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Side A

Yesterdays Dreams
Into The Nite
Let´s Go Steady
Love Will Find The Answer
The Nerve
Side B

Maurice
L.A. Mood
Don´t Carry The World
The Good Folks Up In Harlem
Survival
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Credits

All Songs by Carsten Bohn,
except "Dont´Carry The World" by Carsten Bohn/Earl Taylor.
Produced by Carsten Bohn Recorded and Mixed at Chateau Du Pape, Hamburg
Recording Engineer: Peter Schmidt
Assistant Engineers: Michael Tibes, Volker Schneider, Sven Kohlwage
Mastered by: Achim "The Master" Kruse at Chateau Mastering.

Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drums, Keyboards, Vocals & Programming
George Kochbeck: Synth. Bs (Tr. 5), Piano Solo (Tr. 2/7), Synth. Solo (Tr. 5), Choir (Tr. 3/4/5/6
Jens Fischer: Guitar (Tr. 1/6/10)
Tissi Thiers: Bass (Tr. 3/6/7/8)
Reggy Worthy: Bass (Tr. 2/6/9)
Jean-Jaques Kravetz: Organ (Tr. 9), Piano Solo (Tr. 4)
Christian Wilkens: Alto-Sax Solo (Tr. 3),
Jan Krüger: Choir (Tr. 4)
Victoria Miles: Choir (Tr. 2/3/5/7)
Stefan Frank: Choir (Tr. 7)
Bridget Fogle: Choir (Tr. 7)
Pascal Kravetz: Choir (Tr. 9)
Thomas "Wöbb" Weppler: Acoustic Guitar (Tr. 8)
Klaus Gartenicht: Synth. Solo (Tr. 3)



SIDE A

YESTERDAY´S DREAMS
Down at the station
in the middle of the evening stream
it´s good to your face again
no, i don´t forget

Let me know what you´ve been dreaming of
I think there´s so much
we can talk and chat about

and i don´t need someone
to help me remember your name
and i don´t need someone
to help me remember the fame

´cause you´ve been always on my mind
since you walked away
remember we kept sayin´

Yesterday´s dreams are good enough
reasons to go on
Yesterday´s dreams are good enough
dreams to come true

It wasn´t always pleasure
it wasn´t always fun
but time´s become the measure
for all things we´ve done
pictures on the wall
images on the screen
reflections of the wildest times
that we both have seen

and i don´t need someone
to help me remember your name
and i don´t need someone
to help me remember the fame

and you can always count on me
when you feel down and out
and i won´t miss a chance
where i can help you out
don´t you know that we kept sayin´

Yesterday´s dreams are good enough
reasons to go on
Yesterday´s dreams are good enough
dreams to come true

Music & Lyrics: Carsten Bohn
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drums, Keyboards, Synth. Bass, Vocals
Jens Fischer: Guitar Solo


INTO THE NITE
Into the nite
where the matter of fact is fight
Into the nite
where the matter of truth is right
(watch it, watch it, watch out)

Torture in a single room
Terror on the rocks
Horror at the laundromat
Murder on the block

it didn´t bother neighbours
the movie was to thrilling
between commercial messages
who cares about a killing

Binocular relationships
artificial dinner
let me kiss your penthouse-lips
i guess you love a winner

So come on in to paradise
and roll the dice of passion
The Nightbird meets the morning star
tracing waves of fashion

Into the nite
where the matter of fact is fight
Into the nite
where the matter of truth is right
(watch it, watch it, watch out)

Meet the unexpected
shadows of the day
traces of another world
needles in the hay

where beauty has a certain price
and kissing is forbidden
where tourists walk the safer streets
and lunatics are hidden

down the street a child is born
in the backseat of a car
If you are in the drivers seat
You better know who you are

I see it all before my eyes
I hear the voices
I feel the fever burning
I think I will be falling....

Into the nite
where the matter of fact is fight
Into the nite
where the matter of truth is right

Music & Lyrics: Carsten Bohn
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
George Kochbeck: Grand Piano Solo, Choir
Reggy Worthy: Bass
Victoria Miles: Choir


LET`S GO STEADY
I´m going through the motions
in a different state of mind
I leep into an ocean
in a very different kind
I´m taking all my chances
for that special point of view
I´m making all the changes
now the next move is on you

Let´s go steady
rockin´to the beat beat of a different kind of drum(mer)
Let´s go steady
and back the beat
with a different kind of heat....

