Postcard Poverty
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โฑ๏ธ 3:11 duration
๐ ID: 7697751
๐ Lyrics
Aiming up and down
Pointing high and low
Digital camera shooting up the ghetto
They want snapshot sadness for the slideshow
And to find it he's willing to go
Trenchtown by day, Cite Soleil by night
Down in the Beetham by the burst tire light
With a wide-angle lens to catch every sight
Before he has to rush
To catch his flight
Snap, snap, getting high off the gap
Between the have and the want, between the
Need and lack
Between the dirt and decay and the world
Waiting dey
At the end of his holiday
He's looking for postcard poverty
He did not pay so much to see
The same things he can see away
The things that he sees every day
He's looking for postcard poverty
A little change of scenery
He does not want to be the same
As the folks he knows away
Running up and down
Looking to and fro
For the cantina seen on the travel show
Gives the barman an extra peso
Backdrop, group shot, 'cause he wants all to know
That he's down with the brothers in the barrio
He's down with the brothers and not just a gringo
With time to kill and money to spend
Come to slum down in the tenement
Because he feels he's one of a kind
A Vasco de Gama looking for the first time
At a land unknown to his homebound friends
That only he can explain to them
Beyond the walls, way off the beaten path
To find the wood mask that she's got to have
Finds the vendor, says she adores his craft
Then tries to get the man to cut his price in half
A war or words and then a deal is made
A dollar saved just to tell how brave
She was to bargain down an old man with a blade
To haggle like a native and then to get her way
Now the mask stares down from the wall
Mouth open wide to announce to all
How she once went down to the depths of hell
For a souvenir and a story to tell
Pointing high and low
Digital camera shooting up the ghetto
They want snapshot sadness for the slideshow
And to find it he's willing to go
Trenchtown by day, Cite Soleil by night
Down in the Beetham by the burst tire light
With a wide-angle lens to catch every sight
Before he has to rush
To catch his flight
Snap, snap, getting high off the gap
Between the have and the want, between the
Need and lack
Between the dirt and decay and the world
Waiting dey
At the end of his holiday
He's looking for postcard poverty
He did not pay so much to see
The same things he can see away
The things that he sees every day
He's looking for postcard poverty
A little change of scenery
He does not want to be the same
As the folks he knows away
Running up and down
Looking to and fro
For the cantina seen on the travel show
Gives the barman an extra peso
Backdrop, group shot, 'cause he wants all to know
That he's down with the brothers in the barrio
He's down with the brothers and not just a gringo
With time to kill and money to spend
Come to slum down in the tenement
Because he feels he's one of a kind
A Vasco de Gama looking for the first time
At a land unknown to his homebound friends
That only he can explain to them
Beyond the walls, way off the beaten path
To find the wood mask that she's got to have
Finds the vendor, says she adores his craft
Then tries to get the man to cut his price in half
A war or words and then a deal is made
A dollar saved just to tell how brave
She was to bargain down an old man with a blade
To haggle like a native and then to get her way
Now the mask stares down from the wall
Mouth open wide to announce to all
How she once went down to the depths of hell
For a souvenir and a story to tell
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:09.02] Aiming up and down
[00:10.82] Pointing high and low
[00:11.77] Digital camera shooting up the ghetto
[00:13.56] They want snapshot sadness for the slideshow
[00:17.24] And to find it he's willing to go
[00:19.06] Trenchtown by day, Cite Soleil by night
[00:21.71] Down in the Beetham by the burst tire light
[00:23.56] With a wide-angle lens to catch every sight
[00:26.28] Before he has to rush
[00:28.06] To catch his flight
[00:29.85] Snap, snap, getting high off the gap
