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Pictures Of Parties

from Ek Sê (The Garage Mixes) by The Kêrels

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Pictures Of Parties (Herselman)

If you go backstage
There's a mirror
In which you can see yourself
Or you can find
Some people hiding
Hiding from themselves
Eyes that look into others' eyes
Eyes that turn away
Some eyes just turn away
The aggressive boys are looking for a fight
They want to stick their fingers deep into the night
There's a lady with a shining smile
But just a broomstick if you want to dance
Your fantasies they can run another mile
You pay your money and you take a chance
The mirror tells the truth
While the make-up tells the lies
In this place where another smudged face
Watches the mirror cry
Watches the mirror cry
If you go backstage
There are people
That are looking for security
They've been looking so long
When they find it ... They'll say
Oh no, is it just going to be
Another lie that's looking for another lie?
Or another lay? Hey, hey!
Are they looking for another lay?
Is there anyone alive in here?
And hey where can I get another beer?
Some are pimping, pumping stimulation
Into the evening's 'up'
Waking up tomorrow
In the bottom of an empty cup
Some are swirling in confusion
They can't quite catch the sound
The more they try ... They end up
Dizzy on the ground
Duets becoming solos
Groups of friends that bash and break
There's a lady with a shining smile...
They're turning off the music
And they're turning off the lights
The doors are busy closing
We go out into the night
To the sound of keys and cars
Going to some other place
To turn into a stage
A stage that's backstage
It's just the back backstage
Of another 'nother 'nother stage
It's the back, back, back, backstage
Of another 'nother 'nother stage!

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from Ek Sê (The Garage Mixes), released May 10, 2021

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The Kêrels Johannesburg, South Africa

Herselman, a prolific songwriter, has produced various albums, from tight, punkish Chrome Sweet Chrome (www.sjambokmusic.com) through star-studded Rigtingbefok (see Bandcamp Die Lemme), to his recent House for Sale, a contemporary dance-oriented album. He was founding director of Tic Tic Bang, S.A's first independent record company and part of the conscientising Voëlvry movement. ... more

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