I´m riding on the wings
of my internal sense of time
I´m tasting all the waters
making lovers all the time
Crossing all the bridges
passing all the borders
for a moment in your arms
I´ll grab the stars right from the sky

I´m starvin´for affection
for a taste of your sweet kiss
´cause you´re the main attraction
you´re the show that i won´t miss
Makin´love to you
means everything to me
I´m the best that you can get
so baby won´t you stay with me

I won´t make it hard for you
to see my point of view
Just look into my eyes
and tell me what you see
I´m a true believer
in the fact that life´s a mission
and it´s up to us to set the goal
to let our minds run free

I´ve been check` in and out
of different rules and orders
in my mind there´s no doubt
it´s time to cross the border
reality is bittersweet in
all the shades of passion
but being here with you my dear
that´s my real obsession

Let´s go steady
rockin´to the beat beat of a different kind of drum(mer)
Let´s go steady
and back the beat
with a different kind of heat....(repeat)

Music & Lyrics: Carsten Bohn
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Thissi Thiers: Bass in Mid-Section
George Kochbeck: Grand Piano in Mid-Section, Background Vocals
Vicky Miles: Background Vocals
Stefan Frank: Background Vocals
Bridget Fogle: Background Vocals


LOVE WILL FIND THE ANSWER
I was there beside you
from the rising of the sun
`till the break of day

I was trying hard to please you
so that nothing would unease you
hoping that you would say

Baby you´ll never know
secrets of my heart(repeat)

One by One
The lovin´ days get colder
Love undone
it makes me feel much older
Lovin´ you was easy when you made me shiver

Love will find the answer
to the question that you left behind
you´ll never know

Hatred is the cancer
that can kill the lust for love
you´re the one that told me so
Maybe you´ll never know
secrets of my heart (repeat)

Words don´t come so easy
when you´re heart is in the way
and your mind is going under

what i´ve got to say
is every minute that you stay
gives me time to make you wonder

Maybe you´ll never know
secrets of my heart (repeat)

Maybe it´s too late for second thinking
It might just be alright to take a chance
But all i really wanna do is tell you
that i need you more and more

Love will find the answer
to the question that you left behind
you´ll never know

Hatred is the cancer
that can kill the lust for love
you´re the one that told me so

Baby you´ll never know
secrets of my heart (repeat)

I´m looking for the morning sun
to dry away the tears
of a long and lonely darkness

Tryin´not to think of you
and all the things we used to do
in days of love and madness

Baby you´ll never know
secrets of my heart (repeat)

Music & Lyrics: Carsten Bohn
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Jean-Jaques Kravetz: Grand Piano Solo
George Kochbeck & Jan Krüger: Background Vocals


THE NERVE
I´ve spent my money
on your wildest dreams
I´ve shown you things
that you´ve never ever seen
you takte it all
with a smile on your face
but when it comes to lovin´ girl
it´s such a disgrace

You´ve got the nerve to say no
You´ve got the nerve to say no

I´ve got to have it, Baby
I wanna taste your lovin´every day
I´ve got to have it, Baby
without your love
Life ain´t worth living
no way

I´ve sure been tempted by the look in your eyes
the way you turn me on
is full of surprise
it could mean anything
or nothing at all
sooner or later
i surely will fall
for you
you´ve got the nerve to say no

She´s so good looking
and she smells so nice
she makes you feel
like you´re in paradise
but paradise
ain´t what it used to be
the name of the game is
"What can you do for me?"
("What can you do for me?")

I´ve got to have it, Baby
I wanna taste your lovin´every day
I´ve got to have it, Baby
without your love
Life ain´t worth living
no way

Well, sure enough
there´s other fish in the sea
But sure enough
there´s no-one out there like me
I can make it to your hottest spot(ta)
the one that gets you loose
the one that makes you hot(ta)

Life is a gamble, baby
Life is a game
But when it comes to lovin´ baby
it shouldn´t be the same
So please don´t tell me
that you´ve seen it all
experience is one thing
but you should really call
for me

You´ve got the nerve to say no
You´ve got the nerve to say no

I´ve got to have it, Baby
I wanna taste your lovin´every day
I´ve got to have it, Baby
without your love
Life ain´t worth living
no way

