Steam by Peter Gabriel

Stand Back!
Stand Back!

What are those dogs doing
sniffing at my feet
They're on to something, picking up
Picking up this heat, (1)________ heat

Give me steam
And how you (2)________ to make it real
Real as anything you've seen
Get a life with this dreamer's dream

You know your (3)______________ from your trash
You know your plastic from your cash
When I lose sight of the track
You know the way back
But I know you

You know (4)________ stripper from your paint
You know your sinner from your saint
Whenever heaven's doors are shut
You kick them open but
I know you

Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as any place you've been
Get a life with the dreamer's dream

Stand back!
Stand back!
Can't you see I've lost
control I'm getting
indiscreet
You're moving in so close
'til I'm picking up
Picking up (5)________ heat, this heat


You know your green from your red
You know the quick from the dead
So much better than the rest
You (6)__________ you've been blessed
But I know you

You know your ladder from your snake
You know the throttle from the brake
You know your straight
line from a curve
You've got a lot of nerve
But I know you

Everybody nosedive
Hold (7)________ breath, count to five
Backslap, boobytrap,
Cover it up in bubblewrap
Room shake, earthquake
Find a way to stay awake
It's going to blow,
it's (8)__________ to break
This is more than I can take

Oh yeah, I need steam
Feel the steam all around me
Ah you're turning up the heat
When I start to dream aloud
See you move your hands and feet
Won't you step into
this cloud of steam
This steam

Help me yeah
Ready to (9)__________ out the log jam
Stir crazy from the
freezer to the boil
Water's bubbling, it's
b..b..b..bubbling
bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling
like it's coming to a boil
Give me steam, lady
Give me steam around me now
Aah coming alive,
Aah coming alive
Said give me some steam

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