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Stretching for the sky
02:45
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Stretching for the sky
(lyrics by Dimitris Lampos, Kostis Stefopoulos and Manolis Chrysanthou)
It was a long time ago, a thousand miles away
I was stretching for the sky, for that crystal blue ethereal way
I felt the rain from above, my mojo was all gone
I was stretching for your touch, all downbeat and alone
And I fell down on my knees, the broken mirrors of my dreams
Now I’m stretching for the sky, it’s turning red or so it seems
music by Dimitris Lampos, lyrics by Dimitris Lampos & the Descendants
*previously unreleased
(dedicated to Tony Joe White)
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Seaman’s blues
04:14
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music and lyrics by Dimitris Lampos
from the album “Lampoons, songs and laments for the 21st century”, 2012
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Tangerine
04:34
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music and lyrics by Dimitris Lampos
from the album “Lampoons, songs and laments for the 21st century”, 2012
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Angelina
03:43
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music and lyrics by Dimitris Lampos
from the album “Lampoons, songs and laments for the 21st century”, 2012
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The Titanic
04:23
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music and lyrics by Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter (1888-1949)
cover version by Dimitris Lampos
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Descendants’ theme
02:46
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music by the Descendants
*previously unreleased
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The light of night
02:08
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music and lyrics by Dimitris Lampos
*previously unreleased
The light of night
If you wanna go, do it now, do it somehow
If you wanna see the light of night
If you wanna find the darkness of day
a wee little song that came out during a hazy soundcheck in one of our live show nights, somewhere around 2013... the venue we were playing at, was burned a few weeks later under dubious circumstances... isn't that a lovely story?
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Ο Πύργος (The Tower)
04:13
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music and lyrics by Dimitris Lampos
from the album «Μη σε φοβίσει η αγέλη» (“Don’t be frightened by the herd”), LYRA 2010
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Τα δύσκολα (Hard times)
04:54
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music and lyrics by Dimitris Lampos
from the album «Μη σε φοβίσει η αγέλη» (“Don’t be frightened by the herd”), LYRA 2010
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music and lyrics by Dimitris Lampos
from the album «Μη σε φοβίσει η αγέλη» (“Don’t be frightened by the herd”), LYRA 2010
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music by the Descendants, lyrics by Dimitris Lampos
*previously unreleased
Blues in E minor and mild despair
I got 37 dollars and I don’t know what to do
Should I spend it here darling, should I spend it all on you
Should I just go out right now, get us some ice cream and some wine
Would that make our lives better or even just this night fine?
It’s only money, blood money
That's an improvisational song we penned as the closing theme for all our live shows. Manolis insisted on not adding any more chords to the damn thing than e minor and a7, holding true to his moto "if it's good don't fix it". and you know what? people didn't seem to mind, not at all, on the contrary, they always seemed to enjoy it.... as for the lyrics, they refer to a certain night in New York during the last milenium, when I was left with just 37 dollars in my pocket and a lot of hope for the future. Many years later, the 37 dollars and the hope are both long gone.
Isn't that a lovely story?
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Dimitris Lampos Athens, Greece
Dimitris Lampos was born in Berlin by Greek parents. In 2008 his first book, "The story of a 'Misanthrope' ", was published in Athens. His first album, "Mi se fovisei i ageli" (Don't be frightened by the herd) was issued by LYRA in 2010. In 2012 his second album, "Lampoons, songs and laments for the 21st century" was issued by Metronomos, featuring Jessica Kilroy and Jennifer Beecher ... more
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