THE BALKANS (Branimir Štulić)
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one more time I find myself
miles away from home
all shadows from my past
I don't like them at all
as I'm passing by at least
through my life
even through her love
if that means anything to you
at nine in the morning I open the firm
I've been doing this for years
and there's no reson
to refuse support
for my good will and
for my hungry stomach too
and some long empty road
which I've been paving tor the whole
fucki'n world
and made sure it wouldn't move
and that's how I've gone away
but you the balkans keep quiet
and stay well
and when money in spent you got a
headache
and I usually empty the bottles that my
old lady packs
and I usually try to give the firm some
form
and roll il into the road
(but)
the monster wouldn't give in
so I got into the turnpike
and with mighly right wing
I straightened out the firm
and made sure it wouldn't move
and that's how I've gone away
but you the balkans keep quiet
and stay well
YOUR MAJESTY (Branimir Štulić)
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whose blood flows in the veins ot the
brave
on whose account lady do you hide your
fear
wake me up when in yourself you
suddenly feel desire
sometime
before you live
whose blood then flows in the veins of
the brave
say farewell and let t the night swallow
you
your majesty
power
power and strength
whose face carries petrified time
in the midst of pain
used to screaming in sleep
if you kiss me with the last spurt of desire
I'll write that down as my victory
from the countless possibilities to kill a
man
say farewell and let the night swallow
you
your majesty
power
power and strength
whose isolation is hidden by intellect and
blackness
by the entire length of the empty hall
in the wind
the smell ol lavender mixed wilh gold
and a fragment ot love
and no matter what changes people
remain the same
and the one-eyed justice for the blind in
the dark
and the victims that go nicely with the
collage on your wall
your majesty
I'LL HAVE TE CUT MY WAY TO YOUR HEART (Branimir Šlulić)
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if you want I'll call you later
'cause I sleep loo long
maybe not too late but anyway
I'll call you for sure
and then I just drift up
close enough beside you
for attach my ever ready charm
and then if I'd think
there's no sign of life
then maybe I'd say
see
I'll have to cut my way to your heart
IF A STRANGER CALLS YOU (Branimir Štulić)
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Iisten to me funny girll- feel the end is
near
yeslerdays papers lie like today's
I'm ready te see you
listen to me
it a stranger calls you
and I'll be satisfied
listen to me
as night slowly enters
and breaks my mind
WHEN THE STUFF'S GOING BADLY (Branimir Štulić)
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when the stuffs going badly
I don't wanna start discussing with you
the only thing I really need
that's the special part ot your love
mamma tells me that I'm a lucky guy
don't talk too much about your style my
boy
and now the only thing I really need
that's the special part ot your love
we fighting for what we never had
let me try to explain my boy
we fighting tor what we never had
my boy
MARINA (Branimir Štulić)
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by some strange instinct
marina thinks she knows
what she's supposed to do
in the company of men
she's much too common
and her smile is empty
but necessity drives me
to sleep with her
and she only has to see me
and ask me mickey honey how are you
and already I feel better
I want her right there in the street
I'm only one
in the many she knows
I'm like persistent
fattering her at a distance
she never complains about anything
and has no opinion of her own
but necessity drives me
to sleep with her
and she only has to see me
and ask me mikey honey how are you
and already I feel better
I want her right there in the street
last night on a whim
I wanted her for a moment
to become something more
to be my friend
but marina like marina
shut me out completely
but I was just grabbed by the desire
to sleep with her
and she only has to see me...
