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Wilhelmsburg
04:19
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Sivan from Brooklyn is staring at her space grey iPhone
looking for the Rua da Glória
while Josh is in an Uber heading downtown
he's gonna meet her at the airb'n'b
and it's raining in Lisbon
down on the streetlights, the bakeries and tram cars
and I'm just waiting for my ticket
to take me back to where I can see the night stars
Dragging your suitcase down cobblestone streets
the wheels they make a terrible sound
checking directions on Google maps
it's a normal Thursday evening in a tourist town, but ..
I'm going back, I'm going home to Wilhelmsburg
so put the kettle on and meet me at the front door, love
cause I'm heading out I'm diggin' deep down inside
I've had enough of the global travellers
Tom from Newcastle is on a Ryan Air flight
that cost less than the Starbucks coffee he had at the airport in London
and it‘s so lonely in Barcelona
but just like the folks at Plata Bar he's only passing thru
Trawling his Pierre Cardin's down cobblestone streets
the wheels they make a terrible sound
he's posting pictures on his Instagram feed
it's just a normal Friday nite in this tourist town, so ..
I'm going back, I'm going home to Wilhelmsburg
so put the kettle on and meet me at the front door, love
cause I'm heading out I'm going deep down inside
I'm so tired of the digital nomads
I'm driving back, I'm going home to Wilhelmsburg
so leave the kettle on and meet me at the front door, love
cause I'm heading home I'm going deep down inside
I've had enough of the global travellers.
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2. |
The Sea Before Us
03:24
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I've been on this ship for so long
started out on a prayer and a song
but that was in another life
We set out to face our darkest fears
now we're running from the broken years
but this trip it just won't end
The summer's off to the northeast sky
as we hang around we don't question why
our fates are sealed to the stars and dust
cause it's only hope or the sea before us
the sea before us
Now we drift far off some distant shore
sometimes I call in my sleep "I just can't take it no more"
I just want to go home
So, send word to the one’s I love and left behind
all I can say is believe me I tried and I tried
to make us a better life
The summer's off to the northeast sky
we hang around we don't question why
our fates are sealed to the stars and dust
cause it's only hope or the sea before us
The morning comes we'll struggle on
to keep our faith that we belong
to the jet stream winds to the howling storm
to the forward rush
and the sea before us
the sea before us.
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3. |
Strange Companions
04:19
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So the story goes, we were young, too intense
with a violent side but damn the consequences
we were old for nineteen
jacked up on cigarettes and caffeine
We'd watch the river flow on it's way to the sea
our minds would run wild on random access memories
and down the waterfall we let the waters bleed
flow like the years and centuries
Now I don't know where, where I can find you again
and I don't know how I can hold on to this
cause whatever this is
just a detour thru life's conditions
we stay strange companions
I don't care how how long this will last for
or just what the future holds, down which path
but whatever we should find
weirder things have happened
we stay strange companions
Oh what fine little worker bees
you grow to love the hand keeps you fed but unfree
we dodged the master plan just to settle for less
now I need a little time to reassess
I watched the river flow on it's way to the sea
"it's just the will of the world you say" well, we disagree
but where are you now when we need you the most?
