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The Bride
03:54
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The bride wears black boots
and a frail white silk dress
and I drive a brand new car
in Las Vegas a burning sky
My love, the rain is over
I run to you with two wedding rings
When all bets seem lost
Our love is all we’ve got
You said ‘I'm your man’
From the highest tower you made a vow
Be careful if you're playing a game
I have a bullet with your name
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2. |
Rat Race
02:52
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Rats flee in a race
Running to steal the time
We were going straight to a train wreck
As the banker loves the squatter
We made the bet
We loved the risk of a death foretold
Whatever works, try again
Can you hear our song of farewell?
I received a beating
I got it twice
Agh! Till I took out my liver by mouth
We laugh about everything
We drank ‘Bloody Mary’ one time
The truth ends up exploding in your face
You went to the bathroom first
I went after a while
Someone banged on the door
Our story is a roulette wheel
Smelt like farewell
but in the end you win again
You were cheating
you play with marked cards
but I carry a gun up my sleeve
There is no rest, no time to lose
We’re doomed by fate
end up like rats down the drain
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Black Swan
03:28
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I swam in the green lake
A faint light beam shone
My bare feet rested in the mud
Every human being lives in a novel plot
Just five minutes can change a life
Suddenly you appeared
your eyes outshone the day
Seeking a bloody story
you are the black swan
before I met you I was a blind swordsman
We are emigrants from a failed love
You playing on a swing
I wait my turn
everything was broken
you are the black swan
you call to the moon at the doors of the dark
I want to drown this strong feeling now
I’m back to the river
Now you are a song
What we were is written
you are the black swan
you call to the moon at the doors of the dark
we are emigrants from a failed love
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Trouble in Mind
03:32
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Almost Blues
03:38
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Almost Blues is nothing tragic
There’s no reason to love
When you're away I will know what to do
No time to mourn.
It could have been worst
Now you stick to the past
While on the radio plays our last song
You treated me like a dog.
After every kiss I received a snub
Now you are taking the ashes of love
You made me die you made me feel alive
Almost blues. You left empty-handed
At last love is an entropic game
Almost blues
Almost blues
Almost blues
Almost blues
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Highway 49
03:14
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Enemies
04:28
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Walking with my enemy
Steps beyond the sorrow and joy
dark side of love is a must see
Walking on the bustling streets
like a bum around the town
and you move like a cat
on a hot tin roof
Pain comes from the roofs
through the smoke
Night waits with a jaws of a wolf
Enemy you know where we go
Enemy our time is short
Dying, love is dying
Seeking the best way out
Enemy you file your claws
There’s no rest no relief for you
I was wired to escape from your rage
You kept pushing till the sea stopped
Universe collapses and we don’t?
Soft as the blade of a sword
You talk to me like I was the one
I realized too late that we are part of a lie
Now I pray for no return
It’s not hard to fill your space
You are like the smoke from a cigarette
You kept pushing till the sea stopped
Universe collapses and we don’t?
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Summer Camp Blues
03:01
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Life is like a summer. A summer Camp Blues
People goin' crazy. You and me too
I can’t be myself. No time to think
Daily I go back home tired without reward
Dreams are dyin' going nowhere
While you are turning in a fairground all day
Would you kill a hopeless man? You can’t do it
My love, I’m a fool without homeland
Please don’t go away. Please get back
Oh listen! babe you know how I really feel
I’m a workingman victim. I was born just dead
You can’t kill me. I was made to resist
It’s all you want to change my mind
Don’t ever remind me where is my place
solo
You know babe. Love is a killing field
Think about, there’s no trial to judge our mistakes
Never hang out with someone of my kind
you could lose everything in just one night
You think love is a war to win
And ‘eternal love’ becomes summertime
Love is like a summer. A summer camp blues
Love is like a summer. A summer camp blues
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Fishbowl
04:13
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Winter was cold
I ran the ravine to the church
There was a time
When dreams would come true
I dressed in a football shirt
I used to play an old guitar
From a flowery terrace
I saw trains going to nowhere
A yellow bird whistled
through the window
The turntable played a scratchy song
I was free in a fishbowl. I was free
I said one day I would go
I lived in a sunny attic. Away from danger
one day I will go
One day I thought I could be a poet
Life turned out short. I walked with bare feet
My country changed
turning the fishbowl
Now I can write a poem
I will come back
I will come back
When all ways are blocked
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10. |
Walking Blues
03:20
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Xavi Malacara Barcelona, Spain
They call him "Malacara". Musician based in Barcelona Songwriter bandleader, entertainer (Malacara Wilson Band, Karma Police, Milkers) Has placed him at the Americana music. His music transcends the confines of genre, continually challenging the notion that tradition-bearers fail to push musical boundaries. ... more
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