01. Who I Am
02. Still Breathing
03. Blue Against Blue
04. Good Like You
05. Smile Like Yours
06. My Darling Says
07. House Of Fire
08. You Already Know
09. My Buddy Dave
10. Sock It To Me

There Is A Revolution :

All right: i don't belong anywhere, that's clear
But what does that make of me when i'm here
I'm not a stranger and i'm not your neighbor
we say so long but i know i'll see you later

I'm bearing witness to little good things
I'm far beyond all beliefs and mood swings
I'm a prophet and you know that 'cause you hear me now
Doesn't it feel like you've heard me before somehow

Right now i'm telling you, and i hope you're listening
There is a revolution, it's now, it's happening

Stay away from circus people, their lies are not true
Circus people will throw stones at you
They're shameless and hopeless, their show is bullshit
They have no mercy, you know, if they did they'd quit

I was one of them, you know what i'm saying
I was an entertainer, i was wailing and praying
Hiding my weakness, keeping it hidden
Writing again what was already written

But right now i'm telling you, and i hope you're listening:
There is a revolution, it's now, it's happening.

My friends have all grown grown up and rich
They either changed or died, i can't figure out which
We had some kind of an understanding
It was all about now, and so not about the ending

So now that they have their endings i'm not sure
I should bother to remind them how when they were still poor
We had a great plan, good reasons to work on it
And beautiful idols to create and worship

Right now i'm telling you, and i hope you're listening:
There is a revolution, it's now, it's happening.

When that's all gone, when that's like nothing
And nothing's new when you wake up in the morning
When there aren't enough dead left to bury the dead
And the sidewalks are all painted red

You'll remember me and how i was a prophet
How i cried it and spat it and bled it and coughed it
How i wrote it in the sand
And in the shaking of my hand

Right now i'm telling you, and i hope you're listening
There is a revolution, it's now, it's happening.

No More No Less :

Well i don't want to be romantic but i guess i am
They had a snowman clock, a jesus hologram
A TV on an altar and a madonna headed broom
They were close to the station too, so i booked a room

Where we tried new things, we smoked the whole way through
I liked it a lot but i wasn't sure you did too
At first i thought i was even doing something wrong
But you came at last, like a rhyme in a song

I don't know why i turned the t.v. on
Maybe you were in the shower and the wine was gone
I learned that the lady named herself after billie dove
An actress whose name was meant to rhyme with love

We watched a little more together and then went out
But we soon got back 'cause we didn't forget what the night was about
I can say i learn a lot from you
I can say i learn a lot from you

She did her hair after her too
Like i did my thinking after you
My state of mind and my love for all
A sexy rain just started to fall

And reminded me of those hours i'd spent
Locked up in a room where i didn't pay rent
Waiting for what? for you, i guess
I knew you like i know you now, no more, no less

Winter In New York :

Do you really think i love you only 'cause you live in the city
It's true i love the city, but because you live there mostly
I also like the ocean, and Tom and Dick and Harry
I talked to everybody at the roofluck party

From the gilded cradle to the straight jacket
They write songs about love 'cause they don't know shit about it
I was dying for red wine but i broke the cork
Why does there have to be a winter in New York

When i first came here i was just a horn player
Now i'm surfin' on the white water
Between the transit and the precinct cops on the subway
To coco Coney Island every day

Brooklyn is so post-apocalyptic
You hear the trucks at dawn: it's music
There is no greater place to be
Why does there have to be a winter in NYC

I gathered all my quarters and i got myself a bed
In someone's flat, with sheets and a bedspread
I was glad i could offer you a couch, even though it wasn't mine
I was glad to do something people do for me all the time

You were scared, i wasn't, so i laughed
Trust me, there won't be another draft
We won't let that happen, we're not that silly
Why does there have to be a winter in New York City

Better get used to seeing my face around
I'm in the next episode, i'm slowly gaining ground
I'm still suffering from an i.d. deficiency
But i'm getting ready on the other side of the sea

I'm taking my time, i'm not givin' up
I've planted a seed in a styrofoam cup
I'll eat some of your beans if you pass me a fork
Why does there have to be a winter in New York

Long Distance Dancer :

If the morning after is a sunny morning
I sit to drink and write underneath the awning
I think about the nature of men and women
And i watch the Germans swimming

Your feelings for someone just withered away
You found yourself left with nothing to say
But you put things in perspective, your eyes got dry
And soon you had other tears to cry

Baby i don't care if you're a boy or a girl
Baby i don't care if you're a swine or a pearl
Baby i don't care if you're yourself or your sister
I’m a long distance dancer

I listen to whatever, i pour my wine in mugs
I’m not an expert on records and drugs
But each and every year i reach my peak
Listen to the germans as they speak

The universe is round, just like the earth
It’s a spinning ball of woe and mirth
With a zing and a mojo and a rhyme and a reason
And prisoners partying in the prison

