Biography:
Beirut is an American indie-rock and world music band which was originally the solo musical project of Zach Condon (born Zachary Francis Condon in Santa Fe, New Mexico) and later expanded into a band. The band's first performances were in New York, in May 2006, to support the release of their debut album, Gulag Orkestar.
Condon recorded before Beirut was established: when he was fifteen and under the name of Realpeople, he made an electronic record, fashioned after his love for The Magnetic Fields.
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Other songs:
- A Candle's Fire
- Beluga
- East Harlem
- Elephant Gun
- Forks And Knifes
- Forks And Knives
- Gauze Für Zah
- Goshen
- Guyamas Sonora
- Hallelujah
- I Giardini
- Mount Wroclai
- My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
- Nantes
- Port Of Call
- Postcards From Italy
- Santa Fe
- Scenic World
- Scenic World (version)
- Sunday Smile
- The Canals Of Our City
- The Flying Club Cup
- The Gulag Orkestar
- The Penalty
- The Rip Tide
- Transatlantique
- Vagabond
- When I Die
- A Sunday Smile
- A Candles Fire
- At Once
- August Holland
- Brandenburg
- Carousels
- Cherbourg
- Cliquot
- Gallipoli
- Gibraltar
- Gulag Orkestar
- In The Mausoleum
- La Llorona
- Landslide
- Mimizan
- No No No
- Perth
- Rhineland Heartland
- So Allowed
- St Apollonia
- The Bunker
- The Peacock
- Un Dernier Verre
- Venice
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Bm Em x2
[Verse]
Bm Em
A plague in the workhouse, a plague on the poor now, I'll beat on my drum till I'm dead
Bm Em
Yesterday a fever, tomorrow St. Peter, I'll beat on my drum until then
[Chorus]
Bm Em
What melody will lead my lover from his bed?
Bm Em
What melody will see him in my arms again?
[Verse]
Bm Em
Set fire to foundation and burn out the station, you'll never get nothing of mine
Bm Em
The pane of my window will flicker and billow, I won't leave a stitching behind
[Chorus]
Bm Em
What melody will lead my lover from his bed?
Bm Em
What melody will see him in my arms again?
[Interlude]
Bm Em x2
[Bridge]
D A Em D
I'll sing of the walls of the well and the house at the top of the hill
A Em D
I'll sing of the bottles of wine that we left on our old windowsill
A Em
I'll sing of the years you will spend getting sadder and older
D A Em
Oh love, and the cold, the oncoming cold
[Outro]
D A Em x8
Bm Em x2
[Verse]
Bm Em
A plague in the workhouse, a plague on the poor now, I'll beat on my drum till I'm dead
Bm Em
Yesterday a fever, tomorrow St. Peter, I'll beat on my drum until then
[Chorus]
Bm Em
What melody will lead my lover from his bed?
Bm Em
What melody will see him in my arms again?
[Verse]
Bm Em
Set fire to foundation and burn out the station, you'll never get nothing of mine
Bm Em
The pane of my window will flicker and billow, I won't leave a stitching behind
[Chorus]
Bm Em
What melody will lead my lover from his bed?
Bm Em
What melody will see him in my arms again?
[Interlude]
Bm Em x2
[Bridge]
D A Em D
I'll sing of the walls of the well and the house at the top of the hill
A Em D
I'll sing of the bottles of wine that we left on our old windowsill
A Em
I'll sing of the years you will spend getting sadder and older
D A Em
Oh love, and the cold, the oncoming cold
[Outro]
D A Em x8
Belinda Carlisle
Bell X1
Bella Hemming
Bella Holmes
Bellamore