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Beautiful Country (Rough Mix)
Track #00 - Soundcloud // By: David Sylvian featuring Joan Wasser, Parker Kindred, and Fred Cash
(one, two, three, four)
Her mind slept well
At high altitudes
All the way through Boulder
With the stupas pointing skywards
Like true believers
In crystal blue
The last of empire
December late
Such a sweet decay
And we drive all night
‘Cause empires live long this way
Yeah we drive all night
And sleep by day
It’s a beautiful country
What a beautiful country
It’s a beautiful country
What a beautiful country
Joy grows from her fingers
Her native hands
Long roots burrow down
Into her stomach spilling the air out of her lungs
It’s the sharp end of the joyful life
You fell upon
The petals white
Veins are blue
She’s filled with wonder
At the life within her
And the sight of you
At her own translucent heart
And the sight of you
It’s a beautiful country
What a beautiful country
It’s a beautiful country
What a beautiful country
She’s been playing her games
I was Billy the Kid
Changing the voice I’d been calling out with
We’re losing our weight
Growing up thin
She stole the face of the lord so I won’t recognise him
But it’s all good, yes it’s okay
We wouldn’t have it any other way
Made our bed gonna lie in it
Watch the suns go down on the horizon
Way up in the pink hills
They’d drained the pool
The sand flies buzzing
And the desert sun split us in two
It was an inland sea
Bombay Beach
We were near narcoleptic
And the fireworks died with their heads down in the sand
This is your land
And soon your land
Will by my land too
It’s a beautiful country
What a beautiful country
It’s a beautiful country
What a beautiful country
She’s been playing her games
To keep herself in
I’m changing the voice I’ve been calling out with
We’re losing our weight
Growing up thin
She stole the face of the lord now I won’t recognise him
But it’s alright, yes it’s okay
We wouldn’t have it any other way
Made our bed gonna lie in it
Watch the suns go down on the horizon
We’re setting up camp
Far from it all
Where the dirt roads rise
Behind the strip mall
Remove ourselves
We got nothing to give
Between the earth and stars
We’ll find a place to live
Dustbowl diving
We ride the curves
She’s railroad happy
And the longest trains
Hammer through
With their headlights blazing
For you
It’s a beautiful country
What a beautiful country
It’s a beautiful country
What a beautiful country
Ba da dum dum dum ba da da da
This track briefly appeared on Soundcloud with an explanation from David Sylvian.