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- From: mcmahan@cs.unca.edu (Scott McMahan -- Genesis mailing list owner)
- Subject: Re: CHRIS SQUIRE: Fish Out Of Water Lyrics?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.151713.24140@cs.unca.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:17:13 GMT
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- I meant *transcribed* lyrics, obviously. If I had the CD,
- I wouldn't need lyrics, now would I?
-
- Anyway, they *have* been transcribed! They're hidden on the
- Yes archive mail server. I'm going to upload them to cs.uwp.edu
- when I get a chance.
-
- Until then, here are the official lyrics and liner notes to
- Fish Out Of Water by Chris Squire. It's a terriffic album, and
- I highly recommend it to everyone on this group. It's more orchestral
- than Yes, with a lot less of the flash that Yes has. I love Squire's
- vocals! They're so few, I wish he'd sing lead more.
-
- (Who is 'Nikki' whom he credits with vocal help, anyway?)
-
- Here we go:
-
- Fish Out Of Water 1975 CD5 JAP Atlantic AMCY19
-
- TRACKS:
-
- 1) Hold Out Your Hand 4:13
- 2) You By My Side 5:00
- 3) Silently Falling 11:27
- 4) Lucky Seven 7:54
- 5) Safe (Canon Song) 15:57
-
-
-
- "Hold Out Your Hand"
- --------------------
-
- You can feel it coming with the morning light
- And you know the feelings, gonna make you feel
- Alright
- Almost close enough to,
- Hold out your hand
- Span the distance,
- Store resistance,
- To attack is to retreat
- All you've got to do is
- Hold out your hand
- For the treasures of the Universe are lying at your feet.
-
- You can hide it, lose it, but it's always found.
- You can laugh it off, but it always comes,
- Back on you, so true.
- True is true enough to
- Hold out your hand.
- Forward motion
- Life promotion
- To reverse is to repeat
- All you've got to do is
- Hold out your hand
- For the treasures of the Universe are lying at your feet.
-
- Hold out your hand
- Span the distance
- Store resistance
- To attack is to retreat.
- Almost close enough to
- Hold out your hand
- For the treasures of the Universe are lying at your feet.
-
-
- "You By My Side"
- ----------------
-
- You know I love you.
- I can't be without you.
- When I'm alone, I still feel this way about you.
- Everything's clear
- Here is here
- And everything is as it appears to be so
-
- Here am I dreaming
- I stand by myself
- Look and it's easy to see, that,
- I'm not the only one reaching for a new kind of wealth
- Reaching with nothing to hide
- And you by my side
-
- You know we love you
- We can't be without you
- When we're at home, we still feel this way about you
- Everything's clear
- Here is here
- And everything is as it appears to be so,
-
- Here we are dreaming
- We stand by ourselves
- Look and it's easy to see, that,
- We're not the only one's reaching for a new kind of wealth
- Reaching with nothing to hide
- And you on our side.
-
-
- "Silently Falling"
- ------------------
-
- Silently falling down,
- Bringing hope of the future to the children.
- Fills the air with a magic sound.
- Giving light to sight that cannot see,
- Hopefully, hopefully
-
- Don't believe in miracles,
- I do believe in love.
- Don't advise you to stick to rules,
- There ain't no need to push and shove
- Or in the end you'll reflect the pool
- Reaching for the sky above
-
- I know there's something,
- I don't know how long it's taking in coming,
- I still sing the song.
- All of the pieces fit,
- The puzzle carries on.
-
- Silently circling round
- Giving scope to our imagination
- Stills the sea, restore the crown
- Breathing life to life that could not be,
- Hopefully
- Eventually
-
- Silently falling
- Falling down
-
-
- "Lucky Seven"
- -------------
-
- In the shadows of the fading light
- Nothing in sight, nothing in mind
- Nothing gained when you're feeling restrained
- The more you look, the more you find
- Take a bite from the apple of life's not as bad, as it's right,
- as it's right, and I think you could be,
-
- Lucky tonight
-
- By the fates that drive us on
- Upon the sea we swiftly sail
- In the wake of the carnival trail
- The more we try, the less we fail
- You and I, the more we strive in our search for truth,
- love and honesty could be,
-
- Lucky tonight
-
- >From the trees by the silvery sands
- To the ice of the golden midnight lands
- Runs a thread of the tears that are shed
- With laughter on the other hand
- Keeping up with the plans and the schemes, chasing dreams,
- hard to tell what it means, but I think we could be,
-
- Lucky tonight
-
-
- "Safe (Canon Song)"
- -------------------
-
- When your saviour lets you down
- Who will mind
- When your lover turns around
- You will find joy in the morning.
- Love in the stars
- Peace and understanding, standing right beside you when you're
- walking down the street.
-
- Walk in time
- Standing beside you
- To shelter your heart's
- Like a ship in a harbour, blown in by the storms that surround us,
- and you will be,
-
- Safely where nothing can ground us and you will be,
- Safe with me
-
- When you face the doors of doubt
- Have no fear
- When the changes come about
- I'll be near
- I'll be waiting beside you
- To shelter your heart's
- Like a ship in a harbour, blown in by the storms that surround us,
- and you will be,
- Safe with me.
-
-
-
-
-
- This album, my first solo album, was conceived and recorded in
- Virginia Water, Surrey and at Morgan Studios, London during the
- Spring and Summer of 1975.
-
- MUSICIANS
-
- The drums and percussion were played by Bill Bruford
- The saxophones Mel Collins
- The organ & bass synthesizer Patrick Moraz
- The pipe organ Barry Rose
- (sub-organist of St. Pauls Cathedral, London)
- The acoustic & electric guitars Andrew Pryce Jackman
- The basses & twelve string electric
- guitars were played by myself I also
- sang all the vocals with some help
- from Nikki on, "Hold out your hand".
- The leaders of the sections of the
- orchestra were: Julian Gaillard (Strings)
- John Wilbraham (Brass)
- Jim Buck (Horns)
- Adrian Brett (Woodwind)
- David Snell (Harpist)
-
- PRODUCTION
-
- Throughout the album the sound
- engineer was Greg Jackman
- assisted by Nigel Luby
- The album cover design & photography Laurence Bernes
- Not forgetting the front cover polaroid
- taken by the infamous Brian Lane
-
- SPECIAL THANKS TO
-
- For his orchestration, conducting the
- orchestra, invaluable assistance &
- encouragement Andrew Pryce Jackman
- For suggestions on "Safe" Pete Sinfield
- For finishing touches Trevor Spencer &
- Graham Presket
- (long overdue) Phil Carson
- & finally the rest of Yes
-
- DEDICATED TO NICOLA, CARMEN & CHANDRIKA
-
-
- WRITTEN, ARRANGED AND PRODUCED BY CHRIS SQUIRE
-
-
- 1975 Atlantic Recording Corporation
-
-