The Musical Box

Lyrics

[Part I] [Verse 1: Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins] Play me "Old King Cole" That I may join with you All your hearts now seem so far from me It hardly seems to matter now And the nurse will tell you lies Of a kingdom beyond the skies But I am lost within this half-world It hardly seems to matter now [Chorus: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins] Play me my song (Here it comes again) Play me my song (Here it comes again) [Bridge: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins] (La-la-la-la-la-la) Just a little bit (La-la-la-la-la, la) Just a little bit more time (La-la, la) Time left to live out my life (La-la, la, la-la, la-la) La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la (La-la-la-la) [Instrumental Break] [Chorus: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins] Play me my song (Here it comes again) Play me my song (Here it comes again) [Part II] [Guitar Solo] [Verse 2: Peter Gabriel] Old King Cole was a merry old soul And a merry old soul was he So he called for his pipe and he called for his bowl And he called for his fiddlers three But the clock, tick-tock On the mantelpiece And I want, and I feel And I know, and I touch her warmth [Keyboard/Guitar Solo] [Part III] [Verse 3: Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins & Tony Banks] She is a lady, she's got time Brush back your hair (And she's got time) And let me get to know your face (For she's a lady) She is a lady, she is mine Oh, brush back your hair (And she is mine) And let me get to know your flesh (She is a lady) [Verse 4: Peter Gabriel] I've been waiting here for so long And all this time has passed me by It doesn't seem to matter now You stand there with your fixed expression Casting doubt on all I have to say [Outro: Peter Gabriel] Why don't you touch me, touch me? Why don't you touch me, touch me? Touch me now, now, now, now, now! Now, now, now, now, now! Now, now, now, now, now! Now, now, now, now! Now, now, now, now! [Instrumental Outro]