Timor

Album: Oral Fixation Vol. 2 (2005)
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  • Timor, Timor
    Yale, Yale, East Timor, Timor
    Timor, Timor
    Timor, Timor

    Going on and on and on and on
    This is going on and on and on and on now
    Said it once and say it twice, I want to save your time
    Safety, safety

    It's alright, it's alright
    'Cause the system never fails
    The good guys are in power and the bad guys are in jail

    It's alright, it's alright
    Just as long as we can vote
    We live in democracy and that's what we promote

    Isn't it, sn't it? (ooh-ooh)
    Isn't it, isn't it? (ooh-ooh)

    It's alright, it's alright
    At least there's half the truth
    Hearing what we want's the secret of eternal youth

    It's alright, it's alright
    The planet's split in three
    'Cause I'll keep on selling records and you've got your MTV

    If we forget about 'em
    Don't worry
    If they forget about us
    Then hurry
    How about the people who don't matter anymore?

    East Timor, Timor, Timor
    Ooh
    Ah, ah, ah, ah
    Ah, ah, ah, ah

    It's alright, it's alright
    We'll show all on TV
    So we won't really know it just by watching *BC

    It's alright, it's alright
    For a flag we die or kill
    As long as we don't know it, do it just to pay the bills

    If we forget about 'em
    Don't worry
    If they forget about us
    Then hurry
    How about the people who don't matter anymore?

    If we forget about 'em
    Don't worry
    If they forget about us
    Then hurry
    How about the people who don't matter anymore?

    East Timor, Timor, Timor

    Let's keep telling the world it's sunny
    They risk their hides to make the money
    Now don't you find that funny?

    If we forget about 'em
    If they forget about us
    Then hurry
    (How about those people who don't matter anymore?)

    If we forget about 'em
    Don't worry
    If they forget about us
    Then hurry
    (How about those people who don't matter anymore?)

    East Timor, Timor, Timor

    East Timor, Timor, Timor

    East Timor Writer/s: Peter Gabriel, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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