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Shadows & Dust

by Mumbling Thom & The Blue Tree

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Quiet 04:18
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QUIET All quiet now ! I don’t feel nothing All quiet, Babe ! I can’t feel nothing All quiet now ! I know you left in a misty cloud All quiet, Babe ! I lost you in a misty cloud It’s been a year, it seems a decade you’re missin’ We all wonder why you’re missing, you’re missin’ I still can see the dust-filled smoke risin’ in the air I still can see the skyscrapers tumblin’ down I still can see a million pictures on this bloody wall Unknown faces of a million people we’ll never meet It’s been a year, it seems a decade you’re missin’ We all wonder why you’re missing, you’re missin’
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Shadows & Dust 04:49
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SHADOW AND DUST Your love's confusing I wish I’d been stronger Your love's killing I wish I’d been wilder Oh - oh - oh -I’m losing you In shadow and dust She’s the queen of cool An angel, obscene, pristine Sadness had made me a mad king of fools That demon treats me mean and cruel I’m tired, bored and stoned I’m broken, crippled and torn Handsome lad, I’m breaking bad No reason to be glad
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Thunder Beings 06:41
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THUNDER BEINGS As I walk, I walk with Beauty The universe walks with me As I walk, I walk with Beauty Beauty’s on every side It walks before us Get up, Don’t stay down on your knees It walks behind us Follow the light and you’ll return It walks below us Get up, Don’t stay down on your knees It walks above us This is not a feast of crows We need your strength We need your wisdom Show them the peace we understand We need your strength We need your wisdom Guide them to your shadowland It walks before us Get up, Don’t stay down on your knees It walks behind us Follow the light and you’ll return It walks below us Get up, Don’t stay down on your knees It walks above us This is not a feast of crows May I walk in beauty Beauty’s on every side
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1978 04:44
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1978 Well I heard Television on the radio today I can see a Marquee Moon flying over my head Well mama said « Don’t waste your time with these foolish things » « Ma’ ! All I wanna do now is pick up my guitar and play » I’m so aching to sing my song I’m so aching to be on a (big) stage Folks, treat me right Let me shake it up and roll the dice Bet on me, dont think twice I’m in sight of paradise So, daddy said : « Better wise up, be gentle and nice » « Dad ! All I wanna do now is pick up my guitar and play… loud, loud, loud» I’m so aching to sing my song I’m so aching to be on a (big) stage Sometimes I feel like a monk in a locked cell where I dwell Sometimes I feel like a skunk that sounds like the death knell of my ego My head’s full of junk, I’m a refugee on a raft that sunk I gonna do a bunk and give punks a crazy tale to tell, bye amigo
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Crownless Child 07:14
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CROWNLESS CHILD A crownless child can grow wild He never knew a blissful mother mild That’s why He built a castle made of cries In the court of fateless shapes that leaves him so petrified Coz’ a crowd of faceless guards never smiles If time flies, our many lies remain They taste like poison in every vein, a lullaby That colors our voice with the weak sound of filthy disdain There’s no worse than those we tell to ourselves Slowly they stand for one last ovation That swells the citizens of an empty nation Slowly they stand for a sad celebration A little dedication to an absent friend Make way for our vanished dreams If we choose to wall in our mind We won’t hear the silence That’s mumbling things Do not blame those who die Do not swallow their pride Let us be ourselves Let us free ourselves From the grief that seeks to enslave us Slowly they stand for one last ovation That swells the citizens of an empty nation Slowly they stand for a sad celebration A little dedication to an absent friend Make way for our vanished dreams As lonesome as I am I’m crawling in a wind tide As crazy as I am I’m getting lost beyond the wide Make way for the crownless children Celebrate the crownless children A little dedication to the crownless children I guess we’re all crownless children
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Plain Boy 04:04
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PLAIN BOY Wounded, I’m stumblin’, shakin’ and shoutin’ On a high white plain of a desert land Hot summer sun burns my face I cannot find a way back, no no no Can’t see my dear love (Don’t wanna see her) Sitting without moving in the crashed car Can’t see my sweet love (Don’t wanna see her) Sitting without moving in the crashed car Ooooooh... Evelyne was a plain girl And I used to be a plain boy I’m bleeding, my whole body’s so painful On a high white plain of a desert land I guess I'm no good, I’m losing touch I’m losing my mind, my head’s so fucked up Ooooooh... Evelyne was a plain girl And I used to be a plain boy
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Another Tricky Romance 04:44
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ANOTHER TRICKY ROMANCE Lucky little lady lies To whom believe her weeping eyes She whispers poisoning lullabies That even fool a gentle wise I had money, she had none She let me strip down to the bone She’s a dumb blond girl Who made me twirl Sally can tell at a glance I won’t ask for a last crippled dance Sally can tell at a glance She should have known Sally can tell at a glance It was just another tricky romance There’s no happenstance I should have known Lucky little lady lies To whom believe her weeping eyes She whispers poisoning lullabies That made me swirl Sally, I don’t take your hand This is our last goodbye Sally, there is no promised land You know I won’t cry
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Blue Cordless Phone 03:13
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BLUE CORDLESS PHONE He’s lying alone By his blue cordless phone He’s expecting my call Even if he knows He won’t answer at all We used to be Side by side In every sad situation No more parties at night No more babies to hit on No more beauties to look at No more silly queens to love (x2) He’s lying alone By his blue cordless phone He’s never been so down So lazy, so crazy He’s never been so down We used to be Side by side In every sad situation No more parties at night No more babies to hit on No more beauties to look at No more silly queens to love He needs to feel he’s loved, he’s needed
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Happiness Now 04:44
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HAPPINESS NOW I don’t believe They want to see me shine I don’t believe either They’d love to lay me down My feelings, so confused Please, allow me to leave it all Dreamland’s useless Scum, scum ‘round me bring’ me down Do I feel? Do I feel down? Guess I’m trying’ to be polite Do I feel? Do I feel down? Guess I’m trying’ to be civilised My babe, my babe, yeah You can, you can, you can, can you? Love makes us human Holly doll, watch, I’m guilty… at last You can, you can, you can, can you? Love makes us human I’m guilty… not to be a satisfied mind (Chorus) Gimmie happiness now I need it and I want it

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Produced by Serge Morattel & MTBT

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released April 24, 2020

Thomas Amacker - Vocals
Michel Marthaler - Electric guitar
David Robert - Bass
Yves Noël Salamin - Drums

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