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Houses And Homes

by GREGOR McEWAN

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1.
The world turns and turns and turns Cause it wants you to return And where you are there I belong This house is not my home And I am a guy I cheat and I lie And I cry
2.
The Banks 02:41
We sat on the banks And it was seven years ago Singing all the songs the others don't know If we're still in a band In round bout seven years from now I can hardly say if it was my fault Cause time is changing everything Where once was heart there now is only head in And all the childish games we've played Lost somewhere in between The years, the lines, the banks, the times and conscience So if we'd get the chance Of going back to 98 I hope that you would do the same as I would We sit on the banks Remembering all those good old times Singing all the songs the others don't mind We're still in a band And there's no chapter to rewind I can truly say that it felt No, I can truly say that it feels Well, I can truly say it will feel so right
3.
Another DVD Another plastic dream The shopping bags are packed With things you wanna have You are born alone And you will die alone Drinking on our own Together alone And it's not too late To get off this parade If you've had enough Of a simulated love So empty cans And lonely hearts Is what you can't Tear apart In the summertime When the winter hides Then the rain sets in And it's almost spring Bloomy cherry trees And the falling leaves Are my four-four time ... Beat!
4.
Vs. 02:58
They all shine but we just gleam They all sleep but we just dream They all know but we just think And they all go while we still drink And only love can ease the pain And lonely hearts will take the train And only time can make it right Is it no crime to steal my pride? They all own what we just steal They all love but we just feel They all swim but we just drown The world turns round, the sun goes down
5.
From Brunswick to Munich From Nuremberg to Luxembourg From Belgium to Berlin From Cologne to your home I slept on too many floors But my favourite was yours A place to rest my head And I spent so many nights Thinking how to get things right But there's nothing I regret And who says that I have to choose to do a safe job for life? I knocked on too many doors But most of them were closed Lest they and I forget And I spent so many days Thinking how to get bills paid With a capo on the 7th fret And who says that I have to choose between knowledge and life? When all I want is time To live and learn and die
6.
Maybe I know that it's not all over yet For far too long we've been all over it You call it home what you want to forget I pick up the phone and dial the prefix you had “The number you have dialed Is no longer in service Check the number, dial again Or consult directory enquiries“ I need you here, it's so cold waking up Without you near me and my empty cup Let's make it clear that it's just a big fuck-up And to be sincere, I wonder if you miss me much “Hey Darling there you are I miss you so and can't let go Got years to wait around and so I kissed you many moons ago“ Waiting is easy Now that I know you won't leave me Need a plane and then I'm on my way I got the feeling That the clouds and the ceiling Are not really so far away
7.
When will you figure it out That you're not always right, little darling? When will the gathering clouds Get off and lost behind the horizon? I do remember the day When I hit the car and broke my incisors The goalie wouldn't be gay If he got common sense and a few good advisors Learning and learning But never returning I should have known from the start When will you figure it out That doing rap shit is like taking candy from a baby? And you will be announced As: "Attention please! Please stand up for Fat Shady" I do remember the night When I jumped with me bedroll and hit a steel girder I always knew that fine wine Is the reason behind the most and worst murder It's good to know that I don't got a home Cause change is happening when I'm almost gone
8.
Keep a part of me in your hands when you go Keep apart of me where I stand all alone And don't mind all I can't find here With time on our side we will get through these years And don't leave a part of you in my hands when you go I will sleep apart of you cause it ends up all alone It's almost September And I still remember The day that we met The time that we had The kiss at the crossroad That made my heart explode The scent of that spring That changed everything
9.
Fishing on the lake And by the fireplace I just lay down my double date cause You got ace king of clubs I can't live without This old wooden house I need a beer to touch the right chord From these original source Caught a northern pike In the northern light Want to catch a bass at the wonderful dusk Serve it with dijon mustard Having no TV Drinking Burgundy Oh how I wish this trip would forever last Just as the wine in my glass And the day has come The day to come back home And we fall asleep in the back of the car A and B are poles apart With a ferry to the south To our one-family house You just lay down your double date cause I got ace king of hearts
10.
10 Seconds 03:39
I claim that I got a hundred million songs But everything I say is neither false nor wrong If I would live forever what would I be living for? Let's fall asleep together and sleep forevermore I sleep 10 hours a night but I'm still tired And I claim that I got so much to do But everything I say is neither false nor true If I would die today what did I live for? There'll be time left to pray when I'm grey and old I pray 10 minutes a year but I'm still here And I claim that I got so many friends But who is false and who is true that matters and depends If I would need you by my side now how long would it take Will it take 10 seconds, a year or a decade? Before you count from 1 to 10 this song will end
11.
You look at the street Covert and discreet You are dead certain Behind your crochet curtain Different people pass by Of different spirit and style But got one thing in common: They all don't know you Because you don't want to Well, there's so much more Behind the door You're on first-name basis With your grimaces And your reflexion says: The shop round the corner Has got a new owner There's a new roundabout Next to Ellipses Road The Pigeon Breeders Club Has got a new srcub And the catholic nun Has born a black bastard son Have you heard of the boy Who became unemployed? He got 6 out of 6 But then he lost his receipt And a friend of a friend Of a friend of a friend Is the friend of a friend Of the new president But I am a nothing
12.
The waves of this heavy choppy sea Wash up mussels to a collecting old lady And they crash and make me almost fall asleep So never mind that trick with counting sheep The sun is set And paints the sky in red Canola fields Shine like yellow saffron threads The sky is blue, as blue as you But my life's just black and white But I don't mind I don't mind

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released November 12, 2010

(Ludwig / Indigo / Zebralution)

Vinyl released May 13, 2011
(Welcome Home Music / Rough Trade)

written by Gregor McEwan (Freibank Music Publishing)

produced by Gregor McEwan & Dinesh Ketelsen
recorded & mixed by Dinesh Ketelsen at Room01, Hamburg between june 2009 and april 2010
mastered by Chris von Rautenkranz at Soundgarden, Hamburg

Illustrations & Layout by OlgaUwaga

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GREGOR McEWAN Leer, Germany

"These are obscenely expertly performed songs, an essence. Maybe Gregor McEwan has never before presented his art with this kind of focus. These tunes are a sensation! All this adrenaline, this joy, this melancholy inundating the listener. This is what this kind of music should be about - and nothing else. Every time I listen to it I am exhausted. Thank you for that!" (Linus Volkmann) ... more

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