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

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.

Somebody Else's Dream Tony Banks

Its hard to bear but harder still To tell the one I care for, Please to say love is here today, but its going away, going away.

Someone New Banks/Banks

I can love you desperately, though your love ain`t guaranteed Oh, I wish you knew the deal, gotta learn from far away And I simply needed space, space for me to be And I think you need it too Though

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

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

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

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

Someone New Banks

I can love you desperately, though your love ain`t guaranteed Oh, I wish you knew the deal, gotta learn from far away And I simply needed space, space for me to be And I think you need it too Though

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I'll Be Waiting Tony Banks

calling In my mind you speak the words I long to hear I see your face can even feel your breathing Though I know that you are never really there If I had been born bolder you would be truly next to me So

Say You'll Never Leave Me Tony Banks

now Only the stars could ever tell Say you'll never leave me, never leave me alone Say you'll never leave me, never leave me alone Say you'll never leave me alone Say you'll never leave me alone I'd be so

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.

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.

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

Brain Banks

But it\'s all the same Like I had foreseen That you would act like you are Oh so cool you seem Blending with that scene Wearing what you think is hard I can see you struggling Boy don\'t hurt your

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Something To Live For Tony 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 hold that pins you down To loose the voluntary

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

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.

Sometime Never Tony Banks

Sometime Never (Banks) Sometimes I have to ask myself, How it is that we survive, We know trains, boats, planes and cars Will sometimes fail, And if one don't get you then the other one will,

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

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

From The Undertow Tony Banks

and perfume linger here And there, and there Wine flows from flask to glass and mouth As it soothes, confusing our doubts And soon we feel Why do a single thing to-day There's tomorrow sure as I'm here So

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

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

Midnight Blue GoGang

Take it easy It\'s too fast We’re rushing to the end I would never see those again So I tried to grip as hard as I can Did I hurt you so bad did i Did you see the sun In the other sky These two

Stick Banks

Cold shoulders So sick are you make it come quick Hard to demonstrate So down for you, licorice stick Cold shoulders So sick are you make it come quick Hard to demonstrate So down for you, licorice stick

K2 Tony Banks

K2 (Banks) You and me, we got to go somewhere, Somewhere where there's air to breathe, Even though we can't see daylight, Somehow we can feel the breeze, oh no, Gonna be there someday - oh, gonna

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

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.

Big Man Tony Banks

Big Man (Banks) The hot seat's vacant cos he gave up the reins He's kissed his title goodbye run far away He's gone to ground in some hole - I don't know where All I know is somehow that I'm big

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.

In The Dark Tony Banks

In The Dark (Banks) If you know my story now, Please don't tell Don't want to hear, It can only bring me pain.

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

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

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

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