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Let´s make up & be friendly
I´ m fed up to here with shows like good times and bad times and all that kinda kid stuff, what we need is a change, a real hard times reality show, so let s make something really different :
Imagine that:
The winner takes it all: money chicks, and so on,
the loser loses all, live in prime time:
we give him the chair, hang him in our favourite tree, the show is gonna be broadcasted worldwide
what about that?
Hey terrific, man, it´ s great, I,… I love it, I love it, really.. that´ s..,
That´ s the kinda stuff we need, do not adjust your set,
It´ s no interferences on your tv,
That´ s the show, man
Let ´s make up and be friendly, the producer softly sighed
ready for a brand new show: the carnival of life
go tell it to all those losers, who always cry for peace
From the postcards of their hanging, they get their royalties
smile your sweetest smile, folks, we´ ll catch it with our follow spot,
Camera one, get ready, let´ s see what you have got
that girl seems pretty nervous ,ah, gimme that loser´ s look
hey focus on that´ greedy boy we got him on the hook
What you see is what you get,
Close your eyes, you ain´ t seen nothing yet
Hard times, hard times
Is the name of the game tonight, it´ s up to you, come on and fight
Hard times, hard times
You take it all
or give it all away
we´ re so fuckin´ digital, well, don´ t you think it´ s cool?
one means being number one, the zero stands for fools
sign with your blood, folks, to confirm that you agree
to the best day in your life or the last day that you see
What you see is what you get,
Close your eyes, you ain´ t seen nothing yet
Hard times, hard times
Is the name of the game tonight, it´ s up to you, come on and fight
Hard times, hard times
You take it all
or give it all away
Solo
to comfort the poor loser, his wife and his family,
you played the greatest show on earth, now you can rest in peace,
every second cent of your story ,every third cent out of your death
helps your family to get along so they don´ t run out of bread
to comfort the poor loser, his wife and his family,
you played the greatest show on earth, now you can rest in peace,
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The rising of the week-end
At the rising of the week-end, everybody came along,
Some of them came just for a smile-in, others loved the songs
(fill-in solo)
We expected it to happen, no, we never lost control
Be it wounded, be it saddened music heals the weary soul
All the saints and all the sinners, sail away to distant shores
All the losers all the winners they don ´t matter anymore
(fill-in solo)
Seems like half the world is fightin´, who is wrong and who is right
at the festival of movers we got music on our side
All the riding all the sailin, no one knows which way to go
All the praying all the wailing keeps on downing every soul
the sun shines down
the sky is open
blue is the color
white is the number
everybody looks
to the clear blue sky
everybody waits
for it to happen
way beyond we see roads we could have taken
if only we had trusted into ourselves
a light shines down from heaven
the ship might come out of the bluest sky
arrive, arrive, arrive, they cried,
and it arrived
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doctor, please
04:11
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Doctor, please
Doctor, doctor, please, stay outside,
I wanna keep all my memories a-bleedin´,
Not like in paradise refound,
But they´ re still alive as long as they bleed on
But he came here, nevertheless,
In this retro time-machine in a brand-new doctor dress
Mama told me not to come: “this ain ´t your party,
Wrong kind of folks that always laugh too loud
No fun in dancing to their music
One time too many you´ ll get lost in the crowd”
But I went there, nevertheless,
I put on my new party-hat and my good-time- party-dress
Feel like reborn every morning
Shadows callin´ me late at night
Watch the clouds keep getting darker
Let the rain fall
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strangers
07:42
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strangers
near the churches and the houses, in the streets below
Somebody told me of your love
In the tearooms of the city, in the evening glow
Somebody told me of your love
And I wanna be there in the afternoon
In the sunshine of your love
When darkness falls and the sun goes down
In the end there´ s only - love
Then I meet you at that corner
Stranger´s eyes meet mine
Dating here is out of fashion
But we really give no damn
Time keeps passin´ in slow motion
Love we sigh, love we sigh
In the neighbourhood of nowhere by the garden gate
Somebody told me of your love
In the twilight of tomorrow I feel it´s getting late
Somebody told me of your love
Neath the windows of our future, in the shadows of my garden trees,
Feel the heartbeat of our love,
Here in old nutopia thru´ our open veins
Feel the heartbeat of – love
Here I meet you at the corner
Stranger´s eyes meet mine
Nutopia is out of reach now,
Guess, it´s always been that way,
Dooris closed, key got lost,
Angels sigh – angels cry
(like) a stranger in a strange land I try to talk to you
I point out with my left hand to the place I´m goin´ to
Strangers - strangers
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dies irae praeterita
07:17
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dies irae praeterita
a grain of sand in the desert of life
a brief memento of all struggle and strife
is there nothing more that remains of you
is there nothing more in this life to do
one more universe has vanished
to the endlessness of time
and its search for hope and glory
ended up in broken rhymes
sometimes I think over what has brought me here
still the same old hunger still the same old fears
might have sold too early to you my soul
in those days of anger really lost control
Lucy, never really loved you
all I needed was a friend
I pretended I´ d adore you
now it´s “fuck off” in the end
sometimes feel so very tired
late at night I´ m coming home from work
like all the ordinary people
I watch the rain fall
I – e - I -e- I – e – I – e –I
bellum finitum, nihil reliquum
dies irae praeterita
bellum finitum, nihil reliquum
dies irae praeterita
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the war is over
07:32
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The war is over
What´ s the crisis, anyway? the sun still keeps shining
Yes it is true, there´s a cloud in the sky
What´ s the crisis, anyway? I still keep my smile,
Yes, it is true, there´ s a tear in my eye
Winners and losers, the war is over,
We soldiers have lost.., at least some came back home
To their wives & their families to build up new gardens
New houses, new streets, a new life for their own
What ´s the crisis anyway? As long the sun still keeps shining
We sure need no promises for bluer skies
Winners and losers, the war is over,
We soldiers have lost.., at least some came back home
Searchin´ for new ways, a new horizon
…in a world without fighting…?
The war is over feel the warmth of the sun
Life´ s just for living, human as beings
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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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