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Japan
Assemblage
State Line

TRACK

State Line

Release date: 1978

From Assemblage

About This Track

"State Line" is a track by Japan, from the album Assemblage, released 1978. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

State Line

[Verse 1]

Just you and me and a Marxist gun

Heaven knows you've got a lot to learn

Fall in love or take your time

Don't you know?

You've gotta take your turn

Son, your ambition's way too high

Once you're gone misquoted apathy

Your pacifier broken heart's

So much better than your reverie

(You'll ever be)

[Chorus]

Well, on every state line

I'm workin' on love

I'm workin' on you

Well, on every state line

I'm workin' on love

I'm workin' on you

[Verse 2]

Forget the love, forget the fun

Can depend on every word I say

Don't take no shit from anyone

Can't accept you right away

Well, don't offend my heart with love

As imitation lovers do

Just motivate your callous heart

Don't you know this time the joke's on you

[Chorus]

On every state line

I'm workin' on love

I'm workin' on you

On every state line

I'm workin' on love

I'm workin' on you

[Verse 3]

Persecution on your hands

Observations of a refugee, oh yeah

Oh, making love with one so dear

Emulation of a strategy

Your proposition's way too high

Your criminal connections start, oh yeah

The pressure of your body down

Consummation of a naked heart, yeah

[Chorus]

Well, on every state line

I'm workin' on love

I'm workin' on you

Well, on every state line

I'm workin' on love

I'm workin' on you

Pushin' on, baby

Well, on every state line

I'm workin' on love, my love

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Track details

From Assemblage

1978

Album

Release year

1978

—State Line

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Japan — All Tomorrows Parties

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Japan — Cantonese Boy

Japan — European Son

Japan — Ghosts

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Japan — Visions of China

Japan — A Foreign Place

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Japan — Burning Bridges

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Credits

Credited: David Sylvian, Mick Karn, Pete Silver, Ray Singer, Richard Barbieri, Rob Dean, Steve Jansen