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The Raincoats – Balloon (1984) | Track profile | Dork

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The Raincoats
Moving
Balloon

TRACK

Balloon

Release date: 1984

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About This Track

"Balloon" is a track by The Raincoats, from the album Moving, released 1984. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Balloon

The ship turned into a balloon that sank

Wind’s blowing the roofs away

The ship turned into a balloon that sank

Wind’s blowing the roofs away

My heart beats

A frenetic flow of landscapes

Cripples my thinking

The roof is sinking

Landscapes of the foreign country

You’re still living in

And it’s cold

The ship turned into a balloon that sank

Wind’s blowing the roofs away

She was smiling at him yesterday

Your heart beats

And frenetically landscapes flow

Crippling your thinking

The bird is sinking

The roofs are singing

The ship turned into a balloon that sank

Wind’s blowing the roofs away

She was smiling at him yesterday

Your heart beats

And frenetically landscapes flow

Crippling your thinking

The bird is sinking (the bird is sinking)

The roofs are singing (the roofs are singing)

We should be living, believe, believe (we should be living, believe)

We should be living, believe, believe (we should be living, believe)

We should be living

The bird is sinking (the bird is sinking)

The roofs are singing (the roofs are singing)

We should be living, believe, believe (we should be living, believe)

We should be living, believe, believe (we should be living, believe)

We should be living, believe, believe (we should be living, believe)

We should be living, believe, believe (we should be living, believe)

We should be living

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Track details

From Moving

1984

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1984

—Dreaming in The Past
—Mouth of a Story
—Ooh Ooh La La La
—Overheard
—I Saw a Hill
—Balloon
—Avidoso
—Rainstorm
—Honey Mad Woman
—The Body
—Dance of Hopping Mad

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