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Alice
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ALICE
she was new to my favorite city
the city of berlin
she was playing all the songs she new
and her dress was waving in the wind
she was singing to the people
that hung around to see
and though I was standing in the back of the crowd
I knew she was singing for me
alice
where will you be singing tonight
where will you be singing your songs to a silent crowd
I want to see you
so the next time that I saw her
I made my way right through the crowd
and though I took all of my courage
I did not dare to ask her out
but I heard her in my dreams that night
her voice was loud and clear
I sit here now can't get her out of my head
wishing she was here
alice
where will you be singing tonight
where will you be singing your songs to a silent crowd
I want to see you
alice
everybody there is going to love you
cause wherever you go and whatever you do
they love to see you
and the last time that I saw her
the crowd had grown so large
there was no way to get through to her
so I am shouting from the far...
alice
where will you be singing tonight
where will you be singing your songs to a silent crowd
I want to see you
come on, alice
everybody there is going to love you
wherever you go and whatever you do
they love to see you
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Time
03:53
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TIME
that's some beautiful make-up you've got
where did you find these colors
but you're mind it isn't made up
you need to know the details first
something is still holding you back
again and again up in the air
off to another country
to love another soldier
you want a last look at the world you know
but looking back it's not the world you used to know
time, don't take you back
it's only moving on
it's a waste of time
to get caught in the wrong
state of mind
for too long
as I open up my door to you
you say you were just stopping by
but slipping in now you lie down and
you're sad but you don't know why
you want a last look at the world you know
but looking back it's not the world you used to know
time, don't take you back
it's only moving on
it's a waste of time
to get caught in the wrong
state of mind
for too long
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A STRANGER IN MY OWN COUNTRY
well, it started as two falling leaves
a silent hint of nothingness
just tumbling in the wind
we were dancing out to Dylan songs
in a tenement that was small but warm
and surely, we were home
darling, I've been lonely since you left me
stranded in my own country
a stranger in my own county
feeling anything and everything
but being home
you were calm before the storm
you must have known what was to come
cause darling, you always knew more than me
but wordlessly
silently
you drifted away
now I dance alone to Dylan songs
but my steps, they are just off and wrong
too blind to find my way home
darling, I've been lonely since you left me
stranded in my own country
a stranger in my own county
feeling anything and everything
but feeling home
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The End of the Fall
01:54
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THE END OF THE FALL
where I did come from
I left not much behind
not even a ghost
between the lines
my letters never were sent
and the stuffy halls waited in silence
for my calls
and the flowers slowly withered
by the end of the fall
by the end of the fall
nothing felt like before
I whisked the summer away
and all I am left with
are the thoughts of my childhood
the wind takes them away
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Come Along
03:33
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COME ALONG
our stories, we're on the same page
two countries, your night is my day
I'm your future, always one step ahead
but I can't step far enough to slip into your bed
you are far away but I can feel you sometimes
I work like a dog and I save every dime
still a year or two till I see you again
is it money or a decision or just faith in the end
I know love happens in its own time
I know that you gotta stay true
I know there is a place where you belong
and if you wait I will come along with you
oh, I know you now, will I know you when
the money comes in and we have found ourselves
do we still believe in what we've planted back then
which grows into our garden?
I know love happens in its own time
I know that you gotta stay true
I know there is a place where you belong
and if you wait I will come along with you
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6. |
The Bargain
03:24
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THE BARGAIN
do you understand the bargain
that you made
you bought three colors
you could have had them all
but you went for less
in your lifelessness
would you do it again?
