Peter Gabriel – Family Snapshot

The streets are lined with camera crews

Everywhere he goes is news

Today is different

Today is not the same

Today I make the action

Take snapshot into the light, snapshot into the light

I’m shooting into the light

Four miles down the cavalcade moves on

Driving into the sun

If I worked it out right

They won’t see me or the gun

Two miles to go, they’re clearing the road

The cheering has really begun

I’ve got my radio

I can hear what’s going on

I’ve been waiting for this

I have been waiting for this

All you people in TV land

I will wake up your empty shells

Peak-time viewing blown in a flash

As I burn into your memory cells

‘Cos I’m alive

They’re coming ’round the corner with the bikers at the front

I’m wiping the sweat from my eyes

-It’s a matter of time

-It’s a matter of will

And the governor’s car is not far behind

He’s not the one I’ve got in mind

‘Cos there he is-the man of the hour, standing in the limousine

“I don’t really hate you

-I don’t care what you do

We were made for each other

-Me and you

I want to be somebody

-You were like that too

If you don’t get given you learn to take

And I will take you.”

Holding my breath

Release the catch

And I let the bullet fly

All turned quiet-I have been here before

Lonely boy hiding behind the front door

Friends have all gone home

There’s my toy gun on the floor

Come back Mum and Dad

You’re growing apart

You know that I’m growing up sad

I need some attention

I shoot into the light