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Brian Eno - Backwater

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Backwater
We`re sailing at the edges of time
Backwater
We`re drifting at the waterline
Oh we`re floating in the coastal waters
You and me and the porter`s daughters
Ooh what you do not a sausage can do
And the shorter of the porter`s daughters
Dips her hand in the deadly waters
Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe


Black water
There were six of us but now we are five
We`re all talking
To keep the conversation alive
There was a senator from Ecuador
Who talked about a meteor
That crashed on a hill in the South of Peru
And was found by a conquistador
Who took it to the Emperor
And he passed it on to a Turkish Guru.


His daughter
Was slated for becoming divine
He taught her
He taught her how to split and define
But if you study the logistics
And heuristics of the mystics
You will find that their minds rarely groove in a line
So it`s much more realistic
To abandon such ballistics
And resign to be trapped on a leaf in a vine.

Release History

This song appears on the following Brian Eno Releases:
1989
1989

1989

  1. No One Receiving (3:41)
  2. Sky Saw (3:27)
  3. The Court Of The Crimson King
  4. Under Stars (4:24)
  5. Backwater (3:42)
  6. Lucky Man
  7. Over Fire Island (1:51)
  8. The Secret Place (3:33)
  9. Get It On
  10. Kurt's Rejoinder (2:53)
  11. Matta (4:15)
  12. St. Elmo's Fire (3:01)
  13. Energy Fools the Magician (2:03)
  14. In Dark Trees (2:32)
  15. Signals (2:42)
  16. Virginia Plain
  17. An Ending (Ascent) (4:22)
  18. King's Lead Hat (3:57)
  19. The Big Ship (2:37)
  20. Here He Comes (5:39)
  21. I'll Come Running (3:50)
  22. Love Is The Drug
  23. Under Stars II (3:16)
  24. Another Green World (1:42)
  25. Drift (3:04)
  26. Julie With... (6:24)
  27. Miss Shapiro
  28. By This River (3:01)
  29. Let's Stick Together
  30. Silver Morning (2:40)
  31. Sombre Reptiles (2:23)
  32. Deep Blue Day (3:57)
  33. In The Dead Of Night
  34. Little Fishes (1:32)
  35. Through Hollow Lands (For Harold Budd) (4:15)
  36. Dance Away
  37. Golden Hours (4:00)
  38. Spider And I (4:25)
  39. Weightless (4:32)
  40. Always Returning (3:52)
  41. Becalmed (3:55)
  42. North Star
  43. America is Waiting (3:36)
  44. Stars (7:30)
  45. Zawinul/lava (2:56)
  46. Elephant Talk
  47. Everything Merges with The Night (4:03)
  48. Love Like Blood
  49. Spirits Drifting (2:47)
  50. Is Your Love Strong Enough?
  51. Perpetuum Mobile
II: Vocal
November 1993

II: Vocal

  1. Needles In The Camel's Eye (3:10)
  2. Baby's on Fire (5:18)
  3. Cindy Tells Me (3:25)
  4. On Some Faraway Beach (4:36)
  5. Blank Frank (3:35)
  6. Dead Finks Don't Talk (4:20)
  7. Some of Them Are Old (5:11)
  8. Here Come The Warm Jets (4:02)
  9. Seven Deadly Finns
  10. Burning Airlines Give You So Much More (3:15)
  11. Back in Judy's Jungle
  12. The Great Pretender
  13. Third Uncle (5:01)
  14. Put a Straw Under Baby
  15. The True Wheel
  16. Taking Tiger Mountain
  17. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)

    18. Disc 2

  18. Sky Saw (3:27)
  19. Over Fire Island (1:51)
  20. St. Elmo's Fire (3:01)
  21. In Dark Trees (2:32)
  22. The Big Ship (2:37)
  23. I'll Come Running (3:50)
  24. Sombre Reptiles (2:23)
  25. Golden Hours (4:00)
  26. Becalmed (3:55)
  27. Zawinul/lava (2:56)
  28. Everything Merges with The Night (4:03)
  29. Spirits Drifting (2:47)
  30. No One Receiving (3:41)
  31. Backwater (3:42)
  32. Kurt's Rejoinder (2:53)
  33. King's Lead Hat (3:57)
  34. Here He Comes (5:39)
  35. Julie With... (6:24)
  36. By This River (3:01)
  37. Through Hollow Lands (4:15)
  38. Spider And I (4:25)

    39. Disc 3

  39. R.A.F.
  40. America is Waiting (3:36)
  41. Regiment (3:56)
  42. The Jezebel Spirit (4:55)
  43. Wire Shock (5:26)
  44. Ali Click (4:18)
  45. Spinning Away (5:25)
  46. Empty Frame (4:25)
  47. The River (4:20)
  48. The Soul Of Carmen Miranda (3:24)
  49. The Belldog (6:35)
  50. I Fall up (4:54)
  51. Stiff (3:22)
  52. Are They Thinking Of Me? (5:32)
  53. Some Words (4:31)
  54. Under (5:19)
  55. Over (3:47)
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)


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