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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Peter Gabriel
Vocals
London Scratch Orchestra
Orchestra
Ben Foster
Conductor
John Metcalfe
Viola
Sarah Burnett
Bassoon
Tim Lines
Clarinet
Ben Russell
Double Bass
Ian Burdge
Cello
Alice Neary
Cello
Paul Cassidy
Viola
Helen Kamminga
Viola
Liz Varlow
Viola
Fiona Bonds
Viola
Everton Nelson
Violin
Stephen Morris
Violin
Peter Hanson
Violin
Ian Belton
Violin
Rick Koster
Violin
Louisa Fuller
Violin
Richard George
Violin
Matthew Scrivener
Violin
Ian Humphries
Violin
Clare Hayes
Violin
Chris Laurence
Double Bass
Richard Pryce
Double Bass
Dan Jenkins
Trombone
Richard Edwards
Trombone
Tracy Holloway
Trombone
Eliza Marshall
Flute
Tom Cawley
Piano
Mark Frost
Bass Trombone
Gordon Laing
Contrabassoon
Richard Watkins
Horn
Richard Bissell
Horn
Dave Lee
Horn
Andy Crowley
Trumpet
Chris Worsey
Cello
Daniel Newell
Trumpet
Dave Powell
Tuba
Ed Tarrant
Trombone
Helen Paterson
Violin
Henry Richard
Bass Trombone
Jackie Thomas
Cello
Jeremy Morris
Violin
Martin Burgess
Violin
Paul Mayes
Trumpet
Richard Steggall
Horn
Will Schofield
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simon
Songwriter
Forere Motloheloa
Songwriter
John Metcalfe
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Peter Gabriel
Producer
Bob Ezrin
Producer
Steve Orchard
Recording Engineer
Richard Chappell
Mixing Engineer
Pete Sené
Assistant Recording Engineer
Laurence Greed
Assistant Recording Engineer
Tony Cousins
Mastering Engineer
John Metcalfe
Mixing Engineer
Mark Claydon
Mixing Engineer
Olga Fitzroy
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
It was a slow day
And the sun was beating
On the soldiers by the side of the road
There was a bright light
A shattering of shop windows
The bomb in the baby carriage
Was wired to the radio, and
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long-distance call
The way the camera follows us in slow-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry
It was a dry wind
And it swept across the desert
And it curled into the circle of birth
And the dead sand
Falling on the children
The mothers and the fathers
And the automatic earth
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long-distance call
The way the camera follows us in slow-mo
The way we look to us all, oh, yeah
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry
It's a turn-around jump shot
It's everybody jump start
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
Medicine is magical and magical is art
Think of the boy in the bubble
And the baby with the baboon heart
And I believe
These are days of lasers in the jungle
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
Staccato signals of constant information
A loose affiliation of millionaires
And billionaires, and, baby
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long-distance call
The way the camera follows us in slow-mo
The way we look to us all, oh, yeah
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
Writer(s): Paul Simon, Forere Motloheloa
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