ALONE (Branimir Štulić)
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alone
I'm passing by alone
through town
so full ot emptiness
all the hopefulness
I want will come back
dreams which were living there
before
but now
I stay alone
that city
full ot loneliness
with its own private places
hiding from my memories
I was living there
before
with love and with happiness
but now
oh lord
I stay alone
THERE'S TOO MUCH ON MY MIND (Branimir Štulić)
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there's too much on my mind
but nothing's so hard
when you're nobody
I stood in the underground
human shadows circle around
and later I went away
too far for everyone
there's too much on my mind
but I can see that's how it's going
there's too much on my mind
but I can pray just and only for no one
for nobody
PIT... I TO JE AMERIKA (Mile Rupčić)
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amerika nije rad i znoj
postoje holivud i frenki boj
diznilend bejzbol i star wars
godine očaja godine nade
jedni ruše a drugi grade
prolaze ratovi padaju vlade
pitove ruke više nisu mlade
od aljaske do meksika
to je ona druga slika
pit... i to je amerika
u buci u larmi u rudniku
na farmi
pitove ruke više nisu mlade
šezdeset godina za dolar rada
a negdje daleko u ilinoji
nadgrobna ploča stoji
i prazan kovčeg čeka
da pit stigne iz daleka
od aljaske do meksika
to je ona druga slika
pit... i to je amerika
kada umoran zaspe
i više se ne probudi
jedino za čime žudi
je da
umjesto blaženstva i raja
vidi zoru kako rudi
i sunce starog kraja
od aljaske do meksika...
THAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES (Branimir Štulić)
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zadnjeg dana velesajma
pamtim
pokraj mjesta na kome bijah ja
odbauljala je mravljim tragom
o da mravljim tragom
tvoja klinka malena
kolike li ljubavi za klince
kolike li ljubavi za svijet
umalo da i ja dječjim tragom
o da dječjim tragom
zavirim u mravlji svijet
hej
pogledaj me osrmi se na me
zagledaj me dobro i to sa obje strane
pa neka ti pamet stane
(nobody knows the trouble I've seen
nobody knows my sorrow
glory
hallelujah)
BANKRUPT MAMA (Branimir Štulić)
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mama
do you know how she kisses
do you know how she's skinning me
it doesn't matter mama
what I earn I spend
what I get I lose
I'm totally bankrupt
mama
there're days when I'm alone
there're days when I wander
when I'm sad
mama
I look for her at the station
I look for her in the street
but I'm not successful
mama
mv nights are long and heavy
my nights are especially hard
nights are just like her face
full of desire
IT AINT LIKE IN THE MOVIES AT ALL (Branimir Štulić)
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hallo giorgi
I read all these comics when I was a kid
I dont feel like reading them again
you wanna know something
outer space is just about the dullest
place
there is
it ain't like in the movies at all
hallo giorgi
I can't even get the radio to work
it must be one of those shoddy detroit-
built songs
I guess they can't build 'em any better
here in the future than they did in the
past
oh lord
it ain't like in the movies at all
now
all I want is to see you soon
now I've got something to discuss with
you
so
later you can tell me
oh lord
it ain't like in the movies at all
THE KINGS OF FOUR (Branimir Štulić)
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all this time I searched for regal company
the four horsmen of the apocalypse in a
dream
when the hips of the prodigal dutchman
burst
I'l be transformed into a pyre
and futile the sea will bang on the clitfs
and futile the wind will demonstrate its
strength
and futile the moon will fall to the earth
and the books were written for nothing
mother
I was always a foreigner you know
a scoundrel inside and a devil to the eye
born to judge the impermissible
born to be absolved in a different way
then when the cards are dealt wildly
then where there's no hope
then when rationality is humiliated
then when you remain and die
(crazy
must be crazy
but for any one who calls me
I'm not here)
father
amongst us
afterwards the flood
anyway
you recall the sensation on your own
selling souls for a first full of illusions
papa
my compliments
you have no faults
and
yet there's something crude about your
voice
honey
and cheap the result of unfathomable
hate
frustration spreads like a stench
like a commandment
I said
my god
YOUR SPlRIT'S GONE (Branimir Štulić)
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last night your spirit left
the rooms was full of empty words and
somebody might find that I'm funny
but your spirit's gone
I can't catch the air while I hold your
body
I can't rush through you as I usually do
my lady
I can't be what I'm not so
somebody might find that's funny
but your spirit's gone
you're not a porcelain vase even though
you don't think so
you're not my supporter even though I
expect that
