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A semi-autobiographical account of mr Diagonal's adventures as a clodo-tourist.
lyrics
Boomerangs
Why must you hide your head in the sand?
Oh can't you be more grown-up man?
I'm only being what I am, what else can I be?
I though you knew when you met me
I was a total social case,
so why d'you think I'd settle down and run in the rat-race?
I'm much too old to be by this road,
on the hardest shoulder that I've even know...
Sat by the willows looking pretty, waiting for a maid to pass my way,
but I'm afraid no-one's home today...
Another Saturday night in town,
the kids are queuing for the club,
but I know I won't get in, not for money or love!
But hey man, that's alright with me!
I've always been a tribe of one,
it's fun to see 2 worlds collide through half-closed eyes...
Old easy-rider, goin' nowhere,
starring in his private one-man-show...
I ain't got no bills, final reminders, binding contract-clauses
on my back,
just jacket and pack...
The wife and kids are missing me,
my whereabouts a mystery,
I can hear the sirens moan:
“Pick up the phone, pick up the phone!”
I tried to be a family man,
I really tried to buckle down,
I tried to build that biplane outta boomerangs...
(I ain't got no pillow, undecided
if I sleep or if I stalk all night...)
Breakfast banana in the sunshine,
hey new city! On the road again!
And this time I'll be my own best friend...
I gotta write a new CV
before I start to lose the plot,
before I get too well-known to the local cops.
The autumn leaves begin to fall,
this overcoat is my four walls,
the calling card here says it all:
long live the English Civil War!
'would you kindly move along, sir?'
Oh praise the Lord!!
credits
from mr Diagonal's Midlife Crisis,
released October 15, 2015
words+music, honky-tonk piano, voice: Dan Barbenel
drums: Yannick Dupont
bass+accoustic guitar: Benjamin Clement
1st sax solo: mr Diagonal
2nd sax solo: Quande Park
recorded by Yannick Dupont at Rue de Savoie, Bxl
additional instruments and belgo-delic procuction: Gil Mortio
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