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Radio news/The morning after
good morning, here is the 4´o clock news from
Radio "Freak out - I´ll be there"
according to unconfirmed reports
a nuclear accident has happened in the Sellafield area.
we´d like to stress that these are only unconfirmed rumours,
but we will, of course, bring you the latest news on these reports
as soon as they come in
No end in sight
for the stormy weather
that´s been striking our country for four weeks now.
Weathermen say
there´s never been such a long period without any sunshine at all
Jerry Baker
the well-known Irish scientist stated
there might be a connection between the frightening wearher situation
and some series of experiments on
mutated bacteria
executed by
the artificial intelligence network
worldwide association
what s o ever
there´s no reason for any panic at all
so please
stay intuned to our station
for further information and
music!
this was the 4´o´clock news from
radio "Freak out - I´ll be there!"
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better call it a day
04:20
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Better call it a day
sittin´in my kitchen here, staring at the wall, wondering what I ´m doin´ ,wondering whom to call,
this life is runnin´ empty like the bottles on me floor, a bitter joke, well, worst of all:
there´s no more place to get some more!
these times are gettin´ harder, they´re gettin´tougher day by day
whereever I look no break in sight: I better call it a day
the watertap is drippin, the hours tick away
who´s that stranger in the mirror? please take him - away!
all the neighbours moved away, electricity broke down, the food you get is fuckin´ bad, this is a dying town!
still I´m wondering what went wrong? there´s no more sun in the sky! it´s pretty hard to breathe the air,
and why did Angie die?
miss her like all the others that hit the hardest way, uh what the hell am I doin´ in this place?
I better call it a day
Uh, still that face in the mirror, can´t remember his name! forgot so many names and faces - this is a deadly game!
solo
and all these sexual feelings: no place to come - no place to go,
all tha s left is this lonely hand, but a hand is no home!
Uh, still that face in the mirror, can´t remember his name! forgot so many names and faces - this is a deadly game!
solo(feedback)
Prowl the streets for female company, but everyone dies away
what the fuck am i doin in this place?
I better call it a day - I better call it a day - I better call it a day - I better call it a day - I better call it a day - I better call it a day - I better call it a day - I better call it a day
so what the fuck am i doin´in a place like this?....
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what the fuck?
05:53
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WHAT THE FUCK?
... so what the fuck am I doin´in this kind of place?...
the sea like in rusty armours radiates thru´the night and the waves roll on and on endlessly...
...the night. like ever before, spreads its shroud on a dying day - no bitterness knows the wind - no fear knows the sea - no mourning touches mother earth...
...and I, in a tranquil kind of astonished emptiness feel the warm breath of this living being - mother earth...
...and I feel I wanna survive, I wanna keep on livin´ and so - I gotta move!
...so where did all my friends go? what about Jack?...maybe he moved with all the others...way down South...
so time, what about time?... time is no straight line,...time is like waves, green waves, rollin on and on,... endlessly, comin´and goin´,.. maybe like circles... ,always returning to the beginnings
down in the alleys - out in the dustroads - looks like nobody´s livin´ there no more
everybody fled away from this chaos, headin´down for safer Southern shores
well, you might say that I´m a dreamer (hi John), but I´m not the only one,but now I´ve got to put my shoulders on the wheel
so what the fuck? so what the fuck? so what the fuck am I doin´ in this kind of place?
uh,what the fuck!
gonna steel that speed car - E-type fuckin´ Jaguar, its filled up tank will get me out of reach today
hands on the wheel, foot on the gas, traffic jams are gettin´ in my way
well, you might say that I´m a dreamer (hi John), but I´m not the only one,but now I´ve got to put my shoulders on the wheel
so what the fuck? so what the fuck? so what the fuck am I doin´ in this kind of place?
uh,what the fuck!
what the fuck am I doin´ here? there´s nobody else around anymore..., looks like everybody moved way down South..., what about Jack? might be dead by now, or maybe he moved with all the others...,there´s no more electricity...,...gettin´so thirsty...,high and dry, well I´m left here with no warning....,wish I had a bottle of beer...,wish I had a bottle of beer...,wish I had a bottle of beer...,wish I had a bottle of beer...............
