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Near Love Experience
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger)
You’ll be the thunder
And I will be a chime
I’ll be the creature
You’ll be doctor Frankenstein
You’ll be the silver moon
And I will be a crime
I’ll be the shiver that soon
Will be running down your spine
Love, leave your fears with the night
I’ll be your thrill, be my light till the dawn
You will be trenchant
I’ll be a sacrifice
I’ll be a chicken, babe
You’ll cry like a crocodile
You’ll be the serpent
And I will be the vice
I’m Alice Cooper, babe
When you’re winding like a reptile
Lilith, oh Lilith
I don’t need an exorcism
I’m in love
So heat me up, Lilith, again
You’ll be imprudent
I’ll be a crazy driver
You a young hitchhiker
I promise you a fright.
You’ll be a student
And I will be a voyeur
I’m Freddy Krueger
When you asleep at night
Love, leave your dreams with the night
I’ll be your thrill, be my light
Lilith, oh Lilith
I don’t need an exorcism
I’m in love
So heat me up Lilith again
You’ll be a Princess
I’ll be the seven dwarves
With seven big, fat, thick... hearts
To love you seven times
You’ll be the promess
That I will never die
I’ll cross the tunnel fearless
Cause you will be the white light
Love, leave your will with the night
I’ll be your need, be my light
Lilith, oh Lilith
I don’t need an exorcism
I’m in love
So heat me up, Lilith, again again
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We're Riding Horses To Heaven
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger)
We're riding horses without reins
But free we are to change this way
Following the course
To heaven
The river's dry
It's time to call for waves
We call the echo
Are we alone ?
An eagle flies
But stay still
He needs the wind
To keep the will to live without a motion
Emotion
We're not a fowl
We'd need a hurricane
We call the echo
Are we alone ?
Alone to live from imagination
We call you
We're not alone
You're still there
You'll be the wind
you'll be the wave and I will be gliding the air
A surfer
And I will, and it will depend on you
I will depend on your imagination
We call the echo
Are we alone ?
We call the echo, echo, echo
We're riding horses to heaven
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Banana Skin
02:54
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Banana Skin
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
I don't know why I don't believe in Europe, I guess
That's because of Bosnia and of ancient Yugoslavia
I don't know what I fear
I don't know why but fear I don't know what
I don't know why
Does it sounds just like a lie
Maybe because of the crises
Or just because of the cries
I don't know how I feel
I don't know why but I feel I don't know what
It's a feeling in the air
A banana skin on the stairs
I don't know why
You told me that you'd like a child
But am I not a child ?
You told me one day you could die for me
It was an old teenager's lie
I don't know why
All that I can do is whine
Maybe because now you're leaving
Or just because of the wine
I don't know
How I feel
I don't know why but I drink
I don't know what
It's a feeling in the air
A banana skin on the stair
I don't know why
It's just a feeling in the stairs
A banana skin on the air
I don't know why
You told me that you'd like a child
but am I not a child
You told me one day you could die for me
But till today you're still alive
You told me that you'd like a child
But am I not a child
I told you if you live I'll die
Another old teenager's lie
I don't know why I don't believe in Europe
I bet that's because of Bosnia
Or just because of the wine
'feel like a banana skin
In Europe's bin
I don't know why
Guest vocals : Jane Henley (https://www.speegra.com/2012/11/jane-henley-2/)
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Play It Cool
04:36
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Play It Cool
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
Is there a time for you and I to go ?
Is there a season for you and I to grow ?
Is there a star we’re supposed to follow ?
Is there a reason to change the flow if we like the way it goes ?
Cool, play it cool, we’ll be fine
As long as you stay mine, we’ll be fine
We’ll keep on surfing every sunny afternoon
Is there a God, or any other kind of super creature ?
Will there be a flood ?
And than we’ll start again another better world for the future
I heard a preacher, looking serious, he said
“Apocalypse is right now !”
So keep on surfing and training hard, awaiting for the great bellow
Cool, drink it cool, a sea with ice
And a coca cola spice, a pleasure without vice
A present without past in a sunny afternoon
Cool, play it cool in a trice
The world could pay the price in a Ford Coppola style
We’ll keep on surfing over the great bellow
Over the last bellow
If there’s a life before the death her billow
This time is mine, I’ll it on bellows
Who cares to live another life ?
