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Into The Darkness
04:34
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Into the darkness
Or is it the light
I bought my ticket
Just to stay for the night
Then you started kissing
I’d rather hear it from you
This might lead to a fight
But I came to talk it through
Your body against mine
I couldn’t help it but cry
No one can stop us
But I have to try
The 3 a.m. hotdog
It stayed with me for days
But else there is nothing left
We went different ways
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2. |
Put It In Reverse
03:12
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Picked up the car for the gig tonight
And I put it in reverse
Drive back to your city
Like I did in another life
Went past the petrol station
Where you used to get your coke
Speed up to a hundred twenty
I’m starting to feel cold
Oh how I hate this city
And I hated it back then
Oh how I hate this city
And I hated it back then
Coming back to your neighborhood
One last time and then I’m done
Allow myself to hate it now
And I must admit it’s fun
I’m rolling down the window
To let the memories go out
There’s a good song on the radio
And that is all that I care about
Oh how I hate this city
And I hated it back then
Oh how I hate this city
And I hated it back then
Oh how I hate this city
And I hated it back then
Oh how I hate this city
And I hated it back then
Oh how I hate this city
And I hated it back then
Oh how I hate this city
And I hated it back then
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3. |
Get A Dog
03:29
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You’re moving to the countryside
Maybe I should settle too
Get a dog and a job
That really pays me money
You’re moving to the countryside
Maybe I should settle too
Get a dog and a job
That really pays me money
Mama don’t you see
That was the whole point of being me
Mama don’t you see
That was the whole point of being me
We used to cycle to the forest
We were critical mass
Now you complain about the prices
When you stop once more for gas
Maybe Julia was right
And this will truly never change
We’re gonna keep getting older
And it’s gonna keep feeling strange
Mama don’t you see
That was the whole point of being me
Mama don’t you see
That was the whole point of being me
Mama don’t you see
That was the whole point of being me
Mama don’t you see
That was the whole point of being me
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4. |
Mine
03:47
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Sitting in the kitchen
Staring at the wall
You ask so many questions
But no one asks at all
Would you be mine
Would you be mine
I listen through your LPs
You’re lying on the bed
Please don’t close the shutters
You know that I am scared
Would you be mine
Would you be mine
Let’s go to the local store
To get some wine and cheese
And chat until the morning
But then I need to leave
Would you be mine
Would you be mine
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5. |
We've Got No Time At All
04:50
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The birds outside my window
They are singing as if the world
Was still the same
And I’m ashamed
Friday for future
But I’m getting tired of it all
I’m getting tired of the white old men
Who are telling me what I should do
Another heatwave over Europe
And no AC can get us out of it
It’s the coldest summer of our future lives
And the ones in charge keep telling lies
There’s a war in the Ukraine
They’re leveling it to the ground
And there’s a shooting in Texas
While LA is burning down
We’re still young they say we have time
Time to try things out and time to fail
We’re still young they say we have time
But the truth is: we’ve got no time at all
We’re still young they say we have time
Time to try things out and time to fail
We’re still young they say we have time
But the truth is: we’ve got no time at all
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6. |
Parasol
03:35
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Back to back like sardines we lie in the sand
The powder is running softly through my left hand
And the seagulls they turn their circles in the salty air
That wildly forms the shape of my lover’s hair
Parasol give me the shelter that I need
Parasol give me the shelter that I need
Look out the window it’s Sunday
Time to lay down the mundane
Let’s go and get out the deckchair
And take the kids out of childcare
Parasol give me the shelter that I need
Parasol give me the shelter that I need
Parasol give me the shelter that I need
Parasol give me the shelter that I need
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7. |
Obituary
03:43
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I read it in the news today
That your father died
I didn’t find the right words to say
That’s why I lied
When you called me in January
You said he was ready to go
Next to you on the obituary
There’s a woman now I know
That I’ve been holding on for too long
And you’ve been moving on all along
I almost could have felt you there
By my side
My brother said he ran into you
In the store around the block
You told him all about your new life
But you were still wearing my socks
Time passed and it made you
Become an angel in my mind
Too many years of not seeing you
I guess they just made me blind
And I’ve been holding on for too long
And you’ve been moving on all along
I almost could have felt you there
By my side
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Marjorie
02:55
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Marjorie steps out of her old yellow Mercedes
I didn’t know if she’ll show up
But now she is here in all her glory
Insisting she will put me up
The leather seats are cracked
Too many years of salt and sea
She talks the whole way there
I'm not sure it's to me
Marjorie we can’t go faster than a crawl
The cars are piling up but you don’t care at all
We finally made it up to the house
It smells like 50 years of party
We’re sitting by the emptied pool
Drinking alcohol free Bacardi
At night I roam the great white halls
Chatting with ghosts of the past
Few rooms I do not enter
Some questions don't need to be asked
Marjorie we can’t go faster than a crawl
The cars are piling up but you don’t care at all
Marjorie we can’t go faster than a crawl
The cars are piling up but you don’t care at all
I travelled on I think she sold the house
And we lost touch
It all burned down in a bush fire
But other than that I don't know
Marjorie we can’t go faster than a crawl
The cars are piling up but you don’t care at all
Marjorie we can’t go faster than a crawl
The cars are piling up but you don’t care at all
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9. |
Love
03:46
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I haven’t cried in weeks
But who am I to cry
I’ve got all one needs
But tears in my eyes
Will you wait down the line?
Will you wait down the line?
Love come take me away
I want to fly
Love come take me away
I want to try
Now that I know
That it’s never forever
This is what’s holding me
From trying at all
Will you wait down the line?
Will you wait down the line?
Love come take me away
I want to try again
Love come take me away
I want to try
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Pina Palau Zürich, Switzerland
We live in an enchanted world, unfortunately way too often we’re too busy to even notice. It takes a special type of artist to draw back the curtain and make us recognise this magic nestled in the mundane. Singer-songwriter Pina Palau possesses this rare gift. Her songs obsess over the everyday: coaxing the poetry out of situations and characters that seem all too familiar. ... more
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