Phil Collins

Released: January 25, 1985

Songwriter: Phil Collins

Producer: Hugh Padgham Phil Collins

[Chorus]
While I sit here trying to think of things to say
Someone lies bleeding in a field somewhere
So it would seem we've still got a long long way to go
I've seen all I wanna see today

[Chorus]
While I sit here trying to move you anyway I can
Someone's son lies dead in a gutter somewhere
And it would seem that we've got a long long way to go
But I can't take it anymore

[Chorus 2]
Turn it off if you want to
Switch it off it will go away
Turn it off if you want to
Switch it off or look away

[Chorus]
While I sit and we talk and talk and we talk some more
Someone's loved one's heart stops beating in a street somewhere
So it would seem we've still got a long long way to go, I know
I've heard all I wanna hear today

[Chorus 2]
Turn it off if you want to (turn it off if you want to)
Switch it off it will go away (switch it off it will go away)
Turn it off if you want to (turn it off if you want to)
Switch it off or look away (switch it off or look away)

[Outro]
Switch it off
Turn it off

Phil Collins is an English singer, songwriter and musician who has also worked as a record producer and actor. He led a successful solo career after being the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis.

Between 1983 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career, and compiled more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s.

Internationally famous for his 1981 hit single “In the Air Tonight”, the most successful songs of his repertoire include “Sussudio”, “Another Day in Paradise”, “Against All Odds”.

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