Brian Eno - China my china
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song: china my china
album:taking tiger mountain (1974)
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A-F 4 times)
In the haze of the morning, China sits on eternity
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And the opium A/Ffarmers sell dreams to obscure fraternities
GOn the horizon the curtains are A#closing A
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Down in the orchard,A/F the aunties and uncles play their games
(Like it seemAs they alwaysF have done) A F
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In the bluA/Fe distance, the vertical offices bear their names
(Like it seemsA they alwaysF have done) A F
GClocks ticking slowly, dividing the daA#y up. A
CThese poor girls are such fun,
They know what God gave them their fingers for A/F
(to make percussiAon over so-Flos) [typAing percussioFn]
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China, my ChinaA/F, I've wandered around and you're still here
(Which I guess yAou should be proudF of) A F
Your wallCs have enclosed you,
Have kept you at home for thousands of years
(But there's somethingA I should Ftell you) A F
GAll the young boys, they are dressing like sailorA#s. A
CI remember a man who
Jumped out from a window over the bay A/F
(There was hardly a raiAsed eyFebrowA) F
CThe coroner told me,
This kind of thing happens every day. A/F
GYou see, from the Pagoda, the world is so tidy. A# A
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