Throwing It All Away (Live) was released on the 20th June 1987 reaching number 22 and spending 8 weeks in the charts
Virgin Records (GENS 5-12)
Side A
Throwing It All Away – Live Version (7:00)
Side B
I’d Rather Be You (4:04)
Invisible Touch – Live Version (5:03)
Credits
Writers: Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
Phil Collins – Vocals, Drums
Mike Rutherford – Guitars, Bass
Tony Banks – Keyboards
A and B2 Mixed/Engineer – Craig Schertz, George Massemburg
Live tracks recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, 1986
B1 Producer – Genesis, Hugh Padgham
Engineer – Hugh Padgham
Lyrics – Throwing it All Away
Need I say I love you
Need I say I care
Need I say that emotion’s,
Something we don’t share
I don’t want to be sitting here
Trying to deceive you
Cos you know I know baby
That I don’t wanna go.
We cannot live together
We cannot live apart
That’s the situation
I’ve known it from the start
Every time that I look at you
I can see the future
Cos you know I know babe
That I don’t wanna go.
Throwing it all away
Throwing it all away
Is there nothing that I can say
To make you change your mind
I watch the world go round and round
And see mine turning upside down
You’re throwing it all away.
Now who will light up the darkness
Who will hold your hand
Who will find you the answers
When you don’t understand
Why should I have to be the one
Who has to convince you
Cos you know I know baby
That I don’t wanna go.
Someday you’ll be sorry
Someday when you’re free
Memories will remind you
That our love was meant to be
Late at night when you call my name
The only sound you’ll hear
Is the sound of your voice calling
Calling after me.
Just throwing it all away
Throwing it all away
There’s nothing I can say
We’re throwing it all away
Yes we’re throwing it all away…
Lyrics – I’d Rather Be You
Ooh yeah, you know I never wanted to be closer
I’ll still be here until it’s over
No, no I never wanted to be closer
But you’ll be back, I could have told you
Well, I always knew
Yes, I could see it coming
Your ambitious streak
It always want things beyond your reach
Well, now you’ve got what you wanted
And you’re free to be the things
You always said you’d be
You’re up there looking down
Tell me what do you see, oh
‘Cause you know, you know I never wanted to be closer
And I’ll still be here until it’s over
No, no I never wanted to be closer
Yeah, but you’ll be back, I could’ve told you
Well, it seems to me
That you’ve got to fight for yourself
In this world we live in
It’s dog eat dog and never give in
Why worry when you’re holding the aces
Don’t throw it away ’cause you know
I’d rather be you than me
Up there looking down
Tell me what do you see, oh
Hey hey yeah
Ooh yeah, you know I never wanted to be closer
(Never wanted)
And I’ll still be here ’til it’s over
No, no I never wanted to be closer
(Never wanted)
Ooh, but you’ll be back, I could’ve told you
It’s been a long time coming
But at last we seem to be
Moving on, straight ahead
We’re finally getting something done
Time flies and ‘fore you know it
You’ll be getting closer to her
You always knew you’d be
Up there looking down
Tell me what do you see, oh
‘Cause you know, no, no I never wanted to be closer
(Never wanted)
I’ll still be here until it’s over
No, no I never wanted to be closer
(Never wanted)
Yeah, but you’ll be back, I could’ve told you
Hey hey yeah
Hey hey yeah
Lyrics – Invisible Touch
Well I’ve been waiting, waiting here so long
But thinking nothing, nothing could go wrong, ooh now I know
She has a built in ability
To take everything she sees
And now it seems I’m falling, falling for her.
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart.
Well I don’t really know her, I only know her name
But she crawls under your skin, you’re never quite the same, and now I know
She’s got something you just can’t trust
It’s something mysterious
And now it seems I’m falling, falling for her.
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart.
She don’t like losing, to her it’s still a game
And though she will mess up your life,
You’ll want her just the same, and now I know
She has a built in ability
To take everything she sees
And now it seems I’ve fallen, fallen for her.
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
She reaches in, and grabs right hold of your heart
She seems to have an invisible touch yeah
It takes control and slowly tears you apart.
She seems to have an invisible touch…
