Written on the Forehead Lyrics

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Cover art for Written on the Forehead lyrics by PJ Harvey

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People throwing dinars at the belly-dancers in a sad circus by a trench of burning oil people throw belongings and lifetimes earnings amongst the scattered rubbish and suitcases on the sidewalk

Date, palms, and orange and tangerine trees and eyes are crying for everything (Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn, burn)

So I turned to an old man by the generator he was standing on the gravel by the fetid river he turned to me and then surveyed the scene said, �War is here in our beloved city.� (Let it burn, let it burn burn burn)

Saw doves in the river who tried to swim away through tons of sewage, fate written on their foreheads

Date, palms, and orange and tangerine trees and eyes are crying for everything (Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn, burn)

Good-good-good-good-good-bye.

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