Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Family Snapshot, artist - Peter Gabriel.
Date of issue: 19.11.1990
Song language: English
Family Snapshot |
The streets are lined with camera crews |
Everywhere he goes is news |
Today is different, today is not the same |
Today I make the action, take snapshot into the light |
Snapshot into the light, I’m shooting into the light |
Four miles down the cavalcade moves on |
Driving into the sun |
If I worked it out right, they won’t see me or the gun |
Two miles to go, they’re clearing the road |
And the cheering has really begun |
I’ve got my radio, I can hear what’s going on |
I’ve been waiting for this |
I’ve been waiting for this |
All you people in TV land |
I will wake up your empty shells |
Peak-time viewing blown in a flash |
As I burn into your memory cells |
'Cause I’m alive |
They’re coming around the corner with the bikers at the front |
I’m wiping the sweat from my eyes |
It’s a matter of time, a matter of will |
And the governor’s car is not far behind, he’s not the one I’ve got in mind |
'Cause there he is, the man of the hour, standing in the limousine |
I don’t really hate you, I don’t care what you do |
We were made for each other, me and you |
I want to be somebody, you were like that too |
If you don’t get given you learn to take |
And I will take you |
Holding my breath |
Release the catch |
And I let the bullet fly |
All turned quiet, I have been here before |
A lonely boy hiding behind the front door |
Friends have all gone home |
There’s my toy gun on the floor |
Come back, Mum and Dad |
You’re growing apart, you know that I’m growing up sad |
I need some attention |
I shoot into the light |