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What you were in my eyes
Thought it never stop
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2. |
For All These Days*
04:48
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Idol eyes
Your Berlin eyes
I couldn’t hide
Under your gaze
A mystic die
A misty sky
A cloudy high
The murky greys
A trusting life
A maiden flight
To unclaimed height
And there she stays
Ecstatic sighs
A new disguise
Of paradise
For all these days
Ice break line
Against our time
When rivers shine
With golden rays
The magic ties
And Israel’s tribes
Into the mind
As music plays
For all these days….we see the shifts of time
What do you do with a drunken sailor
Marry him off to Elizabeth Taylor
What do you with the white man’s burden
Get him drunk with Richard Burton
What do you do with a Greek gift
Sell it on to Montgomery Clift
What do you at Mandalay
But go for a dance with Danny Kaye
For all these days….we see the shifts of time
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3. |
Before I Was a Spy*
03:40
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before I was a spy
I was a lovely guy
before I was a spy
I was a lovely guy
the novel was rejected
the children were neglected
the wound was soon infected
and life was much too hectic
though I moved the words
I could not talk about them
though its not deserved
I still want to walk among men
in a separate sky
I hear there’s been some speculation
that’s why I walked on by
in some trepidation
before I was a spy
I was a lovely guy
before I was a spy
I was a lovely guy
the novel was successful
the reading tour was stressful
we read in a Jewish temple
and the compensation’s ample
when it comes around
be glad you waited for it
when it hits the ground
try and find a home for it.
in a different time
we could have made a stab of it
from the things I’ve heard
you’re not so bad at it
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4. |
Icarus*
04:11
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You thought you’d live forever
Until the ground moved under your feet
You thought you could dance forever
Until-they took away the beat
Never thought the ice was melting
Till you saw the cracks appear
Never thought the sky was falling
Till the sound assaults your ear
You thought your life was vital
Until you read the rules of the game
You thought the seasons cycled
Until the rains never came
Never hear a father’s heart is breaking
when you get that close to the sun
Never know what its like to wake up
Knowing you outlived your son….
Icarus
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5. |
October*
01:59
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The winds in October again
They rise like the lake in the rain
All over October Again
Its over October again
The dark of the all Hallow’s Eve
The gloves and the scarf you retrieve
All over October Again
Its over October again
Sup harvest soup in the dorm
By the fire keeping warm
All over October Again
Its over October again
The leaves have fell from the trees
The frost is alive on the breeze
All over October Again
Its over October again
The dark autumn nights draw you in
As winter starts to begin
All over October Again
Its over October again
Over a chestnut flame –
Someone you love calls your name
All over October Again
Its over October again
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6. |
Anybody*
03:18
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What fate befalls the man of wealth
Who bets all on his romantic health
The trial he took, the final look
Oh, darling
Though I seemed to love just you
What else is a boy to do
But fall again, and feel the pain
Maybe?
At times I danced to hold you close
And thought you were my overdose
The milky eyes, that mesmerise
Oh, baby
How were we hurled into this space
Just close enough to touch your face
What drunken mess, I must confess
I love you
What fate befalls the man of wealth
Who bets all on his romantic health
The trial he took, the final look
I could be anybody
Though I seemed to love just you
What else is a boy to do
But fall again, and feel the pain
I could be anybody
At times I danced to hold you close
And thought you were my overdose
The milky eyes, that mesmerise
I could be anybody
How were we hurled into this space
Just close enough to touch your face
What drunken mess, I must confess
I could be anybody
I could be anybody
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7. |
Kingfisher*
05:35
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Change has come before we’ve assimilated
We stated our case for a special kind of empathy
Stood bolt upright in our unlaced biker boots
What should have been a holiday ended as a nightmare…
The scratches on your elphin feet were caused by the broken glass
The dampness of the sheets beneath could not be from the windowsill
Remember when I called you up and asked you what the problem was
A picture frame was broken - your pretty wrists were bleeding
Because I was an optimist I thought that change was possible
Yet no one has an inkling of what each of us is thinking of
I waited a long time hoping for a miracle
Then I saw the kingfisher outlined on the horizon
Do you not think our amusement was marginal
Rise above the mists - raise your fists in anger
Moments appear inevitable in retrospect
Are less convincing now I’ve heard your side of the story
Perhaps we live a lie to keep us from the hurt of it –
Perhaps we communicate by measuring out the truth of it
Once gone, the memory stays quite magical
Once it’s over we must live with the pain –
Women have a way for papering over crackups
Whilst men spiral down until they’re on margin
Can we have a second chance or is the past unconscionable?
