| 1. Lazy |
| (Michael Mann, Johannes Lehmann, 2018) |
People say that all my walls are yellowed
Pull myself together, paint them white
Don't think that my rooms need renovation
Took me quite some time to get them right
Tell my fakebook friends that I am lazy
Trying to avoid a needless move
Does not matter if they think I'm crazy
Took me quite some time to get that groove
Sometimes I am close to being lucky
Feeling like a sparrow in a tree
Do not get that feeling very often
Troublemakers chasing after me
Times long gone my car appeared quite shiny
Now it's look will make you all depressed
Own a cell phone really just for phoning
Wear my clothes for nothing than be dressed
All my friends are going on vacation
Posting pics from nearly ev'rywhere
While I'm just a slacker on the sidewalk
Keep on rockin’ in my rockin’ chair
Sometimes I am close to being lucky
Feeling like a sparrow in a tree
Do not get that feeling very often
Troublemakers chasing after me
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| Text & Musik von Micha, bis auf die dritte Strophe von Johannes |
| Locke (cajon), Johannes (bg), Micha (voc, ag), Ute (mand, eg) |
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| 2. Mr. Sisyphus |
| (Michael Mann, 2017) |
I would walk on the water
And I would swim through the snow
I would do a lot of things
You never would know
But I feel like Mr. Sisyphus
Just rollin’ my stone
I would prance like a peacock
I would muse like a mole
But you don’t pay no attention
When I’m down in my hole
And I still feel like Mr. Sisyphus
Just rollin’ my stone
Sometimes I wish you’d love me
A little bit more than I love you
So I wouldn’t have to try so hard
Just keeping up with you ------
Sometimes I wish I’d need you
A little bit less than you need me
And try to keep my self-esteem
When I’m in your company
You are careless and you’re reckless
You’re in an ignorant state
All my struggles for attention
You will never appreciate
And I still feel like Mr. Sisyphus
Just rollin’ my stone
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| Locke (toms), Johannes (bg), Micha (voc, ag), Ute (eg) |
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| 3. The Devil's Got My Number |
| (Michael Mann, 2015) |
The devil’s got my number,
I don’t know when or whence
But I know it’s better to be polite
Cause the devil’s not a patient man
And the devil’s got my number
He says he’s got a problem
With the old man up in the sky
Who limits him and smothers him
But never seems to dignify
What the devil is doin’
It’s somehow irritating
And a little bit scary
When the devil takes you as his fellowman
Though you don’t feel very evil
Or bad or underhanded
But when the devil calls you should be at command
When I’m talking with the devil
We don’t get too profound
He likes that I’m not asking much
He thinks we share a common ground
The devil’s got my number
He’s bored with all the satanists
And death metal bands
Who worship him with stolidness
When they try to be his best friends
The devil’s got my number
Sometimes he thinks he’s bored
A simple prison warden
For all bad guys and all the naughty girls
How could he be ignored
And underestimated
There has to be some credit after all
Sometimes he calls me Marty
And I better not disagree
When I ask him why he picked me up
He says he likes my tranquillity
The devil’s got my number
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| Locke (cajon), Johannes (bg), Micha (voc, ag), Ute (eg) |
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| 4. Maybe I Wouldn't Want That Anyway |
| (Michael Mann, Bernd Baumgart, 1997) |
Angel never showed me her tears well I don't blame her for that
It's just that since she smiled all the time I never knew what she was really at
I always wondered what was going on behind that lovely face
Now you say you never told me 'cause you thought: Maybe I wouldn't want that anyway
Come on Angel, Angel tell me
Can you see me fly
Big jet plane heading for the sun
High up in a clear blue sky
Well, Lisa and I we lay in bed next to each other awake all night
Simply watching not touching and I bet you don't believe it but it sure felt right
She said I'm sorry I don't feel like making love and I hope that's OK
and I said yeah and I thought: Maybe I just wouldn't want that anyway
Hey-hey, Lisa, Lisa tell me
Can you see me fly
Big jet plane heading for the sun
High up in a clear blue sky
Katie said she didn't love me but she said wanted a screw
Well Katie's kinda nice and she looked into my eyes and whispered how 'bout you?
Well it was wild for a while and then she said she didn't wanna go away
And I said honey don't worry 'cause: Maybe I just wouldn't want that anyway
Hey-hey, Katie, Katie tell me
Can you see me fly
Big jet plane heading for the sun
High up in a clear blue sky
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Eine Urversion des Liedes wurde bereits 1997 beim letzten Konzert "vor der grossen Leere" im Weseler "Undercover" gespielt.
Bei einer Songschreibe-Session mit Bernd im Herbst 2004 hatte ich ein neues, noch textloses Liedfragment vorgestellt, zu dem Bernds alter Text von "Maybe..." samt Gesangsmelodie wie die Faust auf's Auge passte: ein neuer/alter Song war fertig!
(Michael, im Frühjahr 2005)
Aus der Zusammenführung von Text und Musik ist zwar kein neuer Rusty-Rocker, aber ein schöner Folksong für Waiting For Louse geworden, den wir demnächst aufnehmen werden
(Michael, im Januar 2018)
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| Locke (shaker), Johannes (bg), Micha (voc, bouzouki, harmonium), Ute (ag) |
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| 5. Moon Sun Time |
| (Michael Mann, Johannes Lehmann, 2018) |
Moon
Howling at the moon
Shining so bright and clear
Howling at the moon
Sun
Aiming for the sun
Lighting your face, my dear
Aiming for the sun
Time
Nothing flies like time
Yearning will disappear
Nothing flies like time
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| Locke (snare, glockenspiel), Johannes (voc, bg), Micha (ag), Ute (eg) |
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| 6. Leaving Home |
| (Michael Mann, Werner Garden, 1981) |
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Der Text stammt noch vom ersten Rusty-Nails-Sänger Werner, die Musik von Micha. Eigentlich ist das ein ziemlich konventioneller Moll-Blues über das Fernweh aus unseren frühen Tagen. Bald darauf machte Werner ernst und verschwand tatsächlich für einige Monate nach Australien.
2014 haben wir das Lied im akustischen Gewand für W4L wieder ausgegraben, erweitert um einen neuen Mittelteil mit leicht schräger Rhythmik (6/8 - 6/8 - 6/8 - 5/8) mit leichtem Krautrock-Einschlag. Ist das jetzt "Folk-Prog" ode was? |
| Locke (snare, glockenspiel), Johannes (bg), Micha (voc, ag), Ute (ag, eg) |
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 7. Crazy Cobra And The Jaguar Car |
| (Bernd Baumgart, Michael Mann, 1989) |
There was an empty bed
There was an empty shower
There was an empty envelope
But it was full of power
There was a crazy cobra
There was a Jaguar car
There was a laser razor
Tried to kill my guitar
But when you told me
That you loved me
I was scared
There was a sexy preacher
On an icy road
There was a hairy creature
So afraid of the cold
But when you told me
That you loved me
I was scared
Well you know
Some show their feelings
And some show their slides
You showed me your brand new car
And you invited me right inside
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| Text von Bernd, Musik von Micha und Bernd. |
| Locke (snare), Johannes (bg), Micha (voc, bouzouki), Ute (slide) |
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| 8. Slow Drag |
| (Michael Mann, 2016) |
| Locke (percussion, glockenspiel), Johannes (bg), Micha (voc, ag), Ute (eg) |
