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The Divine Comedy – Island Life (2010) | Track profile | Dork

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Bang Goes the Knighthood
Island Life

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The Divine Comedy

Island Life

Release date: 31st May 2010

From Bang Goes the Knighthood

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"Island Life" is a track by The Divine Comedy, from the album Bang Goes the Knighthood, released 31st May 2010. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy

Lyrics

Island Life

Washing your face in the morning dew - island life

Gathering wood for the breakfast brew - island life

Watching the waves breaking on the shore

While cormorants circle up high

This is our island life

Sea and sun, earth and sky

Play all day, sleep all night

This is our island life - island life

Diving for pearls in the shallow sea - island life

Watching for ships from the tallest tree - island life

We can explore till the sun goes down

Then explore some more when we rise

This is our island life

Sea and sun, earth and sky

Play all day, sleep all night

This is our island life - island life

What yesterday was a distant dream

Has now been made real by the night

This is our island life

Sea and sun, earth and sky

Play all day, sleep all night

This is our island life - island life

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Track details

From Bang Goes the Knighthood

2010

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Bang Goes the Knighthood

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2010

—Bang Goes the Knighthood
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—Je changerais d'avis
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—Beside the Railway Tracks
—Joe le taxi
—Les copains d'abord
—Les Play Boys
—The Songs That We Sing
—The Circular Firing Squad
—Poupée de cire, poupée de son
—Assume The Perpendicular
—Amsterdam
—Island Life
—The Lost Art of Conversation
—Ya Sumeera
—Can You Stand Upon One Leg
—Down In The Street Below
—When A Man Cries
—Neapolitan Girl
—Have You Ever Been In Love
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