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B i o g r a p h y
(by Official Label)

A Camp first drew breath in a forest in Northern Sweden, neck deep in snow, in the waning of the last millenium, amongst families of foxes.

It began a collabrative effort between two Swedish humans : pop star and former figure skater Nina Persson, whose band The Cardigans had seen crazy success in the roaring 90s, and Niclas Frisk, a outdoorsman and explorer who had himself enjoyed pop stardom with his band Atomic Swing. In common was a love for classic American music, and a melancholy both universal and somehow highly specific to the Scandinavian psyche.

It was imported maple syrup, chickory coffee, and the around-the-clock blackness that is the Swedish winter that fueled the first stage of A CAMP recording sessions, those that would eventually evolve into the self titled A CAMP debut record.

The duo recorded a collection of songs, and the project was suspended while they attended to other matters......in Nina's case, it was another Cardigans album (Gran Turismo) and tour. Niclas moved on to a temporary foyer into profane gospel music. Also in the cards for Nina was a move to New York City with future-husband and fellow rocker Nathan Larson, an american film composer who had known some modest success in the 90s with his band Shudder To Think.

After a span of about three years, Nina choose to saddle up again with A Camp. Listening to the earlier sessions, she found them wanting for a certain frailty......it was with this in mind that she picked up the phone and rang indie superhero Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, asking him to produce future A Camp recordings. Mark, at home on his ranch in rural Virginia, quietly accepted this task, changed the oil in his truck and drove north.

Recordings for the first A Camp record took place in the Fall, in Woodstock, New York, at the now-dufunct Bearsville studio. Work took place in a barn. Deer loitered on the lawn. Nathan played bass. Kevin March (Dambuilders/ Shudder To Think/ Guided By Voices) played drums. Mark made spooky noise, drove his Motoguzzi, and engaged in target practice. Nina sang, chain smoked, and read books on dream interpretation. Niclas flew in and played guitar like a hero, despite having sustained massive aural damage that obliged him to wear industrial ear protection. A small parade of indie rockers, members of Mercury Rev, Joan of the future Joanaspolicewoman came through and contributed their talents.

The resultant album was released in 2001 in Europe, where it was a considerable success, and a significant hit in Nina and Nic's home territory of Scandinavia. A CAMP toured extensively on the strength of the single I CAN BUY YOU : Nina's touring band included members of Soundtrack Of Our Lives as well as the above mentioned studio players. The album was awarded 4 Swedish Grammies, and met with much critical praise abroad and stateside, despite the record's availability only on import. And that was that, for the time being.

In late 2007, for no particular reason, A Camp was taken out of storage. This time around, what the first album had been to the country the second was to the urban back-alley, past and present. TImes had changed the cast a bit; Niclas had recently made the move to New York, went nocturnal, bought a top hat and a moleskin overcoat and commenced floating about the lower eastside. Nathan and Nina had moved uptown to Harlem. This time around, the approach was more that of a proper band, and the NYC recording sessions were swift and efficient, buffered by Nathan's increased involvement, who at this point was a highly accomplished film composer, and brought all his skills in the area to bear. Added to this Kevin March's supercharged drumming, despite or due to his newfound stay-at-home dad status. Joan Wasser, Nikolai Dunger, James Iha and other notables once again rounded out the cocktail.

If the first record was a mash up of americana and minimalist eclecticism, COLONIA draws from a wider set of colors, drawing on historical imagery.......from the opium den to the Belgian Congo, from the Namibian desert by starlight to Victorian New York by gaslight, and the Bowery of the '70s by neon.

If the debut album wore an air of wood, hickory and snow, COLONIA is electricity, wig powder, and laudanum.

A very particular perfume, Eau d'COLONIA.

