ELTON JOHN - Japanese Hands lyrics

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Music by elton john<br>Lyrics by bernie taupin<br>Available on the album reg strikes back<br><br>Outside I can hear the fireworks<br>Beyond the paper walls<br>Where the symbols painted black and white<br>Run together when the rain falls<br>And the wind chimes across kyoto<br>Each time the earth moves<br>Was it the quake that shook me<br>Or was it something to do with you<br><br>And the hot wind heats the bamboo blinds<br>And your almond eyes always shine<br>Sitting cool behind your painted fan<br>All the secrets of the east<br>Conceal the beauty and the beast<br>For tender is the man in her japanese hands<br><br>Flesh on silk looks different<br>Than on a cotton sheet back home<br>Where no one wears their hair like yours<br>Beneath those oriental combs<br>And with your thirsty fingers<br>Running up and down my spine<br>You forget the western woman<br>When you're sleeping on kyoto time<br><br>And the sky explodes<br>And the moon grows cold<br>To the distant sound of drums<br>And the sky explodes<br>And the moon grows cold<br>As the dragons on the mainland<br>Wait to heat the sun