I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)

It's one o'clock and time for lunch, When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench I can always hear them talk.
There's always been Ethel: Jacob, wake up! you've got to tidy your room now. And then mister lewis: Isn't it time that he was out on his own?
Over the garden wall, two little lovebirds - cuckoo to you!
Keep them mowing blades sharp...
I know what I like, and I like what I know;
Getting better in your wardrobe, stepping one beyond your show.
Sunday night, mr Famer called, said: Listen son, you're wasting your time; there's a future for you In the fire escape trade. come up to town!
But I remebered a voice from the past; Gambling only pays when you're winning I had to thank old miss mort for schooling a failure.
Keep them mowing blades sharp... I know what I like, and I like what I know;
Getting better in your wardrobe, stepping one beyond your show.
When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench, I can always hear them talk.Me, I'm just a lawnmower - you can tell me by the way I walk.

Alessandro67 · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-23T16:29:59Z

L''ispirazione per "I Know What I Like" venne da un dipinto di Betty Swanwick, Peter Gabriel notò i caratteri del brano sul catalogo della mostra, e in seguito Betty Swanwick accetttò di fare alcune aggiunte e allargare il suo dipinto per la copertina di Selling England By The Pound. Il brano fu scritto per fan dei Genesis che si chiamava Jacob Finster, e non avrebbe mai potuto sospendere i lavori - era un tosaerba, un commesso di un un negozio di ciambelle dovemorì per un'overdose di eroina.
Nonostante la disapprovazione di tutti gli altri, il protagonista della canzone sta rimproverando società moderna e tutti i suoi vizi (consumismo, arrivismo, ecc) a favore di una vita più semplice.