Discovering Japan Lyrics by Graham Parker

Discovering Japan Lyrics

    pre>[intro] bm d a (3 times)

    D bm
    Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking
    D a
    The tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt
    G a bm g
    And there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays you
    A d bm
    And every kiss enslaves you-oo-oo

    D bm
    She knows how hard her heart grows under the nuclear shadows
    D a
    She can't escape the feeling repeating in her head
    G a bm g
    When after all the urges some kind of truth emerges
    A
    We felt the deadly surges

    Bm a g d a
    Discovering japan--an --an
    Bm a g d a g d bm bm
    Discovering japan--an --an

    D bm
    The gis only use her, they only ram right through her
    D a
    Giving an eastern promise, that they could never keep
    G a bm g
    Seeing a million miles, between their joke and smiles
    A d
    She heard their hard denials [don't pause]

    Bm a
    As the tears dropped sideways down her face, face
    Bm a
    I woke up talking in the tongue of a different race, race
    Bm g
    And as the flight touches down my watch says 8:02
    F#m bm d a
    But that's midnight to you,
    Bm d a bm d a / g a
    Midnight to you midight to you

    D bm
    I dreamed headlong collisions in jet lag panavisions
    D a
    I shouted sayonara it didn't mean goodbye
    G a bm g
    But lovers turn to posers show up in film exposures
    A
    Just like in travel brochures
    Bm a g d a bm a g d a
    Discovering japan discovering japan

    (x6 and fade) /pre>

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