Hi,
kann es sein, dass der Genesis-Song "The Lamb lies down on Broadway" später von George Benson bzw. The Drifters für ihren Titel "On Broadway" benutzt wurde?
Gecovert kann ich nicht sagen, da es nicht eins zu eins identisch klingt, aber die Melody und streckenweise auch der Text sind doch eindeutig erkennbar...
Lyrics: The Drifters - On Broadway:
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (on Broadway)
They say there's always magic in the air (on Broadway)
But when you're walkin' down that street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere (on Broadway)
They say the girls are something else on Broadway (on Broadway)
But looking at them just gives me the blues (on Broadway)
'Cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime?
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes (on Broadway)
Ha! They say that I won't last too long on Broadway (on Broadway)
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say (on Broadway)
But oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway (on Broadway)
Oh, they're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway (on Broadway)
On Broadway (on Broadway)
I'm gonna make it, yeah (on Broadway)
I'll be a big, big, big man (on Broadway)
I'll have my name in lights (on Broadway)
Everybody, everybody's gonna know me, yes (on Broadway)
All up and down Broadway (on Broadway)
Ohhhhh yeah! (on Broadway)
Lyrics: Genesis - The Lamb lies down on Broadway:
Early
morning Manhattan,
Ocean winds blow on the land.
The Movie-Palace is now undone,
Genesis The all-night watchmen have had their fun.
Sleeping cheaply on the midnight show,
The It's the same old ending-time to go.
Get out!
Lamb It seems they cannot leave their dream.
There's something moving in the sidewalk steam,
Lies And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
Nightime's flyers feel their pains.
Down Drugstore takes down the chains.
Metal motion comes in bursts,
But the gas station can quench that thirst.
On Suspension cracked on unmade road
The trucker's eyes read 'Overload'
Broadway And out on the subway,
Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid
Exits into daylight, spraygun hid,
Songtexte And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
The lamb seems right out of place,
Songtext Yet the Broadway street sceng finds a focus in its face.
Lyrics Somehow it's lying there,
Brings a stillness to the air.
Lyric Though man-made light, at night is very bright,
There's no whitewahs victim,
Liedertexte As the neons dim, to the coat of white.
Rael Imperial Aerosol Kid,
Liedertext Wipes his gun-he's forgotten what he did,
And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
Alle
Suzanne tired her work all done,
Thinks money-honey-be on-neon.
Genesis Cabman's velvet glove sounds the horn
And the sawdust king spits out his scorn.
The Wonder women draw your blind!
Don't look at me! I'm not your kind.
Lamb I'm Rael!
Something inside me has just begun,
Lord knows what I have done,
Lies And the lamb lies down on Broadway.
On Broadway-
They say the lights are always bright on Broadway.
Down They say there's always magic in the air.
