Gifts of Nature   
                                                                                                                                          

 Look at that red wine in your glass where the deepest red turns dark
And isn't this music what we need – it's got that secret spark
Look at that skyline over there, it's orange, indigo, blue..
It looks to me like gifts of nature, these evening stars and you

Slow down, daddy, what you're drivin' at?
Just do that funky music, you're good enough at that! 
Slow down daddy, what makes you think that way?
Just do that funky music, that's all I will say!

Look at those people, some of them dancing, some of them talking art
And isn't this penthouse one of those places where a love affair could start?
Don't get me wrong, I'm a decent man, I'm just sensitive to your style
It makes me wish I were the only one to revel in your smile

Slow down, daddy, what  you're drivin' at?
Just do that funky music, you're good enough at that!
Slow down daddy, what makes you think that way?
Just do that funky music, that's all I will say !

Chorus

It feels so good – I can't believe it's true
Those Gifts of Nature – And every time it's new
Move it, move it, mama – All I can think is “wow!” 
Those Gifts of Nature have turned my skin electric now


I can't stop watching you while I'm improvising, so my talk might not be clear
But any old topic is appropriate, as long as it keeps you near
If you try to listen behind my lines, you'll hear some passion come through
It's all about those gifts of nature, like evening stars and you
 
Slow down, daddy, what you're drivin' at?
Just do that funky music, you're good enough at that!
Slow down daddy, what makes you think that way?
Just do that funky music, that's all I will say!

Chorus

It feels so good – I can't believe it's true
Those Gifts of Nature – And every time it's new
Move it, move it, mama – All I can think is “wow!”
Those Gifts of Nature have turned my skin electric now

Gifts Of Nature

Evil Betty

I was just thinking
My friend, you don't look well
We know you're desperate for another night

This China-ticket
Might break the spell
Cause Evil Betty's got you hooked all right

When Evil Betty's got you hooked it's
Time for your flight

You quickly noticed
Some dark streak in her charms
But you thought you would be the last man standing

She played it dirty then
Of course, she meant no harm
But you will have to buckle for the landing

When Evil Betty's got you hooked it's
Time for your flight

My friend, you're not to blame
No real man could withstand
Such diabolic, innocent persuasion

Here comes your flight attendant
Please meet Miss Chan
Her soft, melodic voice sounds kind of Asian

When Evil Betty's got you hooked it's
Time for your flight

Evil Betty

Did You Know?

Little Dragon

As I Said Before

SIDEWALKS                                 
                                                                                            
Hello, everybody, I’m sorry, I’m late 
It took me ten years to get us a date
I was strolling down the sidewalk, looking for fun 
And I didn’t even know that it was time to run
Yes, I played a little here, rapped a little there
Talked about music and castles in the air
On a sunny-side-walk there’s time to talk
On the dangerous sidewalk you better just walk
  
When you start running for a rendezvous
Then all the people on the sidewalk run faster than you
Because everybody has something important to do
And you bump into them and they step on your shoe
So I changed the sidewalk  - my troubles don’t matter
If you go with the flow than the rhythm gets better
On a sunny -side-walk there’s time to talk 
On the dangerous sidewalk you better just walk

From here to there, it’s a busy street
When the traffic gets tricky, it changes your beat
So let’s go to the side where troubles don’t matter 
If you change your pace, your rhythm gets better
Well, let’s play a little here, rap a little there
Talk about music and castles in the air
On a sunny-side-walk there’s time to talk
On the dangerous sidewalk you better just walk

Sidewalks

The Omega Man

The moon is waning, we've been up there
A big step for mankind, for all I care
Airplanes, helicopters, satellites, drones
The night sky divided into traffic zones
Familiar streets, so different at night 
If it weren't for the cars with the blinding light
Mankind is busy, dashing to and fro
Obsessions in the baggage, wherever we go

Towering buildings, full of city dwellers
Here comes another bunch of happy party fellers
Take a deep breath, keep the pace
I need fresh air, I need some space
The hell is other people as the french dude said
See that constellation, right above my head?
She told me once that it was her “zodiac”
I better keep moving and I don't look back

 Chorus

Night stroll!
Walking along behind the sunshine


Here's another helicopter, crossing my lane
Like my tiny headycopters, busy with the pain
The suburbs become the industrial zone
“What's your business here?” I just want to be alone
Streamlined structures of alien symmetry
Their vital importance a mystery to me
Is that a grey cat jumping on the trash can?
I'm starting to feel like the Omega Man

That Sci-Fi feeling on the whole scene
Technology and nature, no humans in between
The world keeps turning, clear of idle chatter
Clear of relationships, for that matter
What's that tune I've been humming all along?
“Sitting on Top of the World”, a great song
The wind starts rustling in a nearby tree
Whatever that means, it sounds good to me

