Emperor X Follow

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ccc hant your spirit free; rush to greet truth like a dart
cc cc shake your bag o'bones shake your bag o'bones, that's
c not traffic roar -- that's a leopard in your heart shake
cc cc your bag o'bones shake your bag o'bones go tell
ccc your stale friends go tell false prophets and drug
traffickers not to try to push our bodies any faster
we're dancing with disaster and the first will be the last
it's nearly africa, oh-oh, it's nearly africa, oh-oh,
any day now any day, now now
unplug future plans; finger-paint the sun on you shake
your bag o'bones shake your bag o'bones, mend your
missing links --- I think trust should be the glue shake
your bag o'bones shake your bag o'bones go tell your
warboys go tell all leeches and blind panickers not to
try to push your bodies any faster we're dancing with
disaster and the first will be the last it's nearly africa,
oh-oh, it's nearly africa, oh-oh any day, now any
day, now now
our civilisation car is running wild who did you give
the wheel to? the fat man driving us over the edge of
the nearest cliff-face is he the same god that I've seen
you kneel to?

andy-lead and backing vocals, semi-acoustic electric guitar,
alto sax colin-fender bass dave-prophet V, backing
vocals terry-drums, drums synthesiser special guest vocal
support-trans de vente composed by a. partridge

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