Lage Nom Ai

Nordstrom was a simple man

Who had some non-conformist plan

To save his ass



Every night he danced alone

And blotted out the monotone

That was his past



He packs his bag of mysteries

And leaves the lonely memories

Where they belong



They came and went so easily

This rising tide identity

Sings like a song

Let's sing



Lage nom ai nom ai

When you know that life is just a game

Lage nom ai nom ai (oh!)

He's the man who gave up his own name



In the roll of the cosmic dice

You win one heart and lose it twice

Before you know



Love is fine until you taste

This melancholy bouillabaisse

Called letting go



Lage nom ai nom ai

When you know that life is just a game

Lage nom ai nom ai (hey!)

He's the man who gave up his own name



He moved on up to old beantown

And summered on the vineyard sound

To pass the day (day ay ay oh)



Island hopping crab key bound

Tendin' bar he thinks he's found

A better way (ay ay ay oh)



Now we're back where we belong

Without a clue and still without

A master plan (ay ay ay oh)



Incident or accident

It all depends on if you're meant

To understand (ay ay ay oh)



Lage nom ai nom ai

When you know that life is just a game

Lage nom ai nom ai

He's the man who gave up his own name

He's the man who gave up his own name



Spoken:

Eah, 'ol nordstrom's gone. checked out. readin'

The wrong kind of books...listenin' to that wild

Carribbean music. he wiped himself out of his own computer.

He's the man who gave up his own name. he's gone.



[note: lage nom ai nom ai is island patois which loosely translates:

"the man who gave up his own name."]




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