Outside the box

The 250 List

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

Indie Pop

Stuck in the Middle (Extended dancefloor version)

Vers: Time let me climb back   
To the heydays of my life 

The sun grew in the morning
And the moon flashed in the dark  

Playing games of mercy 
hiding in the fields of grass 

Sleeping through the darkest night 
in a bed of autumn clouds  

Jack Frost pointing finger 
pretending to have a heart 

Springtime burst in colors  
spinning patterns round the stars 

Bridge: You will always be the boy of that summer 
And I will always see your father in me

Red: 
Don’t ever forget me 
I’ll stay the same 
Don’t ever forget me
Just call my name

The Boy of That Summer

The whole world is on fire 
while you’re flying above my head 
sing along with the angels choir  
greeting people soon to be dead 

Heaven is your only desire 
but I’d rather stay in bed 
I’m the only gun here for hire 
just read what the small print said 

There’s nothing left to discover 
no distant paths to tread 
no foreign lands to acquire 
despite what your man just said 

Turn back, you dickhead liars!  
we don’t share your taste for lead 
we just care for each other 
and have no wish to be dead 


Ref: 
Once I had vision 
of your true ambition  

Bridge: 
I’ve seen how silence can break a heart
It's like a bond of iron torn apart

The Whole World Is On Fire

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

f I told you my real name 
Would it matter in the end 
And if you knew me very well 
Would you still be my friend 

If you had a second chance
what would you then become 
another slave of circumstance 
or someone close to God?

Never whole, nor broken
I’ve looked at life from both sides 
Waiting for words to be spoken 
seeking direction n’ feeling blind 

Home is where the heart is 
so where did I leave my heart?
There’s a heaven between us
where did I leave my heart?


An entourage of strangers
following from behind 
As time goes by, time rewinds 
and leaves you stranded like a child

If I Told You My Real Name

Pour Some Brandy In My Coffe

The Loaded Gun

True Love's In Vain – vers 2

Purple Cloth (extra lo-fi one-take Nick Drake-mix)

Born and raised on the – wrong side of town 
I took my chances and rolled with the dice

I’ve searched for meaning in – life’s lost & found 
but all I got back was my own troubled mind  

I’ve swallowed pride and I’ve –  spit it all out 
the taste made me sick and I choked on their lies 

I  fought for glory and – lost all in shame 
I took a beating but felt just the same 

I’ve had my share of – flamboyant times
and I was around when king lost his crown  

I’ve been a merchant of –  silver and gold 
and I felt like a thief when everything got sold 

always changing 
never ending	
need of mending 
and a bottle of time  

Dry your eyes –
deny you’ve cried 
don’t ever make you think you’re weak and full of doubts

A Bottle Of Time

Happy Bastards

Live – like there’s no tomorrow 
Give – and your heart will follow
Lie – beg, steal or borrow
Why – spill tears and sorrow  
Life –  is just a pill you swallow 
 Cry – when you’re beaten hollow 
Fly – with the wings of a swallow 
Fight -  and don’t ever be a shadow  

Ref; I’m the bridge and you’re the water 
I’m the father and you’re my daughter

Bridge and Water

Looking

(Almost) Canadian Girl

A Blank Piece of Paper (For Wes)

Going up or going down?
Should I press your button too?
I’m so glad that you are here
It’s what I’ve been waiting for

Let me tell you how I feel
There’s not too much to say
But I’ve practiced every day
In case you came this way

Between first and second floor
I’m just breaking up the ice
Three and four I’ll tell you more
Get ready for a big surprise

My elevator pitch
- I love you unabridged
My elevator pitch
It all comes down to this

This claustrophobic space
Alone just me and you
Is to me the perfect place
For a minute maybe two

But if we’re stuck between the floors


Going up or going down
I will love you ‘til I die
Behind these sliding doors

My elevator pitch
- I love you unabridged
My elevator pitch
It all comes down to this

If the wire cuts us loose
Will we fall to the ground?
Or float away in space
Weightless without a sound?

Elevator Pitch

Johnny had it all – with a rubber gal involved
She didn’t say a word – always did was she was told
Life was at it’s peak – when she began to leak 
Johnny heard a squeak – from a hole not meant to speak
Johnny took some glue – and fixed her up as new
He kissed her on the cheek – and told her to stay true
Johnny had it all – with his rubber gal restored
She did was she was told - and got stuck with Johnny’s balls  
Now Johnnys got a home – at the psychiatric ward 
He’s dreaming of the girl – the girl with a rubber soul 

Ref  
Johnny had it all – a girl with a rubber soul

The Girl With A Rubber Soul

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?

Song by Jesper Ström:
https://soundcloud.com/jesper-stroem-456482660/silence-comes


Silence Comes 

I know that the first feeling is always right 
But in the morning hours you’re out of sight, ’cause we know  
What it’s like to use no words
I can’t reach you, never teach you this, it’s the we way have become  

VERSE 2
 And when the great silence comes for you and me 
It’s the grand relief so we don’t need to feel, ’cause we know  
What it’s like to play charades 
I can’t act you or correct you now; it’s the way we’ll always stay

  BREAK A
Sing la-lala-la-lala, Sing la-lala-lalaaaa 
Sing la-lala-la-lala, Sing la-lala-lalaaaa  
Fear awakens the tongue way too late 
Naked, stripped, deaf & dumb is our fate 

VERSE 3
I see in the morning hours we have no sun 
And there in the morning hours we come undone

Silence Comes (JS-cover)

Songwriters Willebrand & Nylund doing whatever they feel like doing – and having fun.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7u1A9QKIKf5tCkOGamjfmH?si=cFoOOEsKQLuKnrzBegzx2A

More bio: https://bcnvt.se/2022/10/07/penguins-martingales/