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Oh you gotta keep your voice down
you are talking too loud
you can hear his car from a mile away
no one dares to show their faces
in these streets
Oh we are all in a state of suspense
I can see the light in your eyes
Oh it just gets darker now
it just gets darker now
In the alleyway
he shows his body
in the alleyway
it is a reason to come home late
in the alleyway
it is just a dream
I still see all their faces on the street
He was a nasty drinker
every night
It may be a disaster to go slow now
Oh the wind
you can feel it on your face
All the old people plug their ears
and hide under their blankets
Oh they know better
they know better
She dressed like a queen
sometimes you can see her
saying "well, well, well..."
sometimes you can see her
saying "well, well, well..."
Its all for western currency
Doing it all for western currency
Hey went straight to the club
ordered a drink
we got in a car together
we didn't stay long
we got in the car together
we both had different goals
but we ended in the same alley
we ended in the same alley
There was never a time
it wasn't like this
and you see her again
saying "well, well, well..."
oh you see her again
she says "well, well, well..."
doing it all for western currency
doing it all for western currency
There was never a time
it wasn't like this
Oh there was never a time
when it wasn't like this
Oh your money is running short
and you've got no place to go
Your money is running short
and you've got no place to go
Into the alley
and it gets dark
Into the alley
where no one shows their face
Into the alley
she says "well, well, well..."
We got in the car together
we got a long way to go
we got in the car together
we had a long way to go
Oh it would be a disaster to go slow now
All for western currency
All for western currency
Into the dark alley
and you show everything
Into the dark alley
Dark alley
western currency
Dark alley
western currency
Well, well, well...
Dark alley
western currency
well, well, well...
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2. |
Get Through the Night
03:10
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Oh he calmly takes a shortcut through the park
He calmly takes a cigarette out of his pocket
You see it all from a distance
and the air just kind of sits there
doing nothing
The lights slowly die off into the haze
you take your time to walk around the lake
Oh and I, I do the same
It helps me to get through the night
It helps me get through the night
Here comes the sirens now
here comes the flashing lights
There is a glow in the eastern sky
you had your time
and I had mine
you had your time
and I had mine
We walk by each other
there on the north side of the lake
It helps me get through the night
It helps me get through the night
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3. |
Symbols
02:24
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Out in the ether
it still comes for you
We had our hearts on our sleeves
we had our hearts
they were beating
Three days later
when they came for you
I was already on
on the next page
walking underneath trees
Oh you could see this
you could see this
as a symbol
He seizes me on the shoulders
he seizes all kinds of desperate solutions
I am not spiritual
or political at this time
Oh in it's place it will find something
it will find something
I make my way to the airport
This is what happens
when the bombs go off
they are not symbols
they are not symbols
of anything
They are not symbols
of anything
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4. |
Narrow World
01:45
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Oh we get through the night
take the stars and turn them off
Thi sleeps through the day
but it doesn't really matter
Thi sleeps through another day
and again it doesn't really matter
We will get through another night
take the moon and turn it's lights off
Oh see up in the night sky
It's trying to do it's damage
It is trying
And Thi sleeps through another day
and in the end it doesn't really mater
And Thi sleeps through the day
and again it doesn't matter
We will get through the night
I'm just waiting on October
Tell a joke, no one is listening
Tell a joke, no one is listening
Oh burn out the stars
Thi thinks that is a good idea
Thi is awake at 12 a.m.
