LOST IN TRANSLATIONS

from LIFT by Craig Adams & Ian Watson

MUSIC & LYRICS
Craig Adams

Developed & Licensed by Perfect Pitch

6. Lost in Translations
Craig Adams
LIFT 2012

q = 135 (With a driving feel)

FRENCH TEACHER

b4
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She went to Par - is.

Can yoube-

q = 135 (With a driving feel)

b4

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woke

up

and

fucked

off

to

lieve it?

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5
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4
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b
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Par - is.

I did -n't think

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4
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she'd

go.

I set her chall -en - ges.

4
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she had to kiss a wait - er...

I knew she'd love that.

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pho -to - gragh.

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She sawthe Tow - er,

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she

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saw

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the Sac -re Coeur,

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she sawthe

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(with more drive & energy)

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b
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Louvre.

She

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ate a cois - sant,

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that's

where

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the wait -er was.

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I saw the

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pic - tures,

I coud -n't

go'cos I was work ing.

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4
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So I text her... in French.

..

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She did -n't und -er - stand,

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herFrench was lou - sy,

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herFrench was al -ways lou sy

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I could -n't

ask...

But now I'm

lost,

lost in trans

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espress.

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lat - ions of...

lost in her

bb

&

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phrase book, lost in her ruck - sack, lost in

her

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mmm

oh fuck I'm lost.

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Lost in a

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caf - e

lost in a

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q = 85
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pic - ture,lost in a book - shop,lost in a foot note.

Lost in P.

S.

q = 85

b
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(With a steady pulse.)

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I keep tell - ing my - self

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if this is hap -pen - ing

it

will

hap

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in

time.

I keep tell - ing my - self

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dult a -bout

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how I'm

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han

dl

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this

crush.

It will

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ease

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with time,

it will ease

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with laugh - ter,

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(More drive.)

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it will ease with trans - la

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tions.

I gave up

on the

fact

a long

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time a - go

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you

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were

not

who

am.

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- sy I keepyour pic -ture in a drawer, where

know

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it

won't

jump

out.

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But you

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twist my arm

and you

push

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and it makes me

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agg - ra - vates

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this

scratch.

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So you take

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you there. You're a cat

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trans late.

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Do some -thing wrong

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won't you,

do some -thing

wrong

(Expansive - Big and bold.)

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won't you?

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wrong

won't you,

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lostin herlaugh - ter

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lostin a scribb -le lefton a nap - kin, lostin her

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smile.

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lost

lost in a ques - tion,

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look -ing for

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bb
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&

ans - wers,wait -ing for rea - sons, lost in her

b
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youth.

Oh God I'm

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lost.

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Lost in

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this

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fac - es, crowd -ed by mem - 'ries,

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haun -ted by truth.

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lost,

lost in a lip -stick mark,

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lost in a voice - mail.

Lost in a smell left on a

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(No time.)
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pill - ow.

Lost in this

no

no

no

(Steadier till the end.)

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..

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b
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lost in this

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no

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lost in this

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no

no

no

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lost

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in

this...

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