Steam by Peter Gabriel

Stand Back!
Stand Back!

What are those dogs doing
sniffing at my feet
They're on to something, (1)______________ up
Picking up (2)________ heat, this heat

Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as (3)________________ you've seen
Get a life with this dreamer's dream

You (4)________ your culture from your trash
You know your (5)______________ from (6)________ cash
When I (7)________ sight of the track
You know the way back
But I know you

You know your (8)________________ from your paint
You know your sinner from your saint
Whenever heaven's (9)__________ are shut
You kick them (10)________ but
I know you

Give me steam
And how you feel to make it real
Real as any place you've been
Get a life with the dreamer's dream

Stand back!
Stand back!
Can't you see I've lost
control I'm getting
indiscreet
You're moving in so close
'til I'm picking up
Picking up this heat, this heat


You know (11)________ (12)__________ from your red
You know the quick from the dead
So much better than the rest
You (13)__________ you've been blessed
But I know you

You (14)________ your ladder (15)________ your snake
You know the throttle from the brake
You know (16)________ straight
line (17)________ a curve
You've got a lot of nerve
But I know you

Everybody nosedive
Hold your breath, (18)__________ to five
Backslap, boobytrap,
Cover it up in bubblewrap
Room shake, earthquake
Find a way to stay awake
It's going to blow,
it's going to break
This is (19)________ than I can take

Oh yeah, I need steam
Feel the steam all around me
Ah you're (20)______________ up the heat
When I (21)__________ to dream aloud
See you (22)________ your hands and feet
Won't you (23)________ into
this (24)__________ of steam
This steam

Help me yeah
Ready to steam out the log jam
Stir crazy from the
freezer to the boil
Water's bubbling, it's
b..b..b..bubbling
bubbling, bubbling, bubbling, bubbling
like it's coming to a boil
Give me steam, lady
Give me steam (25)____________ me now
Aah coming alive,
Aah (26)____________ alive
Said give me some steam

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