invisible but composed
See I don't know where, where I can find you again
and I don't know how I can hold on to this
but whatever this is
just a detour thru city canyons
we stay strange companions
I don't care how, how long this will last for
or just what the future holds, down which path
cause whatever we decide
stranger things have happened
we stay strange companions
See, I don't care how, how long this will last for
or just what the future holds, down which path
cause whatever we decide
weirder things have happened
we stay strange companions
strange companions
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Boys, I can see them parking their cars and honking their horns
the girls are all dressed in their Sunday best
Hey, I've never felt this confident before
a ten grand dime store
so if you’ve got the time, well we’ve got the crime
we’ll make it all worth your while
Put your vanities aside, there’s just no place to hide
when you’re young in mind
the writings on the wall
we’ll remain in light
cause I don’t want to feel like myself tonite
Hey, all my failures are coming to an end
just round the bend
but tonite, I'm steppin' out to the deepest darkest night
come light, just when you think that you'll never smile again
Mr. Malcontent you're flying blind
at forty thousand feet up in the sky
So put your vanities aside cause there’s just no place to hide
when you’re young in mind
the writings on the wall
we’ll remain in light
cause I don’t want to feel like myself tonite
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5. |
Thirty Seconds
04:32
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Rachel smiles a soft smile as she combs thru her hair
says I lost my innocence anyway when I was coming up for air
down by the water the deep dark waters of Lake Charles
I was blown to pieces by the possibilities
blinded by the northern stars
And the pages burn
and the road's they U-turn
as the fashions change
it's a daisy chain
Thirty seconds is all it takes
to rearrange your brave face
sixty seconds is all you get
to change the story
you be blessed
Tommy knows the directions
he can smell it in the wind
the path forward is the path less taken
it's just where he was sent
and the playwright with a chip on his shoulder he'll wander the streets
of Paradise, Ohio sizing up the merchandise
And as the subways fail
and the workers bail
when the music stops
the sky drops
Thirty seconds is all it takes
to wipe away your brave face
sixty seconds is all you get
to change your story
you be blessed
Ninety seconds is all we have
from New York City to Tenefly
one hundred eighty seconds and all is change
watch it all go down in flames
As the subways fail
and the people bail
When the music stopped
the sky dropped
Thirty seconds is all it takes
to rearrange your brave face
sixty seconds is all you get
to change the story
you be blessed
Ninety seconds is all we have
from Berlin towers to Dresden shacks
one hundred eighty seconds and all is change
see it all go down in flames
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6. |
Deborah
03:01
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Deborah, some may say we're flawed
but no one walks along these streets who hasn‘t yet been burned
Deborah, lock up all these doors
so much energy up to no good
well, no one’s keeping score
So you tear down the brick walls
and you crash your mothers car
because it makes you feel much better
say it was a counter measure
Deborah
Deborah, it‘s 3 a.m I know
and I‘ve been banging on your windowpane
for you to come outside
Deborah, your dime store troubadour
well, he‘s down on his luck
he's singing songs down by the record store
We‘ll just hang on for a while
then burn down the discotheques
then make a run for better weather
till life shuts us up forever
yeah, oh my, we're taking it by and by
if that don‘t make us feel much better
Deborah, what are we after?
Deborah
Deborah, let me take you there
See, just cause we‘ve been down so long
you feel the worse for wear
Deborah hey, I won't swim no more
and this slow boat it‘s just full of holes
we‘ll never get too far
Could we just hang on for a while?
act out all Byronesque
make a run for better weather
till life shuts us up forever, yeah
oh my, we‘re living it on the sly
if that don‘t make us feel much better
Deborah, what were we after?
Deborah
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It's no holiday it’s no retreat
not anywhere that we would care to be
this is not a show this is real
it's just where we ended up
So do we carry on?
what can I expect?
will we raise our hands give up and accept
the lights are dimming down
shadows fall on the silent plans of all parties involved
I'm gonna fly with the wild geese
I'm gonna hang with the wrong crowd
I'm gonna walk on crooked heels
cause love will find me a wheel
I'll be down with the mods and rockers
roll the dice with spin doctors
live on air and highway meals
until love finds me a wheel
Caterwauls and tears they drop to the floor
can we walk them back to where they were before?
cause it's no festival of abstract ideals
so this is our life now
the art of the deal
I'm gonna fly with the wild geese
I'm gonna hang with the wrong crowd
I'm gonna walk on cuban heels
cause love will find me a wheel
I'll be down with the mods and the rockers
roll the dice with spin doctors
live on air, reel to reel
until love finds me a wheel
cause I will not go under
I'm gonna fly with the wild geese
I'm gonna hang with the wrong crowd
I'm gonna walk on crooked heels
cause love will find me a wheel
I'll be down with the mods and rockers
roll the dice with spin doctors
live on air and try to heal
until love finds me a wheel
Love will find me a wheel.
