Name: Midnight Jump
Duration: P00H03M23S
Description: In 1990 a young Russian man swam the Bug River on a freezing November night to get into Western Europe. This is our tribute to him.

Midnight Jump

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In 1990 a young Russian man swam the Bug River on a freezing November night to get into Western Europe. This is our tribute to him.

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The sound of ivory clicking in the corner
It was the sound of fate loading the dice
She whispered son if you could do it again
Would you cheat now, oh would you cheat
I said I wouldn't even have to think twice

You can buy absolution for your sins while you're away
Lying pays at the border, double crossed the Singapore straights
Traveling salesman and a bodyguard
Putting Chinese merchandise into Russian arms
A long cold rail ahead
At the border you could wind up dead

Well I saw a midnight jumper from the train
He was jumping into darkness
Out of light headed for fame
Said he'd seen some kind of sunrise in the west
It kept pulling him like madness from the east where he was dead
Well I saw a midnight jumper from the train

Bandits caused confusion, throwing treasure from the train
Played cards five days running I was on a holiday straight
Travelling lady and her bodyguard
Putting Russian merchandise into foreign arms
Ten minutes of her charm and a smile that offered nothing but harm
Well I saw a midnight jumper from the
I saw a midnight jumper from the train

I saw a midnight jumper from the train
He was jumping into darkness
out of light headed for fame
Said he'd seen a revolution in the west
It kept promising him magic or a Bug River death
Yeah I saw a midnight jumper from the train

Could you make that midnight jump

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released November 7, 2021
Nick Walters & Glenn Forbes

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2 Magnetic East Kagoshima, Japan

Nick Walters on Guitar, Glenn Forbes vocals, Shigeki Okubo on Drums. Rock band based in Southern Japan.

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