THE LYRICIST’S LAMENT

Music by Sebastijan Duh
Lyrics by John Greaves

I was asked to write a song
I said “Easy,” it’s “easy peasy”
Just find a word at the end of the line
Then you gotta make it rhyme
With love and stars above
It won’t take you very long

But I found out that I was wrong
Wasn’t thinking, had I been drinking?
Words don’t fall like rain from the sky
But a lot of little jewels
Like tiny molecules
Could grow up to be a song

Try to sing it using verbal dexterity
You can wing it schmoozing perfect sincerity
You could be climbing a stairway to heaven
Once you’re up it you’ll be stuck like a puppet on a string

So we’re coming to the end the conclusion
No illusion,
This little story’s hit the end of the road
And it’s just a bunch of sounds
To please the ear
So nice to hear
And you got another job
Done and dusted

FARMER GIRL

Music by Julien Vega
Lyrics by John Greaves & Julien Vega

HERE ALL ALONE IN THE CORNFIELD AT NIGHT
THE SKY’S FULL OF STARS
AND THE MOON’S SHINING BRIGHT
IF ONLY I COULD FLY OFF LIKE A BIRD,
FLY AWAY, FLY AWAY, LIKE A BLUE BIRD.

Chorus

I’LL BE DANCER TWIRLING AROUND
AN ACTRESS, A SINGER, A BEAUTY QUEEN CROWNED
MY FACE WILL BE SEEN IN EVERY MAGAZINE
FROM PARIS TO L. A.
FROM NEW YORK TO BOMBAY
FARMER GIRL, FARMER GIRL, FLY AWAY ! (DREAM AWAY)

MY MA AND PA BOTH WORK HARD ON THE LAND,
I DO MY DAMNEDEST TO LEND THEM A HAND,
I COULD NOT STAND ALL THE STRUGGLE AND STRIFE
FARMER GIRL, FARMER’S WIFE…NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

Chorus

I JUST CAN’T LIVE LIKE A BIRD IN A CAGE
EACH DAY THAT GOES BY SEEMS MORE LIKE AN AGE
INTO THE NIGHT SKY AWAY I WILL FLY
FLY AWAY FLY AWAY LIKE A BLUEBIRD

I’LL BE DANCER TWIRLING AROUND
AN ACTRESS, A SINGER, A BEAUTY QUEEN CROWNED
MY FACE WILL BE SEEN IN EVERY MAGAZINE
FROM PARIS TO L. A.
FROM NEW YORK TO BOMBAY
ALL THIS I’LL ACHIEVE
CALL ME NAÏVE
BUT I BELIEVE
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE

La main dans la main, traverser les boulevardsLes yeux dans les yeux comme un roman de gare
J’ai toujours sur moi, un pola de toi.

Marcher sous la pluie avec toi dans la nuit
C’est pas un problème, dis moi juste «
je t’aime
»
Les bijoux, les fleurs, je vois la vie en couleur.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.

Quand viendra le jour où tu ne seras plus là
Tu sais mon amour j’aurai toujours sur moi.
Tu sais devines quoi? Un pola de toi.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble a ça.

Je me demande tous les jours, que ferais-je sans toi,
Et tu vois.
Il paraît bien que l’amour, oui ça ressemble à ça.



English translation :

ROMANTIC NOVEL

Hand in hand, crossing the boulevards
Eye to eye, like in a romantic novel
I always have on me, a polaroid of you.

Walking in the rain with you in the night
It's not a problem, just tell me “I love you”
The jewels, the flowers, I see life in color.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

When the day comes when you will no longer be here
You know, my love, I will always have on me
You know, guess what, a polaroid of you.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

I wonder every day, what would I do without you
And you see,
It seems love is really like that.

You are too many memories But we stick together We spin in your streets Where our hearts got broken But we stick together Forever yeah
I want to feel sunlight on my face Slip into a daze
I want to feel your burning touch I’ve missed you so much
Remember the tree where we had our first kiss But we stick together
Forever
I want to feel sunlight on my face Slip into a daze
I want to feel your burning touch I’ve missed you so much
We’ll never be alone We’ll never be alone We’ll never be alone We’ll never be alone

Down to the local park
Feet in the starting block
Come snapping at the water shark Gaming for the marvel mark
Singing and flying like a pretty skylark
You got to win your game Make it so true your aim You got to win your game Spark up your candle flame
Coming up to the final turn
Deep digging to the inner urge
And you know that the sides will burn (like a disco inferno baby) Heart tapping like a big bass drum
Snapping and a singing like a pretty white shark
You got to win your game Make it so true your aim You got to win your game Spark up your candle flame

