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The Beauty of a Foreign Land

from Deeperdown by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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THE BEAUTY OF A FOREIGN LAND
It's OK if you don't understand the beauty of a foreign land
Take your pick from the map on the wall, if you go, don't come back
Out on the open sea uncovered for all to see, out on a ship on your own
It's OK if you can't say what you feel, deep down inside today
Off you go, please don't wait, on your own, off you go, don't be late
Out on the open sea uncovered for all to see, out on a ship on your own
Here it comes again, another wave of pain
I never wanted this, I never wanted it to be like this
So won't you please, won't you please just let me go?
It's OK if you don't understand the beauty of a foreign land
Off you go, please don't wait, on your own, off you go, to your fate

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from Deeperdown, released November 28, 2005

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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