Key: E major
Intro 1
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Dm
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Gm
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Verse 1
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There
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are no angels left in America anymore
They left after the second World
War heading west
Stopping briefly in Japan during the '60s
In Tienanman Square,
during the last decade
Verse 2
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knows where
What're they after?
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What're they looking for?
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A Messiah who never comes?
A virgin birth?
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A perfect drunk?
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Any kind of sign
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Anything that looks slightly
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out of the ordinary
Verse 3
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Flying over fields & factories
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Momma's goin' off her head
Daddy's bringin' home the bacon
Verse 4
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Fruit of salty lubrication
I can barely touch the bottom
Verse 5
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ready now--
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I'm ready now--
Verse 6
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I can barely touch my own self
How could I touch someone else?
I'm just an advertisement
For a version of myself
Verse 7
Like a million nervous tics
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I am quivering with anticipation
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I'm ready now
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(Don't look back)
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I'm ready now
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I'm ready now
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Verse 8
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The sensuous world ? the smell
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of the sea
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The sweat off their wings ? the fruit from
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C
The angel inside ? will meet me to night
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On wings of desire ? I come back
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alive
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I'm ready
(I put the dogs outside)
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I'm ready
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I'm ready
(To take that ride)
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I'm ready now
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I'm ready now
Verse 9
(To take that wine)
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I'm ready now
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But where are you?
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