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Listen up, you’re only breaking all my windows
Brave dear son, why did you go on being a weirdo
Got twenty wetsuits and you’re still completely naked
I always feel around you I just have to fake it
Did you ever make a study of my manifesto
A clear wide shot of beach life bimbo’s at the disco
You’re nothing but boredom around my Malibu mansion
This is me, man, can I get some fucking attention
You’re wandering the safe road
Lying on a board and playing with the angry waves
Lying on a board and shouting out your stupid name
So ancient, so ancient
Lying in the surf and kissing with your latest girlfriend
Your girlfriend
My girlfriend
Your girlfriend
My girlfriend
Twenty years ago, you know, I was one of them
Living on the beach, had a girlfriend I called Sam
Celebrating the bonfire, the vanity, this salty magic
How the hell did you end up so fucking tragic
You’re wandering the safe road
Lying on a board and playing with the angry waves
Lying on a board and shouting out your stupid name
So ancient, so ancient
Lying in the surf and kissing with your latest girlfriend
Your girlfriend
My girlfriend
Your girlfriend
My girlfriend
Lying on a board and playing with the angry waves
Lying on a board and shouting out your stupid name
So ancient, so ancient
Lying in the surf and kissing with your latest girlfriend
Lying on a board and playing with your former girlfriend
Lying on a board and shouting out your girlfriends name
So ancient, so ancient
Lying in the surf and kissing with your latest girlfriend
Your girlfriend
My girlfriend
Your girlfriend
My girlfriend
Listen up, you’ve just lost your latest girlfriend
Why do you keep accepting, why don’t you take a stand
I’m sorry that you caught us in here all wet and naked
I’m sorry to tell you boy, but with you she had to fake it
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Dining Amsterdam
03:21
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Lying in bed one afternoon
A perfume haze came all too soon
Distracted by my heavy gun
Your hotel key belongs to the sun
The ebony lying on my chest
Is changing light in reverence
You pick up everything in sight
Adorable to your early flight
We’re dining Amsterdam, we’re dining so well
We’re dining Amsterdam, we’re dining in Hell
Blow the leaves outside the park
On a little blanket after dark
This could just make a faerie sound
And it could make your momma proud
The whisky is taking upper hand
And the wind carries grains of sand
Lying in bed all afternoon
Did I always feel like such a loon
We’re dining Amsterdam, we’re dining so well
We’re dining Amsterdam, we’re dining in Hell
Lying in bed one afternoon
A perfume haze came all too soon
Distracted by my heavy gun
Your hotel key belongs to the sun
The ebony lying on my chest
Is changing light in reverence
You pick up everything in sight
Adorable to your early flight
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California
04:21
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Lying on a Californian Beach
Completely out of reach
Last night you had Judy on the phone
But now you found out no one’s at home
They’re joyfully playing in the sand
You wish they’d crash the plane on land
The little minded slender girl
Is showing off her latest swirl
And no one is there just for you
The sun is bright but you’re feeling blue
The telephone is off the hook
They’re beautiful and you’re afraid to look
So you just take another beer
You have no friends - no one is here
Flipping through a magazine
There’s nothing that you haven’t seen
Another day, another dime
Just praying away this awful time
You’ll wake up in L.A.
You’ll wake up in L.A. by yourself
You’ll wake up in L.A.
You’ll wake up in L.A. by yourself
There’s nothing there to suit ya
But, hey dude, it’s California
Where The Terminator reigns supreme
And everybody has a dream
But everybody just ain’t me
So let us get away from here
The 101 until we reach the end
That’ll be a lovely day spend
You’ll wake up in L.A.
You’ll wake up in L.A. by yourself
You’ll wake up in L.A.