Would you help me pack my bags, I might be leaving
I need some sweet assistance while i'm stealing
Some of your time
I hope that's fine

And i've got photographs of all, you're all i'm needing
Forgiveness if i left you all believing
That i'm the one 'cause i feel like none
And i need something to direct me to it

'Cause i'm a frequent flyer, a notorious liar
But i can't get close enough
I never get close
I can't get close enough

I would love to tell my story from the ending
But the story's getting thin from heavy spending
And i need my man, and i need a fence
And i need someone to protect me from the wrench

I'm a frequent flyer, a notorious liar
But i can't get close enough
I never get close
I can't get close enough to the ending

I can't get close enough
I can't get close enough
To the sun
I can't get close enough

I'm a frequent flyer, a notorious liar
But i can't get close enough
I never get close
I can't get close enough... it seems

A life of sanity and dignity
You know it takes two
And what's the use in being a millionaire
If i can't have you

I wanna buy you a home
I'll pay your friends if you're feeling alone
The pain of losing a guy like you
Is a bigger cost than paying your dues

I can buy you, oh yeah, oh yeah
But i can't make you do what you don't
And i can hire you, oh yeah, oh yeah
But i can't make you love me, i can't make you

You say i'd never go for a little
And i always need more
And you're a thousand-dollar playboy
That i just can't afford

But i guess you got me, oh oh
You got me hanging around for too long
I don't wanna stop it, oh no, oh no
I bet your life that it's with me you belong

And i can buy you, oh yeah, oh yeah
But i can't make you do what you don't
And i can hire you, oh yeah, oh yeah
But i can't make you love me, i can't make you care

So if i can't make you love me
If i can't make you care
What price can take me there in this world
Somebody told me cash is care

I didn't mean to force you, oh no
But i bet a fortune it's with me you belong

And i can buy you, oh yeah, oh yeah
But i can't make you do what you don't
And i can hire you, oh yeah, oh yeah
But i can't make you love me, i can't make you care

I can't take you there anymore...

Something's watching over me
There's someone in my house that i can't see
I've asked her many times to leave
She tells me she's not evil

In my hours of confidence
When feeling real and worthy of my friends
When i let go of my defence
She's waiting in a corner

Angel of sadness, leave me alone
Save me some hours to try on my own
When the music is over, the silence is on
You know i will be yours alone
So pick me up and carry me home

Life with her is getting hard
It's like i'm not the driver of my own car
I'm not the holder of my credit card
Oh jesus, make me sober

Misery comes and lovers go
I lose myself and sometimes i don't know
She says i've always told you so
But i'll stay with you forever

Angel of sadness, leave me alone
Save me some hours to try on my own
When the music is over, the silence is on
You know i will be yours alone
So pick me up and carry me home

Angel of sadness, angel of grief
Save me some hours, and please... Can you leave?
When the music is over, the silence is on
I'll be completely on my own
But i'll work it out and find me a home

I danced for a while
And my moves would make you smile
Oh, i loved you then
My dear chemical lover

You veiled me in your haze
Like a puppet in your lace
Amazing disgrace
From your silverspoon substance

You took me away, made monday a saturday
You stained me with love
And left me in dirty laundry
But i left my ground for a minute

Your body in my veins
Your power is what remains
You know i never had
Such a bad, bad comedown

You took me away, made monday a saturday
You stained me with love
And left me in dirty laundry
But i left my ground for a minute

My oh my...
You took pride in my fuck-up

I've been cursed and i've been hailed
I've blown it and i've inhaled
But i never had
Such a bad, bad comedown
Such a bad, bad comedown
Such a bad, bad comedown

The night is on the edge now
Hanging low against the tide
The world is at it's best now
When the loveless ones collide

It's a long night
A beautiful night
And we're the first leftovers
Of the night

I'm thinking about the last times
And the people i had to hurt
I wonder why they couldn't touch
And why i never gave it up

You weren't hard to find
You didn't run and hide
We were the first leftovers
Of the night, of the night

The silence is a burden
When you don't really want to talk
I'm trying really hard now
To set alight my sleepy heart

We made a pretty sight
It seems we've found some pride
In being the first leftovers
Of the night, of the night

