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Artist/Band: The Church
Lyrics for Song: Bel-Air
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - The Church



A palm tree nodded at me last night

He said, "Hey, you look so pale"

I don't know if it was the air or the breeze in my hair

I had a feeling I had failed



So down to the beach just out of reach

The moon was being trailed

A girl and a sailor and a hot dog trailer

That's their holy grail



The sand whispered heat and burned the feet

Of gulls landing on the shore

In the motel pool the waitress cools

She doesn't ask for more



She makes a wish she takes a risk

She opens up her door

Through human eyes she's a dolphin in disguise

It's the last night of the war



Somewhere far away there's another day

And someone's getting out of bed

She puts on her face in the morning space

She doesn't know she's dead



Her ruby lips can't excite me anymore

And pain sprawls on the chair, it's always there

And he descends the stairs, he doesn't see

The sun burnt landlord glares, for all the people he can never be


Bel-Air - The Church

The Church's 1985 single "Bel-Air" stands as a defining track in the post-punk and alternative rock landscape, characterized by its driving, rhythmic guitar work and the distinctive vocal delivery of Mark Holcomb. Released during the band's peak creative period, the song exemplifies their signature blend of raw energy and melodic sophistication that would come to define their discography. As a staple of their catalog, the recording captures the band's ability to craft anthemic songs that resonate deeply within the genre, influencing a generation of musicians who sought to merge aggressive instrumentation with emotional vulnerability. The track remains a critical touchstone for fans exploring the band's contributions to 1980s rock music.


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - The Church


The Church
"Other Songs - The Church"


1. 10,000 Miles
2. 5:28
3. A Different Man
4. A Fire Burns
5. A Month Of Sundays
6. Afterimage
7. Afterlife
8. All See It Now
9. Already Yesterday
10. An Interlude
11. Anaesthesia
12. Ancient History
13. Anna Miranda
14. Another Earth
15. Antenna
16. Anyway
17. As You Will
18. Autumn Soon
19. Bel-Air
20. Blood Money
21. Buffalo
22. Busdriver
23. Chrome Injury
24. Church
25. City
26. Colombus
27. Columbus
28. Constant In Opal
29. Cut In Two
30. Desert
31. Destination
32. Disappear?
33. Disappointment
34. Disenchanted
35. Don't Look Back
36. Don't Move
37. Don't Open The Door To Strangers
38. Dream
39. Dropping Names
40. Drought
41. Electric
42. Essence
43. Fading Away
44. Field Of Mars
45. Fighter Pilot....Korean War
46. Florian Trout
47. Fly
48. Fog
49. For A Moment We're Strangers
50. Forgotten Reign
51. Fraulein
52. Freeze To Burn
53. Frozen And Distant
54. Get Over It
55. Glow Worm
56. Grind
57. Gypsy Stomp
58. Hotel Womb
59. Hunter
60. I Am A Rock
61. In A Heartbeat
62. In This Room
63. Into My Hands
64. Is This Where You Live
65. It Could Be Anyone
66. It Doesn't Change
67. It's No Reason
68. Just For You
69. Ladyboy
70. Laughing
71. Leave Your Clothes On
72. Life Speeds Up
73. Lizard
74. Lost
75. Louisiana
76. Macabre Tavern
77. Maybe These Boys...
78. Memories In Future Tense
79. Monday Morning
80. Much Too Much
81. Musk
82. Myrrh
83. Never Come Back
84. Night Of Light
85. Nightmare
86. No Certainty Attached
87. No Explanation
88. Nonapology
89. North, South, East And West
90. Nose Dive
91. Now I Wonder Why
92. One Day
93. Oxydental
94. Perfect Child
95. Pharaoh
96. Reptile
97. Ricochet
98. Ride Into The Sunset
99. Ritz
100. Roman
101. Room Full Of Diamonds
102. Russian Autumn Heart
103. Sad
104. Secret Corners
105. Shadow Cabinet
106. She Comes In Singing
107. She Never Said
108. Shell
109. Sisters
110. Someone Special
111. Spark
112. Stop
113. Take It Back
114. Take Your Place
115. Tantalized
116. Tear It All Away
117. Terra Nova Cain
118. Texas Moon
119. The Awful Ache
120. The Church - Under The Milky Way
121. The Feast
122. The Great Machine
123. The Moon And The Sea
124. The Myths You Made
125. The Night Is Very Soft
126. The Theater And Its Double
127. The Time Being
127. The View
127. This Ashphalt Eden
127. This Is It
127. To Be In Your Eyes
127. Too Fast For You
127. Towards Sleep
127. Traitor
127. Trance Ending
127. Tranquility
127. Transient
127. Travel By Thought
127. Trying To Get In
127. Undo
127. Unguarded Moment
127. Unsubstantiated
127. Violet Town
127. Volumes
127. Wam Spell
127. Warm Oily Voices
127. We Both Know Why You're Here
127. When You Were Mine
127. White Star Line
127. Who Is The One ?
127. Why Don't You Love Me?
127. You Got Off Light
127. You Took
127. You're Still Beautiful
127. You've Got To Go
127. Youth Worshipper