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Sad White Reggae

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Sad White Reggae Lyrics

[Verse]
I got the man on the way
I wanna sleep on the way down
So many miles away
I used to dance in a fountain

I got the man on the way
Measure for measure
So many miles away
Drunk on a mountain

I got a message for Jane
Float on a feather
I hope the kids are okay
Now for the kicker

I'm stuck on a train
Heading for Scotland

They took my mum away
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And I'm thin as a rake
I'm no longer fleshy
I'll go to Samye Ling
See Lama Yeshe
Where the skies are grey
And skies are cloudy

And every river flows
Back to Dundee

I won't give in to the pain
I'll smile in the mirror
There's no one else to blame
Collapse into never

[Refrain]
Collapse into never
Collapse into never
Collapse into never
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[Outro]
Collapse into never
Collapse into never
Collapse into never
Collapse into never
Collapse into never

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“Sad White Reggae. A lot of these songs were written during periods of insomnia and Sad White Reggae is one of them. It’s about three o'clock in the morning. Can’t sleep. And for some reason, I decided I was going to work out how to play Roxanne by the Police, and I couldn’t and I ended up writing this song instead. And because I was trying to copy the Police I called it, Sad White Reggae because that’s essentially what the first two Police albums are. It’s just Sad White Reggae, so it’s a little in-joke for me, a private joke, which kind of makes its way onto the album. That’s my song for Scotland. I think Dundee is going to give me the key to the city when this record comes out. I managed to get Jane Birkin, Lama Yeshe, and my mum into the same song and Dundee.” – Brian Molko

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