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RIGTINGBEFOK

by DIE LEMME

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HEAT OF SEPTEMBER NI-NI-NI-NI-A-NI-NI…… I’M NOT SURE IF THOSE PLACES ARE COLD, BUT HERE IT’S HOT, THAT’S WHAT WE’VE GOT, YOU KNOW, IT RAINS, BEES, POLLEN, SPRING IS QUICK - YOU WERE RIGHT AGAIN AND IT’S NOT A TRICK, I JUST DON’T KNOW IF THOSE PLACES ARE THERE OR NOT – OR COLD OR HOT. YOU REMEMBER SEPTEMBER I’M SURE, OR PERHAPS YOU’RE STILL HERE, IN THE AIR, LIKE LAST NIGHT WHEN THAT ELECTRIC-LONE-WOLF SAT AND CRIED AGAIN, AS THEY BUST INTO SOMEONE LIVING INSIDE AGAIN. NO-ONE CAME, I NEVER WENT, I WONDERED WHAT YOU WOULD DO…. UNDER FIRECRACKERS YOU NEVER SHOWED FEAR BUT THESE DOGS GET SO, HEY, WELL, YOU KNOW HOW….. OH, NO, WAIT, YOU NEVER MET – BUT THEY DON’T GO, YOU KNOW, TO THE FIRESHOCKSHOW WHERE CRACKERS CACKLE AND YACKLE THE SKY, THOUGH THEY BARK THE DANGER RIGHT ON BY (ARF ARF ARF)…. CHRISTMAS MORNING THE CHURCH BELL PRAYED IN THE AIR, SOME CAME AND SOME OTHERS ARE STILL THERE – WHERE YOU GREW OLDER, RE-TOLD THE BOOK OF BRILLIANT THINGS. THEN WHEN WARM GREW COLDER, YOU SAID – HEY, MAYBE ALL OF THAT STUFF ISN’T EVEN THERE….. (IN THE HEAT) I SAID………………….. WHAT?! (OF SEPTEMBER) FROM FALLING OVER, UP YOU GOT. YOU STOOD UP, EVEN WHEN YOU COULD NOT. UP YOU GOT, HEY, UP YOU GOT. TODAY IT SEEMED MY EYES WERE WET, DID YOU ALREADY KNOW WHY I COULDN’T SING, THOUGH I TRIED AND BEFORE I FORGET, THIS IS WHY IT’S HARDER THIS TIME – WHEN THE LOVE’S GOT SO GOOD – TO SAY TO THE LOVED ONE………………… GOODBYE. BUT YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR THAT! AND I’D RATHER SHARE A SMILE, SOMETHING PASSING BY, BUT THIS SONG STARTED COMING ON STRONG – IS THIS TAKING TOO LONG? ARE YOU IN SEPTEMBER, MAYBE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER – YOU WILL BE PASSING, PICK ME UP LAUGHING, SEE I WASN’T CHAFFING, THAT STUFF IS STILL THERE, ANYWHILE YOU MAY BE NEARBY, APRIL, NOVEMEMBER, SEPTEMBER…. (IN THE HEAT) JANUARY, FEBRUARY………..(OF SEPTEMBER) - IN THE HEAT OF SEPTEMBER…. YOU KNOW I PICKED UP THE PHONE, I FORGOT YOU WEREN’T THERE. THE HEAT OF SEPTEMBER COMES CRACKING DOWN ON THE EGGS AS THEY HATCH, HERE COMES A NEW BATCH – IN THE HEAT OF SEPTEMBER. IN THE HEAT, THE HEAT OF SEPTEMBER. I’M FINDING I’M DYING TO SEE YOU SOMEWHERE – I’M TRYING RELYING ON A SOUND FROM SOMEWHERE. THERE’S NO POINT DENYING THAT THIS IS STUPEFYING, ‘CAUSE I STILL FEEL YOU EVERYWHERE! THAT’S WHY I PICKED UP THE PHONE, I FORGOT THAT YOU WEREN’T HOME…. IN THE HEAT – OF SEPTEMBER. IN THE HEAT, OF SEPTEMBER….. I’M FINDING I’M DYING TO SEE YOU SOMEWHERE – I’M TRYING RELYING ON A SOUND FROM SOMEWHERE. THERE’S NO POINT DENYING THAT THIS IS STUPEFYING, ‘CAUSE I STILL FEEL YOU EVERYWHERE!
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IT DOESN’T MAKE A SOUND LAST NIGHT I WATCHED THE TAIL-LIGHTS OF THE LAST BUS OUT OF TOWN WET WOODEN SEATS, THOSE EMPTY STREETS, THE CHAIN-LOCKED SHOP, THAT SHOP CLOSED DOWN CHORUS: AND WHEN YOU FALL - DOWN WHEN YOU FALL - IT DOESN’T MAKE A SOUND THE MORNING COMES, THE SAD-SUN SAYS STAY IN BED, ‘CAUSE LATER THERE’LL BE RAIN THE PILLOW IS THE SPACE TO PLACE YOUR HEAD, TODAY WILL JUST BE ONE MORE STAIN…………. (REPEAT CHORUS) WHEN YOU FALL IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO’S AROUND WHEN YOU FALL, YOU FALL DOWN WHEN YOU FALL, YOU NEVER HIT THE GROUND WHEN YOU FALL, IT DOESN’T MAKE A SOUND THE BROKEN FRAME – THE COLOURWATER TRIES TO HIDE THE JAGGED FLOOR THE HOLES, THE SPACE, THE PLACE TO TRACE THE WAY IS NOW THE WHY, BEFORE REPEAT CHORUS X2
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SKY BLUE SKY 04:05
