Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Backwater
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We're sailing at the edges of time
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Backwater
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We're drifting at the waterline
[Chorus 1]
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Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
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You and me and the porter's daughters
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Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
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And the shorter of the porter's daughters
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Dips her hand in the deadly waters
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Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe
[Verse 2]
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Black water
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There were six of us but now we are five
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We're all talking
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To keep the conversation alive
[Chorus 2]
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There was a senator from Ecuador
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Who talked about a meteor
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That crashed on a hill in the south of Peru
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And was found by a conquistador
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Who took it to the emperor
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And he passed it on to a Turkish guru
[Verse 3]
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His daughter
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Was slated for becoming divine
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He taught her
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He taught her how to split and define
[Chorus 3]
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But if you study the logistics
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And heuristics of the mystics
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You will find that their minds rarely move in a line
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So it's much more realistic
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To abandon such ballistics
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And resign to be trapped on a leaf in the vine
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
C#
Backwater
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We're sailing at the edges of time
C#
Backwater
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We're drifting at the waterline
[Chorus 4]
B F#
Oh we're floating in the coastal waters
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You and me and the porter's daughters
Fm C# Fm C#
Ooh what to do not a sausage to do
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And the shorter of the porter's daughters
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Dips her hand in the deadly waters
Fm C# Fm C#
Ooh what to do in a tiny canoe
[Outro]
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