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CARRYIN’ COALS TO NEWCASTLE. (Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
Where am I bound?
When the sun’s going down
Where am I bound?
It’s pretty understood…
Where am I bound?
Playing chords from the sixties
Where am I bound?
But it feels real good!
Where am I bound?
When the night’s getting colder
Where am I bound?
Oh, it’s understood!
Where am I bound?
Singing songs like hippies
Where am I bound?
But it still feels good!
R: It makes me stay alive
And makes me feel
It gives me everything
And keeps my emotions
Forever young and evergreen
CHORUS: Where am I bound?
Where is my boom?
Where am I bound?
Where is my boom?
Where is my boom?
Carrying coals to Newcastle
Where is my boom?
It’s misunderstood…
Where is my boom?
I know it seems freakin’ (tucking’) stupid
Where is my boom?
Why does it feel so good?
Where is my boom?
When the mercury’s falling
Where is my boom?
Oh, it’s understood!
Where is my boom?
Playing chords from the sixties
Where is my boom?
But it still sounds good!
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QUESTIONS IN MY LIFE. (THINGS AROUND ME) (Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
The questions in my life
They all need answers
I have got a feeling (Oh, I’ve got a feeling)
It’s not under my thumb
If you’ve got a choice –
That is something (That’s something)
Making you feel so lame
No matter what you’ve done
Thinking ‘bout this
Is not so simple
It’s just like a mouse
Between two gates
Smoking cigarette
When couple beers taken (Over a couple of beers taken)
Sitting noon to noon
Before it’s too late…
R: You’re playing so hard but nobody notices
You’re looking so sad but nobody cares
You’re waiting for something, yeah
But nothing is gonna happen
It’s driving me mad
It’s smells like something’s out there…
CHORUS: All around me things are getting better
Since the time we met, (yeah, the time we met)
Thinking softly if we’re living alright
Life will never be (never ever be) so sad…
The questions in my life
They all need answers
I have got a feeling (Oh, I’ve got a feeling)
It’s not under my thumb
Having a cigarette
When a lot of beer’s taken
Sitting noon to noon
Until it’s too late…
R: You’re playing so hard but nobody notices
You’re looking so sad but nobody cares
You’re waiting for something, yeah
But nothing is gonna happen
It’s driving me nuts
It’s smells like something’s out there…
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BETTER... WORSE...
04:00
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BETTER… WORSE…
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
It’s better to be poor then sore
Better be redhead then pepper and salt
It’s better to have all forty at once
Than never have all forty
It’s better to share prison with friends
Than have solitude that never ends
Father Mars may rule sometimes
But we love our Mother Earth
It’s much better to be begging
Than to be crawling on all fours
It’s better to rise against the crowd
Than endure their cruel laughter
R: Oh, is it better?
Oh, is it worse than it can be?
Oh, is it better?
Oh, is it worse than it can become?
It’s better to be smart than very rich
Lay your head on the block but don’t touch the axe
Have something good to do tomorrow
Than do something bad today
After night there’s another day
When the moon becomes the sun
I can see my deep blue shadow
And it’s taller then the rooftops
If you don’t sow, you can’t reap
If you don’t put, you can’t take
Though I’ve always known it well
Oh, I cannot believe it still
CHORUS: If you wanna live in harmony
It’s not enough to have money
If you wanna feel pain
There’s a way to burn in flame
And if you live in Paradise
Then you have to go for sacrifice
If we wanna stay in Paradise
We have to go for sacrifice
CHORUS plus: After night there’s another day
When the moon becomes the sun
I can see my deep blue shadow
And it’s taller then the rooftops
If you don’t sow, you can’t reap
If you don’t put, you can’t take
Though I’ve always known it well
Oh, I cannot believe it still
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HYPNOTIZE
06:08
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HYPNOTIZED
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
It’s real hypnotize
I’m in love with no advice
Touch the sky if you can fly
You can’t be more than what you try
Now it’s time to say goodbye
Don’t ask me why and don’t you cry
Let me try to walk away
Baby, please, I just can’t stay
R: It’s real… surely real…
It’s real… absolutely real…
One more love means one more chance
Life is love consequence
Be yourself and do them all
SEX and BOOKS and ROCK-n-ROLL!
Look at me, look what I’ve done
On my way under burning sun
Troubles easy come but never easy go
And I take my time… and I feel the glow
CHORUS: I am really hypnotized… (surely real hypnotized)…
I am absolutely hypnotized…
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5. |
OVER...
