The Girl With Lampedusa In Her Eyes

(album: Cold War Classics, Vol. 2 - 2023)

In a bombed out basement in Aleppo
She dreamed a dream
Paddington bear, he was a refugee
A royal wedding on a broken TV
The day the missile took the eyes of her mother
She learned to curtsy, how to bow to the Queen
The names of the celebrities who lit up Oxford st
Now all she can hears is a dead mujahideen
Saying you'll never, ever grow older

God willing and the creek don't rise
I'll be with you tonight in paradise
God willing and the creek don't rise
I'll be with you tonight in paradise

Got me an Uber to Golgotha
Got myself a V.I.P ringside seat
Some put it all on a prophet
I put my money on the smuggler and the thief

God willing and the creek don't rise
I'll be with you tonight in paradise
God willing and the creek don't rise
I'll be with you tonight
I'll be with you tonight
I'll be with you tonight in paradise

Said the girl
Said the girl with Lampedusa in her eyes
Said the girl
Said the girl with Lampedusa in her eyes
Said the girl
Said with Lampedusa in her eyes

The smuggler took her money
Said beware of the thief
And never trust a prophet
Who ain't sailed the seven seas
I got a brothers in the fishing fleet
You wanna walk-on water, walk a while with me

God willing and the creek don't rise
I'll be with you tonight
I'll be with you tonight in paradise

Lalalalala
Said the girl
Lalalalala
Said the girl
Lalalalala
With Lampedusa in her eyes
Lalalalala
Said the girl
Lalalalala
Said the girl
Lalalalala
With Lampedusa in her eyes