Penguins & Martingales checks out for the weekend and you're welcome to join the party with a compilation of songs from our catalogue. The list also contains our cover versions of Wide Open Road (The Triffids), My Rock'nRoll Friend (The GoBetweens), Alfie (Burt Bacharach) and Poortoun (Jackie Leven). Have fun and we wish you all a happy weekend! (The songs are currently only mixed for headphones. We're working on that....)

P & M Party mix

Wide Open Road (II)

Stuck in the Middle (Extended dancefloor version)

The Colour of Business 

It’s all bout the cost of living
keeping us all from thinking
letting you do the digging
while nothing’s changing 

The corporate bullshit’s ringing 
you’re up for the next bidding 
sold like a worn down building
while axes are swinging  

They say it’s a new beginning 
but the story’s always stinking 
of someone’s who’s really missing 
a giant pot to piss in 
 
Break: They say forever is eternal but you don’t believe that crap 
You just think of them as humans trapped like a desperate, desperate rat 

Chorus:   They say the colour 
of business is green, 
but it ain't the colour 
of my dream

The Colour of Business

It’s the same old story 
we’ve heard so many times 
’bout pompous glory 
and a king who lost his crown 

It’s a Shakespeare framework 
with deceit all around  
and where strangers lurk 
sex feet below the ground 

It’s a tale of the wicked, 
the rich and the poor 
and the script was written 
with the same hand as before   

So make me an offer 
and a cure for the blind 
while the children will suffer 
in their trusting of mankind 

Once you were bitten 
but never learned to shy 
and if the end’s already written 
why don't you give it a second try 

It’s the same old story 
we’ve heard so many times 
’bout a pompous glory 
and a king who was the clown

Ref: 
Resurrection is a state of mind 
A new direction to a new mankind

A New Resurrection

Think for a Minute and Build for a Life

You Were Right All The Time 
Take Me Back To Places 
Where All  Familiar Faces Lie 

Hand me down Queen and Crown 
And I’ll make the changes 
Bringing back your faith and love 

Years ago we were told 
We could make a difference 
We could make a friendship grow 

Lights gone out in this town 
If you lift your blindfold 
You will see I’m left behind 

Promises turn to dust
and when you think 'em over 
a wedding bell will start to rust 

This parking lot is all I got 
making me remember 
and celebrate the love we had 


Ref: Think for a minute 
And build for a life 
I wish I could have said it    
With you by my side

Think for a Minute and Build for a Life

Smalltown Friday

We are the storm – breaking the norms 
to be better – than before 

I’ll keep you warm – shelter your home 
while the weather’s – turning cold 

Behind a closed door – we laid on the floor
and I kissed you – to the core 

We swore to be close - and after a pause  
we were lovers – with a cause  

Come as you are – it’s not that far 
to the memories – in our hearts

I heard your voice –  you gave me no choice 
let’s turn back to – what we had 


Ref: 
If was feeling small, 
starring at the wall
waiting for your call


Brygga: 
Come down in time I heard her say 
We’ll meet again on half the way 
This time I wanna stay with the brave

We Are The Storm

Come down to the supermarket
I’m on display at the summer sale 
I might be a real fine bargain 
You don’t even have to pay 


I’ve reached my best before date 
no longer in perfect shape
but I’m tasting way much better 
beyond the expiry date 


I’m the grape in your favorite wine 
aging well if you give me time 
And I’ll always be here waiting 
for you to come and buy 


Ref: 
Just got to look my best with a price tag on my chest

Bridge. 
Shop Shop Shop Around 
Sold with a discount

The Summer Sale

Can you see the rust stains 
shielding my broken heart
Now don’t look at me with pity 
I’ve just been sleeping too long  

I’m just hiding from myself 
behind these dark windows 
And all I hear are the voices 
deeply buried in the snow 

In the depths of the forest 
there is a pond with milky water
And if you dive to the bottom  
you’ll never get older 

There’s a tower that’s higher 
than the Himalayas
And your can see all Gods flaws
or meet your Messiah 

Although I’ve been drinking 
all day and all night 
I will manage the scandals
if you give some wine 

A mother came towards me
asking for indifference 
her son had told her
that’s all she was missing 

Ref: 
Little tin soldiers – melting down 

Bridge: 
And the pattern on your floor 
says a millions times more
than a poem by Rimbaud

Little Tin Soldiers

We're Not Alone (Synth)

Spring came the same day 
winter left
And summer will come again
and slowly leave 

That kiss upon my brow
Is a part of me now 
I’ll leave the windows open
for the butterflies 

Two roads ahead of us
we can’t travel both
And If we should meet again 
remember my name 

These flowers don’t belong 
to anyone 
and the falling leaves 
will nourish the ground 

Gone, I’m gone she said 
Gone for good

Gone, she said!

