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AMERAK BLUES

by Kafka Jones

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TO THE DREAMS OF PASSING COMETS OF ALL MISTERIES UNSOLVED TO THE BEARING OF A COMPASS THAT IS SPINNING ON THE GROUND THEY WILL GUIDE US THROUGH THE PITS OF THEIR ELLUSIVE POLITICS THEY WILL PAWN OUR INDEPENDENCE TO GET STONED AND OUR PAST IS WELL PRESERVED IN OUR COLLECTIVE INTELECT AND WE THINK WE DONT DISERVE WHAT OUR FUTURE HAS PREPARED ITS A RACE BUT NO ONE IS RUNNING ITS A WAR WE WILL NOT FIGHT WE WILL STAND UPONG OUR DORWAY STARING BLACK INTO THE NIGHT BUT WE’LL NEVER SEE TOMORROW IN THE MEXICO CITY RAIN WHEN THE PROUD WENT TO THE STABLES THEY WERE SLAUGHTERED BY THE PIGS THEY CAME BACK WITH COATS AND TIES WITH THEIR RUSTY ARMS THEY SIGNED AN AGREEMENTE WITH THE MONGRELS TO BUILD THEIR CASTLES ON YOUR LAWN NOW THEYRE BUILDING UP A WALL AROUND YOUR HOME BUT THEY’LL NEVER SEE TOMORROW IN THE MEXICO CITY RAIN NOW YOUR WAITRESES ARE WAITING BUT YOUR SERVANTS ARE ALL GONE THEY SLIPED THROUGH THE CRACKS OF MIDLE CLASS THEY ARE ALL HEADING UP NORTH TO THEIRS HOPES IN CLOUDS OF OPIUM THROUGH A LONESOME DESERT STORM BUT YOU KNOW IT WONT BE LONG BEFORE THEY PUT THEM ON A BUS AND SEND THEM HOME AND THEY’LL NEVER SEE TOMORROW IN THE MEXICO CITY RAIN WHEN IT ALL STARTED TO CRUMBLE IT IS REALLY HARD TO SAY BUT THE DUST ON EVERY GAMBLER AND THE PICTURES ON HIS WALL THEY REVEAL THE LITLE SECRETS OF THE METHOD IN HIS GAME AND TONIGHT WELL BE THE GAMBLERS IN OUR LITTLE MASCARADE AND TONIGHT WELL SEE THE FIREWORKS AGAIN BUT WELL NEVER SEE TOMORROW IN THE MEXICO CITY RAIN
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I DONT CARE IF YOU TELL ME THAT YOUR LEAVING ME TOMORROW IT DOESNT BOTHER ME AT ALL TO SEE YOU WALKING OUT THE DOOR YOU WERE ONLY HERE FOR SHELTER IT WASNT LOVE THAT YOU WERE AFTER IFELT IT WHEN YOU CAME A ‘KNOCKING ILL KNOW IT NOW THAT YOULL BE GONE IWOULD HAVE WALKED INSIDE A THOUSAND GRAVE YARDS SEARCHING FOR YOUR LONELY SOUL I WOULD HAVE SWALLOWED EVERY PILL YOU GAVE ME BUT NOW YOURE LEAVING AND ILL BE SO MUCH BETTER WHEN YOURE GONE DONT GO TELLING ALL YOUR FRIENDS YOU LEFT ME FOR SOMEBODY ELSE YOURE NOT LOOKING FOR ANOTHER YOURE ONLY SEARCHING FOR YOURSELF I THINK YOURE NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LIFES ABOUT I WOULD HAVE DROWNED INSIDE YOURE SEA OF MADNESS JUST TO SEE YOU SMILE AGAIN I WOULD HAVE SWALLOWED EVERY PILL YOU GAVE ME AND STILL YOU’D LEAVE ME SO ILL BE SO MUCH BETTER WHEN YOURE GONE I WOULD HAVE AIMED A LITTLE HIGHER BABY IF I HAD KNOWN HOW LOW YOU ‘D GO I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT TWICE MY BABY BUT NOW YOURE LEAVING AND ILL BE SO MUCH BETTER WHEN YOURE GONE
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AMERAK BLUES 01:56
1,2,3, YOU CAN NOT FIND ME I AM HIDING IN THE LABRYNTHS O F MY MIND COME AND GET ME IF YOU DARE STEP IN TO MY DOMINIONS IN THE NIGHT YOU CAN BREAK MY BONES WITH YOUR STICKS AND STONES BUT I WILL NOT BE AFRAID ANYMORE CALLING NAMES WONT MAKE ME CHANGE I WILL ALWAYS KNOW WHO I AM I COULD LEARN TO PLAY YOUR GAME I COULD HURT YOU BUT I WONT BE THAT WAY YOU CAN PUSH AND FIGHT BUT I WONT STEP ASIDE YOU CAN HURT ME BUT I WONT STEP ASIDE
