hide It (Banks) The more I dream of you The less you want me to The more I need to hold you The less you seem to care If I knew what I was meant to do Then I'd be doing it all the

The Gift Tony Banks

The Gift (Banks) The door is opening there's a glimmer of light Keep on pushing it will give tonight And I don't care if it takes me long It really doesn't matter if its right or wrong The fires

For A While Tony Banks

I feel it fading now, And I see in the eyes of my love Tears for how it might have been. It sure felt good for a while. Yes it was good for a while.

The Lie Tony Banks

The Lie (Banks) Thirty odd years before on some grass covered wasteland, A boy is observed on his own who is watching and playing.

For A While (Banks) Tony Banks

For A While (Banks) I feel it leading me Away to I don't know where. I might be back someday, But the people and things will change And no one will remember me then.

The Waters Of Lethe Tony Banks

where I might be back someday But the people and things will change And no one will remember me then Don't need no sympathy For soon I'll forget everything I feel it fading now And I see in the eyes of

Another Murder Of A Day Tony Banks

Another Murder Of A Day (Banks/Fish) She dreams china white behind her eyes of china blue Her future wrapped in velvet and her memories wrapped in warm cotton wool And the coffee grounds are

Walls Of Sound Tony Banks

Walls Of Sound (Banks) To be here with you alone beside me Is to leave the world behind To desire and to hold To have longed for and be told I see you, I see no one else at all In my life,

Water Out Of Wine Tony Banks

Water Out Of Wine (Banks) In the dark it seems so easy now If you could just remember how the problem can be solved The sun comes up lightening the sky But everyday is the same Doubts return and

A House Needs A Roof Tony Banks

A House Needs A Roof (Banks) Wandering in a daze Through a cold mechanical maze I am lost and confused I am always the loser You tell me there's a place Where I can be alive Is it near is

The Final Curtain Tony Banks

The Final Curtain (Banks) It's been fun but the time has come To bring down the final curtain move along Time to face what you know in your heart That the world keeps on turning you've lost your

You Call This Victory Tony Banks

You Call This Victory (Banks/Diamond) You call this victory you say the battle's won You call this justice when without her there's no sun You call this freedom, well you make up your own mind

Don't Turn Your Back On Me Tony Banks

I could be a tiger A loser or a fighter A man or mouse You don't see me I could be a wonder An alien among you But you won't know Can't you see, can't you see I stand in open sunlight I scream and shout

After The Lie Tony Banks

After The Lie (Banks) For a while I could not lose this childhood spectre, I felt others saw it too. Now I notice a change in the way that people look at me, And how those people look to me.

Somebody Else's Dream Tony Banks

How can I fight a fire that comes from inside myself That threatens a total end. So much to lose when I still had so much to learn. Its hard to bear but harder still To tell the one I care for.

At The Edge Of Night Tony Banks

At The Edge Of Night (Banks) In fading starlight, creeping gloom, At the edge of night, I dream inside this half-lit room, It's gonna be alright, And I will say, that I will stay with you And

Moving Under Tony Banks

Moving Under (Banks) Into the night, but out of the dark, To be cornered and yet to survive, The jester performed, with his body he scorned, With his voice he amused, and a little confused His

Only Seventeen Tony Banks

Only Seventeen (Banks) She was an only child With her body and mind she had to much attention Too much of everything She was an angel child But the devil within her would test her on the way

Still It Takes Me By Surprise Tony Banks

Still It Takes Me By Surprise (Banks) It can be strange In the world we live in So many things are not how they appear We sit and talk Of what it doesn't matter The meaning of the words we use

Something To Live For Tony Banks

chains Too strong to concede and leave the field Never let them get you down Never let them get you down Tell them all that you don't care Tell them all that this, it's what you live for You'd die for

Something To Live For (Banks) Tony Banks

Something To Live For (Banks) And when in times like these so much is secondhand But somehow passed off as the new You need to believe some things are worthwhile Too weak to break out from the

Raincloud Tony Banks

Raincloud (Banks) When private rainclouds form And tears seem the likely solution Try to shelter from the storm Who knows what tomorrow might bring Now the sun breaks through the dark And life

Diamonds Aren't So Hard Tony Banks

(And diamonds aren't so hard to find) Don't let it bring you down Your woman's gone and left you The taxman's here he's knocking on your door, oh Don't let it bring you down Your brand new house is burning

Never Let Me Know Tony Banks

Never Let Me Know (Banks) The key is in the front door The clock is on the wall The coals are in the fireplace Nothing has moved at all But as you look around you Still nothings quite the same

Back To Back Tony Banks

Back To Back (Banks) He's not the only one To think that things are going wrong and all around is only second best.

Lucky Me Tony Banks

Lucky Me (Banks) My name is unimportant And my job you could call mean But I like the work and I do it well That's enough for me.