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Pere Ubu – Voice Of The Sand (1979) | Track profile | Dork

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Pere Ubu
New Picnic Time
Voice Of The Sand

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Voice Of The Sand

Release date: 1st September 1979

From New Picnic Time

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About This Track

"Voice Of The Sand" is a track by Pere Ubu, from the album New Picnic Time, released 1st September 1979. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu

Lyrics

Voice Of The Sand

This is the voice of sand

The sailors understand

There is far more sea than sand

There is far more sea than land

Yo ho Yo ho Yo ho

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Track details

From New Picnic Time

1979

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Album

New Picnic Time

Release year

1979

—Jehovah's Kingdom Comes!
—A Small Dark Cloud
—Have Shoes Will Walk (The Fabulous Sequel)
—Goodbye
—49 Guitars And One Girl
—Make Hay
—All the Dogs Are Barking
—One Less Worry
—Small Was Fast
—Voice Of The Sand

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Pere Ubu — Voice of the Sand

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Song Of The Bailing Man

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