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Alek Vila : Lyrics

Taste of Heaven

Welcome to the world.
Hope you’ll join the communion
of loners collected
in the strangest of unions.

So pleased to see shining faces
smiling for all humankind.
Time to empty our hearts of sorrow.
We’re gonna leave it behind.

What we have here on Earth
is a taste of heaven.
Just a taste of heaven,
A little taste of hell.

What we have here on Earth
is a taste of heaven
just a taste of heaven
a little taste of hell

Taking turns at the stone.
I’ve seen you chasing your tail.
Our bellies are aching.
Hope you’re getting your fill.

It’s a race down a candy road.
Danger lurks in the cracks.
Like the game we are hunting.
We try to break from the pack.

What we have here on Earth
is a taste of heaven.
Just a taste of heaven,
A little taste of hell.

What we have here on Earth
is a taste of heaven.
Just a taste of heaven,
A little taste of hell.

Here on Earth
is a taste of heaven...

written, performed and recorded by Alek Vila
©1999 Racing Heart Records

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