Very Special Thanks To Tanja Riedl, who does tons of stuff behind the scenes, and Leolina Lowe (same reason).
Above and beyond section
Albi, Leo "The Wheel" Wieland, Hans, Martin Hammerle and Winnie B., Pascal, S & J for being there, Dave and GB and the rest - you know who you are
This is the first Part of a Trilogy, entitled "Go Out Dancing", (I know, but that's why it's progrock.) Part II of G.O.D.,
"Levittown", is in production (Nov. 2004), and Part III "Out In The Rain" is mostly written ...
Recorded between 1992 and 2003 in Tutzing (Germany), finning (germany), and Mallorca (Spain) at SHORTY RECORDERS, which moves around some
1. My Radio Talks To Me
Detroit 1939
Berlin 1939
The family sits around the radio, Sunday evening
Like all the other families
And they wait
'Cause father has a message for us tonight
And we can't miss it...
My radio talks
My radio talks
My radio talks to me
My hiding place is twelve by nine
Naugahyde and Knotty Pine
I hurry home at quitting time
So I won't miss him
Fathers's on the air tonight
The message will be shared tonight
Draw the curtain, dim the light
Sit back and listen
'Cause he wants what I want, I want what you want
We want whatever he tells us is best for us
Yes I believe it now
He wants what I want, I want what you want
We want whatever he tells us is best for us
Yes I believe it now
My radio talks to me
My radio talks
My radio talks
My radio talks to me
My radio talks to me
My radio talks to me
Yes I believe it now
And he says we must be diligent
With open eyes and vigilant
And recognize the strangers sent among us (among us)
Blasphemy and heresy
Wheels within conspiracies
And things that we can't see that he sees for us (that he sees for us)
She wants what I want, I want what you want
We want whatever he tells us is best for us (best for us)
She wants what I want, I want what you want
We want whatever he tells us is best for us
(Yes I believe it now)
My radio talks to me
(She wants what I want, I want what you want
We want whatever he tells us is best for us)
Voices will set me free
Voices will set me free
Voices will set me free
My radio talks
My radio talks
My radio talks to me
My radio talks to me ...
2. Join The Parade
3. Good Little Soldiers
There are many roads to travel
And many deeds to do
Knots to be unraveled
'Fore the darkness falls on you
And the pieces of the puzzle
Fall right into place
In the ashes and the rubble
Lies a picture of his face
And he's talking to you and me
Hear what he wants us to be
Good little soldiers
Good little soldiers
There are many ways of hating
And many things to hate
And it feels like we've been waiting
For a voice to set us straight
'Cause we need a common devil
An enemy for all
Foreign looking and dishevelled
Not like us at all
And he's talking to you and me
Hear what he wants us to be
Good little soldiers
Good little soldiers
Good little soldiers
Good little soldiers
Good little soldiers
Good little soldiers
4. Work (Will Make You Free)
Four 'clock on a cold, wet winter morning
Tires screech to a halt
Footsteps pound up the stairs
Tthe door flies off it's hinges and it's your turn
Don't pack much, you won't need it
Hurry up now you'll miss your train.
Work will make you free, work will make you free
I was sitting there minding my own damn business
When a hammer on the door got me on my feet
There were men out in the landing, there were men out on the stairs
There men winding down into the street
They had on brown shirts, brown ties, black boots
Overside the leader stepped on up to me
He said I got a piece of paper here with your name on it
From the highest of authority
And he said work will make you free, work will make you free
Well I'm stuck out in a box car
Stranded out in nowhere, feels like I can hardly breathe
Well it's the middle of the winter and they gave me these pajamas
But I think I'm just about to freeze
They didn't give it any time I didn't get to pack up what was mine
Didn't tell nobody where I'd be, but your guess is as good as mine, but I bet
We're going where the sign says - work will make you free
They said work will make you free, work will make you free
Work, work will make you free
Work, work will make you free
They said work will make you free, work will make you free
Work, work will make you free
Work, work will make you free
And I said, will I ever play the violin again
And they said, yes you can still do that
A little night music out in the snow
Makes the hours go and go and go
And work will make you free
Are you ready girls?
