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They call her smokey taboo
I got your name tattooed
High like a helium balloon
Midnight to noon
I'm a desert child
And mountains make me nauseous
I like to look up wild at an infinite sky
Twinkling with diamonds
It's true I get depressed in fancy hotel rooms
Undressed with nothing to flaunt but my loneliness
Thinking of the night song of your hair
Premature as evening falls
It calls to me
Interrupted by the sirens in the street

Somedays you're like an anchor on my heart
They say that stolen water tastes sweet
More like rotten milk and rancid meat to me
I prefers when it is free
Like looking at the stars
Don't need no fancy cars
When we first
Our kisses sparked
Yeah I'm afraid of sharks
But not the dark

High like helium balloons
In an infinite sky
Twinkling with diamonds
When first our kisses sparked
Crystal heaven
This was crystal heaven...
Heaven...
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mexicanpony On Mar 08, 2010
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The correct lyrics to this song are:

They call her smokey taboo I got your name tattooed High like a helium balloon Midnight to noon I'm a desert child And mountains make me nauseous I like to look up wild at an infinite sky Twinkling with diamonds It's true I get depressed in fancy hotel rooms Undressed with nothing to flaunt but my loneliness Thinking of the night song of your hair Premature as evening falls It calls to me Interrupted by the sirens in the street

Somedays you're like an anchor on my heart They say that stolen water tastes sweet More like rotten milk and rancid meat to me I prefers when it is free Like looking at the stars Don't need no fancy cars When we first Our kisses sparked Yeah I'm afraid of sharks But not the dark

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updated thanks

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I'm pretty sure 'dyke' should be 'dark'... rofl

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sirens in the streets*, right?

lol, wtf is syrinx!?

Cover art for Smokey Taboo lyrics by CocoRosie

Haha, it's not "nuns make me nauseous"... "mountains make me nauseous".

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Cover art for Smokey Taboo lyrics by CocoRosie

I love how the meaning of this song is slowly revealed the more you listen to it. At first phrases like 'desert child' and getting depressed in a fancy, empty hotel room evoke certain feelings, and then you imagine yourself looking up at a starry, black sky and then you just sort of just. . get the whole song . . . even though the inner workings of Bianca's crazy-ass mind are still inaccessible. It's like reading e. e. cummings. And it pretty much rocks my face.

Cover art for Smokey Taboo lyrics by CocoRosie

just heard it like 5 min ago, favorite song of the album so far. I can't believe how amazing they are :D it's perfect

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they say the stolen water tastes sweet, more like rotten milk and rancid meat to me; I prefer when it is free.

Cover art for Smokey Taboo lyrics by CocoRosie

I love this song so much! its amaaaaaaazing!!!!

Cover art for Smokey Taboo lyrics by CocoRosie

ohh wow this is such a great song and it got totally butchered you have to listen to the lyrics and its the most beautiful music ever. really, though? nuns make me nauseous? gah thats horrible.

those aren't the correct lyrics

Cover art for Smokey Taboo lyrics by CocoRosie

She sings:

"Crystal heaven..."

In the ending:

"I like helium balloons In an infinate sky Twinkling with diamonds When first our kisses sparked This was crystal heaven... Heaven..."

Perhaps "High like" not "I like". Haha.

 
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