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Follow The Noise
00:55
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Contemporary Ache
05:17
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Centuries ago today
Bach was playing keys all day
His mind was set to follow faith
Eighty years ago – they said
Jazz was moving fast ahead
To race and free your mind instead
Now it seems so strange how far we’ve come
Bach and Jazz can even get along
Forty years ago and more
(sgt) Pepper taught the band for sure
to sing there is no need for war
Suddenly I’m not the man
who used to want to hold your hand
I’m sorry but its time to go
Feels so strange to know the life we’ll miss
Standing on the edge of an abyss
Hate each-other, fight and kill and rape
Farts of a contemporary ape
Shook the world and warmed it up
Banji thinking prayed and jumped
I wonder what was on your mind
Far-cadelic music age
Commercial hits and human rage
There seems to be no human kind
Help me know whats right and move along
Certainly we’re doing something wrong
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3. |
Troubles In Heaven
03:12
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Here, down on earth, you know
Some of us are dying and there’s nowhere to go
Here, far from you below
Trees that gave us apples, they are gone, they don’t grow no more
Here, up above the clouds
There are many angels unemployed
Here, far from all the crowd
Someone is annoyed
(something to avoid)
Many things destroyed
No humanoids
Here, far from you and me
Some of us drink coffee while some others have tea
See mobiles all around
Get inside the scene just buy a fax machine and see
See, see just what I mean,
Don’t be such a horrible disease
Bad, nasty and obscene
Forget about the scene
(people are so mean)
Nothing but a sin
Here far from you and me
Some of us are living but there's nowhere to be
Hear Mobiles all around
Trees that gave us apples buy a fax machine
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4. |
Coffee From Yesterday
02:40
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5. |
Back From My Trip
03:34
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Travelling around the world I stumbled on a stone
Hurt my toe and went to cry to mummy on the phone
I wouldn't mind so much about the blisters on my foot
But man, this wound is rotten from the root!
Travelling around the world I came upon a plain
Not a sound was heard around, and no one was to blame
I sat down right there on the ground to have a little break
When suddenly I'm bitten by a snake!
When I came back from my trip a man was in my home
Accusing me of leaving there my place all on its own
I was getting ready just to kick a fellow but(t)…
I knew I could regret it quite a lot
And so my friends, our lesson from this story and this rip - off;
Save yourself from going on a trip!
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6. |
Home Seek
04:26
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Time drifts away day by day
And I still don't seem to find my way
You come along every day
But you never seem to want to stay
Touch me
Hold me
Now I know just how you feel
You never wanted me and never will
Time stretches ages ahead
But I can't let you outside my head
I see you
Dream you
Touch you
Hold you
(I wanna be free)
Wandering ‘round on my own
I will see you when I find my home
You might not even be there
As long as I can go I just don’t care
Sail on (drift on)
Dream on
Take me (come on)
Hold me
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7. |
Here I Go
03:22
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When I look at you there's sunshine in your eyes
When you look at me I smile, I don't know why
When I hear you I raise eyebrows on my ears
And I feel as if you're part of me for years
When I touch you girl I know that you are mine
(I) feel your fingers and I lose all sense of time
When I wake up next to you the sun begins to shine
Then you kiss me and I'm losing all my mind
Here I go again
I can't say just when
But someday you'll see
That from the start it was clear
Here I go and I
I can't tell you why
But we shouldn't care
Stare if you dare in my eyes
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8. |
Baby
03:05
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Once I was a baby
Life did not seem to be so complicated
Tried to stand on two legs
Maybe make a foot step
Come and watch
If you like
Breathing air was something!
Not too much effort climbing into climax
Cry for small disasters
Mummy, flying monsters
Come with me
Come and see
You don’t smile as often now,
I can’t cry, I don’t know how..
My, these days are gone now,
Days when a fart or burp were not illegal
My, oh my, where´s mummy?
Monsters all around me!
Come to me
Set me free
Fears of what was still unknown,
Grew with time, though less is shown
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10. |
Buy Me!
02:13
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11. |
Evolution
03:18
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Sitting on their trees
Getting tired of what they’ve been
A bunch of chimpanzee’s
Are evolving self esteem
Tired of who you are
Shattered dreams around your bed
Following a star
You decide to move ahead
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12. |
I Came, I Saw, I Left
05:29
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13. |
The Last Straw
05:13
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Somewhere inside
Somewhere inside me
Lying around are the words I seek
Watch while I think
Think while you're watching
Holding my thoughts I will try to speak
Oh! Wasn't it funny?
What you can do with one small word?
Oh! Wasn't it painful?
This was the last straw I could afford
One summer day
One summer morning
I was still yawning when you called
You had my note
What could you answer?
Yes, I was listening but
You said no.
Oh! What can I tell you?
What a nice story I provoked
Oh my! She should have been here
We could be laughing at this joke.
Oh man! Sharpen your arrows
Load all your guns and tie the rope
Hang me! Burn me and shoot me
This is too much for me to cope
Everybody look around
Check out what's there to be found
Don't lose your chance.
Everybody make a wish
Everybody smile before
I say goodbye to you
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Modest Midget Amsterdam, Netherlands
Starting as composer Lionel (Lonny) Ziblat's idea Modest Midget combines his love for Rock with his passion to classical
music, theatre, film music and different folklore styles.
With this virtual band in mind he recorded an album which ended up growing into a real life band, a group of fine musicians that manage to bring this slightly weird sounding music to life in the form of a rock show.
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