Artist: Phil Collins
Track: Both Sides of the Story
Lyrics
Find yourself in the gutter in a lonely part of town
Where death waits in the darkness with a weapon to cut some stranger down
Sleeping with an empty bottle, he's a sad and an empty hearted man
All he needs is a job, and a little respect, so he can get out while he can
We always need to hear both sides of the story
Both sides of the story
A neighborhood peace is shattered it's the middle of the night
Young faces hide in the shadows
While they watch their mother and father fight
He says she's been unfaithful, she says her love for him has gone
And the brother shrugs to his sister and says
Looks like it's just us from now on'
We always need to hear both sides of the story
We need to hear both sides of the story
And the lights are all on, the world is watching now
People looking for truth, we must not fail them now
Be sure, before we close our eyes
Don't walk away from here
'Til you hear both sides, no no no
Here we are all gathered in what seems to be the centre of the storm
Neighbours once friendly now stand each side of the line that has been drawn
They've been fighting here for years, but now there's killing on the streets
While small coffins are lined up sadly, now united in defeat
Oh, we always need to hear both sides of the story
When the lights are all on, the world is watching now
People looking for truth, we must not fail them now
Be sure, before we close our eyes
Don't walk away from here
'Til you see both sides, no no no no
White man turns the corner, finds himself within a different world
Ghetto kid grabs his shoulder, throws him up against the wall
He says 'would you respect me if I didn't have this gun
'Cause without it, I don't get it, and that's why I carry one'
We always need to hear We always need to hear both sides of the story
Both sides of the story
Oh, both sides of the story
Yes both sides of the story
Oh, both sides of the story
Both sides of the story
Both sides of the story
Both sides, both sides of the story
Both sides of the story
Both sides of the story, yeah
Both sides of the story
Both sides, both sides of the story
Both sides of the story
Both sides of the story
Both sides of the story
Must hear both sides of the story
Full Lyrics and Meaning
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Phil Collins – Both Sides of the Story
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[Verse 1] / Find yourself in the gutter in a lonely part of town / Where death waits in the darkness with a weapon to cut some stranger down / Sleeping with an empty bottle, he's a
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Phil Collins – Both Sides of the Demo
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There we are, on the side of the gutter on the street / Oh son of mine, why, gotta know why oh why oh? / I don't know Son, tell me why / All the lights stay on all night / In our
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Phil Collins – Everyday
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Second single off the album Both Sides, the song deals with the hardship to try to forget a past relationship with a person one once loved very strongly.
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Phil Collins – Take Me with You
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[Verse 1] / If you see the light on in the window of my room / I'll be looking out though the shades are drawn / If you should hear someone quietly calling out for your hair / Don'
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Phil Collins – Can't Find My Way
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[Verse 1] / I've been doing some thinking, here on my own / It's been on my mind / This debt I owe to you / I have to repay in kind / [Chorus] / But I can't find my way / I can't
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Phil Collins – I've Forgotten Everything
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“I’ve Forgotten Everything” is about recalling a person Phil has not been seeing or hearing for a long time. Given the lyrics, it must be a person he has loved in the past.
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Phil Collins – We’re Sons of Our Fathers
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[Verse 1] / When I grow up to be a man / Like my father was when I was young / I hope I can make him so proud of me / Proud enough to call me his son / Ooh yeah / [Instrumental
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Phil Collins (Ft. David Crosby) – Hero
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Well it was one of those great stories / That you can't put down at night / The hero knew what he had to do / And he wasn't afraid to fight / The villain goes to jail, while the
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Phil Collins – We Wait and We Wonder
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[Chorus] / I've been trying / Lord knows that I've been trying / To understand why / Can't I be your only man / [Verse] / Now you said you loved me / So sincerely that I believed
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Simpson family hardly spoke / With seven kids, it wasn't a joke / Just meeting at night on the sofa / All trying to watch TV / Tucked away in North West Three / Car in the garage
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Everywhere I turn, I hurt someone / But there's nothing I can say to change / The things I've done / Of all the things I hid from you / I cannot hide the shame / And I pray someone
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Phil Collins – Just Another Story
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[Verse 1] / Father comes home 'cos his money's run out / Seems a little loose tonight, he starts to shout / Dinner's not on the table, seems mother's not able / She's staring at
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