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Jill Sobule – Golden Cage (1990) | Track profile | Dork

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Jill Sobule
Things Here Are Different
Golden Cage

TRACK

Golden Cage

Release date: 17th April 1990

From Things Here Are Different

Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"Golden Cage" is a track by Jill Sobule, from the album Things Here Are Different, released 17th April 1990. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule

Lyrics

Golden Cage

[Verse 1]

So frail like a dying bird

So afraid

So pale like a ghost in the wind

Blowing away

[Chorus]

Waiting for someone to find you

Someone carefully kind

Someone strong enough to hold you

Someone to provide

It'll cost you

And it's a high price to pay

It'll cost you

For a golden cage

[Verse 2]

So cold at the slightest touch

So afraid

Still yearning for a burning love

You kill the flame

[Chorus]

Waiting for someone to find you

Someone carefully kind

Someone strong enough to hold you

Someone to provide

It'll cost you

And it's a high price to pay

It'll cost you

For a golden cage

[Post-Chorus]

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

[Chorus]

Waiting for someone to find you

Someone carefully kind

Someone strong enough to hold you

Someone to provide

It'll cost you

And it's a high price to pay

It'll cost you

For a golden cage

[Post-Chorus]

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

No, it's not a perfect world

It's not a perfect world

No, it's not a perfect world

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Things Here Are Different

1990

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Album

Things Here Are Different

17th April 1990

Release year

1990

—Disinformation
—Sad Beauty
—Golden Cage
—Evian
—Life Goes On Without You
—So Kind
—The Gifted Child
—Too Cool to Fall in Love
—Pilar (Things Here Are Different)
—Tell Me Your Dreams
—Living Color

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