Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but there is no one on the line
Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news
Oh it's too easy to live like clockwork
Tick tock watching the world go by
Any change would take too long
So dry your eyes
Ooh it's too easy to live in a cold sweat
Just sitting dripping in pools below
You can wipe your face
Kill the pain
But the fever won't go, no no
Paperlate
Pull it together now
Put your feet back on the ground
Paperlate
Ooh don't worry now
You're not alone
Look around you
Paperlate
Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line
Paperlate
Ooh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news
Oh it's too easy to compute your future
Taking no risks and playing too safe
Any change would take too long
So dry your eyes
Ooh it's too easy to talk about rocking the boat
Making changes and changing track
But you'd better not lock that door
'Cause you'll be coming back
Ah you're breathing faster
Silence the only sound
There's no need to be nice on the way up
'Cause you're not coming down
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate
Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line
Paperlate
Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but there is no one on the line
Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news
Oh it's too easy to live like clockwork
Tick tock watching the world go by
Any change would take too long
So dry your eyes
Ooh it's too easy to live in a cold sweat
Just sitting dripping in pools below
You can wipe your face
Kill the pain
But the fever won't go, no no
Paperlate
Pull it together now
Put your feet back on the ground
Paperlate
Ooh don't worry now
You're not alone
Look around you
Paperlate
Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line
Paperlate
Ooh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news
Oh it's too easy to compute your future
Taking no risks and playing too safe
Any change would take too long
So dry your eyes
Ooh it's too easy to talk about rocking the boat
Making changes and changing track
But you'd better not lock that door
'Cause you'll be coming back
Ah you're breathing faster
Silence the only sound
There's no need to be nice on the way up
'Cause you're not coming down
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate paperlate
Paperlate
Ooh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line
Paperlate
Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news
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"Paperlate" - a British newsboy's cry for the evening edition of the local paper. Connotes late-breaking news, perhaps an emergency transmission or warning?
"It's too easy to live like clockwork.." / "It's too easy to live in a cold sweat.." / " it's too easy to compute your future" / "It's too easy to talk about rocking the boat" - speaks for itself, this is a wake-up call for people living in complacency, coming up with multiple excuses for not taking risks, making changes in their lives.
"So sorry, but there's no one on the line." - there's no deity or supernatural being listening in on the other end of your prayers. It's up to you, and you alone, to make this change you seek.
"rest easy, no news is good news" - there's no one on the line, but the good news is, this frees you to make this change.
"don't worry now, you're not alone, look around you" - despite all this, you're not alone. look around you.
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great song; the verses chords by tony banks really strong and weird, the furious rythm behind it too, horns give it a light feel but by then collins voice which by that era transmitted a lot of conviction and beauty really made this one a good slap in the face along as being radio friendly :) i love his lyrics 'You can wipe your face Kill the pain But the fever won't go, no noo ' that's really shaking the tree. ^^
paperlate is a term phil took from dancing with the moonlit knight... he randomly started singing that while improvising and it stuck. -its actually what the evening newspaper sellers used to shout in london which is why it was used in the original song anyway. the song is just about taking or not taking risks in life. nothing very deep rooted so its most likely a rhyme based thing.
"its actually what the evening newspaper sellers used to shout in london"<br /> <br /> Just to clarify - newspapers used to call out: "late paper, late paper, late paper" which could sound like: "paper late"
Sounds so "Un-Genesis". Sounds more like a track that should be on a Phil Collins solo album
More suited to a solo Collins album than a Genesis track
Yes, I believe Collins wrote this song with Genesis while simultaneously working on the "No Jacket Required" album, hence the horns. Simply a fun song.
This was recorded earlier, between Collins' first two solo albums. But yes, it was his collaboration with the Phenix Horns on "Face Value" that prompted the idea to use them on Paperlate and No Reply At All.