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All the Great Things
03:20
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All The Great Things
All the great things happen
When you least expect them to happen
They happen to distract you from the shit that happens in your life
All the bad things happen
Cause’ you’re waiting for them to happen
They happen when you open your arms and
Invite them into your life
But all these things don’t matter
If you put on a happy face
No matter how your enemies, or friends
Or family think you should act like
Cause’ all the great things that happened
Through your life, have made you realize that you should have, could have,
would have done it all over again
And again, and again and again and again...
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Let’s sing a song tonight
Let’s drink till morning’s light
This is not paradise
Take what’s wrong and make it right
No need to justify
Regret or analyze
Just open up your eyes
Do what makes you satisfied
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The Robot Age
03:53
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The robot age
Big black mirror on the wall
Who’s the emptiest of them all?
Fictitious life spread on a facebook page
Welcome aboard to the robot age
Big black sister in the hall
Who’s the most racist of us all?
Dividing lines between us and them
Forgetting the fact that we are all the same
Chorus:
Ain’t no computers
Ain’t no cellulars
Ain’t no TV
Nowhere to escape
Ain’t no decisions
Ain’t no arguments
Ain’t no opinions
Ain’t no sides to take
Follow the leader, no matter where
Burn the witches, kill the snitches
Turn on the electric chair
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Jewish Girl
03:11
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Jewish Girl
I like the things you say
I like the way you pray
I like the clothes you wear
The way you fix your hair
I like the way you dress
The way you move your ass
I love the way you smell
You are my Jewish girl
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I like the way you tease
Getting me on my knees
How you make me beg
Even your dad agrees
I love the way you talk
Love the way you walk
How do you make me swirl
I love my Jewish girl
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La Mariquita
03:32
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La Mariquita
Mira que bella
Quiero estar co ella
No puedo ya sin ella
Voy conquistar la bella, ella
Mira la mariquita
Novea que chiquita
Prefiero la pequenita
aceptare la mamita mita
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Let’s keep our head up
Let’s turn it turn it up
What are you waiting for
Give me more, give me more
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Le Grand Bazar
05:34
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Le grand bazar
Il est temps qu’on change tous
Les temps qui changent
Prenons tous nos valises
Nos sacs à dos
Chaussures et les chameaux
Sont déjà prêts
Dirigeons-nous vers la route
Voilà on bouge
Ensemble nous arrivons
Plein de force
Avec gross force d'amur
C'est notre moteur
On arriveras nous tous
Nous tous ensembles
Vers notre grande but
Le grand changement
Marchons sans s'arrêter
Malgré la peur
Avec notre unite
On vainquera
Venez tous avec nous
Au grand voyage
Vènes nous tous ensembles
Ça sera génial
De Maputo on marche
Vers le Bamako
De Kinshasa en train
Vers le Campala
De Abu-Dabi on flotte
Vers la Jakarta
De Brazilia on monte
Vers la Bogota
Il est temps qu’on change tous
Les temps qui changent
Prenons tous nos valises
Nos sacs à dos
Malgré le mal la guerre
La soif, la faim
On marchera vers le grand /
Le grand bazar
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Punkfurt
01:29
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Too Little Too Late
03:00
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Too little too late
They say that I’m a late bloomer
That I should have woken up when i was young
But I have no room for regret, nor agony or debt
I’m only here to make some BALAGAN
Chorus-
I’m proud of all the things I got
With hard work and faith
But you keep always telling me
“Too little too late”
The way was long but i stayed strong
Destroyed and re-created
But still your voice inside my head
“Too little too late”
They say that I’m a daydreamer
Placing bets and staring at the sun
But I’m not here to amuse you,
Corrupt you or abuse you
Just do my thing and try to have some fun
Chorus-
I’m proud of all the things I got...
It’s true that I’m a bit different
Than all the other faces in the crowd
But i don’t intend to change
Adapt or re-arrange
I’ll prove you wrong, I’ll sing my song out loud
Chorus-
I’m proud of all the things I got...
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Catastrophic Life
03:40
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Catastrophic Life
Wake up in the morning go to wash my face
I brush my teeth I come my hair this day is great
I take my phone to text There is pain inside my chest
Got 27 calls from my angry ex
I take the kids to school
And I’m always late
We get into that argument you always hate
I’m trying to be correct understanding what you feel
I pay the bills, i take my pills, a lousy deal.
How did I find my self
In the back sit of your life?
Why did it feel so good
When u stabbed me with that knife?
Catastrophic life
Woke up in the morning, couldn’t feel my legs
I had this crazy dream we were having sex
Remember in our honey moon,
You tied me to the bed
Didn't let me go till I was playing dead
They tell me I'm possessed, and I think they're right
I smell your howling breath like a wolf at night
We’re fighting all the time ’cause you tell me that I’m vain
I got to see the kids before I go insane
My mother in law, the money I owe, the nightmares I had and the things that I saw
My body and soul, my life as a whole
The buzz in my ears and the ache in my throat
The lies that I make, the pills that I take
The bridges I break and the hands that I shake
The life that I leave the stuff that I give
The stories I tell and the smiles that I fake
How did I find my self
In the back sit of your life?
Why did it feel so good
When u stabbed me with that knife?
Catastrophic life
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Golden Tooth
03:31
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Golden Tooth
My father had a rule in life
If you don't steal, you don't survive
He didn't have so much to lose-
A wedding ring and a golden tooth
My mamma had some heavy bones
She killed ten burglars on her own
Finally, she had her share
Lost a fight to grizzly bear
My uncle owned a liqueur store
I used to wipe him of the floor
When I found him pale and blue
He had in his hand a pint of glue
My sister liked to wear a short dress
One day the neighbour grabbed her ass
Surprisingly she didn't care
Dress on the floor, legs in the air
Chorus
A wedding ring and a golden tooth
I haven't got so much to lose
No flashy car, no fancy home
This golden tooth is all i own
I'm staying here, don't want to leave
No better options up my sleeve
Anywhere else i'll be a clown
I've never left this shitty town
My barber had a thing for knives
He used to try them on his wife
He went too far and cut her ears
Now he's in jail for twenty years
My neighbour had a pizza place
So bad you wouldn’t dare to taste
When they came to shut him down
He took his own life with a plastic gun
My brother had a winning horse
Won his bets but lost his house
He found a coin that changed his luck
Got ran over by a pickup truck
My youngest son was not that bright
He couldn’t tell his left from right
Luckily, he had a gift
Made us proud as the village thief
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Can’t Get It Up
03:12
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Can’t Get It Up
All you want is making love
But i'm 55 in September
I'm a disappointment, I'm a flop
And my partner here is out of order
It’s not you it’s me, can’t you see?
You have a body like a pear tree
And you taste like a banana
But I'm expired baby, tough luck
Chorus
Can’t get it up can’t get it up
I can’t get it up, woman's going crazy
Can’t get it up can’t get it up
I can’t get it up, why is it so lazy?
Not sure if I'm up for the challenge
I can't find my pills of charm
Just a zip from the spring of youth and
I am back in my baby's arms
Im back in business, on top of my game
For 30 minutes I'm a superman
You can squeeze me like a lemon
Better use me while you can
Can’t get it up....
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Jewish Monkeys Tel Aviv, Israel
Jewish Monkeys are a wacky Kleizmer-Rock/Pop burlesque band from Tel Aviv. Their story begins way back in the 1970's, when
two of their singers meet in the Frankfurt Synagogue boy's choir and became best friends forever. Three decades later, joined by a third member, they become the deliciously irreverent trio they are today, dubbed The Jewish Monkeys.
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