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Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the (1)________ light
Wind was blowing, time (2)__________ still
Eagle (3)________ out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing, stretching every nerve
I had to listen, had no choice
I did not believe the information
Just had to trust imagination
My (4)__________ going boom, boom, boom
"Son," he said, "grab your things
I've (5)________ to take you home"

To keep in silence, I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water (6)________ wine
Open doors would (7)________ be shut
So I (8)________ (9)________ day to day
Though my (10)________ was in a rut
Till I (11)______________ of (12)________ I'd say
Which (13)____________________ I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I (14)____________ right out of the machinery
My heart (15)__________ boom, boom, boom
"Hey," he said, "Grab your things
I've come to (16)________ you home"
Yeah, back home

When illusion spin her net
I'm (17)__________ (18)__________ I want to be
And liberty, she pirouette
When I think (19)________ I am free
Watched by empty silhouette
Who close (20)__________ eyes but (21)__________ can see
No one taught them etiquette
I (22)________ show another me
Today I don't (23)________ a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom, boom, boom
"Hey," I said, "You can keep my things
They've (24)________ to take me home"
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