Genesis - Eleventh Earl of Mar video free download


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The sun had been up for a couple of hours,

Covered the ground with a layer of gold.

Spirits were high and the raining had stopped,

The larder was low, But boy that wasn't all.

Eleventh Earl of Mar

Couldn't get them very far.

Daddy! Oh Daddy, You Promised.

Out on the road in the direction of Perth,

Backwards and forwards in a circle they went.

Found a city half open and ready to greet,

The conquering heroes, with blisters on their feet.

Eleventh Earl of Mar

Somehow got them all this far.

Daddy! You Promised, You Promised.

See the Stewart all dressed up

He's got eyes in the back of his head.

Who came in a cockleshell boat

That could only just float,

Couldn't even lift a sword.

Dressed too fine and smelling of wine.

Daddy you've got to go!

Here comes the bishop all dressed up

He's gonna bless you if you're ready to pay.

One wave of his funny old stick,

There's a band of light across your eyes.

Waited a week still they hadn't appeared,

That glorious timing that everyone feared.

So they're riding along on the crest of a wave,

They're headed for London, And that will be their grave.

Eleventh Earl of Mar

Well he couldn't get them down that far

Daddy! I'm waiting, I'm waiting

Time to go to bed now

Never seems too keen

To be a guest now

In a house of dreams

Flying from a hillside

Beckoning the trees

A sailboat's awning

Mimicking the breeze

I'm fighting gravity falling

My Daddy won't let them get me

A voice screams seems to be calling

The face turns features are burning.

Daddy, you've got to go!

See the fifteen going by,

Tell the Lairds and the Lords

They're running backwards today,

And once again you stand alone.

Bury your memories bury your friends,

Leave it alone for a year or two.

Till the stories go hazy and the legends come true,

Then do it again. Some Things never end.

Eleventh Earl of Mar

Won't be going very far.

You Promised, You Promised, You Promised.

DADDY!

Comments

8 years ago

gervasio ayastuy

verry gooddddddddddddddd

9 years ago

Greg Woodie

One of my favorites by this band! The introduction is mesmerizing, up to the crescendo of the mellotron peaking in an abrupt revelation at 0:38. I listen to this song and often think of my father, who is getting older, and it brings tears to my eyes. I'm particularly moved by the interlude at 3:54. So serene, creating the perfect mood and imagery of the sailboat Collins sings about. It's like you can close your eyes and envision yourself on that boat. That's one of the things I've always admired about bands like Genesis and Yes, which is the ability to elicit emotion through their music.

9 years ago

David Walker

Back when music was great.

9 years ago

Gary Rawlinson

The last real great Genesis album

9 years ago

CoTeCiOtm

The ending of this song is so intense!!

9 years ago

Terry Eggett

Somebody said the lyrics were weak! For Gods sake, along with the music they're brilliant. 

9 years ago

Pink Floyd

Best album of the post Gabriel Period

9 years ago

Francesco Benacci

Devo dire che prediligo nettamente gli album dal 1976 al 1981.... i suoni di quando ero un bimbetto :)I gotta say i have a strong preference for the albums from 1976 to 1981... the sounds from when i was a little kid :)

9 years ago

MandrakeMoorglade

@KublaConn Phil was actually their fourth drummer. Fifth if you count Peter Gabriel who played drums in between drummers. Christ Stewart 67-68, Jonathan Silver 68-69, John Mayhew 69-70 and finally Phil Collins in 1970.

9 years ago

Lucas Kulis

yet another history lesson i learned thanks to music

9 years ago

Walter Fechter

The opening is sublime - cosmic. Like having the roof of your house lift off, and then fade away, to reveal all of the stars in the night sky. Genesis's live performance of this was nothing short of magnificent. Thank you, for posting this jewel!

9 years ago

S.A. Hogan

Must say I'd forgotten just how good this track is---one of the group's very best, what with PC's impassioned vocals, MR's Chris Squire impression on bass, and the CRIMINALLY underrated TB on keyboards (his sound is truly singular; LOVE the mix of organ, synth, and Mellotron {Chamberlain?} here). 

9 years ago

argonnj

Only Banks would think to play organ with phaser and chorus. It makes a sound more unique that I've never heard duplicated. 

9 years ago

Robert Cousin

magnifique & grandiose!(où sont toutes les belles promesses?..)

9 years ago

Gerardo Erak

A very solid but however, sadly, underrated, album,People doesn´t know what they are missing,

10 years ago

GabrealCollins

I lost my Brother in 1995 but when I put this on I know he is right next to me.Love you Jerry

10 years ago

r chip

Hentscheltastic! Check out Operation Daybreak for more of the same...

10 years ago

nemthefearless

This album has their 3 best post-gabriel songs (this, one for the vine, blood on the rooftops) .. i love the album art and emile bronte references as well ! 

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