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  4. Do the Lovers Still Meet at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial?
Do the Lovers Still Meet at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial? by The Van Pelt

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The Van Pelt

Do the Lovers Still Meet at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial?

Release date: 1997

From Sultans of SentimentTrack 105:01
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About This Track

"Do the Lovers Still Meet at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial?" is a track by The Van Pelt, from the album Sultans of Sentiment, released 1997. The track is 5:01 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about The Van Pelt.

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The Van Pelt

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Lyrics

Do the Lovers Still Meet at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial?

Where's that San Miguel when you need one?
Where's the empty dance floor?
We own those Tuesday nights
I raise my glass for a cheer
This time only tears came out

But you know what I think
About the jealous mystiques
Seeing you and they killed long ago

I'm in
I'm the sleepover pal you never had
I'm in
Don't let this year and all its cycles get you down

Where are those suburban nights?
We want a raft to fit us both just right
Where are those weekend trips?
In the van it was bound to fight

Stars forgot our deal
On the east side we made it clear
And the clouds got in the way that night

Tonight it's coming out
It took one beer to throw these scars out
Tonight I'm coming down
From the nights under the general's house

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Track details

From Sultans of Sentiment

5:011997
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Album
Sultans of Sentiment
Sultans of Sentiment
The Van Pelt
1997
Track number
10
Release year
1997
  1. 1Nanzen Kills a Cat
    4:15
  2. 2The Good, The Bad, And the Blind
    4:30
  3. 3Yamato (Where People Really Die)
    2:59
  4. 4My Bouts with Pouncing
    3:00
  5. 5Don't Make Me Walk My Own Log
    3:57
  6. 6The Young Alchemists
    4:04
  7. 7We Are the Heathens
    3:20
  8. 8Pockets of Pricks
    2:44
  9. 9Let's Make a List
    3:34
  10. 10Do the Lovers Still Meet at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial?
    5:01

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    Don't Make Me Walk My Own LogSultans of Sentiment
    3:57
  2. Sultans of Sentiment
    Let's Make a ListSultans of Sentiment
    3:34
  3. Sultans of Sentiment
    My Bouts with PouncingSultans of Sentiment
    3:00
  4. Sultans of Sentiment
    Nanzen Kills a CatSultans of Sentiment
    4:15
  5. Sultans of Sentiment
    Pockets of PricksSultans of Sentiment
    2:44
  6. Sultans of Sentiment
    The Good, The Bad, And the BlindSultans of Sentiment
    4:30
  7. Sultans of Sentiment
    The Young AlchemistsSultans of Sentiment
    4:04
  8. Sultans of Sentiment
    We Are the HeathensSultans of Sentiment
    3:20
  9. Sultans of Sentiment
    Yamato (Where People Really Die)Sultans of Sentiment
    2:59
  10. Imaginary Third
    A B C D's of FascismImaginary Third
    3:04

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