And everything is alright now
Everything is alright now
Everything is alright

You're not what i was after
But i'm happy with what i found
To dream of new beginnings
When the end is all around

I think you're alright
You qualify
For being my...
Supernova

It's a gambling life
A lonely strife
But i think we're the best leftovers
Of the night, of the night

And everything is alright now
Oh, everything is alright now
Everything is alright

Try to remember, but my feelings can't know for sure
Try to reach out, but it's gone
Lucky stars in your eyes
I'm walking the cow

I really don't know how i came here
I really don't know why i'm staying here
Oh oh oh oh...
I am walking the cow

Try to point my finger, but the wind
Keeps blowing me around in circles, in circles
Lucky stars in your eyes
I'm walking the cow

I really don't know what i have to fear
I really don't know what i have to care for
Oh oh oh oh...
I am walking the cow

Lucky stars in your eyes...

In the morning and in the evening
When you think you're alone
Too many hours in your apartment
Has made me hard as a stone

I've tried to crack you, i told you you're the one
But you must have thought that i was gone
I told you a lot of lies just to get laid
But your heart is hard as a stone

You are vicious
But i'm a man
I'm gonna do what i can
To remain hard as a stone

That little pigeon, where did you find her?
I had to break her every bone
Eleven hours in your pool
No longer hard as a stone

She was delicious
Now i'm the star
If you wanna be what you are
You've got to be hard as a stone

You are mean
But i'm a man
It's not exactly what i planned
But it seems i'm hard as a stone

Why can't you just forget about algebra?
It's all about you now
And all your talk of logic and formula
Could never help you now, not anymore

'Cause you were always on the run
From the darkness in your heart
So you wear it on the outside
Of your chest

I have taken the liberty
To tell your ghost to go
Bribing them with sunlight and sympathy
They promised not to show for a while

'Cause you were always the little boy
Who couldn't keep it to yourself
So your heart is on the outside
Of your chest

At the speed of light
You moved inside my home
Nothing is alright
If you are still alone

And your heart
Is greater than
The sum of you
And everyone

But still you're always on the run
From the poison in your lungs
And your heart is on the outside
Of your chest

Baby brown, i think i need you now
To put me down and help me lift me up
Your shaking bones in my telephone
No good for anyone

Baby brown, so you think you know me now?
You tell me how and show me everything
Your wandering mind and your restless kind
I want you here to make some sound

Oh, silent night
Oh, holy night

Baby brown, now you're more than you mean to be
You're mean to me, you take away from me
My shaking bones in your telephone
Don't you hear that sound?

Oh, silent night
Oh, holy night
Oh, silent night
Oh, there's a hole in the night

Oh, silent night
Oh, holy night
Oh, silent night
Oh, there's a hole in the night

Here's my prayer, i'm getting nowhere
I'm stepping up the stairs, but falling behind, oh...
I'm a one-man show that nobody knows
My body sure knows, i'm wondering why, oh...

I can't go on singing this song
That the angels will not hear
The world is a hole from all that i stole
But there is still a little love in here

Few things will last
I did it too fast, but i'm learning to cry
Don't be a stepping stone
Get it all out, deliver it

Here's my weep, i'm digging too deep
I do believe in lies, i've got everything to hide, oh...
I'm young, i'm old, i do what i'm told
Cut open, unfold, but there's nothing inside, oh...

