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Je t'ai vue hier soir
02:46
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Je t’ai vue hier soir
Cachée dans le noir
Sous la lune argentée
Tes cheveux comme la nuit
Tes joues comme des fruits
Ma chérie, t’es une vraie beauté
Oh là là
Oui, oui ça va,
Oh la gaieté,
Felicité, felicité
Je glisse sur ta peau et on fait des sursauts
Mon amour, mes cuisses sont chaudes
I saw you last night in the soft moonlight
And it wasn’t a moment too soon
Your hair black as night and your cheeks fit to bite
My darling, how do you do?
Oh my, here is my thigh
Oh yes,
this is the best
I swim in your skin and we roll and we win
And the morning begins to bloom
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String Of Pearls
03:17
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I’ll grow a pearl
This grain of sand got under my skin
If I revolve, evolve and spin
I’ll grow a pearl
A string of pearls
Each one a story under my skin
Would not give up, did not give in
A string of pearls
Shimmering silken in their glow
Little planet system tougher than bone
I got through all this and I can show
My string of pearls
Turning swirls of all I’ve known
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Cannabin
05:32
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Cannabin, Cannabin
Take me in oh take me in
We made it past the Zollverein
So kiss my cheeks oh cherubin
I've run away with Jacobin
We have a plan and we will win
But who will reign after the king
The tyrant and the guillotine
Aaaah
We were tired and we were thin
We followed that young Franciscan
His eyes were soft but oh the sins
Profane Illumination grins
Go ask Walter Benjamin
This rose my heart, these streets my kin
Ambrosia for my nuclein
Oh Cannabin oh Cannabin
Aaaah
Oh revolution now be won
On dewdrops drying in the sun
While we have foggy fire-lit fun
All vessels brimming deep crimson
And if the die-off comes again
We've cinnamon and soft mullein
We'll wear it in our beaks and then
We'll smooth the edge with Cannabin
Aaaaaah
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Walls
05:02
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Before the sky turns into walls
Can we watch the dusk fall
Purple light on the snow
I know you made the call
I know you made the call
And I’m happy, I’m happy
I know you made the call
And I’m happy with it all
I had a dream last night
There were holes in the walls
Filled with other peoples stuff
Couldn’t keep track of it all
I know you keep it out
I know, I know
I know you keep it out
I know that you do
The light’s an open palm
And the branches keep us calm
We don’t leave today
But when we do we won’t be gone
When we do we won’t be gone
And I’m happy, I’m happy
I don’t know what’s going on
But I’ve been happy all along
I’m a holy fool
And a killer too
And I leave it all with you
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D'être humain
03:43
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C’est pas facile
D’être humain
D’être humain
D’être humain
C’est pas facile
D’être humain
C’est pas facile, c’est pas facile
Il y a mille petite douceurs
Dans la douleur
Dans la douleur
Il y a mille petite douleurs
Dans la douceur
Dans la douceur
Personne n’a dit que
ça serait simple
Personne n’a dit que
Ça serait si beau
Les fleurs et la merde
La fumée et l’air pur
Le bruit et le calme
L’exquis et l’affreux
Malgré tous ces détours
Je t’aime encore
Je t’aime toujours
C’est pas facile
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Come Back
03:06
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I'll sell off all my gadgets
and trade them in for wine
Empty empty everything
We're running out of time
I’ll throw my books into the fire
To share its blessed heat
I’ll give up all my carbs, just let me
have a little meat
I spun into a spiral
with a tablet and its news
Sensationalist crap intended
to the heart confuse
Eroded by a sickening tale
That crushes to despair
The sun still warms the flowers
yet I cannot feel the air
Come back! Oh go away
Come back! It's best to stay
This little life we build
I do not want to stray
Come back!
Oh go away (we’ll find a way!)
Come back come back!
The mugshot of the perpetrator
branded on my brain
A vision of his actions
Ignitions of its pain
Consumption is consuming me
I have to turn it off
and with it tiny house dreams
and the meme inspiring trough
Teetering with teacups
Too many on the tray
In morning mist a dinosaur
has knocked them down to play
Pick up the little pieces
Add them to the wall
Calm now start unveiling
It's time to make the call
Come BACK...!
Everything at fingertips
with every feed the brain trips
A day is such a loaded thing
but chasing it would only bring
Another and another day
of churning minds that leak and spray
Oh where am I? So far away
Come back! Come back!