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she wrote a letter
06:30
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She wrote a letter
she wrote a letter to her mama saying: I had to leave, it makes me sick you had to stay
no time to say good-bye, they said you gotta flee, flee way down South, down the motorway
those highway chaos scenes I never will forget: one million cars in endless rows-
the way they crashed and smashed, all the wounded and the dead,
a world in panic - no place to go
this ain´t no place to live in, this is a place to die, you better leave now Sellafield, tell you the reason why:
a plane crashed down on reactor IV, the pilot´s lost control, we blame it on the stormy night and the pilot was too old
but we do urge you not to panic now - we got all the plans to get you out somehow -
the young people leave (but the old people stay),hop in your cars and move down to the motorway!
harpsolo
she wrote a letter to her mama, but then she threw it away: how should it reach them folks back home?
no way to get it mailed, - maybe they´re dead by now - you get no news from the danger zone...
no more sun in the afternoon like in village green days, no more birds in the old oak trees, no more green alley ways
(maybe the fuckin´weather is to blame for it?)
sit alone in my hotel room, dream of days long gone by, underneath city´s neon gloom, underneath starless skies
no more sun in the afternoon like in village green days, no more birds in the old oak trees, no more green alley ways
solo
look at me now! - I am Sarah! look at me now! - I´m not goin´ insane!
Solo
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mama
05:03
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Mama
...I always wanted you - but I couldn´t find you...
solo
once there was a boy, well, you called him Dave, he was the only joy you ever had,
thru´ all the days of pain and misery, when daddy used to treat you bad
and every time when you felt burned out and sad he always promissed you to grow up and be a man
who´d protect you and ´d defend you not neglect you nor resent you
so all your dreams could come true in the end
he was not different from any other kid, he used to play and fool around
with all the boys from around our neighboorhood in our sleepy part of town
oh mama, I loved those childhood days, uh, how I loved the smell of your perfume,
oh mama, I loved those green alley ways, first wake of love under a silvery moon
solo
I´m grown up now, I´m standin´ on my own, the world has changed in many a way
ruled by machines, who analyse our dreams:
controlled we´ll live - controlled we´ll die!
oh mama, please won´t you take me away, I feel lost in these post-romantic days
oh mama, feel like a third world now: they break my back but they´re makin´ up my face
oh mama, say what is happenin´ herearound? please tell me, what they do, please tell me - why?
oh mama, they´re building up that golden town - for their new Cartesian god, they call - A I !
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refugees&residents
05:09
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Refugees &residents
where do all the lights go when they do go out? what about the strangers in a strange land´s town?
refugees and residents whizzin´ all around on behalf of science in this Spanish town
the northern world is sinking, so let´s hail the South, let´s forget the future we hav dreamt about
used to cut the green grass, now we´re cut down red, strangers in a strange land sometimes feel too sad
wednesday morning we came down to Spain, crossed the Channel in the fog and rain,
France was no hideaway, we just stopped there for a night, - let´s hope that Spain´s allright,,let´s hope that Spain´s allright...
all the Scottish, Welsh and Irish folks, all them Spanish all them English blokes,
there might be some Germans too, some French and some Portuguese: they gotta move up close,they gotta move up close...
solo
world is gettin´ curtailed, nature´s gettin´ ruined, artificial intelligence seems to be our doom
look how doctor Faustus´´s breakin´ heaven´s rules, see the box of Pandora opened by those fools
he was glad he had a high IQ, to change the world was what he´d liked to do
now he has reached his top : mankind is at stake - let´s flee for heaven´s sake,let´s flee for heaven´s sake
from Bilbao down to Santander still the sun is shining everywhere
later on in the night, a night full of trance and dance, - a last chance for romance, a last chance for romance, a last chance for romance.....
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Sarah
05:23
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SARAH
another night like a mad satellite
roamin´ round thru´ the maze of sound
just tryin´ to see what´s a-foolin´ me
what´s keepin´ me dive into the quicksand of life
Sarah - I need protection
the streets taste so salty and I long for your sweetness
Sarah - please for a first time
let me drink your sweet lovin´ before I´m goin´ insane
here I´m lost in love high up above
I really can´t tell : is it heaven or hell?
dancin´aroun in this strange Spanish town
then out of the blue came a fairy like you,...a fairy like you
Sarah - you´ll be my true love
well true love it only comes once in a blue moon
Sarah - please for a first time
let me drink your sweet lovin´ before I´m goin´ insane
solo
Sarah - you´ll be my true love
well true love it only comes once in a blue moon
Sarah - please for a first time
let me drink your sweet lovin´ before I´m goin´ insane
now just you and me let´s go down to the sea
there is no noise, just a girl and a boy
lost in the sand, hand in hand
tryin´ to feel what´s fake, what is real?...what´s fake, what is real?