I can't go on singing this song
That the angels will not hear
The world is a hole from all that i stole
But there is still a little love in here

Few things will last
I did it too fast, but i'm learning to cry
Hey child, you dance too loud
Here is your limit

No, i can't go on singing this song
That the angels will not hear
The world is a hole from all that i stole
But there is so much love in here

Few things will last
I did it too fast, but i'm learning to cry
Don't be a stepping stone
Get it all out, deliver it

Here's my plead, my never-ending repeat
I'm a circular cry-baby with no-one to trust
I'm restless and mad and anciently sad
If someone wants to kill me, go ahead, but make it fast

Come on baby sing
Of the oddness of the lord
It's about time we sang
Of the strange ways of the lord
The oddness of the lord
The oddness of the lord

Come on baby sing
Of the oddness of the lord
The strange ways of the lord
The sacred and the cursed
It's never getting better, no no no
It's only getting worse

Come on people sing
Of the oddness of the lord
Everybody sing
Of the strange ways of the lord
The oddness of the lord
The sacred and the cursed

It's never getting better
No no no
It's only getting worse
It's never getting better, no no no
No no

Well, you know and you go
When i'm alone i have no cause
To think about the shit we used to know
Made of snow

Well you came, and you stayed
No-one here to raise a toast
Be my guest and i will be your host
To a rock'n'roll ghost, a rock'n'roll ghost

Well, you said she's better off dead
You think that i might have heard a word
But i was much too young, and much too cool for words
Look at me now

No-one here to raise a toast
Take me by the hand, man... Raise a toast
Or the rock'n'roll ghost
To a rock'n'roll ghost

We don't know until we're gone
There's no one here to raise a toast
I look into the mirror and i see
The rock'n'roll ghost, my rock'n roll ghost

The lonesome texas sun was setting low
And in the rearview-mirror i watched it go
I can still see the wind in her golden hair
I close my eyes - for a moment i'm still there

The bluest eyes in texas are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill the midnight sky, her memory fills my mind
Where did i go wrong? Did i wait too long? Or can i make it right?
The bluest eyes in texas are haunting me tonight

Another town, another hotel room
Another dream that ended way too soon
Left me lonely way before the dawn
Searching for the strength to carry on

The bluest eyes in texas are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill the midnight sky, her memory fills my mind
Where did i go wrong? Did i wait too long? Or can i make it right?
The bluest eyes in texas are haunting me tonight

For every heart you break
You pay the price
But i can't forget the tears
In her blue eyes

The bluest eyes in texas are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill the midnight sky, her memory fills my mind
Where did i go wrong? Did i wait too long? Or can i make it right?
The bluest eyes in texas are haunting me tonight

The bluest eyes in texas are haunting me tonight
The bluest eyes, the bluest eyes
Are haunting me
The bluest eyes... Tonight

I caught you smiling with pointed teeth
What once was beautiful has turned bitter and cheap
So now there's nothing i can do for you
But leave your roses out to die

I misbehaved
I'm in your way
I'm in your way
Like an elephant

Gentle smiling with pointed teeth
Now there's a war between my high hopes and me
So this is how you put an end to things?
By cutting throats with a smile?

I misbehaved
I'm in your way
In your way
Like an elephant

But in the corner of my mind
A little angel saying
Don't waste your love
You love too much

The Crowning

Brighten the corners and clear out the room
Colour the flowers in rose and maroon
Light up the fires and season the swine
We're gonna party like it's 1699
Slaughter the rabbits, the doves and the boars
And lay all the tables and open the doors
The crème-de-la-crème will be waiting on one guest of honour

Oh, up go the curtains
And down go the virgins
Oh, no, mothers are crying
Ladies of virtue will stand to accuse you of heartbreak and theft

Bells are gonna ring
Birds are gonna sing
Let the people begin
The crowning of your big head

Young drunken girls in a hideous dance
Sing a heartfelt lament of the death of romance
Beautiful boys turn and offer their cheeks
Preening and prancing, the outcome looks bleak
Good times are rolling but outside these walls
Our houses will crumble, this city will fall
But a few broken pawns don't mean nothing to our guest of honour

So let's raise our glasses to murderous asses like you
May you sleep soundly
Once we had laughter, you got what you're after
Oh, you wear it well

Bells are gonna ring
Birds are gonna sing
Let the people begin
Hear how the hearts are pounding
We're all witnessing the crowning
Of your big bleeding head