you're not my loneliness
you're just part of it
and even though I know that's funny
'cause your spirit's gone
THE SHINE OF HER HAIR (Branimir Štulić)
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on the borders of her memory
the fading faces ot madame tussaud
the wild songs of the hard suburbs
saturdays the ritual drunken parties
she wanted to wrench herself from
misfortune
she wanted the boys to fight over her
she thought that the shine of her hair
would capture their kisses
she felt their footsteps with her whole
being
they brought her gasps and sweat
heels tapping in the scarlet dusk
the murmur of the crowd
dull pain in the stomach again
lazily as it sleeping time ticked away
she began to recall a fortune
she began to take care of herself
silence resounding throught the night
only a soldier whistling after her
girls were standing in the doorways
she learned a lot hugging the wall
she wasn't stupid she knew what she
doing
she was afraid to stand there longer
when the rain chases the people from
the streets
she somehow felt the city was more
humane
she's disgusted with big words
she's gotten so used to them
GRACIA (Branimir Štulić)
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tvoje ruke u neskladu
između zbilje i sna
gledam grad u prolazu
neki ljudi iza nas
(c'mon take me with you
you can do what ever you want to me
c'mon take me with you
gracia)
govoriš mi da si slobodna
želim vjerovati u to
ulica u odsjaju
zaluđuješ me pogledom
(people usually wanna know
hey man is that the truth
what can I say except
yes she was then a nice bitch
without scruples and spoiled
but a masterpiece
with fine tits indeed)
tražim ritam u koraku
usporavam ti hod
slušam kako zapitkuješ
uzvraćam ti osmjehom
(c'mon take me with you
you can do what ever you want to me
c'mon take me with you
gracia)
IT COULD BE WORSE (Branimir Štulić)
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o.k. sea food
let me ask you something
what exactly ties you to my friend
think ot yourself and get a crush on me
let's spend the weekend together
love is a story out of gossip magazines
love is miles away from us
when you provoke me I find that you like
me
but don't think there's anything between
us
just remember a single rule
I'm not sure about anything
except that I'm good at fooling you
I'm offering you silly shocks
imbecilic parties
I'm offering you lots of dirty city streets
I'm offering you boredom petting and
disco music
but it doesn't matter
it could be worse
LIRICS (trad.)
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... bio je suh i jaki
pao na nagasaki
bio je to ooo ooo
atomski udar jaki...
STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM (Branimir Štulić)
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one hundred and fifty roses
and a particle of your dreams
marched ceaslessly last night
I gave them my best city
perspiring champions with extinguished
eyes
fell along the way
I come to you as the phantom of freedom
so show me exactly what you know
I come to you as the phantom of freedom
to drag you straight to the bottom
a poorly concealed desire a far off goal
the routine settling of accounts for ape
faces
a provincial ball with a song at the end
devastated the night
I fell asleep over an open book
shackled consciousness in a golden
binding
I come to you as the phantom of freedom
so show me exactly what you know
I come to you as the phantom ot freedom
to drag you straight to the boffom
and
when you want to return
take a look
your shadow dazed with loneliness
at the window
in the mirror
in front of the doors
I saw the anger in coarse men
a demonic game ot rejected people
who took their places in paradise
honesty or power
who praised the emperor's new clothes
dwarfs from the front pages
DONT SHOOT AT THE LADY (Branimir Štulić)
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please
don't shoot at the lady
she's just looking good
I wanna be your lover baby
but
just don't shoot at me
what did you do that for
I have orders to shoot at you
well
don't shoot me I'm yours
and
I'm just looking good too
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE YOU GO (Branimir Štulić)
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hard times for the poets
my friend
our traces on the walls
we circle around like dogs
girls don't notice us at all
their hair excites sorrow
the road to etrnity is long
we cross it without a word and in silence
hard times tor the poets
my friend
the parts were handed out long ago
and everyone goes his own way
daddys drink and trip as they sing
women avoid them crossing to the other
side
kids crowded together push them around
they spit loudly and howl like beasts
hard times for the poets
my friend
people are beginning to look like
chickens
their eyesights bad and they go to sleep
early
and in the morning they scratch up dirt
packed into a pile of tobacco
their pockets soaked in the sweat ot their
palms
