1. |
Back in Style
02:09
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Verse 1
My dapper combed beard and freshly ironed shirt is a match to my Sunday smile
I stretch my suspenders and let them pop to keep my troussers in line
I wrote the most fancy poems and romantic tunes
As I check the mirror once more
Oh, I give my reflection a kiss as I strum my last chord
Refrain
And her eyes are rolling in amazement
Cause I’m back, back in style
Sorry beautiful, it never happened before, but its been, it’s been a while
I wink my eye at the mirror hanging above the bed frame
Solo
Refrain 2
And her eyes are rolling in amazement
Cause I’m back, back in style
Sorry beautiful, it never happened before, but its been, it’s been a while
As a poet it shouldn’t take me too long
To reach her pearl with my tongue
But as her snoring might suggest
I’m mostly harmless
I’m mostly harmless
I’m mostly harmless
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2. |
All We've Got
03:24
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Refrain
All we’ve got is time
and we lose it day and night
It passes by with every heartbeat
make it count, make it right
1
On our eternal journey homebound we’re trying to find
where the blood pumps around
Home’s just a word though,
made up by mothers to make their children come back
Ref
All we’ve got is time
and we lose it day and night
It passes by with every heartbeat
make it count, make it right
All we’ve got is time
and you’ve disposed it all at once
And I wish you all the best mate,
wherever you are
2
You’ve got lost in this illusion and were drowning in
In a million shades of black
By giving in
you’ve stolen your own chances
to ever get it back
Ref
B-Teil
We can never replace you but we live up to defeat the pain (lalalalala)
Your decision is clear and we’ll never share a laugh again (lalalalala)
Your freedom of choice means by no means free (lalalalala)
But there was just enough shit to climb out of the latrine
Ref
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3. |
At the End of the Night
04:25
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1
When I woke up I was stirring with my nose
in the ashtray of a corner in my soul
My hands were shaking as I reached for one more try
Just the last one of a row before I’ll go home
2
And as the last shot dropped gently from my hands
I felt your singing voice in the windings of my brain
I can’t remember what you sang to me that night
But it made me get up and go my way
Ref
So we met at the end of the night
I’ve never seen anything quite as beautiful as you are
You make any barfly turn into a saint
But you won’t even tell me your name
3
So we spun to the ditty that you’ve bore
And I raised you to the ceiling of the bar
Doors may close and may open nevermore
But I’ll always keep you close to my heart
Ref
Bridge
We might not wake up tomorrow so you can either laugh or cry
But come on baby, get up to me and dance with me tonight
Yeah dance with me tonight
B-Teil
You’re with me while we’re apart please come and fix my broken heart
And we dance, and dance up until the end of the night
Ref
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4. |
Let the Good Times Roll
04:42
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1
Folks in the submarine are dancing in the rain
The pilot of the aeroplane gets excited by the blinking of the warning light
The scuba diver is happy that the bubbles ceased to blurry his view
And Bob Dylan finally started playing Blues
Bridge
Satisfaction depends on your eye and happiness is just a point of view
Ref
Let the good times roll (4x)
2
The wallstreet broker is broken as he cant afford a new car
And Sony struggling with the billboard charts
Revelation is long since overdue
And Bob Dylan really started playing Blues
Bridge
Ref
Solo
Bridge
Ref
Schlussteil
And some day soon we’re gonna be reduce to a
memory in our childrens heart
The earth rests on my bones these days
I hope them to say
Let the good times roll!
Let Let Let {8x] let the good times roll!
Let Let Let {8x] let the good times roll!
Let Let Let {8x] let the good times roll!
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5. |
Government
02:49
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1
At the boozer across the street
I checked my latest newsfeed
And I realized what goes wont come around
2
Timeline fines and welfare
All organized from armchairs
About as understanding as their baton rounds
Refrain
When will we tell the government to fuck off
Use some elbow grease and bid them farewell
When will we tell the government to fuck off
They will rather move air than themselves
3
So I left home and went to Bern
And asked them nicely to return
Back to their holes whence they came
4
As I found they blokes I sough
I made a little drawing while I talked
And had security to show me out
Refrain
When will we tell the government to fuck off
Use some elbow grease and bid them farewell
When will we tell the government to fuck off
And candidate ourselves
Bridge/Refrain (2x)
Remember. When will we tell the government to fuck off
And drive around in fancy limousines
Remember. When will we tell the government to fuck off
And live our lifes just as kings
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6. |
Falling off the Planet
03:10
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1
I come from far away
My time hasn’t met this date (andere option : stage)
But even thought they are separated by symbols
does a difference for me
Refrain
Until we’re falling off the planet baby
One thing’s for sure
We keep on missing the good old days
While we’re, we’re passing through
2
Your journal’s way too real
When memories become a battlefield
But just because they aren’t right doesn’t mean they’re wrong, mean they’re wrong.
Refrain
Bridge
Hands down
Chin up
What ever the price happens to be
We are now and we are here
Solo
Refrain
Bridge als Schluss
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7. |
Song for the Confused
04:50
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1
My way to god the streets look entirely the same
And I‘ll surely leave Eden someday or a pub that carries that name
My way back home the roads are dark and narrow
And I‘ll celebrate the dawn of day that lights my way!
