1. |
The Dark Room
11:06
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I sit and watch the television, it sits there in the corner
It's the only thing I have, apart from this chair
There's nothing on I want to watch, but I watch it anyway
I sometimes look out of the window, I while my life away
I forgot to mention, that I also have a clock
But it's stopped at 12:12, and there's nothing I can do
Wait, I have some curtains, they used to be bright red
But now they're dull and faded, just like me
I have more things than I thought, now I come to think of it
There's a table under the TV, with a photograph standing on it
It's a photo of my family, they never come to visit
I don't know where they are, I don't know what they do
Some people come and feed me, I can't make out what they say
They wash me sometimes too, but the, the food is never hot enough
And they don't seem listen, they're not from here you see
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful that they come, but I'd rather have my family
I think I've got some money, but I don't really know
Well that's enough for one day, I really have to go
Cos my favourite detective show is coming on
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2. |
A Show Like This
13:26
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The lights are bright and times are good
I'm going out, I'm going out
A big black car is taking me
I'm going out, I'm going out
I'm in the back, I'm looking out
I'm going out, I'm going out
Flashes flashing all around, interest seems high
I'm going out, I'm going out
Now I'm at the cinema, I think I'm in this film
I'm going out, I'm going out
Back into the car, driving through the country
I'm going out, I'm going out
Does anyone really care about anything I do
I'm going out, I'm going out
I'm sitting in a chair, I'm waiting
I'm going out, I'm going out
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3. |
Kienholz
10:52
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I'm living in an installation, it's a little like a Kienholz
But maybe not quite as good, I'm not sitting in a chair
And there is no parakeet, hopping to and fro
And it's not outrageous, not as far as I know
And there aren't any bodies, well, none apart from mine
And there are no bright colours, and it's nothing like a shrine
In fact it's not an installation, it's really just my home
But it could be Sollie 17, that's what it could have been
I could have been in a room in the Pedicord Hotel
In isolation, in defeat, peering through the window, waiting to die...
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4. |
Start Here, Start Now
10:02
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Start here, start now, that's what my doctor said
Try and get those psychoses right out of your head
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Well this is quite dark but it's just inside my head
Start here, start now, that's what my doctor said
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
So now I'm going out today, I'm going to the park
Where everything is colourful and nothing is so dark
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Start here, start now, start here, start now
Start here, start now, start here, start now
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5. |
The Dark Room (7" Mix)
04:24
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I sit and watch the television, it sits there in the corner
It's the only thing I have, apart from this chair
There's nothing on I want to watch, but I watch it anyway
I sometimes look out of the window, I while my life away
I forgot to mention, that I also have a clock
But it's stopped at 12:12, and there's nothing I can do
Wait, I have some curtains, they used to be bright red
But now they're dull and faded, just like me
I have more things than I thought, now I come to think of it
There's a table under the TV, with a photograph standing on it
It's a photo of my family, they never come to visit
I don't know where they are, I don't know what they do
Some people come and feed me, I can't make out what they say
They wash me sometimes too, but the, the food is never hot enough
And they don't seem listen, they're not from here you see
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful that they come, but I'd rather have my family
I think I've got some money, but I don't really know
Well that's enough for one day, I really have to go
Cos my favourite detective show is coming on
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6. |
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The lights are bright and times are good
I'm going out, I'm going out
A big black car is taking me
I'm going out, I'm going out
I'm in the back, I'm looking out
I'm going out, I'm going out
Flashes flashing all around, interest seems high
I'm going out, I'm going out
Now I'm at the cinema, I think I'm in this film
I'm going out, I'm going out
Back into the car, driving through the country
I'm going out, I'm going out
Does anyone really care about anything I do
I'm going out, I'm going out
I'm sitting in a chair, I'm waiting
I'm going out, I'm going out
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7. |
Kienholz (7" Mix)
04:34
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I'm living in an installation, it's a little like a Kienholz
But maybe not quite as good, I'm not sitting in a chair
And there is no parakeet, hopping to and fro
And it's not outrageous, not as far as I know
And there aren't any bodies, well, none apart from mine
And there are no bright colours, and it's nothing like a shrine
In fact it's not an installation, it's really just my home
But it could be Sollie 17, that's what it could have been
I could have been in a room in the Pedicord Hotel
In isolation, in defeat, peering through the window, waiting to die...
|
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8. |
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Start here, start now, that's what my doctor said
Try and get those psychoses right out of your head
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Well this is quite dark but it's just inside my head
Start here, start now, that's what my doctor said
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
So now I'm going out today, I'm going to the park
Where everything is colourful and nothing is so dark
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Give myself a lift, give myself a life
Start here, start now, start here, start now
Start here, start now, start here, start now
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9. |
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I sit and watch the television, it sits there in the corner
It's the only thing I have, apart from this chair
There's nothing on I want to watch, but I watch it anyway
I sometimes look out of the window, I while my life away
I forgot to mention, that I also have a clock
But it's stopped at 12:12, and there's nothing I can do
Wait, I have some curtains, they used to be bright red
But now they're dull and faded, just like me
I have more things than I thought, now I come to think of it
There's a table under the TV, with a photograph standing on it
It's a photo of my family, they never come to visit
I don't know where they are, I don't know what they do
Some people come and feed me, I can't make out what they say
They wash me sometimes too, but the, the food is never hot enough
And they don't seem listen, they're not from here you see
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful that they come, but I'd rather have my family
I think I've got some money, but I don't really know
Well that's enough for one day, I really have to go
Cos my favourite detective show is coming on
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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK
A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more
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