 Chorus

Night stroll!
Walking along behind the sunshine

The Omega Man

The Big Fun Hits the Fan                    

They've won again as you can witness
They told us we would benefit
Drop that "hopey, changey business“
They'll run this as they see fit

You're no fool, and we're no minions
But truth has always come a bit late
They've been shaping folk's opinions
Triggering fears and greed and hate

God has told them how to process
To rape the earth and guide the poor
To dismantle social progress 
And build a bomb to feel secure

No, they're not ashamed
They're gonna do this right again
No, they're not to blame
When the big fun hits the fan
Who's to tell them how
They have to knock themselves out
This is the way they like it
And that's what it's all about

Flashing billions, swift reaction
It's progress they can understand
Life owes them big satisfaction
So you must leave, as they expand

Have a drink and watch them stash
Tearing down our neighbourhood
'Til one day the planet's backlash
Will teach them modesty for good

They don't like us, we're too arty
We're a hindrance to their deal
And tonight we'll have a party
Right behind the Iron Heel

No, we're not ashamed
We're gonna do this right again
No, we're not to blame
When the big fun hits the fan
Who's to tell us how
We have to knock ourselves out
This is the way we like it
And that's what it's all about

The Big Fun Hits The Fan

The Fifth Wheel

What you’ve come up with
Is obsolete
You’ve only got ten seconds
To make your point in the street

To reinvent the Fifth Wheel
Is a tedious task
I’ve got streamlined answers
You just need to ask

While you’re doing your day job
The competition gets rough
I’m your binary Jeannie
Pepping up your stuff

Hand me over your dreams 
I’m gonna tweak the design
They gonna find this awesome
The pleasure is mine

 Chorus

Sitting’ on the Fifth Wheel
Falling out of time
Sitting on the Fifth Wheel

‘Beautiful’ has been shifting
What the hell is a poem?
What you need is a market
No ‘realms to roam’

Don’t you cling to the Fifth Wheel!
Embrace the decline!
You can make up your own rules
The pleasure is mine

 Chorus

Sitting’ on the Fifth Wheel
Falling out of time
Sitting on the Fifth Wheel
The pleasure is mine

The Fifth Wheel

Roller Coaster Princess
I feel like writing a love song for her
but do we need another cliché?
And how could this particular beauty be called..
she's a roller coaster princess, anyway

Well, I'm no star, but I could make her laugh
I've got no money, but competence
She says I'm the one she needed so badly
We both seem to have an incredible chance..

What was it about me, when we met last year
when I pleased you right to the core?
Your sulkiness, taunts and criticism show
that whatever it was, it won't happen anymore

Now, look at me baby, I'm still the same
and look at your passion dwindling!
It's turned lukewarm.. you're starting to fret
Has somebody else taken care of the kindling?

(Chorus)
Keep it up as she keeps changing
keep her on and off your mind
Beautiful, deranging, it ain't fair
Mood swings rearranging
she's the roller coaster kind
beautiful, deranging, son, beware!
Son beware! It ain't fair!
Up and down, up and down..

A dream about her, on a perfect day
so soft, when I wake up, it blends into the night
A strand of her hair, like silk on her pillow
This is her true self. Fight? What fight?

Feeling her presence.. her shape like a promise
Staying in tune, though she's still asleep
Respiration wafting around my desire
that will never expire, it's running too deep

Then I wake up for real. I remember it's over.
Emptiness- staring back from her pillow
Talking about her, and my stupid desires
Loneliness- creeping in like a billow

I knew I had it coming. This is what you get
from a roller coaster princess. I could write a song
At the end of a ride that sure went high..
It still keeps playing as I'm getting along.
(Chorus)

Roller Coaster Princess

Good and Bad Spirits


Mayhem in ambush, the market looks bad
And the homework still isn't done
Yes, we could use a little luck instead
And if not happiness, then maybe some fun
Are you able to face the Black Cat
When the business runs out of control?

Good and bad spirits, look at us dancing!
Good and bad spirits, you always have to pay some toll

The trouble is over, the damage repaired,
Looks like we've got some sort of respite
Already we are thinking this should last forever
The future looks so sunny and bright
Yes, we haven't foreseen this plot, however,
We sure will be prepared next time

Good and bad spirits, look at us dancing!
Good and bad spirits, come and listen to our chime!


Look at us! Join us! 
We are dancing!
Today, we are doing it this way
Tomorrow we will do it that way
We are dancing!)

Call it good spirits, call it chance
All I can see is beauty and bliss
Are bad spirits leading the dance 
Into those heinous times we dismiss?
We all understand some things about life 
And new things are coming our way

Good and bad spirits, look at us dancing!
Good and bad spirits, we're going for another day!

Electric Skin

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