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OH THE GLORY !

by EGON KRAGEL

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1.
BABY BLUE EYES I will burn into flowers Shroud up my love and let me go In your gun-metal eyes Linger the crimes I paid you for I will bare-knuckle box They pretend you’re no longer there Am I to shy to stop ? A sleazy detail of the case Your campfire lit face Glows like a ghost into the dark I hear a broken bell Is it a spell, is it my heart ? Baby Blue Eyes - Has gone away So silent on a summer day Baby Blue Eyes – Your name of love Is written with mine on the bole Baby Blue Eyes – Far in the sky Lights up and juggles with the stars Baby Blue Eyes – With a clock’s tick Can turn my poison into milk Heaven is for Saints And waters are made to drown in A message have been sent And flies in the quick of the wind Don’t blame the troubadour When rosy ladies bend as one When prayers beg for more Rubbing their wings upon the sky
2.
THE LOOK 02:03
THE LOOK Strephon kissed me in the spring, Robin in the fall, But Colin only looked at me And never kissed at all. Strephon’s kiss was lost in jest, Robin’s lost in play, But the kiss in Colin’s eyes Haunts me night and day.
3.
HIT THE BLUE Wanna tell a little tale Tiny story from the sea About a boy, a roving blade Called Johnny Whisky Johnny was his name The coolest cat I’ve ever seen He had a smile upon his face So jolly He was poaching on a dream He was dreaming of a love Of a love under the breeze Roll and go ! “Hit the blue Never look back Take a ride beyond the tide ! Hit the blue The whale is mine !” Said Johnny before he died “Give you silver, give you gold A solace in your solitude If you leave my whale alone ! ” Said Johnny “‘Pity upon me, my Lord Take me home under the sea I offer you my drowning song Let it be !” He was poaching on a dream He was dreaming of a love Of a love under the breeze Roll and go ! Over the sea Over the land of the free The whalermen are singin’ to me The story of Whisky Johnny
4.
BEHOLD THE BOY From the house, mother calls my name, Oh the glory when you dance in the rain ! Water drops from flowers and from trees, God above shades His eyes and looks at me. Father puts his pipe back in his mouth, I crack a smile just to keep from crying out. The sky is white as the belly of a boy, Like vomit, memories choke in my throat. Behold the Boy - Behold the Boy Home is a stranger tonight Behold the Boy - Behold the Boy I tip you the wink he’s allright With a heart of wind - and a song to sing He swings in between dreams Behold the Boy - Behold the Boy Come and celebrate with him ! I touch your lips, the hurt is not enough, Your thorn-spiked head slowly moves into the sun. « Weep my child, your tears adorn the ground, The sweetest song is also the saddest one ! »
5.
IN YOUR HOUSE In a world without a sky Where shady boys take a shine The lanscape is movin’ And your heart Beats away From mine More than the dark to the light More than the fist to the fight More than anything I need You were mine My bliss And my cry In your house At the end of the world There is no light And no love to get hurt In your house At the end of the world There is no roof To get under shelter My little brook in the grass You sparkle, gentle and bright Lull my lover to sleep He’s alone And he’s gone To the bad I ride a storm to get high I rest in the folds of time I walk without you now But I love
6.
BABY JANE 03:42
BABY JANE There were jokes, there was laughter, always Many people and days It’s all over today Baby Jane dances like a rag doll Nothing could bring her down She’s allright Floppy dress and wigs to walk around You get off the ground Get ready for the fray Blow a kiss, peek-a-boo and be yourself Forget the pain and the rain Be allright And a sun will rise up here one day Fish-belly pale on sundays No more lonely days Baby Jane dances like a rag doll In the land of Nods She’s allright Blue lace and bad memories Broken dreams in a world of fairies Broken dreams and the Queen of Hearts Have lost her pride But her tears are like candy And her lips are so rosy Don’t tell anyone a day she’ll die...
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BIG BANG BOY 04:45
BIG BANG BOY Like a rainy day Along the shore Like a bird of prey Nailed to a door Like your hands caressing her With “love” and “hate” across your fingers My world is so blue... Like a week so long Waiting for you Like a pain so strong Nothing to do Like a soldier on the run Skinny dipping in a river My world is so blue... Colour me with love - Hit the road alone Let me tie your weary shoes Wed a little storm - My melancholy joy I will light a star for you. Ain’t no coffin for my sorrow Big Bang Boy. Like a bridal bed Empty and cold Like a lonely grave A moon-dark moor Like a gash across my soul When I’m the knife as well as the wound My world is so blue... Colour me with love - Hit the road alone Let me tie your weary shoes Wed a little storm - My melancholy joy I will light a star for you. Ain’t no coffin for my sorrow Big Bang Boy.
