Strangeland (video)

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1. Lover, I remember laying out our map,

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throwing our possessions in the van.

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Your tapes piled on the backseat, and a camera in your hand,

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dressed for our arrival in the Strangeland.

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Strangeland, blind, you got no reason, you got no rhyme,

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you get no time to put things right, to put things right.

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2. You drove across the border, as the winter rains ran dry,

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and only fateful birdsong filled the sky.

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You threw your head back screaming, as we raced across wet sand,

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and leapt into the waters of the Strangeland.

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Strangeland, blind, you got no reason, you got no rhyme,

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you get no time to put things right, to put things right.

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3. You wound the rope around me, and you pulled the knots in tight,

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and shook me like a bad dream from your sight.

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And now the things I’ve done to forget you,

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well, it’s not what I had planned,

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the sweetest thoughts get twisted in the Strangeland.

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Strangeland, blind, you got no reason, you got no rhyme,

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you get no time to put things right, to put things ...

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+ Strangeland, dreams, you tore my baby away from me,

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we get no time to put things right, to put things right.

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You get no time to put things right, to put things right,

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to put things right, to put things right.

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Keane)