they're everywhere you go
boy
they're ewerywhere you go
RAINY GREY DAY IN HOLLAND (Branimir Štulić)
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raining
grey day in holland
and
what about pretty girls
please
don't put your fingers on my face
why do you ask me
did she love you
I'm just second hand now
that was only bad luck
yesterday
such a different faith
such a different glory
don't put your fingers on my face
different faith
different glory
I'm just bad luck passing in from
yesterday
(thinking that I can do everything
I don't do anything
of course
there're no reasons for concern
except
thinking that I'm not doing anything
maybe I'm mistaken)
and please
don't put your fingers on my face
get out of here
this is the rats year and figures move
quickly
yesterday was here
THE WARM LIPS OF A WOMAN (Branimir Štulić)
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nights are here strange dilemmas
street lights quickly fading
and in the room of darkness
the scent of her hair
floats all about me
nights are here indifferent shadows
when I sleep I shield my face
and I always dream
the warm lips of a woman
on the edge of explosion
nights are here unknown tales
I put out my cigarette
and get up in silence
not letting anyone slips into my dreams
I take pleasure in every moment
and watch her secretly
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO (Branimir Štulić)
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what am I supposed to do
when all my friends take off and leave
when the girl that I've been watching
goes
and that's how it's day affer day
playing for people in the streets
of course someone always stops to listen
if only for a moment
nothing's important anymore
I found a good band
I just want to play
to cut loose
and that's it
people keep on asking
why are you so nervous
people keep on saying
don't be so rotten
mortal lips whisper
don't raise the dust avoid trouble
they'll have your head
nothing's important anymore
I found a good band
I just want to play
to cut loose
and that's it
THE BLOCKADE OF LESHOCHKY MONASTERY (trad.)
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saradisale lešočkiot manastir
arnauti slatiščani
a bre pope igumene
kade ti se komitite
a bre paša turski paša
jas komiti ne poznavam
se naljuti turski paša
go zapali manastirot
THE MUMMIES WERE PLAYING TRICKS (trad.)
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mamice su štrukle pekli
meni nisu nikaj rekli
štrukli su se pregoreli
mamice su plakat šteli
beš te dečki van z prliča
idu japa po kolića
dok su japa dobežali
de†ki su se razbežali
THE DOCK OF BAY (Otis Redding)
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to nisu jedra moje brodice
već to su gaćice...
sittin' in the morning sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' come
watchin' the ships roll in
then I watch'em roll away again
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
watchin' the tide roll away
sittin' on the dock ot the bay
wastin' time
I left my home in dalmatia
headed for the frisco bay
I have nothing to live for
look like nothing gonna come my way
so I'm just gonna sit on the dock ot the
bay
watchin' the tide roll away
sittin' on the dock ot the bay
wastin' time
look like nothing gonna change
evrything still remains the same
I can't do what eight people tell me to do
so I guess I'll remain the same
sittin' here restin' my bones
and this loneliness won't leave me alone
ten thousand miles I roam
just to make this dock my home
now I'm just gonna sit at the dock of the
bay
watchin' the tide roll away
sittin' on the dock of the bay
wastin' time
THE STRUMMER (Branimir Štulić)
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am I lying when I say
happiness lies in three things
a good woman a guitar and rich daddy
who's always very busy
so if you're dreaming ot this kind of luck
play roulette dice or cards
or sell everything except your strummer
ang go the other way
my boy
all your days are wasted
on brandy tv and porno pictures
you don't have a woman and she'll be
hard to get
with such an old mother around
love is what you die for
love is hard to reach in the zoo
so sell everything except your strummer
and go the other way
my boy
you want to be like those bearded and
strong guys
raising havoc in a dive
and you'd want them to hand you
a smoke and a drink and all that glory
around
you'd get a bruise under your eye
and scream slogans that sound great
you'd be a beatnik and a real anarchist
and that's why you should go the other
way
my boy
REBEL REBEL (Branimir Štulić)
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... behind the window of restless dreams
sensing their shadows
I watch how they dance through the
walls
shut your mouth it isn't worth the effort
throw off your bitterness
their people in the strategic places
a puppet of blood without a shred ot an
idea
killers on the road
a bad night I'm leaving the city
they re comming...