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SONS UPON MY DEATH BED WAKE YOURE MOTHER LET HER KNOW THIS TIME THE CLOCKS ARE WINDING DOWN TELL HER I ADORE HER , TIE HER TEARS IN RIBBONS TO MY HEART AND LET US BID FARWELL ONCE UPON YOU USED TO CALL STAY WITH US INTO THE NIGHT AND NOW ITS ME THAT BECKONS YOU STAND AT MY BED POST KEEP AWAY THE FOUR EYED GHOST OF PAST REGRETS AND SIMPLE TRUTHS YOU TAUGHT ME HOW TO LIVE AGAIN THAT SPIT IS USLESS IN THE RAIN THAT TENDERNESS CAN TEAR YOUR HEART YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME WELL IVE GOT NO ANSWERS I CAN ONLY SHARE MY THOUGHTS AND HOPE THAT THEY CAN HELP YOU THROUGH NOW THAT YOUR OLDER SET YOUR EYES BEYOND YOURE MASTER KNOW YOU WERE MY MASTERS TO YOU TAGHT ME HOW TO LIVE AGAIN TO GIVE EXPECTING NO RETURN TO ALWAYS WAKE UP WITH A SMILE YOU HAVE TAGHT ME WELL SONS UPON MY DEATH BED CLOSE THE DOOR ON DRENCHING SORROW TURN INTO THE BRIGHT NEW DAY YOURE FINEST HOUR WAITS FOR YOU IM SAD TO SAY I WONT BE WALKING THERE WITH YOU YOU TAGHT ME HOW TO LIVE AGAIN TO GIVE EXPECTING NO RETURN TO ALWAYS WAKE UP WITH A SMILE YOU HAVE TAGHT ME WELL
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I WAS YOUNG BUT I WAS DYING I COULD BEARLY KEEP ALIVE YOU CAN LAUGH ALL YOU WANT BEHIND MY BACK IM ALONE , SCHOOL IS CLOSED AND I COULD NEVER KILL THE GHOST IN EVERY WORD, EVERY SONG THAT I PLAY SOMETHING HAPPEND , YOU WERE LATE I CAN ONLY SIT AND WAIT DINNER’S SERVED PLEASE FORGET WHAT I SAID ABOUT YOU I WAS BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF A TERRIBLE MOON I WAS WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO FORGET ABOUT YOU BUT I WAS CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF THE THINGS I WOULD NEVER DO... LIKE YOU TWELVE WAS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED ITS NO FUN WHEN YOURE REJECTED HANGING OUT AT THE LOST AND FOUND TWISTED UP AND HALF WAY BROKEN I WAS STRANDED IN A HALLWAY WHERE THE STAINED LEATHER COUCHES CAN TALK TO YOU STEALING 1ST WAS NOT A PROBLEM BUT TO HIDE IT FROM MY MOTHER ON THE ROAD TO BECOMING A MAN I WAS BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF A TERRIBLE MOON I WAS WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO FORGET ABOUT YOU BUT I WAS CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF THE THINGS I WOULD NEVER DO... LIKE YOU IS IT WRONG FOR ME TO QUESTION IS IT LATE TO GET AN ANSWER I CAN SEE THAT YOURE SIGN SAYS DO NOT DISTURBE ILL GO BACK TO WHERE I CAME FROM I´VE NO MANNERS AT THE TABLE I CAN SEE THAT YOU DONT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS I WAS BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF A TERRIBLE MOON I WAS WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO FORGET ABOUT YOU BUT I WAS CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF THE MAN I´D NEVER BECOME... LIKE YOU
