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Dream Avenue (Special Edition)

by mattjoplin

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    The 2009 debut album with previously unheard mixes, reversions and instrumentals.
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If you walk into town Don’t think twice, buy the brush Paint the trees when you get home And throw the acid in the fire for us Pay no mind to the freaks Politely send them on their way If you need more money Sell the guitars at the exchange But where are you now Where are you now Come back my old friend Where are you now Where are you now Mental music still loves you Still loves you When you walked out of your Cloisters And along the road of Kings Did you see your future down there Down that road that never ends So we won’t talk about the old days Just get you on your feet And be on my way, on my way I know you want to be invisible I wanted to be invisible too But your sons and daughters have lost their way And now they need you
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Splish splash I was Jim Jones Movin’ and a-groovin’ in the summer of Sam Hanging out with Henrietta holocaust Something has to give, do you see? But no, don’t tell me you don’t hear I’ve got access to your files, my dear Cos what you want and What you get are Two different things Two different things It’s one step forward, two steps back This affair is like a panic attack I’ll take it from sworn enemies But not from people who claim they know me It’s a dark and dirty thing And now it’s evil against evil Darlin’ you know the drill What you want and What you get are Two different things Two different things And no, don’t you tell me to choose It seems a good day to bury the bad news
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Well if you think about the mind That's fine You got a young outlook on life But then you think about the body It's a worry Cos you're getting left behind The mind is willing but the body chilling Hair is thinning but the girl still thrillin Ego’s shaking but the head is achin Body killin but the groove is bakin Cos you’re the dancer and life is the dance You’re the dancer and life is the dance Won’t you look at that girl Those curves You gotta strike while the iron’s hot But then you think about the past Those scars And man you got a lot So you transcend the flesh Reclaim the spirit Cos you’re the dancer and life is the dance You’re the dancer and life is the dance
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Valentine 03:56
Valentine Fourteen times Valentine And the sky was alight Valentine Fourteen times Valentine And the sky was alight Lost in the light Then driven into a dark night Silence, like an aftershock Heart running on empty Heart running on empty You scumbag Don’t you look at me with those eyes So divinely damaged So perfectly complex And even if you fell from grace I could never give up the chase Cos now I know too much is never enough Too much is never enough Valentine Now she’s mine Valentine And her smile is sublime
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Poor Jaco 04:51
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At the wrecking ball Where nature doesn’t care at all Through the ancient world Where nature is its own reward And the time goes Where the river flows And we try in our hearts Keep the flame alive Be free Beauty with the reddest hair Through the door without a care So young and so free With just a smile she changed me And the time goes Where the river flows And we try with our hearts Keep the flame alive Be free Though I know she lied I still have some fight And she burns through my heart Keep the flame alive Be free
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credits

released March 22, 2021

All instruments and vocals by mattjoplin except:
Nik Kolya: preacher on 'Mind/Body Problem', guitar chorale on 'Rania'
James Hayes: Rhodes and piano solo on 'Poor Jaco'
Dan Banks: piano outro on 'Poor Jaco'

Produced by mattjoplin and NK
Engineered and mixed by NK
Recorded at The Dream Factory, 2008-2017
Cover art by Xenia Vitos

Thanks to all my music 'enablers' through the years: my parents, Camilla and Richard Warner, Steve Farmer, Jem Godfrey, James Hayes and many more too numerous to mention.

You're welcome: you know who you are.

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