Discovering Japan Lyrics - Live At Rockpalast 1978 + 1980 - Graham Parker & The Rumour

Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking 

The Tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt 

And there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays you 

And every kiss enslaves you-oo-oo 

She knows how hard her heart grows under the nuclear shadows 

She can't escape the feeling repeating in her head 

When after all the urges some kind of truth emerges 

We felt the deadly surges 

Discovering Japan--an --an 

Discovering Japan--an --an 

The GIs only use her, they only ram right through her 

Giving an eastern promise, that they could never keep 

Seeing a million miles, between their joke and smiles 

She heard their hard denials [don't pause] 

As the tears dropped sideways down her face, face 

I woke up talking in the tongue of a different race, race 

And as the flight touches down my watch says 8:02 

But that's midnight to you, 

Midnight to you Midight to you 

I dreamed headlong collisions in jet lag panavisions 

I shouted sayonara it didn't mean goodbye 

But lovers turn to posers show up in film exposures 

Just like in travel brochures 

Discovering Japan Discovering Japan 

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