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Sweet Song
00:57
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SWEET SONG
sweet song about not much
oh oh let's see
yesterday was my lucky day
cause you where so good to me
can still feel it in my body
can still taste it on my lips
and you can see it in the streets
by the way i move my hips
sweet song about not much
can you hear the birds
doin' some kind of call and response
it's the feeling not the words
the window is wide open
and so is my heart
lets give it to the poeple
lets go back to the start
lets give it to the poeple
lets go back to the start
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Horse Travelling Years
02:41
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HORSE TRAVELLING YEARS
actors still wear leathercoats
to protect their precious feelings
i protect myself from getting lost
by staring at the ceiling
we spent our time like millionaires
it's the only thing we have
i lost my watch by the riverside
then i went home to take a bath
yesterday i've met some friends
from a thousand years ago
they had bottles in their hands
i said hi they said hallo
and they where dancing to the songs
of there childhood days
so they changed the discothek
in a weird nostalgic place
then i jumped back into present time
where the sky is clear and blue
all i want to be is modern now
all i want to be is new
but what i have is an old guitar
a voice and some melodies
so i have to be true instead of new my friend
and when i'm bored i change the keys
horsetravelling seems strange these days
cause everyone can take a plane
but you can check by the dust i raise
if i'm still in the game
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Love But Zero
03:52
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LOVE BUT ZERO
it's good to listen to the rain
when you can't sleep at night
through the open window you can hear the world
talking to itself
there are animals printed on your blanket
they are there to make you happy
but you want to hear a real wolf howling
and you want it know
badam badam badam....
it's good to listen to the rain
when you can't sleep at night
through the open window you can hear the world
talking to itself
trembling shadows on the wall
looks like the trees where touched by something
i guess i was touched by something too
i wanna dance for you
indoors outdoors love but zero
one day dawn will be my hero
its good to listen to the rain
when you can't sleep at night
through the open window you can hear the world
talking to itself
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Silly Song
03:07
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SILLY SONG
got no money left for the festivals
feel like a husky in the rain
nothing to tear away and no troup to comfort me
this summer's driving me insane
everyone is having babies now
makes them so happy helpless happy oh
just imagine when december comes
there will be thousand little footsteps in the snow
and i want to sing you a silly song
about nothing special
special stuff is sad
it will make you dance
in front of your bathroom mirror
with your toothbrush
and your funny hair
the second verse is starting nowhere now
as most second verses do
it walks around and kicks some stones away
with its storytelling shoes
and it ends up let's say by accident
under your window baby light's still on
and it drinks a lot cause it takes a lot
to get rid of the shit and keep on keeping on
and it will sing you a silly song
about nothing special
special stuff is sad
it will make you dance
in front of your bathroom mirror
with your toothbrush
and your funny hair
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Last Book
04:39
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LAST BOOK
in his last book he said i will never die
i let my thoughts go and boy if you try
you can catch them and use them for your everyday live
you will learn how to smoke and how to steal someones wife
at the day of their wedding so please don't think twice
these words in his last book they're not ment to be nice
cause he's older not wiser and he gives a damn
he hates healthy food and his assistant named sam
is a young man with high hopes and a sweet virgin heart
he has to answer the phonecalls and lie at his part
and his soul's getting darker you know since day one
and he starts wearing black clothes and stays away from the sun
and you
you may think how can art be so cruel
and you
you should change the water in your pool
cause it's not blue anymore it's not blue anymore
and it smells
it's not blue anymore it's not blue anymore
and it smells
in his last book he said he lost all his friends
in june ninetysomething the day history ends
but the sun was still shining and the grass was still green
but the rooms where all emptied and the spaces between
him and what's up dude how are you doing today
for each easy smile there are prices to pay
for each happy moment for each golden light
cause something is dying for all times deep inside
but he's dancing yeah he's dancing see him vanishing there
still smoking this cigarette still breathing this air
and i love him yes i love him i could kill for the way
he's kind of bowing his head when there's nothing to say
and you
you may think how can art be so cruel
and you
you should change the water in your pool
cause it's not blue anymore it's not blue anymore
and it smells
it's not blue anymore it's not blue anymore
and it smells
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I Am Not Germany
02:09
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I AM NOT GERMANY
all the jokes i made
will build up a house of laughter
don't wanna live there ever after
i found myself a small place
next to another small place
i like my neighbours
cause they are funny in a modest way
i like the view from my window
cause it looks like
there's now reason to stay
so it's time for humming anyway
hmmmhm
all the poeple i met
built up landscapes out of their own reality
if you crush into them oh lord
i am not germany
and you you're still here next to me
but i'm prepared to miss you
i'm prepared to miss you eternally
and oh where's the heart of this song
where does this story belong
let's talk it out later my dear
sincerly no fear
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Supermarket
02:32
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SUPERMARKET
i'm living so close to the supermarket
when i open my eyes i can see what they've got
it's all very nice and it's alway too much
to eat and to drink and to touch
the light shines so bright in the supermarket
when you look through the shelfs you might find a gap
you can see poeples faces framed by red juices
so when will you know where the truth is
most products must travel before you can buy them
they come a long way before you deny them
