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Between East and West
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Cultures, continents and worlds meet in Istanbul
upbeat positive variety literate
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Hopefully intelligent, upbeat, pop rock - plus multiple other genres and rabbit holes I enter
The band is ME - plus any collaborators I can convince to come along for the ride. I love the process of song writing and production - I hope some others get some enjoyments - or chuckles out of these tunes.
Song Info
Genre
World • World Fusion
Charts
Peak #86
Peak in subgenre #11
Author
Ron Tintner & Alan Gentle
Rights
2008
Uploaded
August 11, 2008
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MP3 3.4 MB • 128 kbps • 3:45
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Between east and west Ron Tintner (music) & Alan Gentle (lyrics) © 2008 Verse 1 The Imam says if you're going to go There's a truth that you must know This city sits where two worlds meet Moral men can lose their feet He pays his respects and pays his fare And wakes in the neon of Taksim Square Shakira sings in a see-through dress But his heart still yearns for the arabesque Chorus He's fall- all-alling Between continents And he's fall- all-alling Between east and west Verse 2 Istanbul girls are sweet and free But he can't stand liberality Friends are strangers to respect and shame Too embarrassed to say his name No work for a working man No pride for this honourable man Can't go back to poverty Can't live with immorality Chorus He's fall- all-alling Between continents And he's fall- all-alling Between east and west BRIDGE He walks the bridge to ease his distress One end in Asia and one in the west Can't go forward and can't go back The city shines through the steel rail gap Verse 3 Minarets point to heaven's heights But the waters show the way tonight He says a prayer and jumps the rail The Bosphorus takes those who fail Chorus He's fall- all-alling Fall-all-alling Fall-all-alling Between east and west
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