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Peter Gabriel - D.I.Y.

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Album: Peter Gabriel (second, scratch)
Released: 1978

D.I.Y. Lyrics

Don't tell me what I will do, 'cause I won't
Don't tell me to believe in you, 'cause I don't
Be on your guard, better hostile and don't risk affection
Like flesh to the bone in the no-go zone
You're still waiting for the resurrection
Come up to me with your "What did you say?"
And I'll tell you straight in the eye

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Do it yourself

Everyone want to be what he not, what he not
Nobody happy with what he got, what he got
You function like a dummy with a new ventriloquist
Do you say nothing yourself?
Hanging like a thriller on the final twist
You know you're getting stuck on the shelf
Come up to me with your "What did you say?"
And I'll tell you straight in the eye

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When things get so big, I don't trust them at all
You want some control,you've got to keep it small

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Do it yourself

Writer/s: GABRIEL, PETER
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The title stands for "Do It Yourself." The song is about taking responsibility and control of your life.

Gabriel used an acoustic arrangement to distinguish this from his work with Genesis.

This was released as a single, but despite heavy promotion it was a commercial failure. When this did not sell as a single, Charisma Records, Gabriel's label in England, re-released it in September 1978 with both "Mother Of Violence" and "Me And My Teddy Bear" on the B-side. The original, released that May, was backed with "Perspective."

The mostly acoustic sound was chosen in hopes of mimicking the chart success of "Solsbury Hill." Bootlegs contain heavier electric versions of this.