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dropout patrol jana sotzko stefan diessner ulrich kalliske kristof kunssler additional vocals by jenny hanel recorded mixed and mastered by christoph bartelt artwork janett bielau photos jana sotzko contact dropoutpatrol.com thanks to everyone involved especially you songs cd booklet

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other people:s problems numb face cold hands and the ride here was a drag i scraped together my last change to stare at the back of your head :other people:s problems are far more serious than mine is what everyone might be thinking as the band goes on fuck you and the horse you rode in on fun fact i never see you in daylight simple truth fear won again song one dropout patrol

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the great hesitation down on and s in a bar across the old townhouse the ghost of bukowski books never finished never read i saw the light in your room and the car in the driveway well the seats are empty there is no blood on the pavement can i touch you here i saw you touch her arm these are the petty problems that we have in this town song two dropout patrol

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irrelevant variables he picked a nice day in march to depart with spring scents all intense and the colors sharp since i had missed the rehearsal and lost the script it felt best to just tag along and do as the others did as the player starts playing i repeat to myself find a spot on the wall and fix your gaze now the speaker starts speaking many hands are wrung you can rest your head now if you want out of the dark we appear and into the dark we go song three dropout patrol

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taken hostage by the scene hit by the door on the way out :don:t worry he says :i:ll have this place shut down in no time they:ll never hurt you again it:s proven that drummers know best it:s just unfortunate that singers often care less the second single would be a letdown and we all had known this way beforehand where do you hang out now who do you hang out with and do i want to know for the record i never mention the rest i never spoke about the rest now band is a four-letter word now our band is a four-letter word song four dropout patrol

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a song for four a.m most of the time it was you who called and then usually i would go out and buy the drinks then meet you in your tiny room to spend another night on its wooden floors i couldn:t sleep for what felt like weeks so i listened to your stories instead after all it:s better to be bored together than all alone i thought :all is lost you would say :they:re all gone they are turning their backs on us on a bike ride home i realized i never believed that when i said i love you what i really meant was i love the idea of us when i said i:m going home what i really meant was i:m not coming back song five dropout patrol

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it may be that we are passing through difficult landscapes ghost towns along the coast line sweat on the forehead sweat on the back sweat on the back of our hands i fell asleep in the seventh hour only to wake up to the thought of good god not another song about driving but as we pulled into the next state it was already too late for that they held hands i held my breath staring at whatever it was that was outside and we ride where birds make sounds like laser guns she turned around and kissed him once it was in a hurry her skin was as pale as a paper bag :for the lack of a better comparison and it:s a long way seventy-five hours in a car song seven dropout patrol

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the unwanted gift i:m not going out tonight i:ve got no stories to tell and anyhow there is a song to write a privilege to some a curse to others the gift of song you asked for it so this time it:s for all the angry boys for the neighbors and for the ex-lovers i did my best to make you proud i did my best to calm them down to calm down song eight dropout patrol

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find it at the bottom of the lake once around the lake you didn:t think we would make it did you back in the caravan i held you like i hoped noone held you in a long time was it her on the phone you didn:t think i would mind this did you this lake is too calm to serve as some sort of metaphor for us i have a lot to learn you have a lot to forget you say submarine i hear battleship there:s a monkey on the roof and no bird in the hand and a fight to be fought no bird no hand no bird in noone:s hand song nine dropout patrol

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muym chased by the wolves and these are the bruises to prove this temper tempest not of interest when you are sure you:d never lose it make up your mind and oh the lights in their multitude hovering over everyone else and their head i wasn:t sure how to begin this now i don:t know how to end it make up your mind song ten dropout patrol

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airports curse the city curse the lights curse the streets and the street life and curse us curse the millions of us and the violence that:s to be held inside i:ve had so many evil thoughts today they would have filled many a postcard so where is that big fiery ball that makes it all go away i thought i could just stand here and watch the world go up in flames instead it:s airports and airports and yes i know they all look the same i drink shitloads of pepsi just to stay awake and to remember your face song eleven dropout patrol

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other people:s problems the great hesitation irrelevant variables taken hostage by the scene a song for four a.m iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii it may be that we are passing through difficult landscapes the unwanted gift find it at the bottom of the lake muym airports

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