04:09
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OVER
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
Over the cruel emotion
Floating by deep blue sea
Feeling like a whale in the ocean
Coming to ecstasy
I’m going my way… away…
Burning flame stays behind me
Yesterday’s friends stay too
Nobody else can find me
And I keep going to…
R: Over the cruel emotion
Over the burning flame
Over the seas and the ocean
No one remains the same
Over the vain desires
Touching eternity
Listening to the sounds of the wires
Echoing reality
I keep on going my way… away…
Waters I see before me
Flowing without a trace
Take me away from bad times
Lead me to outer space
R: Over the cruel emotion
Over the burning flame
Over the seas and the ocean
No one remains the same
CHORUS: Young girl’s crying… (Young girl is crying…)
Baby, I don’t care…
Angel’s flying… (Angel is flying…)
Baby…
(And) Young boy’s dying (lying)… (Young boy is dying…)
Baby, I don’t care…
Devil’s trying… (Devil’s trying…)
Maybe…
CHORUS: People are dying, baby, (but) I don’t care… Over the cruel emotion…
People are dying, baby…
Angels are flying, baby, (but) I don’t care… Burning flame stays behind me…
Angels are flying, baby…
CHORUS: People are dying, baby, (but) I don’t care… Over the vain desires…
People are dying, baby…
Angels are flying, baby, (but) I don’t care… Waters I see before me…
Angels are flying, baby…
People are dying…
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A SWEET BREATH OF GENTLE WIND
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
CHORUS: We will leave with no goodbyes
For the place where we belong
We will ride the wild wild horses
Ride with the cowboys to the high sierra
You may call me any name you want
I can hear it no matter where you are
And when I find you in the sands of the desert
You will touch me with a (sweet) breath of a gentle wind
(A sweet breath of gentle wind)…
Will you need me after standing in solitude
Whispering my name at the edge of the night
And when you find me in a concrete garden
Would you touch me with a (sweet) breath of a gentle wind?
(A sweet breath of gentle wind)…
CHORUS: We will leave with no goodbyes
For the place where we belong
We will ride the wild wild horses
Ride with the cowboys to the high sierra
You can call me any time you want
I will run to you from wherever I roam
And if you wait no matter where you are
I will reach you with a (sweet) breath of a gentle wind
(A sweet breath of gentle wind)…
CHORUS: We will leave with no goodbyes
For the place where we belong
We will ride the wild wild horses
Ride with the cowboys to the high sierra
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SUBMARINE SKY
04:40
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SUBMARINE SKY
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
Submarine sky
Your color is dull gray
Whales are passing by
Like clouds on their way
We’re standing here… it feels so strange
The time that doesn’t change
We cannot sink
We cannot rise… to the surface
R: O-o-h, it’s a lifetime among and underneath
O-o-h, it’s a good time for the iron spawn beneath
Jellyfish dance
Like flying birds above us
Magical romances
Those never end nor pass
We’re within this and feeling good
In space we wish, we could…
We can swim
And we can dive… but we don’t
R: O-o-h, it’s a lifetime among and underneath
O-o-h, it’s a good time for the iron spawn beneath
Rays, sea horses ‘round
Like sheets and socks drying out there
On the waterwind wings
Our lead balloon’s flying up
We’re thinking here and dreaming there
Of what we have to do...
Do somehow
Do somewhere… some time
R: O-o-h, it’s a lifetime among and underneath
O-o-h, it’s a good time for the iron spawn beneath
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YOU BETTER LIE OR DIE
03:27
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YOU BETTER LIE OR DIE
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
You are scratching my back and I’ll scratch yours too
You know who I am and I know you
And the night comes down right before the door
We have competition and we know the score
You ask me what’s going on
But I’m thinking to myself… you better lie or die!
… you better lie or die!
You live your life and I rule my world
We do things that can never be told
The stars are bright and the wind is fresh
We say goodbye and we’re gone in a flash
And when you’re asking me I don’t know why
But I’m thinking to myself… you better lie or die!
… you better lie or die!
R: We sound like paired strings of a mandolin –
A couple with one desire
Oh, everybody knows this kind of special link
Where one bad turn leads to another one
And the night comes down right before the door
We have competition and we know the score
The stars are bright and the wind is fresh
We say goodbye and vanish in a flash
You ask me what’s the f…’s going on
And when the truth is on the tip of my tongue…
When you ask me what’s the f…’s going on
And when the truth is on the tip of my tongue…
… you better lie or die!
… you better lie or die!
R: We sound like paired strings of a mandolin –
A couple with one desire
Oh, everybody knows this kind of special link
Where one bad turn leads to… another one
… you better lie or die!
… you better lie or die!
R: We sound like paired strings of a mandolin –
A couple with one desire
Oh, everybody knows this kind of special link
Where one bad turn leads to… one bad turn leads to… another one…
… you better lie or die!
… you better lie or die!
… you better lie or die!
… you better lie or die!
