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Make Me Do (Album)

by Babu Menos

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1.
What Isn’t There 03:31
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You get along just fine without You still don’t know what it’s about But every time you truly dare To look deep down inside You miss a lot what isn’t there You get along without just fine It’s just an itch from time to time But when you’re lonely, sad, and bare You look deep down inside And then you miss what isn’t there Chrous: You’re made of water And of light Unclose your borders Let it all inside There’s many ways to live in pain There’s plenty cause to go insane But there’s a chance for sanity: Look deep down inside And fill the void with amity There’s many men who wish you ill There’s even plenty bound to kill But you might find serenity: Look deep down inside And plant the seed of love and glee Chorus I’m well aware I sound naïve But it’s not science, it’s belief Life’s so much more than what you see Add a little love and light to that what isn’t there Add harmony and empathy to that what isn’t there Soon you’ll realise there is a lot that wasn’t there
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Time Out 04:41
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This is your soul speaking, hear me out You can not listen if you shout, shout, shout Relax a while, try on a smile and be silent This is your soul, I got news for you, you’ll Miss out on life if you just do, do, do Sit down a while, try on a smile and be idle … Take a Time out in your hide out Settle down, calm down and doze … Take a Time out in your hide out Rose is a rose is a rose This is your captain speaking, keep your seat Enjoy your heart, feel it beat, beat, beat For hours now we won’t allow any trouble This is your captain again, be aware Best thing to do now is to stare, stare, stare For hours now we’ll float around in a bubble … Take a Time out in your hide out Turn off your phone and read prose … Take a Time out in your hide out See, hear and feel with your nose … Take a Time out in your hide out Lie on your porch, twist your toes … Take a Time out in your hide out Try to be one with your clothes
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He Tender, You Tough 03:58
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Let him do the dishes Have him hug a tree Never grant his wishes ’Cause he tender, you tough Keep him on a tight leash Don’t pretend you care He will love you, oh!, all the more ’Cause he tender, you tough Forever yours He’ll do your chores to score Never say you’re sorry Tell him he’s to blame Give him woe and worry ’Cause he tender, you tough Make him mock his mother Alienate his friends Granny, uncle, brother ’Cause he tender, you tough Forever yours He’ll do your chores to score Never let him know you Never let him in Let him rack his brains about you ’Cause he tender, you tough Be his big enigma Be Schrödinger’s cat All of his wonder’s Sigma ’Cause he tender, you tough Forever yours He’ll do your chores to score Watch him wait for guerdon Like puppies wait for treats Watch him bear his burden ’Cause he tender, you tough Never catch him tripping Let him fall and crack Let his worries wip him ’Cause he tender, you tough Forever yours He’ll do your chores to score Surely any day now He will grovel back Deep in shame he will bow ’Cause he tender, you tough Surely any day now Or maybe in a week Maybe in a month, maybe more Or maybe not evermore Nevermore yours Tired of your chores he’s gone Who cares for scores Who’s tough who’s tender now?
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White Like Snow 03:47
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White like snow light like clover leaves, we will fall down to a place called home Little lies in disguise will kill you be- fore you’ll ever know you’d lived See them fly cross the sky to many fine places where they settle down
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When Mom Was Young 05:15
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When Mom was young She was oh so giving Then things went wrong Now she’s barely living Hear her pleading See her bleeding Still we party on When Mom was young She was only beauty Then we did wrong Now we got a duty We must heal her Save and shield her Still we party on Rap: Little do we notice, little do we see Patient’s in a coma, we still can’t agree To get her tired body to the ICU Still we don’t act on the simple truth Our mom is dying of our carelessness We beat her, choke her, cause her airlessness We still exploit her though we do know better We act like seven billion mad hatters When Mom was young Little did we hurt her We were just some Legions now pervert her We should feed her Yet deplete her Still we party on When Mom was young, we Might have even pleased her So bright, so strong Now we give her seizures Let’s not kill her Let us chill her Let’s not party on
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A Dog Named Blaire 03:47
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Hold your head outside the window Let the wind confuse your hair Like your dog did in the old days What was her name, wasn't it Blaire? Blaire came to me In a dream lately Blaire came to see If you and me were alive and in love ‘Sorry, Blaire’, I had to tell her ‘She’n’me was long ago’ ‘Don’t be sorry, times are changing’, Said old Blaire and waved her toes Blaire came to me In a dream lately Blaire came to see If you and me were alive and in love Search for God not any longer If in need for help call Blaire Cats, and dogs, and even rodents Know of life their own fair share In fact, they help way more than prayers Blaire came to me In a dream lately Blaire came to free Me of you and my reminiscence of love
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The Fall 02:29
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Like the ocean beads ashore Like a seagull cries for more Like the wind joggles the door Like a dog curls on the floor Like the rain remains to pour Like a crab crawls back the shore The sun won’t shine now nevermore Like the land lies calm and still Like a finch exclaims a trill Like the breath shapes clouds of chill Like a deer absconds uphill Like the snow enfolds the hill Like a crow caws sharp and shrill The sun don’t shine, nevermore will I know I’m not the only one But it sure feels like all is gone I love you, I love you, I love you sti———ll
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Better Days 04:27
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Chorus: Better days coming on Better days come with glory Better days not for some Better days for us all, we Only need cease to believe Belief is a state of mind making you colorblind makes you see black and white, makes you lose sight of what’s left and what’s right, what is real and what’s not, makes you hope rather than do anything miss out on too many things makes you discriminate all those in a different state makes you dislike all who dare to believe differently or don’t believe entirely who choose to think skeptically who try to be impartial and rid the world of martial roar bringing actual peace by parleying global cease-fire Chorus Convictions and opinions and ideas are like religion and religion is for pidgeons and for people who scare easily, who need to be told what to do, who need someone to lead them to the promised land, to paradise, to peace or to the battleground, who need to be delivered hope and happiness and purpose, dope and meaning, who refuse to choose their own ways, leave it up to some un- known, unseen, unkind old man in- stead who'd rather punish them than pet, who'd rather just ignore their needs and make demands of incon- ceivable severity giving nil back in return Chorus
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It’s Time 03:59
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These are the days of bigmouths The days of make-believe The more you shout the more you will be heard Tell any lie that strikes you The trick is to decieve The more you lie the more you'll awe the herd It’s time to lose your niceness To gain a thicker skin It’s time to be a man and act the part It’s time for you to grow a pair To lead instead of trail It's time to shoot your mouth (off) and shut your heart It’s time for me to carry A gun to every meet Cause everyone seems steelier than me It’s time to cease to worry About the other’s needs Cause everybody wants a piece of me It’s time to lose my niceness To gain a thicker skin It’s time to be a man and act the part It’s time for me to grow a pair To lead instead of trail It's time to shoot my mouth (off) and shut my heart
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Rosa Lee (Tide-in, Tide-out) 03:32
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Rosa Lee Walk with me Talk to me about your Feelings for me I love you still Don’t you still love me? Rosa Lee Look at me Crooked teeth A crooked Smile and almost bald I’m still alive Are you still lively? We fell in love like lightning Like rain we fell apart Like clouds and sun keep fighting We struggle, tide-in, tide-out. Rosa Lee What did she Do to me to make me Feel this fever Our love was meant To be forever Rosa Lee How did she Make me want to get her Back each time she left I thought I’d Stand again not ever We fell in love like Lightning Like rain we fell apart Like clouds and sun keep fighting We struggled, tide-in, tide-out. Rosa Lee Let me see Obviously there is no You and me no More, so let’s not Wait for things that won’t be Rosa Lee Let me be And I promise I will Let you be too I’ll let you go I’ll let you leave me We fell in love like Lightning Like Rain we fell apart Like Clouds and Sun keep fighting We’ll struggle no more, I’m out.
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Sweet Sixty 03:24
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I’m a man of many moods I’m a man of many manners I’m a man, sometimes too good Sometimes bad and sometimes badass I’m half man, half humble-bee You can call me Sweet Sixty I’m a man of many miens I’m a man of many meanings I am sometimes somewhat mean Sometimes kind and sometimes caring I’m half He and half a She You can call me Sweet Sixty Many years I’ve walked this world Still a boy, still full of wonder Many times cocooned and curled Ever back, forever young I’m a man of many skills I’m a man of many talents I’m a man, not keen on thrills rather calm, retaining balance I’m half mute, half melody You can call me Sweet Sixty I’m a man of many souls I’m a man of plenty solace I am sometimes crouched in holes sometimes rise against all menace I’m half hero, half lychee You can call me Sweet Sixty Many years I’ve walked this world Still a boy, still full of wonder Many times cocooned and curled Ever back, forever young
12.
The Light 01:46
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about

