concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
. The song was collectively written by Genesis. Given that former Genesis member Steve Hackett
has released multiple live versions of it , he may have been its primary or sole composer.
On the original 'Lamb' album, the three songs "Back in N.Y.C.
","Hairless Heart" and "Counting Out Time
" flow into one another without a musical pause. This continuation effect is used numerous times throughout the album.
The song is instrumental, but follows a typical song pattern with a repeated, but varied musical phrase used in both the 'Verse' and 'Chorus' sections, the latter being more harmonious and collective.
Do you understand, gentlemen, that all the horror is in just this—that there is no horror!
I can enjoy her while she's kind;But when she dances in the wind,And shakes the wings and will not stay,I puff the prostitute away: The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd: Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
[in Kenya]...any woman who is single and has multiple male sex partners is considered to be a prostitute, whether or not money changes hands.
[in India] Any sexual intercourse outside socially acceptable unions is likely to be regarded as prostitution.
[In Iran] Under mut'a, it is possible to be 'married' for as little as half an hour.
Egyptian law states that a man who is caught with a prostitute is not imprisoned; instead, his testimony is used to convict and imprison the prostitute.
Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition.
Prostitution is organized rape.