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9. |
WHEN THE DAY JUST BEGINS
03:21
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WHEN THE DAY JUST BEGINS
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
Girl, would you take me home when the day begins
You know, four nights at the bar is too much for me
I cannot drink anymore and I need some sleep right now
Please, baby, take me home when the day begins
R: WHEN THE DAY JUST BEGINS
I feel it’s bringing me down
I’m really ruined again
AND ELVIS LEAVES THE TOWN!
And I did what I did
And I played how I played
Sometimes I look like a clown
Sometimes like somebody else
…when the day just begins
…I look like somebody else
Baby, take me for a ride when the day begins
I think four wheels on the road will be good for me
I cannot smoke anymore and I need some fresh air
Girl, take me, please, for a ride when the day begins
R: WHEN THE DAY JUST BEGINS
I feel I push my luck
I’m on the road again
AND ELVIS LEAVES THE TOWN!
And I do what I do
And I play how I play
Sometimes I look like a clown
Sometimes like somebody else
…when the day just begins
…I look like somebody else
R: WHEN THE DAY JUST BEGINS
We feel we push our luck
We’re in the saddle again
AND ELVIS LEAVES THIS TOWN!
Because we do what we do
And we play how we play
Sometimes we look like clowns
Sometimes like somebody else
…when the day just begins
…we look like somebody else
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TRYIN' 'TILL THE END
05:16
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TRYING ‘TILL THE END
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
R1: How do you feel
When your body’s broken down?
Does it seem like
When the world’s stopped spinning ‘round?
CHORUS: Swimming in a pool of tears
Floating in a river of sand
Living in the world of fear
Burning on the beach of pain
R1: How do you feel
When your body’s broken down?
Does it seem like
When the world’s stopped spinning ‘round?
Middle Part: I do not know where I am from or why
I’ve nothing to show and nothing to hide
I’m stuck in the middle just wasting my time
On top of the mountain with no way to climb, oh year…
R2: Trying ‘till the end
‘till my time runs out
Trying ‘till the end
And when the time will come
I will see – that’s it!
Trying ‘till the end…
R1: How will I feel
When my body’s broken down?
… Swimming in a pool of tears…
… Floating in a river of sand…
What will it seem like
When the world stops spinning ‘round?
… Living in the world of fear…
… Burning on the beach of pain…
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SING-N-PLAY (SHARE YOURSELF)
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
Come over to my show… (As I’ve got something you need)
And if you share my pain… (You’ll be my partner)
Stay closer by my side… (I’ll never turn you away)
And if your wounds are bleeding… (I’ll be your vampire)
Congratulate yourself… (No one will do it for you)
Say something outloud…
R: Share yourself…
Share everything you got
But care yourself…
‘Coz All you got is not a lot
This song is not for money
It’s simply just to be with you… you…
No matter where you are… (I’m feeling closer apart)
No matter what you want… (I still can’t get it)
No matter where you from… (I’ll praise that place on the globe)
No matter what you think… (I’ll always get it)
Whatever you believe… (Don’t keep it to your own)
And when you’ve been let down…
R: Share yourself…
Share everything you got
But care yourself…
‘Coz All you got is not a lot
And when the paper on your table
Is blank and you go down again… ‘till the end…
CHORUS: And if you want it you can call it – SING-N-PLAY!
As I use it to express myself…
So I do the best that I can do… to you…
But maybe words are not enough for that…
Come over to my show… (As I’ve got something you need)
And if you share my pain… (You’ll be my partner)
No matter where you from… (I’ll praise that place on the globe)
No matter what you think… (I’ll always get it)
And when you’ve been let down…
This song is not for money
It’s simply just to be with you… you…
And when the paper on your table
Is blank and you go down again… ‘till the end…
CHORUS: And if you want it you can call it – SING-N-PLAY!
As I use it to express myself…
So I do the best that I can do… to you…
But maybe words are not enough for that…
(But maybe music is not enough for that…)
(But maybe words-n-music is not enough…)
… SING-N-PLAY!
… SING-N-PLAY!
… SING-N-PLAY!
… SING-N-PLAY!
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12. |
INSTEAD (BUT)
02:49
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INSTEAD (BUT)
(Music & Lyrics by Igor (aka Yegor) Belkin)
I'm never gonna be rich-n-famous
And hardly will succeed in my life
I'm stayin’ loud-n-funny-n-hairy
Singin’ my songs and havin’ some fun
They don’t obey me at mountain heights
Into the ocean diving too deep
And all the people I'm leavin' behind me
I can forget when I’m goin’ to sleep
I'm never gonna be rich (never ever)
And hardly will succeed in my life
I will remain noisy, funny and hairy
To play and sing to delight all of us
They don’t obey me to conquer the clouds
And I don't want me divin’ so deep
Into the troubles I’m leavin’ behind me
To be tranquil when I’m goin’ to sleep
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