Bells are gonna ring
Birds are gonna sing
Let the people begin
Hear how their hearts are pounding
Your rise - nothing but astounding
We're all witnessing the crowning
Of your useless, ruthless head

Stronger than Jesus

Who told you love is the Alpha and Omega
And that your heart will lead you to the only one
It's a curse, it's the hammer that will break you
It's a poison hidden in a bonbon

Don't you know love is stronger than Jesus
Don't you know love can kill anyone
Bring it on, wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun

Can't resist them, the sailors and the soldiers
Taking aim, a rabbit on a rifle range
Pay no mind to what your mama told you
You're the fool who's chasing down the candy cane

It's a riddle how lovers can stay alive
That we bloom and breed and multiply

Don't you know love is stronger than Jesus
Don't you know love can kill anyone
So bring it on, wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun
Oh no, oh no

See the people heading for disaster
Standing in line just looking for a little fun
Love is a fire, a hot hot blaster
And we're the Belgians burning in the Congo sun

We're believers trusting strangers
Any monkey looking like a saviour
It's a riddle how
We're still living now
Oh, how little we know, oh

Don't you know love is stronger than Jesus
Don't you know love can kill anyone
So bring it on, wars and diseases
You know that love can do you like a shotgun

Bear On The Beach

Iris in the morning rain sitting in a sea
It's hard to tell the blues apart
She's salty just like me
She thinks she's on an island or she wishes that she were
She thinks she hears the sirens but I think it's only
Iris in the morning rain sitting in a sea

She didn't wanna see, the fruit was out of reach
She's caught between the ocean and the bear upon the beach
Imaginary waves could never drown you
And I didn't want to tell her
I didn't wanna tell her

Iris on a ladder
Climbing closer to the sky (Iris)
Rising from the grind
She is a quitter just like I (I rise)
Sitting on a rooftop, watching molecules collide
Safe above it all, she's drinking mercury on ice
Iris on a ladder
Climbing closer to the sky (Iris)

She didn't wanna see, the stars were out of reach
She's caught between the ocean and the bear upon the beach
Imaginary Gods could never save you
And I didn't wanna tell her
I didn't wanna tell her

She didn't wanna see, the stars were out of reach
She's caught between the ocean and the bear upon the beach
Imaginary Gods could never save you
But I didn't wanna tell her
I didn't wanna tell her

Didn't wanna tell her

Love Has Left The Room

Love has left the room
The party is over but I can't get sober
Obsession is towing me deep down, down

Love has left the room
It fled out the back door
When all that I asked for
Was forever more or a real bye bye
It didn't say bye bye

And I'll let go if you just tell me
Give back the pieces of dreams that you sell me
They trick my mind
I'll let go if you just let me
I will forget you if you will forget me
I'll slip your mind
I will slip your mind

Tie me to the mast
Cast me in irons, I hear the sirens
They sing of desire - the fatal kind
This love is my last
My final possession, most violent caress
It's a beautiful mess and it's deep down, down
It's really deep down, down

And I'll let go if you just tell me
Give back the pieces of dreams that you sell me
They trick my mind
I'll let go if you just let me
I will forget you if you will forget me
I'll slip your mind
I will slip your mind

Once it settles down
And the fire has burned out
What do you think you'll find
Poking through the embers
Memories that sting
Little splinters of your doubt
Things that you can't live without
So why die
Give back the pieces of dreams
That you sell me and trick my mind
I'll let go if you just let me
I will forget you if you will forget me
I'll slip your mind
I will slip your mind ...

