Brian Eno - China My China lyrics
[Brian Eno - China My China lyrics]
In the haze of the morning
China sit's on eternity
And the opium farmers sell
Dreams to obscure fraternities
On the horizon the curtains are closing
Down in the orchard the aunties
And uncles play their games
Like it seems they always have done
In the blue distance the vertical
Offices bear their names
Like it seems they always have done
Clocks ticking slowly, dividing the day up
These poor girls are such fun
They know what God gave
Them their fingers for
To make percussion over solos
China my China, I've wandered around
And you're still here
Which I guess you should be proud of
Your walls have enclosed you, have kept you
At home for thousands of years
But there's something I should tell you
All the young boys are dressing like sailors
I remember a man who jumped out
From a window over the bay
There was hardly a raised eyebrow
The coroner told me 'This kind
Of thing happens every day'
You see, from a pagoda, the world is so tidy
China sit's on eternity
And the opium farmers sell
Dreams to obscure fraternities
On the horizon the curtains are closing
Down in the orchard the aunties
And uncles play their games
Like it seems they always have done
In the blue distance the vertical
Offices bear their names
Like it seems they always have done
Clocks ticking slowly, dividing the day up
These poor girls are such fun
They know what God gave
Them their fingers for
To make percussion over solos
China my China, I've wandered around
And you're still here
Which I guess you should be proud of
Your walls have enclosed you, have kept you
At home for thousands of years
But there's something I should tell you
All the young boys are dressing like sailors
I remember a man who jumped out
From a window over the bay
There was hardly a raised eyebrow
The coroner told me 'This kind
Of thing happens every day'
You see, from a pagoda, the world is so tidy