SKY, BLUE SKY. WELL I HAVEN’T SEEN YOU WHEN THIS IS GONE AND WILL IT HURT NOW THAT ONE AND ONE MAKE ONE WORDS SPEAK LIKE A SPLASHING BROOK, TINKLING BELLS AND I CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR KISSES, TOUCH MY CHEEK I THINK I’M CRYING THIS FLASH OF BEAUTY IN THIS NEST OF SIN WIND CHIMES, SOFTLY FALLING SKY, THOSE SILVER SOUNDS YOU’VE GOT A TOUCH, SO SOFT – AND I CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR KISSES, TOUCH MY CHEEK, I THINK I’M CRYING. AND LOVE IS WATER – AND LOVE IS LOVE FORM CHANGING FORM OVER TIME SKY, BLUE SKY – WE’VE GOT STEAM AND WATER AND ICE THOUGH I HAVEN’T SEEN YOU WHEN THIS IS GONE IS THIS SCARE TO CARE, TO BE CARED FOR? ALWAYS MOVING ASIDE, CLOSING THE DOOR I’M NEVER SURE WHAT TO TAKE AND WHAT TO LEAVE FORM CHANGING FORM, OVER TIME…….. AND LOVE IS WATER – AND LOVE IS LOVE X2.
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CORRUGATED IRON. JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK I’M MADE OF IRON, DON’T THINK YOU CAN BEND ME JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK I’M BROKEN OPEN, DON’T THINK YOU CAN MEND ME MAYBE YOU’RE STAINLESS STEEL, BUT YOU’RE TOO EXPENSIVE AND YOU MAKE TOO MANY RULES AND YOU TREAT ME LIKE SHIT LIKE I’M CORRUGATED IRON, THAT’S IT I’M A CAR AFTER A CAR SMASH, I’M A ROOF, WAITING FOR THE EGGS TO HATCH I’M A WALL, I CAN FALL - I CAN BE MOVED SOMETIMES IN A STACK AND SOMETIMES I AM THIN - I’M CORRUGATED IRON IN THE DUSTBIN MAYBE YOU’RE STAINLESS STEEL, BUT I DON’T REALLY KNOW I AM CORRUGATED IRON……………… SO? JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK I’M TOO FAR GONE. DON’T THINK YOU CAN SEND ME WHEN YOU REQUIRE MORE DESIRE, DON’T THINK YOU CAN EXTEND ME MAYBE YOU’RE STAINLESS STEEL, BUT YOU’RE TOO EXPENSIVE AND YOU MAKE TOO MANY RULES AND YOU TREAT ME LIKE SHIT, I AM CORRUGATED IRON THAT’S IT! INSTRUMENTAL. I’M A SQUATTER CAMP, PEOPLE LIVE IN ME I’M A FLYING PIECE OF TIN, I CUT ONE INTO THREE I’M BENT, I’VE BEEN IN THE FIRE AND THE ICE WHEN I’M AGAINST THE WALL, I AM WAITING ‘TIL YOU SEE WHERE, OR WHEN, YOU CAN USE ME. MAYBE YOU’RE STAINLESS STEEL, BUT I DON’T REALLY KNOW I AM CORRUGATED IRON…..SO…….SO…….. SO……. S-S-S-SO-SO-OOOH, SO, WHAT!?
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STANDING ON AIR. TELEVISION SHOWS ME WHERE TO GO - STILL, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW INFORMATION FROM A FRIEND - THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD, BUT HE’S MANAGING TO MEND CHORUS: SO WE KEEP ON LOOKING, LOOKING HERE AND THERE - ARE WE ALWAYS GOING TO BE - STANDING ON AIR? WE LEFT OUR PLACE OF BIRTH, FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH - WHEN THE GANGS AND THE WAR BLEW IN THROUGH OUR DOORS - FUNDAMENTALISTS! TAKE AND RAPE AND MURDER, IS THE CURRENCY OF SADISTS - I LOST MY HEAD WHEN I LOST MY WIFE - THEY BURNED HIS CHILD, ONE MATCH MATCHES ONE LIFE - TRY TALKING TO A PIRATE WHEN THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN SAY - THERE’S NO WAY WE COULD STAY, IT’S BEEN FIFTEEN YEARS TODAY. REPEAT CHORUS NEITHER HERE, NOR THERE, STANDING ON THE AIR. YOU KNOW THEY CAN’T COME HERE – HE SAYS THERE’S NO POINT GOING THERE. WHEREVER HE MAY BE, IS WHERE IT’S SAFER NOT TO SAY. WE DISAPPEAR INTO NOWHERE, IT’S JUST BETTER THAT WAY………. STANDING ON THE AIR WE CAN NEVER GO HOME – AND THEY NEVER WANT US WHERE - WE DESPAIR, WINDBLOWN! NOW FEET KEEP MOVING, LOOKING HERE AND THERE, SEEMS WE’RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE – STANDING ON AIR…………… AH, UH, AH…………… INSTRUMENTAL: - R A D I O RADIO SHOW TALK LIKE THEY KNOW- WHY THE BARBED WIRE BORDER IS NOT THE WAY TO GO - I WISH I COULD LAUGH, BUT THAT MIGHT MEAN I CARE - AND ANYWAY I’VE GOT TO USE THE DARK TO FIND SOME FOOD SOMEWHERE- SOMEDAY, MAYBE, WE’LL – LAND SOMEWHERE. OR WITH MORE AND MORE OF US DAILY, WE’LL JUST RUN OUT OF AIR…….. STANDING ON, STANDING ON, TRY LANDING ON THE AIR. THOUGH WE PLEAD, THEY’VE GOT THEIR OWN ALIEN WEED. STRANGERS ARE DANGERS, EVEN DOWN ON KNEES, PRAYING – PLEASE DON’T SEND US BACK INTO THE SEAS! REPEAT CHORUS FEET KEEP MOVING, LOOKING HERE AND THERE- ARE WE ALWAYS GOING TO BE………………… STANDING ON - AIR!
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ANYWAY 05:16