You’ll wake up in L.A. by yourself
Finally you will take another test
Where you’ll be just like all the rest
Your rejection will be send in mail
By the time you crack another nail
Stripping off your hardwood floor
And begging God for that little more
Fuck it; you will never ever reach
That skinny girl with her teeth in bleach
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One simple morning turning into a day of magic
Freezing frames and unwantedly so tragic
A mysterious smile was carving through the looking glass
I remember the cool white wine and you dancing on their trash
They couldn’t frame you so where are you now
They couldn’t tame you so where are you now
I said: where are you now for me
The fading photo of my lovely wedding dress
A two year wedding design: to be a test
The restless counter fact still howling at the door
The eyes of Laura Mars can see what’s there no more
They couldn’t frame you so where are you now
They couldn’t tame you so where are you now
I said: where are you now for me
They couldn’t frame you so where are you now
They couldn’t tame you so where are you now
I said: where are you now for me
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The Priest and the Boy
01:50
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Well, there is just this little priest
Who needs a boy to be released
And, well, you know, he took him back
And tried to cover all his tracks
And then he stroked his lovely hair
And felt ashamed for his despair
But you know what it’s all about
Even though they weren’t very loud
One day the boy just had enough
And boy, he turned out to be tough
He made a victim of the priest
Who needs a boy to be released
The boy went shouting out his name
And the Lord’s name in all his vain
And took the priest to his little hole
And then, well, he just lost control
It’s a tale as old as time
And there he lay, the little priest
Took no more boys to be released
But God will look the other way
If he should feel like boy some day
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Sorrow
04:44
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Once more leaving your Glass-bottom mansion
And now I’m busy trying to hold on to the tension
Gripping the slipping wheel
Don’t you think it’s time we’d meet for real?
Don’t you think it’s time we’d meet for real?
What’s that feeling inside of me?
Don’t tell me I’m only falling here.
What’s that feeling inside of me?
Don’t tell me sorrow’s gripping me.
Well, come on, baby, you’re the only one
I was just wondering where you came from
While tasting your creamy cum
Don’t you know tomorrow might never come?
Don’t you know tomorrow might never come?
What’s that feeling inside of me?
Don’t tell I’m only falling here.
What’s that feeling inside of me?
Don’t tell me sorrow’s gripping me.
What’s that feeling inside of me?
Don’t tell me I’m only falling here.
What’s that feeling inside of me?
Don’t tell me sorrow’s gripping me.
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The Woman in the Tub
04:54
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Did you change the colour of your hair
The slightest chill you pick up in the air
You read the book - you know it’s there
Black, black current in your tub
You hail it out and you pick it up and you throw it away
Couldn’t feel the magic everywhere
Or feel the love in his latest stare
So you want out of this despair
Black, black current in your tub
You hail it out and you pick it up and you throw it away
One single slice across your wrist
It feels like you’re just another twist
The girl who shall be missed
Black, black current in your tub
You hail it out and you pick it up and you throw it away
The girls are jumping on your bed
You watch as the water slowly stains red
Let’s hope they will never forget
The pain is crawling on your face
The wrong time and surely the wrong place
Another life slowly erased
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Maybe
04:03
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The glass still contains some wine
Reflecting every little crime
We’ll look the other way
We’ll look the other way
Laura sailing across all the seas
A bandage covering both her knees
We’ll look the other way
We’ll look the other way
The cure is in electricity
It brings you everything you need
Why are we here anyway
Cigarettes and atoms everywhere
His neutrons will make you climb the stair
We’ll look the other way
We’ll look the other way
You changed your weight overnight
But you’re still challenging your heavy mind
We’ll look the other way
We’ll look the other way
The glass still contains some wine
Reflecting every little crime
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Your latest test, your wrecking ball
Your breath ran pest, your missing call
You’re doing this, you’re running hot
This awful truth, this awful spot
My empty grave, my hairy chest
The blue eyed stare, my Sunday best
The spat out cum, a slipped out note
A tiny crust, you rock that boat
My blocking hand, this funky smell
One hit below, this is your hell
My blocking hand, this funky smell
One hit below, this is your hell
Little white lie, a secret date
A bottle of wine, this is what you create
What now my love, is this the end
What about all the letters that you send
A broken vase, a closing door
There’s nothing here, still you want more
My blocking hand, this funky smell
One hit below, this is your hell
My blocking hand, this funky smell
One hit below, this is your hell
With syphilis you run me down
I leave the throne, you steal the crown
The master bed is empty now
And I remember a single vow
He was a tourist is our bedroom
That would make me your wretched groom
You say: fuck me I say: just die
I bless you with love you spit in my eye
You leave the house, you make me cry
Is there only but and no question of why
You walk away from every plot
You’re shouting now: you make it something it’s not
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Jean Koning Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jean Koning has been a compelling force in the underground music scene since his unlikely folk&jazz debut transferring the
band The Children of a Lesser God into the avant-punk extravaganza !JP in 1988. His star-studded career includes albums such as Notes from Purgatory, Man Enough to be a Woman and Wake Up In L.A.
Throughout his career, Mr. Koning has been honored with numerous awards.
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