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A kiss before you go

 

Welcome to the crossroads

The centre of your life

A shrink has got your money

And the devil’s got your wife

 

 

Welcome to the crossroads

The crowded tv show

You form your lips forever

Into a kiss before you go

 

I WILL DANCE (WHEN I WALK AWAY)

 

In our cold and empty house I´ve lingered now for far too long

I vainly held the rosary to pray you´d stay with me a while

But nothing seems to keep me here the way it used to do before

This time it´s me that´s leaving you I´ll never turn around

 

Cause when the laughter´s gone

I know I must be moving on

 

And I will dance when I walk away oh

I´m gonna sing I won´t beg or pray

I will dance when I walk away oh

I´m gonna sing I won´t beg or pray no more

 

I´m standing at the crossroads now, the fields of opportunities

I´m ready to go anywhere, I´m full of hope and full of fear

And bridges back have all been burned and freedom has been duly earned

I´ll remember why I´ve gone, remember where I´m coming from

 

Oh when the laughter´s gone..

 

I will dance…

 

And now I leave my mask with you

The part I played I never knew

Tonight you´re alone

 

And I will dance…

 

 

Cherry Pie

 

4 cups of cherries or more, maybe 5 just to be sure

1 cup of sugar or more if the berries are sour

Let your belly say when, when you put in

a good pinch cinnamon

 

Groovin’, twistin’ your leg, when you add the yoke of an egg

Crumble some butter with four small cups of flour

And in the wink of an hour, if you’re lucky you’ll try

my great grannys cherrypie

 

Well listen, once back in 1865

my great granny served her very first cherry pie

And it’s been doin’ wonders

ever since she spread

her lovin’ crumbles

 

She mended broken hearts

and won every price in the local country markeds

she was the sweetest thing

Invited everybody in to share

tender love and care

and some pie here and there

 

Well listen, once back in 1869

my great grandad walked in and caught her eye

And he´s been doing tumblers ever since he tasted her lovin´ crumbles

She once said to me one day you’re gonna thank me for this recipe

you gotta follow it to the T

it takes more than just a twinkle in your eye

so when you find your guy

invite him in for some pie

 

 

Land of confusion

 

I must have dreamed a thousand dreams

Been haunted by a million screams

But I can hear the marching feet

They’re moving into the street

 

Now, did you read the news today?

They say the danger has gone away

But I can see the fire’s still alight

They’re burning into the night

 

There’s too many men, too many people

Making too many problems

And there’s not much love to go around

Can’t you see this is a land of confusion?

 

This is the world we live in

And these are the hands we’re given

Use them and let’s start trying

To make it a place worth living in

 

Oh, superman, where are you now?

When everything’s gone wrong somehow?

The men of steel, these men of power

Are losing control by the hour

 

This is the time, this is the place

So we look for the future

But there’s not much love to go around

Tell me why this is a land of confusion

 

This is the world we live in

And these are the hands we’re given

Use them and let’s start trying

To make it a place worth living in

 

I remember long ago

I remember long ago

When the sun was shining

 

 

LADY MARLENE

 

Velvet and satin and puppets on strings

Everyone´s dancing with Lady Marlene

Fear is the color of all that they wear

Mother of pearl palace cold like her heart of stone

 

Silently soliders dance to they fall

phantoms of love seductive and cold

they are draped in dread in her masquerade

Lady Marlene takes your hand and commands the…

 

Chours:

(North)Wind to blow ghosts to the sky above

Deep in despair they cry where is the love?

The north wind blows ghosts to the sky above

Deep in despair they cry where is the love?

 

Murk is her grip on the world

Calamity rules when her flag is unfurled

Turn your backs on Marlene and let there be love

but pallid and pale you all fall asleep as the..

 

 

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS

Everything you want everything you do

Everything and anything is up to you

Every single day starts with a riddle

You can go left or right down the middle

 

So take a little trip down the road and see

What you´re gonna find who you want to be

But you might have to pick between these three

 

Rock Paper Scissors which one is it´s your decision

And no matter what you chose you gonna live it

Rock Paper Scissors

 

Everybody wants to be happy so

Take a look around find a hand to hold

If you really want you can change like the weather

No matter what you do it´ll keep getting better

 

Everything you want that is who you are

You can be the sun and the moon and the stars

Or the bass or the drums or the lead guitar

 

Rock Paper Scissors..

 

COCTAILS AND RUBYSLIPPERS

Volatile and shakey, Whish you were inside me Rattling like the subway, that is on a good day But I can keep the straightest face, wear a mask and find my place.

