Man on the Corner lyrics

See the lonely man there on the corner,

What he's waiting for, I don't know,

But he waits everyday now.

He's just waiting for something to show.

And nobody knows him,

And nobody cares,

'Cause there's no hiding place,

There's no hiding place for you.

Looking everywhere at no one,

He sees everything and nothing at all, oh.

When he shouts nobody listens,

Where he leads no one will go, oh.

He's a lonely man, there on the corner,

What he's waiting for, I don't know,

But he waits everyday now.

And he's just waiting for something to show, oh.

Nobody knows him,

And nobody cares,

'Cause there's no hiding place,

There's no hiding place, for you and me.

Are we just like all the rest,

We're looking too hard for something he's got

Or moving too fast to rest.

But like a monkey on your back you need it.

But do you love it enough to leave it, ah.

Just like the lonely man there on the corner,

What he's waiting for, I don't know, oh.

But he waits every day now.

He's just waiting for that something to show, oh.

Who's the lonely man there on the corner,

What he's waiting for, I don't know.

But he's there every day now.

And he's just waiting for something to show - oh.

Who's the lonely man there on the corner,

What he's waiting for, I don't know.

Oh but he waits every day now.

He's just waiting for that something to show.

• Artist:Genesis
• Album:Abacab (1981)