Golden Teeth And Silver Medals

Nina Persson:
Anybody tell you that there is no resale value
When your romance goes to hell
You better say farewell to what you thought was wealth

Nikolai Dunger:
Ever get the feeling that the paint has started peeling
Are you staring at the ceiling of your castle
Dreaming that you're someone else

Nina: Would you like to meet me in this song
Nikolai: I've been hoping to
Nina: Would you like to come and prove me wrong
Nikolai: No, I'll agree with you

Both:
Golden teeth and silver medals
Beauty marks and scars
That is what we got
Raindrops in a reservoir
And minutes in a jar
That is what we got

Nina:
Maybe if I had another drink
I'd see the pattern
In the blinking of the traffic lights
Do you think you're happy, Nikolai

Nikolai:
I don't know the answer, Nina
Life is like a melody
A pendulum that swings between the major and the minor
It's a lullaby

Nina: Now I'm so glad I met you in this song
Nikolai: It's just a breath I'll throw
Nina: I'm so glad you're here to sing along
Nikolai: My voice into the flow

Both:
Golden teeth and silver medals
Beauty marks and scars
That is what we got
Raindrops in a reservoir
And minutes in a jar
That is what we got

Nina: I'm a little worried that the worst is yet to come
Nikolai: I'm afraid they'll leave us out here, melting in the sun
Nina: We'll be second best until we know
Both: We have won

Nina: But until we do, we'll sing this song
Nikolai: Till we know we've won
Nina: We'll sing until our need for it is gone
Nikolai: We'll be singing this song

Both:
Golden teeth and silver medals
Beauty marks and scars
That is what we got
Raindrops in a reservoir
And minutes in a jar
That is what we got

Both:
Golden teeth and silver medals
Beauty marks and scars
That is what we got
Raindrops in a reservoir
And minutes in a jar
That is what we got

Here Are Many Wild Animals

The route of our journey is traced out in pink
A map of the continents waiting to sink
We're an army in training, me and my band
Making camp in the evenings, grazing the land

We're never alone here
There is lots of unknown here in the brush
Here are many wild animals

We follow the highway through the forest of sparks
They grouped us in twos when we boarded the ark
Shipped off to a city stripped of our tongues
Now we live in a playground eating our young

We're never alone here, no
There's lots of unknown here in the crowd
Here are many wild animals

They're dropping the bomb!
They're dropping the bomb!

Like in the beginning
The number is three
It's a small party of roaches, scorpions and me

Forever alone here
There's lots of unknown here in the glow
Here are many wild animals

Come little kitty
Come little elephant
Come, come hither
Be with your mama
Come little bastard
Come little millionaire
Come, come faster
This is America
Come little rodent
Come little carnivore
Eat your dinner

Chinatown

Every town has a secret heart that beats
And every citizen, an underground
I set my clock to a bootleg meter and
Broken hands spin around and round

I'm on my way just like every day
To get milk and kerosene
But my reflection in the butcher's window isn't me
I freeze

This is Chinatown
A state of mind
This is Chinatown
A state of mind

The sky was blue but I wouldn't know
I was counting cracks in the concrete
I memorised them from A to B
A choreography, a part of me

It's not the future, it's not the past, it's not now
The price will double if you try to look them in the eye
Don't ask why

'Cause this is Chinatown
A state of mind
This is Chinatown
A state of mind
In Chinatown

Read my fortune in my metro card
You'll see nothing if you search too hard
Read my fortune in my metro card
You'll see nothing if you search too hard

My America

Darling, darling
The moon went out tonight
And I'm caught like a doe in your headlights
Oh yeah, alright
I'm yours to knock around
I'm a little too star-struck to wanna fight

It's a cold-hearted world
I'm gonna be your girl
It's a little too late to cry
You're my America

Not quite Snow White
It came down all night
And put a filter of ash on the sunrise
Oh, yeah, alright
Move a little bit closer
Lay your big dirty hands on my innocence

It's a cold-hearted world
I'm gonna be your girl
It's just a little too late to cry
You're my America

Oh, heaven laughs at us now, baby
We'll be shooting it down, honey
It's a little too late to hope and pray for a miracle
You're my America

Hey rockstar
You're my America
Hey rockstar
You're my America

You're my America

I Signed The Line

Don't send me letters in bottles anymore
And don't come a-knocking or darken my door
We've got a contract - devotion nevermore
We're legally bonded in richness and in poor