with their sprawled hands they reach out
for your soul
while you are slowly fading
and again you stare,
stupid and unprepared
and you scream this ain't fair
let me out
cause you can say what you want
but if you can't pay for it
you go insane
you go insane
and you can play what you want
but if you can't savor that
you go insane
you go insane
there ain't no use to shed your sicknesses
for you will not truly master them
not with their heads
over your shoulder and their trident in
their edacious hands
Oh, what have you got yourself into
you're so much better off without them
Oh, what have you got yourself into
you go insane, ooohoohoo
Cos you can say what you want
and if you can't pay for it
you go insane
you go insane
you can play what you want
but if you can't savor that
you go insane
you go insane
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Heartless
03:16
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HEARTLESS
he's out in the pouring rain
you ask him to come in
he gladly strides your way
he stays for a while
you feel it starting from within
could this have been your lucky day
but when the storm really hits
he's nowhere to be found
hides his head inside a cloud
you don't want to be the one
he's heartless, heartless
to fall in love with him
he's heartless, heartless
you don't want to be the one
he's heartless, heartless
behind his dreadful grin
you see a soul ready to be saved
at least you're gonna try
still in belief
that there is an honest man
behind his honest eyes
but when the storm really hits
he's nowhere to be found
hides his head inside a cloud
you don't want to be the one
he's heartless, heartless
to fall in love with him
he's heartless, heartless
you don't want to be the one
he's heartless, heartless
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The Path
04:07
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THE PATH
when I was twenty-one I left my home
because my pockets were full and my heart was still empty
I had realized my only goal
was to take the path that was chosen for me
so I went as far as my money would take me
to where beggars live like ordinary men
and though no one here expects me to
I still try to take the path that was chosen for me
to take the path that was chosen just for me
for a while I was happy
got myself lost in this town's sound
but one early morning my dream came tumbling down
I thought that I liked that
but as my clothes were drenched to the bone
I realized that this place doesn't feel like home
I thought that I liked it
I was fine for a while on my own
I thought that I liked it
but I don't
now I take that path that was chosen for me
now I take the path that was chosen just for me
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Danny Knows A Secret
03:43
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DANNY KNOWS A SECRET
Danny knows a secret
learns it twice a day
quick steps on the pavement
in the desert of his dreams
he is slipping through the shadows
cast by his own will
he keeps fumbling with a watch
that is standing still
he wants to know what time it is
so he suddenly turns right
to a man who's hands cling tightly
to the coil of his kite
he is trying to block the sun
so his fawn might fall asleep
Danny grabs the line
to help a man in need
after he had done his deed
he was tired down to the bone
the sun had left him shivering
but he was as happy as he was cold
so he continued on his way
just to keep himself warm
when the clouds hung dark and low
he was walking with the storm
if he could keep up with his breath
he might go on for days
looking for that creek
down in the milky forest glade
his wishes they lay bare for him
at least this time around
in this place without a secret
he sleeps safe and sound
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Wearing A Smile
03:39
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WEARING A SMILE
how did you guess what I was thinking
did you see the mess in my head
how long did it take you
to come up with a story like that
what the hell, girl, was I thinking
as I was waiting for you
while my heart froze deeper and deeper
going this way you choose
I've been moving on, I thought
but I was standing still
I have fled your thrill
but you're still haunting me
what to do
what to say
no need to ask
you won't tell me anyway
and by the end of the day
I'm chasing my lies
I am tired
but I'm dressed in a smile
I'm chasing my lies
wasting my time
I'm chasing my lies
wasting my time
but I'm wearing a smile
do you remember when we used to lie
so peacefully
I'd sing 'lay lady lay' again and again
but you turned so alien to me
I've been moving on, I thought
but I was standing still
I have fled your thrill
but you're still haunting me
what to do
what to say
no need to ask
you won't tell me anyway
and by the end of the day
I'm chasing my lies
I am tired
but I'm dressed in a smile
I'm chasing my lies
wasting my time
I'm chasing my lies
wasting my time
but I'm wearing a smile
I am chasing my lies
wasting my time
but I'm wearing a smile
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Hero
04:55
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HERO
somebody help me I
got stuck in my head
and my horizon is
the ledge of my bed
somebody take my arm
and pull me away
away from the thoughts of the things
that I can't change
I thought I need
to be a hero
I felt the heavens falling down
but now I see
I'm on a payroll
and that is all this is about
someone please find me
I can't say where I am
somewhere between
education and ignorance
I haven't read the book
that explains everything
only the books that tell you backwards
where to begin
I thought I need
to be wise
but wisdom is not enough
instead I see
that all is lost
in the quarrel of the guns
who are these men
well-read and rich
I've never seen them on the streets
could it be
that they would see
a difference between
us and them
man indeed
a difference between
I thought I need to be a hero
I felt the heavens falling down
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Nature in the City Berlin, Germany
We're Robin and Johannes. Nature in the City is all about evolution, not unlike both the natural processes of nature and cities. Our music is a rhythmic documentary of cross cultural experiences, from Boston to Berlin. It's a curious exploration of the intricacies of the very things that make us human. ... more
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