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Escape From New Yorkshire

from The Land by The Wind-up Birds

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lyrics

Hold your breath and slip through the railings
Run like mad from your recent failings
Don’t look back cos the path’s disappearing
Don’t explain the pleasure you’re feeling
You know overhead that the vultures are circling
You did all you could it just wasn’t working
It just wasn’t working

(They killed themselves laughing
At our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary
Streets of this terrible city
(Is there no way to stop us
Shifting out of focus)
Your family won’t miss you
Thrown away like a tissue
You’ll see things more clearly
Its the only answer really
Its the only answer really

Don’t tell anyone where you’re going
Or when you’ll be back cos there’s no way of knowing
You can change your name or your face when you get there
Invent a past for the people you meet there
Its a better place but it won’t be plain sailing
You might wish you were back through the railings
Well get back through the railings

(They killed themselves laughing
At our stupid disco dancing)
If you need a distraction
A break from the action
There’s a route through the dreary
Streets of this terrible city
(Is there no way to stop us
Shifting out of focus)
Down the hidden ginnels
And the subterranean tunnels
You’ll learn how to function
But there’s always repercussions
There’s always repercussions
You once thought you would be relevant
Words you uttered would be held as significant
Now your dreams are all so distant
You act surprised but it was so blatant
Act surprised but it was so blatant
Act surprised but you are so blatant
You act surprised

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from The Land, released May 14, 2012

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