Genesis:Back in N.Y.C.

“Back in N.Y.C.”
Artist:	Genesis
Albums:	The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)

No-one seems to take up the chase, and with the familiar faces fresh in his mind he moves into a reconstruction of his old life, above ground - Too much time was one thing he didn't need, so he used to cut through it with a little speed. He was better off dead, than slow in the head. His momma and poppa had taken a ride on his back, so he left very quickly to join The Pack.

I see faces and traces of home
Back in New York City
So you think I'm a tough kid?
Is that what you heard?
Well I like to see some action
And it gets into my blood
They call me the trail blazer
Rael electric razor
I'm the pitcher in the chain gang
We don't believe in pain
'Cos we're only as strong
Yes we're only as strong
As the weakest link
In the chain

Only after a spell in Pontiac reformatory was he given any respect in the gang.

Let me out of Pontiac when I was just seventeen
I had to get it out of me if you know what I mean
What I mean

Ah you say I must be crazy
'Cos I don't care who I hit
Who I hit
But I know it's me that's hitting out
And I'm, I'm not full of shit
I don't care who I hurt
I don't care who I do wrong
This is your mess I'm stuck in
I really don't belong
When I take out my bottle
Filled up high with gasoline
You can tell by the night fires
Where Rael has been, has been

Now, walking back home after a raid, he was cuddling a sleeping porcupine.

As I cuddled the porcupine
He said I had none to blame but me
Held my heart deep in hair
Time to shave, shave it off, it off
No time for romantic escape
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape no
No time for romantic escape
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape no
No time for romantic escape
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape no
Off we go
Off we go
Off we go
Off we go

Your sitting in your comfort, you don't believe I'm real
You cannot buy protection from the way that I feel
Your progressive hypocrites hand out their trash,
But it was mine in the first place, so I'll burn it to ash
And I've tasted all the strongest meats
And laid them down in coloured sheets
Laid them down in coloured sheets
Who needs illusion of love and affection
When you're out walking the streets with your mainline connection?
Connection

As I cuddled the porcupine
He said I had none to blame, but me
Held my heart deep in hair
Time to shave, shave it off, it off
No time for romantic escape
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape no
No time for romantic escape
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape no
No time for romantic escape
When your fluffy heart is ready for rape no
No time