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The Non-Business Days
01:58
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Beasts that are round make no sound
There are so many all over the world
You are with me beneath the sea
Turned completely upside down
These are non-business days
We are living for
Slow down
Then you feel non-business days
From hereon out
It’s inimical
To you and I
But so what?
It’s a miracle we got this far yeah
Beasts that are round make no sound
There are many all over the world
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2. |
00's Romance
02:48
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We’re on a planet unknown
I tell you now it implodes
It’s all I can do to deal with getting up
Safely in our zone
And noting all are alone
It was true it was doomed
It was doomed it was doomed it was doomed
And every love I’ve known
Is every love that’s over before it’s begun
Do you know? Yes you know oh I know that you know yes you know
We could talk all night long
What’s right now soon could be wrong
I need to be sure it’s something we both want to do
Oh I do oh I do oh I do oh I do oh I do
And here is the parent and child
We stumbled in time
Using the same lines
Smiling the same smiles
It’s better not to be told
OK to be on your own
A swipe to the face
To unlock an embrace
A fleeting glance is enough
A mystery stays untouched
Another long lonely winter walk home
And when you’re drunk and you’re high
You’re screaming out to the sky
“I don’t need anyone at all!”
Now in the cold light of day
Spirits have all flown away
Do you want me, do I want you?
Oh I do yes I do oh I do yes I do yes I do
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3. |
Shoe Shop
01:01
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Shoe shop shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop
It was over there
A palace of footwear
Passed through a thousand stores
And ended up nowhere
Shoe shop shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop
Tiptoed up the stairs
I hoped they wouldn’t see
Silence and secrecy
Belief and non-belief
I am not right I am not left
I read the government typeset
Cha cha cha
(Keep on walking)
Stepping on toes at the
Shoe shop shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shop shoe shop
Shoe shop shoe shoe shop
Every time I go to the shoe shop I can’t get a size to fit
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4. |
Mover Mover Mover
02:13
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I fly by night, rush by day
A crumbling little city
To move to miles away
When we unpack we say it’s for the last time
One by one all my heirlooms go missing
They say you rot if you decide to settle
John flipped a house for more money
He still ended up poor and distressed
Sometimes he rents hotel rooms for a month
One day he hopes to have his own store
Why do we stay here?
Why do we stay here?
Mover mover mover
The grass is always greener
Why do we stay here?
Why do we stay here?
Pack your bags
Go on a trip
We’ll go off the map
Why are you always escaping?
What are you escaping from?
Ten thousand nomads who roam can fit
All their belongings in a bag
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
There is a place where the grass is that much greener
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
Mover mover mover
Tell me where is a place where the grass is much greener?
Why are you always escaping?
What are you escaping from?
Ten thousand nomads who roam can fit
All their belongings in a bag
I’ll go and live in the mountains
I’ll go and live in an apartment block
We will get so excited
To make something out of nothing
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Land with no laws
02:30
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They let some kids out in 1944
A Swiss hotel then sent away to farms
And outside the window
The organ would play
Everything comes to an end someday
No hills, no trees, no birds, no flowers
No hills, no trees, no birds, no flowers
And outside the window
Where the boy sat all day
It was outside the window
The organ would play
Everything comes to an end
Everything changes some day
And every December promises a new May
And outside the window
And outside the window
And outside the window
The organ played
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6. |
Low Output Guy
01:47
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Lead a horse to water
Take it to the stream
When you need a motor
Live inside a dream
Do you think the night’s the right time
To conjure up some plans for a while?
I’m sure you really mean to
But you have to really want to
If a house needs building
I get my tools prepared
Pile the bricks and mortar
Wipe away cobwebs
And when I start a new day
I recreate your home
From whores view to pool view
Nobody knows the fate of their bones
Lead a horse to water
Take it to the stream
When you need a motor
Live inside a dream
Sky darkens and you tie up the rope
Settle down for the night
Lead a horse to water
Take it to the stream
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7. |
Ballad of Blah Blah
01:25
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Once alone out walking
I looked up to the trees
The songbirds were all gathered
And taking turns to speak
Soon I heard many tales
Of demons in their lair
A jackdaw came swooping in
His words hung in the air
“What is not deserving
The seagull ‘pon the land
Daffodils in a warm field
Hide the moths that turned to man
Why does all the love we have
Fade and fade again?
Why is all our happiness
Blown away like sand?”
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Hank Kitchener, Ontario
Hank was formed in winter 2002 in Toronto, Canada by Jeremy Singer. Over the years, the group has continued to evolve, expand and contract. It released three acclaimed LPs on Toronto's Blocks Recording Club. Latest record is 'Minimumest Moods' (2023).
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