ANYWAY. JA, JA, ANYWAY…………. THINGS WILL HAPPEN IN THEIR OWN SWEET TIME YOU PAY YOUR MONEY AND YOU STAND IN LINE THINGS WILL BE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE – FROM THE DEAD SEA, TO THE SEA OF TRANQUILITY THINGS WILL HAPPEN IN THEIR OWN SWEET WAY – YOU MAY MAKE CHOICES, BUT YOU’VE REALLY GOT NO SAY. THINGS WILL BE WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE – THE STRESS OF STRIFE IS AN OCEAN OF FUTILITY – ANYWAY….. ANYWAY, YOU LOSE YOUR LIFE – IT’S NOT YOUR TIME, IT’S NOT MY TIME- IT’S JUST SOME TIME TO SPEND SOME TIME – AND WHEN YOU’RE GONE – TIME CARRIES ON, YOU’RE JUST A PHOTOGRAPH, PERHAPS A SONG, REMINDING SOMEONE THAT YOU’RE GONE (THAT’S IF THERE STILL IS SOMEONE) OR DID YOU FIND THAT LIFE’S A CRIME, TIME’S A THIEF THAT STOLE YOUR DESIGN – HAH… ANYWAY, LOVE WAS A WORD YOU FOUND, SCRATCHED IN THE GROUND, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, WHILE YOU WERE SCRATCHING FOR FOOD THAT DAY, ANYWAY! THINGS WILL HAPPEN LIKE THE EARTH AND THE MOON – SOME EVEN PRAY THAT IT WILL ALL BE DONE SOON – EITHER WAY, IT DEFINITELY WON’T CONSULT YOU - TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK… WHERE ARE YOU ALWAYS RUNNING TO? ANYWAY, YOU LOSE YOUR LIFE, IT’S NOT YOUR TIME, IT’S NOT MY TIME - IT’S JUST SOME TIME TO SPEND SOME TIME. WHY WOULD I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT TO DO WITH MINE? YOU - AND YOU AND YOU BIG SHOT, YOU TALK A LOT FOR ONE WHO’S GOT NOTHING TO SAY- AN IN AND OUT TRAY, FILES AND STAPLES, OLD CHEQUE BOOK, RAPE, TIES AND LIES AND SUITS AND STEALING, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS – TOOTHBRUSH (ELECTRIC ONE) TWO-IN-ONE CONDITIONER, TORTURE, STIGMA, SQUASH, AMPUTATION, RACKET, STARVATION AND BEER…………. OH – AND SPORT! WELL, I SUPPOSE IT’S STILL SORT OF SPORT – ANYWAY DOES ANYTHING SOUND FAMILIAR? GA! WHO GIVES A RAT’S ARSE ANYWAY? JUST ‘CAUSE YOU’RE FLAPPING YOUR ARMS DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE FLYING A COUPLE OF TEARS, A FEW SCARES, DOESN’T MEAN YOU’RE HIDING AND CRYING – BUT SOME THINGS THERE’S JUST – NO DENYING! ……. AND THE WINNER OF THE BUSIEST MAN IN THE WORLD CONTEST CERTIFICATE….. ANYWAY, THINGS WILL HAPPEN BUT WE ALL WILL BE FINE- YOUR HEALTH WILL LEAVE YOU FOR SOMEONE WHO’S HAVING A MUCH BETTER TIME – WE WILL BE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE – A TINY SPECK OF DUST THAT NOBODY CAN EVEN SEE…… A PICTURE OF YOU ON THE FIRST DAY THAT YOU VOTED - HAVE YOU NOTED THAT YOUR TIME IS UP? – TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK…. HEY! WHERE DID YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING, ANYWAY? ANYWAY! ANYWAY X3, OR 1, OR 5, OR SO………..
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LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL PERHAPS YOU’LL SLIP THAT DRESS OFF THE HANGER IN YOUR ROOM GENTLY DOWN ACROSS YOUR SKIN, THE WAY I WATCH YOU, WATCHING YOU GOING TO THE MIRROR, TO PRETTY UP YOUR FACE YOUR CURLS CARESS A TREMOR AS YOU NESTLE INTO LACE PERHAPS THE DRESS WE CHOSE, IS LIKE THE SONG WE’RE IN TIME SIGNATURES THAT CHANGE, TRANSPOSE, THE KEY THE KEEPER KEEPS THE LIPSTICK, LIPSTICK, ON YOUR LIPS – A TRICK THE EYE MAY PLAY THE SHADOW OF YOUR EYESHADOW LOOKS FOR A PLACE TO STAY CHORUS: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, JUST LIKE THE MOVIE SAYS EVEN WHEN IT’S SADLY SO LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, EVEN WHEN IT’S SADLY SO THE LOVE REMAINS SURROUNDING, EVEN WHEN THE LOVED ONE GOES PERHAPS YOU’LL SLIP THAT DRESS, OFF YOUR SHOULDERS TO THE FLOOR TO LIE WITH NAKEDNESS BESIDE, TO GIVE TO TAKE, TO TAKE TO GIVE, THE JOINING OF WHICH WILL BE, FOR WHICHEVER’S SAKE PERHAPS THE RADIO WILL PLAY THE SONG FOR HIM NOT ME REPEAT CHORUS IS THIS YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIE, IS THIS YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIE SONG? YOU PLAY IT OVER MANY TIMES, IT PLAYS AGAIN ANOTHER TIME IS THIS YOUR FAVOURITE SCENE, THE PART THEY PLAY THAT MOVIE SONG? YOU PLAY IT OVER MANY TIMES, IT PLAYS ANOTHER HUNDRED TIMES REPEAT CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL REPEAT CHORUS THE LOVE REMAINS SURROUNDING, EVEN WHEN THE LOVED ONE GOES
