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the outskirts of town
05:23
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The outskirts of town
In the dank floors of our basement
dirty Rita taught us games to play
I´ll kiss yours, boys, if you likewise kiss mine
but before we start you´ll have to pay
Martha lived behind the mirrors of her mind
her midget mother played the high-class game
Walter stumbled thru´the words he could never find
Ronnie always reached out his dirty hands for fame
now - hear the rain fallin to the ground
it´s the only sound in the outskirts of town
hide - in the rooms of a lost-and-found
all the hopes and the heartaches from the outskirts of town
Jenny´s always been the heart of the party
one sweet night I tried to make her mine
sticked my tongue in her ear, but she quickly ran away
when she told it to her mother I jumped the loser´s line
Martha never found back from the maze of mirrors
she and her mother left this life without a sound
Peter jumped the gun, hit the hard times and faded away
so I made up my mind and left the outskirts of town
I left this tiny world
tiny homes, tiny boys and girls
knowing there´s a new horizon
lucky, I was still alive - nearly executed as an outskirts´ misfit
Solo
running away, running away, running away, running away, running away,
from the outskirts of town (repeat)
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Morvan
05:25
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MORVAN
sun is rising in the morvan, a world so old, a world so new
we step outside, we close the door and take a walk in the morning dew
the old oak trees in the morvan they sing their songs for you and me
all we say and all we do, there´s always one more place to see
I´ll take it all with me, we´ll dive into this old, new world,
let it out, let it all out, let´s shine on to eternity!
it´s true I´m worried now, I won´t be worried long
it´s true I´m worried now, I won´t be worried long
sane, sane, sane, I guess, now´s the time to start all over again
it´s true I´m worried now, I won´t be worried long
it´s true I´m worried now, I won´t be worried long
sane, sane, sane, What if what I did was all in vain?
somebody opens a door, won´t be a slave anymore
Once when I started I went down to town
concrete walls risin´up all´around
drunken gods with the light in our eyes
what went wrong?
where are they now?
sun is sinking on the morvan, a world so old, a world so new
riding on to Avalon, we did survive, - just me and you
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Father
05:49
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FAther
Early in the morning on a rainy day in June
longing for a glimpse of love in the house of lonely rooms
feeel my inner garden watch them flowers grow
bitter tears and salty years hem in my stony road
kids are coming home from school glad they´re still alive
nights of fear come much too soon in father´s empty eyes
tried hard, couldn´t find it in the house of empty souls
tried hard, couldn´t find it in the house of rock´n´ roll
home is where the heart is,but where´s my heart tonight
no embrace no tenderness, I always had to hide
kid so weary so confused sadly turns away
Listen to the saying every dog must have its day
Really needed someone to stand right by my side
I wanna know
if I get my things right goin´, right goin´tonight
Solo
Father, can you see me, standing in the light,
Father can you hear me on your radio tonight
Feel how you have tortured me, father, hear me cry
Feel how you mistreated me in that house of empty eyes
Father can you see me stumblin´on in fright
Father give me one more drink, I´m so thirsty, I´m so tired
See my friends they play with me, standing by my side
I wanna know
if I get my things right goin´, right goin´tonight
Son I know, I know you, Son I´ve seen you cry
Son, my days now fade away, father did it right
Father can you see me standing in the lights
I´m so sure
I get my things right goin´, right goin´ tonight!
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Queen´s land
04:35
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queen´s land
you hold the card I spy the number
twenty-four - much more than a slumber
I was the train you were my station
steam-powered by emotional starvation
so where, where´s the answer
keep on dancing, but I never was no dancer
getting darker, hour by hour
end of the age of steam power
do you remember anemones
adorned the stairways up to your throne
the throne I built you stood too high in the clouds
too high to reach you for a face in the crowd
the king retired and the make up queen
has pawned her crown for some worn-out jeans
she´s in the kitchen fixing the old man´s tea
dreams of trains coming home to the station
queensland , kids on vacation
I´ve been starving, you´ve been starving too
I hold the card you spy the number
might be the end of a slumber?
same old station same old train
what´s lost can it be regained ?
Oh love might be the answer
let´s dance, yes I´ve always been a dancer
It´s getting brighter day by day
Warm winds take the clouds away
Anemones beautiful flowers
will brighten our day will brighten our hours
the throne has vanished and I´m sighing out loud
as I spy your face in the crowd
I see you dancing in your worn-out jeans
the king´s retired and so has the queen
and no more cards, no more numbers to be seen
though we remember twenty-four
we stay out on that dancing-floor
and keep on dancing, dancing the night away
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Life is a mother
05:30
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LIFE IS A MOTHER
Sense your fingers on my skin
here we should place some violins
send the quivers way down my spine
fill my glass, don´t spill my wine
the cat´s away, the mice can play now
soft and tender, mice can meow
hush, now baby peek-a-boo
mother shall not bother you
life is a mother, are you far away from home?
life is a mother, if she´s hard on you, better turn her into
a song ,
Feel the life is here to stay, while mother´s not around
Real life is here to play, softly, safe and sound
life is a mother, are you far away from home?
life is a mother, if she´s hard on you, better turn her into
life ain´t like mother, always asking "where you´ve been?"
