The Land
from The Land by The Wind-up Birds
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lyrics
I got half way through the book
It was quite good
But I had to put it down
He had misunderstood the land
The land
The land
And on the TV they were showing a play
But it was unclear what they were
Trying to say about the land
The land
The land
And if you laugh they might take you away
And if you talk back they might take you away
And if you read books they might take you away
In the land
We were too tired
Our cooking was bland
We were too scared to walk hand in hand
Through the land
The land
The land
So we kept on flying away from the sand
And we never looked down
Cos we knew there was nowhere to land
To land
To land
And if you laugh they will take you away
And if you read books they will take you away
And if you talk back they will take you away
In the land
And if you say sorry they will take you away
And if you break down they will take you away
And if you are me they will take you away
In the land
(I don’t think you understand
I don’t think you understand
None of this is underhand
In our land
I don’t think we’ll ever land
I don’t think you understand
None of this is underhand
In our land
When your friends have gone away
And when your parents have gone away
And when the money has gone away
I will be with you
And when the light has gone away
And when all hope has gone away
And when your mind it goes away
I will be with you
It was quite good
But I had to put it down
He had misunderstood the land
The land
The land
And on the TV they were showing a play
But it was unclear what they were
Trying to say about the land
The land
The land
And if you laugh they might take you away
And if you talk back they might take you away
And if you read books they might take you away
In the land
We were too tired
Our cooking was bland
We were too scared to walk hand in hand
Through the land
The land
The land
So we kept on flying away from the sand
And we never looked down
Cos we knew there was nowhere to land
To land
To land
And if you laugh they will take you away
And if you read books they will take you away
And if you talk back they will take you away
In the land
And if you say sorry they will take you away
And if you break down they will take you away
And if you are me they will take you away
In the land
(I don’t think you understand
I don’t think you understand
None of this is underhand
In our land
I don’t think we’ll ever land
I don’t think you understand
None of this is underhand
In our land
When your friends have gone away
And when your parents have gone away
And when the money has gone away
I will be with you
And when the light has gone away
And when all hope has gone away
And when your mind it goes away
I will be with you
credits
from The Land,
released May 14, 2012
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The Wind-up Birds Leeds
New EP - "Pop. Thinking" is out now.
More gigs on the way as well.
shows
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Apr 20Leeds, UK
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May 25Bingley, UK
discography
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Jul 2023 -
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May 2020 -
Feb 2018
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