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King Of Yesterday
03:10
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Forever and a day, I will stand behind the wheels
Think of luck, think of fate, and in time I will reveal
I always make young lovers choose, is it joy or is it pain
To hold on or to let go, I'm the king of yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday
Forever and a day, young men go out and kill
Old man, go spill your wine, ride your horse to marble hill
And so we spill our damaged wants, on the hills across the sea
On the road and in the fields, I'm on my knees, it weakens me
I always make young lovers choose, is it joy or is it pain
To hold on or to let go, I'm the king of yesterday
Yesterday, yesterday, yesterday, yesterday
Rest your head on my shoulder
Where are you running to?
Rest your head on my
Rest your head on my shoulder
Where are you running to?
Rest your head on my
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Morning Swarm
03:00
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She wants to go out, pick some flowers
She wants to go out, play catch the sun
Says she doesn't wanna work, not this summer
Oh, she doesn't wanna work, any day soon
He wants to go out, spread some fire
He wants to go out, spit his truth
Says he doesn't wanna work, not this summer
Oh, he doesn't wanna work, any day soon
What do you think they're running from?
The modern man's anger and the pendulum
Tic tic tic, the pendulum
Every new day there's a morning swarm
Tic tic tic, the pendulum
Every new day there's a morning swarm
Tic tic tic, the pendulum
Every modern man has a black suit on
Tic tic tic, the pendulum
Every new day there's a morning swarm
We say tic tic, tic tic, tic tic, tic tic
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The Teacher
04:15
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She wanted to go out and travel the world by herself
She told me when I sat beside her, “Prepare for a fight!”
So I taught her to lie, I taught her to lie, I taught her to lie
When I traveled the world, I had learned there are little things worse
Than giving up on your wantings, so I taught her to rise, I taught her to rise
And stepping on stones in the dust coloured roads was an act of joy to her
Then she broke a leg and fell on her knees, and I carried her to St. West
And I taught her to dream, I taught her to dream, I taught her to dream
Then she fell asleep, peacefully smiling in bliss
I held her in my arms, and when she woke up she denied getting kissed
So I taught her to leave, I taught her to leave, I taught her to leave
I gave her the tools for the road, for the sky
For the sea, for the hills and the nights
I taught her to dream and always be free
And flee from emptiness
I taught her to dream
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Dance The Devil
03:40
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Go to war, fill your heart with pain
Shoot your gun and dance
Travel far, may the fire keep you warm
And when the fighting starts, you grin and dance
Walk through walls, do your trick and then
Let the rain do its thing
See me fall, see me rise again
Through it all, be my friend
And dance the devil, put your good shoes on
And your house becomes her house
You can dance the devil, put your good shoes on
And your house becomes her house
It's not what you've built it for
It's not what you've built it for
It's not what you've built it for
It's not what you've built it for
It's not what you've built it for
It's not what you've built it for
It's not what you've built it for
It's not what you've built it for
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The Void
04:12
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Step into the void, lay down your sorrow
Let your heart enjoy the promise of tomorrow
And Blisters left alone, burn away the feathers
Oh, songbird of old, walk on with lightness
And breathe in, and sleep well
And breathe out, and sleep on
And tangled up in white, taping conversation
Listen to the numbed, hovering in suburbs
And breathe in, and sleep well
And breathe out, and sleep on
My mind is deaf, my heart says “okay!”
Everyone in here is a revolutionary now
My mind is deaf, my heart says “okay!”
Everyone in here is a revolutionary now
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Let Go
04:24
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I've been walking down the roads so long, I don't know
I've been running up that hill so long, I don't know
Constant breathing of the fiery fish, oh no
Whisper in my ear your secret wish, oh no, oh baby no
Let go, I'm tired of you testing me
Let go, I'm tired and I won't believe
Fair trade coffee good and TV evil, I see
Tell me anything I don't believe, I see
Sit down with me in a private park
And we watch ourselves become more and more green
We'll be one with the grass, all these stories don't last
Oh no, oh baby no
Let go, I'm tired of you testing me
Let go, I'm tired and I won't believe
And sleepless little poet, I call your name to the moon
When love comes to you, you hide with the dead
Love comes and goes, love comes and goes
Love comes and goes
And the ships in the woods
Feast on hope
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Dear Ava
03:20
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Dear Ava, I'm sitting on the roof again
Freezing to sleep again
Until my spaceship lands
Dear Ava, see the little grey men
How they watch me weep again
Grey skin, grey eyes and big-a-brain
Dear Ava, dear Ava
Watch my spaceship land
Dear Ava, I'm standing on a bridge again
Watching distant ships again
Dear Ava, I am drunk again
Dear Ava, I see happy faces
And it seems I lately am lost
Dear Ava, dear Ava
Watch my spaceship land
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The Night Gardener Berlin, Germany
The Night Gardener is a singer-songwriter who plays guitar and piano. Having hitchhiked and busked all across Europe in his twenties, he is now busy making records in Berlin, Germany.
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