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Brian Eno - China My China

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Song Lyrics

In the haze of the morning, China sits on Eternity
And the opium farmers sell dreams to obscure fraternities
On the horizon the curtains are closing


Down in the orchard the aunties and uncles play their games
(like it seems they always have done)
In the blue distance the vertical offices bear their names
(like it seems they always have done)
Clocks ticking slowly, dividing the day up


These poor girls are such fun they know what God gave them fingers for
(to make percussion over solos)


China my China, I`ve wandered around and you`re still here
(which I guess you should be proud of)
Your walls have enclosed you, have kept you at home for thousands of years
(but there`s something I should tell you)
All the young boys are dressing like sailors


I remember a man who jumped out from a window over the bay
(there was hardly a raised eyebrow)
The coroner told me `This kind of thing happens every day`
You see, from a pagoda, the world is so tidy.

Release History

This song appears on the following Brian Eno Releases:
MP3 Collection (CD 1)
2004

MP3 Collection (CD 1)

  1. Needles In The Camel's Eye (3:10)
  2. The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (3:05)
  3. Baby's on Fire (5:18)
  4. Cindy Tells Me (3:25)
  5. Driving Me Backwards (5:11)
  6. On Some Faraway Beach (4:36)
  7. Blank Frank (3:35)
  8. Dead Finks Don't Talk (4:20)
  9. Some of Them Are Old (5:11)
  10. Here Come The Warm Jets (4:02)
  11. Burning Airlines Gives You So Much More (3:17)
  12. Back in Judy's Jungle
  13. The Fat Lady of Limbourg
  14. Mother Whale Eyeless
  15. The Great Pretender
  16. Third Uncle (5:01)
  17. Put a Straw Under Baby
  18. The True Wheel
  19. China My China
  20. Taking Tiger Mountain
  21. Sky Saw (3:27)
  22. Over Fire Island (1:51)
  23. St. Elmo's Fire (3:01)
  24. In Dark Trees (2:32)
  25. The Big Ship (2:37)
  26. I'll Come Running (3:50)
  27. Another Green World (1:42)
  28. Sombre Reptiles (2:23)
  29. Little Fishes (1:32)
  30. Golden Hours (4:00)
  31. Becalmed (3:55)
  32. Zawinul/lava (2:56)
  33. Everything Merges with The Night (4:03)
  34. Spirits Drifting (2:47)
  35. Discreet Music
  36. Fullness Of Wind
  37. French Catalogues
  38. Brutal Ardour
  39. No One Receiving (3:41)
  40. Backwater (3:42)
  41. Kurt's Rejoinder (2:53)
  42. Energy Fools the Magician (2:03)
  43. King's Lead Hat (3:57)
  44. Here He Comes (5:39)
  45. Julie With... (6:24)
  46. By This River (3:01)
  47. Through Hollow Lands (For Harold Budd) (4:15)
  48. Spider And I (4:25)
  49. Aragon
  50. From The Same Hill
  51. Inland Sea
  52. Two Rapid Formations
  53. Slow Water
  54. Sparrowfall (1)
  55. Sparrowfall (2)
  56. Sparrowfall (3)
  57. Alternative 3
  58. Quartz
  59. Events In Dense Fog
  60. 'There Is Nobody'
  61. Patrolling Wire Borders
  62. A Measured Room
  63. Task Force
  64. M386
  65. Strange Light
  66. Final Sunset
  67. 1/1 (16:30)
  68. 1/2 (8:20)
  69. 2/1 (11:30)
  70. 2/2 (6:00)
  71. Foreign Affairs (3:10)
  72. The Belldog (6:35)
  73. Base & Apex (4:25)
  74. Tzima N'arki (4:30)
  75. Luftschloss (3:05)
  76. Oil (4:10)
  77. Broken Head (5:20)
  78. Light Arms (1:25)
  79. The Shade (3:05)
  80. Old Land (4:10)
  81. First Light (7:08)
  82. Steal Away (1:29)
  83. The Plateaux Of Mirror (4:14)
  84. Above Chiangmai (2:55)
  85. An Arc Of Doves (6:23)
  86. Not Yet Remembered (3:50)
  87. The Chill Air (2:13)
  88. Among Fields Of Crystal (3:24)
  89. Wind In Lonely Fences (3:58)
  90. Failing Light (4:14)
Working Backwards: 1983-1973
18 November 1983

