Ben Howard - Days Of Lantana

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Agatha and I go
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Down to the courtyard slinging
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Last year’s Sundays in the riv – er of time
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Agatha and I go
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Down to the citadel Sunday
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Red church bells and the moon on the rise
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If you were to tell her
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The days are numbered
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I’d break the teeth in your fake ass smile
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Maybe in a rare wind
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Maybe in a month of Sundays
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Maybe in a war I would still read the wrong signs
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But I don’t mind it
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Being in the darkness baby
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To be by your side I would walk the Nile twice
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Days of lantana
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Each saint with a cross and a hammer
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Radiation of the Cheren-kov kind
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So we go walking
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Birds at the window talking
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Jubilations in the faint June shine

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Agatha and I go
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Down to the citadel winnin’
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Things that graciously came to mind
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Gathering the day in
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Some make arrangements
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Some know the way and they just walk a straight line – well
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Curly’s a baker’s boy
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Living for the harvest nights
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Turns to me, says something like “The world only turns twice:
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Once for the laughter
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Once for the memories after
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All the rest is just kicking through the weather and the fines”
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So we go dancing
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Twist turns and all things fancy
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“I blame the baker boy,” that’s what I had on my mind
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You in the here now
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Me in the far bar
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I’d wait forever if they gave me enough time
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Outside walking
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Birds at the window talking
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Iterations of the faint June shine

[Outro]
(repeat to fade)
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