Wearing me out Numbing Steeling
Fading
A shadow of ourselves Appeasing
Misleading
Beating life from our souls
And I don’t know Where I’m going Know I’m bleeding And I don’t know Where I’m reaching These feelings
I’d do anything
To believe ya
To believe ya
I’ll give everything
Cos I’ve been here too long Though I’ve held tight and let go I’ll find you
I’ll find you I’ll find you
Hounding down Pushing
Heart is Greying
Ageing in it’s shell Taunting
Tempting
Breaking buildings in town
And with patience I’ll find you I’ll practice persistence
I’ll find you
And with patience I’ll find you I’ll practice persistence
I’ll find you
Never, never, never gonna go back Your tenderness
Consuming
Though I’ve worn out
The cynical clothes
That covered my bones
I’m never gonna go back
Never, never, never gonna go back Your tenderness
Consumes me
Though I’ve held tight
And let go
I’ll find you
I’ll find you

Now I find you hidden in my dreams
A secret place that just belong to us

Now I find you hidden in my dreams
A secret place that just belong to us

ES:

Levanta la' mano'
Ay mueve la cabeza
Levanta la' mano'
Ay mueve la cabeza
Un shot de tequila
Un trago de cerveza
Un shot de tequila
Un trago de cerveza

Levanta la' mano'
Mueve la cabeza
Que esto e' bueno con tequila y cerveza
Levanta la' mano'
Mueve la cabeza
Que esto e' bueno con tequila y cerveza

Goza mi cumbia goza mi rumba
Vamo' a tocar pa' que la gente se prenda
Goza mi cumbia goza mi rumba
Vamo' a tocar pa' que la gente se prenda

Botellita de vino y ron
Ron pa' la' nena' rompa el cordón
Botellita de vino y ron
Ron pa' la' nena' rompa el cordón

Con tanto trago en esta mesa
Esta noche perdemos la cabeza
Con tanto trago en esta mesa
Esta noche perdemos la cabeza

Wepa
Uyyy
Sabroso

Levanta la' mano'
Mueve la cabeza
Un shot de tequila
Un shot de cerveza

Levanta la' mano'
Mueve la cabeza
Que esto e' bueno con tequila y cerveza
Levanta la' mano'
Mueve la cabeza
Que esto e' bueno con tequila y cerveza

Goza mi cumbia goza mi rumba
Vamo' a tocar pa' que la gente se prenda
Goza mi cumbia goza mi rumba
Vamo' a tocar pa' que la gente se prenda

Ponte bien ese pantalón
Porque empieza este reventón
Ponte bien esa camiseta
De cualquier modo aquí nadie respeta

Con tanta vibra en esta fiesta
Esta noche llegamo' a las estrellas
Con tanta vibra en esta fiesta
Esta noche llegamo' a las estrellas

Ay mueve la cabeza
Levanta la' mano'
Ay mueve la cabeza
Un shot de tequila
Un trago de cerveza
Un shot de tequila
Un trago de cerveza

Levanta la' mano'
Mueve la cabeza
Que esto e' bueno con tequila y cerveza
Levanta la' mano'
Mueve la cabeza
Que esto e' bueno con tequila y cerveza

Goza mi cumbia goza mi rumba
Vamo' a tocar pa' que la gente se prenda
Goza mi cumbia goza mi rumba
Vamo' a tocar pa' que la gente se prenda

Levanta la' mano'
Mueve la cabeza
Que esto e' bueno con tequila y cerveza
Levanta la' mano'
Mueve la cabeza
Que esto e' bueno con tequila y cerveza

Goza mi cumbia goza mi rumba
Vamo' a tocar pa' que la gente se prenda
Goza mi cumbia goza mi rumba
Vamo' a tocar pa' que la gente se prenda

EN:

Raise your hands.
Oh move your head
Raise your hands
Oh move your head
A shot of tequila
A sip of beer
A shot of tequila
A sip of beer

Raise your hands
Move your head
That this is good with tequila and beer
Raise your hands
Move your head
That this is good with tequila and beer

Enjoy my cumbia enjoy my rumba
Let's play to get the crowd going
Enjoy my cumbia enjoy my rumba
Let's play to get the people going

Little bottle of wine and rum
Rum for the ladies to break the cord
Little bottle of wine and rum
Rum for the ladies to break the cord

With so many drinks on this table
Tonight we lose our heads
With so many drinks on this table
Tonight we lose our heads

Wepa
Uyyy
Tasty

Raise your hand
Move your head
A shot of tequila
A shot of beer

Raise your hands
Move your head
That this is good with tequila and beer
Raise your hands
Move your head
That this is good with tequila and beer

Enjoy my cumbia enjoy my rumba
Let's play to get the crowd going
Enjoy my cumbia enjoy my rumba
Let's play to get the people going

Put your pants on tight
Cause this blowout's about to start
Put your t-shirt on tight
Anyway nobody respects anyone here

With so much vibe at this party
Tonight we reach for the stars
With so much vibe at this party
Tonight we reach for the stars