Even if it’s just a burning sparrow
2
They plug their leads in, in a short and hurried prayer
Up to the last chord it’s a long and honest way
And as the sound stops while the last drop of my drink goes down my throat
I think about this phrase here
Refrain
Something may catch fire
Something may catch fire
Something may catch fire
Something may catch fire
It’s those teenage kicks I’ll never get used to
Give me dancing shoes and Songs for the confused
3
The story is over when it took the worst possible twist
But by the time now I doubt it’ll ever exist
Cause playing music in a boozer is for sure the best way to push the air around
Refrain
And I say: I‘m with you anyway but there are worse bands these days (2x)
Refrain
Something may catch fire
Something may catch fire
Something may catch fire
Something may catch fire
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8. |
Violet
03:56
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1
Tell me where are you going my dear Violet
Tell me where are you going my dear Violet
Because the world outside is cold and the ocean oh so deep
And the sheep will pay attention to the wolf when it speaks
Tell me where are the sisters my dear Violet
Tell me where are the sisters my dear Violet
Mother nature took her toll
And no one really learned from it
But that’s just the role we play:
Listen, watch and then repeat
So they promise you my dear, your much more than just a number
If you just follow their lead
Ref
My dear Violet
Oh dear Violet
You are the one
Unsinkable silence
My dear Violet
come on home
2
Lets give the warmonger another vessel
Lets give the warmonger another vessel
Transportation is an issue and the butcher’s short on time
And the victims needs to be on the scene of the crime
Tell me where are the lifeboats my dear Violet
Tell me where are the lifeboats my dear Violet
Sometimes they safe another life or they’ll pull it in the deep
Depends on if we need a hero or a newspaper to feed
But i’ll promise you my dear you’re much more than just a number
If you just follow their lead
No response from all our saints
Maybe god himself needs help
Because nothing really changed here since April 1912
God himself needs all our help
He’s been deserted by his friends
The devil’s on vacation represented by ourselfs
We’re going down, We’re going down, We’re going down
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9. |
What We're in For
04:22
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1
Parents sent their youth for years into the mud
While the people home where starving they’ve spilled each others blood
Hold back your panic boys, grab on to your rifle
Go over the top now and lay down your life
2
You can see two flashes right, right in the eyes
80 Million people were bound to die
for a violent illusion, an historic fever dream
we dreamt for almost 30 years and keep dreaming, so it seems
Bridge
Now here we are
Some buy mobile phones, some starve
How would it be if the’ve left marble instead of ashes?
They brought books instead of bullets
They’ve brought love instead of death
Ref
Put your ear on the door and you’ll hear madness outside screaming
You’re always on the run you can never tell if you’re running or chasing
Build another wall and you’ll hear the madness outside screaming
open the door and you will know
What the hell we’re in for?
3
70 Years later we’ve got to pay
the bill of those delusions from back in the day
with international bullets and laser-guided bombs
Its been a whole rotten century of listening to the wrong folks
Bridge
Ref
B-Teil
How can we expect
Just the slightest bit of respect
From our children when they’re asking us why?
We fill our pockets up with earth
To give ourselfs a Dollar’s worth
And put them on this planet only to die
Ref
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10. |
Hemmige
02:59
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s'git lüt, die würden alletwäge nie
es lied vorsinge, so win ig jitz hie
eis singen um kei prys, nei bhüetis nei
wil si hemmige hei
si wäre vilicht gärn im grund gno fräch
und dänke, das syg ires grosse päch
und s'laschtet uf ne win e schwäre stei
dass si hemmige hei
i weis, das macht eim heiss, verschlat eim d'stimm
doch dünkt eim mängisch o s'syg nüt so schlimm
s'isch glych es glück, o we mirs gar nid wei
das mir hemmige hei
was unterscheidet d'mönsche vom schimpans
s'isch nid die glatti hut, dr fählend schwanz*
nid dass mir schlächter d'böim ufchöme, nei
dass mir hemmige hei
me stell sech d'manne vor, wenns anders wär
und s'chäm es hübsches meiteli derhär
jitz luege mir doch höchstens chly uf d'bei
wil mir hemmige hei
und we me gseht, was hütt dr mönschheit droht
so gseht me würklech schwarz, nid nume rot
und was me no cha hoffen isch alei
dass si hemmige hei
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11. |
Control
05:49
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I build a boat
I build a boat in the rains and …..??
I build a boat and wait for the storm to sweep me away
I sail in my boat
I sail in my boat to the edge of the world
I sail in my boat to where the shores doesn’t know what I owe
And I lose control
I landed my vessel as it bled out
While it left a bittersweet taste in my mouth
I deleted sail on the open sea
Just to see where to life drifts me
Just to see what fate may bring when I lose control
Deafness won’t prevent me from hearing any sound
It’s only my numbness that mutes any mouth
On this cataracts open tracks of reasons to despair that I cant see
Except for a few old black crosses in France
When we saw how far fate will advance
When we lose control
My boat stranded here on this grave as the reason ran out
A stormy reflection of a stout counteraction of a chimaera
My heart stopped standing on this place as my boat touched the ground
In a kaleidoscope of methods to cope
I’ve lost control
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Hendricks the Hatmaker Switzerland
Hendricks the Hatmaker, that’s Nicolas, Stefan and Ramona, combine the three musical genres of “Gin”, “Millinery” and „Butt-
Kicking”.
Guitars, drums, bass, and even from time-to-time an acoustic instrument, complement each other almost as perfectly as cucumber and tonic water.
They now continue with their plan to take over the world as a classic punk-power-trio.
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