1. |
CLOSER
05:35
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raging ravens
in those trees up high
dogs are barking
speaking clearly
angry wardens
in their gardens
but i’m closer
closer as i ever was
closer as i ever was
altercations
that old song we know
i know a place for you
that house is open
a thousand rooms just for show
we could get so much
closer
closer as we well up high
closer to the hills up high
where they harvest grape for wine
taking from a tender sky
deep breaks
gaping under tender skies
deep breaks
gaping under tender skies
spring is coming
the end of ends is near
the souverain and his cordon
meet the sandman!
we love and fear him all
I better doubt him he will bargain
we could get so
so much closer
closer as we well up high
where they harvest grape for wine
taking from a tender sky
without a reason why
so much closer
to the wells of highs
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2. |
BID YOU FAREWELL
02:54
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bid you farewell
my old friends
my old believings
posture and speed
to fill the deed
of those grand feelings
shall pave all the way
(payed with light)
shall pay for all the way
another strength
a new strength
seems to side me
hope is the new thing
i tend to friendly
collide with
narrow sardonic smiles
(shallow iconics)
a lot of broken tiles
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3. |
BLACK SANDS
03:54
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black river
keeps flowing down
that silver
hands me me down
i‘ll hit the shores
black sand i‘m yours
as crabs will feed
my lips are sealed
i turn i sleep
i‘m six of nine
you want me here
i want it too
it‘s how i shine
let me hear
i know your wine
your face to mine
i know whe‘re here
you want me here
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4. |
CROWS
04:07
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a black child
was born
in an old barn
his mother was
tired leaching
tired leaving
before i could walk
i was running
before i could talk
i was sinning
in the wee hours
off a house I don’t know
there s a light
more and more
of those men
burst in to reign
when fall comes
see the crows above
we’re like them
they don’t care about
and like wolves
they don’t show love
when i’m watching
they don’t flee
they only shout
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5. |
DEADLY FRIEND
02:55
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6. |
FACE OFF FADE OUT
05:53
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7. |
EASY
05:13
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8. |
HAIL THE SUN
01:27
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9. |
LAKE SONG
04:29
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10. |
IN THE CIRCUS
04:23
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Somewhere up in the hills,
you see from fool’s bay,
a junk packed yard around a house
where no one ever stays,
rusty machines the smell of dump
and a door in the ground
(you can see it from the porch, sugar)
if your strong enough to bear,
go hear that eery sound
that’s where he made them stay.
where he came to come to see,
how someone fades away.
a stairway down to hell,
shortcut to paradise,
its where you swim in shabbiness
and drown in mister lake.
a big man and a sad man,
a list of things they expect.
(don’t hide behind those words, sugar)
but you were strong enough to kill
what ever dreams they’d pet.
thats where you came to stay
a place you’d never see
unless you went that way
stop counting
understand
cuts so deep
abandon
all your
all your
understand
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11. |
MAN OF DUAL WAYS
03:14
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he’s a man of dual ways
he’s a man who rocks and sways
he looks as if he stayed behind
He’s a man you find at night
He’s A man who aint shy of day
come an go man man
come an go man
when he feels the weather
he is pleased
to get up and down and up and down again
come an go man man man
he’s a man with the second face
he might tell what no one says
you might learn to listen and stay behind
He’s a man who’s always kind
he’s a man who’s never blind
come an go man man
come an go man
when he feels the weather
he is pleased
to get up and down and up and down again
come an go man man man
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12. |
HEAR MY LIFE SOUND
03:42
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what will make you shiver
high or low
what will you consider
i need to know
hear my life sound
hear my life sound
let me be your splinter
and time will hold
dark was made to enter
and life unfolds
hear my life sound
hear my life sound
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13. |
DEATH IN TEXAS
02:20
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JOHN LEVIN Germany
John Levin is the nom de guerre of german-polish singer and songwriter Jan Ludwig.
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