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Genesis

Small Talk

Release date: 2nd September 1997

From ...Calling All Stations...
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"Small Talk" is a track by Genesis, from the album ...Calling All Stations..., released 2nd September 1997. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Small Talk

[Intro]

Don't talk back to me

Don't talk back to me

Don't talk back to me

Don't talk

[Verse 1]

Going round in circles hearing too many points of view

Just words to tire me out, small talk I could do without

I would be amazed if you returned to see things my way

Now that you've been disrespectful to my sense of pride

[Verse 2]

Isn't it a shame that you were lying when you said to me (Small talk)

I was the only one, you and I were meant to be

I expect you'll never really feel the way that I do

All of this is with regret, I'm sure you will agree

[Chorus]

Say something to me, anything at all

And I want you to mean what you say

I've seen all I want to see

And you mean the world to me

I've lived for each moment to be

With you, with you, with you

[Post-Chorus]

Small talk

Small talk

Small talk

Small talk

[Verse 3]

You say I don't talk enough, that applies to both of us

Don't try to sound me out, something I could do without

So much goes on inside your head, I often wonder

Have you heard enough to know there's nothing left to say

[Chorus]

Say something to me, anything at all

I want you to mean what you say

I've seen all I want to see

And you mean the world to me

I've lived for each moment to be

With you, with you, with you

[Post-Chorus]

Small talk

Small talk, ah, small talk

That's all I ever hear

Small talk

[Outro]

I'll be alright

It may take sometime

But I'll be alright (Don't talk back to me)

I'll be alright (Don't talk back to me)

(Don't want to be alone, nothing worth to carry on)

I'll be alright (Don't talk back to me)

(Try hard to understand, you won't seem to lend a hand)

I'll be alright (Don't talk back to me)

(Without you'll fail to see, you never spare a thought for me)

I'll be alright (Don't talk back to me)

(So many things you said, going round in circles)

I'll be alright (Don't talk back to me)

(I'll rise above it all, enough to see another day)

I'll be alright, I'll be alright

(Don't talk back to me)

(So many things you said, going round in circles)

I'll be alright (Don't talk back to me)

(Don't try to sound me out, something I could do without)

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From ...Calling All Stations...

1997
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    Mike Rutherford, Ray Wilson, Tony Banks
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    Genesis, Nick Davis (Producer)
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