1. |
Clancy is 50
03:57
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Cindy is indie
Bobby is gobby
Mandy is dandy
Ali is pally
Suzanne is deadpan
Terry is very
Bunny is funny
Maisie is crazy
Paula is taller
Tony is bony
Milly is silly
Duncan is drunken
Holden is golden
Martin is smarting
Leila is paler
Mark is dark
Vera is nearer
Tina is leaner
Sarah is fairer
Nigel is nifty
Clancy is fifty
Nigel is nifty
Clancy is fifty
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2. |
Etymology
03:46
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What could have been
What should have been
They say the mud sticks
We’re making walls with sticklebricks
It was outside the norm
And something new was born
I knew you so well
No one else to tell
That when you went away
It was as if there was no way back for me to feel this way
Wonder and extremes
The reality of dreams
The elevator only stops
Once the button’s pressed
The silence only goes
Once you are undressed
There’s elegance in tears
An award to last the years
The mirrors in the floor
A lock upon the door
What could have been
What should have been
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3. |
Europe
07:28
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Europe plays on like a big drum
Europe plays on like a big drum
I will stay when the rhythms gone
I will stay when the rhythms gone
Europe makes me wanna dance
Europe makes me wanna dance
Europe makes me wanna take a chance
Europe makes me wanna take a chance
I landed in Helsinki and saw the frozen sea
I knew at once this was the place for me
I landed in Barcelona and felt the autumn sun
I knew at once I was gonna have some fun
I am a singer in a European band
I am a singer in a European band
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4. |
Circles
03:39
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Susan lost the confidence
When her friends deserted her
That radiant girl
Started to cut herself
Nobody understood
What she was thinking of
When she took the pills
When she cut the veins
Go back round again
Go back round again
Whatever life offers up
Go back round again
Tommy tried drinks and drugs
To combat his shyness
Became addicted to them both
And ended up in rehab
I remember thinking
That kid’s got the whole world
Until I saw him next
And the change was devastating
Go back round again
Go back round again
Whatever life offers up
Go back round again
Paula’s dad abused her
And she left home at sixteen
Slept rough and caught an STD
Before she pulled her life around
Now she runs a charity
And’s been invited to the palace
Gives inspirational talks
To bewildered boys and girls
Go back round again
Go back round again
Whatever life offers up
Go back round again
Danny joined the army
To get away and see the world
Lost his leg to an IED
Saw his best friend killed
Now he’s training
To be a paralympian
Someday you’ll see him
Taking home the gold
Go back round again
Go back round again
Whatever life offers up
Go back round again
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5. |
All The Sacrifices
04:35
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Can’t you tell by now
what the cost will be?
How heavy the price
What the loss will be?
Should we even try
Knowing odds are stacked against?
Is there something else
We should set our sail against?
Should I be surprised
After all these years
And if I start to cry
Will you dry my tears
Does it even have to be
A reasonable exchange
Or could we pretend
that life is not this strange
Try the wrong key
And you’ll not succeed
Keep it in the family
Who’ll give you what you need
Before I give up
Let me feel
As blind as I am
At last I can see
Instead of tilting windmills
Blow with the breeze
Understand the seasons
And fall with the leaves
Now you are ready
Unlocked an answer
The rhythm is steady
Just waitng for a dancer
Something great is sure to make
All the sacrifices worth the wait
A lucky break is all it takes
To recognise your past mistakes
Can’t you tell by now
what the cost will be?
How heavy the price
What the loss will be?