I signed the line that was dotted
I like to end what I started
I signed the line and I realise
A lot of lies were written in letters
And bottles, they tend to run aground

Don't give me platinum to weight down my wrist
I've got injunctions so cease and desist
I've got a bottle, a ball and the chain
But you have the one thing of value that remains

I signed the line that was dotted
I like end what I started
There's too much I need
I got to plead insanity
So don't give me platinum
It's just weighs me down

I signed the line and I realise
A lot of lies were written in letters
And bottles, they tend to run aground

It's Not Easy To Be Human

It's not easy to be human anymore
And what used to please me
Just don't please me anymore

Animals kill in the jungle
People would like to
But it's not easy to be human anymore

Animals kill in the jungle
People would like to
But it's not that easy to be human anymore

The Weed Had Got There First

For reasons that I don't understand
I was out with a shovel in my hand
If someone's seen me let me know
I must have been looking for sand or snow

I had a garden on my mind
Ivy was growing around my spine
I lost a needle in the hay
I'm hoping I'll never need it anyway

I wanted to plant
A little seed
To fertilise the dirt
I didn't see the sleeping weed
The weed had got there first

Boys Keep Swinging

(David Bowie cover / Love Has Left The Room EP)

Heaven loves ya
The clouds part for ya
Nothing stands in your way
When you're a boy

Clothes always fit ya
Life is a pop of the cherry
When you're a boy

When you're a boy
You can wear a uniform
When you're a boy
Other boys will check you out
You get a girl
These are your favourite things
When you're a boy

Boys
Boys
Boys keep swinging
Boys always work it out

Uncage the colours
Unfurl the flag
Luck just kissed you hello
When you're a boy

They'll never clone ya
You're always first on the line
When you're a boy

When you're a boy
You can buy a home of your own
When you're a boy
Learn to drive and everything
You'll get your share
When you're a boy

Boys
Boys
Boys keep swinging
Boys always work it out

When you're a boy

Boys
Boys
Boys keep swinging
Boys always work it out

( I can buy you EP )

I met a boy called charlie charlie
On the fourth of september last year
He was twenty-one, and once a teenage star
So sweet in the way he appeared, in the way he appeared

Charlie charlie
He was a trip into the wild and the free
Got high on drinks and being rock'n'roll dreams
We shared the days and nights 'til one morning he showed me

I fell in love with charlie charlie
It felt like the right thing to do
With his careless charm and his jaded eyes
I know you would have fallen too, you would have fallen too

Charlie charlie
He was a trip into the wild and the free
Got high on drinks and being rock'n'roll dreams
We shared the days and nights 'til one morning he showed me

Charlie charlie
Went for an errand at the end of the street
He stole my heart, but if you happen to meet
You tell him i don't want the money that he owes me

I just want to know what went through him
'Cause i could never know
Even though i thought i knew him
Charlie charlie, what are you doing to me?

Charlie charlie
He's got my credit card and hasn't been seen
He stole my heart, but if you happen to meet
You tell him i don't want the money - no, i just want him

I've Done It Again

(Grace Jones cover / The A Camp Covers EP)

I was on the first ship to Peru
Charted all the courses like all sailors do
First to cross the Mason-Dixon line
Overseeing wetbacks for good californian wine

And I've done it again, done it again, done it again
And I've done it again, done it again, done it again

I was there when Jenny Lind first sang
First to feel the cold Alaskan white man
First to take a trip on LSD
First to vote for Roosevelt back in '33

And I've done it again, done it again, done it again
And I've done it again, done it again, done it again

Yes, I've seen it, yes, I've seen it
And if you're feeling good, you know I feel it
Yes, I feel it

And I've done it again, done it again, done it again
And I've done it again, done it again, done it again
And I've done it again, done it again, done it again
And I've done it again, done it again, done it again

( Song for the leftovers EP )

Oh, my misery is a mystery
She's my mistress when she's with me
And i miss her when she's history
Oh, my misery is a mystery

