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Construction Work & Stormy Weather

by Sorry Gilberto

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1.
Part Of Me 02:44
PART OF ME they're selling t-shirts now with the name of my street they're singing songs about my favorite places is that what people mean by saying you live in a dream well i guess i do well i guess i do this is the longest autumn that we ever had even traffic signs pretend a deeper meaning we follow every arrow through this golden light until we're out of sight until we're out of sight and every thing i ever see will always be a part of me but i forgot to mark the places in my mind where i can go seek and find it's a heavy plot wowowowow wowowowow wowowowow wowowowow wowowowow wowowowow oh life the longer you have it the stranger it gets but hey i still can take the sunshine for real it's reflecting in the windows and i know how it feels on my skin and when i lay my head down on that yellow piece of gras in the center of town and everything i ever see will always be a part of me but i forgot to mark the places in my mind where i can go seek and find it's a heavy plot
2.
WHO AM I WATCHING people like houses don't they they illuminate some seconds of their lifes by switching the light on watch them doing the dishes people like cars don't they they drive around pretending to bring something somewhere it's an addiction to a short look through the rear view mirror and who am i who am i watching who am i taking the things out of context although i live next door cause everything should be connected a funny face makes children laugh once i had a secret and i kept it even from god above people need people don't they they open their eyes acting quite surprised to be one in a million let's share a cigarette and this is how it starts we got brains and we got hearts we got words coming out of our mouths but we don't know where they go and who am i who am i watching who am i taking the things out of context although i live next door
3.
DEAR PASSENGERS like diamonds made their way from marilyn to r'n'b i made my way from your appartment the book of longing on my knees but i didn't read a word the world was much to new for reading and as i looked around i saw the train was filled with human beings we left the underground just for a ride but not forever trees and city sounds construction work and stormy weather it all lokeed good to me scratches patterns on the windows in perfect symmetry to clouds and light and how the wind blows and i know you hate my silly smile but let me keep it for a while dear passengers it may not last so very long but let me keep it for this song dear passengers cuase everyone is in it's time and things may change just for a rhyme dear passengers although we met by accident we could pretend it's heaven sent dear passengers let's keep that grain of elevation until we reach the final station dear passengers like diamonds made their way from marilyn to r'n'b i made my way from your appartment the book of longing on my knees
4.
NEW SENSATIONS i will start to smoke pot when i'm seventy-four with my friends from the third generation we sit in rotten chairs in front of shopping-malls to create a new sensation i will write infinite poems on unpaid bills and post them all over town they're about microelectronics and ancient gods but mostly it's all about sound and i hope i will not take myself too serious and i hope i will not bore you to death and that i may not mistake my long gone youth for the end of the avant-garde and on sundays yes on sundays i will put on my tailormade suit that i once bought from the royalties for the soundtrack of trivial pursuit and i guess you might not remember the movie it had little to do with the game all in all it's the same old story of loss and ambition and fame and i hope they will get me my favorite chair in my favorite bar i will sit there for hours over one cup of coffee cause my money won't take me too far i will look out of the window watching the people and sometimes the waitress will give me a refill and the sky looks grey in a calm and comforting way and maybe you will join me in the evening and we take a walk through our old neighbourhood and although everything looks different and strange we will be strangers here for good i will look out of the window watching the people and sometimes the waitress will give me a refill and the sky looks grey in a calm and comforting way
5.
I'm a cloud 02:59
I'M A CLOUD you can look at the sky or you shout it out i'm a cloud i'm a cloud and if it get's heavy you can ease the pain you'll be rain you'll be rain your mind may travel through time and space the history of the human race all in all it's just a bunch of days and it's written all over your face so if you run into each other out of the blue you will recognize me and i recognize you but the money has gone and the houses are cracked heaven is for loosers and hell is almost packed so let's dance dance dance until we loose our pants and when our legs get tired we can clap our hands until gravity might catch us in the end if you look down what can you see my belly my feet and my knees that's me so partly invisible for yourself and you need some kind of counterparts for your health or at least a mirror or at least a lake or at least a traveller between fact and fake cause no matter how fast you turn around your back is your back
6.
The Jury 03:36
THE JURY the jury came in on a monday night they put their chairs in a row my flat looked messy but they pretended to to care they got pens and papers and coffee to go i showed my intentions i could do this i could do that i tried a little dance i did some poses on my bed i recited a poem with rhymes and all about how winter was followed by spring summer and fall and this is my life through a strangers eye looks like an unfinished drawing at the edge of some paper and although you might consider this a rather weak position there's lots of space in this vision the air was thin and the light was low i felt like creating a earthquake by tipping on my toe but there was no reaction only the scratch of the pen when they're making their notes now and then i don't know how long they stayed for an hour for a year and i can't remember the way they disappeared i open the fridge but there was nothing in it and i was blinded by the light for a minute and this is my life through a strangers eye looks like an unfinished drawing at the edge of some paper and although you might consider this a rather weak position there's lots of space in this vision the jury came in on a monday night and they left without a word i put the chairs back to a regular chaos and got rid of my sweaty shirt
