Saint Etienne Album

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Took a trip down Anita Way
had to go on the 1st of May
didn't have much to celebrate
heart failed in the back of a taxi
heart failed in the back of a taxi
doot do do
doot do do
get yer kicks all around the world
give a tip to a geisha girl
fit your bit with a piece of pearl
heart failed in the back of a taxi
heart failed in the back of a taxi
doot do do
doot do do
sold the ground to a PLC
moved the club out to Newbury
sod the fans and their families
heart failed in the back of a taxi
heart failed in the back of a taxi
picture-house built in '23
it's a place out of history
pulled it down for your cash money
heart failed in the back of a taxi
heart failed in the back of a taxi
doot do do
doot do do

I'm thinking of bed
I'm thinking of new green dress
I saw it unfold
Unwrapping

Near Pickington Fayre
Tall sycamores, your raven hair
I saw it so slow
Through the tall grass

I'm thinking of bed
I'm thinking of streams through the air
The night was so long
And dizzy

Let's travel again
To fall upon three chimneys where
The tower's so low
You were mistaken

Just as I walked away
I turned to hear you say...

The words nearly got carried away by the wind
But I could make out this much...

“Don’t back down, don’t back down this time”
Brown eyes, inside I cry
“Don’t back down, don’t back down this time”
Sometimes I wonder why

Locked out in Fortress Green
Your Mother hated me

Caught in a car outside the Odeon
And the rain pouring down the windscreen

That Summer felt so long
I never felt so strong

And then a sudden feeling
That I might never see you again

Space exploration is a noble thing
It's a noble thing if we'd only try
A range of mountains is just mud and water
It's just mud and water and the passing of time

Overcome... just a little
High on a hillside
With the Sun in my eyes
Overcome... just a little
Freed from the city
With the snow at my side

Walk the street as it becomes a river
And the cars are shining in the morning Sun
Travel sideways, you're the ace of ones
And all those rocket man days are over and done

boy is it coming to me
lotta bodies i don't know
hoped i could get some sleepin'
hope that they will go
that boy is crying
forget about the lying
he's not singing
cause his ears are ringing
i've gotta hit the sheets again
gotta catch an hour before i go
down to the streets beneath me
out into the crowd below
take me to the outer reaches
rock me to and fro
this boy is crying
fed up with the lying
i'm not singing
cause my eyes are stinging
get me on a roll again
look me in the eye and flash your smile
flash your smile

Part 2: Aspects of Lambert

Dream home in Downey, California
Palm trees
The sound of Karen Carpenter

Father’s holding baby
Baby’s getting restless now
Looking for her Mother
Looking for her Mother

You don’t, don’t want to believe him now
Don’t want to, don’t want to see

Eyes closed, asleep in a crystal hideaway
Ice vans
They used to take the head away

If she could tell a story
Frozen on her lips today
She could tell her daughter
She could tell her daughter

You want, want to believe him now
He’ll never, he’ll never see

A rose scented June
A rose he pulled in June
They're full upon the lawn
The doctor came at dawn

An old daily care
And Suzie Banana Stand
Through frosted windowpane
Your father's middlename
>From a train
And everywhere the snow falls
Sail away (x4)

A veil (pale(?)) faded blue
A Ruben's old curfew(?)
One windy Winter's day
A Windsor market day
People say
Everywhere the snow falls
Sail away (x8)

She's moving down the seaside
'Cause that's where he comes from
He gave away all of her records
Is that where she belongs?

Better think it through
Remember who
Is there something new?
Or is it you again?

Sail away (x12)

So take your red gown
And go down to the dam
To do as you please
On the streets of your town

The whistling kind
Shake it out of your mind
It could be the day
When you finally say
Sail away (x6)
On and on (x7)

Sarah speaks (2 lines missing):
Up the riverbank, land that dried up
The causeway full of nice cars
The sand a distant dream
_____________ (?) ______________
_____________ (?) ______________
Across the riverbank
Cross the riverbank, don't look back

Background sings:
To sail away
And on and on

Sarah sings:
I sail, you sail
I sail, you sail
Do you remember how? (x4)
Do you remember how we used to live? (x3)

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