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Songs From The Moony Boom

by Skinny Alley

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Only Human 03:58
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1 ONLY HUMAN 3:56 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom EVERYTHING IS LAID OUT FOR YOU, YOU KNOW THEY ALL ADORE YOU BUT YOU DON'T GIVE A DAMN YOU'RE JUST OUT TO GET WHAT YOU CAN ALL YOU NEED IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, MAYBE THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SO CYNICAL I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD YOU SAY THANK YOU TO ANYONE I'VE TO TO TELL YOU THAT ITS DANGEROUS YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE JUST ONE OF US, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU THAT ITS DANGEROUS, YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT IT'S ONLY HUMAN YOU ARE, ITS ONLY HUMAN YOU ARE IT'S ONLY HUMAN YOU ARE, YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN YOU TAKE THE ADULATION FOR GRANTED WHEN YOU'RE ALONE YOU JUST CANT STAND IT YOU'RE HOOKED ON LIVING YOUR LIFE IN THE PUBLIC EYE GET OFF YOUR PERCH AND COME DOWN SOON THERE'LL BE A NEW KID IN TOWN AND YOU'LL BE DISCARDED LIKE YESTERDAY'S NEWSPAPERS I'VE TO TO TELL YOU THAT ITS DANGEROUS YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT THAT YOU'RE JUST ONE OF US, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU THAT ITS DANGEROUS, YOU'LL SOON FIND OUT IT'S ONLY HUMAN YOU ARE, ITS ONLY HUMAN YOU ARE IT'S ONLY HUMAN YOU ARE, YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU CRAWL, DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU FALL
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Swunk 08:08
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2 SWUNK 8:06 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I COULD FEEL EQUAL PARTS OF DESIRE AND DREAD BUT WHEN I MET YOU I COULD FEEL CIRCUITS GOING ZAP INSIDE MY HEAD AND THOUGH THE HAIR ON MY ARMS KEEP STANDING, MY PULSE KEEPS DEMANDING THAT I CIRCLE YOU LIKE SOME UNTHINKING SATELLITE I'M REPELLED BY THE WAY YOU TALK TO THE CHICKS, BUT I'M TOTALLY ATTRACTED TO THE SHAPE OF YOUR MOUTH I REALLY HATE YOUR MACHO TRICKS IT'S YOUR SENSITIVE FINGERS I CANT LIVE WITHOUT AND THOUGH MY HEAD SAYS THIS IS ALL WRONG MY BODY SAYS THAT WE BELONG AND I CIRCLE YOU LIKE SOME UNTHINKING SATELLITE I WONDER WHY YOU'RE STILL HERE WHEN ITS SO CLEAR THAT NOTHING ABOUT ME PLEASES YOU I WONDER YOU HAVENT LEFT AS YET I BET IT'S YOUR FEAR OF DOING SOMETHING NEW I WONDER WHY YOU HANG ON I COULD BE WRONG BUT I THINK YOU'RE AFRAID OF BEING ON YOUR OWN I WONDER WHY YOU'RE STAYIN, WHY'RE YOU STAYING WOULD HAVE THOUGHT BY NOW YOU'D BE LONG GONE YOU DON'T LIKE MY POLITICS YOU DON'T LIKE MY CONVERSATION BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE FREE, ALL YOU WANT IS SECURITY YOU DON'T WANT TO LEARN TO FLY, ALL YOU WANT IS THE BOTTOM LINE,YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ALIVE ALL YOU WANT IS TO SURVIVE I WONDER WHY YOU'RE IN MY BED, WHEN YOUR HEAD'S IN SUCH A DIFFERENT SPACE I WONDER WHY YOU COME HOME AT NIGHT, AM I RIGHT TO THINK YOU'RE SHIT SCARED OF THE RACE YOU DON'T LIKE MY FASHION SENSE, YOU DON'T LIKE MY CHOICE OF FRIENDS CHORUS
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Go Figure 03:41
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3 GO FIGURE 3:39 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom FREE TO FALL, FREE TO FLOUNDER, FREE TO CALL ON WHO YOU WANT FREE TO FLY, FREE TO FROLIC, FREE TO GO IN PURSUIT OF THE SUN YEAH, YEAH YEAH X 4 FREE TO FAIL, FREE TO FINISH, FREE TO SAIL ON ANY SEA FREE TO HOLD, FREE TO SURRENDER, FREE TO BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE ON YOU OWN NOW, IN YOUR ZONE NOW, ON YOUR OWN NOW GO FIGURE FREE TO FISH, FREE TO MINGLE, FREE TO WISH YOU WERE NOT YOU, FREE TO MARRY OR BE SINGLE, FREE TO LIVE WITHOUT A CLUE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH FREE TO FIGHT, FREE TO FADE OUT, FREE TO HIDE INSIDE A HOLE FREE TO FOOL AROUND FOREVER, FREE IF THAT'S WHAT'S IN YOUR SOUL ON YOUR OWN NOW, IN YOUR ZONE NOW, ON YOUR OWN NOW GO FIGURE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS I WISH I COULD ENSURE FOR YOU BUT AT THIS TIME I CAN ONLY THINK OF GOOD TEETH I KNEW I HAD A LIST SOMEWHERE BUT DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHERE IT MIGHT BE NOW, HAVE I COMPLETELY LOST IT?
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Child Bride 07:39
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4 CHILD BRIDE 7:37 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom SHE KNOWS THAT SHE'S CEASED TO BE WHO SHE WAS WHEN SHE WAS FREE NOW SHE'S TRAPPED BY BRUTAL DESTINY ALL SHE FEELS IS ANGUISH, AGONY SHE THINKS OF HER WEDDING NIGHT HE COMES IN DRUNK AND TRIES TO SET HER ALIGHT SHE HAS NO RECOURSE BUT TO TAKE THE KNIFE SHE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO TAKE HIS LIFE ONLY FIFTEEN AND SHE'S LOCKED INSIDE BEWILDERED AND SO TERRIFIED SHE CANT RUN AND SHE CANT HIDE, CHILD BRIDE I PUT THE MAGAZINE DOWN IN DARK DESPAIR AND THINK OF GIRLS LIKE HER EVERYWHERE EACH LIVING HER OWN VERSION OF A NIGHTMARE THAT'S TOO MUCH TO BEAR, TOO MUCH TOO BEAR THOUSANDS OF YOUNG GIRLS WHO ARE TIED AND TORTURED AND SO TERRORISED VIOLATED, VICTIMISED, CHILD BRIDE IT SHAMES ME THAT WE LET THIS CONTINUE SURELY THERE MUST BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO HOW THEY'RE TRAPPED BY BRUTAL DESTINY ALL THEY FEEL IS ANGUISH, AGONY THOUSANDS OF YOUNG GIRLS WHO ARE TIED AND TORTURED AND SO TERRORISED VIOLATED, VICTIMISED, CHILD BRIDE
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Fool for Free 05:22
