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Top Hits of 2012 (40 Years Series)

by Bonbon Experiment

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1.
What you were in my eyes Thought it never stop
2.
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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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
4.
Icarus* 04:11
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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October* 01:59
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
6.
Anybody* 03:18
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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Kingfisher* 05:35
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
8.
Chevalier* 03:45
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
9.
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.
10.
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
11.
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
12.
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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40 Years collection reissue of original 12 track album with new collage cover.

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released December 31, 2012

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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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