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Journeys
02:27
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Go, go, go, go
Slowly, slowly
Faster, faster
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go
Go every morning, every night, every second of the day
In the dark, in the light, close or really far away
Here and there, to and fro, someone’s always on their way
From point A to point B, sometimes never back to A
Every morning, every night, in the present, long ago
But you don’t always decide about where you’re going to go
Every dawn, every dusk, every turning of the years
It’s a choice. It’s a task. It’s the only hope I see.
I want to go where I want. It’s my life and I have plans
Well it’s about time you learned it’s not always in your hands
If you dare, you may fight, but there’s not much of a chance
I’m so scared, someone there, will you tell me how this ends?
Go through the day, through the night, look and tell me, can you see
From the window left and right, what is there ahead of me?
Is there life? Is there death? Is there love? No, is there food?
Will I ever smile and say: it all happened for the good?
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2. |
Phebe's Lullaby
01:57
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Sail, sail, sail away
Dream up a song to get through the day
Sleep, sleep, close your eyes
It won’t be long. They say that time flies
PHEBE AND ANN:
So far away? All on my own?
COMPANY:
Rock-a-bye baby, you’ve got to grow
PHEBE AND ANN:
So far away? For three muslin shawls?
COMPANY:
When the bough breaks the cradle just falls
Sail, sail, sail away...
PHEBE AND ANN:
So far away? To the end of the world?
COMPANY:
Hush, little baby, don’t say a word
PHEBE AND ANN:
Thousands of miles? To a land upside down?
COMPANY:
You are no longer the sweetest in town
Sail, sail, sail away…
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3. |
The Chocolate Song
06:34
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JOACHIM:
The only lighthouse in these foggy times
The only seed of hope
The only drop of dreams left in my mind
The only chance we’ll cope
Is somewhere on the way
Between now and good old days
The only touch of sweet taste on this bitter plate
COMPANY
How do you find a black horse in the dark
A needle in the hay
I have already given all I’ve got
How come there’s more to pay?
It’s not what we had planned
But there’s no on the other hand
The only touch of sweet taste in a foreign land
JOACHIM:
Somewhere on the railroad in a village or a little town
With some luck and a bit of courage we shall get there safe and sound
Maybe in a city or maybe in the middle of a battlefield
But I won’t ’rest until we find it, I won’t yield
COMPANY
The only lighthouse...
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JOACHIM:
Well I can't move a mountain, can I? So what to say? This is it.
Let’s see how we begin, let’s save the day.
SON:
Let’s have some chocolate!
JOACHIM:
Not exactly our dream
But those hundred towers gleam
Across the river, in the night
And something tells me this is right
COMPANY:
The only lighthouse in these foggy times
The only seed of hope
The only drop of dreams left in my mind
The only chance we’ll cope
Is right here, so let’s start
In what they call the heart
Of Europe, and let’s hope we’ll never part
Let’s see if our new home could be called...
SON
Prague
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4. |
Mango
04:40
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VALENTIN:
Mango… This foreign word sounds like a magic spell
Should we go? Can we succeed? Only time will tell
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THEODOR:
And soon one of these boats
Is going to bring back loads and loads
Of fruits divine, most wanted kind
I feel it in my bones
The memory so clear, two little friends long ago
Sitting on the pier, watching the ships come and go
Already then we knew that we wanted something new
And now’s the time, horizon line -
Is calling me and you
VALENTIN:
Mango, this word sounds like a magic spell
Should we go?
THEODOR:
Oh come on trust me we’ll do well
Cause you have always been
Like my brother, like my twin
No thunderstorm will see us torn
Apart, we’re bound to win
VALENTIN AND THEODOR:
Behn Meyer, Meyer Behn
What a wonderful sounding name
We’re gonna make it
In the big, big world we’re gonna make it
We have waited long enough, now it’s time
It might be tough but we’ll be fine
We’re gonna make it
We might make mistakes but we’ll make it
We’ve got all it takes
The name that we created
So strong nothing can break it
So strong nothing can break it
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VALENTIN
The memory so clear, two little friends long ago
Sitting on the pier, watching the ships come and go
You have always been
Like my brother, like my twin
No thunderstorm will see us torn… apart
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5. |
Suitcases
02:33
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You know somewhere there’s a suitcase
Light or heavy, square or round
And then one day you decide
That you want to look inside
You climb up and take it down
You know somewhere there’s a suitcase
Dark or funny, strange or sweet
And then you ask for the key
And you open it and see
There maybe a way to meet...
A person who may have been a bit like you
And if they are watching you bet they’re a fan
And they’ve left a story and most of it’s true
The rest you must make up as best as you can
The details of all those hellos and good-byes
The yeses and nos and the hows and the whys
The running and sailing and airplanes and bridges
And houses and factories and a train station,
CONDUCTOR:
Which is……a good place to start and a good place to end
But before we go I would recommend
Not to forget your belongings please
And let’s take a picture of this moment. Cheese!
ALL
‘Cause this is where the loose ends touch
The present meets the past
And that’s how we got cast
So thank you very much
You know somewhere there’s a suitcase
With a message from afar
Packed by someone long ago
Claim it, hold it, don’t let go
Look inside and here we are
Look inside and here we are.
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6. |
Film Music
01:58
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Bara Dockalova Prague, Czechia
I teach English through theatre and I write musical plays. I love composing songs that are embedded in a story and help to move it forward. I write folk songs and chansons also, lately more and more in Czech, and I occasionally perform them myself with a band. ... more
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