Peter Gabriel

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 moja
-the man is dead

When i try and sleep at night
I can only dream in red
The outside world is black and white
With only one colour dead
Oh biko, biko, because biko
Oh biko, biko, because biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
-the man is dead

You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher
Oh biko, biko, because biko
Yihla moja, yihla moja
-the man is dead

And the eyes of the world are
Watching now
Watching now

(instrumental)

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, snapshot into the light
I'm shooting into the light

Four miles down the cavalcade moves on
Driving into the sun
If i worked it out right
They won't see me or the gun

Two miles to go, they're clearing the road
The cheering has really begun
I've got my radio
I can hear what's going on

I've been waiting for this
I have been waiting for this
All you people in tv land
I will wake up your empty shells
Peak-time viewing blown in a flash
As i burn into your memory cells
'cos i'm alive

They're coming 'round the corner with the bikers at the front
I'm wiping the sweat from my eyes
-it's a matter of time
-it's a matter of will
And the governor's car is not far behind
He's not the one i've got in mind
'cos there he is-the man of the hour, standing in the limousine
"i don't really hate you
-i don't care what you do
We were made for each other
-me and you
I want to be somebody
-you were like that too
If you don't get given you learn to take
And i will take you."

Holding my breath
Release the catch
And i let the bullet fly

All turned quiet-i have been here before
Lonely boy hiding behind the front door
Friends have all gone home
There's my toy gun on the floor
Come back mum and dad
You're growing apart
You know that i'm growing up sad
I need some attention
I shoot into the light

Hans plays with lotte, lotte plays with jane
Jane plays with willi, willi is happy again
Suki plays with leo, sacha plays with britt
Adolf builts a bonfire, enrico plays with it
-whistling tunes we hid in the dunes by the seaside
-whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle
It's a knockout
If looks could kill, they probably will
In games without frontiers-war without tears
Games without frontiers-war without tears

Jeux sans frontieres
Jeux sans frontieres
Jeux sans frontieres

Andre has a red flag, chiang ching's is blue
They all have hills to fly them on except for lin tai yu
Dressing up in costumes, playing silly games
Hiding out in tree-tops shouting out rude names
-whistling tunes we hide in the dunes by the seaside
-whistling tunes we piss on the goons in the jungle
It's a knockout
If looks could kill they probably will
In games without frontiers-wars without tears
If looks could kill they probably will
In games without frontiers-war without tears
Games without frontiers-war without tears

Jeux sans frontieres
Jeux sans frontieres
Jeux sans frontieres

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 staying at home i want you
I'm tickling and clicking a metronome i want you
Prowling the waterhole-i wait for the kill i want you
Pressure's building-overspill i want you

And through the wire you are secure
And through the wire we can talk
And through the wire we can walk
It's through the wire

Watchmaker steadies his delicate hand i want you
For barbeque parties on blood red sands i want you
Caught in the struggle tight on the rod i want you
Bring out the devil to bring out the god i want you

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

Driving 'round the city rings
Staring at the shape of things
I talk in pictures not in words
Overloaded with everything we said
Be careful where you tread
Watch the wire

And through the wire you are secure
And through the wire we can talk
And through the wire we can walk
And through the wire we're clinging like leeches
And through the wire we push out tailormade speeches
And through the wire we get so strange across the border
We get so strange across the border