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Jens Lekman – Postcard #37 (2015) | Track profile | Dork

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Postcard #37

Release date: 13th September 2015

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"Postcard #37" is a track by Jens Lekman, from the album Postcards, released 13th September 2015. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Jens Lekman.

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Postcard #37

September 13th, 2015

It took a while before I learned to love London

Until I saw it in daytime

The parks and the buildings bathing in sunshine

Until I saw something a little different

The music venues and rock bands

Had never truly given London a chance

Instead of seeing floors covered in wall-to-wall carpet

I was blinded by sunflowers at the flower market

Instead of spending money on things soon to be forgotten

I saw Rebecca Horn's work at Tate Modern

But somewhere in the streets around Chancery Lane

Next to the wall in an opening where one could hide from the rain

If one was homeless and sleeping [?]

There were now spikes on the ground as if the ground itself was saying, "Fuck off!"

Oh, hostile architecture, hostile architecture

Keep the unwanted elements out of the pretty picture

Hostile architecture, hostile architecture

When seeing the problem doesn't make it any better

And it's not just London, it's happening everywhere

Benches you can sleep on, all these spaces where

You have to buy something just to have a seat

I thought we the people were the rightful owners of our streets

One thing I've learned to love about London

Is everything that's free

Walking through the parks of the city

With my baby beside me

The wind beats off history

In an old cemetery

The coolness of a library

The music echoing from a balcony

Mmm, the fox sneaking off with a hot dog 'tween its teeth

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