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Jetlag Poetry

by BRAZZAVILLE

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Crisscrossed the country in a van A young and carefree rock and roll band Tearing up the open road Success came like an ice cold hand 5 star hotels by the sand And suddenly you’re getting old And I’d rather stay home I’d rather stay home ‘Cause one thing I know We all leave this old world alone And why there’s still time Don’t wanna be a rolling stone And I’d rather stay home I’d rather stay home 10,000 flights to different lands And your kids are growing up without their dad They’re wondering why you can’t stay home Success came like an ice cold hand 5 star hotels by the sand And suddenly you’re getting old
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Anabel2 03:06
Last night meant so much to me Downtown by the crumbling sea wall The first kiss took me back to 1983 Laid out with the thrill of it all Anabel Airports feel like home to me Glass walls looking out at the planes Food courts and police controls A soft voice coming though the PA Anabel Anabel Light blue walls in cheap hotels Up here at 30,000 feet Above all the suffering and pain Hot tea and an inflight magazine An old boy in a shiny new plane Anabel
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I’m an alligator I’m a mama-papa coming for you I’m a space invader I’ll be a rockin rollin bitch for you Keep your mouth shut You’re squawkin’ like a pink monkee bird And I’m bustin’ up my brains for the words Keep your ‘lectric eye on me, babe Put your ray gun to my head Press your space face close to mine, love Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah Don’t fake it, baby Lay the real thing on me The church of man Is such a holy place to be Make me baby Make me know you really care Make me jump into the air
4.
Late night All alone Just sitting in my hotel room Wishing I was back at home A long flight Halfway around the globe This life at 30,000 feet Well it’s starting to take it’s toll I got my pillow from home Here on the 33rd floor And I loaded all your photographs Into my mobile phone But they only made me miss you more I got my beat up guitar And my pocket Moleskine I packed my echinacea drops And all my speaker tapes ‘Cause I’m out here on the road again I’m out here on the road again A strange light Warms my soul When I travel to a distant place To play a little rock and roll But someday Just you and me We’ll be gazing at a setting sun In a little garden by the sea
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3Jane 04:14
3Jane, You’re my Queen Lounging around With a W magazine No doubt Your the best Looking so good in 10 euro summer dress 3Jane 3Jane, you’re it for me Hot summer nights outside the New Beverly Old Chevy Nova drives Under the stars, way up the 395 3Jane 3Jane It’s hard to see But things in the world are just as their meant to be We’re born and die alone Surrounded by stars, we’re never away from home.
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Downtown Boyz Running from the afternoons Cooking up a few balloons Heavy like a Cortez swell They say it sounds like distant bells
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Your motion says You’re in the mood But what you want Is far away It’s plane that I I spend my time on you too much Tell me it’s alright And I can laugh all night Just tell me and I’ll be happy again Your eyes they are just glances Your mouth it is just kisses Your hand is just a handshake And I am just another guy
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Ash Cloud 04:00
There’s an ash cloud drifting over Europe’s skies tonight And I’m wondering if I’m ever gonna catch my flight The airport’s empty and our plane is late Nervous Russians standing by the gate There’s an ash cloud drifting over Europe’s skies tonight It’s causing problems in the upper atmosphere And our grand inventions are stranded on the ground down here But no one’s crazier than Aeroflot I thank the good Lord that I got my spot On the last plane flying out of Europe’s skies tonight Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh My Baby Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh My girl Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh It feels a little strange A dress rehearsal for the end of the world Now it’s 5 AM and I’m resting in my hotel room The BBC says the troubles won’t be over soon But in this cozy corner of the galaxy All’s as well as it’s supposed to be And the stars glow softly over Europe’s skies tonight
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Some Days 04:01
Some days It’s hard to see the magic in the world The mistakes Of a life drinking wine and chasing girls The streets are cold The sky is turning gray My heart aches When I think about the years that slipped away Oo oo My little summer’s gone And it’s cold in the autumn sun Sitting in a coffee house alone Watching people on their mobile phones But some days Everything seems perfectly in place And God’s eyes Are staring out of everybody’s face A desert wind The sound of distant trains And I feels just like a kid Playing in a warm September rain
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Sophie Brown 03:54
Sophie Brown Drawing pictures on the wall The lovely sound Of your little footsteps in the hall We all revolve around the sun And one day we’ll be gone So try to have some fun ‘Cause you’re my baby Sophie Brown When I watch you sleep at night This messed up world Seems like everything’s alright chorus Sophie Brown You know I’m always there for you Through thick and thin Your dependable old fool
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Caspian Sea 03:38
Along the shore Of the Caspian Sea I worked a job For the oil industry A Texas boy So far away from home Azerbaijan Can really make you feel alone Along the shore Of the Caspian Sea I met a girl Her name was ecstasy Her eyes were dark But they shone so bright We took a walk Along the strand one night Gulnar Where have you gone? It’s so hard To face Baku alone I know We were never meant to be But Gulnar You’re the girl for me She spoke of God And of her Muslim ways She liked to pray At least 5 times a day Worked in a shop No time to go to school Saving her cash To move to Istanbul

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released March 1, 2011

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BRAZZAVILLE Barcelona, Spain

Born in the Summer of Love to a Jewish mother and a Canadian father, David's attraction to exotic climes was nurtured at an impressionable age by his father, a trucker, with whom David rode shotgun while he hauled shipping containers from the ports of San Pedro to the Southern Pacific train yards.

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