SO WHAT (Branimir Štulić)
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night in the city of salon strivings
night has pulled on a virginal veil
do you feel the octanes in your blood
do you feel the rumble of the pressure in
your head
so what
are you waiting for something strong
really worthwhile
for the impulse that sets things into
motion
think hard
at any moment orthodox vultures will
press torward
so what
two words are enough
fuck off
the beast has a hundred faces
and while you drink and walk embraced
in the darkness
and while you're caressed by rough
hands
and while you lick split lips
so what
and then god's sirens stop the flow
and the traffic lights strive to shine at a
minimum
only strangers stride forward
and life settles like milk in a glass
so what
two words are enough
fuck off
PETE... THATS AMERICA (M. Rupčić)
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america
isn't just the melting pot
you'll also find r&r
disneyland baseball and star wars
times of despair times ot hope
one builds another destroys
life's passing governments tall
pete's hands are getting old
from alaska to mexico
it sure looks different man
but it's all america
in the sound of the streets
in the mines on the farms
pete's hands are not strong anymore
sixty years they re tighting for the boss
and somewhere in distant illinois
a gravestone stands
an empty coffin waiting for pete
to come well whenever
from alaska to mexico
it sure looks different man
but it's all america
and
when he talls asleep
and never wakes again
the only thing he really wants
isn't bliss in paradise
but the dawning gold of the holy country
from alaska to mexico
ti sure looks different man
but it's aIl america
HIGH ABOVE THE TRAINS (Branimir Štulić)
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turn and watch me as I go by
sometimes these bad vibes
attack my brain
like machine gun fire
turn and watch me as I go by
sometimes even sorcery doesn't help
there are too many dark
nameless faces
allow yourself to fall in love
cast your spell on the ideal
whose city is without streets
high above the trains
my name is anarchy
turn and watch me as I go by
sometimes I can't understand a thing
the rattliny of heavy keys
wakes me at dawn
turn and watch me as I go by
sometimes I want to talk to you
just the blink of an eye
in the hollow silence
I'll ask you if you know
why stupidity always wins
why do you want to live
in the shadow of the gods
IF I WERE A BARBARIAN (Branimir Štulić)
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if I were a barbarian
and you were a lady
would you marry me anyway
would you be my baby
if a thinker were my trade
would you still find me
repeating the faults I made
following behind me
save my love for loneliness
save my love for sorrow
I've given you my memories
give me your tomorrow
if I were a heartbreaker
and my songs still resounding
would you miss my being there
would you miss my shining
and if I worked in spite of all
would you still love me
the answer is baby no I wouldn't
it's nice to see you below me
HOW A JERK WAS LEFT ALONG THE WAY (Branimir Štulić)
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doviđenja na vlaškom drumu
u 9 izjutra otvaram konzervu
činim to ima godinu dana
i nema razloga
da uskratim podršku
gladnom želucu
i nekoj dugoj praznoj cesti
koju valjam već puni sat
a kad se riba jede
onda žednim nenormalno
i obično praznim boce
što ih moja stara sprema
i obično nastojim
da limenci dadem formu
i da je uvaljam uz put
ali
beštija se nije dala
i što sam moga
i tako mora sam na drum
podbočio sam kantu lijevom nogom
da ne bježi
i tako osta sam uz put
WILD THING (Branimir Štulić)
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wild thing
sutra je smradnik
sutra je umirem (ej ba a dib to bili)
sutra je wild thing
mislim dakle gdje sam
(come to the show now)
hold on zar i to može
ajde prid bliže da ti kažem
PIANGI CON ME (Branimir Štulić)
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večeras samo za tvoju kesu bez dna
(sha la la la piangi con me)
slučaj nek te ne uvrijedi al južna afrika
je daleko ispred tebe a tu je i zanzibar
obala slonovače san paulo de principe
