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Flowers in my hair
© music&lyrics Benjamin Antell 2001

Even though I’m down gonna start the climb
roller coaster ride way down inside
some times it’s slow some times no go
some times they kick you when you’re lyin’ low
Now I know where I am goin’
I’m so ready for 2day
even though I might not have
any flowers in my hair
Thanks 2 U I can always rise
like a Whistling Kite I probe the sky
Wanna stay alive wanna see Your fire
I wanna walk the line that You drew in time
Now I know where I am goin’
I am ready for 2day
even though I might not have
any flowers in my hair
-I love You just the same
When U filled my heart I lost control
4 a second I was truly gone
now I’m wide awake and I know my fate
all I wanna do is follow U
Now I know where I am goin’
I ‘m so ready for 2day
even though I might not have
any flowers in my hair

I was looking 4 love
music&lyrics: Benjamin Antell

I was looking 4 love
I was looking 4 U
and I didn’t even know
Dingo sang in the moonlight
Redback hung in the hall
lightning struck (in) the tower
the castle wall took a fall
I was looking 4 love
I was looking 4 U
and I didn’t even know
heavy rain pushed a mighty flood
shoved the flowers in the ground
the passion played on the big screen
“there can be only one”
a wind blew through the tree tops
it made an eerie sound
the bride wept by the faint light
her knight in shiny gone
so here I go behind the city walls
this is not my dome
I choose another path to roam
I’m not a rolling stone

I love U so
© 2003 music & lyrics: Benjamin Antell

I love U so can't let U go
since U came into my life
I used to be as lonely as I could be
I used to think I'd die in misery
I used to think I'd never see Your face
or feel Your loving warm embrace
I love U so can't let U go
since U came into my life
my friends they used to roll their eyes at me
'cos they could see my life was misery
and they could tell I needed one good friend
someone I could depend on when
I love U so can't let U go
since U came into my life
I got no thrill from bubbly Pink Champagne
I got no thrill from dancing in the rain
I got no thrill from waiting for my train
and I was always in great pain
I love U so I can't let U go
since U came into my life

Piccolo Bell Boy
© 2003 music & lyrics: Benjamin Antell

Hot day burning sun
blue sky camel run
chapped lip, tight fist
led whip, false kiss
diamond tear, ruby stream
broken cord, golden years
vast crowd, eerie show
hard climb, crown of thorns
I will be your Piccolo
I will be your Bell boy
Dry sand, pierced hand
bitter drink, gall brand
roll of dice, cheap lies
innocent man, silent lamb
Thunder storm, breaking wall
splitting veil, sacred place
earth shake, open grave
the dead awake, amazing Grace
I’ll carry your troubles
I’ll carry your fears
I’ll carry the slag
of your broken dreams
I will be your Piccolo
I will be your Bell boy
(If you want Me to)

Big Bang, Wham Bam
© 2003 music & lyrics: Benjamin Antell

Oh la la Big bang
Oh la la Big bang
Gimme your guitar let me tune it down
let me play 4 hours ‘til the Son comes down
let me be your brother let me be your friend
let me be some one...
let me buy you a coffee in the pouring rain
Did He bang us into motion
or where did we come from
Creepy crawlers from the ocean
or ET prowlers from above
Did He bang? or did He wham?
Wham Bam!
There’s a great deal of confusion
the scholar shakes his head
there’s a great deal of confusion
some even think He’s dead
Did He bang? or did He wham?
Wham Bam!
if I could fly I’d be a happy man
I’d dodge the wires at the power plant
my body is warm and my jeans are torn
if I coulda woulda shoulda
let’s move it along
Gimme your guitar let me tune it down
let me play 4 hours ‘til the Son comes down
I used to think He had a long beard
and He was sleeping in the clouds ZZZ
I used to think that He was far out
someone I’d meet at my demise
But then He banged and he whammed
Wham Bam!

Evolution is a shallow wish
like a Jellyfish slippin’ off a Sushi dish

It's a beautiful Dei
music&lyrics: Benjamin Antell

What a beautiful Dei what a beautiful smile
sure had me goin’ there for a while
I’d walked another mile 4 U (or 2) (still would)
What a beautiful heart what a beautiful mind
Sometimes love can cloud your eye
roll like a snowball into mush
Don’t let it get U down...because
It’s a beautiful Dei come on, come on
It’s a beautiful Dei, I have found true love
It’s a beautiful Dei come on, come on
It’s a beautiful Dei
Love’s a stranger 2 many a man
Love’s a stranger. talk 2 the hand
get you bearings quick and head for land
Nobody loves U when you’ve found
they’d rather pat you when you’re down
everybody loves a miserable clown
Don’t let it get U down, ‘cos U know
It’s a beautiful Dei come on, come on
It’s a beautiful Dei
It’s a beautiful Dei come on, come on
It’s a beautiful Dei, shine a little love
The Wind blows where it wants
and it blows those who are born
of Spirit like leaves on dried up trees

(the Spirit can’t move U freely
if you are rooted in the world)

Everything is relative
music&lyrics: Benjamin Antell
(to Aunt Frida, thanks for the cinder jumpers)

Mirror mirror on the wall
who is the fairest at the mall
everything is relative
this I know
knock knock who goes there
Jack and Jill with a pint of beer
everything is relative
this I know
:-x is all we need
sang the band on new year’s eve
bang bang A K 14
prevention’s but a dream
everything is relative
this I know
klang klang tolled the Inchcape bell
saved the sailors souls from Hell
everything is relative
this I know
except God’s love

Waiting here what can I do
music&lyrics: Benjamin Antell

Waiting here, waiting here
waiting here what can I do
I’m a Boyo from the distant north
I’m a Boyo with a northern chord
I’m a Boyo and I’ll play my secrets
Waiting here, waiting here
waiting here what can I do
I’ll play my Kantele
‘til my fingers bleed
I’ll play my drum
‘til my body’s numb
I’m a dancer
and I’ll play my tunes

Space Inside
© music&lyrics Benjamin Antell

"Success is 2 have something
2 take with U when U die"...

