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D.I.Y. - Lyrics by Peter Gabriel


Lyrics
D.I.Y., D.I.Y., D.I.Y., D.I.Y.

Don't tell me what I will do, 'cos I won't.

Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cos I don't.

Be on your guard, better hostile and hard, don't risk affection;

Like flesh to the bone in the no-go zone,

You're still looking for the Resurrection.

Come up to me with your "
What did you say?"

And I'll tell you, straight in the eye:

D.I.Y., D.I.Y., [etc.]


Everyone wants to be what he not, what he not.

Nobody happy with what he got, what he got.

You function like a dummy with a new ventriloquist,

Do you say nothing yourself?

Hanging like a thriller on the final twist,

Is it true you're getting stuck on the shelf?

Come up to me with your "
What did you say?"

And I'll tell you, straight in the eye:

D.I.Y., D.I.Y., [etc.]


When things get so big, I don't trust them at all,

You want some control, you've got to keep it small.

D.I.Y., D.I.Y., [etc.]

Book: Shattered Sighs