Laughter

Sat in the motherland, drinking a beer Wondering what it means to be European In the lap of violence, the silence of seas Get me all on my knees Duck through the pretty boys and broken down cars Ignore the adverts so you know who you are Soon you'll find empathy and friends you never dreamed you'd meet Wait and see It's my before and after My before and after Darkness turned to laughter In Italy In Sicily All sandy beaches and panama hats Where sat and talked of stones on the sand And I was crippled over a girl Somewhere else in the world I saw the swallows sink in the heat I saw the dirt that our nails are beneath Saw every sorrow fall out of their beak And the bay, clear as day It's my before and after My before and after Darkness turned to laughter In Italy In Sicily Lady of the manor, star of the sea The disorder of your spirit is sacred to me And there is not place that I'd rather be Than here with you, now It's my before and after My before and after Darkness turned to laughter In Italy In Sicily Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Lay it on me now