Rivers

by Attila Tapolczai

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1.
Rivers 03:37
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Rivers Were you born to see a revolution? Or would you rather like another solution? When the world is set on fire and burning you Is it only uncontrolled emotion? Or a plan with a predicted conclusion? Confused 'cause your rational thoughts are cheating you? So when you're looking for some reasons to no avail And when you try to settle down but you always fail Just smell the water and follow it's roar And you'll always find a way back home where the rivers flow Do you still have any of those illusions That you get help from any institutions? It only comes from the good-hearted folks that are loving you Are you still looking for an explanation Why many people get seduced by their nation? After all they have drives moving them but what's moving you? So when you're drifting far away from your plans and dreams And you're looking for new hopes along the streams You just follow your instincts and the water's roar Because you'll always find life growing there where the rivers flow Were you born to see a revolution? Are you afraid of any counter-revolution? When your power and the ground under your feet are leaving you Is that what we call an evolution? When around you everything is in motion The only place you can find your peace is inside you So when you're thinking about where you came from and who you are And you know that you have to live on with a deep scar Just close your eyes and follow the roar Because you'll always find a way back home where the rivers flow You'll always find a home where the rivers flow
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Carolina Star 04:05
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Carolina Star Back in the hills oh slow rollin' hills  Where North Carolina comes close to the stars  There's livin' a lady who's shinin' so high  They call her the "Carolina Star'  She works at the factory from Monday through Friday  She's raisin' three daughters alone  Their daddy's away, he's chasing a dream  They're waitin' for the day that he comes home  [Chorus:] Oh, Carolina  Even stars get lonesome now and then  Oh, Carolina  Don't you worry, he'll be comin' home again  [Verse 3:] He's playin' his songs in Nashville  He's pickin' for tips in a bar  He's broke and all alone, but he ain't ready to come home  He wants to be a bluegrass pickin' star  [Chorus] Sometimes she wakes up just thinking of him  She remembers him beside her in the night  While out across those hills that old moon is settled in  And those Carolina stars are shining bright  [Chorus]  Yes he loves you and he's comin' home again.
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Why Don't You See 02:20
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Why Don't You See I saw a newspaper headline It said how "EU-foreigners" pull the Germans down They take the benefits (al)though they don't even work in the land Who has ever seen such villains? Why don't you see Oh, why can't you see They deliberately turn us against each other Why don't you see Once again we live in dangerous times To build a simple, ignorant world view there's no need to analyze Ethnicism, superstition, hatred (are) spreading all around The bourgeoisie's laughing up its sleeves I say: why don't you see Oh, why can't you see They nastily turn us against each other Why don't you see It's been Caesar's and Napoleon's favorite tool Now our leaders too they like to use the famous "divide and rule" With all the media in their hands they learned it well how to properly fool us To prevent any unity among us Why don't you see Oh, why can't you see They cunningly turn us against each other Why don't you see Why don't you see Oh, why can't you see If we don't care they send us to another war Why don't you see?
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In So Many Ways 03:23
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In So Many Ways by Bad Religion I can see the shadows on the wall Drifting as the leaves start to fall Unfaced by rigorousity the objects yield to gravity And depict the destiny of us all No one really knows why we die No one gets a break so we try Ignoring mortality we worship mediocrity And wait to see what happens up on high In so many ways we live to follow the sun In so many ways we exalt and fail as one In so many ways we want the bad to be done Oh in so many ways we show our pain in unison Something in you is busy counting days Catapulting you through the haze Blind to virtuosity ignoring of your sanctity Revealing you in so many ways In so many ways we live to follow the sun In so many ways we tend to rise and fall as one In so many ways we want the bad to be done Oh in so many ways we show our pain in unison In so many ways we live to follow the sun In so many ways we exalt and fail as one In so many ways we want the bad to be done Oh in so many ways we show our pain in unison
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Dream Sequences 06:07
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The Lost Caravan 03:20
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The Lost Caravan Have you been to the big party Or you haven't been invited at all? Have you tried the finest foods, drinks and drugs, cars and clothes? Or all you got was the leftover Somewhere in the distance in the fruitless desert of our land They're hopelessly wandering 'round and 'round The unemployed, the dispossessed, the weak, the useless and you, my friend Are free to join the lost caravan Have you managed to keep your head above water Or you lost the battle against the flood? Did you believe the tale that you can really become anyone Despite your race, your class, your blood? Somewhere in the distance in the fruitless desert of our land They're aimlessly marching 'round and 'round The unemployed, the dispossessed, the weak, the outcast and you, my friend Are free to join the lost caravan When the party is over and we see a wasted, ruined land When we start to appreciate the real treasures of all men When the sound of greed ceases to deafen us for a brief moment Then we found the lost caravan Did you feel like the richest man on earth 'Cause a gentle breeze touched your face at a summer nightfall? Have you ever felt like you have everything you need in life When you actually have nothing at all Somewhere in the distance in the fruitless desert of our land They're helplessly walking 'round and 'round The unemployed, the dispossessed, the weak, the useless and you, my friend Are free to join the lost caravan Somewhere in the distance in the fruitless desert of our land They're proudly wandering 'round and 'round They might have lost their house but they may see the beauty of the stars There goes the lost caravan
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Wayfaring Stranger 06:07
