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 Outside I can hear the fireworks 
Beyond the paper walls 
Where the symbols painted black and white 
Run together when the rain falls 
And the wind chimes across kyoto 
Each time the earth moves 
Was it the quake that shook me 
Or was it something to do with you 
And the hot wind heats the bamboo blinds 
And your almond eyes always shine 
Sitting cool behind your painted fan 
All the secrets of the east 
Conceal the beauty and the beast 
For tender is the man in her japanese hands 
Flesh on silk looks different 
Than on a cotton sheet back home 
Where no one wears their hair like yours 
Beneath those oriental combs 
And with your thirsty fingers 
Running up and down my spine 
You forget the western woman 
When you're sleeping on kyoto time 
And the sky explodes 
And the moon grows cold 
To the distant sound of drums 
And the sky explodes 
And the moon grows cold 
As the dragons on the mainland 
Wait to heat the sun  
            
 
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