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8. |
Second Chance
04:41
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Dresden leaves are falling fast
winter‘s in the air
we‘re older but no wiser just drag these old bones round each year
Pick myself up from the floor and let my memories fade
as the rooftops cast a knowing eye on last nights dear charades
Clotheslines whip thru the morning breeze, suburbia's symphony
but girl, I can‘t for the life of me say where I'm bound to be
Cause it‘s the same roads that we‘ve walked before
a hundred times or more
as I cross the room you call out to me
from an outside door
Don‘t we get a second chance?
don‘t we get another try?
won‘t they let us stick around
till we get it right
don‘t we get a second chance?
can‘t we get another name?
won‘t they let us start again
reset / rewind
My mind it‘s saying one thing but my body disagrees
let the morning papers shout our names
cause there's poison on TV
From the high rise crowded city streets to a hotel by the sea
your misty, worn out high street eyes they burn holes right thru me
But they're the same names that we‘ve heard before
a thousand times or more
as I‘m swimming hard you call my name
voices from the shore
Don‘t we get a second chance?
don‘t we get another try?
won‘t they let us stick around
till we get it right
don‘t we get a second chance?
don‘t we get another name?
won‘t they let us start again
reset / rewind
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9. |
Family Ties
03:54
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I want to go where the good kids go
and I'm gonna be just a stone's throw away
from where they keep the pure stuff hidden
out of view from dirt like me
I want to climb the family tree
I want to be where the cool kids are
turn all the pages burn like the stars
cause they're all aligned in the right order for a change
I don't want to feel weak anymore
I don't want to feel strange
Your mother said son it's gonna be OK
what she forgot to mention was there'd be a price to pay
to find the second cousin cause it runs in the blood
these family ties are a powerful drug
Now I'm gonna take what is rightfully mine
I'd best the devil drink all his wine
cause it's nobody's business if I should offend
I've been good I've been calm for too long
your fine friend
But that's all over now I'm on my way down
I was a ghost you were the man about town
I was Hello Magazine you were Harper's Bazaar
you flew 747 while I was in a stolen car
Your mother said son it's gonna be OK
what she forgot to mention was there'd be a price to pay
for the trophy wife babies with the silver spoon
the uncle from the war at the back of the room
Your father said you'll need to grow up one of these days
so he kissed you on the cheek and sent you on your way
to find the second cousin cause it runs in the blood
these family ties are a powerful drug
Your mother said son it's gonna be OK
what she forgot to mention was there'd be a price to pay
so find the second cousin cause it runs in the blood
these family ties they're a powerful drug
a powerful drug.
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10. |
You Can Do Anything
05:48
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Living for the penthouse style
smiling that big playboy smile
But hating every second
Keeping up with your anxieties
and making your enquiries
‘bout how to screw me over
Working on your master plan
just because you said you can
looking for that exit sign
Breaking all your fathers rules
bringing out the biggest tools
hey, you're living in a gold mine
Cause you could have everything
you could do magic or you could go dark
you could do anything
You’re living in a dream but dreaming of fire
You could have everything
you could work the room or you can let it burn
you can do anything
You’re living for the lie not waiting your turn
Flying across winter skies
looking for the final prize
but you know, you're getting nothing done
Shouting at your sycophants
trying so hard to be relevant
but failing every minute
We'll bury our heads in sand
but knowing only violence
sure don‘t make it any easier
Cause you could have everything
you could do magic or you can go dark
you could do anything
you’re living in a dream but dreaming of fire
You could have everything
you could work the room or you can let it burn
you could do anything
You’re living out a lie not waiting for your turn
not waiting for your turn
Cause you could have everything
you could do magic or you can go dark
you could do everything
you’re living in a dream but dreaming of fire
you could have everything
you can work the room or you can let it burn
you can do anything
You’re living out a lie but when will you learn?
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Dirk Darmstaedter Hamburg, Germany
Dirk Darmstaedter is a singer, songwriter, and producer originally from northern New Jersey now living in Hamburg, Germany.
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