“Looking For Someone” was written by Peter Gabriel, Anthony Banks, Anthony Edwin Phillips and Michael Rutherford. And is the first song on their 1970 album Tresspass, the album was released in October.
The album was their second album.
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
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
Will never tell me where I'll go
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
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
[Instrumental Outro]
Looking for Someone was written by Mike Rutherford & Anthony Phillips & Peter Gabriel & Tony Banks.
Looking for Someone was produced by John Anthony.
Genesis released Looking for Someone on Fri Oct 23 1970.