Genesis - Down and Out

It’s good to be here! How’ve you been? Check my bags, boy! Where’s my room? I sit on the phone, that’s my game, Keep up the pressure all the way! I don’t want to beat about the bush but none of us are getting any younger. There’s people out there who could take your place. A more commercial view! A fresher face! I need a shower, take a nap I’ll meet you in the bar, we must have a rap. There’s a lot on the line, a lot to say. There’s something I must tell you today. You and I both know the score, you can’t go on like this forever. So it’s with regret that I tell you now that from this moment on, you’re on your own! I don’t talk round corners, it’s right between the eyes If you’re slow they’ll run past you, Stand tall, see them falling over. I walk a straight line, it’s right between the eyes. Well show me the door, show me someone who’ll do it better. The drinks are on me, be my guest. Smoke a cigar? Take the best. Don’t hedge your bets, we can make a deal, you got it in your pocket, how do you feel? So
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