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Morro Bay

by BRAZZAVILLE

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    Released in November of 2013, Brazzaville's latest effort is a concept album which tells the story of Anabel, a girl growing up in the dark world of drugs and prostitution in 1970s and 80s California. It follows her from before her birth until after her death and explores the themes of human suffering and the soul's immunity from it.

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1.
Earthquakes 03:03
EARTHQUAKES, MURDERS AND ALLIGATORS Drifting through the cosmos they enfold you The stars are like a billion flakes of snow A tiny melody within without you Now it seems it's time for you to go Go now honey we'll see you later Don't be frightened by the world Earthquakes, murders and alligators They can't hurt our little girl Don't be frightened by the world Your mama did the best she could to raise you But she was just too young, still running wild Alcohol and motel rooms and strange men The judge said it was no place for a child Go now honey...
2.
Ustalichka 04:15
USTALICHKA Ustalichka Nobody knows what to do with her 16 and her lipstick's blue Ustalichka Danger is all around out there But she doesn't seem to care Clove cigarettes and rum In the warm California sun With pink sunglasses And a piercing in her tongue Her foster home in LA Seems 20 million miles away And a new life's waiting In San Francisco Bay Ustalichka Hitchhiking up the highway 1 In the warm California sun Ustalichka Watches the surfers on her way To the cold San Francisco Bay Clove cigarettes and rum...
3.
From the 17 hundredth floor She watches the swallows soar Storm coming from the east From the east From the east A cumulonimbus dream Like poppy fields and whipping cream And tears flowing from the east From the east From the east Oh oh oh oh oh oh She's so far gone In old Hong Kong Dim red lights With wooden pillows Her boyfriend was named RD He said you never had no dreams like these The needle is sharp and clean It's from the east From the east A warmth and some distant bells The sweetest thing she ever felt The smoothest road into Hell Is from the East From the east Oh oh oh oh oh oh She's so far gone...
4.
Pale skin and dyed red hair Little pink flowers on her underwear Long nights on the boulevard Purse full of Trojans, light blue leotard A small town in nowhere USA Barely 15 when she ran out to LA Big dreams to one day be a star Somehow she landed on the boulevard Oh the boulevard
5.
Morro Bay 03:59
It's almost dawn She walks down Market Street alone Some drunken johns Left bruises on her arms This ice cold world Gas station bathroom roadside girl Fluorescent stalls With gang graffiti on the walls But maybe one day Some clear blue Sunday She'll meet a guy who wants to stay Someone who loves her Kisses and hugs her Along the shores of Morro Bay The highway home Back to the sky where we belong It feels so long When you're on your own But maybe one day....
6.
Soft Parade 02:57
Summer days Remind me of the Soft Parade 17 in LA And my heart kept breaking So long ago Road trips down to Mexico With On The Road And Gravity's Rainbow La la la la la la The desert wind It blew in like a long lost friend Just you and me At 3 AM And the waves crashing on the sand Did the Heaven's know One day I would fall so low A roadside girl With no shelter from the cold La la la la la la
7.
Some are young and some are old Some just want a girl to hold Some are kind and some are mean They treat you like a trampoline And some they want to save your soul Dawns in motel rooms Sunday mornings Early June Pills and alcohol Lonely truck stops Bathrooms stalls Lovers come and lovers go And life it passes by real slow Then one day you wake to find That you're no longer 29 Just an old girl on the stroll
8.
Oh My Love 03:04
Oh my love They used to treat you like a queen 5 star hotels But you're no longer 17 Oh my love It felt so right when you began The sweetest tears From poppies in Afghanistan Oh my love The darkest hour's before the dawn Downtown LA The dirty streets the setting sun
9.
Going Home 03:25
It's late September Summer's over And I'm on this beach alone And I'm going home The wind's grown colder It's not like the gentle breezes Back in June And I'm going home Summer's gone I'm going home Goodbye pain Goodbye failing liver I'm going home Goodbye courts And detention centers I'm going home Summer's gone I'm going home The waves and boulders Wild California coastline Highway 1 I'm going home The first breath of water Leads to a transcendental Sense of calm And I'm going home Summer's gone I'm going home
10.
Salty Shore 03:05
I left my sins On the salty shore Those earthly tears I won't cry no more I traveled home Through the deep blue sea Back to the stars And they welcomed me Back to the stars And they welcomed me I lived a life Full of joy and pain It broke my heart Time and time again A rebel child And a roadside girl I grew tired and old In the roadside world I grew tired and old In the roadside world So I left my sins on the salty shore...
11.
Summer days Remind me of the Soft Parade 17 in LA And my heart kept breaking So long ago Road trips down to Mexico With On The Road And Gravity's Rainbow La la la la la la The desert wind It blew in like a long lost friend Just you and me At 3 AM And the waves crashing on the sand Did the Heaven's know One day I would fall so low A roadside girl With no shelter from the cold La la la la la la
12.
Drifting through the cosmos they enfold you The stars are like a billion flakes of snow A tiny melody within without you Now it seems it's time for you to go Go now honey we'll see you later Don't be frightened by the world Earthquakes, murders and alligators They can't hurt our little girl Don't be frightened by the world The hospital it smelled like disinfectant Florescent lights were too bright for your eyes Your didn't make a sound when the doctor slapped you Just listened to your teenage mother cry Go now honey... Your mama did the best she could to raise you But she was just too young, still running wild Alcohol and motel rooms and strange men The judge said it was no place for a child Go now honey...

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released November 19, 2013

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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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