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Wayfaring Stranger I am a poor, wayfaring stranger Travelling through this world of woe And there’s no sickness, toil nor danger In that bright land to which I go I’m going there to see my mama I’m going home, no more to roam Well I'm just going over Jordan I am just going over home I know dark clouds will gather round me I know my way is rough and steep But beauteous fields lie just before me Where men redeemed their vigil’s keep I’m going home to see my father I’m going there, no more to roam Well I'm just going over Jordan I am just going over home
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Struggle 04:02
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Struggle [Verse 1:] Have you ever seen a woman Giving birth to a baby without struggle? Have you ever seen a child Learning to crawl, to walk, to speak without struggle? [Chorus:] Well, you might think that fortune finds a way to us You might think that we're just puppets watching history helpless Well, I think we are restless creatures never idle to strive Struggle is what keeps us all alive [Verse 2:] Have you ever seen lovers Giving their hearts to each other without pain and struggle? Have you ever seen a marriage... ...without any struggle? [Chorus] [Verse 3:] Have you seen a working man Trying to feed his family without any struggle? Have you seen demented old people Trying to remember without any struggle? [Chorus] [Verse 4:] Have you seen a black man Reaching success in your society without struggle? Have you seen the poor Getting their rights and a bearable life without any struggle? [Chorus] [Verse 5:] Have you seen sportsmen Winning trophies and competitions without any struggle? Have you seen a society Giving rights to all of its members without struggle?
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The Harz Ride 02:49
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They Were Dreaming of the Day 03:02
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They Were Dreaming of the Day Among the streets where I was born Diamond trees have never grown My mother always worked hard Poor people in their backyard They were dreaming of the day When they will get a decent pay And that their children will find A way of life better kind And then the old world was gone But the day has never come Frustration grew on the east While the promise never ceased They were still dreaming of the day When they will get a decent pay And that their children will find A way of life better kind Now the promise too seems to be gone The dirty job has been done We must be happy to be slaves Or pack our life and go away And keep on dreaming of the day When we will get a decent pay And that our children will find A way of life better kind Let's keep on dreaming of the day When we will get a decent pay And that our children will find A way of life a better kind Just keep on dreaming of the day Oh, dreaming of day Can we still dreaming of the day? Can we...?
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River Take Me 05:47
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River Take Me (Darrel Scott) It’s been rainy and windy for seven days straight I’ve been going to bed early and getting up late I look out my window and it’s one shade of gray My wife and my kids don’t have much to say A man out of work only gets in the way Oh the river is rising now one inch an hour And tonight we’ll be lucky if we still have power But I’ve got a flashlight, an oil lamp and I’m ready to go And a fresh set of batteries for my son’s radio If the dam really breaks, least we’ll know where to go River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times River take me, river take me River take me far from troubled times If I had a boat you know what I’d do? I’d float me and my family down to Baton Rouge I wouldn’t work in no factory I’d live off the land And live within means of my own two hands Dance Saturday nights to a Zydeco band Oh the river flows and a young man dreams And the river can drown you  Or it can wash you clean It can take you away to some other place It can power your cities, carry your waste And give all that you drink a peculiar taste Oh, don’t look to me, I’ve done my time You see I’ve had too many dreams for this one heart of mine And I’ve stood on the bridge with the river below Feeling all of the sadness that a proud man could hold Oh the river is full but there’s no way to go
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Birdland Breakdown 03:56
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13.
The Land of Reason 06:24
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The Land of Reason I was walking in the garden You know, the garden with the many white crosses And I remembered the governor’s words as he talked about losses They were once proud of their nation A nation that gave them nothing But a false identity that took their lives yet I'm still hoping We'll meet you in the land of reason Where you can always ask the question 'why?' And for flags, for nations, for power we won't have to die See you there in the land of reason Where the word 'freedom' is not just a lie And religions and myths find their right place in our able minds I look at my fellow citizens Their hearts are filled with the darkest hate Yet they talk about love, talk about God and their unjust fate They think theirs is the greatest of all nations Just like other countries' folks do And they blame all the strangers that spoil their narcissistic view But let us don't give up the hope We'll meet you in the land of reason... Yes, I believe we're descended from apes But long time ago we left them behind Now it's time for us to recognize and not kill our own kind And be free of our own limitations Free of compulsion, manipulation and free to decide And then, my friend you would gladly sing it with me on my side We'll meet you in the land of reason...

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Recorded in Augsburg, Germany between April - October, 2014

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released December 1, 2014

Attila Tapolczai - guitar, vocals, mandolin (1,3,4,6,9,10,11,12), banjo (1), recording, cover art
Hauke Iven Marquard - violin (1,2,4,5,6,7,9,11,12,13), vocals (7,11,13)
Peter Wachter - double bass (all ex.7,11), vocals (1,2)
Julia Bogner - violin (1,3,5,8,10,13), vocals (1,2)
Manuel Hengge - mandolin (7,13)
Julia Simmance - viola (2,7), vocals (2)
László Pásztor - double bass (7,11)
John Hill - banjo (9)
Alexander Habermeyer - mandolin (2,8)

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Attila Tapolczai Augsburg, Germany

Attila Tapolczai is a singer-songwriter, guitar and mandolin player. Previously doing many years of punk rock, he formed his first acoustic group in 2005 which became known as Attila & Friends.

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