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Neil Peart, Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson
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Album Discography and Lyrics
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Power Windows
Released October, 1985
MercuryUS Billboard Peak: 10
US Sales: Platinum
Album Credits
Geddy Lee - Bass Guitars/
Synthesizers/Bass Pedals/Vocals
Alex Lifeson - Accoustic
And Electric Guitars
Neil Peart - Drums/Accoustic
And Electronic PercussionAdditional Musicians
Jim Burgess - Synthesizer Prorgamming
Andy Richards - Keyboards/
Synthesizer ProgrammingProduced by Peter Collins and Rush
Engineered by Jimbo Barton -
Track List
[Show All Lyrics]Track List
[Hide All Lyrics]1) The Big Money (5:36)
1) The Big Money (5:36)
Big money goes around the world
Big money underground
Big money got a mighty voice
Big money make no sound
Big money pull a million strings
Big money hold the prize
Big money weave a mighty web
Big money draw the fliesSometimes pushing people around
Sometimes pulling out the rug
Sometimes pushing all the buttons
Sometimes pulling out the plug
It's the power and the glory
It's a war in paradise
It's a cinderella story
On a tumble of the diceBig money goes around the world
Big money take a cruise
Big money leave a mighty wake
Big money leave a bruise
Big money make a million dreams
Big money spin big deals
Big money make a mighty head
Big money spin big wheelsSometimes building ivory towers
Sometimes knocking castles down
Sometimes building you a stairway -
Lock you underground
It's that old-time religion
it's the kingdom they would rule
It's the fool on television
Getting paid to play the foolBig money goes around the world
Big money give and take
Big money done a power of good
Big money make mistakes
Big money got a heavy hand
Big money take control
Big money got a mean streak
Big money got no soul...2) Grand Designs (5:05)
2) Grand Designs (5:05)
A to B -
Different degrees...So much style without substance
So much stuff without style
It's hard to recognize the real thing
It comes along once in a whileLike a rare and precious metal
Beneath a ton of rock
It takes some time and trouble
To separate from the stock
You sometimes have to listen to
A lot of useless talkShapes and forms
Against the norms -
Against the run of the mill
Swimming against the stream
Life in two dimensions
Is a mass production schemeSo much poison in power
The principles get left out
So much mind on the matter
The spirit gets forgotten aboutLike a righteous inspiration
Overlooked in haste
Like a teardrop in the ocean
A diamond in the waste
Some world-views are spacious -
And some are merely spacedAgainst the run of the mill
Static as it seems
We break the surface tension
With our wild kinetic dreams
Curves and lines -
Of grand designs...3) Manhattan Project (5:05)
3) Manhattan Project (5:05)
Imagine a time when it all began
In the dying days of a war
A weapon - that would settle the score
Whoever found it first
Would be sure to do their worst -
They always had before...Imagine a man where it all began
A scientist pacing the floor
In each nation - always eager to explore
To build the best big stick
To turn the winning trick -
But this was something more...The big bang - took and shook the world
Shot down the rising sun
the end was begun - it would hit everyone
When the chain reaction was done
The big shots - try to hold it back
Fools try to wish it away
The hopeful depend on a world without end
Whatever the hopeless may sayImagine a place where it all began
They gathered from across the land
To work in the secrecy of the desert sand
All of the brightest boys
To play with the biggest toys -
More than they bargained for...Imagine a man when it all began
The pilot of "Enola Gay"
Flying out of the shockwave on that August day
All the powers that be, and the course of history,
Would be changed for evermore...4) Marathon (6:09)
4) Marathon (6:09)
It's not how fast you can go
The force goes into the flow
If you pick up the beat
You can forget about the heatMore than just survival
More than just a flash
More than just a dotted line
More than just a dashIt's a test of ultimate will
The heartbreak climb uphill
Got to pick up the pace
If you want to stay in the raceMore than just blind ambition
More than just simple greed
More than just a finish line
Must feed this burning need -In the long run...