pa mala tanganjika a tek SAD
(sha la la la piangi con me)
baby ne ljubi me noćas
piangi con me
RIGHT NOW (Branimir Štulić)
===========================
everybody wants to be happy
but no one gets it right
actually
how can you search for that happiness
while you're alive
you may give me pleasure baby
but not your thoughts
you may house my secret place
but not my soul
anyway I love you
I love you so bad
even while the nights sleeps we travel
and not in vain I'll try
to send you just a part of my passion
right now
and then you can take all your lovers
baby
and screw them all
you may hold my secret place
but not my soul
anyway I love you
I love you so bad
I'VE GOTTA GO (Branimir Štulić)
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priđi bliže mojoj maloj
zagri je olakšaj joj noć
čekala je cijelu vječnost
budi nježan daj joj najbolje
izgubljene iluzije
povjerenje
nek se isplače
I've gotta go
priđi bliže mojoj maloj
daleko od njenih očiju
prestao sam da se borim
mislim tako mudrost počinje
znaš i sam da samo rijetki
jednom u životu odlaze
I've gotta go
nakupilo se toliko stvari želio sam
da ih dijelim s tobom 3 sata jutro
mukli koraci kao da zatvorena životinja
kruži po sobi da li išta vrijedi
ako kažem I'm sorry stvarno jučer
mi je bilo strašno teško ubio se
pjesnik čovjek na pravoj strani
a onda kasnije mnogo kasnije
sparina pada na turski grad
na male kutije šarenih pročelja
i uvijek upaljena svjetla dolje
niz kanal district noćnih dama
svi naši prijatelji su davno pomrli
prije nego što su i dobili pravu šansu
ostali smo nas dvoje da prođemo
kroz sve to sranje sami do kraja
SILENCE (Branimir Štulić)
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into my room
she will come
like a soldier privately
on the edge of despair
looking for blood
with flames in her eyes
a red pont
in a faltering career
in front of death
silence
can you hear me
I'm simply your slave
on his way to a station
a station without a name
and
I can sense what you're gonna do
but I can't join your bloody bastards
in between extremes
RECOVERING FROM A COMA (Branimir Štulić)
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recovering from a coma
just the perfect thing
working for harmony
waiting for a place
dreaming about happiness
creating a point ot view
living on credit
drop out every time
c'mon home
everyone can form your skin
even while you spit on me
you're not really aware
I do understand
even while you spit on me
even while you lie to me
I'm recovering
PRETTY WOMEN PASSING THROUGH TOWN (Branimir Štulić)
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pretty women passing through town
I'm standing on the corner all alone
they pass by and look at me
long time since I've seen herds of such
pretty women
there's no doubt
there're as gorgeous as in dreams
I look up and there's maya shit
she wants me to nibble on her feet
she'd really like to knock me up
forget it honey
look at that herd of pretty women
there's no doubt
they re as gorgeous as in dreams
duda duda duda why don't you call me
duda duda duda where'd you lose my
number
duda duda duda go and shove it
if you call me I'll be yours
oh yes
only yours
VONDEL PARK (Branimir Štulić)
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it you ever passed through the vondel
park
on a sunny afternoon
when a band is playing
(hallo dave)
have you ever touched the sweet a'dam
nights
then
play
grass dope freaks and people on the
streets
let's go dave
I saw a joke on your face
come on man
play on a sunny afternoon
(look we also supply the little lines too
and we put some small colors in front of
you)
what do you want to be when the right
stuff plays
I'll show you a pretty common man
what do you want to be when azra
comes
I'll show you a pretty common friend
2:30 (Branimir Štulić)
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baby
I think you're so cool
remember
I wanna kiss you
all night
words are like a crowd of people
it's not important to know them all
choose the real ones only
I love you
if goodness loses its power by itself
if you can't recognize a joke
evil can be so bad
I love you
(she's a poor dear
and those two are dirty heavy)
