Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty
Sound of their breath fades with the light
I think about the loveless fascination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Lower the curtain down on Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

And it's something quite peculiar
Something shimmering and white
Leads you here despite your destination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find
Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

And it's something quite peculiar
Something shimmering and white
Leads you here despite your destination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find
Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

Under the Milky Way tonight
Under the Milky Way tonight
Under the Milky Way tonight


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Under the Milky Way Lyrics as written by Steven John Kilbey Karin Gunilla Jansson

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    Song Meaning

    It was written by lead singer Steve Kilbey & his girlfriend at the time, Karin Jansson (of the Swedish all-girl punk band Pink Champagne) at his mother’s house in Australia. Kilbey imagined himself in a late night bar at closing time in the opening line “Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty…” . The rest of the song flowed out in a very stream of conscious fashion with the two of them passing ideas back & forth between one another that same night.

    EternalTearsOfSorrowon February 25, 2019   Link

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