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Hanoi Lyrics by The Backsliders

2002

Hanoi Boy, high up in the trees
Holds a bag in the air, full of dreams of the West
When you gonna get some, running water
When you gonna fix that, window pane
Before we turn around and see the city changing
Remember how its like when we felt the same
Hanoi girl, dries dark hair on the breeze
When the money gets here, she won’t have no time to breathe
When you gonna get some running water
When you gonna fill that open drain
Motor cycle dreams that stay with you forever
Remember how its like when we felt the same
Stark red flags in the midday sun
Watching the kid with the dark eyes on the run
40º in the heat of the day
Long hair dries like velvet in the shade
Dust on a bright red star
Kitsch foyer marble floor
Looking out onto a street
Where the young parade their souls
When you gonna get some running water
When you gonna fill that open drain
Motor cycle dreams that stay with you forever
Remember how its like when we felt the same
Crumbling beauty sky about to fall
Lenin watches over children who never fall
Streets full of life with a pulse like no other/remember what it’s like to have it all
Remember what it’s like ….to have it all…
Remember what it’s like
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The Backsliders

The Backsliders

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