With The Tide (A capella Mix)

True Love's In Vain – vers 2

The Chosen One (bongos mix)

My Rock'n Roll Friend

She said she’d do you a favor
Letting you taste of her flavor 
And she called you for her saver 
When you turned back and forgave her

The book of love has no cover 
you turn the page to discover 
you fell in love with a bluffer 
and now you’re left in the gutter 

You’re not only guy in town 
who’s been used and then let down 
Now there’s a hole in the sky 
where people hang their tears to dry 
And when the sun starts to shine
you’ll soon be back on cloud 9

The book of love has no cover 
you turn the page to discover 
you fell in love with another 
and now she's becoming a mother 

Ref: Take a good look at your face
cause it’s worse than Smokey said 
If you look closer I’m afraid 
you’ll see the eyes of a living dead

The Book of Love Has No Cover

Vers:  He was a real smart kid with a power grid stuck in his forehead
And he knew what he did when he took off the lid of the seabed

He made a bad bad thing and trapped a giant squid in a corner 
And paid the final bill of a thousand quid to be it’s owner

But regret hit the kid when he saw the squid’s loss of honor 
So he decided to get rid of his pricey bid as a donor 

A Chinese chef came by and said he’d fry him crispy and colored
So the kid put the squid back in a jar and left for the harbor. 

 He was a real smart kid with a power grid stuck in his forehead
And he knew what he did when he took off the lid of the seabed
And now his swimming free in the sea and calls the kid his father 

Ref: 
Don’t ever expect miracles to happen 
Just like the sound of one hand clappin

Don't Expect Miracles To Happen

Vers: There’s a bar room queen in Memphis 
who once rolled with the Stones  
now she looks like Debbie Harry  
always hanging on the phone

And there’s a misstress down in Venice 
who once taught Brian Jones 
the rules of royal tennis 
and served him buttered scones 

There’s a bridesmaid up in Brixton 
saying Jones and Simonon 
took her mum back to Kingston
and made her sing in Albert Hall 

There’s a grandma in Manhattan 
who once took speed with Louie Reed 
she was dressed in velvet 'n satin
it was a perfect day indeed 

There’s barber back in Berlin 
who once made a cut in Bowies chin 
and she left him with a scar 
that changed him from within  

There’s a drag queen in Paris 
who once had lunch with Jersey-Bruce 
but she’d rather be with Bryan Ferry 
wearing nuthin but shiny boots 

There’s a bar room queen in Memphis 
who once rolled with the Stones  
and now she’s dating Elvis 
hanging round in different zones

Ref:  If you believe in everything you hear 
Shut up and listen – you’re only spreading fear 

Bridge 1:  There’s a bar room queen in Memphis  
waiting for your call 
possibilities are endless 
if you just pick up the phone 

Bridge: So save your bachelor
kisses now for another time
She’ll be waiting there 
when wedding bells start to chime

The Queen of Memphis (Shut up and listen)

Vers: 
  A marriage in April 
A break up in May 
What are the chances, she said! 

A girlfriend in Paris 
A needle in the hay
What are the chances, he said 

A match made in heaven 
more stars than desert sand 
What are the chances, she said 

A soulmate for life 
and the same time your wife
What are the chances, he said 

A trip with Columbus 
on the loveship that he sailed 
What are the chances, she said 

A quarrel in April 
A make up in May 
I’ll take my chances, he said! 


Bridge:  Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-known. 

Break: Jumping to conclusions, putting up an act, coming up with solutions, never check facts  
What are the chances… and what counts in the end

What Are The Chances, She Said?

Just like the summer rain, 
brings out the grain 
just like the heart remains 
a burnin pain  

Just like a friend of mine 
walks the same line 
Just like our fingers find  
a way to be twined 

Just like a winter’s tale 
needs a frosty flake 
Just like the boy who’ll take
what’s left of the cake 

Just like the story ends 
we make amends 
Just like we defend and
shelter our friends 

Ref: 
My tears fall like a quiet drift
My grief flows from the rift

Break 
And the stars will fall cold
When the world turns old

P & M Party mix

Ake Nylund