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1. |
Mike (live)
08:23
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2. |
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
07:46
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[verse 1]
When Charlie speaks of Lester
You know someone great has gone
The sweetest swinging music man
Had a Porkie Pig hat on
A bright star
In a dark age
When the bandstands had a thousand ways
Of refusing a black man admission
Black musician
In those days they put him in an
Underdog position
Cellars and chittlins'
[verse 2]
When Lester took him a wife
Arm and arm went black and white
And some saw red
And drove them from their hotel bed
Love is never easy
It's short of the hope we have for happiness
Bright and sweet
Love is never easy street!
Now we are black and white
Embracing out in the lunatic New York night
It's very unlikely we'll be driven out of town
Or be hung in a tree
That's unlikely!
[verse 3]
Tonight these crowds
Are happy and loud
Children are up dancing in the streets
In the sticky middle of the night
Summer serenade
Of taxi horns and fun arcades
Where right or wrong
Under neon
Every feeling goes on!
For you and me
The sidewalk is a history book
And a circus
Dangerous clowns
Balancing dreadful and wonderful perceptions
They have been handed
Day by day
Generations on down
[verse 4]
We came up from the subway
On the music midnight makes
To Charlie's bass and Lester's saxophone
In taxi horns and brakes
Now Charlie's down in Mexico
With the healers
So the sidewalk leads us with music
To two little dancers
Dancing outside a black bar
There's a sign up on the awning
It says "Pork Pie Hat Bar"
And there's black babies dancing...
Tonight!
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3. |
Them Changes
03:50
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[Verse 1]
Nobody move, there's blood on the floor
And I can't find my heart
Where did it go? Did I leave it in the cold?
So please give it back, 'cause it's not yours to take
It must've fell when I lost my mind
Deep in the cut, drowning in a pain
Somebody help, 'cause I can't find my way
Nobody move, nobody move
[Verse 2]
Somebody tell me how I'm supposed to feel
When I'm sitting here knowing this ain't real
Why in the world would I give my heart to you?
Just to watch you throw it in the trash
I've been traveling so long, I don't think I can hold on
Where were you when I needed you the most?
Now I'm sitting here with a black hole in my chest
A heartless, broken mess
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4. |
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[Verse 1]
An edgy thoughtless jab at reason
And no I’ won’t say why
I’ll just let you see
A never-ending string of seasons
Color coded fake high
Fluid matter crystallised
[Bridge 1]
A sheltered life, so innocent
He tried to lie ’bout his descent
He gathered fools who stand in line
And sing the tune of empty whine
[Chorus 1]
I would rather die every day of the week
Than sit there and just listen to their worthless critique
I don’t need society to throw me a bone
I’m a fucking rockstar, so just leave me a alone
[Verse 2]
There is a word we call it treason
And you don’t realize
His walk became a crawl
The shampoo industry is teasing
No tears in baby’s eyes
What a murky thought
[Bridge 2]
A shattered lie, a dissonance
Suit and tie lost resonance
A seamless proof, observing eyes
Don’t wanna look behind the guise
[Chorus 2]
I would rather die every day of the week
Than sit there and just listen to their worthless critique
I don’t need society to throw me a bone
I’m a fucking rockstar, so just leave me a alone
[Verse 3]
A pretty tongue got tired of pleasing
Gag-reflex on trial
Turned off by the sight
Then the fat man started squeezing
His sweaty hands are vile
Pressed against the wall
[Bridge 3]
A shattered life, lost innocence
Cast aside in a sense
He gathered fools who stand in lines
Sing the tune of simpler times
[Chorus 3]
I would rather die every day of the week
Than sit there and just listen to their worthless critique
I don’t need society to throw me a bone
I’m a fucking rockstar, so just leave me a alone
[Chorus 4]
I would rather die every day of the week
Than sit there and just listen to their worthless critique
I don’t need society to throw me a bone
I’m a fucking rockstar, so just leave me a alone
[Chorus 5]
I would rather die every day of the week
Than sit there and just listen to their worthless critique
I don’t need society to throw me a bone
I’m a fucking rockstar, so just leave me a alone
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5. |
No Patience
08:18
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[Verse 1]
It's been oh so many years, heart gone cold
It took me for a while ‘till I let it go
You already know what I'm about to say: we are doomed
It's been oh so many times understood
The same old song again put on repeat
[Bridge 2]
I'm confused
My heart's overused
Your love's disapproved
I am unmoved and feel used
[Chorus 1]
I don't even have that kind of patience anymore
Now you want me back, but we've already played this game before
I don't even know how you make me smile, you trick my brain
First you get me high, then you drop me down, just like cocaine
[Verse 2]
I've had oh so many fears crawling back
They know me now all too well
You don't really give a damn 'bout what I say, you don't care
You want way too many things to come back
We've fallen on the ground, we've screwed around
[Bridge 2]
I feel fine
You steal all my time
I'm feeling real fine
You steal all my time
I'm fine
[Chorus 2]
I don't even have that kind of patience anymore
Now you want me back, but we've already played this game before
I don't even know how you make me smile, you trick my brain
First you get me high, then you drop me down, just like cocaine
[Bridge 3]
I feel fine
You steal all my time
I'm feeling real fine
You steal all my time
Fuck you
[Chorus 3]
I don't even have that kind of patience anymore
Now you want me back, but we've already played this game before
I don't even know how you make me smile, you trick my brain
First you get me high, then you drop me down, just like cocaine
[Outro]
I don't think it's even the kind of closure that we want
Got sweet memories, but I've got enough of this
I have no patience
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6. |
Arachnid
11:59
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[Verse 1]
Creeping in places that no-one can see
Your eight legs, my darling, got me on my knees
Your lair of deceit is a sight to behold
The scheme of our lust is about to unfold
[Verse 2]
Desire takes hold as you close up to me
From the curse of your lies I will never break free
Sex in her eyes with cold blood in her veins
Pain is my pleasure, my freedom is chains
[Bridge]
My freedom is chains
[Verse 3]
Venom turns wine as my heart starts to race
From her cruel intentions there is no escape
Her fangs in my neck, my fate on her whim
From what I can see now it looks rather grim
[Extra]
Used and discarded
I lie brokenhearted
Can’t even remember
How this must have started
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ABEL marton nagy Vienna, Austria
Composer / Pianist / Guitarist / Singer-Songwriter
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