Music: Matthew Lewin/Mica Tenenbaum
Hello
Down the line, over the wave
Two kids and a military
Turn their tongue, change their name
La love, born to marry
Crossed their hearts crossing the earth
One year then a baby's carried
Grows up young, screams at graves
Bang bang and it's customary
Ordinary
Hang the war over the hearth
Five more in a house of many
Argentine fabergΓ©
La love born unsteady
Kids hears ghosts singing his name
Likes guns and he's pistol-ready
That's his curse, that's my name
He sings up to the moon unchaining
I didn't know her when she walked in
But I recognized her eyes
Her hair lifted as she stood still
Right there, in the light
And she felt like a dream
I didn't know what to think
She looked like me
We stood mirrored till I leaned in
And then you know what she didοΌ
She shot at me like an earthbound bullet
And then she wrapped her hands around my neck and I felt
Love
Just ordinary love
Let me hold you in my arms
Oh love
The old familiar drug
(Bang bang and it's customary)
America stole my fate
La love and a baby carriage
Turned my tongue, changed my name
Bang bang born unsteady
Crossed my hearts crossing the earth
La love and a stone to carry
That's my curse, that's my name
Bang bang and it's customary
Ordinary