From first to last
The peak is never passed
Something always fires the light
That gets in your eyes
One moment's high
And glory rolls on by
Like a streak of lightening
That flashes and fades
In the summer skyYour meters may overload
You can rest at the side of the road
You can miss a stride
But nobody gets a free rideMore than high performance
More than just a spark
More than just the bottom line
Or a lucky shot in the dark -In the long run...
You can do a lot in a lifetime
If you don't burn out too fast
You can make the most of the distance
First you need endurance -
First you've got to last...5) Territories (6:19)
5) Territories (6:19)
I see the Middle Kingdom between Heaven and Earth
Like the Chinese call the country of their birth
We all figure that our homes are set above
Other people than the ones we know and loveIn every place with a name
They play the same territorial game
Hiding behind the lines
Sending up warning signsThe whole wide world
An endless universe
Yet we keep looking through
The eyeglass in reverse
Don't feed the people
But we feed the machines
Can't really feel
What international meansIn different circles
We keep holding our ground
Indifferent circles
We keep spinning round and roundWe see so many tribes - overrun and undermined
While their invaders dream of lands they've left behind
Better people - better food - and better beer
Why move around the world when Eden was so near?The bosses get talking so tough
And if that wasn't evil enough
We get the drunken and passionate pride
Of the citizens along for the rideThey shoot without shame
In the name of a piece of dirt
For a change of accent
Or the colour of your shirt
Better the pride that resides
In a citizen of the world
Than the pride that divides
When a colourful rag is unfurled6) Middletown Dreams (5:15)
6) Middletown Dreams (5:15)
The office door closed early
The hidden bottle came out
The salesman turned to close the blindsA little slow now, a little stout
But he's still heading down those tracks
Any day now for sure
Another day as drab as today
Is more than a man can endureDreams flow across the heartland
Feeding on the fires
Dreams transport desires
Drive you when you're down -Dreams transport the ones
Who need to get out of townThe boy walks with his best friend
Through the fields of early May
They walk awhile in silence
One close - one far awayBut he'd be climbing on that bus
Just him and his guitar
To blaze across the heavens
Like a brilliant shooting starThe middle-aged madonna
Calls her neighbour on the phone
Day by day the seasons pass
And leave her life aloneBut she'll go walking out that door
On some bright afternoon
To go and paint big cities
From a lonely attic roomIt's understood
By every single person
Who'd be elsewhere if they could
So far so good
And life's not unpleasant
In their little neighbourhoodThey dream in Middletown...
7) Emotion Detector (5:10)
7) Emotion Detector (5:10)
When we lift the covers from our feelings
We expose our insecure spots
Trust is just as rare as devotion -
Forgive us our cynical thoughts
If we need too much attention -
Not content with being cool
We must throw ourselves wide open
And start acting like a fool
If we need too much approval
Then the cuts can seem too cruelRight to the heart of the matter
Right to the beautiful part
Illusions are painfully shattered
Right where discovery starts
In the secret wells of emotion
Buried deep in our heartsIt's true that love can change us
But never quite enough
Sometimes we are too tender
Sometimes we're too tough
If we get too much attention
It gets hard to overrule
So often fragile power turns
To scorn and ridicule
Sometimes our big splashes
Are just ripples in the poolFeelings run high
8) Mystic Rhythms (5:54)
8) Mystic Rhythms (5:54)
So many things I think about
When I look far away
Things I know - things I wonder
Things I'd like to say
The more we think we know about
The greater the unknown
We suspend our disbelief
And we are not alone -Mystic rhythms - capture my thoughts
And carry them away
Mysteries of night
Escape the light of day
Mystic rhythms - under northern lights
Or the African Sun
Primitive things stir
The hearts of everyoneWe sometimes catch a window
A glimpse of what's beyond
Was it just imagination
Stringing us along?
More things than are dreamed about
Unseen and unexplained
We suspend our disbelief
And we are entertainedMystic rhythms - capture my thoughts
And carry them away
Nature seems to spin
A supernatural way
Mystic rhythms - under city lights
Or a canopy of stars
We feel the powers
And we wonder what they are
We feel the push and pull
Of restless rhythms from afar