Aiko, geography has got the better of us again
I know you wanna go
And I am to be singing
To the tail of an aeroplane
So I fold these pieces of gold
Into animals so I can fashion a chain
That will bridge the gap accross these continents
Aiko, your fatherless smile has been summoned to other shores
There's a man over there with a gentleman's bow
Who invites you to take to the floor
Pack your traveling case
With your ribbons and lace
For his blood must be furnished with excellent taste
But it might burn a hole into your paper face
(1stroke) (1stroke)
And so you run towards the things you haven't got
Just to say goodbye again
(1stroke) (1stroke)
But do you think of me as he unlocks your knees
At the Terrace Garden?
Pretty pictures in the window blinds
Looking out looks so good with the winter behind
Like it is playing a banjo to a Tennessee line
And the reeds are like cowboys perfectly aligned
Does the sky over Tokyo know
How a river can flow like the stroke
Of a violin bow?
Like a hand will run across the milky sky
Em (1 stroke)
But you can take these trees
Em (1 stroke)
And this summer breeze
On this stupid looking day
Em (1 stroke) Em (1 stroke)
And you can send it all to the Japanese
Now my love has gone away.
(Japanese verse) (?)
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And if you see Aiko
Or Sayee
Let her know
That she dances in my dreams.