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A Perfect Day Elise

Record Details

Release
1998
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  1. A Perfect Day Elise
    A Perfect Day Elise

    He got lucky one time
    hitting with the girl in room 509.
    She turned her back on him, facing the frame
    and said, Listen Joe, don’t you come here again.

    White sun scattered all over the sea –
    he could think of nothing but her name, ‘Elise’.
    God is the sweat running down his back.
    The water soaked her blonde hair black.

    It’s a perfect day Elise.

    He got burned by the sun –
    his face so pale and his hands so worn –
    let himself in room 509,
    said a prayer, pulled the trigger and cried

    It’s a perfect day Elise.

  2. The Northwood
  3. Sweeter Than Anything