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Brooklyn to St Germain

by Eric Dartel

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At dawn one day 05:31
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AT DAWN ONE DAY I chose these words To talk about your life At dawn one day All disappears You’re not the fruit of this love Who gave you the life? Small child wand’ring alone REFRAIN But I’m carried by the wind All the way to you Poor little boy who was left behind Without their love nor tenderness But I’m carried by the wind All the way to you Try to forget the sadness, the past Keep the good, and throw the bad I chose these words To tell you how I’m proud Time is running Do you see what I mean? You are the fruit of this song That I made for you You’ll never be alone REFRAIN But I’m carried by the wind All the way to you Poor little boy who was left behind Without their love nor tenderness But I’m carried by the wind All the way to you Try to forget the sadness, the past Keep the good, and throw the bad I chose these words To explain you how far Music takes you Like a wonderful mum You are the fruit of these hopes No more inner anger Enjoy the happiness REFRAIN But I’m carried by the wind All the way to you Poor little boy who was left behind Without their love nor tenderness But I’m carried by the wind All the way to you Try to forget the sadness, the past Keep the good, and throw the bad I hear, your voice Beating musical time As piano The rythme of your heart And now your life Is the most beautiful sun After the rain At dawn one day. 

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Don't 03:03
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DON’T Don’t tell me now Don’t tell me now, to wreck it all Oh, Oh, please try to understand I picked up pieces every day No, No don’t tell me now Don’t tell me now to be balanced Oh, aren’t you blind anymore? I was falling hard in the dark I hope my dreams will come true All the past is gone Don’t, please don’t tell me now Oh leave me, leave me alone Tell me now, tell me now go away Don’t hurt me now Don’t hurt me now, ‘cause it’s too late Oh, Oh please try to understand I’m trying to see the bright side No, No don’t hurt me now Don’t hurt me now, to be patient DON’T ( continued) Oh aren’t you blind anymore For me all our love is wasted I hope my dreams will come true All the past is gone Don’t, please don’t hurt me now Oh leave me, leave me alone Hurt me now, hurt me now, go away 

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Sweet Dream 03:53
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SWEET DREAM The sun offers the night To the moon and the moon Gives the day to the morning sun That day only one witness See so beautiful Which hugs in its wave All lights of the starry sky And makes us smell her sweet spices Like the breath of sleeping children Sometimes as in a deep dream Always, she opens her blue azure eyelids Reflecting all the colors Of the sky her only love Planets and heavenlies Are her musical score That always remind us how We are different And links this so chaotic world To a more quiet univers (pont) SWEET DREAM (continued) Sometimes as in a deep dream Always she rises above just to see if The earth embraces her coasts Like two lovers who slumber Early morning, alone Moon is waiting for sun's Greetings before setting dawn And see reveals her last secrets And draws back down Peacefully to the horizon We must all take care of sea She is the breast of the whole human nature Try to protect her each day Like a mum with her newborn
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JJ 04:18
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J.J I woke up, one morning Ready for a nice trip At that time the phone rang Suddenly the news came Wait for me my J.J I'll stay and I'll help you You'll be fine I'm ready I hang up and I screamed (refrain) J.J my friend for twelve years I always watched on her J.J my friend for ever She always watched on me At the bottom, of the stairs I felt this inner rage That by which I went upstairs To hug her in my arms You'll have to be strong you know You can call me night and day Together it will be a success Come on J.J be strong (refrain) I saw her scattered hair Poisons and everything Do not beleive in a joke This disease is for life I wanted someone to ask me My body to treat my J.J I've even offered my soul In order for her to heal (refrain) This story is to tell How J.J matters to me We're always together On the way hand in hand One day maybe I'll give you Some news from my J.J I'll then write another song But never forget this one (refrain)
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Somewhere 05:22
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Somewhere Somewhere in human hearts Something is off for ever The earth has set apart the love she felt, remember Men believe themselves stronger than her And claim to be «masters of the world» Don't be so sure of you She's full of surprises And no time to argue When her sweetness becomes rages We've already lived these moments So painful for many of us Somewhere in human heads Something has burst forever As pierced by a blade Never to think, oh never What allows you to destroy the earth? What is the future for oceans? Somewhere (continued) (refrain) Life is not a dream We should try to understand what it means Peace without fights, find again our rights All together We've already lived these moments So painful for many of us Somewhere near the borders Something breaks the silence The wars in large number Killing the people with indifference Men sit in the kingdom of contempt And claim to be «masters of the world» Don't be so sure of you She's full of surprises And no time to argue When her sweetness becomes rages We've already live these moments So painful for many of us Somewhere (continued) Somewhere we have to find Something to stop the slaughter A real strength of mind To bring us all together It's only with the wings of an angel That men can soar higher and higher Life is not a dream We should try to understand what it means Peace without fights, find again our rights All together We've already lived these moments So painful for many of us Somewhere it is written Something like a warning A message from heaven That explains its deepest feeling We've already lived these moments So painful for many of us And for those who still haven't understood The answer is somewhere …...
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Mask 04:15
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MASK Memories of our love fade gradually But I’m already dead so many times Dreams are often hard to follow with one guy So stay out of it I only came to live alone with you But quite often we were not two but three I never imagined that inside of your mind There was another man I don’t understand why you do it But I think you have your reasons I have learn there’s an inner peace I own I can say anything I want to say And when I think of our untimely end Something’s clinging to me You seem to be lost in uncertainty Nothing can ever be sincere with you I can describe to you for hours and hours But it’s no good for me REFRAIN Come on, Come on show me who you are And be yourself when you stay with me Come on, come on show me who you are And quit your mask so I can see you Biboubiboubi…… You play, you cheat and lie time after time Your Angel should throw your Devil out Don’t you want bring a new meaning to your life A real part of you Now I found a love I can call my own And when you’ll hear this song you’ll understand That I don’t ever want to worry about you Just live with a sincere guy I don’t understand why you do it But I think you have your reasons Now will you be able to stay yourself Will you be able to show you as you are? I’d really like you to be face to face with yourself To discover the truth I decided to leave you the day I realized that you will never change Explaining also that freedom can’t be bought Everyone deserves it REFRAIN Come on, Come on show me who you are And be yourself when you stay with me Come on, come on show me who you are And quit your mask so I can see you Biboubiboubi………………………….. I hope someday you will hear my message And you will reflect on the sense of life Maybe at this time, could we become friends And finally drop the mask. 

