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Canvey Island

Canvey Island lyrics by British Sea Power. Killed a wild swan It was a kind of omen Of everything to come I can't believe it's happening And that it's...

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Canvey Island

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Killed a wild swan

It was a kind of omen

Of everything to come

I can't believe it's happening

And that it's happening now

I can't believe it's happening

It's coming true somehow

On Canvey Island, 1953

Many lives were lost

With the records of a football team

I can't believe it's happening

And that it's happening now

I can't believe it's happening

It's coming true somehow

(Chorus)

Don't you think it's strange, you know

The way it all works out

Brace yourself for storms and Summer droughts, soooooooo

Sometimes it's hard to tell

If it's going well

You know the odds against it

Were so phenomenal

I can't believe it's happening

And that it's happening now

I can't believe it's happening

It's coming true somehow

(Chorus)

Don't you think it's strange, you know

The way it all works out

Brace yourself for storms and Summer droughts

Don't you think it's strange, you know

The way it all works out

You start with everything then end without

Oh!

Oh, oh!

Ohhh...(etc.)

Oh it's happening now

Oh it's happening now

Oh...

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