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SUNDAY, THE MORNING. …..AND ON THE BROW OF THE HILL AS THE NIGHT SLIDES THE SLOPE THE SUN RISES HANGING ON THE END OF A ROPE IN THE BACK OF A CAR, THERE’S A DOLL WITH ONE ARM A MAN MANGLES CHICKEN, FRESH-DEAD FROM THE FARM TWO SWOLLEN AND RED-FACED MEN IN THE STREET WATCH WHILE A WOMAN’S BREAST BEATS TO HER FEET, TAKING LARGE BITES - INTO THEIR MEAT SUNDAY, THE MORNING, IS HEROIN PALE, HOLLOWING SOCKETS LIE FRAIL WHERE THEY FLY WHILE ONLY A NEEDLE WATCHES WITH EYE SILVER AND RIGID, A WISH FOR MORPHINE, TO SPIKE UP THIS TOWN, TO SUPPRESS THE SCREAM TO EASE UP THE PAIN OF THIS DESOLATE DREAM ON THE RUN IN THE MILL, ONLY SINGLES ELOPE A CAR LOOKS FOR PARKING AND NEWSPAPERS SHOUT SCOPE SOME TILLS IN THE MILL STILL OPEN UP THEIR MOUTHS THEY SWALLOW GREEN LUSCIOUS, THEN EMPTY THEIR BOWELS ON THE PAVEMENT, LIKE BOTTLES, BUST UNDER FEET THE STREET MEETS A CIRCLE, TURNS BACK DOWN THE STREET COMPLETE IN THE WAY THAT IT IS INCOMPLETE I N C O M P L E T E …… SUNDAY, THE MORNING, LOOKS OUT WITH BLACK EYES BLODDSTAINS ON POCKETS ARE CRIMSON LIKE LIES FLY-SPECKLED CHILDREN LIE DEAD IN THEIR ROOMS WHILE SWEEPERS TRY TO MENSTRUATE THE BROW, OF THE HILL, WITH THEIR BROOMS. WITH THEIR BROOMS. YOU WANT TO: SPIKE UP THIS TOWN, SUPPRESS THE SCREAM, EASE UP THE PAIN OF THIS DESOLATE DREAM….. ETC…. AD NAUSEUM AND SHIT… UNTIL OUTRO RIFFS! (THE BIT ABOUT THE WRONG MAN, WRONG CAR ……….. DON’T KNOW IF WE NEED IT…. MUSIC MIGHT SUFFICE!! – IT ALWAYS DID BEORE)…… or we can jot a few lines down about s’thing…..?
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LIEFDE 03:21
LIEFDE EK HET ORAL OP DIE AARDE RONDEGRAWE GRAWE GRAWE HANDE IN DIE HARE, O JA WANT EK IS HONGER EK STUUR N RADIOSEIN IN JOU LUGRUIM IN LAAT MY WEET OF JY WEL DIE BOODSKAP KRY, O JA WANT JY IS MYNE EN JY WEET WAT EK SOEK JY MOET MY GEE WAT EK SOEK EK HET JARE LANK GEWAG EN EK IS HIER OM JOU FINAAL TE KRY MET LIEFDE JA MET LIEFDE, WARM LIEFDE... EK HET AL MY SOLDAATE UITGESTUUR OM VAN VER TE BESPIED OF JY WEERSTAND BIED, O JA WANT JY IS MYNE EK HET N RADARSKERM OP JOU LYF GERIG N SATELIET HOU JOU DOP UIT DIE RUIMTE UIT O JA, EN JY IS MYNE EN HIER IS JY NIE VEILIG NIE, MOORDENAARS LOOP LOS EN DAAR IS BLOED IN HIERDIE STRATE SONDER LIEFDE, SONDER LIEFDE GEVAARLIK, GEVAARLIK, GEVAARLIK HIER GEVAARLIK, GEVAARLIK, GEVAARLIK HIER SONDER LIEFDE SONDER LIEFDE GEVAARLIK, GEVAARLIK, GEVAARLIK HIER GEVAARLIK, GEVAARLIK, GEVAARLIK HIER SONDER LIEFDE GEE MEER LIEFDE EET MEER LIEFDE
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NAMAKWALAND 04:31
NAMAKWALAND. VOETSEK, VOETSEK, VOETSEK…… DIE KLIPPE VAL SOOS KOTS TEEN DIE KANT VAN DIE BERG EN IN DIE HITTE EET ONS PITTE ONS WENS ONS WAS MIKE SCHUTTE IN DIE SKURWE LAND, VOL SAND, MET MIN BOSSE IS DAAR GEEN GENADE EN NOG MINDER OPLOSSINGS MISKIETE, SOOS MISSIELE – UIT DIE WATER, TOT IN HEL EN DIE JEUKE WAT DAN OORBLY SPEEL DIE HEL MET ONS VEL KOOR: GAAN ALLES VOORT IN ‘N RIGTING AGTERTOE ANDERKANT OM EN ONDERSTEBO SE MY HET DIE HEMEL AL IN HEL BEGIN GLO? KOM ONS BID SAAM ONS BID VIR ONS SIEL, ONS WENS ONS WAS ANNELINE KRIEL ‘N RIVIER SUKKEL-SUKKEL, WATER TENOOR SAND MET ELKE JA, SE ONS NEE, ONS WENS ONS WAS TOBIE CRONJE ONDER DIE HEMEL WAT SOOS ‘N KOEL, VARS OOG OP ONS AFKYK MAAR VAN DIE SKADULOSE GROND AF, LYK DIT TE HOOG OM TE BEREIK AL WAT HIER VERANDER IS DAT DAG NAG WORD MET DIE DAG KAN JY DIT SIEN, MAAR MET NAG GAAN DIT VERYBY JOU VOORT HERHAAL KOOR KOM ONS BID SAAM NOG ‘N J&B IN DIE NARE WOESTYN NOG ‘N LEE BOTTEL, MAAR NOGSTEEDS DIE PYN NAMAKWALAND IN SOMER EN DIE HITTE NEEM OOR HULLE SE DAAR’S BAIE BLOMME IN DIE WINTER……….. EK HET DIT NOG NOOIT GESIEN NIE, MAAR EK MOET SEKER MAAR GLO EK HET DIT NOG NOOIT GESIEN NIE, MAAR EK MOET SEKER MAAR GLO EK HET DIT NOG NOOIT GESIEN NIE, MAAR EK MOET SEKER MAAR GLO EK HET DIT NOG NOOIT GESIEN NIE, MAAR EK MOET SEKER MAAR GLO SEKER MAAR GLO….. VOETSEK, VOETSEK, VOETSEK….. KWAK! (MISKIET DOOD).