baby
there're tears in your eyes
are you crying
in the night like this
when the bells die
and the city quiets down
DEEP INSIDE YOU (Branimir Štulić)
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deep inside you
maybe I left a trace of light
in the night between the walls
not all the good people
nor all those you know
nor the flight from isolation
in which you retreat
(when despair erupts)
they're barely sufficient
in front ot raw power
limited and finite
deep inside you
passion is fractured
and what remains
and what doesn't exist
longing for death
desire for subsistence
yearning tor freedom
and a wish to bow to destiny
like on a tray
deep inside you
a thousand tambourines
fanfare from a distance
flags at halt mast
who are you mourning for my love
black signs on the face of your treasure
sorrow in words
once in life
I'll allow them to capture me a man
a man with a cold grip
and iron glance
FLOWERS STANDING IN THE WINDOW (Branimir Štulić)
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flowers standing in the window
everybody knows there's nothing new in
fact with my baby
she's winking at me
and she overhears with her ears
please come back to me
open the door for me little lady
(she said)
I'd like to be with you really
but
I'm just in doubt if we can survive without
money
(oh)
don't you worry for me pretty honey
don't you worry now for me
I can depend on mu secret account
with my golden earrings
THE FLASH (Branimir Štulić)
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nothing ever happens when you are
alone and at the bottom
and when the nights draw into subconsciousness
until remembrance
an avalanche ot rolling weights squeezes
your feet
and only later does sweat begin to
interfere
only later does the city awaken
some tattered streets
the flash of wet tracks
the first tram through the suburbs
grows in my eyes
morning ritually descends upon the stage
with regard I move out of the way
a double dosquise on his face
makes providence excessive
how can I control myself when this
feeling
so different from everything that I
understand
from everything that I want to see
is destroying me
something like a flash
again I saw a film about disillusionment
or maybe it was a chronicle ot the
unknown
because that's what a man
neither alive nor dead nor a sailor is
called
if I ever have my wish
and you agree thinking
it's the only way to keep him
if I ever make it there where fear
subsides
I'll be ready to forget
some tattered streets
the flash of the wet tracks
the first tram over the suburbs
shine in your eyes
RUNNING IN THE DARK (Branimir Štulić)
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quietly swearing I rush through town
jacket on my shoulder just fuckin' around
yesterday's newspaper under my arm
I don't look attractive but I don't care
I stop in every bar and dive
and shoot down beer and rye
and then I get going so that I'm not late
and before saying hello to her
I'll touch her lips lightly
and we'll go oft together into the night
she wants me to talk softly
and not go on about my problems
she wants to live with someone really
she looks at others but thinks about me
she confesses that she's married
but she's not involved with her man
and I stay quiet reflecting imporfantly
her fingers want a culprit
and just fly over my face
o.k. woman what the hell is wrong
discreetly whispering I mention the
movies
outside it's depressing but inside it's fun
expensive cash for boring hours
don't be sad sweetheart I'm thinking
about you
then she gets me some popcorn
peanuts and salty sunflower seeds
she's really trying to make me happy
and all around us hungry people
papers keep rustling it stinks from behind
oh my god what a lousy
real
film
midnight gets closer the show goes on
we sit in the car and go off somewhere
outside the city there are places
nice little spots on the edge of nowhere
we start screwing the air is heavy
a strong light falls on us directly
it's so crazy it's actually a train
we grab the wheel and push the gas
cold sweat bites into my ass
paranoia
we're running away into the dark
AZRA MUSIC (C)
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