Sarah - we need protection
the world´s tumblin´down and we do need a shelter
Sarah - please for a first time
let us feed on sweet lovin´and we won´t go insane,...no we won´t go insane, Sarah...
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too real
04:52
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Too real
...this is a beautiful place..., ...I love you, Sarah...
I love you too, Dave..., but ....,...what about time...? (TIME OUT - Thema)
skin to skin, I like this quiet mood I´m in, I´ll stay with you, I´ll stay with you tonight,
aforeign land, two lovers in the sand, lost somewhere at the banks of time
gitsolo
so entwined, our bodies and our minds, eternity seems just a mile away,
open sea - -ah - can you feel the breeze? the sea will roll forever and a day
born to love you, well, I really think I was..., oh, oh, oh
born to love you, well, I really think I was..., oh, oh, oh
wake up and see what dreamers we are, romantic hobos in modern days´ cars
dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on - dream on, dream on, dream on, - dream!
daylight´s here, oh, it´s too real and too clear, love´s a fragile crystal in our hands
it might break in a world all of a shake, broken crystal pieces in the sand
born to love you, well, I really think I was..., oh, oh, oh
born to love you, well, I really think I was..., oh, oh, oh
wake up and see what dreamers we are, romantic hobos in modern days´ cars
dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on - dream on, dream on, dream on, - dream!
gitsolo
born to love you, well, I really think I was..., oh, oh, oh
born to love you, well, I really think I was..., oh, oh, oh
gitsolo
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time out
06:32
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TIME OUT
take a look around - watchin´the world, the roles, I think about the part I play...
minor part, major part, it´s all the same, it´s all just give and take
...and you know it so well, and you know it too well, yes you know it damn well!
time to live and time to die after a while
meet the mushroom magician and you´ll suddenly hear him say:
and he says: my time is different, cos´ I play my part in time
I can change it, like I want to, with my mind
I can feel it - I can sense it - can you hear it?
i need a time out -i need a time out -i need a time out -i need a time out -i need a time out -now!
love is all we need, now, tomorrow, we need it like the breath we breathe
find a love, keep a love, it´s all the same, it´s all just give and take
...and you know it so well, and you know it too well, yes you know it damn well!
time to live and time to die after a while
meet the mushroom magician and you´ll suddenly hear him say:
and he says: my time is different, cos´ I play my part in time
I can change it, like I want to, with my mind
I can feel it - I can sense it - can you hear it?
i need a time out -i need a time out -i need a time out -i need a time out -i need a time out -now!
time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -time out -
time out!
Solo
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the underground
05:37
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THE UNDERGROUND
never surrender to the broken hearted, the ones that always put you down,
never forget the times you started, the days you spent in the underground
so ride to the echoes of time, on the arrows of why and when you will come back again
never no move - never no motion - never no fear will get you down
you never had the vaguest notion that you´re the Indian kid of the underground - arise! arise!
never give in to the narrow - minded, there´s no thing impossible
if there´s a way you sure will find it, cos´you are the unstoppable!
so ride to the echoes of time, on the arrows of why and when you will come back again
never no move - never no motion - never no fear will get you down
you never had the vaguest notion that you´re the Indian kid of the underground - arise! arise!
solo
always live!...ni dieu - ni maitre, never stop to roam around
the inner meaning, raison d´etre it´s life itself that´s what we found
so ride to the echoes of time, on the arrows of why and when you will come back again
solo
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a new tomorrow
04:25
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green wave Saarbrücken, Germany
since 1975 they have been a permanently creative part of the rock history in Saarland and played concerts in Germany,
France and even one in the Amsterdam cult club Melkweg
2000 CD "the inner garden"
2009double-CD “…we used to cut the green grass…/…the war is over…”
their new and last CD „ stolen dreams in a nearby lost & found“, will be released in September 2020
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