[00:30.73] Between the have and the want, between the
[00:32.55] Need and lack
[00:33.40] Between the dirt and decay and the world
[00:35.28] Waiting dey
[00:36.15] At the end of his holiday
[00:38.90] He's looking for postcard poverty
[00:41.53] He did not pay so much to see
[00:43.38] The same things he can see away
[00:46.01] The things that he sees every day
[00:48.86] He's looking for postcard poverty
[00:51.55] A little change of scenery
[00:53.36] He does not want to be the same
[00:56.02] As the folks he knows away
[01:02.35] Running up and down
[01:03.23] Looking to and fro
[01:05.02] For the cantina seen on the travel show
[01:06.85] Gives the barman an extra peso
[01:09.50] Backdrop, group shot, 'cause he wants all to know
[01:11.30] That he's down with the brothers in the barrio
[01:14.01] He's down with the brothers and not just a gringo
[01:16.72] With time to kill and money to spend
[01:19.53] Come to slum down in the tenement
[01:22.29] Because he feels he's one of a kind
[01:24.08] A Vasco de Gama looking for the first time
[01:26.77] At a land unknown to his homebound friends
[01:28.55] That only he can explain to them
[02:00.40] Beyond the walls, way off the beaten path
[02:02.23] To find the wood mask that she's got to have
[02:04.04] Finds the vendor, says she adores his craft
[02:06.76] Then tries to get the man to cut his price in half
[02:09.59] A war or words and then a deal is made
[02:12.28] A dollar saved just to tell how brave
[02:14.00] She was to bargain down an old man with a blade
[02:16.79] To haggle like a native and then to get her way
[02:19.46] Now the mask stares down from the wall
[02:21.25] Mouth open wide to announce to all
[02:23.99] How she once went down to the depths of hell
[02:26.69] For a souvenir and a story to tell
[03:07.73]
[00:10.82] Pointing high and low
[00:11.77] Digital camera shooting up the ghetto
[00:13.56] They want snapshot sadness for the slideshow
[00:17.24] And to find it he's willing to go
[00:19.06] Trenchtown by day, Cite Soleil by night
[00:21.71] Down in the Beetham by the burst tire light
[00:23.56] With a wide-angle lens to catch every sight
[00:26.28] Before he has to rush
[00:28.06] To catch his flight
[00:29.85] Snap, snap, getting high off the gap
[00:30.73] Between the have and the want, between the
[00:32.55] Need and lack
[00:33.40] Between the dirt and decay and the world
[00:35.28] Waiting dey
[00:36.15] At the end of his holiday
[00:38.90] He's looking for postcard poverty
[00:41.53] He did not pay so much to see
[00:43.38] The same things he can see away
[00:46.01] The things that he sees every day
[00:48.86] He's looking for postcard poverty
[00:51.55] A little change of scenery
[00:53.36] He does not want to be the same
[00:56.02] As the folks he knows away
[01:02.35] Running up and down
[01:03.23] Looking to and fro
[01:05.02] For the cantina seen on the travel show
[01:06.85] Gives the barman an extra peso
[01:09.50] Backdrop, group shot, 'cause he wants all to know
[01:11.30] That he's down with the brothers in the barrio
[01:14.01] He's down with the brothers and not just a gringo
[01:16.72] With time to kill and money to spend
[01:19.53] Come to slum down in the tenement
[01:22.29] Because he feels he's one of a kind
[01:24.08] A Vasco de Gama looking for the first time
[01:26.77] At a land unknown to his homebound friends
[01:28.55] That only he can explain to them
[02:00.40] Beyond the walls, way off the beaten path
[02:02.23] To find the wood mask that she's got to have
[02:04.04] Finds the vendor, says she adores his craft
[02:06.76] Then tries to get the man to cut his price in half
[02:09.59] A war or words and then a deal is made
[02:12.28] A dollar saved just to tell how brave
[02:14.00] She was to bargain down an old man with a blade
[02:16.79] To haggle like a native and then to get her way
[02:19.46] Now the mask stares down from the wall
[02:21.25] Mouth open wide to announce to all
[02:23.99] How she once went down to the depths of hell
[02:26.69] For a souvenir and a story to tell
[03:07.73]