Church - Tristesse lyrics

rate me

Here in this desert, beneath the sun and stars<br />

Still troubled by the rumblings of a million distant cars<br />

Please be good to me tonight, let me find my way<br />

The air has some command in it I cannot disobey<br />

A gunfight in Dodge City, a murder in Bombay<br />

All these deeds and worldly needs I must shrug off today<br />

All my life spent searching for prowess<br />

Left me lying here with you, tristesse<br />

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I was working in an orchard that grew the strangest fruit<br />

It wasn't Mother Nature that made those trees take root<br />

Your children cannot hear you, they only want your loot<br />

You hold on to their essence like a parachute<br />

They never believed you were in distress<br />

Now you've gone and left them with tristesse<br />

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Oh, waters inflamed<br />

Ah, fires burning out<br />

Ah, ice melting down<br />

Ah, fires burnt out<br />

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A hotel suite in a rich man's town, a hut in Botany Bay<br />

A prisoner by my own device, a mountain in my way<br />

I'm gonna have to alter my address<br />

"Cause I can't stay much longer with tristesse<br />

And they call this carnival progress<br />

Invited by our queen tonight, tristesse