Peter Gabriel is an internationally-famous musician and Third World activist, and was the original lead singer with Genesis. A major player in the staging of the African segment of Live 8 in the early 00s, he is not only known for his Eastern and African-influenced music, but also for several groundbreaking music videos (most notably Sledgehammer, his highest-charting release on both sides of the Atlantic). After leaving Genesis, Peter Gabriel began to experiment with various elements of world music as the underpinning for his dense, poetic lyrics. In addition to a series of successful song-oriented albums Peter Gabriel 1,2,3,4 he didn't really hit the commercial high until 1986 with his now seminal album So and its slightly less successful counterpart Us. The last studio album from Gabriel was 2002's Up, he has also composed and recorded soundtracks for films as diverse as Birdy(which contained re-purposed snippets of his studio albums to date), The Last Temptation of Christ, and Rabbit Proof Fence.
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A Wonderful Day In A One-way World Lyrics

Peter Gabriel

Saturday is shopping day--
I drive my car but theres no place to park it
--no respect for superman in supermarket
I guess there must be trouble but I not been alerted
Looking round the store it was all deserted and im
Stranded here with my empty basket
So full of question got nowhere to ask it
By the one way out
Strange voice shout
Dont let that good man out!
Have a wonderful day in our one-way world
One way, one day
Have a wonderful day in our one-way world
One way, one day
One-way man
One-way mind
Get along with mankind
Oh, theres an old man on the floor, so I summon my charm
I say hey scumbag, has there been an alarm?
He said yeh, been selling off eternal youth
They all got afraid cos Im the living proof
My name is einstein do you know time is a curve?
I said stop old man! you got a nerve
cos theres only one rule that I observe
Time is money and money I serve
By the one way out
Strange voice shout
Dont let that good man out
Have a wonderful day in our one-way world
One way, one day
Have a wonderful day in our one way world
One way, one day
One-day man
One-day mind
Get along with mankind