(This song can be found on the album "Squeezing Out Sparks" by Graham Parker and the Rumour. Some of the best lyrics ever written!) DISCOVERING JAPAN by Graham Parker Intro: /Bm /D /A /A /3x lead gtr riff; D c# D e, D c# A e 3x D G Her heart is nearly breaking, the earth is nearly quaking. D A The Tokyo taxi's braking, it's screaming to a halt. G A Bm G There's nothing to hold on to, when gravity betrays you, A D Bm And ev'ry kiss enslaves you..... D G She knows how hard her heart grows, under the nuclear shadows, D A She can't escape the feeling, repealing in her head. G A Bm G When after all the urges, some kind of truth emerges, A Bm A G D A G D A We felt the deadly surges, Discovering Japan, Discovering Japan. (b f# G f#, b f# G f#, b b) D G The G.I.'s only use her, they always ram right through her, D A Giving an eastern promise, that they could never keep. G A Bm G See-ing the million miles, between their jokes and smiles, A D Bm She heard their hard denials....... Bm A As the tears drop sideways down her face, face, Bm A I wake up taling in the tongue of a diff'rent race, race, Bm G And as the flight touches down, my watch says Eight-O-Two, A Bm A Bm But that's me at night to you, me at night to you, A Bm D A A Me at night to you....................... D G I dream in long collisions, in jet-lagged pana-visions, D A I shouted "Sayonara", It didn't mean good-bye. G A Bm G But lovers turn to poses, show up in filmed exposures, A Bm A G D A G D A Just like in travel brochures, Discovering Japan, Discovering Japan, G D A G D A Discovering Japan, Discovering Japan, G D A G D A Discovering Japan, Discovering Japan. (b f# G f#, b f# G f# b b)