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MAAK HAARSELF MOOI. WAAR’S JOU VROU? - SY MAAK HAARSELF MOOI JEES, DIS LAAT! - EK WEET, OU BOY ONS SIEN JOU DAN DAAR? - JA, EK SAL MAAR WAG EN UIT DIE DEUR, LEKKER LAG - SY MAAK HAARSELF MOOI VOOR DIE SPIEEL, MET DIE LIPSTIFFIE EK’S NOU-NOU DAAR! - HAH, JA – SOMMER IN ‘N JIFFY SY KAM HAAR HARE, SY TREK HAAR AAN - OMTRENT ‘N FASHION SHOW WAT AANGAAN SY MAAK HAARSELF MOOI INSTRUMENTAL ‘N BIETJIE MEER ROUGE EN NOG EYELINER EYESHADOW OOK - HY WATCH DIE TIMER ‘N ANDER ROK, WEER AAN, WEER AF - DIE WERELD GAAN VERBY, DIE HONDE BLAF SY MAAK HAARSELF MOOI TOE KOM HULLE AAN BY DIE PARTY GATE - KOM, KOM, VROU - DIS SERIOUSLY LATE HAAR HIGH-HEEL STEEK (HAK/HAAK?) VAS OP BAKSTEEN - TE PLETTER OP DIE GROND, GESIG EN BEEN ALLES IS NOU LEKKER OPGEVOK - HARE, MAKE-UP, HANDSAK, ROK - EN HY LAG, EN HY HELP HAAR, HY TEL HAAR OP - HY’S IN LOVE MET HAAR HART, HAAR GEES EN HAAR KOP…………. SY WAS ALREEDS MOOI X2
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BROEKE EN ROKKE Vir jou voel ek vere Vir jou gee ek nie om Al was jy dan Die laaste vrou Wat op die aarde was Sou ek nog steeds vir jou gestaan en lag Oo jou met jou broekpak Oo jou met jou dames das Is jy ‘n man is jy ‘n vrou Met jou hare oo so kort En wat het dan van die boerevrou geword Die tannie met die bondrok Blink skoene met ‘n blom Oo sy was nou ‘n boerevrou Maar die meisies van vandag Elastic sport klere is hulle drag Gee vir my ‘n vroulikke vrou CHORUS Een wat lyk nie soos ‘n man Gee vir my ‘n outeydse vrou Gee vir my ‘n ware boerevrou Want ek is steeds ‘n ware boereman
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SHOPPING MALL DIS SATERDAG EN ONS GAAN WEER UIT, OM DIE SHOPPING MALL UIT TE KYK DIE KAR IS BLINK, KINDERS INGEPAK - ONS LOOP VOORENTOE IN VYFDE RAT ONS SOEK EERS PARKING VIR OMTRENT HALF-UUR, EDENVALE, KEMPTON, ALMAL IS HIER BOKSBURG, BRAKPAN, VER EN WYD - AFSTAND PLA ONS NIE, ONS KOM DAARUIT KOOR: BY DIE SHOPPING MALL, SHOPPING MALL, DIE WEEKLIKSE HIGHLIGHT, PROPVOL! SHOPPING MALL, SHOPPING MALL, KIES JOU TARGET, MIK VIR DIE KOL! DIE LAATIES BALJAAR OP DIE MERRY-GO-‘ROUND, MANNE VREET STEAKS, POUND VIR POUND PIZZA, JUICY LUCY, CHINESE EN BLACK STEER - KOM ONS DAARUIT MET ONS BOEPE OP ONS KNIEE EN ONS SWEET EN ONS STOOT, BY GAME IN DIE RY – MAAR DAAI MICROWAVE IS ‘N BARGAIN ONS MOET KRY EN ONS STAMP EN ONS STAAN OP MEKAAR SE VOETE – AS ONS LATER UITKOM IS DAAR ‘N PARKING BOETE HERHAAL KOOR. NOU HUIL DIE LAAITIES, VERVEELD EN MOEG – MA BLAF EN PA BLAF, DIS NOU GENOEG DIE BLINDE MAN, OP SY BLIK BY DIE DEUR – KREUN NOG AAN SOOS HARTSEER DIT VAN NOG ‘N UUR OM UIT TEKOM – KARRE STEEK VAS, ASOF MET BORRELGOM DIE PAKKIES SIT DIE HELE BOOT EN KAR VOL – ALWEER OOR BUDGET BY DIE SHOPPING MALL HERHAAL KOOR. ONS SWEER, ALWEER, DAT ONS NIE WEER KOM – MAAR VOLGENDE WEEK VAL ONS RESISTANCE OM DIE DONDERSE MALL SUIG ONS WEER IN – WEER OOR BUDGET, WEER DIE MOER IN! HERHAAL KOOR. KIES JOU TARGET – SKIET HOM IN DIE HOL! (OPTIONAL EXTRA).
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JUST FOR THE OCCASION JUST FOR THE OCCASION - I LIT A CANDLE JUST FOR THE OCCASION - I STOLE SOME OF YOUR WINE BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT’S BEEN WITH ME AND MONEY LATELY, HONEY BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY OH, AND JUST FOR THE OCCASION – I KIND OF LOST MY MIND IN A WAY, I GUESS… E X A S P E R A T I O N! BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY I FEEL – I LET YOU – DOWN AGAIN AND I - 1,2,3,4EVER-NEVER WANT TO SAY I WON’T SAY IT AGAIN – AGAIN! AND JUST FOR THE OCCASION – I WILL STILL FIX YOUR HOUSE IT’LL TAKE SOME TIME OF COURSE - BUT, JUST FOR THE OCCASION – ENDLESS CUPS OF TEA, FOR YOU, FROM ME, FOR FREE…. BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY ‘CAUSE I STILL FEEL – I LET YOU – DOWN AGAIN AND I – 1,2,3,4EVER-NEVER WANT TO HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN – AGAIN! INSTRUMENTAL JUST FOR THE OCCASION, I’LL LIGHT A CANDLE BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY I FEEL, I DON’T WANT TO, LET YOU DOWN AGAIN…..
