Graham Parker - Discovering Japan lyrics

pre>[intro] bm d a (3 times) D bm Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking D a The tokyo's taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt G a bm g And there's nothing to hold on to when gravity betrays you A d bm And every kiss enslaves you-oo-oo D bm She knows how hard her heart grows under the nuclear shadows D a She can't escape the feeling repeating in her head G a bm g When after all the urges some kind of truth emerges A We felt the deadly surges Bm a g d a Discovering japan--an --an Bm a g d a g d bm bm Discovering japan--an --an D bm The gis only use her, they only ram right through her D a Giving an eastern promise, that they could never keep G a bm g Seeing a million miles, between their joke and smiles A d She heard their hard denials [don't pause] Bm a As the tears dropped sideways down her face, face Bm a I woke up talking in the tongue of a different race, race Bm g And as the flight touches down my watch says 8:02 F#m bm d a But that's midnight to you, Bm d a bm d a / g a Midnight to you midight to you D bm I dreamed headlong collisions in jet lag panavisions D a I shouted sayonara it didn't mean goodbye G a bm g But lovers turn to posers show up in film exposures A Just like in travel brochures Bm a g d a bm a g d a Discovering japan discovering japan (x6 and fade) /pre>