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Kleptomania (40 Years Series)

by Bonbon Experiment

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1.
When I was young I thought I was right but soon they told me I had no rights I believed from the books that love conquered all That’s the kind of thing you say when you’re small I came soon to realise there’s no room to riot The ones who got on bow their head and kept quiet Just as well I kept my dreams to myself That’s the only way to be true to yourself All we ever did was for the Powerful One All we ever did was for the Powerful One All the dreams we had were of the Powerful One All the dreams we had were of the Powerful One All the lies that we spoke were for the Powerful One All the lies that we spoke were for the Powerful One When I grow up I thought I’d change things and blame things When I grow up I thought the world could be made better, if I get it But soon they stopped me from trying, I’m crying Soon they stopped me from believing, I’m leaving Now I regret that I didn’t see the light Now I know that they were always right…. All we ever did was for the Powerful One All we ever did was for the Powerful One All the dreams we had were of the Powerful One All the dreams we had were of the Powerful One
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Evergreens 02:36
The morning of harm arrived with the sun rise I was the mark, drawn wide of the line – The warning you gave was buried in silver And no other way might interrupt mine. For though I was of the best intentions For though I was always inspecting the heights The traffic on the A-road blinks conspiring And all I see are the blinding lights The evergreens are shedding their needles The sun in the sky is white as a bone I hadn’t been awake for more than an hour And all I will see I will never be shown
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Girlfriend 04:12
Shall I tell you that I want you? Shall I tell you that I love you? Shall I tell you that the man you are seeing is no good for you? I want you as my girlfriend I want you as my life blend I want you as the girlfriend Who will stay with me.
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Is this about Francis Is this about the world we knew Is this about Francis Is this about the parvenu? Is this about Francis Is this about the secrets kept Is this about Francis Is this about why Jesus wept? Down and out outside the Messerchmitt museum He came upon a truth he knew he must share with the world Walked along the autobahn then had a bowl of sauerkraut And washed it down with a jug of cold Warsteiner And that’s how we know what happened to Francis – Choked to his death sitting quietly in the bierkeller Seems the vultures were circling before he’d made the call, The only identification of him a lost luggage ticket for St. Pancras Inside the locker was an old Nokia mobile phone The SIM was still working and there was one number in memory There was a woman at the end of the phone And she said “is this about Francis?” Is this about Francis Is this about the world we knew Is this about Francis Is this about the parvenu? Is this about Francis Is this about the secrets kept Is this about Francis Is this about why Jesus wept? Seems he was a drifter who kept bobbing above the line An odd job here, a few deutschmarks, and he’d move on to the next town Told stories to English tourists of how he once was a terrorist Had run messages for the Baader-Meinhoff He was born in Dudley, but his father was in the regiment Stationed in Germany after the war, he liked meta-amphetamines His childhood love of electronics meant he was a useful man to know Industrial cryptographer and made synthesizers from spare parts Told Ralf Hutter to ditch the flutes and guitars – But what did an English drifter know about future sounds – He listened to Xenakis and smuggled West German visas – Had a child he never knew about, her mother moved to Scotland. Is this about Francis Is this about the world we knew Is this about Francis Is this about the parvenu? Is this about Francis Is this about the secrets kept Is this about Francis Is this about why Jesus wept?
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I know three things and three things only One I’m lonely Two I love you more than I ought Three that gigs are a contact sport
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Stormheart 02:38
Aint much of a stormheart much more of a calming feeling which way that the wind blows it can’t express the way I’m feeling. She’s much more of stormheart shes the eye of a hurricane looks great in the tempest walks wild in the coming rain so much for the stormhearts so much for the clearing breezes so much for the stormhearts so much as the evening freezes we were more than a stormheart we were caught in a calming feeling love lost for a stormheart calm breeze in a cooling evening that’s what is stormheart that’s what is a stormheart that’s what is a stormheart that’s what is a stormheart
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I’m a man of a certain age and I fit the profile you’ve displayed I live in big house alone And that’s enough to make me known I must be your murder suspect I must be your murder suspect I’ve been known to be seen talking to myself and noone knows weher I get my wealth, I’m courteous to kids and girls That makes me weird in your world I must be your murder suspect I must be your murder suspect I smoke cigars and listen to jazz And my hairs grey and curls like mad I look like something from history And read books of poetry I must be your murder suspect I must be your murder suspect I’m shabbily dressed with 2nd hand clothes and whispers say “he’s one of those” I ride the bus, and drink green tea The nutter on the bus won’t sit by me I must be your murder suspect I must be your murder suspect
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Interlude 00:26
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Some will survive Be all your life Some others go You barely know You will know your friends You will know your friends You will know your friends You will know your friends
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(I go) Via 02:54
I go via I go via straight into the fire I go via via via via Have I told you my direction It may seem a strange selection I’ve been stung by your deception And I want to change perception…. My route might be a dumb thing But at least I’m trying something Though my way is not done thing I prefer to try and run things I go via I go via straight into the fire I go via via via via I have given up the main thing Cos I’m fed up of the same things There’s a room for insane things And I never want to name things If I gave up on drinking Would it change your current thinking Can’t you see the way your sinking? I just want to get an inkling I go via I go via straight into the fire I go via via via via
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When you look above you The clouds suddenly clear The International Space Station Is everso near When you look above you And gaze into the spheres The International Space Station Has been up there for years When you look above you The clouds suddenly clear The International Space Station Looks everso near When you look above you And gaze into the spheres The International Space Station Has been up there for years When you look above you And see something appear The International Space Station Looks everso near
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Emma Grey 04:20
If I had an aeroplane I’d fly a thousand miles away from here and still I don’t know why you had to leave…. If I had a ticket into space I’d not treat it as a race but give it up at once for one more chance But if I had a portrait of the Queen I’d laugh in that obscene face and tell her what I’d seen in this land of hers… If I had a moment at trial, I’d just sit and smile Knowing you were there, Depending on me… If I had a revolution time I would stand and fly the flag for lovers of all kinds – who’d defend your love crime I love you Emma Grey Right next to you is far enough away

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40 Years collection reissue with new collage cover.

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released December 1, 2013

Words and music by Adrian Slatcher

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Bonbon Experiment Manchester, UK

Bonbon Experiment is the main musical project of Adrian Slatcher. He records for the online label BDM Recordings. 2022 is 40th anniversary of his music making - his 40 albums are being reissued with new artwork - and his 41st album, Acrobat Above the Sky is now available ... more

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