Oh move your head
Raise your hands
Oh move your head
A shot of tequila
A sip of beer
A shot of tequila
A sip of beer

Raise your hands
Move your head
That this is good with tequila and beer
Raise your hands
Move your head
That this is good with tequila and beer

Enjoy my cumbia enjoy my rumba
Let's play to get the crowd going
Enjoy my cumbia enjoy my rumba
Let's play to get the people going

Raise your hands
Move your head
That this is good with tequila and beer
Raise your hands
Move your head
That this is good with tequila and beer

Enjoy my cumbia enjoy my rumba
Let's play to get the crowd going
Enjoy my cumbia enjoy my rumba
Let's play to get the people going

ES:

Peligro, cuidado
Ya vienen llegando 
Los reyes del mambo
Esta noche te la pasas bailando

Va a empezar
Así que todo el mundo pa' la fiesta
Que ya llegaron ya
Los que son 
Causantes de que tu cuerpo se mueva
Sin que lo puedas controlar
Seguro de que ya tu los conoces
Te gusta tanto que ya no lo puedes negar
La rumba esta planeada pa las doce
Pa' que goces toda la madruga'

Ponte que tu los conoces ya
Somos lo' que te hacen a ti bailar
Ponte bonita ya no esperes mas
Y aprovecha que mi combo se va

Ponte que tu los conoces ya
Somos lo' que te hacen a ti bailar
Ponte bonita ya no esperes mas
Y aprovecha que mi combo se va

Peligro, cuidado
Ya vienen llegando 
Los reyes del mambo
Esta noche te la pasas bailando

Dale como e'
Pa' que tu sepas como va
Dale como e'
Pa' que tu sepas como va
Dale como e'
Dale como e'
Dale como e'
Pa' que tu sepas como va

Vamo' a dejar los puntos claros
Cuando llegamos sabes que la discoteca la cerramos
Que ya tu viste como andamo'
Porque a la larga o a la corta con mi combo te agarramos
Prepárate que llegaron los reyes del mambo
Con algo diferente a lo que estas buscando
Yo se lo que tu quiere, te estamo' esperando
Te mando la location y cuando
Mami que paso
Ya viene Stan de Boogaloo
Y mas atrás le caigo yo
Se que te gustan los dos
Agarrate que el team te cogió 

Ponte que tu los conoces ya
Somos lo que te hacen a ti bailar
Ponte bonita ya no esperes mas
Y aprovecha que mi combo se va

Ponte que tu los conoces ya
Somos lo que te hacen a ti bailar
Ponte bonita ya no esperes mas
Y aprovecha que mi combo se va

Peligro, cuidado
Ya vienen llegando 
Los reyes del mambo
Esta noche te la pasas bailando

Peligro, cuidado
Ya vienen llegando 
Los reyes del mambo
Esta noche te la pasas bailando

Dale como e'
Pa' que tu sepas como va
Dale como e'
Pa' que tu sepas como va
Dale como e'
Dale como e'
Dale como e'
Pa' que tu sepas como va

Dale como e'
Pa' que tu sepas como va
Stan de Boogaloo, la musical




EN:

Danger, beware
They are coming 
The mambo kings
Tonight you'll spend it dancing

It's about to start
So everybody get ready to party
Cause they' re already here
The ones that are 
Causing your body to move
You can't control it
Surely you already know them
You like it so much that you can't deny it
The party's planned for twelve o'clock
So that you can enjoy till the early morning

you already know them
We are the ones that make you dance
Get pretty and don't wait any longer
And take advantage cause my combo is leaving

you already know them
We are the ones that make you dance
Get pretty and don't wait any longer
And take advantage cause my combo is leaving

Danger, beware
They are coming 
The mambo kings
Tonight you'll spend it dancing

Give it how it is
So that you know how it goes
Give it how it is
So that you know how it goes
Give it how it is
Give it how it is
Give it how it is
So that you know how it goes

Let's make our points clear
When we arrive you know that we close the club
you've seen how we go
Cause in the long or the short run with my combo we'll get you
Get ready the mambo kings have arrived
With something different than what you're looking for
I know what you want, we are waiting for you
I send you the location and the time
Mami what happened
Stan from Boogaloo is coming
And further back it' ll be me
I know you like both of us
Hold on cause the team's got you 

you already know them
We are the ones that make you dance
Get pretty and don't wait any longer
And take advantage cause my combo is leaving

you already know them
We are the ones that make you dance
Get pretty and don't wait any longer
And take advantage cause my combo is leaving

Danger, beware
They are coming 
The mambo kings
Tonight you'll spend it dancing

Danger, beware
They are coming 
The mambo kings
Tonight you'll spend it dancing

Give it how it is
So that you know how it goes
Give it how it is
So that you know how it goes
Give it how it is
Give it how it is
Give it how it is
So that you know how it goes

Give it how it is
So that you know how it goes
Stan from Boogaloo, the musical