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5 FOOL FOR FREE 5:20 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom WHO DO YOU CALL WHEN YOURE LONELY WHO DO YOU CALL WHEN YOURE BLUE WHO DO YOU CALL WHEN YOURE DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO HOLD YOU WHO DO YOU CALL WHEN YOUR SELF ESTEEM IS LOW AND YOU WANNA BE MADE TO FEEL GOOD AGAIN WHO DO YOU CALL WHEN YOUVE GOT A RAGING FEVER AND YOUR BODY IS WRACKED WITH PAIN WHO'S THERE NOW TO HOLD YOUR HAND WHO'S THERE NOW TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND YES I KNOW THERE'LL NEVER BE ANYONE LIKE ME YES I KNOW THERE'LL NEVER BE ANYONE WHO'LL AGREE TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU DEMANDED OF ME YOU WONT FIND ANOTHER FOOL FOR FREE WHO TELLS YOU NOW THAT YOURE THE GREATEST AND MAKES YOU FEEL POWERFUL AND STRONG WHO SAYS IT'S OKAY WHEN YOUR LATEST MANIPULATION GOES TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY WRONG WHO'S THERE NOW FOR YOU TO CALL WHO PICKS UP THE PIECES WHEN YOU FALL YES I KNOW THERE'LL NEVER BE ANYONE LIKE ME YES I KNOW THERE'LL NEVER BE ANYONE WHO'LL AGREE TO GIVE YOU WHAT YOU DEMANDED OF ME YOU WONT FIND ANOTHER FOOL FOR FREE NOT INTO SELF-FLAGELLATION, I'M NOT INTO SELF-ABUSE NOT INTO ANY MASOCHISTIC PRACTICE, BUT I'D STILL COME RUNNING BACK TO YOU
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Hot And Cold 06:06
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6 HOT AND COLD 6:04 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom I WONT DENY YOU COULD MAKE ME FLY BUT YOU ALSO DRAGGED ME WAY DOWN THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I'D BE SO HIGH BUT SOME DAYS I'D BE ON THE GROUND YOU COULD MAKE THE EARTH MOVE FOR ME BUT THEN YOU'D BE SO COLD, YOUR LOOK COULD FREEZE YOU COULD IGNITE ME WITH A GLANCE AND THEN LEAVE ME ALONE TO BURN YOU'D PUT ME DOWN, PUT ME DOWN, GIVEN ANY CHANCE I BET YOU THOUGHT THAT I'D NEVER LEARN YOU COULD MAKE ME FEEL DEEP DESPAIR BUT YOU ALSO WERE A LOVER BEYOND COMPARE HOT AND COLD THAT'S HOW YOU BLOW AND WHERE I STAND I'LL NEVER KNOW REPEAT YOU COULD SAY I'VE BEEN CONFUSED BUT NOW I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO BE USED BY YOU ANY MORE DONT WANNA GO UP AND THEN GO DOWN SPIN ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND JUST WANNA GET MY FEET BACK ON THE FLOOR THE TIME HAS COME FOR ME TO DO MY THING EXCUSE ME WHILE I JUMP OFF THIS SWING CHORUS
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Hard to Forgive 04:34
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7 HARD TO FORGIVE 4:32 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom THE CITY WAITS IN SILENCE UNDER AN ANGRY SUN AND A SULLEN SKY NO CHILDREN PLAYING THE WINDOWS ARE SHUTTERED AND NO BIRDS FLY A TEMPORARY PEACE FILLED WITH UNEASE ANY SUDDEN SOUND MAKES THE YOUNG MEN LOOK AROUND OH THEY KNOW THEY'VE SEEN IT ALL BEFORE IT'S SO FRAGILE THERE'S SOMETHING WITHIN IN THE HEARTS OF MEN THAT WONT LET THEM JUST LIVE AND LET LIVE A HUNGRY BEAST INSIDE IT WONT BE DENIED MAKES IT HARD FOR MEN TO FORGIVE THE WOMEN ARE SO TIRED NO STRENGTH TO EVEN SING THEIR LULLABIES THEIR SHOULDERS ACHING FROM THE TENSION THEY JUST WANT TO GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES BUT UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE MADNESS STILL EXISTS ANY TIME IT CAN TAKE THE LIFE OF ANOTHER MAN OH THEY KNOW THEY'VE SEEN IT ALL BEFORE ITS SO FRAGILE CHORUS
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Who Are You? 09:04
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8 WHO ARE YOU? 9:02 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom EVENING FINDS ME AT MY WINDOW, WATCHING YOU WONDERING, WONDERING, I'M WONDERING WHY I STAND HERE EACH NIGHT WAITING FOR YOU MYSTERY SILHOUETTE BECKONS, ACROSS THE BAY MOVING, MOVING, YOU'RE MOVING AND I STAND HERE EACH NIGHT WAITING FOR YOU WILL I KNOW WHO YOU ARE YOUR NAME WILL YOU TELL WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE WATER DO YOU SEE ME AS WELL AND DO YOU MAYBE SOMETIMES WONDER WHO I AM, WHO ARE YOU?
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Drag 05:43
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9 DRAG 5:41 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom THERE'S HEAVEN AND HELL DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT YOU DO IT'S LIKE YOU'RE TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE DONT KNOW WHICH ONE'S REALLY YOU SO I SPEND ALL MY TIME TRYING TO SEE WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND CHORUS: IT'S A DRAG ITS A DRAG ITS A DRAG AND IT MAKES ME SO MAD SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT BY NOW I WOULD HAVE HAD SOME CLUE OF WHO YOU REALLY ARE BUT I'M STILL SO CONFUSED AND I'VE WASTED SO MUCH TIME BUT THIS IS THE END OF THE LINE CHORUS GUESS I'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND YOUR AGENDA YOUR PLAN BUT I'M NOT WAITING TO SEE WHAT YOU EVENTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE NO MORE SPENDING ALL MY TIME TRYING TO SEE WHAT I CAN FIND CHORUS
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Shape Your Life 06:12
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10 SHAPE YOUR LIFE 6:12 / Skinny Alley : Songs From The Moony Boom FITTING IN THE RIGHT WORD PUTTING ON THE LIGHT BULB SETTING UP THE RIGHT GROOVE CALLING ON THE RIGHT MOVE CHORUS: SHAPE YOUR LIFE DREAMING OF THE RIGHT DREAM TAKING ON THE WHITE QUEEN BEING ON THE RIGHT SCENE GETTING ON THE RIGHT GREEN PUTTING ON YOUR TIGHT JEANS LICKING OFF THE ICE CREAM PLAYING ON THE RIGHT TEAM DREAMING OF THE RIGHT DREAM CHORUS SLIDING TO THE RIGHT NOTE WALKING ON THE TIGHTROPE HOLDING TO THE RIGHT HOPE PLAYING ON THE RIGHT MODE

