Back in N.Y.C. (2025 Remaster)

Back in N.Y.C. (2025 Remaster) - Genesis

Lyrics by：Mike Rutherford/Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins/Steve Hackett/Tony Banks

Arranged by：Mike Rutherford/Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins/Steve Hackett/Tony Banks

Produced by：John Burns/Mike Rutherford/Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins/Steve Hackett/Tony Banks

I see faces and traces of home

Back in New York City huh

So you think I'm a tough kid?

Is that what you heard?

Yeah well I like to see some action

And it gets into my blood

They call me the trail blazer Rael electric razor

I'm the pitcher in a chain gang we don't believe in pain

'Cause we're only as strong yes we're only as strong

As the weakest link in the chain

Let me out of Pontiac when I was just seventeen

I had to get it out of me

If you know what I mean what I mean

Ahh you say I must be crazy

'Cause I don't care who I hit who I hit

But I know it's me that's hitting out

And I'm I'm not full of ****

I don't care who I hurt I don't care who I do wrong

This is your mess I'm stuck in I really don't belong

When I take out my bottle filled up high with gasoline

You can tell by the night fires where Rael has been has been

As I cuddled the porcupine

He said I had none to blame but me

Held my heart deep in hair

Time to shave shave it off it off

No time for romantic escape

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape

No time for romantic escape

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape

No time for romantic escape

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape

Off we go

Off we go

Off we go

Off we go

You're sitting in your comfort you don't believe I'm real

You cannot buy protection from the way that I feel

Your progressive hypocrites hand out their trash

But it was mine in the first place so I'll burn it to ash

And I've tasted all the strongest meats

And laid them down in coloured sheets

Laid them down in coloured sheets

Who needs illusion of love and affection

When you're out walking in the streets

With your mainline connection connection?

As I cuddled the porcupine

He said I had none to blame but me

Held my heart deep in hair

Time to shave shave it off it off

No time for romantic escape

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape

No time for romantic escape

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape

No time for romantic escape

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape

No time