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Vertical Integration (40 Years Series)

by Bonbon Experiment

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1.
Lady lately I’m thinking of you The trouble I have had The things I must do When we first met there was something in the air A chemistry was set, the wind blew your hair I was a poor bet, but the possibility’s there. Lady I’m asking for your hand I know you’d understand That it’s the way God planned. I may not be the kind of man you were expecting But mirrors have a way of showing your true reflection And even love has room for an exception Lady I’m doing what I never said I would Doing in a song What in life I should Taking you in your arms and rushing off your feet Spinning you round in circles, chasing you down the street And telling you I love you next time we meet. Lady I’m asking, I’m begging and praying I’m a questioner, a hobo, a priest and your saviour Lady look kindly on my soul.
2.
Boop-bap-bare boop-bap-bare Boop-bap-bare ba-hoo I was walking down the street Mingling with the rabble Voices to the left and right All mixed up in the babble The voices they got louder Telling me about The good and the evil Till all I could do was shout Boop-bap-bare boop-bap-bare Boop-bap-bare ba-hoo I met a good lady I wooed her like I’d been told, I gave her fancy words And a ring made of gold. We sat down for a meal And it came time to pay But the voices came back to me Telling me what to say Boop-bap-bare boop-bap-bare Boop-bap-bare ba-hoo I was playing poker With piles of cash to spare The cards they were perfect, My confidence was rare Everyone was folding Except me and the dude But I couldn’t say a thing I wasn’t being rude Boop-bap-bare boop-bap-bare Boop-bap-bare ba-hoo I met that St. Peter When I got to the gate I said “God’s not bad, But Peter you are great.” “Up or down” he said – “You’re an even money choice” I was ready to speak And then I found my voice Boop-bap-bare boop-bap-bare Boop-bap-bare ba-hoo
3.
The kisses on a holiday The ’68 revolt in May All the things I want to say Things we did on the magic night The trial by fire and the trial by light The ballot box, the Armalite The cause we had long ago The lucky guess that wasn’t so Forgetting all the things we know Drugs that didn’t last the course Resistance against mighty force Thinking what’s mine is yours Nothing is Sustained Nothing is Sustained The promises made to keep The conversation’s long and deep How well next to you I sleep All of our ill-gotten gains The years spent wrapped up in chains Forty days of endless rains The slow descent into hell The lies we no longer tell The depth of sorrow where we dwell Nothing is Sustained Nothing is Sustained Nothing is Sustained Nothing is Sustained
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When I looked in your eyes I saw a nightmare Then I woke up on my own and I’ve been there. Something’s burning bright like a red flare And I know by now I don’t belong there. Drug fuelled tales And the mental crutch Hedonistic – The Monday flux The truth is serum And cabbalistic Play-dogs rushing Misogynistic. Tragic jade On the fields of hell Africa – The mission bell. The red line highway Mortal wounds Clashing tongues In the catacombs. AMMUNITION IS A STATE OF MIND REPETITION OF A PULSING KIND MISSING PERSONS AT A READY MEAL INFLAMMATIONS OF THE SEEPING WEAL The old Tangiers Our rabbit holes A place of death Empty souls Group immolation Passive luck Feudal warning Don’t give a fuck Bleeding liberal Halycon day Plague on houses Read John Gray Tepid-vision Pulsallama America And the Dalai Llama Give me dulcimer Tunes at night A Muezzin cry And Bakelite World’s resources Eaten up Mont Blanc Pens And the Ryder Cup. Justice Men Vigilantes Sniffing Paris Hilton’s panties Decca records – Molten sounds, Pissing blood On badger mounds Drip feed fashion Sandinista Making love To Utah sister Seven sides Of J.K. Rowling – Omen IV And the Howling. Drug fuelled tales And the mental crutch Hedonistic – The Monday flux The truth is serum And cabbalistic Play-dogs rushing Misogynistic. Tragic jade On the fields of hell Africa – The mission bell. The red line highway Mortal wounds Clashing tongues In the catacombs. AMMUNITION IS A STATE OF MIND REPETITION OF A PULSING KIND MISSING PERSONS AT A READY MEAL INFLAMMATIONS OF THE SEEPING WEAL Drug fuelled tales And the mental crutch Hedonistic – The Monday flux The truth is serum And cabbalistic Play-dogs rushing Misogynistic. Tragic jade On the fields of hell Africa – The mission bell. The red line highway Mortal wounds Clashing tongues In the catacombs. When I looked in your eyes I saw a nightmare Then I woke up on my own and I’ve been there. Something’s burning bright like a red flare And I know by now I don’t belong there.
