stand back
stand back
what are those dogs doing sniffing at my feet
they’re on to something picking up
picking up this heat this heat
give me steam
and how you feel can make it real
real as anything you’ve seen
get a life with this dreamer’s dream
you know your culture 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 your 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 can 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
until i’m picking up
picking up this heat this heat
give me steam
and how you feel can make it real
real as anything you’ve seen
get a life with this dreamer’s dream
4
you know your green from your red
you know the quick from the dead
so much better than the rest
you think 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
give me steam
and how you feel could make it real
real as any place you’ve been
get a life with the dreamer’s dream
everybody nosedive
hold your 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 going to break
this is more than i can take
oh yeah i need steam
feel the steam all around me
5
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
give me steam
and how you feel can make it real
real as anything you’ve seen
get a life with this dreamer’s dream
help me yeah
ready to steam out the log jam
stir crazy from the freezer to the boil
water’s bubbling it’s bubbling
bubbling bubbling
like it’s coming to a boil
give me steam lady
give me steam around me now
aah coming alive coming alive
said give me some steam
Artist: Peter Gabriel
Year: 1993
Decade: 90s
Language: en
Word Count: 220