8.
NOSEBLEED HOLIDAYS Remember when I was a boy The days were long and bright My brother was a warrior Under a cow-boy hat Where is my indian brother now ? Oh Lord, I want him back His body was of shining gold His braided hair was black Sore-footed boys Racing with the sun How could they know The fire from the burn ? The juju-man is back Stumbling thru’ the night He carries back some memories He brings back to me Nosebleed Holidays Remember when I was a boy My indian brother said : “For ever I’ll walk on your road, For ever on your way !” Stone smooth as skin On my brother’s grave Clad in a spring Lay your sleepy head The juju-man is back Crooning thru’ the night And he plays a sad raggy tune He’s singing my blues Nosebleed Holidays Bright is the night Long is the road to walk on Bright is the moon tonight Red is the blood from my nose
9.
WHEN DERMOT SINGS You catch a star and make it shine Above the rainy trees You lay a curse upon my heart Where did you say you’d been ? Road is long From good to bad From right to wrong And the wise is so sad December spreads over the graves The day is dark and grim A soldier’s walking down the lane As lonely as can be A winter comes A winter goes Feel the rain It slowly turns to snow When Dermot sings Up there is a God to believe in When Dermot sings My holly pictures start to bleed You hold your breath and close your eyes Like a deep-sea diver You trill a lazy gush of cries We know it’s all over Spread your wings Butterfly Swing brother, swing Let me seize the sky
10.
WINGS OF THUNDER I’m a man - I’m holy There’s a rainbow in my soul I’m a man - I’m holy And I know That the Earth is sacred And the rivers and the snow And the moons are dancin’ on my brow I’m a man - I’m holy And I go where the wind blows I’m a man - I’m holy And I know That I speak the language of the Eagle and the Crow And the raindrops tap dance on my brow Oooh My wings of Thunder Ooh Ooh Hide me in the storm Oooh My wings of Thunder Fly - High - High Heaven’s high I’m a man - I’m holy And I’m stronger as I grow I’m a man - I’m holy And I know My path is the middle way, it’s neither high nor low And a sun is blooming on my brow
11.
DAWN STEALER BOY Cold is the touch of your soul And my heart is broken with grief Barefoot you dance in the snow And the sky cries, shivering You love to rove my boy, God made you so No care, no joy, my boy Delusion is all you know Dawn Stealer Boy Moon Tamer Boy No mortal eye could see The shame of Thee Is there beauty yet to find When you smile so sadly on me ? Do you feel blessed when they cry, Do you use’ em as you used me ? Your frozen world, my boy With a thunder-fit Will split and crack, my boy Torn between abuse and guilt “Tic toc”, says the clock Tic toc, you unlock my heart When you knock, knock, knock When you knock, knock, knock So cold At my door
12.
EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD Somewhere deep in the night There's a child on his own And his pulse isn't there And the house is aglow With the light from outside Well the house is aglow There's a mattress downstairs Full of brown peppered holes And the horse hair is coarse Not as coarse and as rough As the thoughts in my head That will never heal sores Even dogs in the wild, Even dogs in the wild, Even dogs in the wild, Even dogs in the wild… Even dogs in the wild Could do better than this Even dogs in the wild Will protect and will care For what means most to them Whatever means to them Even dogs in the wild Could do better than this Even dogs in the wild Will protect and will care For what means most to them They do better than this ALIEN RHAPSODY (Words and music : Egon Kragel) Keep watching the skies Burning wheels on high When the stars breathe and sway When the mountains dance, we kneel to pray No, it won’t be long No, it won’t be long Keep watching the sky Sheding tears of light When the aliens dance away Are we not alone ? We kneel and pray No, it won’t be long No, it won’t be long No, it won’t be long

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released November 3, 2014

All tracks written and composed by Egon KRAGEL
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2/ "The Look" : text by Sara TEASDALE, music by Egon KRAGEL
6/ "Baby Jane" : text by Egon KRAGEL, music by Alain MANARANCHE.
12/ "Even Dogs In The Wild" : text : Billy MACKENZIE, music : Billy MACKENZIE & Alan RANKINE.
This album is produced by Pierre FAA.

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Egon Kragel Paris, France

Auteur-compositeur-interprète, il se définit comme "un chanteur en kilt". D'une voix profonde, il chante à la fois les sortilèges de l'enfance, les marins, les amours noyées d'ombre. Parce qu'il aime le dépaysement, il vous convie à ses voyages. Normal, le kilt est écossais et la guitare andalouse.

Singer, songwriter and composer, he reveals about himself : "I'm a kilted troubadour."
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