Jackfruit by Philip Sadler
Channel: westonschmeston
Date: 31/08/2013

Eastward winds help Westward stay, I sail from bay to bay
Find myself determined now, though my heart's still with you in Cathay
Pepper-scented oceanscapes, I make my way through waves
Curving passions thoughtfully, dreaming of the midday in Cathay
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Breathing in the ocean breeze under the jackfruit trees we're sitting
Dreaming of the northern lights, least that's the alibi you're given
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It's okay, you don't need to look down, but things are different now
Things are different from where I'm from
Girl, lay by me
Listen to the sea
Listen to the waves roll before I go
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Midas with his hands of flesh looked from right to left
He turned all he loved to gold, he turned all he loved to uselessness
Icarus with waxen wings flew further than it seemed
Flew too close to what he loved, too close to the woman from Cathay
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Breathing in the salty breeze under the jackfruit trees we're sitting
Dreaming of the northern lights, least that's the alibi you're given
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It's okay, you don't need to look down, but things are different now
Things are different from where I'm from
Girl, lay by me
Listen to the sea
Listen to the waves roll before I go
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I climbed up to our sacred place, a staircase lined with saints
A willful man's the one in love, a willful man will always have his way
I looked down from the fog lit cliffs, down across the bay
Found my love given in love to another one now in Cathay
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Breathing in the salty breeze under the jackfruit trees we're sitting
Dreaming of the northern lights, least that's the alibi you're given
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It's okay, you don't need to look down, but things are different now
Things are different from where I'm from
Girl, lay by me
Listen to the sea
Listen to the waves roll before I go