Work, work will make you free
Work, work will make you free
Work, work will make you free
Work, work will make you free
They said work will make you free, work will make you free
Work, work will make you free
Work, work will make you free
If I didn't know where I was before, at least I know now ...
5. The Judge And The Jury
This land is your land, this land is my land,
From California to the New York Islands
From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf Stream waters
This land belongs to you and me...
All right
Yeah
They are the judge and the jury
Yeah the ones who will decide
Who gets burned out in a hurry
Who can stay and must fly
You will find them out in Michigan
Find them in Berlin
You will find them everywhere
There's people wearing different skin
Judge and the jury, yeah!
This land is my land
But that's where the music stops
What about this land is your land
It must have fell off and got lost
They sing this land is my land
Sing it loud and clear, well
This land is your land
As long as you're from here, all right
Judge and the Jury, oh yeah!
You can meet in secret twice a week
And shave off all your hair
You can dress up like it's trick or treat
Get a big tattoo somewhere
But if you think that makes you a mover
If you think that makes you strong
We got a jailhouse full of losers
Who found out before too long
They ain't the Judge and the Jury
This land is my land
But that's where the music stops
What about this land is your land
It must have fell off and got lost
They sing
This land is my land
Sing it loud and clear well
This land is your land
As long as you're from here, all right
You better not let the sun go down on you in this town boy.
You'd better make tracks and haul ass out of here!
The Judge and the Jury, oh yeah!
They say
This land is my land
But that's where the music stops
What about this land is your land
It must have fell off and got lost
They sing
This land is my land
Sing it loud and clear well
This land is your land
As long as you're from here, all right
The Judge and the Jury, oh yeah!
The Judge and the Jury, oh yeah!
This land is my land
This land is my land
This land is my land
This land is my land
6. The Other Side Of The Mountain
(A new world order
A helicopter, a black helicopter
In whisper mode
CIA, Waco, wacko
Oklahoma City and the boys from the other side of the mountain)
Got a little black book, built an equalizer
Right in my kitchen out of scratch
All that it took was fertilizer,
And a U-Haul and a match
And when it it went bang, bang
Just like advertised
I went and made another batch
We'll fight the next one
With steel knives and hand guns
From the other side of the mountain
Where the true believers run
On the other side of the mountain
We'll be ready when the next one comes
All right
Charlie you bring the gasoline
I'll bring the gauze slips
We'll have ourselves a little party tonight
Down with the machine
Down with the bosses
Down with anybody who ain't white
We'll fight the next one
With steel knives and hand guns
From the other side of the mountain
Where the true believers run
On the other side of the mountain
We'll be ready when the next one comes
All right
The other side of the mountain
The other side of the hill
We'll fight the next one
With steel knives and hand guns
From the other side of the mountain
Where the true believers run
On the other side of the mountain
We'll be ready when the next one comes
All right
The other side of the mountain
The other side of the hill
The other side the mountain
The other side the mountain
7. Waiting For The Winter
Warsaw, Autumn 1943
Not many of us left
And winter's coming
I can smell it in the air
And with winter the End,
The game is over
He's a world away from mother now
In this land of smoke and steel
He lies listening for another sound
And he's eaten his last meal
And he knows that winter is coming
And he knows he won't survive
But he's tired of endless running
He won't hide...
And for those who still lie hidden
He's afraid he can't provide
And he hopes they will forgive him
By and by...
And he's waiting for the winter
And he's waiting for the winter
He was born here in this city
He thought he knew these people well
'Till the one who shows no pity
Took the world under his spell
And he knows that winter is coming
As it's always come before
As he reads the yellow letter
Painted on his door
And the letter stands for everything
Yeah the letter says it all
How far can one people sink '
And how far can they fall?
