Listen to Steel Skies by The Chills

Steel Skies

The Chills

Rock

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

The Chills

Performer

Callum Hampton

Background Vocals

Erica Scally

Background Vocals

Hollie Fullbrook

Hollie Fullbrook

Cello

Martin Phillipps

Martin Phillipps

Lead Vocals

Todd Knudson

Drums

Tom Healy

Electric Guitar

Oli Wilson

Keyboards

Greg Haver

Percussion

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Martin Phillipps

Martin Phillipps

Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Steel skies

No ties with the sweat and the flies

And heat of the summer

We sigh

We sigh

[PreChorus]

We had fun today

Even under hail and rain

'Cause we know a place to go

We know a place

[Chorus]

With no watermelon rotting away

Insects snapping away

Sunburnt skin peeling away

Ice-cream melting away

Down neck and chest with Coppertone

Sandflies who won't leave me alone

[Refrain]

There's a wasp in the butter, miles from home

A wasp in the butter, miles from home

Miles and miles and miles from home

There's sand in the sandwiches, I don't want it

Summer fun, so far from it

Summer fun

[Verse 2]

I want steel skies

Antarctic eyes

Those winter ills

Tingling chills

Nights alone beside a phone

By the fire at home

[Verse 3]

Steel skies

No ties with the sweat and the flies

And heat of the summer

[Refrain]

Steel skies

Steel skies

Steel skies

Steel skies

Steel skies

Steel skies

Steel skies

Steel skies

Written by: Martin Phillipps

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