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.

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

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

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

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

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

Say You'll Never Leave Me Tony Banks

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 than the tallest tree Bore down on she and me

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

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 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

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

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.

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

From The Undertow Tony Banks

be their last fight But we're safe in each other's embrace All fears go out as I look on your face Better think awhile Or I may never think again If this were the last day of your life, my friend Tell me

I'll Be Waiting Tony Banks

you 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

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.

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

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

Diamonds Aren't So Hard Tony Banks

backyard, oh Your next door neighbour's gone and won the pools The life's so bad you wish that it was all over, over You and I Could leave this all behind Dream a little Leave ourselves behind Come with me

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

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.

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

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.

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.

For A While Tony 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

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 Don't need no sympathy For soon I'll forget everything I feel

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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,

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

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

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

Somebody Else's Dream Tony Banks

Not for me to die with children around my bed After a happy life, Though rain will fall and the sun won't change in its course.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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