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Perfect
04:49
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Perfect
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
I’ve been working hard and late, till the night
Then I kissed you and I switch off your light
It’s true you did forget
But nobody is perfect
I pray for you son
I’ve been waiting for your love
You owe it to me
And now I demand it
Yeah now I claim it
And I’ll be waiting for your love
Cause I deserve it
Cause I have earned it
I was loving you and asking sometimes
“Do you love me ?”
you were saying :
“Hoo, it’s time to sleep honey”
It’s true you did forget
But nobody is perfect
I pray for you wife
I’m praying for your soul
I’ve been waiting for your love
You owe it to me
And now I demand it
I’ll be waiting more and more
And I’ll be praying
And I’ll be praying
Hoo, should I shout to be heard ?
Should I cry just to move your heart ?
Should I tear off your skirt ?
I’ve been waiting for your love
Now I demand it
Yeah now I claim it
I’m demanding all your love
Cause I’ve been perfect
Yeah I’ve been perfect !
Hoo, should I shout to be heard ?
Should I strike just to get your heart ?
Should I tear of your skirt ?
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Wysiwyg
04:48
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Wysiwig
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
Look
You see this house
You see this woman
Look at her legs
When what you believe is in doubt
Wysiwyg !
When all your life looks like a rout
Wysiwyg !
Look
You see this garden
You see those children
Forget your lawn
When you are sinking in the grass
Wysiwyg !
When all your being is a gas
Wysiwyg !
I'd like to teach you
To be yourself
It will make you lighter
I'll initiate you
You need a church
I can make you, make you
Look
You see this town
You see those towers
Open your arms
Cause it's your world don't you forget ?
Wysiwyg !
And What You See Is What You Get
Wysiwyg !
I'd like to touch you
Just with my fingers
And then give, give you the power
I would elate you
You need a drug
It will send you, fling you
Higher
You'll be over it
You'll have a better view
When you look at your life from a height
Account for each thing
Things you've got, things you've lost
You lost love
Have you lost all love ?
Have you lost all your love ?
If you got love
If you got a few loves
You've got to love again
So it's your life, don't you forget ?
Wysiwyg !
And What You See Is What You've got
Wysiwyg !
I'd like to touch you
Just with my fingers
And then give, give you the power
I would elate you
You need a drug
It will send you, fling you
Higher
You'll be over it
You'll have a better view
When you look at your life from a height
Account for each thing
Things you've got, things you've lost
You lost love
Have you lost all love ?
Have you lost all your love ?
If you got love
If you got a few love
You've got to love again
So it's your life, don't you forget wysiwyg !
And What You See Is What You've got
Wysiwyg !
I'd like to show your
Material world
I can make you richer. I'd like to show your,
Material world,
It can make you richer
Let love be your church
Sex be your drug
It will make you lighter
Just be wysiwyg
So What You See Is What You Get
We're riding horses to heaven
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Dry
04:13
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Dry
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
The city is alight when tears cloud over our sight
A bright liquid fire is deforming the night
Is the night queasy ? The moon is pale
Or did I just drink too much ale ?
The city is alight, big moments arrive
When lovers get ready to play live
This night has lapsed, the moon is stale
Or am I out of date ? Do I ail ?
As you’re dressing up, cause you’re going out
Make the most of tonight
And as you undress, and as you caress
Make the most of this night
Cause we live so fast
The city is a fight, last naives die
Bright blue eyes turn red and cry
Did you ever listen to what you’ve heard ?
Did I ever really think what I said ?
As you choose the clef, cause you sing the highs
Make the most of the time
Blind almost deaf, the victim of your lies
Retains only the rhyme
Cause you speak so fast
The irrational anthem screams in the loudspeakers
And a ton of flesh mates without fear
An I peeled always jeered
This scent of fade rose will soon turn sour at dawn
I feel so stick but I am safe
As I’m staying up, and you’re staying out
Make the most of you’re crime
Dry is your sweat, dry is your sap
You’ll stay stuck for all life
Cause you love so fast
The city is alight when tears cloud over our sight
A bright liquid fire is devouring the night
I’m alone but alive
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Elephant and Castle (My No-Generation)
(Edduard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant & Castle)
We’re walking on the graves
That lie between the waves
We’re strong and we are ageless
We’re mortal but we’re dateless
As an Elephant or as a Castle
We carry no message
And even no pressage
Just try to fully live your age
Until the wind turns the page
Ooh my no-generation
We don’t know what we are
We’re proud of what we’re not
We don’t know who you are
We know the fears you’ve got
Ooh my no-generation
Eighties, nineties, oldies
All please clear the way
Twentieth century’s baby
Drinks his milky way
We are the fallow lands
The two millenium’s bend
We’ll never touch the stars
But why d’you care ?