but to be honest it doesn't matter
We will make it through the night
Oh take the moon from the sky
Those things in the air
stay away from us
Those things in the
will stay away from us
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6. |
Sleeping on Earth
03:35
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We are a long way from the ocean now
It was in the back streets near the train station
two men rolling dice for a women
Oh they weren't wrong
they weren't wrong
The rain falls on the tin roof
I am in the city and I am seeing everything
Oh you are asleep and this is a dream
Oh you are asleep and this is a dream
Oh this is a dream
This is a dream
She walks through deserted back streets
Under a wide roof two bodies asleep under raincoats
Where is the money
why did you bring him so late
Where is the money
why did you bring him so late
Oh you are asleep and this is a dream
Oh you are asleep and this is a dream
and this is a dream
People crowd around him
someone is giving out food
time passes, one hour, and then two
the rain starts up
and the sky grows lighter
it is almost morning
the souls down here they go to heaven too
the souls down here they go to heaven too
There are two policemen
they hide from the rain
you go back to sleep
this is just a dream
you go back to sleep
and this is just a dream
you go back to sleep
and this is just a dream
this is just a dream
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7. |
Afraid of Ghosts
02:05
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You found the right place
You can go either way
either way you want
He came from the underground
no one saw him
we still got like a half hour left
before the morning
Oh I am still afraid of ghosts
and I know you are too
This is the sound
of footsteps approaching
How much is too much
even girls in Saigon don't cost this much
What is your hurry
there is no need to be romantic
what should I call you
I take it from your silence
that no names are needed
Oh I am afraid of ghosts
and I know you are too
I am afraid of ghosts
and I know you are too
but that is just the wind
that is just the wind
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8. |
Body Language
03:31
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I guess I went blind
there in the early morning light
Stand up straight
you are starting to slump
we only have so much time
It is time to buckle up
time to tie your shoes
or we will be here all day
I walked down a side street
it opened up and there was a Cathedral
in the middle of a square
I was old world touched
and this is old world too
Here comes the sun again
Oh it is that part of the day
We were out by the office buildings
way on the other side of the lake
You have time I know
enough time to ask for directions
This might get better
but on the other hand no one will know
You had some kind of awkward body language
I don't know what you are trying to say
you stare at your phone
and let yourself drift away
Oh move your eyes up to my face
and just look out at the city
It is hard to be here
and somewhere else
all at once
The flies just stay inside the restaurant
but you do not
you are lying on the floor
just trying to get attention
in front of us
the city just takes it's time
in front of us
all these people
Here comes the light
down the side street
bouncing off windows
here comes the light
it just makes it inside
just in time
just in time
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9. |
Track the Time
02:13
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Oh you only go one speed
you got the gas wide open
Flying through the city at night
looking at the sky
to track the time
I remember just like it was yesterday
Oh the street is so long
it has been years
yeah, it has been years
You see him lying on the ground
all this, all this is maybe just temporary
I realize nothing changes
You can take this brick
and burn it
mix it with blood
you got to mix it with something
Oh the night flies by
and you stare at the sky
all to track the time
but time goes by
just as fast as you on that motorbike
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10. |
Night Keeps Going
03:24
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Everything
everything looks the same
broken sidewalks
puddles of stagnant water
the same walls
and leaky roofs
and trees wrapped around light poles
I have no time
no time to spare
Oh the night
the night gives off sparks
and all the motorbikes
overwhelm the sidewalks
all the cars are parked
haphazardly
I have no time
I have no time to spare
Oh but I still stalk around
on the street
staring at houses
and the faces of people
I am never going to meet
I keep walking
toward the outskirts of the city
Oh the night throws off sparks
it envelopes me
The night throws off sparks
and envelopes me
I keep walking
following railroad tracks
but the night it envelopes me
it envelopes me
The road let me straight for miles
it was endless
I thought of nothing
I thought of nothing
I have no time
I have no time
I have no time to spare
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11. |
Christmas in Hanoi
02:29
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All the lights go off
on the other side of town
I am on the edge
and I know you are too
There are only so many times
you can wander around the lake by yourself
I took a back street
there is that store that sells only Christmas stuff
Now the lights come on again
You sit out on the balcony of the coffee shop
by yourself until 5 a.m.
Oh it is Christmas in Hanoi
Oh it is Christmas in Hanoi
Oh it is Christmas in Hanoi
it is Christmas in Hanoi
There is a purpose to this story
but you know not what it is
Next time you sit at the bar
you watch some Australians get into a fistfight
You leave at 3 a.m.
and still have 5 hours to waste
so you take another walk
all the way around the lake
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Lewis the Light San Francisco, California
"Satisfied with his care and the width of his belly, Lewis escaped and returned to San Francisco, where he was arrested after ripping open his clothing and asking passersbys to witness the divine light that burned in his breast."
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