Amanda Palmer on an Unknown Beach

8/11/2019 Amanda Palmer on an Unknown Beach

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I'm a pale

On An Unknown Beach

As performed by Amanda Palmer

Arrangement by Rith Carter

Originally written and performed by Peter Jefferies


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in tru der

on an un

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known

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beach.

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My

back to the

wa ter, my

feet in

the sand.

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sand

Fin ding

no re cogn

i tion as

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3/13

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each sign

of life

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vades the pre

sion

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this

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ag ing

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land.

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4/13

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An a

ban doned

fli pper in a

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world of

w

storms.

There's a

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man on the

shore line,

with a white

par a keet,

try ing to

make his

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bird go

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home.

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creas ing con ti

nu i ty,

end less

space.

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ga zes

'round the per

i pher y,

not dis

heart ened,

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wear ing its

most in ex

pre ssi ble

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face.

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My

in stinct is

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dou bled as the

waves roll

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But my

vi sion is

halved and the

foam in the

green as the

in sects

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talk to a

bla zing

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sky.

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Wax in the



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ear,

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stitch in the

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side.

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for the

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blind.

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o ver, the

why and the

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where fore,

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cranes through the

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car park,

se tting them all

in a line.

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ce ding,

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not yet pro

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cee ding mis

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lea ding doubts

in my

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mind.

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10/13

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I'm a

pale in

tru der on an

un known

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w

beach.

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feet in

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no re cogn

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of life

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of this

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