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Rolling Stones – Out of our Heads
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The Clash – London Calling
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Leonard Cohen – Songs of
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F.J. McMahon – Spirit of the Golden Juice
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The Doors – Strange Days
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Electric Troubadour Sings Songs of Love & Desire
21 tracks take you into the magic world of the electric troubadour. Buy the album on Bandcamp
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The Dawn of Day
I don’t know why I’m feeling this way
a burning lust to come out and play
the music flows and the melody grows
the troubadour’s alba at the dawn of day
When a cool breeze calls the sun to rise
I sense the air of Paradise
Timeless words the troubadour wrote
while he sang his songs of love devote
Under your spell
Heaven and hell
Down in the well
Rising in swell
When the night departs from the morning gate
Can you still recall the serenade?
The troubadour sang while the night began
now the melody lingers a twist of fate
Under your spell
Heaven and hell
Down in the well
Rising in swell
The Ocean of Love
When she smiles, from her golden lips
a drop of honey slowly drips
into the reign of a sudden whim
you find yourself on a limb
It will take your breath away
steal your night and day
through the caves of mystery
you swim …. into the ocean of love
And while a crazy beat conquers your heart
a burning heat will tear you apart
and you will dive into the sea
and you will love what you see
It will take your breath away
steal your night and day
through the caves of mystery
you swim …. into the ocean of love
Haunted Dream
I see some shapes around
when my brain is thinking of nothing
but a shiny dew and then you
bang against my mind
there must be something to find
before it’s found
So don’t throw your soul away
on this shady day
Take my breath away
while i’m locked inside your walls
Your time, these minutes between
Christmas Eve and Halloween
Such a pretty way you’ve built these walls of fire
like mountains so great
a translucent state
There is no time to wait
to climb your wall
look out don’t fall
no reason to scream
i’m just hanging on a dream
Lullaby for early morning hunters
Let me crouch over you and watch you sleep my love
Let me lay down beside and hold you tight
Let me hear you breathing and your heart beating
Lay my hands on your hips Seal a kiss on your lips
Young is the night I’ve got time on my side
Cause you will stay, Till the light of day
A lullaby for early morning hunters …
Catch a Lightning Ray
When I feel the lightning wanna strike me today
and rains of confusion are coming my way
I’ll will be running looking for a place to hide
on the slippery roads I try to stride
I gotta keep on going along the way
I gotta keep on running and catch a lightning ray
And I see a shelter for the thunder and rain
but when i’m getting closer I feel linked to a chain
and i start to wonder what is this all about
am I alone here yet chained to the crowd
and all things down are they like above?
I know I am guess that’s enough
I gotta keep on going along the way
I gotta keep on running and catch a lightning ray
Mirabelle / No Night and Day
Mirabelle is flying away to Dubai or St. Tropez
Dream about her wedding day in Dubai or St. Tropez
And angel eyes make you pray and smile along the way
like to stay another day till Mirabelle is flying away
Mirabelle leads you astray to a strange place far away
where there is no night and day and all colors are gray
far away, she leads you astray
no night and day, colors are gray
Find your way
You came like a desert rose that blossoms on Sunday
The beauty inside of you will flourish one day
Fly away, fly away one day, you’re gonna find your way
And what are we looking for on this planet of glory
Something more wonderful than these days of worry
and the petals grow from the tears on your smile
a desert in bloom every once in a while
Fly away, fly away
one day, you’re gonna find your way
Gloomy Daze
Days double the daze, embrace the mellow maze
feel the grace when gloomy days wake up with a sleepy face
Daffodils down the drain you can feel their pain
on a station in the rain you wait in vain for a train
ding a dong sing along,
you may be right, you may be wrong
ding a dong sing along
you may be weak, you may be strong
you may be good you may be bad
you may be happy you may be sad
but everything’s okay
on a gloomy day
Halloween Stone
When I heard about a stone that was hurting so bad inside
all alone in a room on a Halloween night
I wish a song would do some good and take the pain away
I wish you could turn back the time till yesterday
I feel the blues in my shoes, they start walking away
every path that was paved turned muddy and gray
I wish a song would do some good and take the pain away
I wish you could turn back the time till yesterday
Take it away
The Healer
From the day i was born
I feel music live inside deep down inside
Like a river it flows
from the head to the toe
Music is the language of the soul
and when you feel it oh, then you know
Baby play that song for me
Music is the healer
Baby sing along with me
Music is the healer
Music is pure creativity
and when you open your heart
it blows out negativity
Baby play that song for me
Music is the healer
Baby sing along with me
Music is the healer
Music Man
The music man’s waiting
for inspiration to come
It’s kind of a slow day,
not much going on
Nothing happens on twitter, silly quotes on the book
The street full of shadows, but nowhere to look
and the melody searching for a way through the chords
Words keep on hiding, nothing shows on the board
The music man’s waiting for bliss to come
Time for creating, getting out of the numb
Inspiration is calling, preparing to show
that glorious moment for a song to grow
15 minutes to go now, can’t wait anymore
Inspiration was waiting for me to open the door…