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  1. Tracks
  2. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  3. Kaleidoscope
  4. Desert Kisses

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Siouxsie and the Banshees

Desert Kisses

Release date: 1st August 1980

From Kaleidoscope
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About This Track

"Desert Kisses" is a track by Siouxsie and the Banshees, from the album Kaleidoscope, released 1st August 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Lyrics

Desert Kisses

[Verse 1]

Desert kisses in the sand

Engulfing joints, engulfing land

Tidal fingers cling to rocks

A deadly grip, a deadly lock

[Chorus]

Cursed and pissed into the ocean

Wilfully caused a great commotion

But only for a stifled moment

Then it was back to still life motion

[Verse 2]

A sideways crawl, a sideways scrawl

The cancer crab is on us all

I kissed your face, I kissed the sand

I heard you sigh, there was no sound

[Chorus]

Thrashed and spat back at the ocean

But there was nothing, no commotion

Just my lonely, stupid notions

Trapped again in still life motion

[Bridge]

Sinking down with just my sound

Sinking down running on the moving ground

Sinking down

Sinking down without a sound

Sinking down sleeping on the moving ground

Sinking down

[Verse 3]

Desert kisses in the sand

Engulfing joints, engulfing land

Tidal fingers cling to rocks

A deadly grip, a deadly lock

[Chorus]

Sinking down, the world is round

Sinking down, there's no-one around

Standing on the moving ground

Sinking down, the world is flat

There's no-one here to question that

[Outro]

Sinking down without a sound

Sinking down

Sinking down, the world was round

There was no-one around

Sinking down

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Track details

From Kaleidoscope

1980
Album
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Release year
1980
  1. —Paradise Place (Demo Version)
  2. —Eve White Eve Black (Demo)
  3. —Arabia (Lunar Camel)
  4. —Clockface
  5. —Desert Kisses (Demo Version)
  6. —Desert Kisses
  7. —Christine (Demo Version)
  8. —Lunar Camel
  9. —Hybrid
  10. —Hybrid (Demo Version)
  11. —Happy House (Demo Version)
  12. —Red Light
  13. —Paradise Place
  14. —Skin
  15. —Sitting Room
  16. —Tenant
  17. —Trophy

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Credits

Writer
Siouxsie, Steven Severin
Producer
Nigel Gray, Siouxsie and the Banshees
Bass
Steven Severin
Drums
Budgie (Drummer)
Guitar
John McGeoch
Background Vocals
Budgie (Drummer), John McGeoch, Steven Severin
Credited
Thee Wreckers
Lead Vocals
Siouxsie
Sitar
John McGeoch
Synthesizer
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