Lyrics to
Looking For Someone

This version of Looking For Someone was released by Genesis in 1970.

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Looking for someone, I guess I’m doing that,
Trying to find a mem’ry in a dark room.
Dirty man, you’re looking like a Buddha,
I know you well – yeah.

Keep on a straight line, I don’t believe I can,
Trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Chilly wind you’re piercing like a dagger,
It hurts me so – yeah.

Nobody needs to discover me,
I’m back again.
You see the sunlight through the
Trees to keep you warm,
In peaceful shades of green.
Yet in the darkness of my mind
Damascus wasn’t far behind.

Lost in a subway, I guess I’m losing time,
There’s a man looking at a magazine.
You’re such a fool, your mumbo-jumbo
Never tells me anything – yeah.

Nobody needs to discover me,
I’m back again.
You feel the ashes from the
Fire that kept you warm.
Its comfort disappears,
But still the only friend I know
Would never tell me where I go.

Looking for someone,
And now I’ve found myself a name.
Come away, leave me,
All that I have I will give.
Leave me, leave me,
All that I am I will give.

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The lyrics to Looking For Someone are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Genesis in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Looking For Someone are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Genesis and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Looking For Someone back when it was created.

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