Solo
life is a mother, my life is a song,
don´t let mother bother you,
till the next day comes along,
till the next day comes along,
till the next day comes along,
hey mother my life is a song!
Sense your fingers on my ears
feel the violins are near
up my spine the snake is crawling
roaring like a fireball
life is a mother, are you far away from home?
life is a mother, if she´s hard on you, better turn her into....
life is a mother, are you far away from home?
life is a mother, if she´s hard on you, better turn her into a song ,
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Brighton beach (revisited)
Failed to meet you in the evening
now you´re out of reach
stranded on my own on Brighton beach
memories floatin´thru´my head
as the sun goes down
memories keep on spinning round
oh, how the years have flown away, faster as the wind
still I can feel like yesterday the warmth of your silken skin
lonely - now the beach is lonely - lonely as the night
lonely - now the beach is lonely - lonely as the night
I knew before I would not meet you
after all those years
yet I feel some salty tears
you went your way I went mine
now the curtain falls
for a play that´s been well cast by the sea
all of our love has been washed away, like castles made of sand
all of our memories fade to grey, ooze away in the sand
all those moments lost in wonder linger on in memories
the Isle of Wight, the dunes the seagulls, all our day dream fantasies
morning dew and dreams of heartache heaven´s just a tear away
seagulls fly the waves are roaring memories now will fade to grey
now the evening sun is sinking, drowning in the endless sea
and the night it is approaching all thats left are memories
oh, how the years have flown away, faster as the wind
still I can feel like yesterday the warmth of your silken skin
lonely - now I feel so lonely - lonely as the wind
lonely - now I feel so lonely - lonely as the wind
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The Kahini brothers
05:40
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THE KAHINI BROTHERS
only the wasted can remain, and still they keep it all quite sane
all their life in the cold and the rain but sometimes, you know, they´re lying
say hello to the Kahini Brothers, you know in this world there are no others
substitutes for those other guys, they don´t know who, and won´t care why
always dancing the timeless waltz, they never hear the bluebirds call,
sometimes forget the leaves that fall, you know it´s autumn time
say hello to the Kahini Brothers, see them dance and sing like no others,
they drove around many a mile, only wanna see you smile
I know I will be one of your followers, honestly,
I´ll be waiting for you in the cold and the rain
Hello, Mr. Kahini, did you really see all them scenes
yes, we´ve seen them come and go, what about to go with the flow?
we´ve always danced the timeless waltz, sometimes heard the bluebirds call,
always watched the leaves that fall every autumn time
I know I will be one of your followers, honestly,
I´ll be waiting for you in the cold and the rain
2 minutes, Mr. Kahini,
get ready, for the show
I step outside my door and I walk down thru´ the hallway
waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, till I get the sign to go
walk up on the stage that´s built up like a cage
now they´ve turned the lights so low, hardly don´t know where to go
see how they rage and say: we´re waiting for the Waves today
what´s it all about? uh....
give them a hand -- the Kahinis,replacing the Waves tonight
substitutes for those other guys, ...you know...?
Fred Kahini is one of the brothers, Ned Kahini is the other
and the two they don´t bother about time
I know I will be a face in your crowd eternally
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Hope
07:08
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HOPE
I know mankind is pretty young, we haven´t yet begun to show responsibility for this earth - our good ole mum!
...yet I´d like to think there´s hope for us and those to come, with all the life on this ole earth we could live as one!
all of a sudden love came our way in this Spanish town, well they say every cloud it has a silver lining,
far behind at distant shores lie the night mare scenes, radiated cities, we passed them one by one
whereever I go, whatever I see, I don´t like the way, i´ts scaring me, I don´t like the way that science takes,
they make what never ever should have been made
whatever I do, whereever I turn, I ask myself whoever will learn to use all power and phantasy
to free this world (oh, it got to be freed!)
and I see so many faults in the past - remember - ...hope will die the last...!
and I see so many faults in the past - remember - ...hope will die the last...
...so we ask ourselves: what can we do? Is there a way, is there an answer to the question how we manage to survive,
how many of us will get out here alive?
this part of the country it looks quite safe, it ´s full of mountains, full of caves, maybe we find a hideaway,
a shelter from the storm, a temporary stay...?
whereever I go, whatever I see, I don´t like the way, i´ts scaring me, I don´t like the way that science takes,
they make what never ever should have been made
whatever I do, whereever I turn, I ask myself whoever will learn to use all power and phantasy
to free this world (oh, it got to be freed!)
and I see so many faults in the past - remember - ...hope will die the last...!
and I see so many faults in the past - remember - ...hope will die the last...
solo
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green wave Saarbrücken, Germany
since 1975 they have been a permanently creative part of the rock history in Saarland and played concerts in Germany,
France and even one in the Amsterdam cult club Melkweg
2000 CD "the inner garden"
2009double-CD “…we used to cut the green grass…/…the war is over…”
their new and last CD „ stolen dreams in a nearby lost & found“, will be released in September 2020
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