| "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249684] |
Di, 18 April 2006 18:21 |
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Just thought I'd share one of my favorite songs
"A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis
http://music.msn.com/album/?album=43336577#
Click the link for a sample... it's #7 on the list. Full lyrics are
below:
Bored of the life on the city of gold
He'd left and let nobody know.
Gone were the towers he had known from a child,
Alone with the dream of a life
He travelled the wide open road,
The blinkered arcade,
In search of another to share in his life.
Nowhere.
Everyone looked so strange to him.
They've got no horns and they've got no tail
They don't even know of our existence.
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance, he cried
And wept as they led him away to a cage
Beast that can talk, read the sign.
The creatures they pushed and they prodded his frame
And questioned his story again.
But soon they grew bored of their prey
Beast that can talk?
More like a freak or publicity stunt.
Oh
No.
They've got no horns and they've got no tail
They don't even know of our existence.
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance, he cried
And broke down the door of the cage and marched on out.
He grabbed a creature by the scruff of his neck, pointing out:
There, beyond the bounds of your weak imagination
Lie the noble towers of my city, bright and gold.
Let me take you there, show you a living story
Let me show you others such as me
Why did I ever leave?
They've got no horns and they've got no tail
They don't even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance, he cried
And wept.
And so we set out with the best and his horns
And his crazy description of home.
After many days journey we came to a peak
Where the beast gazed abroad and cried out.
We followed his gaze and we thought that maybe we saw
A spire of gold - no, a trick of the eye that's all,
But the beast was gone and a voice was heard:
They've got no horns and they've got no tail
They don't even know of our existence
Am I wrong to believe in a city of gold
That lies in the deep distance
Hello friend, welcome home.
~J'Karrah
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249696 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 04:56 |
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MSN sucks I cant listen to the music...
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249697 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 05:29 |
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Interesting song, though if I want to listen to music about dragons and
beasts I would listen to power metal.
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249702 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 06:26 |
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Very very nice song. Haven't actually listened to it yet, will though.
Just the lyrics.
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249704 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 21:54 |
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I have the same problem with MSN but Ragnarok posted the link to the
video so I was able to listen to it that way.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3iXTy8LCsMk&search=%26quot%3B A%20Trick%20Of%20The%20Tail%26quot%3B
is the link :)
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249706 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 22:51 |
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<tyshadragon [at] googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1145476449.492031.36590 [at] u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com...
>I have the same problem with MSN but Ragnarok posted the link to the
> video so I was able to listen to it that way.
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=3iXTy8LCsMk&search=%26quot%3B A%20Trick%20Of%20The%20Tail%26quot%3B
> is the link :)
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The song seemed to have a fairly good tune... sounds like 70's music though
o.o....is it?...
I had a hard time understanding what the main singer was saying, lyrics were
hard to make out, but obviously something about dragons.. most I made out
was 'got not horns and got no tail' and something about the only talking
beast?... time for me to do a lyrics search.
- Dafydd Edward Dragon
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249707 ] |
Mi, 19 April 2006 22:57 |
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^--- attached to his previous post
I just checked the lyrics... wow.. very good lyrics, rather heart felt too
and rather realistic to a degree. The lyrics brought about a lot of thoughts
and memories...
-- the site I found the lyrics if you want to see them was:
http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/genesis/a_trick_of_the_tai l.html
P.S seems I was rather right.. was an oldie ^.^'
- Dafydd Edward Dragon
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249708 ] |
Do, 20 April 2006 00:47 |
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Lol. J'Karrah posted the lyrics here. Silly people.
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249737 ] |
Do, 20 April 2006 16:07 |
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Dafydd Edward Dragon wrote:
> I had a hard time understanding what the main singer was saying, lyrics were
> hard to make out, but obviously something about dragons.. most I made out
> was 'got not horns and got no tail' and something about the only talking
> beast?... time for me to do a lyrics search.
Lyrics are in the first post... :)
~J'Karrah
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My Online Store: http://www.cafepress.com/ebondragon
"Those willing to trade freedom for security deserve neither freedom
nor security"
~ Benjamin Franklin
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249740 ] |
Do, 20 April 2006 17:27 |
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In article <1145377306.184201.168760 [at] g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
jkarrah [at] yahoo.com says...
>Just thought I'd share one of my favorite songs
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>"A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis
>http://music.msn.com/album/?album=43336577#
As mentioned elsewhere: lovely song, thanks for sharing.
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| Re: "A Trick of the Tail" by Genesis [message #249789 ] |
Sa, 22 April 2006 01:16 |
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"Dafydd Edward Dragon" <private [at] address.x> wrote in message
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> ^--- attached to his previous post
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> I just checked the lyrics... wow.. very good lyrics, rather heart felt too
> and rather realistic to a degree. The lyrics brought about a lot of
thoughts
> and memories...
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> -- the site I found the lyrics if you want to see them was:
> http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/genesis/a_trick_of_the_tai l.html
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> P.S seems I was rather right.. was an oldie ^.^'
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> - Dafydd Edward Dragon
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It's a heck of an oldie....round about my student days....
*remembers chiselling essays in blocks of stone*
Arcaton the Aged Ancient and Apathetic
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