I guess you wanna see me, as underage and dreamy

I am tending to my uniform fetish

and the thought makes the hairs on my neck stand up

Luxury, is what I want to rain on me

A courtesan lifestyle, Cocktails and Ruby Slippers

Luxury, is what I want to rain on me

A courtesan lifestyle, Cocktails and Ruby Slippers,Ruby Slippers

 

That woman’s got no clothes on, I’ve always been the proud one

Love is an ambition, existence a petition

I’m walking down a yellow road, my ego ready to explode

I fell asleep upon a tray, I’m your dinner and I’m on display

 

It started out gently cuffed to the bed

with my eyes on the prize oh man it looks nice

 

Luxury, is what I want to rain on me

A courtesan lifestyle, Cocktails and Ruby Slippers

Luxury, is what I want to rain on me

A courtesan lifestyle, Cocktails and Ruby Slippers,Ruby Slippers

 

THE SOVIET TRUMPETER

 

Bright the shine in my horn exiled and forlorn, a damp night in Berlin yes

Soaked in alcohol I walk up to a doll and say “how you look good”

 

Rejection follows me around like a dagger in my back, I tell you man it hurts

I’ve come here to express myself ’cause I’m tired of these chains

I’m tired of the strains, walking ‘cross the plains take me in you arms

 

REF: Fire red, the Stage I tread

Elevate me celebrate me

Extroverted but full of fear

The soviet Trumpeter

 

To make them dance as fairies oh to make them sing along

So close to fever pitch and oh so close to happiness

I’m tempted by their flesh oh I am tempted by their stare, I don’t think I dare

’cause I am such a communist and I’m breaking down inside

though the world is open wide I’m drowning in it’s tide take me in your arms

 

REF: Fire red, the Ground I tread

Elevate me celebrate me

Extroverted but full of fear

The soviet Trumpeter

 

Loathsome M

Gonna dig me a hole in the deep black earth, sleep and dream of a another rebirth

There’s no cure for what I’ve got and the healing of the devil is mighty hot

«cheer up loathsome m.»

Rely on me to bitch and moan, I wanna stay in and I wanna be alone

Never could stand Saturday night, too much noise and too much light

“cheer up loathsome m, don’t be afraid, afraid, afraid”

 

REF:

Hey Hey Hey here comes the rescue, they are letting me loose from the house of blues

Hey Hey Hey here comes the aid,I am blessed I got dressed and I’m standing the test

Hey Hey Hey It’s gonna be all right, Hey,Hey,Hey It could be all right..

 

Some wanna save me others enslave me,kids need to shape up I need to wake up

I’ve looked at myself both for and aft, but I keep waking up on Medusa’s raft

«cheer up loathsome m.»

The bell rings once and I’m ready to go. The bell rings twice and I’m shrinking in sizeBy the third my vision is blurred, the bell won’t stop so I’m blowing it up

“cheer up loathsome m, don’t be afraid, afraid, afraid”

 

Shepherds song

 

The sun is up for me

But I know a beauty that shines it out

I can hardly see

When she is up letting her vail down

 

But could it ever be

I’m just a shepherd hiding from the hounds

She’s my fantasy

With flowers and bows, pretty coats and a silver crown

 

 

Every day goes by

The sun and the moon making out in the sky

We keep eachother warm

Snuggeling up in the dark mr. Sheep and I

 

(I) join my favorite dream

She sings me lullabyes all through the night

And wakes me with a kiss

Sweet taste of aples and wild strawberries

I’m in love with her majesty

 

So whatcha gonna do?

I really wanna build the dream for two

So what’s it gonna be?

I’m jumpin up and down, but she can’t see

I think you got a chance

just move on over and ask her to dance!

I got silly feet and a lousy beat so how on earth could I make her want me

 

 

I think it’s gonna rain today

And I’m here on one hill and she’s on the other

The clouds are in my way

As The sky opens up

Letting its/her vail down

 

covering my queen

I’m still just a shepherd ,so why Should I bother

the valley in between

gets deeper and deeper as time passes by

gonna love her til I die

so why don’t I

make like a prince and give it a try

 

 

so whats it gonna be?

I could slingshot myself like a bumblebee

so watcha gonna do?

use mr.sheep as a parachute

One the count of three

I’m off to claim my fantasy

in my best clothes buttoned up with a rose

I’m on my way to make you love me

 

 

I’ll be your man

In your castle made of sand

Watch your head, my love, I’m coming over

Just so that I can hold your hand

 

God’s Great Dust Storm

Hold my head

Hold my faith

Hold my eyes to the sky.

When your scythe has, has me cut in

God’s great, great dust storm.

 

Take my sins

Wash them clean

Pour the last drink for me

And watch me, watch me burn in

God’s great, great dust storm

 

I’ll be your gimp

Whipped through the skin

In the hour that you come

There are greedy crows in

God’s great, great dust storm

 

I have walked the line

In my best black suit

Through fields in sweet quiet mourn

Please let the faithful come forth in

God’s great, great dust storm