Ivory Tower

Alphaville

Here is the news from my little hideaway
My sweet Ivory Tower
I've sent you songs about so many thing
Mighty moon dogs skipping waves
Dolphins playing their lives away
Golden circus girls and pharaohs
Fallen angels, street side Romeos

Patricia's park and Anyway
Eternal youth and never ending summer days
Lonely girls, music halls, the mysteries of love
In the event that I don't return
Please take this message to understand
In the event
I am a stranger in a strange land

Welcome, stranger, to the land of the free
Welcome, Carol, to Phantasy
Oh my God, I feel so alone
A million light years far from home
It seems to be a tragedy
How can I live in Germany?

Another house is burning down
It's time to face the cruel reality
This is a game no more
Disasters in the 20th Century
In the event that I don't return
Please take this message to understand
In the event that I don't return


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Ivory Tower Lyrics as written by Hartwig Schierbaum Bernd Goessling

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    some kind of homage to the whole career of Alphaville. Amazing

    luc5on September 29, 2006   Link

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