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The waves
It's not you're deaf, but you don't want to hear
Neither the lament, nor the merry cheers
Better off alone
Locked up at home
So if you've got nothing planned tomorrow
My mum's got a car I can borrow
Will you come with me
We'll drive to the sea
It's just a passing phase
Don't you know the waves
Will wash away the remains of your old skin
There's a tiredness you can't shake off your shoulders
You want to put things back in order
And in the wink of an eye
It's just a colourless sky
At the end of a gravel road
I've got my little secret cove
Hey hey hey
Lie down on the pebbles
Watch the sea and the sky mingle
Hey hey hey
It's not you're blind, but you've seen it all
The oaths you take, and then the betrayal
Why try again
Why try again
People dancing
PEOPLE DANCING
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Side one
1 The waves
2 Standing on the edge of the world
3 Hospital song
4 Out of breath
5 Brave when you fall
Side two
6 Ethiopia bella
7 Hardly bearable
8 In the desert
9 Alabama summer
10 Beat of the city
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Standing on the edge of the world
Standing on the edge of the world
Wondering what to do next
He heard there's an all new town
A little further west
And there's a hunger inside him
He knows he shouldn't trust
Standing out where the road forks
He takes out a half empty flask
Pondering every answer
To every question asked
If he takes another sip
He'll come crashing into dust
He's looking for a sign of hope
In every curve of the road
Trying to calm down
His shaky hands
What does it take to smooth
The rawness in his throat
Must he spend another while in the wasteland
It took him a million tears
For a little understanding
Took him a million heartbeats
For one peaceful morning
A million miles to end up standing
On the edge of the world
A million miles to end up standing
On the edge of the world
A million miles to end up standing
On the edge of the world
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Hospital song
People dancing
I've got a lump in my throat
My legs are shaking
They're just out of control
My head is aching
They said it'd be fun
But I shouldn't have come
After all
Please somebody
Won't you take me
To the nearest hospital
If you can't take me to the hospital
Drive me to a fancy bar
Let me drink something stiff
From a blue fruit jar
Or shots of whisky
To make me feel dizzy
And fly higher
May the spirit
Help me make it
Through this night of terror
Of comfort and relief
What am I doing here ?
I want to disappear
Like a soap bubble
Become invisible
It you can't find me a fancy bar
Fly me to my lover's bed
In the warmth of her arms
Let me rest my head
Cause her body
Is a country
Where I can be a thief
And her hand palm
Is a kingdom
Of comfort and relief
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Out of breath
The music's loud and a thick crowd
Is beginning to sway
Like a holy rite, they make Friday night
Melt into Saturday
You've got sweaty pearls forming in your curls
You're moving like a star
I'm just the man quietly drinking
At the far end of the bar
And I watch you get out of breath
Under the false summer sky, you close your eyes
And you sing along
Your hips and shoulders, your hands and thighs
Got a life of their own
Your whole body is moving like crazy
Neath the disco ball
I'm the guy peeping through
A hole in the wall
And I watch you get out of breath
People dancing
Baby, dance through the mayhem
Dance with your man, or dance all alone
Make it feel like you're praying
And then dance through devastation
You're rising higher, like an angel of fire
Spinning round and round
In your belly and chest, a flaming desire
Is pumping with the sound
When the time is right, with somebody you like
You'll be heading out for the door
I'll be sweeping the glittering sequins
You dropped on the floor
I watch you get out of breath
Brave when you fall
People dancing
You make me fly, fly so high
Gigantic suns glittering before my eyes
But all the time, I'm looking down
Getting ready for the day I hit the ground
Mama said, don't you be afraid
You gotta be brave when you fall
You gotta be brave when you fall
Generals, emperors,
Sitting on their thrones of gold and silver
Leading armies, leading masses,
Leading us to their dreams of victories
They should know, they should know
You gotta be brave when you fall
You gotta be brave when you fall
You gotta be strong cause you won't get no help at all
You gotta be brave when you fall
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Above the valleys, above the shores
Above the oceans, I have soared
Pretty soon, it won't take long
I'm gonna be put right back where I belong
Like an eagle, getting older
I'm breathing in the soft wind till my flying's over
I'll be all right, I'm holding tight
You gotta be brave when you fall
You gotta be brave when you fall
You gotta be strong cause you won't get no help at all
You gotta be brave when you fall
You gotta be brave when you fall
You gotta be brave when you fall
You gotta be strong cause you won't get no help at all
You gotta be brave when you fall
Ethiopia bella
On a full moon night, take a walk across the tracks
To a dirty juke joint everybody calls the Shack
As you get closer, you hear a jukebox playing
Push the wooden door, you'll find a dozen men drinking
Their eyes are empty, their hands are shaking
Their smiles are crooked, you can tell they've been waiting
They'll be standing at the bar till 2 or 3 am
That's when a woman comes up, she goes by this name
Ethiopia Bella
Naked from the waist up, Bella plays the guitar
The drummer in her band is blind and the bassman wears a scar
She'll play only one song, in a forbidden tongue,
It might be a minute or seven hours long
She stares you in the eye, it's like a lightning through your chest
A tribal medal hangs between her breasts
She hits the notes she learned from her grandma
Her voice finds its way in and out of Africa
Ethiopia Bella
Ethiopia Bella
E.T.H.I.O.P.I.A. Bella !
