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Track: Solsbury Hill
Artist: Peter Gabriel
Album: Peter Gabriel 1: Car (Remastered Version)

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Name: Peter Gabriel
Spotify Genres: art rock
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English singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and entrepreneur (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England, UK). Father of photographer and film director [a=Anna Gabriel] (born 26 July 1974), and singer [a=Melanie Gabriel] (born 23 August 1976). He was the original lead singer of prog-rockers [a=Genesis] since 1967 but left in 1975 to pursue solo projects. As well as becoming a multi-platinum selling albums artist, he was the founder of the annual [l=WOMAD] music festival, owns one of Britain's most in-demand recording studios, [l=Real World Studios], and jointly owns the recording studio hardware manufacturer Solid State Logic.

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Release: Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Year: 1977
Genres: Rock
Styles: Art Rock, Prog Rock

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LYRICS

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
Had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
I just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
"Son," he said, "Grab your things, I've come to take you home."
To keepin' silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
'Till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey," he said, "grab your things, I've come to take you home."
When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes,but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey," I said, "You can keep my things, they've come to take me home."