Graham Parker & The Rumour - Discovering Japan lyrics

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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

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

Discovering Japan

The GIs only use her,

They always 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

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

Discovering Japan

Discovering Japan

Discovering Japan

Discovering Japan

Discovering Japan

Discovering Japan