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Biko Tab

by Peter Gabriel




Biko------Peter Gabriel

                     
September '77, Port Elizabeth weather fine
                             
It was business as usual In police room 619
			
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
	  
Hiromija, Hiromija
		
The man is dead, the man is dead
				  
When I try to sleep at night I can only dream in red
							
The outside world is black and white With only one colour dead
			
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
	  	
Hiromija, Hiromija
		
The man is dead, the man is dead
				     	
You can blow out a candle But you can never blow out a fire
				     
Once the flames begin to catch The wind will blow it higher
			
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko
	  	
Hiromija, Hiromija
		
The man is dead, the man is dead
				   	
And the eyes of the world are watching you now
They're watching you now,


       Words And Music : Peter Gabriel Reproduced Without Permission
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