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
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Phil Collins - Both Sides Of The Story Lyrics
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Great message about how we often fail to realize the experiences of others who we just blow aside and ignore. I think Phil is asking everyone to pause, take a ...
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Phil Collins Lyrics, Songs, Albums And More
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Both Sides Of The Story · 7 · Burn Down the Mission (Elton John cover) · 0 · Can't Find My Way · 1 · Can't Stop Loving You · 10 · Can't Turn Back The Years · 0.
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Phil Collins - Can't Find My Way Lyrics
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It's super easy, we promise! Artists - P · Phil Collins · Both Sides · Can't Find ... Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is ...
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Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight Lyrics
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Highest Rated; Most Recent; Oldest First. General Comment. Hopefully this will put all drowning stories to rest. Thanks ...
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Phil Collins - Everyday Lyrics
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... Both Sides Love Songs: A Compilation...Old and New. close. More Featured Meanings. Album art. Mental Istid Ebba Grön. This is one of my favorite songs. https ...
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Phil Collins - Just Another Story Lyrics
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This track is about is about questioning why the sky would choose to be blue if it had the choice to be anything else, “blue also meaning sad,” states frontman ...
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Phil Collins - We Fly So Close Lyrics
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It's super easy, we promise! Artists - P · Phil Collins · Both Sides · We Fly So Close Lyrics ... Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of ...
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Phil Collins - Like China Lyrics
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My mom and daddy both say. I must be crazy to be this infatuated. But I know you know. We got something special never felt before
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Phil Collins - Two Hearts Lyrics
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Oldest First. General Comment. Meaning: Distance means little as long as two lovers really care for each other.
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Phil Collins - Don't Lose My Number Lyrics
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... side. Don't give up. Oh Billy, you better, you better, you better run for your ... Collins himself says there is no real story or message in the song. The MTV ...
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Phil Collins - Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) Lyrics
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Even though in his heart.. he knows its a slim chance. :( Mostly all of his songs are so beautiful, in whichever meaning they convey.
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Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise Lyrics
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Phil Collins is saying in this song that instead of helping others in need, we, especially Americans, don't help the poor developing countries, and even our own ...
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Nonpoint - In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins cover) Lyrics
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The drowning story and the murder story, while entertaining, are both complete urban legends. Phil Collins said on many times that this song was about how ...
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Phil Collins - Always Lyrics
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The royalties from the song would keep support her, even if she lost Irving and his money. It's a beautiful song even without knowing the back story. This song ...
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Phil Collins - Take Me Home Lyrics
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Christina78, I hope you still check up on the site b/c Phil is one of my favorites and he explained this song on Storytellers years ago. It's about a person in ...
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Phil Collins - Separate Lives Lyrics
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This song is so fitting for me, it really helps me to move along. My ex before we parted had a guy set up to help fuel her egotistical side, from what I can ...
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Phil Collins - I Don't Care Anymore Lyrics
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... Interpretation. It might just be my relating my own life situations to this song, but PERSONALLY, my analysis of the lyrics are, this song tells the story of ...
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Genesis - Behind The Lines Lyrics
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Will is the key to stay in the story and the story is Written in the book, meaning it is both powerful and deliberate to open, to an extend. Wooh! How about ...
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Phil Collins - That's Just the Way It Is Lyrics
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Highest Rated; Most Recent; Oldest First. General Comment. To me it's a story about a father that went to ...
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Both Sides by Phil Collins
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Phil Collins declared in 2016 that it was his favorite album. The song deals with personal problems, especially his failed wedding with his second wife Jill Tavelman, but also
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Both Sides Of The Story by Phil Collins - Songfacts
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Both Sides Of The Story by Phil Collins song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
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In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins - Songfacts
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Two Hearts by Phil Collins - Songfacts
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Please Come Out Tonight by Phil Collins - Songfacts
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Lyrics for In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins - Songfacts
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Take Me Home by Phil Collins - Songfacts
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Another Day in Paradise by Phil Collins - Songfacts
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Genius Meanings
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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 – Survivors
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[Verse 1] / No I never meant to hold you back / I never meant to turn away / Please forgive me / I never meant to break your heart / I'd give my last breath before I do / Please
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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 (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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The song might be about the horror and the violence of the massacre which occured in the the history of humankind, and lately, terrorism which started in Europe at the time of the
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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 – Please Come Out Tonight
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[Verse] / Please come out tonight i need you here / Its been a long, long time and i can't wait / Let's find out, let's see what it's like out there / If it rains we'll find
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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 – There’s a Place for Us
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[Verse] / So here we are together / Just you and me / Sitting side by side / Don't know why / With time just racing by / But I don't want to go / Well I don't know much about it
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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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