Tony Banks
"Shortcut To Somewhere"

He was a fallen angel from the tower of babbleStrung out on the high wireAnother skyline drifter an immaculate strangerA legend for the wild west endSo when you're running in the slipstream of the ratrace veteransOnly one thing left to doTake a breath slide away quicksilverThe clean cut easy way through
It's no easy rider ain't no midnight cowboyTook his place at the starting lineCos he left you behind with his reputationLone ranger still fresh in our mindsSo when you've worked out the problems and you've worked out the anglesAnd you've worked out what you wanted to doTake a breath slide away quicksilverThe only style that you ever knewThat you ever knew
Everyone's wanting a shortcut to somewhereEveryone's needing someone to look up toEveryone's looking for somebody's heroAre they nowhere to be found? - are they nowhere to be found?

With the high heels clicking out the avenue semaphoreTapping out a serious distressTo yesterdays zeros those reluctant young heroesNeed a light to lead them out of this messSo when you're running in the slipstream of the ratrace veteransOnly one thing left to doTake a breath slide away quicksilverIt's a clean cut easy way through
He was a fallen angel from the tower of babbleStrung up on the high wireAnother skyline drifter an immaculate strangerA legend for the wild west endSo when you've worked out the problems and you've worked out the anglesAnd you've worked out what you wanted to doTake a breath slide away quicksilverThe only style that you ever knewThat you ever knew
Everyone's wanting a shortcut to somewhereEveryone's needing someone to look up toEveryone's looking for somebody's heroAre they nowhere to be found?