Ooh my no-generation
Ooh why ?
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Awaiting Jesus II
03:02
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Awaiting Jesus II
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
Yeah it’s true that world is cruel
The songs remains the same
Yeah it’s true life is a gamble
And I play it for the fame
Yeah the sins are in the Bible
So the wrong is in the right
Yeah it’s true that’s pretty feeble
But I don’t care tonight
Tonight, the love of my life
Holds me tight
Love renders me blind
Lord, lord of the skies
Allow me to sigh, tonight
Yeah, I can eat a hamburger
While a million children die
And I’m drinking like a fish
When some countries become dry
No one can live on affliction
Tears never make a river
Awaiting Jesus II the return
I got no reason to cry
Tonight, the love of my life
Holds me tight
Love renders me blind
Lord, lord of the skies
Allow me to sigh, tonight
Tonight, the love of my life
Holds me tight
Love renders me high
Lord, lord of the skies
Close your eyes
Tonight, all night
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21st Century's Love Stories
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger)
All the pains restrained 'til today
'Can feel it in my body
But no complain today
And no reproach
All is fate, and all has been rated I've loved you and I'm sorry
I feel so faint today
I've got no remorse
We'll echo each other
No one's gonna die
So echo with me all through the night love is immortal
All's in vain, it runs through my veins when victims are all guilty
There's no one to blame
No one but love
Love is safe and will stand to save
The twenty first century's love stories that's a chance today
To die from love
We'll echo forever
I don't wanna whine
Fallen angel, it's too late for us to cry on the human kind
Hey, we'll echo for ever no one's gonna die
So echo with me all through the night love is immortal
Guest vocals : Jane Henley (https://www.speegra.com/2012/11/jane-henley-2/)
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The Kind Voice (live)
05:52
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The Kind Voice
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
Well I wake up every morning
On the right side of the bed, alone
Then I'm trotting to the bathroom
And I'm turning on the radio
"Oh, it's gonna be a bright and a shining day"
Cool, what a nice life
But since you've been gone
There's a cloud in my soul
Shall I call you tonight
I need you
I absolve you, alleluia
If you love me I'll flight
I'm still yours
I forgive you, alleluia
Well I wake up on the right side
'Cause the wrong side is against the wall
And I'm trotting to the bathroom
Cause the corridor's floor is so cold
"Oh, it's gonna be a bright and a shining day"
Cool, what a nice guy
But since you've been gone all is drab and that's all
Shall I call you tonight
I need you
I absolve you, alleluia
If you love me I'll fight
I'm still yours
I forgive you, alleluia
I call you, if you love me, alleluia
I've been foolish
I still love you, alle... Oh alleluia
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Wysiwyg (live)
05:52
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Wysiwyg
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
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Days Of Pearly Spencer
(David Mc Williams)
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Red And Cherrys 2 (Bandcamp bonus)
(Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
Take my hand, I don’t fear the end
When there’s a future to defend
The world’s revolving, a page is turning
No one knows where, but we went
Press my hand, I don’t fear the tank
I’m mad and rebel, I’m a crank
I just wanna feel you when I fall
I could not survive after all
Leave my hand, I’ll fight for my land
Don’t stare at me blankly, understand,
For democracy, for liberty
You’ll be dressed up and happy, if we stand
Catch my hand, can you hear the tanks ?
Some people are trembling, the other ranks
I don’t wanna leave you, when they come
What we are going to become ?
Hey you’ll never go through
So fight, never compromise
Hey youth ! Never bow, for your rights
On your land, in the street, rise !
Hang your hand, I don’t like this end
Too fast almost easy, even strange
A head is falling, another’s coming
Red and cherrys interchanged
Pinch my hand, am I dreaming or
Do we have to do it again ?
Raise your hand, I don’t like this blend
This revolution needs a mend
We just wanna live free, we’ll never bend
Until the end, and...
Hey you’ll never go through
So fight, never compromise
Hey youth ! Never bow, for your rights
On your land, in the street, rise !
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Elephant and Castle Paris, France
Born in London at the end of the 80s, the french band E&C had turned the established order of prog rock upside down. They invented an elaborate music, inflated with the energies of Led Zep, Queen or Alice Cooper. The band was compared to such icons as IQ, Rush and Saga. One album (The Green One 1991), one tour, and then it’s over? No way. Two albums (one studio, one live), are released in 2021 ... more
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