1.One Minute Of Darkness
2.I Wanted You
3.Time For Me
4.Spinola Bay
5.Blues About Krishna’s Latest Avatar
6.Max In The Elevator
7.Light And Slow
8.Parking Lots
9. No Goodbyes
10. Not To Kiss You

One Minute Of Darkness

The dough has yet to rise
But god has been parting the skies
Sprinkling Crimson and gold
For eager eyes to behold

When the sun makes way for the moon
Who is gonna talk to whom
Oh, Who is gonna talk to whom
When the sun makes way for the moon

The city is all silent again
It smells of wet stone after the rain
I predict a warm windless night
No waves, no battle in sight

When we Switch off the all the lights in the room
Who is gonna kiss whom
Oh, who is gonna kiss whom
When we switch off the lights in the room

You’re gonna find yourself dancing on a cloud
You’re gonna find yourself laughing out loud
You’re gonna find yourself cooking just for practice
And wishing for one minute of darkness

When your heart goes « boom boom boom »
Who is gonna tell whom
When your heart goes « boom boom boom »

I Wanted You

I wanted you
And you needed me too
We sat around in the cafe
And smoke all day

It was for real from the start
I could feel it in my heart
And when your eyes filled with tears i was ready
And you read me

You burned up all your candles
Your life was all in shambles
But you’d tucked away your wounds ans scratches
All in a book of matches

I wanted you
And you needed me too
I lay on the carpe tat your feet
And snapped my fingers to the beat

Time For Me

It’s time for me to go to bed
Time for me to get to my cot
Time for me to rest my head
Time for me to sleep a lot

What once was simple is not simple anymore
Did you even tell me your name
We might have never met before
And never see each other again

My heart is full of holes, it’s like a sink strainer
But this has to be my job, i always knew it
I’m just a wandering entertainer
I do this thing, and this is how i do it

I’ve started a new underground career
Same old same old, lemon and lime
It don’t get much deeper underground, i fear
Come down and see me some time

Our glory days are yet to come
But i wouldn’t be so sure, i wouldn’t be so certain
There is fun to be had though, even when i’m gone
I’m done now, ring down the curtain

Spinola Bay

Meet the scotman, James is the name
He’s got a new idea for a videogame
Involving bikinis, olives, and ice cubes in the sun
Says there’s nothing like real life to generate fun

We will drink ourselves to laughter the whole day
And i will kiss you by the love sign in Spinola bay

Meet the somalian –the name is Giovanni-
He speaks about seven languages, some of them funny
He’s a brilliant and elegant man
Likes his beer straight from the can

Gio says it’s important to do what you please
There is only one question, really : cheese or peas…
Me, i put them together and take a big bite
But if you like one of them better, you know it’s all right

Meet me, i’m not a bad egg
At the end of the night i might start pulling your leg
But at the end of the day it’s all about making friends
It’s all about making friends in the end

Blues About Krishna’s Latest Avatar

You look so pretty in the morning
It’s like there never was a night
Every time i see you coming
I know i’m gonna be all right

Why is it that i
Think about you all the time
Everything is a lie
But your beauty sublime

To love is to live
There is nothing else to learn
Now i believe it’s beat to give
And expect nothing in return

Max In The Elevator

I remember the angel with the walking stick
And max in the elevator
How at first we didn’t click
And how we clicked just a minute later

The last train is long gone
Let’s leave before they turn the light on
And walk through the rain, and walk through the night
You and me, out of their sight

I told the conductor a story
He made it easy for me
In our digital-schmigital days
Humanity finds new ways

There’s potatoes and tomatoes but no gold
The new world is tired, the new wolrd is old
Man is an English-speaking cynic
With no greater apes left to mimic

These forty years have been hectic
But i’ve always been skeptic
I’ve never learned, i’ve always tried
It’s my sickness and my pride

Light And Slow

You put down your book
And pushed your hair around your spectacles
In one fetching look
You caught me as if with tantacles

You took my glass, and had a few sips
Weaving sensuality into the routine
Then you put your fingers to your lips
And we listened to the espresso machine

I’m remarkably short, for a giant
But i cling to my idiosyncrasies
When i have nothing to say, i stay silent
And it makes some think i’m interesting

You seemed to know that i was not
But you didn’t seem to mind
You didn’t give a … what i thought
We laughed, and shared another glass of wine

You started talking, we sat in the kitchen
The less i speak, the more i hear
The fridge called for our attention
We both switched back to beer

I let a couple of my fingers slide
Along black frames and a black side-bow
Around your ear, and down the side
Of your neck, light and slow

Parking Lots

What are we to do with our days
In a land of parking lots and highways
And what’ll we do with our thoughts
Amidst highways and parking lots

Maybe fall in love, maybe just fall
Maybe hang around with one and all

The good, the bad, and the middle path
Have all disappeeared into thin air
What happened to men’s will and god’s wrath
Well maybe i don’t know, and maybe i don’t care

But i’ve been coming up with a plan
i’ve been working in the shade
the way that man made man
is the way that a new man will be made

keep surfing of the sheen
that’s not gonna break if you don’t
i’m not gonna give you the schème
not in this song, i won’t

No Goodbyes

The road collide, merge and rush
All tared with the same brush
Eenie meenie minie moe
There’s no telling where i’m a-gonna go

And i don’t know what is up or down
And i don’t know to make of this town
But i have a feeling, a hunch
And i know better than to think too much

Now we are gonna have heaps of fun
We are drive, ride and run
We are gonna be hard to locate
No goodbyes, it’s too late

All you need is a bible and a hair-dryer
Both found in the bedside drawer
All you need is just there
A baptism, a prayer, and then dry hair

Not To Kiss You

So it’s just you and me this time
Will you manage to keep your hand away from mine
Your shirt collar tapers to the shoulders, and it fits you
You know, it’s hard for me not to kiss you

The stars in your eyes are brighter than the moon in the sky
So i try to look down, and your jeans catch my eye
They flare neatly at the ankles, and gape at the hips too
You know, it’s hard for me not to kiss you

This is where you always used to sit and listen to the sea
A cloud is passing through the moon, and i know you’re watching me
My heart is a kneel that a boulder slits through
You know, it’s hard for me not to kiss you

All songs by Stanley Brinks. 2014