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Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Pilgrims
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Refugees
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Childlike Faith In Childhood's End
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Afterwards
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Van Der Graaf Generator - After The Flood
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Man-Erg
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Wondering
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Van Der Graaf Generator - A Place to Survive
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Darkness
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Emperor In His War Room
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Van Der Graaf Generator - La Rossa
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Killer
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Lizard Play
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Lost - I. Dance In Sand And Sea & Pt2. The Dance in the Frost
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Scorched Earth
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Undercover Man
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Van Der Graaf Generator - White Hammer
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Cat's Eye / Yellow Fever (Running)
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Van Der Graaf Generator - House With No Door
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Last Frame
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Lemmings
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Masks
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Van Der Graaf Generator - My Room (Waiting For Wonderland)
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Necromancer
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Orthenthian Street (part I)
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Orthenthian Street (part II)
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Out Of My Book
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Habit Of The Broken Heart
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Siren Song
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Sleepwalkers
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Wave
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Whatever Would Robert Have Said?
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Aerosol Grey Machine
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Van Der Graaf Generator - (Oh No I Must Have Said) Yes
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Van Der Graaf Generator - (We Are) Not Here
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Van Der Graaf Generator - 5533
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Van Der Graaf Generator - A Louse Is Not a Home
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Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers: Eyewitness
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Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers: Land's End (Sineline) / We Go Now
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Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers: Presence Of The Night / Kosmos Tours
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Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers: S.H.M.
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Van Der Graaf Generator - A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers: The Clot Thickens
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Abandon Ship!
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Alfa Berlina
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Van Der Graaf Generator - All Over The Place
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Van Der Graaf Generator - All That Before
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Almost The Words
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Aloft
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Aquarian
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Arrow
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Brought to Book
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Bunsho
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Chemical World
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Door
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Drop Dead
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Embarrassing Kid
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Every Bloody Emperor
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Ferret and Featherbird
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Firebrand
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Forever Falling
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Forsaken Garden
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Giant Squid
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Go
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Highly Strung
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Van Der Graaf Generator - In Babelsberg
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Interference Patterns
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Into a Game
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Lifetime
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Lost - II. Dance In Frost
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Mathematics
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Medusa
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Meurglys III, The Songwriter's Guild
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Mirror Images
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Mr. Sands
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Nadir's Big Chance
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Nutter Alert
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Octopus
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Van Der Graaf Generator - On The Beach
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Only In A Whisper
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Over The Hill
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Peter Hammill
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Room 1210
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Running Back
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Sci-Finance
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Shikata Ga Nai
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Ship Of Fools
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Smoke
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Snake Oil
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Boat Of Millions Of years
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Final Reel
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The People You Were Going To
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Pioneers Over C
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Van Der Graaf Generator - The Sphinx In The Face
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Urban
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Van Der Graaf Generator - When She Comes
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Van Der Graaf Generator - Your Time Starts Now
Over The Hill
Van Der Graaf Generator
Our tale of boom and bust.
We could talk a good fight on our day
But when we got a hand to play we bit the dust.
Now in our threadbare suits we do our duty,
Still sold on the pursuit of a common cause.
Now let us call to memory such witness as we dare.
We built our bridges, burned them down as well,
Maybe all we have to tell is off the square.
We tried our instant remedies - they didn't clear the air.
Who could foresee how it was bound to end,
In a break or in a bend?
We intended well enough...
Oh, but the clock was always counting,
The envelope was sealed
And as the pressure's mounting
Still precious little is revealed.
Still, let us speak of comradeship, of how we stood as one,
Shoulder to shoulder through the thick and thin
While the roof was caving in;
Although everything begins in good faith,
For all our sins we'll all end up being skinned
And now there's nowhere left to run to, there's nowhere left to hide,
We're strapped in and we're gunning for the roller-coaster ride.
If we're living our lives as though god's at our shoulders,
If we're giving of our best, by an effort of will,
Then we'll be up for the test,
We'll never know when we're over the hill.
Here comes then bit where we decide no passengers come on this ride -
Civilians, the broken-hearted, need not apply.
I count to a thousand and ten, i keep my eyes tight shut and then
Unsteadily count the numbers back down again.
Head on into the wind, on a heavenly mission,
Try to play with the spin while we burn in our hearts;
Although we know we'll never win we're still learning our lessons in the dark.
There's no choice here to make, there's no easier decision
Than to stand up, stand straight and to give it a try
And there's no time for hesitation as the stations of our lives are passing by.
Heads up and face front as brother to brother,
Time to come to the call if we're true to how we were
Because at last and after all we've given each other our words.
If we live out our lives as though god's sat at our shoulders,
If we give of our best and then give some more still,
Press on, with no pause for breath,
Then we'll see each other over the hill.
Now if we speak of distances we're only covering old ground:
What's done is done and if we have become of worth at all
We'll hope to see things in the round.
Let's close the book on history and keep it safe and sound.
While we've been moving forward to our goals
We have done as we have told,
So the story's closed behind us
And the countdown comes in backwards,
That much was always clear,
So when it reaches zero our heroes disappear.