6.
Tina 02:22
Hang out at the same bars a million times Then a girl you’ve never seen, is on the scene Swaying like a sunflower on a garden wall You had to look, you had to fall Tina – have you seen her? I dreamed of her, I need her You asked everyone who she was And where you could find her next But the moment’s gone She looked at you and blew a kiss But you could have been anyone Tina – have you seen her? I dreamed of her, I need her.
7.
There was a maiden fair to the eye And there was a soldier he was passing by She saw the soldier and lowered her gaze But it was too late already he’s amazed Then said the soldier: “I’ve done many things, I’ve hurt a man for money Killed for my king But for an hour To take you in the wood I’d forsake all killing and turn my back on blood.” And this kind maiden as pure as the stream Looked upon the soldier like he was her dream She thought of the lives her action could save and wished herself as virtuous as the man was brave. She said to the soldier: “I could do as you please let you take my hand and slip between the trees. This virtue of mine I would happily give If it meant that another might live.” “Come then” said the soldier and got down off his ride. “My honour is immense, and you will be my bride.” But then the maiden stopped him as close to her he trod, And said “your honour’s between you and your god. Whatever I would give you wouldn’t remain whole, I’d lose my virtue but you’d still lose your soul”
8.
I saw funerals and burials I saw the worst a man could do I saw twilight in your eyes by then there was nothing I could do why are you so sad? lovers of twilight why are you so badly burnt? sad lovers of twilight I saw candles and fireworks I saw magic done for greed I saw twilight in your eyes by then there was nothing you could need why are you so sad? lovers of twilight why are you so badly burnt? sad lovers of twilight why are you so sad? lovers of twilight why are you so badly burnt? sad lovers of twilight
9.
We haven’t the time we thought The truth is we’re losing air. Cloud cover won’t last the night. The powder’s dry, there’s nothing there. Come now make up your mind Its easier to find when the ocean’s calrm. Lay down your parallel lines On either side, the water’s warm. We don’t comprehend the skies, We’re not that wise, we’re all on our own, Two slept in a room kept for one, And the spider’s spun a gossamer home.
10.
Neophyte 04:36
Can’t speak – I haven’t the words And cannot think – above all this noise Cannot love – oh my god I cannot love. The neophyte was all alone in the room of life and the markings on the wall told only of the past never of his future and unaccustomed to the surroundings he stumbled, struck dumb, his mind scrambled and that was when he realised these markings had been made by men such as him and that he would only be able to understand them when he too would come to write such things. Can’t speak – I haven’t the words And cannot think – above all this noise Cannot love – oh my god I cannot love.
11.
What did the boy What the boy call you? Was it a word Was it a word The boy called you? What will you do? Who will you tell? What did the boy What did he do to you?
12.
Don’t let the bastards kill your dreams Don’t let the bastards kill your dreams… Tom Sawyer’s rowing a boat with such confidence down the Mississippi The flag parade is out for the conquerors as they come back to the city Robin Hood’s shooting flaming arrows The Lionheart’s back in England Lucifer’s never looked so elegant since he gave up sinning Everything is possible in childhood Never let the bastards kill your dreams

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40 Years collection reissue with new collage cover.

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released January 1, 2008

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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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