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Produced by Peter Murphy, Dan Comerford, Johnny Fox. Engineered and mixed by Johnny Fox. Mastered by Fergal Davis.
lyrics
Man and woman drinking sake
man and woman sipping tea
we are besotted, we are happy
but in seven days I leave
you say, you’re almost handsome
but you’ll never leave your wife for me
I say, you’re awful pretty,
but it grieves me to concede
we know that when we’re put to it
we’ll grit our teeth, roll up our sleeves
and drive back to departures
man and woman, drinking sake,
man and woman, sipping tea
considering
the agony
of the leaves.
You’ve got Ronnie Spector eyeliner
and Chrissie’s leather jeans
your beauty is a ballbreaker
the aperture does not deceive
the thought of you with someone else
near makes my eyeballs bleed
with everything you love it brings
some shit you’ve got to grieve
such are the terms of this engagement
this the warp, and this the weave
of men and women drinking sake
men and women sipping tea
considering
the agony
of the leaves
And in that teashop, main street,
Royal Oak in Oakland County
in the state of Michigan, USA, I say,
‘Hey Sparky don’t come apart on me
here Sparky, use my sleeve’
you say, ‘Why did you come here Irishman,
aw Irishman, just leave,
you people speak in riddles,
you flatter to deceive
you saw upon your fiddles
you cut everything with irony’
‘That’s how we speak, Miss Michigan
don’t let it queer how you perceive –
a man and woman, drinking sake,
man and woman sipping tea
the one who stays
the one who leaves
the one beloved, one bereaved
considering
the agony
of the leaves.’
credits
from Republic of the Weird,
released November 4, 2022
Written by Peter Murphy, Dan Comerford, Jasmin Gangnus.
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Her voice is a beautiful instrument, listen you'll see what I'm taking about Great beats, melodies. Not just a great Rap/ Hip Hop album, great album period. BetoR
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Now waiting for the first one on vinyl and a rerelease of that mysterious 7”. Åke K
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