Standing in the window Watching all the streetlights burn You're cutting hearts from paper Waiting for your love's return She's dancing in the backstreets
old track was the telegraph road Then came the mines - then came the ore then there was the hard times then there was a war telegraph sang a song about the world outside telegraph
happened Don't take that man away It was not his fault Telegraph poles are good for climbing But don't touch the live wire At the tip of the barrel Telegraph
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: I've got a telegraph In my hand Words on paper Written in sand We've got telegraph (we've got telegraph) Right across this land (all across this
old track was the telegraph road Then came the mines, then came the ore Then there was the hard times, then there was a war Telegraph sang a song about the world outside Telegraph
She's the song that you tried to sing And the note that you couldn't hit So you locked her up in a music box Turned the key on all of us She spins silver
hell Nothing matters when you feel like this The way I feel nothing matters in the morning Long distance sending out heart telegraph stop Long distance sending out heart telegraph
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telegraph road Yeah, and then came the mines, then came the ore Then there was the hard times, then there was a war Telegraph sang a song about the world outside And the telegraph
lovin', send me some lovin' Send it now Send it by giraffe on jungle telegraph Send it by giraffe on jungle telegraph On jungle telegraph, jungle telegraph
woman: When the telegraph melts And it's still ringing your name When your shoes got holes in them And the sidewalk's not the same And you're falling
For everyone's delight Chorus: You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) Can't keep nothin' under their hat You can hear 'em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph
You're drillin' a hole in my ceiling Too bad it won't rain You're slippin' without any feeling So don't you complain Sorry doesn't make it okay
You were so clever, You kept it together today, By the way, I'll no longer ignore you, I wanted to show you again, I'm your friend, Sometimes we just
ever been to the backhouse ever been to that place ya its real nice real fancy real cool lots of people have to go there be part of the scene man place