Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

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[Intro]
             
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[Verse]
             
Climbing up on

                  
 Solsbury Hill
             
I could see th

      
e city lights
            
Wind was blowi

             
ng, time stood

  
 still
            
Eagle flew out

               
 of the night
             
He was somethi

      
ng to observe
             
Came in close,

         
 I heard a voi

ce
            
Standing stret

            
ching every ne


rve
            
Had to listen 

       
had no choice

 I did not bel

ieve the  info

rmation

 I just had to

 trust   imagi

nation
             
   My heart go

    
ing boom boom 

boom
           
  "Son," he sa

id
          
"Grab your thi

ngs,
             
I've come to t

        
ake you home

[Instrumental]
Section A (1X), then Section B (1X)

[Verse]
             
To keep in sil

            
ence I resigne

     
d
             
My friends wou

             
ld think I was

   
 a nut
            
Turning water 

    
into wine
            
Open doors wou

       
ld soon be shu

t
             
So I went from

       
 day to day
             
Tho' my life w

      
as in a rut
            
'Til I thought

             
 of what I'd s


ay
            
Which connecti

           
on I should cu

t

  I was feelin

g part of the 

scenery

I walked right

 out of the ma

chinery
             
My heart going

 
 boom boom boo

m
          
  "Hey" he sai

d
          
"Grab your thi

ngs,
             
I've come to t

        
ake you home

[Instrumental]
Section A (1X), then Section B (1X)

[Verse]
             
When illusion 

                 
spin her net
             
I'm never wher

          
e I want to be
            
And liberty sh

       
e pirouette
            
When I think t

                
hat I am free
             
watched by emp

         
ty silhouettes
    
Who close thei

r eyes
             
but still can 


see
            
No one taught 

        
them etiquette
            
I will show an

     
other me

Today I don't 

need a replace

ment

I'll tell them

 what the smil

e on my face m

eant
             
My heart going

 
 boom boom boo

m
          
  "Hey" I  sai

d
             
You can keep m

  
y things
             
they’ve come t

          
o take me home

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