Listen to This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds) by Peter Gabriel

This Is the Picture (Excellent Birds)

Peter Gabriel

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Peter Gabriel

Vocals

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

Vocals

Daniel Lanois

12-String Guitar

Bill Laswell

Bass Guitar

Manu Katché

Talking Drum

Nile Rodgers

Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Peter Gabriel

Songwriter

Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Peter Gabriel

Producer

Daniel Lanois

Producer

Bruce Lampcov

Overdub Engineer

David Bascombe

Recording Engineer

David Bottrill

Additional Engineer

David Stallbaumer

David Stallbaumer

Additional Engineer

Jam Crisp

Assistant Engineer

Kevin Killen

Recording Engineer

Steve Boyer

Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Flying birds

Excellent birds

Watch them fly

There they go

[Verse 2]

Falling snow

Excellent snow

Here it comes

Watch it fall

[Verse 3]

Long words

Excellent words

I can hear them now

[Verse 4]

(This is the picture)

This is the picture

(This is the picture)

This is the picture

(This is the picture)

This is the picture

(This is the picture)

This is the picture

[Verse 5]

I'm sitting by the window

Watching the snow fall

I'm looking out

And I'm moving

Turning in time

Catching up

Moving in

Jump up!

And I can land on my feet

Look out!

[Verse 6]

(This is the picture)

(This is the picture)

(This is the picture)

This is the picture

(This is the picture)

This is the picture

(This is the picture)

This is the picture

(This is the picture)

This is the picture

[Verse 7]

Looking out

Watching out

When I see the future I close my eyes

I can see it now

[Verse 8]

I see pictures of people

Rising up

I see pictures of people

Falling down

I see pictures of people

Standing on their heads

They're ready

[Verse 9]

I see pictures of people

Rising up

I see pictures of people

Falling down

I see pictures of people

They're standing on their heads

They're ready

[Verse 10]

They're looking out

Look out!

They're watching out

Watch out!

They're looking out

Look out!

And watching out

They're watching, watching out

[Verse 11]

I see pictures of people

I see pictures of people

They're watching, they're watching

I see pictures of people

They're watching out, watch out!

I see pictures of people

They're watching out, watch out!

[Verse 12]

Hah! I see pictures of people

They're watching

They're watching out

I see pictures of people

Watching, watch out!

I see pictures of people

Watch out!

I see pictures of people

Hey, hey

Written by: Laurie Anderson, Peter Gabriel

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