Should I be surprised
After all these years
And if I start to cry
Will you dry my tears
Before I give up
Let me feel
As blind as I now am
At last I can see
Instead of tilting windmills
Blow with the breeze
Understand the seasons
And fall with the leaves
Now you are ready
Unlocked an answer
The rhythm is steady
Just waitng for a dancer
Something great is sure to make
All the sacrifices worth the wait
A lucky break is all it takes
To recognise your past mistakes
Something great is sure to make
All the sacrifices worth the wait
A lucky break is all it takes
To recognise your past mistakes
Something great is sure to make
All the sacrifices worth the wait
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6. |
Baby's Got 2 Heads
03:34
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She was green
The lushest I had seen
I met her in the undergrowth
Hiding in the bushes
She told me she was fecund
She told me she was fertile
Six days later
She gave birth to our child
Our baby is enormous
Our baby’s got 2 heads
Our baby’s made of vegetation
He’s outgrown his bed.
Our baby is enormous
Our Baby’s got 2 heads
Our baby’s made of vegetation
He’s outgrown his bed
She wanted a family
I said just one is fine
She was one of millions
And this one was just mine
I rejected him at first
He was a surprise
Until someone said
He’s got his daddy’s eyes
The seed of love
Sown far and wide
The soil was our bed
The trees were our hide
She left with the seasons
I thought we were done
Returning in the spring
We made love in the sun
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7. |
The Hidden Truth
03:38
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There’s always a fine line
Didn’t we ask for extended time?
The debts are held in China
used to fund extensive crime
There’s always a space free
When you have to park your car
As if someone is watching her
Planting hints about where you are
Can you sort out the miracle?
Now you know the hidden truth
all roads end in the middle now
someone imitates the inner you?
There’s always a fine line
Didn’t we ask for extended time?
The debts are held in California
used to fund extensive crime
There’s always a lasting phrase
That your mind cannot leave alone
By the time you are that phase
Thing are well in the danger zone
Can you sort out the miracle?
Now you know the hidden truth
Would all roads end in the middle now
someone imitates the inner you?
Can you sort out the miracle?
Now you know the hidden truth
Would all roads end in the middle now
someone imitates the inner you?
Can you sort out the miracle?
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8. |
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The streetlights glow with rain
The sun went down on our meeting
You had to catch your train
The time we had was far too fleeting
You put your hand to mine,
On the glass of the railway carriage,
A poet who doesn’t need words,
I was collateral damage.
Still the feelings strong
Much more than a Facebook LIKE
I kiss your lips
On the photo on my Skype
When would I hold you again
Handle once more your fragility –
How could you/ forget my name
When other lovers competed with me?
Why aren’t you
Why aren’t you
Why aren’t you able to love me?
Why aren’t you
Why aren’t you
Why aren’t you able to love me?
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9. |
The History of Finland
06:17
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Reading Tove Janssen “The Summer Book”
And imagining a constrasting life
Half of the year spent in darkness
Half of the year spent In light
And how would you find
The way to exist –
In small towns ice bound
Half the year?
And what kind of purpose
Must you insist
To enable life
To go on from here.
The history of Finland
Gives me reason to believe
That dreams can emerge
From the snow and the trees
No wonder it seemed a country that could
Be taken apart, but left as it stood
How every young nation looks to its roots
And waits endlessly for the tree to bear fruits….
So as the gulf of Finland
Freezes with ice
We huddle up warm
And look to the sky
The ice breakers will come
And the dark nights will end
I am your lover
I am your friend
The history of Finland
Gives me reason to believe
That dreams can emerge
From the snow and the trees
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10. |
Revolutionaries
04:20
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Protect yourself from all that you were frightened of
Be the one who means the things he says
Live your life of bravery and confidence
Stop the madmen playing with your head
Light a candle for the missing ones
Warm the masses with your flame
Stand upon the monument and paint it red
Do not let them kill in your name
Where are all the revolutionaries?
Where have they all gone?
Look in the mirror at the revolutionary
Something tells me you are the one
Where are all the revolutionaries?
Where have they all gone?
Look in the mirror at the revolutionary
Something tells me you are the one
Where are all the revolutionaries?
Where have they all gone?
Look in the mirror at the revolutionary
Something tells me you are the one
Where are all the revolutionaries?
Where have they all gone?
Look in the mirror at the revolutionary
Something tells me you are the one
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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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