Oh, mysterious delirious
Why is happiness so furious?
And it is tiring to be curious
My euphoria is dangerous

Oh, how glorious to sleep
In between our raging days
It's the sweetest relief

Holy moses, life is roses
Just be vary of the process
Give it water in small doses
And cut it down when it's ferocious

Oh, my misery is a mystery
She's my mistress when she's with me
And i miss her when she's history
Oh, my misery is a mystery

On The Beach

(Neil Young cover / Live at KB, Mälmo)

The world is turning, I hope it don't turn away
The world is turning, I hope it don't turn away
All my pictures are falling from the wall where I placed them yesterday
The world is turning, I hope it don't turn away

I need a crowd of people
But I can't face them day to day
I need a crowd of people
But I can't face them day to day, day
Though my problems are meaningless
That don't make them go away
I need a crowd of people
But I can't face them day to day.

I went to the radio interview
But I ended up alone at the microphone, yeah
I went to the radio interview
But I ended up alone at the microphone, yeah

Now I'm living out here on the beach
But those seagulls are still out of reach
I went to the radio interview
But I ended up alone at the microphone, yeah

Get out of town
I think I'll get out of town, yeah
Get out of town
I think I'll get out of town

I head for the sticks with my bus and my friends
I follow the road, though I don't know where it ends

Get out of town
I think I'll get out of town

'Cause the world is turning
I don't want to see it turn away, away
'Cause the world is turning
I don't want to see it turn away

The world is turning
The world is turning
The world is turning

I danced for a while
And my moves would make you smile
Oh, i loved you then
My dear chemical lover

You veiled me in your haze
Like a puppet in your lace
Amazing disgrace
From your silverspoon substance

You took me away, made monday a saturday
You stained me with love
And left me in dirty laundry
But i left my ground for a minute

Your body in my veins
Your power is what remains
You know i never had
Such a bad, bad comedown

You took me away, made monday a saturday
You stained me with love
And left me in dirty laundry

But I was happy and pretty
I floated and I touched your neck, Billy Sky

My oh my...
You took pride in my fuck-up

I've been cursed and i've been hailed
I had a shot and I've inhaled
But i never had
Such a bad, bad comedown
Such a bad, bad comedown
Such a bad, bad comedown

I walked on every road now
I followed the signs
I'm traveling on my own now
No peace of mind
I have a bad devastation
I try and I try
My final departure is here
I'm leaving endless black tunnels
For a wide open field
I'm blank and I'm out of here
I'm waiting for a train of salvation
To be bleeding with a glow into my head
To know my very needs and my station
And to try a fairytale revolution
My charm collects a spider
Eternal relief
I know there is a spider engine of peace
To change my desperate moment
In the timetable room
And take me to the end of the line
I got a no return ticket
To the station of saint
I'm broke, but my ride divine
I'm waiting for a train of salvation
To be bleeding with a glow into my head
To know my very needs and my station
And to try a fairytale revolution
I have a bad devastation
Being reason or rhythm
But it seems that I'm finally on time
Because the platform is shaking
The concrete is cracking
I'm leaving it all behind
I'm waiting for a train of salvation
To be bleeding with a glow into my head
To know my very needs and my station
And to try a fairytale revolution

Us And Them

(Pink Floyd cover / Love Has Left The Room EP)

Us
And them
And after all
We're only ordinary men

Me
And you
God only knows
It's not what we would choose to do

Forward he cried from the rear
And the front rank died
And the general sat and the lines on the map
Moved from side to side

Black
And blue
And who knows which is which
And who is who

Up
And down
And in the end it's only round and round
And round

Haven't you heard it's a battle of words
The poster bearer cried
Listen son, said the man with the gun
There's room for you inside

Down
And out
It can't be helped
But there's a lot of it about

With
Without
And who'll deny
It's what the fighting's all about

Out of the way, it's a busy day
And I've got things on my mind
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died