[Intro: Peter Gabriel]

I see faces and traces of home

Back in New York City, huh

[Verse 1: Peter Gabriel]

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

[Verse 2: Peter Gabriel]

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 shit

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

[Pre-Chorus: Peter Gabriel]

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

[Chorus: Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins]

No time for romantic escape (No time)

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape (No time, no!)

No time for romantic escape (No time)

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape (No time, no!)

No time for romantic escape (No time)

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape (No time, no!)

[Bridge: Peter Gabriel]

Off we go

Off we go

Off we go

Off we go

[Verse 3: Peter Gabriel]

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?

[Pre-Chorus: Peter Gabriel]

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

[Chorus: Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins]

No time for romantic escape (No time)

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape (No time, no!)

No time for romantic escape (No time)

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape (No time, no!)

No time for romantic escape (No time)

When your fluffy heart is ready for rape (No time, no!)

No time