Page type: lyric reference
Artist: T-Bone Burnett
Canonical path: /burnett-t-bone/dope-island
Related lyric paths: 6
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Dope Island
Read Dope Island lyrics by T-Bone Burnett on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Dope Island
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We lived outside the law
We struck with wild desire
We blinded all we saw
We made the sun our fire
But now a line's been crossed
Our intuition lost
Where yellow orchids bloomed
The land is scorched an doomed
We were both here and gone
We rode with cruel deceit
We took the moon at dawn
The stars fell at our feet
But now the die's been cast
Our vision fading fast
Where rivers ran with cold
Darkness falls through the banyan tree
Beating wings of no birds
Waves of loneliness break on me
In the sound of no words
But now the night's gone dead
The hours filled with dread
Where blue magnolias laid
The colors twist and fade
We lived outside the law
We struck with wild desire
We blinded all we saw
We made the sun our fire
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T-Bone Burnett performs "Dope Island", and this lyric page sits inside the T-Bone Burnett catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Seven Times Hotter Than Fire and Street Life with a short reason for opening each page next.
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