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Artist: Lee Brotherton
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Down in Tokyo
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Down in Tokyo
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You became someone new
Black phoenix rising
Can you tell if we'll make it through?
(No-one will ever know)
Gettin' down and the phone will ring
Do you know who's calling?
Gotta laugh, gotta make 'em sing
(No-one will ever know)
Coz I haven't changed and yet nothing is the same
What we had seems to have gone and I can't get it back again
(Do they guess, do they see)
What is happening to me?
(Have they heard, do they know)
What went down in Tokyo?
(Do they guess, do they see)
What is happening to me?
(Have they heard, do they know)
What went down in Tokyo?
Coz I know...
Tear it up tonight
Gonna burn all night
Someone rescue me
Out Tokyo city
Tear it up tonight
Gonna burn all night
And the love you see
Will be a memory
On the streets of Shinjuku
Somebody's crying
Find a smile for the cameras
(No-one will ever know)
Coz you're gonna be a superstar
And the world will love you
Without seeing who you really are
(No-one will ever know)
Coz I'll never change if I swagger, if I sway
Drop the ball, lose it all, pick it up and start again
(Do they guess, do they see)
What is happening to me?
(Have they heard, do they know)
What went down in Tokyo?
(Do they guess, do they see)
What is happening to me?
(Have they heard, do they know)
What went down in Tokyo?
Tear it up tonight
Gonna burn all night
Someone rescue me
Out Tokyo city
Tear it up tonight
Gonna burn all night
And the love you see
Will be a memory
No-one will ever see
A secret close to me
A constant memory
No-one will ever see
A secret close to me
A haunting melody
(Do they guess, do they see)
What is happening to me?
(Have they heard, do they know)
What went down in Tokyo?
(Do they guess, do they see)
What is happening to me?
(Have they heard, do they know)
What went down in Tokyo?
Tear it up tonight
Gonna burn all night
Someone rescue me
Out Tokyo city
Tear it up tonight
Gonna burn all night
And the love you see
Will be a memory
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