The fires are burning in another land,
Don't start counting, don't start counting.
Colder and colder, the ice is moving closer
And it gets me down.
Going round and round and down the same old track.
Pack on my back, going swiftly nowhere,
Heart in my ear beating like a drum.
Where will you go?
All by yourself.
(Hah, hah, hah, hah, hah, hah.)
And now I'm standing on the corner.
Waiting in the rain,
But then in sunlight without warning,
I invent a name,
Me and Sarah Jane,
We had a special thing going,
Me and Sarah Jane.
It was a time of love and laughter,
It wouldn't come again,
We had our round of joy but after,
Then began the pain,
Me and Sarah Jane.
We had a special thing going,
Me and Sarah Jane,
Sarah Jane.
Searching for a clue.
Traces on the sand.
First I'm flying, going round round round,
Then I'm sliding going down down down,
Doesn't matter where I start I always end up
Falling through those same old crowded rooms.
Me and Sarah Jane,
We had it coming
All the pain,
Walking down the streets,
And finding nothing is the same,
And now the city lights are dimming one by one,
It costs too much money to keep them all on.
Me and Sarah Jane,
In silence walk along the shore,
Tears of joy and mocking laughter,
Words lost in the wind.
The tide was rising,
But there we stayed,
We had no fear of dying
We weren't afraid.
Genesis - Me And Sarah Jane (Three Sides Live) [Abridged] HQ (03:20)
Genesis Three Sides Live Video Captured from Laserdisc
In my top 5 Genesis tunes of all time. Surprising since I was not a big fan of Abacab except for this and "Keep it Dark".
Author: stevedrums - 6 months, 2 weeks ago
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just deleted a bunch of comments because they seemed to be nothng just random crap about genesis and phil collins that had absolutly nothing to do with the video and was basically from one person.
Author: PhilGenesisDB - 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Arrrghh! right at the best part of the song....
Author: ybrband - 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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>> phil was/is a terrific piano player . .
wouldn't go that far. I probably knows the basics but he's no where near Tony Banks.
Don't know how many people know this fact, but Phil Collins was in the beatles movie "A Hards Day night", at the very beginning of it I think.
Author: GaryNull - 5 months ago
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I love Phil I grew up on Genesis.That's the reason why I started to play the drums.Phil's voice at this stage in his career(81-84)but nobody can doubt that he lost it later on in his career. This makes me sad because, as a lyricist, I feel he has blossomed as he has got older, but his singing ability has diminished significantly. I still love his voice, his heart and his belief in the songs he writes, but I wish he had invested in either a voice coach,or somebody to tell him to take it easy!!L
Author: Lozzer81 - 1 month ago
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ha ha i am named after this song :)
Author: jmkmsc - 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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@fab4art The Abacab sound is much better than was done previously.
Author: Forsure3333 - 2 months, 1 week ago
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Genesis es lo maximo !!! Yo tengo 3SL
en DVD is es demasiado bueno !! Tambien lo tenia en VHS en los 80`s !!
Author: batatacollins - 6 months ago
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Agreed. The album version is an overlooked masterpiece : )
Author: fab4art - 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Yeah, like kevycanavan points out, phil was/is a terrific piano player, basically to the point of being known much more as a pianist than a drummer during his solo years. The guy was/is simply one of the best musicians of all time -- great drummer, excellent piano player, amazing voice, impeccable sense of melody and timing. It's impossible to overstate how popular he was in the 80s, for those of you born yesterday.