about

Skinny Alley recorded this CD in the “Moony Boom”, a 12’x12’ rehearsal space in Gyan and Jay’s home, on a soon-to-be defunct 8 track machine; live, loud and totally lo-fi. Needless to say, the neighbours were not too pleased. The CD was mastered by Eddie Miller (Prince, Action Figure Party, Metric, Kylie Minogue etc.) in Los Angeles. In keeping with the ethos of the rest of the album, of course, he didn’t get paid.

The songs on the CD somehow fit the manner of recording. They are real and raw and many emerged out of jams. One tune, Shape Your Life, was created as the band played to get recording levels and we decided to keep that very cut without any kind of editing. Only the vocal was added later.

The CD is being released by Counter Culture Records which the band feels great about, as the CD has a pretty “counter culture” feel to it.

credits

released January 1, 2007

Jayashree Singh - Vocals
Amyt Datta - Guitar, Keyboard
Gyan Singh - Bass
Jeffrey Menezes - Keyboard
Jeffrey Rikh - Drums

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Skinny Alley Kolkata, India

Skinny Alley is the latest mutation of a continuum of Calcutta-based bands helmed by Gyan and Jayashree Singh since the late 1970s. This is the band that helped spawn the indie scene that many musicians now call home. 2003's Escape The Roar (EMI) was the first English language release by an Indian band on a major label. ... more

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