Genesis - Ripples

Bluegirls come in every size
Some are wise and some otherwise,
They got pretty blue eyes.
For an hour a man may change
For an hour her face looks strange -
Looks strange, looks strange.

Marching to the promised land
Where the honey flows and takes you by the hand,
Pulls you down on your knees,
While you're down a pool appears.
The face in the water looks up,
And she shakes her head as if to say
That it's the last time you'll look like today.

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back.
Gone to the other side.
Sail away, away.

The face that launched a thousand ships
Is sinking fast, that happens you know,
The water gets below.
Seems not very long ago
Lovelier she was than any that I know.

Angels never know it's time
To close the book and gracefully decline,
The song has found a tale.
My, what a jealous pool is she.
The face in the water looks up
She shakes her head as if to say
That the bluegirls have all gone away.

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back.
They've gone to the other side.
Look into the pool,
Ripples never come back,
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
Oh, they've gone to the other side...

Sail away, away
Ripples never come back.
They've Gone to the other side.
Look into the pool,
The ripples never come back, come back,
Dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
They've gone to the other side
Ripples never come back
Sail away, away

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Music

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• Genesis
• a trick of the tail
• Ripples

[benlorenc]

i am so glad 3:07 happened. 

[btom22259]

@bruffbhoy

Yes its true. This album and "wind and wuthering" are my favorite for ever!

[DLBVT]

used to play this before I went to sleep - bled the LP version dry

[MJP474]

Most incredible music in Time:.).>>

[walaron1]

@tnecniv1952 Well said!!!!!

[Doobie1975]

Great song, I often keep thinking it's Peter Gabriel singing instead of Phil Collins

[tnecniv1952]

Respect. Every time I think I have found my favourite Genesis song, I listen to another like this and now THIS is my fav. (until I listen to another unique and beautiful Genesis song, crafted and aged. Chippendale music in an era of Ikea dross.

[paperl8]

@benlorenc Or 5:07, 6:16 and especially 0:01.

[paperl8]

@muskokan59 Or Repeat, peat peat peat ???

[bfflsandmonkeys]

i just turned 51 years old.havent listened to this stuff in years.still so fantastic,saw them live about 7 times,met them at merriweather post pavillion.so long ago.420 was good and my girlfriend back then was hot...such fond memories of my early years.thank you genesis.oh yea no need to compare yes and genesis both great both worth listening to forever.and as jon anderson said we loved the shows our audiences were always the inteligent stoners.word

[kqwiet]

This and all before it are classic to me :)... and even up through Duke, good stuff.

[muskokan59]

Replay...replay...replay...rep­lay...replay...replay...replay­........