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There's A Thousand Untold Stories

by Roy Møller

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1.
Eva Hesse 03:38
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This is a song to bless Eva Hesse Eva Hesse Born in pre-war Hamburg At a time of unhappiness Pre-war Hamburg Her folks were hoping to flee Across the sea, the sea At New York School of Industrial Art Young Eva played her part And she made her start She worked so hard She was a happening success Eva Hesse, Eva Hesse She’s worked in 3-D Her legacy came next She used fibreglass, plastic and latex So humdrum, yet exotic Some said it was erotic, Well, I guess Eva Hesse, Eva Hesse She did not seek fame She did not seek great wealth Her materials were aging As she started to lose her health She died at only 34 But for so many she opened the door Yes, Eva Hesse, Eva Hesse Songs about artists are oh, so male-obsessed That’s a balance we need to start to redress For Eva Hesse We’ve got to come together Before we’re laid to rest Make sense of our surroundings For Eva Hesse
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Yves Klein Leap 02:57
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When I jump I bump, I land in a heap What I want to do i make an Yves Klein leap Where the sky is blue The sky is deep as my love for you Yves Klein leap - like I should It might be something I can keep If I land real good Exhaling ghost green breath at night Like crystal meth the traffic’s white Like a forecourt light Unfulfilling, filament chilling Yves Klein leap - I wish you would It may be something we can keep If we land real good Clouds so faint on skyline paint Mix the greys and whites Sandalwood smells so good I need a leap of faith - that’s right Yves Klein leap - perhaps I could Call it something I can keep If I land real good Comes up to me at a bus stop, t ries to sell me a watch still in its box I’m watching The Killing, I’m just chilling But hey, man, you’ve never been hot. Glasgow ned does in my head, I know what I want from us Yves Klein leap right across the street Right across the sky
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Figure 03:05
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People on the big white concourse, baby Are they tugged along by rope? While they’re sending their text messages Into the big black city of hope I ascend an escalator And I face the way I came I put a bottle to my bruised lips And I guess I’m back in the game But there’s something I can’t figure Holding me up and pulling my trigger Something I can’t figure I guess I never could I’m bruised by the knuckles of a pamphleteer Spinning round in the busy street Too many rhythms are dancing here And I can’t find the beat Let alone a rhyme or a reason For the man caught up in these things To some far off planet I’m a puppet I got strings And that’s... Middle: No hill to steep, no ditch too deep Said the sign on the truck I want to try to make a buck But all you get is stuck (Chorus)
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Red Jeep 02:49
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Well, I, I drive a red jeep And when I beep now I beep now to you You are under starry nights, Vincent #2 Two ears, two eyes, new tears I cry I am in a bad place But it is not a bad place for all time You are in a blue van Maybe someday your eyes will meet mine One starry night at the traffic lights He, I drive a red jeep And when I beep now I beep now to you You are in a white car, there could be a spy inside of you Now everything exists in either action or rest Everything exists in the east and the west Everything has a mind of its own Red jeep, red star reflects in the chrome Of the white car and the blue van I’m a red star, I’m a blue man I’m riding in a red jeep And when I beep now I beep now to you You’re in a white car or a blue van Tell the border control man comin’ thru To you and a life of your own Drive the red jeep deep in the American zone
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Hidden Realms 03:15
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Cut grass grazes in the city Strips back the weeds of time Till the spoiling squadrons of cloud realign When they break black trees and cranes Silhouette in shipyard sun Make a cellophane epiphany Out of everything I’ve done The secret life of Senator Jesse Helms Caught in the past that sometimes overwhelms Stemmons Freeway sign leads out of Elm Street And hidden realms Hungry hounds surround the hangers That hammer out the planes Hammer out planes that enjoy A five-dimensional range Space cruiser like a diamond Landing in the rough You can pick it up Just before rain falls down It’s suddenly silent enough Drink from a well that has a fragile wall Sounds subsonic overwhelm it all Stemmons Freeway sirens Hear your call through hidden realms Space cruiser like a diamond Landing in the rough You can pick it up just before Rain falls down It’s suddenly silent enough Drink from a well that has a fragile wall Sounds subsonic overwhelm it all Baby, just follow the bouncing ball Through hidden realms
