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Skabengas EP

by Skabengas

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1.
Killer 03:48
Well shes a player Playing all night long Shes a slayer Dont cross her path, you'll get her wrong Shes a killer She'll get inside your head She smells just like vanilla Man be better off if you were dead And as you see her striding down the street, you'd think her sweet The kind of girls you'd like to meet And even though she tells you that shes loves you and you love her Shes a killer Well shes so smoothe Silky long black hair She'll get you in the mood And then she'll kill you, you know she dont care She's got no inhibitions You can see it in her swagger She's on a murdering mission Beneath that cloak she hides a dagger And as you see her striding down the street, you'd think her sweet The kind of girls you'd like to meet And even though she tells you that shes loves you and you love her Shes a killer Shes a killer, but we love her
2.
Gypsy Stomp 04:53
Down down down into the bottle we go To heal our hearts and drown the sorrow The sun may shine and the wind might blow We're on the road and we've still got a million miles to go A million miles to go And make it thought the summers sun and winters frost You know not all Not all who wander are lost
3.
Now I know what it means to be alone Well I've travelled so many miles and still I cant find a place to call my home Some places I go, they call me the drifter man Im wondering around, wondering how, wondering why oh why oh why Ive got no plans So Im standing here, on the open road And Ive never felt so bold And I find myslef in a strange new place Lady adventures got a beautiful face Got the wind in my hair and the sun at my back Just heading down the lonely track Feel so young, but Im getting old Now I know what it means to feel free Its when you're trudging along, and dust covered and oh so weary But for this freedom Ive got a price to pay Im walking in my own shooes, singing my own blues, suffering this solitude So Im standing here on the open road And Ive never felt so bold And I find myself in a strange new place Lady adventures has a beautiful face Got the wind in my hair The sun at my back Just heading down the lonely track Feel so young, but Im getting OLD
4.
Ahab 05:08
Well, he was Captain Ahab and she his great white whale All hands on deck he cried, to distant seas we sail And the sailors on the ship were drunk from the keg Oh Moby, for mercy you will beg. So they made their way beyond, the snow, sleet and hail Onwards he cried, we've got a giant mammal to impale So through the blinding fog, the salt spray and gloom Ahab caught a glimpse of fate and sailed towards his doom Oh heave ho, heave ho There she blows, shes chugging like a steam boat Heave ho, Heave ho Arm yourselves, a whaling we go. So he would never stop until the beast was done Ahab made his way, by staring into the sun And all his faithful crew, thought him stark raving mad Coz harpooning big ass whales was the greatest fun he ever had Oh heave ho, heave ho There she blows, shes chugging like a steam boat Heave ho, Heave ho Arm yourselves, a whaling we go. Across the seven seas, Fight the storm and breeze Baton down the hatches Theres a storm acoming Faster me matees, shes getting away Bring the thunder And the lighting You cant stop me Oh Moby 'Captain behind you!' Noooooooo Whether its the horrors of the deep Or the terrors of the skies above There are 6 billion lonely souls Braving the seas of love But poor old lonely Ahab He never got his wishes Moby Dick sent him down Now he's sleeping with the fishes
5.
Day Dreamer 03:45
Well I was just watching my TV inside a room Imprisoned in a chair Many things did I see there And so I took a page out of her book Staggered up and had a look Saw that She'd said yes to me Day dreaming free And so I ventured to look outside the window Across the city skyline All cast in shadow And I dreamt of all the places we could go Across the seven seas Day dreaming free And now our dreams are built we'll see them float and rise Look how swiftly they move, across the clear blue skies So dont disguise those fears, the ones you hide behind those eyes Just let it all go, before the dreaming dies
6.
And you breathe it in Then you breathe it out You're in the big smoke You can taste it in the air you choke Can you feel it running through your veins Constricting flows While your body is taking all the strain And feel so weatry Coz theres something about this town So weary And I dont know why Everyday I feel so good Why everyday I feel so ill Why everyday I feel so good Everyday I feel Everyday I feel so good Why everyday I feel so ill Why everyday I feel so good Everyday I feel SO you wake up early with the bell Devils at your front door And you've only got your soul to sell And you work so hard to get your pay Its the same old thing in the city Dont you know there's no escape And I feel so weary coz theres something about this town Open my front door and look around The schitzophrenic bi-polar bear are I And I realy dont know why Everyday I feel so ill Why everyday I feel so good Why everyday I feel so ill Everyday I feel Everyday I feel so ill Why everyday I feel so good Why everyday I feel so ill Everyday I feel

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Debut EP from South Africa's swinging, skanking band - the Skabengas

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released July 1, 2012

Vocals, guitar - David Constantaras
Trumpet - Twyla Spiller
Upright bass - Jimmy Mngwandi
Drums - Mlungisi Shongwe
Lead guitar - Luc Spiller

Recorded and produced at Gloryvale Studios and Rechord Studios, by Andrew Orkin and Mike Wright. Mastered by Leon Erasmus

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Skabengas Johannesburg, South Africa

A stomping groovy mishmash of gypsy jazz, African and roots music. Melodic, infectious and just plain strange tinged with hell-bent manic energy. Hot on the heels, steamy swing and swagger!

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