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Land of the Midnight Sun
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A love song for Denmark.
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"If the great Phil Ochs were to rise from the dead today, he would probably be hailed as the new David Rovics." Andy Kershaw, BBC
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #148
Peak in subgenre #21
Author
David Rovics
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bmi all rights reserved 2009
Uploaded
September 18, 2009
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MP3 5.7 MB • 320 kbps • 2:29
Story behind the song
A love song for Denmark.
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There’s an old brick building In front of an empty street Except for Christiania bicycles And people walking on their feet To the north the sky is glowing The deepest shade of red It drifts in through the window And settles on our bed The horizon won’t tell you When a new day has begun In the land of the midnight sun   Pretty mama pushes A pram on cobblestone Hardly a car in sight It’s a pedestrian zone It’s a place for people In dreadlocks or in ties It’s a place for gardens Beneath the cloudy skies It’s a place for bright blue eyes And days so rarely done In the land of the midnight sun   There’s a river that meanders Slowly towards the northern sea Past the village gnomes Wherever they may be Past a little farmhouse Past a dock and all the rest Where Signe smokes a cigarette And looks out to the west A few months ago it was dark And then the twilight won In the land of the midnight sun
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