"Night Flight To Kabul" lyrics - MARK LANEGAN

MARK LANEGAN
"Night Flight To Kabul"
(Sietse Van Gorkom / Alain Johannes / Mark Lanegan)

Is there gold, is there gold in Kabul?
I've been there in a nest of snakes
I've been there as a blackout artist
Everyone there trying to take my place

[Refrain:]
Is there gold?
Is there gold?

I was there as a midnight watchman
I was there for a masquerade
I was there as a makeup artist
Everyone trying to point the blame

[Refrain:]
Is there gold?
Is there gold?

[Chorus 1:]
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of horns
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift

Is there gold, gold in Kabul?
I've been there in a suicide vest
I've been there with a hangman rising
Everyone trying to take the piss

[Refrain:]
Is there gold?
Is there gold?

[Chorus 2:]
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of horns
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift

You can walk from there to China
From state to reptilian state
Holy Americans, singing vespers
Convinced they control somebody's fate

[Refrain:]
Is there gold?
Is there gold?

[Chorus 3:]
I sawed myself in halves
I grew myself a pair of hooves
You gave to me this gift
I love you still, alone I drift

[Outro:]
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?
Is there gold?