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Belleville rendez-vous
03:27
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J'veux pas finir mes jours à Tombouctou
La peau tirée par des machines à clous
Moi je veux être fripé, triplement fripé
Frippé comme une triplette de Belleville
J'veux pas finir ma vie à Acapulco (Acapulco)
Danser tout raide avec des gigolos
Moi je veux être tordu, triplement tordu
Balancé comme une triplette de Belleville
Swinging Belleville rendez-vous, marathon dancing doum dilou
Vovo cancan, balais tabou
au Belleville swinging rendez-vous
J'veux pas finir ma vie à Singapour
Jouer au dico, manger des petits fours
Moi je veux être idiot, triplement z'idiot
Gondolé comme une triplette de Belleville
J'veux pas finir ma vie à Honolulu
Chanter comme un oiseau ça n'se fait plus
Je veux ma voix brisée, triplement brisée
Swinguer comme une triplette de Belleville
Swinging Belleville rendez-vous, marathon dancing doum dilou
Vovo cancan, balais tabou au Belleville swinging rendez-vous
J'voudrais finir ma vie à Katmandou
C'est bien plus doux de faire des rimes en "ou"
Mais je veux être givré, triplement givré
Swinguer comme les triplettes de Belleville
Swinging Belleville rendez-vous… X2
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Just The Right Bullets
04:03
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There is a light in the forest
There is a face in the tree
I'll pull you out of the chorus
And the first one's always free
You can never go a-hunting
With just a flintlock and a hound
You won't go home with a bunting
If you blow a hundred rounds
It takes much more than wild courage
Or you'll hit the tattered clouds
You must have just the right bullets
And the first one's always free
You must be careful in the forest
Broken glass and rusty nails
If you're to bring back something for us
I have bullets for sale
Why be a fool when you can chase away
Your blind and your gloom
I have blessed each one of these bullets
And they shine just like a spoon
To have sixty silver wishes
Is a small price to pay
They'll be your private little fishes
And they'll never swim away
I just want you to be happy
That's my only little wish
I'll fix your wagon and your musket
And the spoon will have its dish
And I shudder at the thought of your
Poor empty hunter's pouch
So I'll keep the wind from your barrel
And bless the roof of your house
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9. |
Halfway Through
04:37
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When I was seventeen I tried to save the world
But how do you save the world?
In its melting, fiery roar
I found that I’d stopped playing my guitar
Was too busy for all that
The waiting world could wait no more
A vastness came to view, I was tiny I was few
With my bigger picture actually quite small
If I could talk to me then now
I’d say relax and take some time
Don’t give up too much to give your all.
Halfway through and now I know I’ll never
Fall upon that moment I imagined where
I’d Settled and resolved
All anxieties be solved
Halfway through I know I may never know
When I was twenty and my mind began to spin
A messianic din
Constellations of all stars
Theologies to haul through twisted darkness
And the beauty that befalls
On the starry ship to mars
I thought that they were prophets
Who would take me round the world
with my bigger picture actually quite small
If I could talk to me then now
I’d say relax and take some time
Don’t give up too much to give your all.
Halfway through and now I know I’ll never
Fall upon that moment I imagined where
I’d Settled and resolved
All anxieties be solved
Halfway through I know I may never know
In my thirties when I toured so many towns
Ilfracomb to Parry Sound
Truth more humble than the dream
I had times that were so glamorous and fun
But I lost a lot of friends
Broke my body for the team
Now I’m at the stage where a disillusion stays
Loves leaders leave this life before their time
I am talking to myself
Sunlight and love are greatest wealth
Slow down and be simplicity sublime
Halfway through and now I know I’ll never
Fall upon that moment I imagined where
I’d Settled and resolved
All anxieties be solved
Halfway through I know I may never know
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10. |
The Fool
03:34
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In the tarot
The fool is good
He takes a risk (Makes a wish - 2nd time)
Jumps off a cliff
And if you insult him
He doesn’t get mad
Just takes it and leaves it
And then he is glad
He never thinks twice
No need to ask why
Delicious spice
He’s learning to fly
Oh but oh, if only I knew
That that fool was me
I certainly feel like a fool
But at least I am free
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11. |
Firefly (You Just Love)
04:01
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That smile is for me
I’m gonna put it in my pocket, (put it in my pocket)
keep it for when I need
Nothings gonna stop it, (Nothings gonna stop it)
Firefly, you’re my firefly
Firey little willow
Whispering free
Tiny rising pod of electricity
You just love
You just love
That’s what I love about you
You just love
Come and walk with me
Far away from trouble (far away from trouble)
In the core of our hearts we are free
We’ve got our little bubble (got our little bubble)
Firefly, you’re my firefly
(Silent diamond floating, gorgeous omen setting, Firefly
sparkling so free, swimming in air effortlessly, Firefly)
Molecule if life
and luminosity
Flooding all my cells
In darkness I can see
You just love
You just love
That’s what I love about you
You just love
The world is spinning and
I know what’s going on
Keep sparking up the shadows
as you go along
You just love
You just love
That’s what I love about you
You just love
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Baby Baby Baby
03:31
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My baby baby baby
Stares into the light
I don't know what she sees there
It must be quite the sight
Maybe it's a memory
of another time in flight
My baby baby baby
Stares into the light
My baby baby baby
Sleeps upon my chest
Her feet are at my waist
And her head is at my neck
My heart is all exploding
In this sweet moment of rest
It's the best
The best
My baby baby baby
Dreams into the night
Her face is ever-changing
Her little smiles are bright
Her eyes are little butterflies
Dancing in their flight
My baby baby baby
Dreams into the night
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Annabelle Chvostek Toronto, Ontario
Annabelle Chvostek is a Canadian singer-songwriter, composer and producer whose musical achievements range from folk to jazz
to indie pop.
Her latest album String of Pearls is a cross-cultural collaboration between Canadian and Uruguayan musicians that pushes the boundaries between the worlds of Folk and Swing, evoking the grittiness of 1930s tango, Berlin cabaret and Hot Club Jazz.
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