1. |
Between Crazy and Dead
05:50
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Back in 86 when
the thing was the mix
I said man, get out of the way
let me get me a fix
Went down the corner
to the cab stand
the line was going
all the way to the end
Avenue C was dark as shit
I looked for a spot between 4 and 6
but didn’t have the cash to blow…
Oh, oh, I see
So, I got the bitch and did it in
Fuck it!
I looked up and there he was
Spiderman was climbing the wall
Hey man!
He looked down and smiled
He didn’t bother me at all
Have a nice time bro.
Between Crazy and Dead
we’re moving ahead
sleeping on the floor
and looking for more
we didn’t have a cent
we didn’t pay the rent
it didn’t matter ‘cause
it was all in the air.
Pussy, blow, tortillas,
it was all part a big show
Three-gun shots a day was the play
and it smelled like shit. Ummm
Wouldn’t have it any other way
Fuck the police!
Cabrón!!
Play that horn man!
Same shit as it’s always been
in an out like a laser beam
24/7 it’s a dog day
it’s gotta be part of our DNA
Down the corner they’re selling away
take it or leave it. It’s on display
Seven to Life
on the Lower East Side
Between crazy and dead
we’re looking ahead
No time to blow
gotta keep the flow
Any other way
would take us away
Fuck the system
All we gotta do is play!
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2. |
Downtown 85
03:25
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Blow your brains out at Danceteria
Get drugs at the Mudd Club
Take a piss at CBGB’s
Get on the floor at Studio 54
Ride the high
on a mountain sky
Blow your horn
down the Village Gate
Dance away
at the Palladium
From Save the Robot’s
to the World
Groove the Tunnel
to the Pyramid
Ride the sky
on a mountain high
Funk the Punk
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3. |
Dog Walk
05:21
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It was a cool summer night
I went outside for a smoke
The neighborhood was quiet
I saw a woman walking a dog
She passed right over me
The dog approached me
and started to sniff
I looked at her and said “Hi”
She said “Fuck you!”
Real New York tough
“Oh, okay, fuck you too”
By the end of the week I was fucking her
Her name was Stacy
and she had some pair of legs.
The real business type, not my style
but sex can make you do things
You know you gonna regret later
So, I’m in the middle of fucking her
and the dog decides to lick my ass
I fucking kicked him out of bed!
She said “don’t hurt the dog!”
Oh, c’mon
His name was Cooper
A month later she didn’t
wanna have sex anymore
She said she was too busy at work
Now I had to walk Cooper
The fucking dog was bi-polar
He had two modes, barking and napping
I went for a slice at Joe’s Pizza
Cooper just sat there staring at me
So, I gave him one with extra cheese and pepperoni
That did it. Now he was sleepy
We sat outside at Bar Pitti
I ordered an expresso for me
and one for him
Cooper loved it
Now he was jumping up and down
So, I got him a double
Crazy, right?
Dog and coffee
Well, out of the blue the fucking dog had a heart attack
Gone!
Stacy went ballistic!
She said she was gonna sue me
She knew lawyers and everything
Then she punched me out
She threw a vase at my head
You know what? Fuck her
A week later I was sitting on my stoop again
I felt sad. I really missed Cooper
I miss the fucking dog
That’s that
Ok great, print it
Shup up Cooper!
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4. |
Film Noir
03:41
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5. |
Broken Blues
01:25
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Anthony came down with the truck
We picked up Johnny on 48th
We went down to Wo Hop, in Chinatown
Greasy mix of flavors
Daily news for night owls
I ended up with a hooker from the West Side
Tried to get a blow job
but she had a tooth ache
Really?
Yeah, I gave her a Xanax
and told her to go look for a dentist
Just my luck!
5am, not a soul around
Times a changing
Damn
New York City
I miss it down and dirty
I drop at the Ear for a pint
Nothing like a few old drunken sailors
Poets. Mutts
Stories from the underground
A sign on the wall says “don’t trust anybody who hasn’t had a drink”
A blink of light, I’m out of sight
No white castle tonight boys
Vampire
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7. |
Ruffles
06:21
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It came to me in the form of a dream
the notion that all was well
He had died recently
on the way to the store
I’d like to think he was going for cigarettes
that last unequivocal pleasure
and beyond
Dolphins showed up in the Hudson
in a perpetual dance of sorts
An unusual event I’d say
If only in the repetition of time
which by contrast is not
in the subdivisions
where we can feel but the beat
ahead and behind of
what we use
as the measure
to break it
to feel
to cry
No, no, no
He wouldn’t want that
He liked the circus too much
Magic
Dreams
Free
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8. |
The Girl from Tijuca
04:06
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The girl was from Tijuca
Mysterious
Confident
She moved to the beat
Like angel dust
She had been robbed
Beaten
Drugged
Maybe raped?
She went through dimensions
Where love is in transit
She was like a bird flying above Rio
And she didn’t care
I offered to buy her a drink
She smiled “only if you buy me two”
I knew I was in trouble
and I couldn’t help it!
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9. |
Ferlinghetti
05:05
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10. |
March for John
03:02
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11. |
Lifetime
03:48
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LIFETIME
I went for a drink on the Lower East Side
That’s when I saw her
sitting by herself
at the other end of the bar
Eyes for eyes
deep connection
I know I knew her
Another time
Another life
Whether you believe in reincarnation
I knew she knew I knew
Eyes to eyes
emotional ties
It just was
We both sat there
drinking until the last call
I left the bar and started walking
She did the same
on the other her side of the street
She went East - I went West
Lifetime!
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Bruno de Almeida Lisbon, Portugal
Bruno de Almeida is a Portuguese composer and multi-instrumentalist who comes out of the downtown New York City music scene of the mid-eighties. He is also a Cannes award-winning filmmaker whose body of film work navigates between fiction and documentaries. Much like his films, Bruno's music paints a compelling sonic and lyrical universe that drifts between existential poetics and urban realism. ... more
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