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WHO COULD I BE? WE CAME IN TO DO, WHAT WE NEVER KNEW. WERE QUITE SURE, WE SAW NO LACE, HIDING OUR FACE .... AND ME, WHO COULD I BE, BUT YOU WITHOUT ME. WITHOUT YOU, LETTING ME DO, WHAT I NEVER KNEW... WAS SUBLIME, TIMES WILL LEARN, HOW OUT OF TIME'S WAY. IS ON TIME EVERY DAY... QUITE LIKE, THE MISTS ON OUR FACE, MAY NEVER FIND. ONE PIECE OF THAT LACE, WE HID BEHIND... AT TIMES, THYME SMELLS LIKE THE YEARN, TO SPIRIT AWAY. SOME SUBLIME EVERYDAY... RIGHT UP UNTIL WHEN YOUR VALENTINE FRIENDS DREAM US AGAIN. (REPEAT LAST LINE TWICE, REPLACE US WITH 'YOU' AND 2ND TIME WITH 'ME' )
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NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED. I SAW A BENT MAN WALKING, TWO CHILDREN, ONE EACH SIDE - ONE WAS CRYING FOR HIS MOTHER, BUT HIS SISTER HAD MORE PRIDE - THOUGH SHE DID TURN TO PEEP AT AN IMAGE SHE COULD KEEP, TO REMEMBER ON THE NIGHTS WHEN SHE COULDN’T GO TO SLEEP - WHEN YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE, THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED. MAYBE ONE LOVE SONG WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG (ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS) – MAYBE, MAY BE - ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG….. HEY, JUST WAIT A MINUTE! BOUND TO BE PURISTICALLY CONTROVERSIAL MID-EIGHT REPEAT CHORUS: THAT SONG’S NOT EVEN ABOUT LOVE, IT’S ABOUT THIGHS AND HEAT AND ROSES FALLING FROM ABOVE, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, DON’T BUST ME IN MY RHYMES, LOCK ME UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY. SOME ARE INCLINED TO SAY THE WAY OF THE DESIGN IS SUCH THAT – LOVE, IF YOU WANT IT, JUST GIVE IT AND RECEIVE – BUT IN TRUST, HONESTY AND BILLY JOEL I DO BELIEVE. LOVE IS KIND, LOVE IS PATIENT - IT’S TOLERANT AND UNDERSTANDING. BUT HEY, HEY, I PARAPHRASE – LIKE ONE OF THOSE SHINEY SILVER CARDS. I AM A DANDELION! WHEN YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE - THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED. WHEN YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE – THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED. MAYBE, MAY BE – ONE LOVE SONG WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT – L-L-L-L-L-L-L-TH-THE-THA- REPEAT CHORUS MID EIGHT THANG: WHEN YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE, THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED. MAYBE ONE LOVE SONG WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG. MAYBE ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG. (ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS). MAYBE ONE LOVE SONG WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT L-L-L-L-L-L-L (ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS) MAYBE ONE OF THOSE LOVE SONGS, WASN’T GOING TO LAST THAT LONG…. J-J-J-JUST REPEAT FIRST VERSE: WHEN YOU DON’T WHAT YOU EXPECTED OUT OF LOVE, THEN LOVE’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED X2 UGH-UH………………. (SOUNDS OF BEING PUNCHED BY LURV!) RELATIVE MINOR OUTRO……………….. (WITH SOME BACKWARDS SHIT – OPTIONAL EXTRA). ‘SPECTED OUTTA LUV, ‘SPECTED OUT OF LUV.
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LIMBO 04:11
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ZX DAN 06:33
ZX DAN My name is ZX Dan, I am a spaceman. My galaxy is doomed, so I've moved to your moon. So turn up your radio, and play me that rock and roll, Stop feeling so blue- I'm coming down to you. I've watched you on my screen, you're sweet, sweet sixteen I've monitored your mind, You're just the loving kind... So turn up your radio, and play me that rock and roll, Stop feeling so blue- I'm coming down to you. Meet me tonight at your window; Dress warmly for absolute zero And I'll come down as quiet as the snow And we'll go for a glide in my U.F.O. The whole of outer space, is tuned into the human race From pole to frozen pole, your world transmits rock & roll So turn up your radio, and play me that rock and roll, Stop feeling so blue- I'm coming down to you. Written by Jonathan Handley 12 April 1978

