Thomas Dolby

I Live in a Suitcase

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When all the lights go down
This dirty desert town
Is theatre in the round
With stars instead of a crowd

I came here the hard way
And now I'm living in a suitcase
And I came here the hard way
And now I'm living in a suitcase

In a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
Marked Rome
Marked Los Angeles
So I made, I made a home
Here inside of me
Here inside me

When all that's to be said's been said
What's keeping you in bed
Is the fear inside your head
The fear of being misled

You came here the hard way
And now you're living in a suitcase
And I came here the hard way
And now I'm living in a suitcase

In a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
But oh, little ingenue
I need, I need to know you will be here too
Then I'll make my home here inside of you
And not in a suitcase
And not in a suitcase

They say travel broadens the mind
So I went over the falls in a barrel
I found the North Pole
In a field of ice
And in the land of dreams
I found you...

I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
Don't want to live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
Don't want to live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I'm living in a suitcase

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mellow_harsher On Apr 22, 2018

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When all the lights go down
This dirty desert town
Is theatre in the round
With stars instead of a crowd

I came here the hard way
And now I'm living in a suitcase
And I came here the hard way
And now I'm living in a suitcase

In a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
Marked Rome
Marked Los Angeles
So I made, I made a home
Here inside of me
Here inside me

When all that's to be said's been said
What's keeping you in bed
Is the fear inside your head
The fear of being misled

You came here the hard way
And now you're living in a suitcase
And I came here the hard way
And now I'm living in a suitcase

They say travel broadens the mind
So I went over the falls in a barrel
I found the North Pole
In a field of ice
And in the land of dreams
I found you...

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2018-04-22 08:54:57

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by quamp

8y ago

A typical "always-out-on-the-road" tune with a twist. He eventually finds love somewhere and wants to settle down, but can't.

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by sdtilson

4y ago

In real life, Dolby moved to Los Angeles sometime in the 80's and married actress Kathleen Beller. This song seems to reference that: the "dirty desert town" with "stars instead of a crowd" is LA, and the "little ingenue" could well be his wife. At the time this song was released, they'd been married for three or four years.Their relationship, which has produced three children, is one of the longer-lasting celebrity marriages you'll ever see. On the emotional level, at least, perhaps he did finally manage to stop living in a suitcase.

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