Coming Home-John Schumann

[ti:Coming Home] [ar:John Schumann] [al:Etched In Blue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Coming Home - John Schumann [00:00.02]Written by：John Schumann [00:00.04] [00:12.09]Southeast Asian telephone lines aren't what they might be [00:16.69] [00:18.01]I can barely hear your voice [00:20.62]I hope you can hear me [00:22.47] [00:24.97]It's been a lifetime here in Jakarta [00:26.86] [00:27.91]But it's only been a week [00:29.38] [00:30.81]There are Generals in their limousines [00:32.97] [00:33.89]And children on the street [00:35.11] [00:38.03]There are ships in the harbour and the planes roll in [00:41.25]Ice in the beer and American gin [00:43.45] [00:44.21]I've picked up my ticket and I'm coming home [00:47.37] [00:49.63]There are ships in the harbour and the planes roll in [00:51.92] [00:52.86]Ice in the beer and American gin [00:54.99] [00:55.85]I've picked up my ticket [00:57.16]And I'm coming home [00:59.04] [01:01.72]I'm coming home [01:03.29] [01:11.75]It's and hard rain here in Jakarta [01:13.46] [01:14.25]And it kills the afternoon [01:15.77] [01:18.69]So it's tea on the verandah [01:20.64] [01:21.24]Telling lies and swapping tunes [01:23.78] [01:26.20]Is history a measure of wasted time [01:28.94]Is it only a matter of chance [01:30.82] [01:33.35]Watch the shadows not the puppets [01:35.27] [01:36.07]Watch the dancers not the dance [01:38.33] [01:40.78]Something here that I can't quite touch [01:43.02] [01:43.76]Perhaps it's the heat and I'm thinking too much [01:45.84] [01:46.71]Here I am coming home [01:49.91] [01:52.12]There are ships in the harbour and the planes roll in [01:54.91] [01:55.46]Ice in the beer and American gin [01:57.73] [01:58.39]I've picked up my ticket and I'm coming home [02:01.41] [02:04.22]I'm coming home [02:06.00] [02:20.09]And the dark guns and glasses of the military [02:23.05]The drains are open and the rats run free [02:26.02]My passport tells me I'm coming home [02:29.19] [02:31.59]There are ships in the harbour and the planes roll in [02:34.60]Ice in the beer and American gin [02:36.96] [02:37.69]I've picked up my ticket and I'm coming home [02:40.84] [02:43.53]I'm coming home [02:45.16] [02:50.17]Coming home [02:50.65] [02:59.03]It's been a lifetime here [03:00.41] [03:04.69]Coming home