Working Backwards: 1983-1973

  1. Needle in The Camel's Eye
  2. The Pap Paw Negro Blowtorch
  3. Baby's on Fire (5:18)
  4. Cindy Tells Me (3:25)
  5. Driving Me Backwards (5:11)
  6. On Some Faraway Beach (4:36)
  7. Blank Frank (3:35)
  8. Dead Finks Don't Talk (4:20)
  9. Some of Them Are Old (5:11)
  10. Here Come The Warm Jets (4:02)
  11. Burning Airlines Give You So Much Fun
  12. Back in Judy's Jungle
  13. The Fat Lady of Limbourg
  14. Mother Whale Eyeless
  15. The Great Pretender
  16. Third Straw
  17. Put a Straw Under Baby
  18. The True Wheel
  19. China My China
  20. Taking Tiger Mountain
  21. Sky Saw (3:27)
  22. Over Fire Island (1:51)
  23. St. Elmo's Fire (3:01)
  24. In Dark Trees (2:32)
  25. The Big Ship (2:37)
  26. I'll Come Running (3:50)
  27. Another Green World (1:42)
  28. Sombre Reptiles (2:23)
  29. Little Fishes (1:32)
  30. Golden Hours (4:00)
  31. Becalmed (3:55)
  32. Zawinul/lava (2:56)
  33. Everything Merges with The Night (4:03)
  34. Spirits Drifting (2:47)
  35. Discreet Music
  36. Fullness Of Wind
  37. French Catalogues
  38. Brutal Ardour
  39. No One Receiving (3:41)
  40. Backwater (3:42)
  41. Kurt's Rejoinder (2:53)
  42. Energy Fools The Mountain
  43. King's Lead Hat (3:57)
  44. Here He Comes (5:39)
  45. Julie With... (6:24)
  46. By This River (3:01)
  47. Through Hollow Lands (For Harold Budd) (4:15)
  48. Spider And I (4:25)
  49. Aragon
  50. From The Same Hill
  51. Inland Sea
  52. Two Rapid Formations
  53. Slow Water
  54. Sparrowfall (1)
  55. Sparrowfall (2)
  56. Sparrowfall (3)
  57. Alternative 3
  58. Quartz
  59. Events In Dense Fog
  60. 'There Is Nobody'
  61. Patrolling Wire Borders
  62. A Measured Room
  63. Task Force
  64. M386
  65. Strange Light
  66. Final Sunset
  67. 1/1 (16:30)
  68. 1/2 (8:20)
  69. 2/1 (11:30)
  70. 22
  71. Lizard Point (4:30)
  72. The Lost Day (9:29)
  73. Tal Coat (5:48)
  74. Shadow (3:03)
  75. Lantarn Marsh
  76. Unfamiliar Wind (5:16)
  77. A Clearing (4:06)
  78. Dunwich Beach, Autumn, 1960 (7:08)
  79. Under Stars (4:24)
  80. The Secret Place (3:33)
  81. Matta (4:15)
  82. Signals (2:42)
  83. An Ending (Ascent) (4:22)
  84. Under Stars II (3:16)
  85. Drift (3:04)
  86. Silver Morning (2:40)
  87. Deep Blue Day (3:57)
  88. Weightless (4:32)
  89. Always Returning (3:52)
  90. Stars (7:30)
  91. The Dove (1:30)
  92. Roman Twilight (3:45)
  93. Dawn, Marshland (3:00)
  94. Climate Study (3:20)
  95. An Ending (3:45)
  96. Always Returning I (4:30)
  97. Drift Study (2:29)
  98. Approaching Taidu (3:20)
  99. Always Returning II (3:05)
  100. Seven Deadly Finns
  101. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)
  102. Strong Flashes Of Light
  103. More Volts
  104. Mist / Rhythm


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