Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4, 103 bpm
Intro E4 A4 E4 B4, E4 A4 E4 B4 high,
EAE, B high AEBE
E A E
High cheek bones with eyes that / have seen so / much ABE
E A E
the empty window your / elegant fingers / touch BAE
B A E
the unelected, / military / air;
A E B E
a woman by the / window with /// hibiscus in your / hair EAE, B high AEBE
The house where / you spend much / time
counting the centimeter / flowers / climb
you wait, watching, in / quiet worry / there
a woman by the / window with // hibiscus in your / hair
E B E
Perempuan berani, / perempuan di / cahaya
E B E
mereka tidak boleh / potong bunga / raya AEBE
The mosquito hiss of a / night car / here
the quick running on the / concrete / clear
the cell,// interrogation / chair
a woman by the / window with // hibiscus in your / hair
B A EBE
A group of bamboo chimes they ring, / ‘wo aie /// nie’
B A EBE
a molecular / beauty of hazy /// chemistry
A B
in the warm breeze of unremitting silence / asking why, how
A E B E BE
the bamboo, the / gong, they / ring for you / now
The camp where Colonel, / Major // conspire
the checkpoint, body search, / gun, barbed / wire
the glint of night in the / bayonet / air
a woman by the / window with // hibiscus in your / hair
The touch down in Changi, with the / slowing tiger / roar
they hang you for drug use in / hip-hop // Singapore
the hypocrites, biggest / business partners / there
A
you know that? Biggest business partners there
EBE
woman by the window with /// hibiscus in your / hair
Ending
Perempuan berani, / perempuan di / cahaya
mereka tidak boleh / potong bunga / raya AEBE, AEB E high
