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Oil on Canvas
Still Life in Mobile Homes (Live)

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Still Life in Mobile Homes (Live)

Release date: 1st June 1983

From Oil on Canvas

About This Track

"Still Life in Mobile Homes (Live)" is a track by Japan, from the album Oil on Canvas, released 1st June 1983. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Still Life in Mobile Homes (Live)

[Verse 1]

Sometimes the comfort of a room

Sometimes I'm quite alone

I pack to leave a foreign town

It seems I'll never know

[Pre-Chorus]

But I'll rent new accommodation

We'll make plans from mobile homes

[Verse 2]

The slow boat's moving with the tide

Drifting far from shore

It's the nature of this country life

I've never known before

[Pre-Chorus]

Still we'll make plans for buildings and houses

From mobile homes

[Chorus]

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

[Verse 3]

The sound of wildlife fills the air

So warm and dry

The bushland burns in this southern heart

Like an open fire

[Pre-Chorus]

Still we'll make plans for buildings and houses

From mobile homes

In mobile homes

[Chorus]

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

[Verse 4]

A voice screams from heaven

As we start to sail

It's the calling of the fatherland

I used to know so well

[Pre-Chorus]

But I'll find new accommodation

We'll make plans from mobile homes

[Chorus]

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

Plant life, my life

Still life in mobile homes

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Track details

From Oil on Canvas

1983

Album

Release year

1983

—Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer
—Visions of China (Live)
—Cantonese Boy (Live)
—Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Live)
—Ghosts (Live)
—Methods of Dance (Live)
—Nightporter (Oil on Canvas Version)
—Oil on Canvas
—Still Life in Mobile Homes (Live)
—Swing (Live)
—Sons Of Pioneers (Live)
—Canton (Live)
—Temple of Dawn
—Quiet Life (Live)
—The Art of Parties (Live)

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Credits

Credited: 土屋昌巳 (Masami Tsuchiya)