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Lips Like Sugar Lyrics by Echo & the Bunnymen
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Lips Like Sugar quick summary
- Recording: “Lips Like Sugar” is credited to Echo & the Bunnymen.
- Released: Feb 1, 2009 on “PostPunk: Original Anthems From the 70’s and 80’s Post‐Punk Scene”.
- Length: The recording runs 4:09.
- Genre: Filed under Alternative.
- Lyrics: This page has 48 lyric lines and 49 timed cues.
- Chart: No dated chart rank is attached yet.
- Karaoke: Timed playback is ready on this page.
- Written by: Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Will Sergeant.
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The stored release association is “PostPunk: Original Anthems From the 70’s and 80’s Post‐Punk Scene”, dated 2009-02-01, with a duration of 4:09.
Lips Like Sugar lyrics by Echo & the Bunnymen
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0:31She floats like a swan
0:35Grace on the water
0:39Lips like sugar
0:43Lips like sugar
0:45Just when you think you've caught her
0:49She glides across the water
0:54She calls for you tonight
0:57To share this moonlight
1:00You'll flow down her river
1:03She'll ask you and you'll give her
1:07Lips like sugar
1:10Sugar kisses
1:14Lips like sugar
1:18Sugar kisses
1:37She knows what she knows
1:41I know what she's thinking
1:45Sugar kisses
1:48Sugar kisses
1:53Just when you think she's yours
1:56She's flown to other shores
2:00To laugh at how you break
2:03And melt into this lake
2:07You'll flow down her river
2:10But you'll never give her
2:14Lips like sugar
2:16Sugar kisses
2:21Lips like sugar
2:24Sugar kisses
3:21She'll be my mirror
3:25Reflect what I am
3:28Loser and winner
3:32The king of siam
3:36And my siamese twin
3:40Alone on the river
3:44Mirror kisses
3:47Mirror kisses
3:50Lips like sugar
3:53Sugar kisses
3:56Lips like sugar
4:00Sugar kisses
4:04Lips like sugar
4:07Sugar kisses
4:11Lips like sugar
4:14Sugar kisses
4:19Lips like sugar
4:23Sugar kisses
4:26Lips like sugar
4:30Sugar kisses
4:46♪
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Lips Like Sugar song profile
The stored record for “Lips Like Sugar” credits Echo & the Bunnymen and connects the lyric timeline with release and chart metadata. Use the song lyrics by artist directory to compare credited performers, or compare this recording with other Alternative song lyrics.
- Feb 1, 2009Released
- 4:09Length
- 48Lyric lines
- 49Timed cues
- 255sTimed span
- Lyric record matched as “Lips Like Sugar” by Echo & The Bunnymen
- 49 ordered lyric timestamps verified
- Karaoke follow-along playback enabled
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Release record
The matched recording is associated with “PostPunk: Original Anthems From the 70’s and 80’s Post‐Punk Scene.” Available release data dates this recording to 2009-02-01. The duration attached to the recording is 4:09. The writing field currently credits Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Will Sergeant.
Lyric structure
The cached lyric contains 48 non-empty lines across 11 text sections. This edition carries 49 timed lyric cues spanning about 255 seconds. AskLyrics detected 4 recurring line patterns and keeps each return in its recorded order. During playback, the saved offset corrects the difference between video time and the lyric timeline.
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- Album / release
- PostPunk: Original Anthems From the 70’s and 80’s Post‐Punk Scene
- Released
- 2009-02-01
- Length
- 4:09
- Written by
- Pete de Freitas, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson, Will Sergeant
- Recording source
- MusicBrainz record ↗
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