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I always sing when I travel
I always sing when I kill time
I always talk to people I can see
Yeah I always take every opportunity
So tell yourself you're a strong man
Yeah tell yourself you won't be fooled again
In paradise we'll have fun
Yeah you throw the rice
I'll watch the dirty waters run
Yeah I always sing when I give the whole game away
I always sing just before I go away
So tell yourself you're a strong man
Yeah tell yourself you won't be fooled again
We'll do some tricks
You'll never joke again
So find yourself a sweet songbird
And she'll sing you to sleep
And her beauty is such a joke
Like the promises you keep
So you take a train and you take a plane
And you become one million things
And you lose everything so fast
Despite everything I say
I always sing when I'm traveling
I always sing when I'm killing time
When winter hits
When she's outside crying
When questions come
I always sing
I always sing
I always sing when I kill time
I always talk to people I can see
Yeah I always take every opportunity
Yeah tell yourself you won't be fooled again
Yeah you throw the rice
I'll watch the dirty waters run
Yeah I always sing when I give the whole game away
I always sing just before I go away
Yeah tell yourself you won't be fooled again
We'll do some tricks
You'll never joke again
And she'll sing you to sleep
And her beauty is such a joke
Like the promises you keep
So you take a train and you take a plane
And you become one million things
And you lose everything so fast
Despite everything I say
I always sing when I'm traveling
I always sing when I'm killing time
When she's outside crying
When questions come
I always sing
I always sing
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2006200720082009 On Apr 06, 2011
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Like many of the songs on The Restless Stranger, it sounds like somebody has been a real cunt. In this case, the chorus makes me think it's a sort of situation-denying uplift that we all give ourselves when somebody humiliates us with false expectations. Like a, "It's not my fault that I fell for her lies; I won't be so stupid again."