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The man from Salamanca
03:05
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The man from Salamanca
When first you pulled my leg
I figured you were kidding
but you were bidding high enough
for confusion
Now, when looking back
I'd rather not
With what I got
No thanks for the intrusion
It's a fatal flaw to focus on the yay
There is always better learning from the nay
You could keep this up
for quite a while I guess
cut the corner, skip the breath
embrace the meaningless
I won't godwin to your face
but you're preceded
by the same kind of warning
left unheeded
It's a fatal flaw to focus on the yay
There is always better learning from the nay
I was not warning me, I gambled you would see
now you haven't it becomes all the same to me
when you group the troop around you in this way
you've picked the tomb in which you'll stay
be a park above your head
not a child will worry when you're dead
no book you write will ever be reread
It's a fatal flaw to focus on the yay
There is always better learning from the nay
I could pick this up and
file it in a folder
trouble is that trouble is
in the eye of the beholder
I behold and I am told my eye is right
I'm poor and lonesome, but ahead lies starry night
(solo)
No starlight for the man from Salamanca
No stars for the man from Salamanca
No stars
No stars
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2. |
Great pains
02:51
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Great pains
Your world is a beautiful world
looking better with your flag unfurled
with your flag unfurled
But it's your world - not mine
Fine
Your world - not mine
Fine
My life is a different life
Different than yours and
even mine has been
before
And there are are scores
of wonders I have seen
to sing about,
and all the horror in between
Your world is a beautiful world
but mine is here
And I'd do detriment to both
if I would not be so sincere
It's your world - not mine
Fine
Your world - not mine
Fine
Mine is a closer one
Nous sommes tres petits
We may not have that far to look
but you'd be surprised at what we see
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3. |
You and me
02:49
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You and me
What do we want from life?
Do we settle for collusion and strife?
And what's the way forward
for the badly spoilt symian
for the Israeli
and the Palestinian?
It is to rise above
the darwinian
You and me, we ain't stupid
We can see
We can see
that all there is
is you and me
you and me.
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4. |
Diamonds and arms
02:29
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Diamonds and arms
The girls' best friend is a clearcut killer
and the movie is an absolute thriller
but the film is real
it's a tale of fire and steel
if you steal the stone we'll bring the gold
and the enemy will not grow bold, or old
that's the power that you hold
that's the way it is and it will be
and it's just as real for you and me, baby
does it shine, can you show it to me?
When riches come for you
there's nothing you can do
So you'd rather sing your song
than be forced along
The thing you want to do
Instead of this, is give us you
The only way to feel okay
Is win the fokken day, today
It is yours anyway
This continent is up in arms
Gazillions fall to all its harms
But I'd rather stick 'em in the air
For the beauty that you bring me there
And if you woo me like you do
Baby, all your dreams are true.
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5. |
Common cold
05:06
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Common cold
There's nothing common
about my cold
the last time I saw you
I didn't feel this damn old
but that's how it is today
As I recall
before life took a fall
I was floating
on top of the world
well that fell away
Now, as my strongholds
are seeping away
creeping disaster
is gaining the day
Who cares what cowards think?
I know your fragrance
I know your lies
I've been close to
every one of your tries
and while you really believe
this is the way
fog is a lifting phenomenon
wait for it to clear
Now help me my dear
What's on the common
that I see a-coming
is it the debris
left, of your soul?
Or is it really
the bright blessed day
the one you've been waiting for
all this time
When they took you away
was this what you wanted to say
Were you just waiting
to be whole?
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6. |
Best beyond tomorrow
04:08
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Common cold
There's nothing common
about my cold
the last time I saw you
I didn't feel this damn old
but that's how it is today
As I recall
before life took a fall
I was floating
on top of the world
well that fell away
Now, as my strongholds
are seeping away
creeping disaster
is gaining the day
Who cares what cowards think?
I know your fragrance
I know your lies
I've been close to
every one of your tries
and while you really believe
this is the way
fog is a lifting phenomenon
wait for it to clear
Now help me my dear
What's on the common
that I see a-coming
is it the debris
left, of your soul?
Or is it really
the bright blessed day
the one you've been waiting for
all this time
When they took you away
was this what you wanted to say
Were you just waiting
to be whole?
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Zat Haarlem, Netherlands
Zat is an English-language rockband from Haarlem, The Netherlands.
Zat sports
distinct influence of eighties wave and nineties rock.
Zat was formed in 2001. Singer Chielie joined March 2003.
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