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ITS A GREEK TRAGEDY AND YOURE PLAYING THE PART OF DESDEMONE YOURE HEART IS BROKEN WHEN THE CURTAIN FALLS AND THER’S APPLAUSE YOURE WAVING AT THE CROWD OF PEOPLE FROM YOURE LIMOSINE IM NOT IMPPRESED WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOUR A MILLIONAIR WHEN ALL YOU GET ARE RAIN CHECKS IN THE MAIL FROM THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE THAT YOU THINK THAT YOURE ABOVE AND IN THE END YOU COME TO ME YOU SAY YOURE TIRED OF WAITING TABLES LIFE IN THE FAST LANE IS WHAT YOU WERE AFTER BUT SOMEDAY BABY EVENTUALLY YOU WILL SLEEP IN THE BED YOUVE MADE YOU CAN CALL THE NEXT IN LINE TO BE YOURE FRIEND , TO PAY THE RENT TO BAIL YOU OUT , TO BE YOURE SLAVE AND WHEN YOURE TIRED OF HIS FACE YOU CAN EASILY REPLACE HIM WITH THE NEXT TO FALL IN LOVE YOU CAN SMILE AT YOURE BOSS AND YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH MURDER IN THE MOST EXCENTRIC WAYS AND WHEN YOU THINK YOUVE HAD ENOUGH YOU CAN TEL HIM ITS THE END OF YOURE CARREER YOU BETTER WATCH HOW YOU PLAY YOURE CARDS CAUSE THEYRE CATCHING UP WITH YOURE MANY FACES AND SOMEDAY BABY EVENTUALLY YOU WILL SLEEP IN THE BED YOUVE MADE AFTER ALL THAT I HAVE SAID AND DONE I THINK YOURE LOTS OF FUN WHEN YOURE ABOUT TO FALL APART AND THOUGH ITS HARD TO COME ARROUND WHEN SOMEBODY BREAKS YOUR HEART IM JUST A FOOL AND ILL PAY THE PRICE NOW I KNOW YOU YOU DONT IMPRESS ME I HOPE THAT SOMEDAY, EVENTUALLY I WILL SLEEP IN THE BED YOUVE MADE
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YOU SEE HER WALKING INTO THE ROOM SHE KNOWS YOURE THERE YOU FIX YOURE HAIR ITS A SECRET DANCE OF GLARES SHE SETS YOU UP LIKE A BOWLLING PIN BUT YOULL STRIKE OUT ANY WAY SHE’S GOT ANOTHER COMPANION AND STILL SHE WANTS YOU TO GET HER A DRIINK SO YOU FIX HER UP A TONIC AND GIN WHILE SHES MASTURBATING HIM WITH AN EDUCATED GRIN THE POLLINATION PROCESS BEGINS ITS A MAN AND WOMAN PROBLEM FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER EVERYONE WINS ‘TILL A FLY DROPS IN YOUR DRY MARTINI IS IT CRUEL TO SAY YOULL REGRET IT SOME DAY YOU SAY YOU WANT TO GET MARRIED SOON SHE’S ALL FOR DRINKS AFTER THREE SHE SAIS SHE’LL MARRY BUT SHES TLAKING TO HIM SHE WANTS A BALLROOM WITH A GROOM BUT IN HER DREAMS SHE WASNT SLEEPING WITH YOU THEY WILL GET MARRIED AND HAVE A HANDFULL OF KIDS THEY’LL BE OK BUT IT WASNT MENT TO BE THAT WAY THEY’LL HAVE A HOUSE WITH A NICE FACADE BUT UNDERNEATH ITS REALLY FALLING APART THE POLLINATION PROCESS BEGINS ITS A MAN AND WOMAN PROBLEM FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER EVERYONE WINS ‘TILL A FLY DROPS IN YOUR DRY MARTINI
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MY LOVE WHEN EVER I LOOK AT THE SKY I KNOW I CAN SEE YOURE EYES SHINING ABOVE STARING BACK AT ME AT NIGHT I SUDDENLY FEEL YOURE HEART I KNOW THAT WERE NOT APART AND I KNOW YOU CAN FLY STRAIGHT INTO MY DREAMS AND I CAN FEEL YOU TONIGHT
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Nine tracks, "one takes" of songs that try to capture living in Mexico City, obscure childhood memories , marriage and parenthood.

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released August 1, 2008

Recorded at NARANJADA RECORDS in mexico city
Engineered by Alan Garcia
july 2008

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