Bankstatement Released August 1989 Recorded 1988-1989 Written by Tony Banks Vocal Alistair Gordon
I am the throwback But you don't know I walk amongst you every day I don't need moonlight Or any secret word to make the change in me
I don't know what you see in your rules In conversation or in delicate feelings of romance
If you know some place I can go Then I ask you lead me to the door
In deepest midnight That time of night when even dogs believe in ghosts I walk the backstreets Of every dirty city searching for the route
That leads me back to where I belong I don't know how but I'm trapped in the wrong time
If you know some place I can go Then I ask you lead me to the door
Nobody sees me no one believes me Nobody understands the words that I say
Tell me you see me say you believe me Tell me you understand and I will be free - oh
I guess I don't fit the times I'm just a throwback I'm trapped but still I search for a clue From far away I hear the call Come on back to me
I am the throwback I have no use for anything I see I'd like to find a country Where no one else has ever been before
I don't know what you're wanting from life I just don't understand your tricks and your slyness
If you know some place I can go Then I ask you lead me to the door
(I'm just a throwback) (I'm just a throwback) I'm just a throwback (I'm just a throwback) don't need no moonlight (I'm just a throwback) I'm just a throwback