7.
Addie Pray 03:04
ADDIE PRAY when i come back from a faraway country how can i tell you what i have experienced if you ever come back from such faraway countries you dont have to tell me about it but i would like to describe you this paticular moment and how it felt to be in it it would be great to imagine this paticular moment and to think of you being in it when i like to tell somebody the things i remember is it because of the things or because of him or her in a perfect world it will be because of the things and also because of him or her and in a perfect world we would treat each other as if we where some kind of boon and we could smoke as cool as addie pray in her bed in paper moon and maybe you would look at me as if you know me by heart and it wouldnt scare the shit out of you at least not from the start yesterday i saw you on your bike yes maybe that was me i waved all the time but you just moved on yes sometimes you're so hard to see but in a perfect world we would shine like diamonds seen through the eyes of a thief and every stolen moment would bring nothing but relief and maybe you would look at me as if you know me by heart and it wouldnt scare the shit out of you at least not from the start when i come back from a big disappointment tell me what should i do or say you could make it a movie and end each act with a car driving away
8.
CHEMICAL ROMANCE william s burroughs had very thin lips and so has irm hermann the german actress both of them got that mysterious smile a little dangerous kind of sarcastic you can easily put them in the back of any scenery you would always look at them always look at them a perfect tie and an iron blouse you would always look at them always look at them and if a had a chance i would love to see them dance close but without touching eachother in a chemical romance the music should be slow and the singer would sing oh if there is no time if there's only space which place do you wanna go william s burroughs was a gentleman-beatnik irm hermann was part of the fassbinder-gang she grew up in a black and white post-war munich while burroughs ate drugs on a terrasse in tanger there is little connection but what do i know maybe they met and they lifted their eyebrows and if a had a chance i would love to see them dance close but without touching eachother in a chemical romance the music should be slow and the singer would sing oh if there is no time if there's only space which place do you wanna go
9.
Blockbuster 03:01
BLOCKBUSTER i went back home put on my shorts brushed my teeth and charged my phone while thinking strictly personal thoughts closed the shutters shut the lights and then i was off goodnight and in that night i had a dream that seemed to be more than real it showed professional pictures with a vintage appeal big production brilliant cast couldn't read the credits they went to fast can't you see this was made for the masses like transformers or two of a kind who the fuck created a blockbuster blockbuster in my underexposed mind i woke up with the sunrise washed my face in the sink then i looked into the mirror cause it always my low budget shrink still the same still the same said the monkey in the frame i hardly know how to handle a camera i press the button and say dope but inside of me it's all special effects deep inside it's all cinemascope
10.
Tapir 02:08
TAPIR imagine a tapir he doesn't like to go out he doesn't wanna be part of he has a very long snout he prefers twilight and he avoids sunlight he likes to play in the water when everything's alright he's not an elephant and he's not a pig he's not totally tiny and he's not very big imagine a tapir i guess that's all you can do cause you might never see him he's very shy too he lives in the woods and his coat is grey his voice is a whistle let's call it a day imagine a tapir imagine a tapir imagine a tapir how did we get here?
11.
So Soon 03:25
SO SOON there's a lonesome rockin chair in the middle of nowhere i might not walk away so soon i might not walk away so soon i sit and watch the shooting stars i finger-shoot at passing cars i might not walk away so soon i might not walk away so soon time's not running time is sweet time's a dog next to your feet his eyes are closed he might be soon the very first dog on the moon my beard gets longer every day i wrap it round myself and hey it's a comfy sleeping bag partly grey and partly black things i like and things i loose things i find and things i choose become stepping stones at night things i hug and things i fight distant voices distant needs apples under distant trees tomorrow shines a different light let's end this song and say goodnight
12.
Why Afraid 02:26
WHY AFRAID why afraid we got drums and trumpets love and hate is written on our jackets yeah we can walk this street and we don't care if we miss a beat cause somethimes every heart is stummling and every break must lead to something why afraid why afraid it's not mods and rockers you'll be late if you try to block us yeah we can walk this street hands in the air we can walk this street

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released October 26, 2012

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Sorry Gilberto Berlin, Germany

Sorry Gilberto are Anne von Keller and Jakob Dobers. They write lyric-driven songs that are melancholic, witty and playful in the same time. With surprising twists in structure and sparse instrumentation they combine simple folk- and glamorous pop-elements and create a very unique atmosphere. ... more

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