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These Things I Do 02:00
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I use words but I don’t use speech I use sun but I don’t use beach I use drink but I refuse drugs I run baths but I don’t need plugs I use wheels but I don’t burn tyres I use matches but I don’t light fires These things I do – now how about Chorus: You and me knitted together Like a jumper in summer, A hole in the weather A car that starts without a key A stream that never meets the sea Na na na na na, na na na na na Leave the station, you can guarantee that you’ll hit a tunnel , you can see That it’s one for the money, none for the show When I arrive it’s time to go Time to go for another try – I used to care but I don’t know why These things I do – now how about one Now how about two, how about (Chorus)
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Zu Viele Sorgen 03:28
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I work in a bar to fill your cup I dip into the till to pick you up I need somebody new to do for me like I do for you Funny how the music gets more hollow With every glass of beaujolais I swallow I long for someone knew to do for me like I do for you Ooh, zu viele Sorgen To even say Guten Morgen Exhibit A, the chord of B Blues come pouring down on me Zu viele sorgen You’ll observe that I can hardly talk As you dance your way thru Le Vrai Cake Walk No cares attached to you For me that isn’t true Bauhaus lines have designed your hair Do you still keep curls of Art Nouveau down there? Girl, when I see you j’ai une faim de loup Ooh, zu viele Sorgen etc
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Mr Midnight's Midday Blue 02:36
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And we were watchin’ TV over lunch In a kitchen that doubled as a lounge I was denyin’ her sighin’ packed a punch Communication out of bounds Then she swivelled her tennis match rally eyes Around the room from side to side My face, it turned thru many shades She switched from me to the TV page Memories played for a flicker or two Now Mr Midnight’s mid-day blue I was turnin’ and burnin’ many shades? See the days I gotta get thru I was surveyin’ empty esplanades Now Mr Midnight’s mid-day blue Kaleidoscopes collided in the sub-let damp Flared beneath the broken street lamp Dark noons bright – much brighter thane Some city fathers ever planned They couldn’t have bargained for you Now Mr Midnight’s mid-day blue
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Karen Vaughan 02:53
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Yes, I know life's not made up It got more real than I reckoned I also know that life's made up Of all manner of nanoseconds Chorus: Put it together Karen Vaughan Print it to paper - stick a little bit on Put it together Karen Vaughan Print it to paper - stick a little bit on Sometimes a lyric sticks in my head When I'm sitting and stitching and watching the weather Details unite the artist and spy You can’t hide your love forever (Chorus) Middle: Diana camera - dance with chances Through the plastic leaks the light Sometimes I feel I can't even draw Everything means nothing without you I'm stripped and I'm broken like a shirt on a hanger Stitched up so tight - stitch, stitch, stitch, stitch Shadows fall in Alabama Shades of black and shades of white - right (Chorus) x 3
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Starting To Show 03:50
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Hanging out a window Falling out a door You’re out of it too much now It’s starting to show You once loved a daughter And then you let her go You’re out of it too much now It’s starting to show Chorus: Starting to show just where you’re coming from Starting to show just what it could have been Starting to show, starting to show It’s been ten years of mornings Since you gave a girl a glow You’re out of it too much now It’s starting to show Hangin’ out a car door, Barkin’ at a dog You’re out of it too much now It’s starting to show (Chorus) Swifter than a shuttle Ah, but days will fly and go You’re out of it too much now It’s starting to show Bragging in the bar-room About bagging a Munro You’re out of it oh so much It’s starting to show (Chorus)

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The original 2016 CD, released by The Beautiful Music (Beauty 027), is available at thebeautifulmusic.com/the-bands/roy-moller.
This remastered edition includes alternate versions of Figure, Eva Hesse and Red Jeep

This is songwriting of the highest order...
Add to this a bonus disc stuffed with delights, making this album an essential purchase for aficionados of super-smart post-punk songwriting. 9/10 Gus Ironside, Louder Than War. 27 Jul 2016

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released June 1, 2016

Vocals, Instruments – Roy Moller
Written by Roy Moller and Gary Thom (tracks: 5, 6), Roy Moller

Artwork by Jamie Nordstrom. Special thanks to Wally Salem and Stevie Walker.

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