Herbie Hancock Feat. Luciana Souza - Amelia lyrics

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I was driving across the burning desert when I spotted six jet planes<br />

Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain<br />

It was the hexagram of the heavens, the strings of my guitar<br />

Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br />

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The drone of flying engines is a song so wild and blue<br />

It scrambles time and seasons if it gets through to you<br />

Then your life becomes a travelogue of picture postcard charms<br />

Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br />

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People will tell you where they've gone, they'll tell you where to go<br />

But till you get there yourself you never really know<br />

Where some have found their paradise others just come to harm<br />

Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br />

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I wish that he was here tonight, it's so hard to obey<br />

His sad request of me to kindly stay away<br />

So this is how I hide the hurt as the road leads cursed and charmed<br />

I tell Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br />

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A ghost of aviation, she was swallowed by the sky or by the sea<br />

Like me she had a dream to fly<br />

Like Icarus ascending on beautiful foolish arms<br />

Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br />

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Maybe I've never really loved, I guess that is the truth<br />

I've spent my whole life in clouds at icy altitude<br />

And looking down on everything I crashed into his arms<br />

Oh Amelia, it was just a false alarm<br />

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I pulled into the Cactus Tree Motel to shower off the dust<br />

And I slept on the strange pillows of my wanderlust<br />

I dreamed of 747s over geometric farms<br />

Dreams, Amelia, dreams and false alarms