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Stealthy 04:23
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STEALTHY Turn and listen to this song Which will remind us As we danced together And used to laugh Think and listen to this song Which will remind us Our beautiful sibling And all our friends REFRAIN All my life, I’ll need you All my life, I’ll need to hear you My Angel………………… Stay with me, don’t fly away You are so stealthy Cry and listen to this song Which will remind us That our father left I still need you Look and listen to this song Which will remind us The pictures of our life In spite of you REFRAIN All my life, I’ll need you All my life, I’ll need to hear you My Angel………………… Stay with me, don’t fly away You are so stealthy (pont) My Angel Stay with me, don’t fly away You are so stealthy (pont) Stay with me, don’t fly away You are so stealthy (chant) 

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Swing song 03:32
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Swing song What do you need to make good music What do you need to make good melodies You need colors, rythms and lyrics It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing Can you tell me if you feel the heat Can you tell me if you feel that it's sweet You can feel a great joy in singing It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing (refrain x 2) Believe me your life will not be the same And keep your breath to keep the tone Let yourself burn through the notes like a flame The swing is essential What do you need to make good music What do you need to make good melodies You need to feel a little comic It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing Can you tell me if you feel passion Can you tell me if you like variations You can feel a great joy by bouncing It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing (refrain x 2 + 2 dernières phrases du refrain)
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Mea Culpa 03:35
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MEA CULPA Je suis une citoyenne déracinée Et Boboland est ma cite J’ai le pied gauche dans l’monde bohême Et le droit dans le monde des bourgeois Je vis en milieu protégé Je cultive une passion pour les Légumes bios et les gadgets technos Je n’bois que du thé certifié Et oui je suis une Bobo Mais je n’suis pas une Bonobo Je tague avec sociologie De toutes les couleurs mes amis Je possède une vieille 4L Pour faire le rallye des Gazelles Avec ses coupons d’réduction Mon bonhomme se paie une collation J’ai fait des études supérieures Des opinions je suis leader Et quand je rentre dans mon beau quartier Du digicode il faut s’rapp’ler Ma défiscalisation est géniale Sur les énergies renouv’lables Si t’as 15 000 euros à placer Un panneau solaire va t’chauffer Chez nous on adore la pédagogie Mes enfants ont d’la répartie Tout cela n’est pas compliqué car J’les éduque comme je l’ai été J’aime le slam et les quotas Je roule en vélo’v et surtout Je porte des tongs et des bermudas Je mange souvent du quinoa J’ai pris de bonnes résolutions Je sépare plastique et carton Je m’éclaire à basse consommation Histoire de rester dans le ton Je suis le gardien d’la pensée unique D’une bonne soupe idéologique Si t’es pas d’accord avec moi Je te fais mon MEA CULPA. 


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Brooklyn to Saint Germain is an album that sounds inspired Jazz, soul, spirit in a transatlantic cabaret



Texte & Voix, Lili K’venn
Musique & Piano, Eric Dartel
Contrebasse, Philippe Noharet
Batterie, Alexandre Esperet
Guitares, Julien Sermet & Valentin Hadjaj
Arrangement, Valentin Hadjaj (sauf 2&4)
Prise de son, Michel Pogorzelski
Mixage, Lionel Dussauchoy
Mastering, Thierry Cottin
Design graphique, Thomas Gervais

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released April 4, 2013

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Eric Dartel is inspired by the rich harmonies naturally emerging in fluid movements underneath his fingertips. From time to time, he enriches his work with the voices of other accoustic instruments, possibly even adding an electronic touch here and there. Dartel's music, multi-colored and melodious, free from all constraint, invites the listener on a journey. ... more

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