Dolby, Thomas - I Live In A Suitcase Lyrics






When all the lights go down
This dirty desert town
Is theatre in the round
With stars instead of a crowd

I came here the hard way
And now I'm living in a suitcase
And I came here the hard way
And now I'm living in a suitcase

In a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
Marked Rome
Marked Los Angeles
So I made, I made a home
Here inside of me
Here inside me

When all that's to be said's been said
What's keeping you in bed
Is the fear inside your head
The fear of being misled

You came here the hard way
And now you're living in a suitcase
And I came here the hard way
And now I'm living in a suitcase

In a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
But oh, little ingenue
I need, I need to know you will be here too
Then I'll make my home here inside of you
And not in a suitcase
And not in a suitcase

They say travel broadens the mind
So I went over the falls in a barrel
I found the North Pole
In a field of ice
And in the land of dreams
I found you...

I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
Don't want to live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
Don't want to live in a suitcase
I live in a suitcase
I'm living in a suitcase





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  1. N.... R....

    just beautiful ;)

  2. Z.... ....

    I got high and listened to this song multiple times on a loop at my girlfriend's house around 1:00am as she left the room to make a frozen Freschetta brand pepperoni pizza in the oven and found myself swept away and totally mesmerized by the drums.

  3. H.... V....

    “They say travel broadens the mind; so I went over the falls in a barrel!” Brilliant songwriting!

  4. P.... ....

    3:35 until 4:40 is my favorite part. The song takes a seemingly darker contemplative tone. I think this could have be it's own song on its own

  5. J.... D....

    I love this haunting melody.

  6. g.... ....

    I am smiling next to you in Silent Lucidity

  7. P.... R....

    I used to play this (loudly) in the computer room back in the eighties, late at night. Also used to play the rest of the album when travelling between IT gigs in London and Aberdeen. I really did "live in a suitcase" for a while..

    P.... R....

    There were no 'computer rooms' in the eighties and this album didn't come out until 1992.

  8. C.... a....

    Thomas Dolby was so far ahead of his time in the world is catching up to him slowly...

  9. M.... U....

    Dolby is uncomparable. Love their music since 90!

  10. N.... R....

    just superb

  11. H.... V....

    Great album !

  12. I.... M....

    As a man without a family of my own, this song touches my heart. "Here inside of me" is the only home many of us will have.

  13. s.... ....

    A requiem to my youth.

  14. B.... ....

    I dedicate this song to all the ventriloquist dolls out there tonight who...live in a suitcase.

  15. A.... K....

    Thomas Dolby's bass player and close friend Terry Jackson was killed in a plane crash in 1991. Devastated by the news and trying to cope, Thomas went for a walk in the Los Angeles hills. As he sat watching the lights of the city below, there was a massive blackout that caused half of the city to lose power. The words to this song came to him during this experience.

    "When all the lights go down / This dirty desert town / Is theatre in the round / With stars instead of a crowd"

    (I learned this from listening to his memior on audiobook... a very good listen!)

  16. L.... H....

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕That hook thoughthhh----Katy Starr

  17. r.... h....

    I once lived in a suitcase but since I like to entertain I upgraded to a steamer trunk...now I have people over.

  18. g.... ....

    From among my favorite albums.

  19. E.... M....

    A bit "New Order" ish.... which is good !!!

  20. p.... e....

    you can imagine the tropics buried underneath the poles from a time when earth was one tropic

  21. L.... J....

    I agree Matthew Wallis!

  22. S.... D....

    everyone have a reality song, and this one is great , thanks TD

  23. A.... N....

    the out of the box general midi drums and bassline fucks this otherwise great song totally up...what happened, mr. dolby? no time? confused.....

  24. f.... a....

    It´s a perfect song to me!

  25. K.... O....

    steam train....why

  26. D.... D....

    Like if steam train brought you here

    D.... D....

    I refuse.

  27. M.... W....

    Astronauts & Heretics is my favorite TD album. I really think he's the most underrated artist of the "Early 80's Wave" one-hit-wonders. He really did just continue to get better with every release he made.
    Thanks, Reid!

    M.... W....

    aliens ate my buick is my fave

    M.... W....

    no way...budapest by blimp or i live in a suitcase

    M.... W....

    this album was made In 1992 you know right?

    M.... W....

    As well as my favorite.

  28. B.... ....

    I'm not gonna lie... this is a pretty good song.
    From the way Ego talked about it, I wasn't expecting it to be so... chill.

  29. h.... ....

    So, the guy at the DeviantArt thing who was DJing was trying to make some kind of profound statement ala bauhaus-wave style music. VERY TRILBY

  30. X.... ....

    Steam Train brought me here.

  31. A.... S....

    ChooChoo

  32. V.... ....

    Why would a dj play this song at a club? That's way too slow and easygoing in my opinion

    V.... ....

    Not to slow back when it came out, it was all about getting into your dancing or just relaxing and dancing free, I had a lot of folk dance to this when I played it, requests too as it wasn't an popular radio song but a B-cut yet once I spun it a few times, it grabbed and led to the requests and mellow moving to the time.

  33. G.... G....

    AYE LIV INAH SEEEWTCAAAAAAAYSE

  34. D.... ....

    Dude, I think this guy lives in a suitcase.

  35. L.... P....

    Steam Train

  36. L.... ....

    gamegrumps

  37. S.... ....

    Such a deep and profound message. Truly song-writing at its finest! Don't we all live in a suitcase? Metaphorically speaking of course...

    S.... ....

    +Salty616 That sounds sarcastic. Are you being sarcastic, or is it a Steam Train reference?

  38. T.... ....

    game grumps.

    T.... ....

    ITS STREAM TRUNG

    T.... ....

    Goof Gaffs

  39. C.... M....

    nice!!!!!!!!!!

  40. l.... ....

    Love this song! I love this version, but the version from Dolby's Sole Inhabitant recording blows this away. check it out!

  41. p.... p....

    How do you do it / classsic, love it .