He's waiting for the winter
Waiting for the winter
He's waiting for the winter
Waiting for the winter
Waiting for the winter
He's waiting for the winter
Waiting for the winter
Waiting for the winter
8. Believe It
In a room that has no windows
In a house that has no heat
Wait's the lone, supreme commander
From the boys from Charlie-Street
And he waits for inspiration
Yeah he's waiting for a sign
When the sun goes down this evening
Him and the boys are gonna shine
And you know this man is deadly
Though he looks like you and me
You would never turn around and stare
If you met him on the street
But he's eaten up with anger
And he's all fired up with hate
We'd gotta recognize the enemy
Before it's too late
Believe it, you better believe it now
Ready or not, well here they come
Just like 1931
He's got bottles full of gasoline
Got a knife stuck in his boot
And he stands up like a ramrod
When he throws you that salute
He believes this is his destiny
He believes this is his fate
He believes that he born about 50 years too late
And he does not have a future
And he does not have a job
But he feels like part of something
When he's running with the mob
And he thinks he's talking politics
Like the big boys on the news
But he's only talking terror
Burn it down, yeah light the fuse
Believe it, you better believe it now
Ready or not, well here they come
Just like 1931
It's about a kind of, it's about when you cross the line
When you have a fantasy and pursue it
And it becomes the experience, and you can't handle the experience
Believe it
Ready or not, well here they come
Just like 1931
Take a look around,
You gotta take a look around,
You gotta take a look around
You better believe it
You gotta take a look around
You better believe it now
Ready or not, well here they come
Just like 1931
You better believe it, you better believe it now
Ready or not, well here they come
Just like 1931
You better believe it, you better believe it now
9. The Things They Never Told Me
(The things they never told me
Yeah the things I never knew
The things I always thought
But never had the nerve to do
The things they didn't tell me
Like how good it feels
They didn't have to sell me
I salute and click my heels)
Well there's something going on here
Yeah there's something in the air
And all of us belong here we've got uniforms to wear
They call it revolution, but I call it good clean fun
And I make my contribution and they let me wear a gun
It don't get no better than this
Where have they been all my life
I've got my jack boots and my fist
I've got my matches and my knife
I do the things they never told me
Yeah the things I never knew
The things I always thought
But never had the nerve to do
I do the things they didn't tell me
Like how good it feels
They didn't have to sell me
I salute and click my heels
And times were really hard and there was nothing left to eat
I went looking for a job, I walked the soles right off my feet
I did not see the lies, you know I didn't know who to blame
Till he opened up my eyes, you know he called them out by name
Don't get no better than this
Where have they been all my life
I've got my jack boots and my fist
I've got my matches and my knife
I do the thing they never told me
I like the things they never told me
The things they never told me
I do the things they never told me
The things they never told me
The things they never taught me
Yeah the things I never knew
The things I always thought
But never had the nerve to do
Things they didn't tell me
Like how good it feels
To feel an old man's glasses
Shatter underneath your heels
10. Where Does It Go
If your watching if your part of it
If your close enough to see it, you're in it
There's no line drawn, dividing the two
And if you don't know where you come from
You don't know where you're going... do you?
And things that might have happened back in the dark recesses of history
Can't happen again... can they?
There showing the colors black, white and red
They want to play baseball on you head
And if you sit at home with the shades drawn
They'll never go away, they'll never be gone
There's a hundred thousand people on the street tonight
There's a million more who wait behind the scenes
I see a house divided hanging by a thread tonight
And a people who remember where they've been
But where does it go?
Where does it go?
Where will he lead?
What have we learned?
Yeah, where does this all go?
What does it take?
How long will we bleed?
How many will burn?
I saw a crowd of skins push a kid around
One over the head, left him on the ground
There was crowd of people, stood and cheered
Then they melted away, just disappeared
There's a hundred thousand people on the street tonight
There's a million more who wait behind the scenes
I see a house divided hanging by a thread tonight
And a people who remember where they've been
But where does it go?
Where does this all go?
And they don't like him and they don't like you
Don't like the Muslim, don't like the Jew
Don't like the people from over there
And they don't like me at all... look at all that hair
Where does it go?
Yeah, where does it go?
But where does it go?
Where does this all go?
Where does it go?
Where does it go?
Where will it lead?
What have we learned?
What does it take?
How long will we bleed?
How many will burn?
Yeah, where does this all go?
Where does it go?
Where will it lead?
What have we learned?
Yeah, where does this all go?
What does it take?
How long will we bleed?
How many will burn?
Where does it go?
Where does it lead?
What have we learned?
What does it take?
How long will we bleed?
How many will burn?
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