After an extensive break I started writing and recording new songs at the end of 2015’s summer. Not planning anything, I ended up with a full dozen songs by early 2016 that went together very well as an album.

I kept recording what was to become two EPs, released in 2017 and 2018, respectively; by that time I felt that the new songs were much stronger production-wise. So I kept the first album, “Make Me Do”, under wraps to be remastered, even partly re-recorded later on.

Lately, I’ve come to appreciate the uniqueness of this album and the total lack of reason to re-do anything with it, rather take it as a statement in its own right that is quite perfect in its own way (not that anything I ever do would be anything close to what commonly is referred to as “perfect”, but that’s not what I would ever want. A little imperfection goes a long way in making things — and people, for that matter! — interesting).

So, here it is! I hope you enjoy listening to “Make Me Do” as much as I did recording it.

Side note: The instrument tagged as “Menosynth” is not an actual single instrument, rather a very specific setup with a few sound generators (sampler, sample player, synth) patched through some effect processors that are mounted together to a portable (well, more or less portable) 19″ rack cabinet.

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released March 25, 2016

All music & lyrics, instruments & vocals, recording & production: Babu Menos, except the rap interlude in “When Mom was Young” which contains eight bars from “The Death of Åse” (“Peer Gynt Suite” Act III) by Edvard Grieg.

Cover art: Babu Menos & Kat vom Dach, painting “Im Freibad” by Olaf Gasper, (olafgasper.de), fonts “Casi” by Nina Hons (m100design.de) and “Montserrat” (github.com/JulietaUla/Montserrat) by Julieta Ulanovsky.

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Babu Menos is a musician (composer and lyricist, multi-instrumentalist and singer), writer, smart-ass, idler, and former traveller — amidst this climate catastrophe, one cannot travel in good conscience anymore.

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