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OFF DUTY
03:48
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Little compromise I do
To live on
Most of the time
When I walk down Virginia Road
That will be fine
When I am off duty
I'm doing a 180 / 360
Just to be
The creator of a new breed
A new brand
A new culture
Devastated by an old flame
At a young age
Do you remember?
This might not be the brightest/wisest move
You've ever made
You've been to churches and gigs for much too long
Can you hit/reach the highest notes?
Wish you were her
In this smoky sweaty little place
Where you wrote some of your best songs
Sporting your juvenile dehydrated smile.
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2. |
GREEN GREEN GARDENS
03:25
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For all these years
Been searching for new ways
To open the gates
On this golden afternoon
Sing a playful tune.
Every leap year
Green green gardens
Open the gates
On this golden afternoon
See the lilac bloom.
Why can't we be free to release the pressure off our shoulders?
Let us speak our minds in a freewheeling mode
So delightfully
But don't get me wrong
You thought you were the best singer in a lifetime
But their silence suddenly died us down
Burned all my bridges
It really gets me down
It drove me mad
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3. |
ALL BACK TO MY HOUSE
03:44
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All back to my house
Where everything is fine
All back to my house
Far from the noiseniks in the streets
All back to my house
Where everything is fine
What I need what I need
Is get away from here
What I need what I need
Run away from here
To another planet
Welcome to my place
Where everything is quiet
All back to my house
Far from the record industry
All back to my house
Where everything is fine
What I need what I need
Is get away from here
What I need what I need
Run away from here
To another planet
All back to my house
Where everything is fine
All back to my house
Far from the noiseniks in the streets
All back to my house
Where everything is fine
What I need what I need
Is get away from here
What I need what I need
Run away from here
To another planet
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Hang on, listen to me
Two friends of mine
They climbed to the top of the city clock
One of them is dying, the other one’s flying.
They got out of their comfort zone
You should use your venom to reply
Don’t you rule the kingdom to survive
Searching for a sound
Then drift into sleep
Then drift around in your own sound yeah!
They sell out all their properties
You should press the button to get high
Don’t be rude your mother will oblige
Hang on, listen to me…
My body clock is like my family
It’s pretty dysfunctional
We had to climb the tower
Playing the harp and the dryer
It’s supernatural
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5. |
QUEEN OF SPAIN
01:34
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I shouldn’t be too bothered all the time
As I’ve got the Queen of Spain at my side
I shouldn’t be too bothered all the time
As I’ve got the Queen of Spain at my side
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WORSHIP ME DESPISE ME
04:50
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Worship me, despise me
Is this my destiny?
Or just the way I fucked up my life?
Have you ever imagined we’d split up this way?
So bitterly.
Of course I have
My nightmare’s come true.
Worship me, despise me
Is this my destiny?
Or just the way I fucked up my life?
Have you ever imagined we’d split up this way?
So bitterly.
Of course I have
My nightmare’s come true
Dead souls coming in from a long lost future.
Dead souls wandering through the ages back and forth.
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Tell me what's beyond the curtain
Made of water, made of air
And the kite is so red
But it does not fly
Rolling by
On the beach
With the three of us
Tell me what's beyond the curtain
Made of water, made of ice
And the kite is so very red
But it does not fly
Passing by
On the beach
With the three of us
Running against the wind
The hands on the clock
Are frozen
Though the sun keeps shining
Like a sunny winter Saturday
Like a sunny winter Saturday
Like a sunny winter Anyday
We were glowing on this sunny Saturday
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8. |
FOUR-HEADED MONSTER
02:54
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The four-headed monster is staring at the crowd
Yearning to get somewhere higher
Where you’ll be safe and sound
The four-headed monster is gazing at the stage
Reaching out for another dimension.
It is raining cherry blossom trees
Chasing all my memories
The music’s pouring out of me
Wiping all my memories
Lazy streams
They seem to follow
The young and restless endlessly
April brings
The joys and sorrows
The joys and sorrows
Into my dreams
It is windy
Drafts and templates please
Sticking to my reverie
Please tell me where the action is
Meet me there at 7ish
Lazy streams
They seem to follow
The young and restless helplessly
April brings
The joys and sorrows
The joys and sorrows
Into my dreams
The four-headed monster is staring at the crowd
Yearning to get somewhere higher
Where you’ll be safe and sound
The four-headed monster is gazing at the stage
Reaching out for another dimension.
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EVER YOUR FRIEND
02:57
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Ever your friend
Thirty-six summers now
Ever your friend
We’re all dressed in blue
Ever your friend
In the darkest moments
Ever your friend
But now the children are seeking for attention
They need us
Everyday
And every night
Ever your friend
Thirty-six summers now
Ever your friend
We’re all dressed in blue
Ever your friend
In joyful times
Ever your friend
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10. |
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All back to my house
Where everything is fine
All back to my house
Far from the noiseniks in the streets
All back to my house
Where everything is fine
What I need what I need
Is get away from here
What I need what I need
Run away from here
To another planet
Welcome to my place
Where everything is quiet
All back to my house
Far from the record industry
All back to my house
Where everything is fine
What I need what I need
Is get away from here
What I need what I need
Run away from here
To another planet
All back to my house
Where everything is fine
All back to my house
Far from the noiseniks in the streets
All back to my house
Where everything is fine
What I need what I need
Is get away from here
What I need what I need
Run away from here
To another planet
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A little time to live
Time to live
A few people to love
People to love
Floral clocks never stop ticking
They never stop growing
But the dog it keeps on barking in the tube
Despite the bomb in his stomach
And the girl she’s still crying in the bus I try to sympathize
But I don’t mind
I don’t really mind
I’ve already wasted so much time
A little time to share
Time to share
A few people to leave
People to leave
Floral clocks never stop ticking
They never stop glowing
Left this plastic bag filled with my liver and my lungs
Behind a door that’s just been closed
Douglas Fir might be working late at night
Hope my friend’s very fine
As much as I
I don’t really mind
I’ve already wasted so much time
I’ve already wasted so much time
I’ve already wasted so much time
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Olivier Rocabois Paris, France
ALL IF was an indie pop creature invented in Paris in 2008 by Olivier Rocabois who decided to go solo in
2019.
Raised on cult albums ("Ram" by McCartney, "Giant Steps" by the Boo Radleys), Rocabois developed an eclectic taste for the refined and the organic.
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