Key: G minor
Verse 1
I was riding with El across
borders unseen
that beautiful strange
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to the red Mars plains
As the hot day drew its thick breath
We were close enough to flying to
be near enough to death
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There were ghosts swimming in my thoughts,
I'd say that
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I've never been so close to home and so far away,
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as in
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Timor
Verse 2
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Leste,
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Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor...
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Verse 3
The motor stopped and
the night was still
Except the fan kept clipping
on the window sill
in our orange room
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My heart was dancing with the
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elephants BOOM BOOM BOOM
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And I, I couldn't sleep, I was wide awake
Like a super mosquito couldn't
catch it or escape from it
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But I've never been so glad for the break of day,
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as in
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Verse 4
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Timor Leste,
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Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor...
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Verse 5
bare feet, white skirts
about the way he smiled
As if the distance of his thoughts
equaled more than miles
please explain," and he said
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"Everybody here has at least six names,"
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welcome to
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Verse 6
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Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor...
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
we cheat our own maps
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Cos we're too afraid of
the love of the deep
He'll eat up your ideas,
than a king lion's roar
white teeth
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Make a crooked white wall of my country's embassy
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that's in
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Verse 8
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Timor Leste,
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Timor Leste, Timor Leste, Timor...
Outro 1
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