Kampung Hands

Intro

(Ho-oh)

(Ho-oh)

(Ra-ta-ta)

Verse 1

Jakarta splits the morning wide

the angkot rattles through the rain

and my cousin's guitar

leans against the warung wall

nineteen strings of borrowed steel

humming something odd in five

Pre-Chorus

Count it slow

count it wrong

count it anyway

Chorus

We don't keep time we just keep going

going

going

We don't keep time we just keep going

Kampung hands on borrowed strings

Verse 2

Grandma says the neighbors talk

about the noise we make at dawn

I bend the neck and let it slip

a crooked little broken run

she taps her foot

she taps it twice

Pre-Chorus

Count it slow

count it wrong

count it anyway

Chorus

We don't keep time we just keep going

going

going

We don't keep time we just keep going

Kampung hands on borrowed strings

Bridge

Strum strum stumble start

start again

start again

Bapak laughs and shakes his head

says the rhythm's yours to break

Breakdown

Break it

break it

bend it back

Break it

(Bend it back)

Chorus

We don't keep time we just keep going

going

going

We don't keep time we just keep going

Kampung hands on borrowed strings

Outro

(Ho-oh)

(Ra-ta-ta)