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TRACKLISTING :

1. “Heat of September” with Chris Letcher, Albert Frost and Max Mikula
2. “Doesn’t Make a Sound” with Arno Carstens, Chris Letcher, Albert Frost and Max Mikula
3. “Sky Blue Sky” with Paul Riekert
4. “Corrugated Iron” with Albert Frost, Kenan James and The Trees
5. “Standing on Air” with Nux Schwartz and Ampie Omo
6. “Anyway” with Willem Moller and Jannie van Tonder
7. “Life is Beautiful” with Nechama Brodie, Rian Malan and Lloyd Ross
8. "Sunday, the Morning” with Piet Pers and the Kalahari Surfers feat. Toast Coetzer
9. “Liefde” with Arno Carstens and the Gereformeerde Blues Band
10. “Namakwaland” with Francois van Coke and the Kalahari Surfers
11. “Maak Haarself Mooi” with Valiant Swart and Paul Riekert
12. “Broeke en Rokke” with Frank Opperman and Ampie Omo feat. Neil Fishwick
13. “Shopping Mall” with Willim Welsyn and Albert Frost
14. “Just for the Occasion” with Robin Auld and Jannie van Tonder
15. “Who Could I Be” with Victor S. Wolf, Tonia Selley and Willem Moller
16. “Not what you Expected” with Kathy Raven, Willem Moller and Rob Nagel
17. “Limbo” with Sannie Fox, Andre Geldenhuys, Chris Letcher and Lloyd Ross
18. “ZX Dan” with The Radio Rats, Ampie Omo and Jannie van Tonder
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GARY HERSELMAN (alias Piet Pers, Bokkie Buys, Methylated Purple, Archie Pelago etc.) is a South African singer and songwriter.

