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Outside The Screen

by Needlepoint

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Johnny is a player, hungry as a pike
 His love affairs are all like going downhill on a bike He enjoys the ride when his hair is blowing 
but love fades with the high speed slowing 
On level ground he’s off the hook
 Won’t give that girl another look He’s so charming when his wishes are fulfilled But if she gets too close 
his passion will be stilled 
If she asks him why he seems so chill Well, a girl who speaks her mind, is far too steep a hill Johnny has a prayer he’s repeating every night Jesus won’t you give me please 
a girl to hold on tight
 My hair is gone my speed is slower
 I will no more use and throw her I’ll take her uphill too 
Johnny sobs low down and blue But the rumour is larger than his pledge 
His hope is crushed with the power of a sledge Johnny was too handsome
 The village was too small
 Who could Jesus offer him
 when Johnny had them all
3.
The tree on the hill was bored and brought the wind to play with its leaves The sea was sad and mournful and brought the rivers to brighten its slumberous life The ground was cold and brought the moss The sky was tired of the green and brought the white clouds to join its screen The valley felt too bright and brought the mountains to tame the sun’s explosive light Who will bring you to me We will see
4.
If anything had changed that night If I’d turned left and not to the right How many pages would I have had to rewrite What if I hadn’t hidden from the rain If I’d brought an umbrella I would have caught the train Then you and me would have been an unsung refrain But, to dwell on the past, I don’t need to do ’cause magic that night brought me to you
5.
Magpie 04:57
Sitting stock-still in a frozen tree Trapped by the cold. Got no better place to be Trying to keep warm, with each and every feather Guess you miss someone, with whom to freeze together Lonely Magpie. Last night you were sitting close to the sweetest crow. Sharing memories from spring and summer Do you know where she did go? Your beak is sunken, in the white and black You’ve got no song to sing, until she is back
6.
Ten Seconds 07:21
Ten seconds was all it took to tear apart The place that you’d let me have in your heart My hurtful words burst like bubbles from a deep dark tarn Unravelled love like knitting reduced to yarn I tried to say it didn’t mean a thing With a stranger’s eyes you twisted off your ring You put my words on a scale of trust and found they only equalled dust Ten seconds was all it took to tear apart the place that you’d let me have in your heart Ten words was all it took to lose the key that once unlocked the doors between you and me
7.
Don’t hit your snoring husband Don’t hit your snoring man Even though he snores as loud as a roaring Chevy Van Maybe he dreams he’s sitting on a cloud with you way up high Watching a million twinkling stars on the sky I know that he steals your sleep and blows you out of bed Maybe just now he dreams he is kissing you Closing his eyes makes him start missing you Don’t hit your snoring husband Don’t hit your snoring man Even though he snores as loud as a roaring Chevy van
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released October 26, 2012

Words and music by Bjørn Klakegg

“If I turned left” composed by Hængsle/Strønen/Klakegg
Produced by Nikolai Hængsle


Bjørn Klakegg : vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, benjo
David Wallumrød : clavinet, upright piano, hammond organ, autoharp
Nikolai Hængsle : bass, wah-wah bass, fender VI, moog taurus, vibes, harmony vocals
Thomas Strønen : drums

Recorded by Roar Nilsen at Sugar Road Studio in January 2011

Additional recordings by Roar Nilsen at Parachute Studios and Nikolai Hængsle at Deaf Ear
Mixed by Christian Engfelt at Engfelt Forsgren
“Ten Seconds” mixed by Bjarne Stensli at Harry’s Gym Recording Studio
Mastered by Alf Håkan Åkesson at NutidStudio

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