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James
B-Sides Ultra
Assassin

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Assassin

Release date: 1998

From B-Sides Ultra

Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"Assassin" is a track by James, from the album B-Sides Ultra, released 1998. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

James

James

Lyrics

Assassin

Everyday is a long disguise

Everyday is a compromise

I can tell a blatant lie

While looking you deep in your eye

Everyday I look for a sign

What triggers your death

Triggers mine

We will ride together in the end

Assassin, assassin

Show me paradise

Life is not the same

Assassin, assassin

Show me paradise

I'll never be the same

Twenty years, a loyal friend

But now the knife is in my hand

I can't begin to understand

How I've been deceived

Show me visions out of time

Greater than my stinking life

If I serve you to the end

I will find some peace

Assassin, assassin

Show me paradise

Life is not the same

Assassin, assassin

Show me paradise

I'll never be the same

Baksheesh, Baksheesh

I'd sell my sainted mother

For another glimpse of paradise

Baksheesh, baksheesh

Twenty years, deep cover

For another glimpse of your paradise

Assassin, assassin

Show me paradise

Life is not the same

Assassin, assassin

Show me paradise

I'll never be the same

I'll never be the same

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Track details

From B-Sides Ultra

1998

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Release year

1998

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—Undertaker
—Goalie's Ball
—China Girl
—Stolen Horse
—The Lake
—Egoiste
—Honest Pleasure
—Van Gogh's Dog
—Where You Gonna Run
—I Defeat
—Assassin
—Gone Too Far
—Chunny Pops
—Still Alive
—William Burroughs

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