Music & Lyrics: Carsten Bohn
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Thissi Thiers: Bass (Mid-Section)
Jens Fischer: Guitar (Mid-Section)
George Kochbeck: Background Vocals

SIDE B

MAURICE(instrumental)
Music: Carsten Bohn
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Keyboards
Thissi Thiers: Bass (Mid-Section)
Reggy Worthy: Bass
George Kochbeck: Background Vocals

L.A. MOOD
It was grey outside
like it used to be
for the last 3 months in a row

the clouds were hanging
and the rain was banging
when i felt i had to go

to a place in the sun
where the people have fun
and the beach is not too far

where the music is kicking
and the girls go crazy
for a chance to be a star

I´ve got a ticket
in the back of my mind
and i feel like checkin´in

´cause the rain and the wind
and the rest of the weather
is finally taking me in

I feel the need
for the piece of the sun
and the touch of a gentle breeze

All those things
combined in a daydream
will set my mind at ease
I´m in an

L.A. Mood, got me thinking on a rainy sunday
L.A. Mood. I´m talking about the sunshine
I say L.A. Mood, got me thinking on a rainy sunday
Sometimes I wanna get out o´here

Well, let´s face it
we gotta be cool
about a coldfront heading our way
and the chance for a thunderstorm
mixed with rain
is the essence of a lousy day

And when the clouds open up
for a minute or two
there is hope that it´s gonna last
when the lights go down
it´s a feeling of the past

I hear you say that dreaming doesn´t come in handy
to face the facts is what it takes
you may be right
and you may be wrong
I simply learn from my mistakes

L.A. Mood, got me thinking on a rainy sunday
L.A. Mood. I´m talking about the sunshine
L.A. Mood, got me thinking on a rainy sunday
Sometimes I wanna get outta here
(repeat Chorus)

Music & Lyrics: Carsten Bohn
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
Tissi Thiers: Bass
Christian Wilkens: Saxophone Solo
Vicky Miles: Choir
George Kochbeck: Choir


DON´T CARRY THE WORLD
I had the strangest vision
and i came to this decision
that if you want to be my girl

you´ve got to forget
the cares of the world
they´re only gonna make you frown
and i won´t change my smile
to a frown
to help you feel down

So paint a picture in your mind
of the way that we should find
the love that lasts
through endless times
endless times

girl i never want it to end
because you know we´re more than friends
endless time will go on
like the words in this song

Don´t carry the world
around on your shoulder
just let you turn around
like the words in this song
let it move along
don´t hold on, no

because you know you´re not the first to try
to bare the weight of it all
all the emotions
that have made us
what we are today
(Repeat Chorus after Solo)

Music: Carsten Bohn
Lyrics: Earl Taylor
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drums, Keyboards, Vocals
George Kochbeck: Synth. Bass, Synth-Solo, Background Vocals
Vicky Miles: Background Vocals



THE GOOD FOLKS UP IN HARLEM
Eversince I moved uptown
there ain´t too many of my friends around
they´re scared of my new neighbourhood
they say this place just ain´t no good

but those are people here on my street
the kinds of folks that they won´t meet
in downtown´s safer doorman´s land
there´s just one thing that they don´t understand

It´s the good folks up in Harlem
who keeep this place alive
without the good folks up in Harlem
this city won´t survive

My place ain´t big but that´s okay
I´m glad i have somewhere to stay
my neighbors are cool and so am i
we get along or at least we try

But there are serious dangers that we face
a war against the human race
and drug-lords at the crack of dawn
with shiny things to turn them on
But..

It´s the good folks up in Harlem
who keeep this place alive
without the good folks up in Harlem
this city won´t survive

Yes it´s the good folks up in Harlem
who keeep this place alive
without the good folks up in Harlem
in their struggle to survive

Music & Lyrics: Carsten Bohn
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drum Programming, Keyboards, Vocals
Reggy Worthy: Bass
Jean-Jaques Kravetz: Hammond Organ
Bridget Fogle, Pascal Kravetz: Choir
Jens Fischer: Guitar


SURVIVAL
lyrics ?? not really ! ;-)

Music: Carsten Bohn
Musicians:
Carsten Bohn: Drum Programming, Keyboards
Jens Fischer: Guitar
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