E.T.H.I.O.P.I.A. Bella !
E.T.H.I.O.P.I.A. Bella !
E.T.H.I.O.P.I.A. Bella !
You may think you had a vision after a night like this
Some say she's an angel, some call her a witch
She's here before you, you blink once and she's gone
You step out dazed and sweaty into the early morning sun
Ethiopia Bella
Ethiopia Bella
Ethiopia Bella
She'll get you crawling on the floor
You'll come back for more
You'll forget everything you've seen
What you've done and where you've been
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Hardly bearable
Don't you go outside, people lose their minds
It might be for good this time
I told you times before, don't you open your door
It's safer if you stay and hide
In the street
The heat
Is hardly bearable
A lustful fire, a scorching desire
Is smouldering your guts and brain
You're gasping for air, sooty flakes everywhere
Everything might go up in flames
In the street
The heat
Is hardly bearable
Crashing noises
Coming through the smoke
Distorted voices
Fading as we choke
In the street
The heat
Is hardly bearable
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In the desert
Let's see how long you can last in the desert
How many days and nights
Let's see how long you can last in the desert
How long can you survive
If it's the place you wanted to be
Consider yourself lucky
Let's see how long you can last in the desert
How many days and nights
Let's see how long you can last in the desert
How long can you survive
Scorpions tickling under your toes
Snakes creeping up your clothes
People dancing
In the coldest night, without a soul in sight
You think you see your son but it's an illusion
You're talking to yourself, you won't get any help
You're going there and back, you only double track
You want to stay alone, want to call it your home
An ocean of sand's taking you by the hand
You're counting out time like a nursery rhyme
The words of the song say how long, how long
Let's see how long you can last in the desert
How many days and nights
Let's see how long you can last in the desert
How long can you survive
Pretty soon hunger and thirst will drive you insane
Even the moon's got a strange effect on your brain
Let's see how long you can last...
Let's see how long you can last...
How long, how long, how long,
Can you hold on
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Alabama summer
The air's so soft, on that street
Can you feel it too ?
There's a house for rent, real cheap
It'd be perfect for me and you
An old tire's hanging from a tree
For the children to swing
On the back porch, we got nothing to do
But watch the flight of martins
I'm dreaming of an Alabama summer, with you
I'm dreaming of an Alabama summer with you
Listen closely, voices from the depths
Will come whispering in your ear
Pounding drums and dark spirits
Will tell the tales of freedom and fear
I'm dreaming of an Alabama summer, with you
I'm dreaming of an Alabama summer with you
Is it getting older that's bringing back
Childhood memories
Is it the sound of a dobro that makes me want to hear
Southern stories
I'm dreaming of an Alabama summer, with you
I'm dreaming of an Alabama summer with you
People dancing
It's like a calling
That gets you swaying
To the ambulance tune
Inside your guts
You feel the pulse
Of a late summer afternoon
Some people here
They walk in fear
The crowds hurry back home
This is your realm
This is your cosmos
These are the streets where you've grown
You've been doing this since you were a baby
So take this step
And then another step
Your instinct won't fail you
You got to let yourself go
In the everlasting flow
Your body will always know what to do
You've been doing this since you were a baby
You've been brought up to the beat of the city
Well it's a tribal, natural, universal thing
That makes us turn and jump and yell and smile and sing
A warm wave hits your limbs and brain
Don't resist it, cause it always comes back again and again
In your pram
Along with your mom
You started clapping your hands
Then before long
You'll sing a song
With a pretty boyfriend
You've been doing this since you were a baby
You've been brought up to the beat of the city
People dancing
Beat of the city
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