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While We've Been Sleeping

from A Man Could Get Killed by The Villa Capri

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WHILE WE’VE BEEN SLEEPING

While we’ve been sleeping
Snow has been falling
Though it has not yet settled on roofs or on trees
“Come back to bed please”
She says half asleep, so I go.

The two figures are wet
Soaked through and yet
There’s no place on earth they would rather expire
He builds a fire
And bathes in the warm afterglow

Does anybody know
Why happiness is so hard to find my dear?
Can anybody hear?

At dusk we go through the streets
The cobbled retreats of long-skirted women
With fog in their eyes
And lamplight replies
They’re pregnant with sin.
Come now child.

Sing and keep singing for
The wretched, the poor, in mansions
Of soot and of heartbreak and fear
But don’t cry my dear
For we are among the beguiled.

Does anybody know
Why happiness is so hard to find my dear?
Can anybody hear?

Can anybody hear?

Words and Music by Frazer Douglas Copyright 2011

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from A Man Could Get Killed, track released July 3, 2011

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A few years ago one of my musical heros Neil Hannon wrote me a very complimentary letter in which he advised me against over- producing demos - "record companies like to think they've found a diamond in the rough" he wrote. I probably should have listened! These albums are all very different so take your pick, listen and enjoy! The Villa Capri. ... more

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