For out the corner of my eye I can see a Kingfisher
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8. |
Chevalier*
03:45
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Because I know her sorrow
I cannot know her heart
I think about it ending
Before it even starts
I found a chink in her armour
And that’s when I took aim
I knew that I might harm her
If I entered this game
Truth is I am lonely,
From that I could not hide
I took her from my dreaming
And placed her in my life
I liked the way she motioned
And shook off a loose hair,
The tincture of her essence
The mirage of her stare
Beneath the hard exterior,
An oyster soft and warm
We’d sleep through the darkness
And wake entwined at dawn
And I her brave chevalier
And her my madamoiselle
Our words a map to treasure
Our love a tale to tell
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9. |
Clap Your Hands!*
03:53
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Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
And Praise Your Country!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands
Crash landing suit was made of lead
I had a feather-net and when I came to bed
You were already there lubricating
The dreams we shared were best left off
The pay-per-view tongiht
After a week I guess you could say we were dating
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
And Praise Your Country!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands
Marks of alien claws dig deep, hurt much deeper
In the outer planets
we went looking for a sleeper cell -
Our enemies were mysteries
beyond our experience
The auditions led to no more than a pilot
We are the ones picked for our perfect pathology
It comes to something when madness
is a career opportunity
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
And Praise Your Country!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands
After the pilot flopped I lost touch with you immediately
I thought the sex was meaningful – but it couldn’t last beyond TV
My page on IMDB is not much to talk about
Whilst you are dating the newest thing
And talked of for an Emmy
The videos I took I never told you about
And its not money I want from you
Just a chance to recreate
Meet me at the parking lot
And wear that leather skirt I liked
Don’t bring your mobile with you
Nobody can hear us
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
Clap your hands!
And Praise Your Country.
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10. |
I Want My Woman Tonight*
05:29
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Though we met when neither of us was sane
ran soaking through the Brussels rain
In a foreign city far from friends
Being whoever we must pretend….
And when you left for your plane
I felt I might not see you again
So then you texted as you land
It was as if you’d squeezed my hand
I want my
I want my
I want my woman tonight
Don’t you see the good in what we’ve done?
What began as nothing more than a fun –
Life tried to be a little wild –
And it’s left us thinking of a child –
We should have thought these things through
We should have done what others do –
But when I look into your eyes
I know we’ll cope with the surprise
I want my
I want my
I want my woman tonight
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11. |
Pale Girls in Suntops*
03:59
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Its going to be a lovely day in Manchester
Get that suncream on boys and girls
*
Setting out in the morning
Time to get out that summer skirt
And the shirt you bought from Top Girl
The slingbacks from H&M
Get out the suncream
Get out the sunglasses
That you’ve not used since Ibiza
When you got off with Darren from Leeds
Pale Girls in Suntops
This is where the fun starts
It’s a beautiful day
Pale Girls in Suntops
This is where the fun starts
It’s a beautiful day
First thing in the morning
Dressed in the hope it will shine all day
It’s a good day for strutting,
For putting on your lipstick
Sitting out drinking Mojitos
Lounging as the heat goes
Time to go out dancing
Some summer love romancing
Pale Girls in Suntops
This is where the fun starts
It’s a beautiful day
Pale Girls in Suntops
This is where the fun starts
It’s a beautiful day
All the boys are looking
And the whole scene is cooking
It’s a beautiful night
And you’re feeling right
The boys they getting randy
And you’re looking handy
Dancing with your girlfriends
Wonder how the night ends?
Pale Girls in Suntops
This is where the fun starts
It’s a beautiful day
Pale Girls in Suntops
This is where the fun starts
It’s a beautiful day
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12. |
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When your love is on the wane
And things won’t ever be the same
When the politics is done
And there’s a cloud over the sun
Better the path that you might take
One more heart that’s left to break
And I will be the one you need
Even if you have to leave
When the monuments to love are built
When the blood of lovers has been spilt
When the Romeos have all gone mad
And the Juliets are lost and sad
Out of focus but in a glance
Can you stay for one last dance
Can you stay for one last dance
Can you stay for one last dance?
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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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