There’s a space inside of me
that noone else has seen
where noone else has been
Now U C me now U don’t
There’s a space inside of me
that noone else has seen
where noone else has been
Now U C me now U don’t

Camel race
© 2003-4 music & lyrics: Benjamin Antell

El Camino Royal
where the Condor flies
took a Brougham ride
San Ysidro time
Tijuana night
hot and sticky town
San Diego sand
running out of hand
What a camel race
helter skelter days
got to stay on top
can’t just go insane
City on the hill
glowing in the gloom
shine down your light
make the viper wind
What a camel race
helter skelter days
got to stay on top
can’t just go insane

Shyne a little love
© 2003-4 music & lyrics: Benjamin Antell

If we would eat our foolish pride
there wouldn’t be no wars to fight
and we could come home safe tonight
and spend our lives in peace
to me you can not justify
the taking of another life
I’ve been around all too long
your wool’s not thick enough
Shyne a little love
Shyne a little love
History is like a loop
on and on and on it goes
History is one big soup
the more we stir
the less we seem to learn
(lilla du)
Shyne a little love
Shyne a little love

Wysiwyg-scarecrow
© 2003-4 music & lyrics: Benjamin Antell

what you see is what you get
and after all what did you expect
what you see is what you get
and after all what did you expect
Scarecrow standing by the wayside
standing in the dust
scarecrow watching those that go by
watching ‘cos he must
what you see is what you get
and after all what did you expect
scarecrow silence early morning
silence late at night
scarecrow swaying shirt tail waving
never standing for his rights
scarecrow looking never seeing
hand painted eyes
scarecrow listening never hearing
dull as his life
what you see is what you get
and after all what did you expect

Wish I could dance like David did
© music&lyrics Benjamin Antell

Wish I could dance like David did
like a whirlwind
love can do tremendous things
Wish I could dance like David did
like a whirlwind
love can do tremendous things
Dance like David King
Sing a new song Sing
Dance
Dance
Sing

I’m coming home
© 2003-4 music & lyrics: Benjamin Antell

It’s been a long time - out on the road
It’s been a long time - far from my home
It’s been a long time - I’ve missed your warmth
It’s been a long time - and I’m coming home
I’m coming home - ‘cos I love you so
I’m coming home - ‘cos my love just grows
I’m coming home - ‘cos I miss U so
I’m coming home - oh baby I love U so
Sometimes I feel like - I’ve nothin’ to lose
Sometimes I feel like - U give me blues
Sometimes I feel like - it’s not working out
Sometimes I feel like - I’m in the right :)
I’m coming home - ‘cos I love you so
I’m coming home - ‘cos my love just grows
I’m coming home - ‘cos I miss U so
I’m coming home - oh baby I love U so
It’s been a long time - out on the road
It’s been a long time - far from my home
It’s been a long time - I’ve missed your warmth
It’s been a long time - and I’m coming home
I’m coming home - ‘cos I love you so
I’m coming home - ‘cos my love just grows
I’m coming home - ‘cos I miss U so
I’m coming home - baby I love U so

One day you’re here One day one day you’re gone
One day you’re pushin’ up the city lawn
One day you smile One day you cry
One day you’re laughin’ ‘til you finally sigh
One day you buy One day you sell
One day you’re travellin’ down the road to ...
C'est La Vie, Mon Cherie
One day you marry One day you divorce
One day you’re single and you know how it goes
One day you drive One day you walk
One day you’re pushed down that final slope
One day you study One day you learn
One day you teach one day you burn
One day you build One day you tear
One day you plant One day you’ll care
One day you reap One day you heap
One day you’re lazy One day you’re beat
One day you’re truthful One day you lie
One day you’re skimmin’ of the boss’s pie
C'est La Vie, Mon Cherie

I love my little girl
I love my little girl
I love my little girl
out in the cold wide world
out in the cold wide world

I say a little prayer
I say a little prayer
I say a little prayer
to place her in the Master’s care

(merci)

When night is cold and northern winds
harass the shore
When all you know just slips away
into the bog
When all you’ve loved has died
a million times or more
As darkness falls and grinds
your dreams into a halt
As anvil thoughts weigh heavy
black as darkest Goth
As demons play to force your hand
in bitter rage
Remember He who played
and won the Passion Play
When friends turn their backs
and leave you standing cold
When all that was now is
entirely poppy cock
When turning back
no longer is a valid opt.
Resurface proud and tall
reclaim that which was lost

Ben in the early 70's

Coming or going....

Sixten in the early 70's

Hidden track...

à Dieu