I smell the sweat of an englishman
I’ll light a cigarette if i can
I know the world, i know how it goes
I look at german women with their eyes like deer does

I could be immortal: this could last forever
I wouldn't get bored in an underground shelter
We’re so close to death so often
Then even when it happens, it doesn't really happen

From Another Planet :

I live where i am and it suits me well
My name's not even on a door bell
So if you want to get in touch with me
Just ask a friend of mine, your friend to be

I have a few and they're all very good
Their couches are nice and they give me food
But i look for my home and i just can't find it
I must happen to come from another planet

There's a limbo for the lazy
I guess i'll hide there when they chase me
I could be asking myself what my life is about
But i'm too busy hanging out

I keep away from sports and games
But i meet new people and i write their names
You ask me why and i'm like “why not?”
that's what you say when you come from another planet

Often they take me for a citizen
They wanna give me jobs or send me to the prison
They're selling me crap but i'm not buyin' it
Cause i happen to come from another planet

Tell me that it's sunny out there somewhere
I’ll take off my shirt, and with my chest bare
You'll see me run into the wind and the cold
Because i want to believe everything i'm told

Now if you offer me a fancy drink
And it seems appropriate to take it and not think
I'll only take it if i want it
Life's simple when you come from another planet

Creatures :

Your best friend lied to you, she's just an actress
When it's raining creatures crawl out of the darkness
Moon and sun are up together
You don't know it now but you'll forgive her

We let the cow boys kill the cows
You can't even smoke in a public house
Lovers make out and that's it
If you don't eat crap, you don't eat shit

But i was born and i am free
They can't take that away from me

The books are dull, the cd's burning
And i took italian instead of german
In Philly on spring garden between fourth and fifth
You smoked your pipe and i brushed my teeth

You started a story but you skipped the ending
There was a big man on top of the building
I was walking, i stumbled and rolled on the pavement
Death was just showing himself impatient

But i was born and i am free
They can't take that away from me

High rise, high rise, yellow cabs
Restaurants and private promenades
Games they prohibit, games they allow
This neighborhood is gentrified now

They're speaking aloud to themselves
They're hearing someone else
If ever something real happens
The law protect me with their weapons

But i was born and i am free
They can't take that away from me

Ten Years Ago :

I lit this one ten years ago
The sun came up and hit the snow
The bus arrived, stopped and left
A sparrow flew back to his nest

Vague memories rushed to my brain
As my heart started beating again
Now i know a lot of things that i didn't know
I lit this one ten years ago

I lit this one ten years ago
I made the sink water flow
Spilled some coffee on the ground
Thought about cleaning and then changed my mind

I ashed in the sink where the water was flowing
Light started glowing through the smoke i was blowing
I remembered last night's show
I lit this one ten years ago

I lit this one ten years ago
I watched it all like a video
You appeared, you felt sick, you said “sorry”
And then “darling, save the last drag for me”

You went back to the pillow that i'd dreamed on
Now the water smelled of coffee and cinnamon
All that happened, and all that was slow
I lit this one ten years ago

Sharks :

Between you and your sister
There was the most beautiful picture
It looked like you and it looked like her
And it was the most beautiful woman ever

Roach called from Delaware
He'd been looking for me everywhere
He was teaching his niece a song
And i hadn't heard his voice for so long

There's a precedent in the files
Aluminum on the tiles
Stitches in the folds
Sharks in the whack-a-mole holes

The sun first
Rises on Bensonhurst
And a few minutes later
The day is over

James is a barman in Hoboken
When the day gets there, it's already broken
Serving alcohol is what his hands are for
I'd never thought of a job that way before

Mike was north, i was south
He only opened his mouth
To smile, cause he's the best
The girls were east and west

He said: "every train is a Y train"
He found that in his brain
Why is this train so slow ?
Why is this train queens-bound now, do you know ?

Temperance :

Deers sound like men when they're walking slowly
You're a one year old when you've got something you want to show me
And i am not myself in the mirror

We stopped by the drugstore to get pills and cigarettes
We took the night boat to get some rest
And i wasn't myself in that story either

But if you're gonna love somebody
You might as well love me

Meet me by temperance fountain
With a piece of paper and a fountain pen
We'll learn about each other

Jim Flynn's there with a paper cup
Someone, somewhere must be standing him up
A friend, a stranger, a lover

If you're gonna love somebody
You might as well love me

Importance :

This happens to everybody when they're on a train:
I look at all the houses and i think it's insane
How all those people have lives that are important just like mine
And how importance is a word that's hard to define

Like left and right, and time
And what you live for

I take out my book and i check the schedule
That i made for myself, and the set of rules
That i decided to live by
They're good but they still don't tell me why

I don't love you
Anymore

All songs by Andre Herman Dune. 2005