Paper Sun Lyrics

Well you think you had a good time
With the boy that you just met
Kicking sand from beach to beach
Your clothes all soaking wet
But if you look around and see
A shadow on the run
Don't be too surprised if its just a paper sun

Ahh Paper Sun, Ahh Paper Sun

In the room where you've been sleeping
All your clothes all thrown about
Cigarettes burn window sills
Your meter's all run out
But then again its nothing
You just split when day is done
Pitching lips to nowhere, hung up on the paper sun

Standing in the cool of my room
Fresh cut flowers give me sweet perfume
Too much sun will burn!

When you're feeling tired and lonely
You see people going home
You can't make the train fare
Or the six pence for the phone
And icicles your crying
From your cheek have just begun
Dont be sad, good times are had
Beneath the paper sun

Daylight breaks while you sleep on the sand
A seagull is stealing the ring from your hand
The boy who had given you so much fun
Has left you so cold in the paper sun

Traffic - Smiling Phases

Nov 1991

1. Paper Sun
2. Hole In My Shoe
3. Smiling Phases
4. Heaven Is In Your Mind
5. Coloured Rain
6. No Face, No Name, No Number
7. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
8. Dear Mr. Fantasy
9. You Can All Join In
10. Feelin' Alright
11. Pearly Queen
12. (Roamin' Thru The Gloamin' With) 40,000 Headmen
13. Vagabond Virgin
14. Shanghai Noodle Factory
15. Withering Tree
16. Medicated Goo
17. Glad
18. Freedom Rider
19. Empty Pages
20. John Barleycorn
21. Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys
22. Light Up Or Leave Me Alone
23. Rock And Roll Stew
24. Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
25. Walking In The Wind
26. When The Eagle Flies