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7 SONGS AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

by VELVET ASHES

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1.
BEEN TRYING HARD 04:29
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Tell me how to say I want you By my side to touch and kiss your Slender neck, purple lips But I fear I’d smudge your lipstick Scratch your neck or you may get sick Cause of my, clumsy try I’ve been trying hard you know To make you notice me This song is proof enough to show My feelings are for real I’ll show you how much love I’ve got to Give you day and night and tattoo Your blue eyes, on my thighs Would even take you out on Friday Write poems and maybe an essay On your sweet, lovely feet I’ve been trying hard you know To make you notice me This song is proof enough to show My feelings are surreal
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DON'T LISTEN TO THIS SONG 02:52
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Don’t listen to this song Unless you want to cry But I don’t want to see Your pretty face in Tears are running down your cheek Pondering your loss Now that I am gone Now that you’re Alone that’s now what you are You’ve taken it too far Let others judge your deed We’re through once and for all And now you’re sorry You say you want me back Want to hit the sack with me And you’re sorry You’ve got a aching heart You feel torn apart For me Don’t try to prove me wrong You cannot write a song As good as this one here So save your words but Always keep me in your dreams Cause that’s where we can meet That’s where we’re complete That’s where you love Me until the end of time Is slipping through my hands Don’t wanna be just friends I need you by my side And now I’m sorry I wish I’d never sung this song here all along for you And I’m sorry I may have acted queer I’ve never been quite here For you Tears are running down my cheek Pondering my loss Now that you are gone Now that I’m alone
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YOUR HEAD ON MY PILLOW 04:36
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I’ve seen you around I feel that I have found Someone so profound And beautiful at once I like the way you walk I like the way you talk To me around the clock But I want something more Come home with me Cause I want to see The person under that skirt Then you agree I first have to pee When I come back into the room I switch off the lights I pull back the sheets and Right on my pillow you sleep You even snore My God what a bore and Right on my pillow you sleep so tight You linger on my mind You’re one of a kind I cannot help I find You exceptionally cute I like the way you talk I like the way you walk Barefoot on a rock You’re so cool and brave So come home with me And make love to me Inaugurate me to your world Here is the key To my dormitory I surely will be right with you I switch off the lights I pull back the sheets and Right on my pillow you sleep You even snore My God what a bore and Right on my pillow you sleep so tight
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WHY DON'T BUY ARMANI ANYMORE 05:10
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Yesterday I got her letter She writes that she would be better If she was a ghost somewhere off the coast Or any other place I couldn't get her Or any other place I couldn't get her When I once was at the end of my tether I ran into this girl named Heather She was young and fair and she had golden hair And she tickled me at night with a feather I promised that I'd never forget her I promised that I would never let her Out of my heart, out of my heart In sunshine or in rainy weather She brushed my hair She washed my face With morning dew Heather, I wasn't that clever Heather, let's get back together Heather, I wasn't that clever Heather, let's get back together But yesterday I got her letter She writes that she would be better If she was a ghost somewhere off the coast Or any other place I couldn't get her Or any other place I couldn't get her I don't know what it was that upset her Was it my Armani sweater I pawned my wedding ring to buy the goddamn thing I thought I would look so much better Now life without her is an endeavour This was meant to last forever It's all Giorgio's fault that I was enthralled And our love has been pushed through a shredder She brushed my hair She washed my face With morning dew Heather, I wasn't that clever Heather, let's get back together Heather, I wasn't that clever Heather, let's get back together Heather, I wasn't that clever Heather, let's get back together Heather, I wasn't that clever Heather, let's get back together
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TRUE TALL STORY 02:52
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Hey you I got a tall story to tell It’s true Except the facts may be wrong I saw Right on the porch of my house A squaw Wearing a polka dot skirt Why on earth Would someone wear A polka dot skirt? She said I got it from my mother-in-law Too bad The dots didn’t match with her shoes Okay Got a can of paint in the fridge Child’s play To solve the problem right now Why on earth Would someone wear Shoes that don’t match her skirt? I wish I didn’t have to tell you this Fresh fish Is what I got for fixing her dots I swear I learnt my lesson that day Don’t care ’bout mismatching shoes no more Why on earth Would someone give me A bucketful of fish
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FICTIONAL LIVES 03:44
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I’ve seen you walking, pushing a stroller It’s been a thousand years or a bit more You’ve got some more wrinkles, in the eyes still a twinkle There’s now a grey streak in your once pitchblack hair I know you’ve been round, seeing the world It seems to me that you’ve seen enough You’ve got yourself married, you’ve got 16 children But you don’t have me, now that’s hard to ignore Who would you be if you had chosen me Would I be true if I had chosen you Who would you be if you had chosen me Would I be true if I had chosen you We’d live in a castle, have plenty of servants A waiter would fall in love with you I’d go fishing daily and play ukulele And wouldn’t care we’d be drifting apart We’d grow old together, look after each other Have cats and dogs and a budgerigar I’d sprinkle the lawn while you pickle a swan That would keep our bellies full for a year Who would you be if you had chosen me Would I be true if I had chosen you Who would you be if you had chosen me Would I be true if I had chosen you We’d live on the streets, hustle for food You’d carry a sickly child in your arms Wearing rags, looking for shelter A dying spark of hope in our hearts Who would you be if you had chosen me Would I be true if I had chosen you Who would you be if you had chosen me Would I be true if I had chosen you
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RUN TO ME 03:20
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Dream on my sweetheart Dream on bout me and see how the tide recedes I’ve never felt closer Closer to you Than now that we’re fading away So take your courage and run Take all your courage and run, run to me I’ll dream on my darling I’ll dream about you and see how our our shattered hopes bleed You’ve never felt closer Closer to me Than now at the end of our way I’ll take my courage and run I’ll take all my courage and run, run to you

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This demo CD was recorded in a makeshift basement studio in winter 2011/12. All songs written by Nico Spahni and performed by Velvet Ashes.

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released April 17, 2012

Nico Spahni: guitar, vocals, banjo
Marie Alexis: vocals & percussion
Simon Mathys: accordion, blues harp on True Tall Story, background vocals on Fictional Lives

Mixed and mastered by Klaus Grimmer

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Velvet Ashes Winterthur, Switzerland

Velvet Ashes have been playing in the field of acoustic singer-songwriter Indie folk since 2009. Influenced by a wide range of music styles but without being restricted by any one of them, guitar, mandolin, violin and bass underpin the mostly two-part vocal line. The song texts unfold tales of heart-wrenching tragedy and subtle comedy that could have been taken from real life. ... more

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