Killed by a Tram

from Tsunami Horizon by The Barbie Queue

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A bright summer day, sunshine in my face,
I talked to a friend ‘bout some new things in space,
I told him “goodbye” and thought of bread and jam
One second later I was killed by a tram.

Sometimes it happens that you’re killed by a tram,
No matter if you’re Jonathan or Mary-Ann.
Just one time you forget to look left and right
One step later a tram turns out your light.

Since I have been killed I think of bread and jam,
I never will have breakfast as usual again.
The sky was still blue on this lovely day
But I felt so alone, ‘cause the tram went away.

Sometimes it happens that you’re killed by a tram,
No matter if you’re Jonathan or Mary-Ann.
Just one time you forget to look left and right
One step later a tram turns out your light.

My friend turned right home, couldn’t find me anymore,
‘Cause I looked quite different as I did before.
My body on the rails, it looked like bread and jam –
I just had to notice I was killed by a tram.

Yeah sometimes it happens that you’re killed by a tram,
No matter if you’re Jonathan or Mary-Ann.
Just one time you forget to look left and right
One step later a tram turns out your light.

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from Tsunami Horizon, released October 31, 2016
Vocals: Ronald Peter & Bernhard Schweighofer
Piano: Ronald Peter
Bass: Bernhard Ebster
Drums: Peter Miller

Written by: Bernhard Schweighofer & Ronald Peter

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