i love you so much is a strange thing to tell
and i think it should be harder to spell
elevator music i know i shouldn't care
i have to walk i have to walk to get somewhere
the staircase looks like nothing
like something inbetween
my first and my second dream
i'm living so close to the supermarket
i'm changing my looks everyday to make sure
there is no consistence for the camera lenses
but there are more than fifty ways of defences
most products must travel before you can buy them
they come a long way before you deny them
i love you so much is a strange thing to tell
and i think it should be harder to spell
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WHEN THE BEATLES WENT TO INDIA
when the beatles went to india
to do some meditation
goerge was into it before
and john had lots of questions
paul said well let's see what happens
he looked his best those days
ringo brought his camera
and he said i won't stay long
when the beatles went to india
with their white dresses on
when the beatles went to india
to meet the maharishi
donovan was also there
and so was mia farrow
they where all afraid of losing it
because of fame and money
cause if poeple consider you as gods
you should do something honey
and the maharishi laughed a lot
cause things are so ambigious
and the beatles wrote a lot of songs
for there next album
there are a lot more storys left to tell
like the one you might know about prudence
or how donovan showed john some picking-styles
or the funny one about ringo
later on they all went back home
and later on paul said it's all over
and john said the ashram is all crap
and i believe in yoko and me
but i still remember that picture
where they all sat together
like leaves on a family tree
like leaves on a family tree
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This Roof
02:53
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THIS ROOF
this roof is higher than the highest tree
i'm watching people dogs and cars moving around
if you meet someone by accident
you should make a more astonished sound
things are things that's why we love them so
they never catch us by surprise
but when they're older they look human too
and when they're broken
they look nice
a friend of mine just thinks he's a pedestrian
he needs no girl he needs no car he needs no luck
he's got an iron face and all you wanna do
is jump right on his back or give him hugs
me i would prefer to live in twilight zone
everything's a little vague and you don't know
should i give my heart to all these strangers here
or should i buy some shady drinks and take it slow
this roof is higher than the highest tree
at least we found a place under the sun
it's just for hours then you have to leave
but baby you are not the only one
clouds are moving just as fast as aeroplanes
it's easy to go somewhere in the end
meanwhile in another space
someone wants to be your new best friend
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NEIL YOUNG (ON AN AEROPLANE)
neil young on an aeroplane
writes about things that will remain
writes about rivers light and dust
the human heart and in whom we trust
the stewardesses are afraid
of breaking into the world he made
up for everyone around
who wants to get lost in this wall of sound
does this guitar feels like me
a e c d
don't look back
cause you might feel the pain
neil young on an aeroplane
are you expecting grass under his shoes
the silence grows inside the house of blues
how can you sleep so high above
the ones you love
this story was told from far away
i wasn't on this plane that day
i wasn't on a plane at all
walking through the park
to the shopping mall
gonna buy some onions cheese and beer
and collect my thoughts before they disappear
man i'm wearing blue jeans too
just like you
just like you
just like you
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My Little Robot Friend
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MY LITTLE ROBOT FRIEND
in those early autumn days
me and my little robot friend
we were talking about endings
and how the seasons came and went
see us walking through the alleys
as always he's a bit behind
i like the click-clack of his metal feet
he's the last one of his kind
he was made to bring efficience
into the old bureaucracy
me i was made for you can guess what
watching sequels on tv
he says he likes october sundowns
cause they let his body shine
for a machine he's quite romantic
thats why he is a friend of mine
he always asks me about feelings
how do they start how do they grow
he likes to think there's something
deep inside of him
something he would like to show
but i don't know
when leaves are falling he starts dancing
he's dancing with the falling leaves
call him a king of imitation
call him a master of all thieves
one day i told him that i miss you
so badly almost every day
he stood there quiet only zeros
where coming up on his display
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Oslo Song
02:20
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OSLO SONG
i want to take the next train to oslo
to have a great time with some people i don't know
to walk down some streets surrounded by nature
to ease my poor feet in the sea
i can bring my guitar and sing a couple of songs
it's the story of my heart and where it belongs
it's the story of my mind and what it's up to
confusion baby here i came
and i want to get lost in this city
cause it starts with an o and let us down slow
so there might be surprises
and there might be circles
that guides us back wherever we go
i want to take the next train to oslo
although it is more expensive than tokyo
maybe i won't eat and maybe i won't drink
and maybe i won't even think
cause thinking could lead me to go to the market
and to buy an old poster of morten harket
and i will send it to you and you will think it's not funny
and i guess you will be damn right
but you once throw an empty glass
into the water next to bar 25
that was in berlin sommer 2007
and now it is already sung
but i want to get lost in this city...
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Memory Oh
02:30
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MEMORY OH
i was looking out
of the window while
you where talking
your talk
birds and bees did it while
you where talking
but you can't teach me
no
i've lost my memory
memory memory
oh
there was dust on the table and
i wrote fuck you but
it was'nt meant
in a bad way no
i've lost my memory
memory memory
oh
and in the blue sky
there was a silverplane
moving slowly
out of the picture
and in the blue sky
there was a silverplane
moving slowly
out of the picture
oh no
i've lost my memory
memory memory
oh no
you can't teach me
you can't teach me
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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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