DIE LEMME is Gary and a bunch of artists including: Arno Carstens, Die Gereformeerde Blues Band, Francois van Coke , Andre Geldenhuys ,GuyTillum,the Kalahari Surfers, Valiant Swart, The Radio Rats, Paul Riekert, Willim Welsyn, Toast Coetzer, Albert Frost, Chris Letcher, Frank Opperman, Rian Malan and Nechama Brodie, Victor S. Wolf and Tonia Selley, The Trees, Nux Schwartz, Ampie Omo, Kathy Raven, Sannie Fox and Robin Auld.

Together they have made the album, “Rigtinbefok” comprising 16 Herselman originals and versions of the Johannes Kerkorrel and Gereformeerde Blues Band's "Liefde" and the Radio Rats' "ZX Dan."

Gary first came to prominence in the late 1980’s at a time when a real protest-music culture emerged from the Afrikaner community in South Africa. The sentiments articulated by these artists resonated with a lot of young South Africans and the popularity of the music grew exponentially. This “movement” had a name: Voëlvry, and it was born at Shifty Records’ home-studio, south of Johannesburg.

Gary had a trio around this time, The Kerels, that used to perform at Jameson’s in downtown Johannesburg alongside James Phillips and the Cherry Faced Lurchers. The Kerels released their debut, “Ek Se” in 1988, on Shifty Records and a year or so later the landmark Voëlvry compilation album was released and a tour to promote the album was undertaken. Gary was by then the bass player for Johannes Kerkorrel’s Gereformeerde Blues Band and was renowned for wearing tiny rugby shorts onstage, irrespective of the weather.

Sometime after the Voëlvry tour, Gary invented a “whisky sodden ou” who he called Archie Pelago and in 1991 the Archie Pelago album, “City Country” was released on Underground Records. Gary referred to it as having been “made with mostly bubble gum and elastoplast.” As he put it in his as yet unpublished memoir: - “As far as songs in the traditional sense of the word go, I think some of my best ones appear on that cassette. Of course it’s all heartbreak and snot and stuff but hey, it’s a country record.” Jannie ‘Hanepoot’ van Tonder and Willem Moller, both fellow Voëlvry survivors and ex-GBB appeared on the album.

In 2003 he collaborated with ex-Kerels drummer Neil Fishwick (with whom he grew up and attended the same primary and high schools in Germiston) on the critically-acclaimed Blomkrag project and released the album “Boerecountry”. The album featured Willem Moller, a guitar-slinger of note who has appeared with Rodriguez, Big Sky and Nataniel, to name a few and with whom Gary appeared on Koos Kombuis’ “Niemandsland” album.

Gary worked for twelve years at Hillbrow Record Centre after which he was employed for two years at a compact disc wholesaler. Herselman also founded South Africa’s first truly independent music distributor, Tic Tic Bang, in the 1990s. Tic Tic Bang was very successful in representing South African artists such as Henry Ate/Karma, Koos Kombuis, Johannes Kerkorrel, James Phillips, Mzwhake Mbuli and Jennifer Ferguson amongst others.

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released October 10, 2013

Produced by Michael Cross, Chris Letcher, Willem Moller, Ampie Omo, Colin Peddie, Paul Riekert, Lloyd Ross, Nux Schwartz and Warrick Sony.
photo by Roger Jardine
big thanks to Milestone Studios for time and gear (milestones.co.za)
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BIG PRINT

All songs written and arranged by Gary Herselman except: “Liefde” by Johannes Kerkorrel, “ZX Dan” by Jonathan Handley, "Broeke en Rokke" - words Neil Fishwick, music by Gary Herselman and "Who Could I Be" - words by Michael Cross, music by Gary Herselman.
Produced by Michael Cross, Chris Letcher, Willem Moller, Ampie Omo, Colin Peddie, Paul Riekert, Lloyd Ross, Nux Schwartz and Warrick Sony.
Mastered by Colin Peddie at Sonic Studios, Durban.
Design: Dominic Strauss
Executive Producer: Michael Cross
download release preparation & artwork : Warrick Sony and Lester Gabang for sjambokmusic.com (happy birthday Gary) and Falling Rand Records

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DIE LEMME Suurbraak, South Africa

Gary Herselman, a prolific songwriter, has produced albums across genres, from tight, punkish Chrome Sweet Chrome (www.sjambokmusic.com) to his recent House for Sale, which is an intelligent and contemporary dance-oriented album (Bandcamp page Gary Herselman). He was part of the conscientising Voëlvry movement, and the founding director of Tic Tic Bang, S.A's first independent record company. ... more

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