The Stranglers - Valley of the Birds

      

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 VALLEY OF THE BIRDS - The Stranglers

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 Ray decided to be silly after all,
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 He died a thousand times in the Viet war,
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 So he strapped himself in and he took his chances,
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 Into the valley of the bird absurd,
 
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 I don't remember what it was the old man said,
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 I know I'd tempted fate a thousand times before,
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 So we strapped ourselves in and we took some chances,
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 And had a fight for the brother who can be,
 
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 Birdman,
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 Looking for the waste land,
               Ebm      Ab 
 Try'na get me face tanned,
                       F#        
 It's beautiful, we're beautiful,
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 We're flying through the valley of the birds,

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 Ebm                        Ab          
 We decided all for all and all for one,
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 And when I do I really wanna go in style,
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 So without a sense of reason we explored life,
 F#                           Ab               
 Like throwing stoned into the great unknown of
 
 Ebm   Ab 
 Birdman,
                 Ebm      Ab 
 Looking for the waste land,
               Ebm      Ab 
 Try'na get me face tanned,
                       F#        
 It's beautiful, we're beautiful,
                          Ab                  
 We're flying through the valley of the birds.
 
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