Info
Released as the first single from ‘Hello, I Must Be Going.’
Credits
Phil Collins – Keyboard, drums, vocals, Marimba
Daryl Stuermer – guitars
Mo Foster – bass
Gavin Cochrane: Photograph (on the single cover)
Released on 7 inch Vinyl (Virgin, UK – Atlantic, Internationally)
- Thru These Walls
- Do You Know, Do You Care?
Chart
Dutch Singles Chart: 48
UK Singles Chart: 56
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks: 34
Lyrics
I can hear thru’ these walls
I can hear it when they’re fooling around
I can hear thru’ these walls
And I hear every sigh, every sound
I can hear thru’ these walls
In the dark with the shades pulled down
Every word that they say
Every noise they make feels it’s coming my way
My favourite moment
Putting the glass up next to the wall
Imagination tho’ I see nothing I hear it all
Putting my sign up
Do not disturb me,
Speak or shout,
Inside out
And my clothes are all laid out
I can see thru’ my windows
I can see the girls and the boys
I can see thru’ my windows
And I can imagine the noise
I can see thru’ my windows
I can see them playing with toys
Oh I hope it won’t end
If I promise not to touch, just be a friend
Life is so lonely
I don’t get high off just being me
I like pretending
Wanting to touch them wanting to see
It’s only normal
Creeping behind you,
No don’t shout, ‘cos it’s alright
They keep the windows locked and the door shut tight
I’m feeling like I’m locked in a cage
No way in, no way out
And it gets so lonely
Am I really asking a lot
Just to reach out and touch somebody
‘Cos when I look thru’ my windows
Or open my door
I can feel it all around me
And I can hear thru’ these walls
I can hear it when they’re fooling around
I can hear thru’ these walls
And I hear every sigh, eve’ry sound
I can hear thru’ these walls
In the dark with the shades pulled down
Every word that they say
Every noise they make feels it’s coming my way
