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Rating: Art runs in the family of 'Eagle-eye' Cherry.
His father was the great jazz musician Don Cherry. His sister is none other than Neneh Cherry, you might know her? The one who sang a duet with Youssou N'Dour in the memorable "7 Seconds".
It is the debut album of the artist. There are two versions, one released in 1997 with one song less: "Falling in Love Again". And a 1998 version with the aforementioned song added. The covers also differ (the one shown here is the '98 version). (-As I didn't know anything at the time, I got the 'unlucky' version with one song less- But never mind, the radios made up for it by playing it every day. In fact, the second single "Falling in Love Again" quickly became a 'hit' of that period).
The album is truly respectable, a Rock-Blues with guitars taking the lead, in a very pleasant sound. The first single was the unforgettable "Save Tonight": if we part ways tomorrow, we must at least say a proper goodbye tonight, wise and charming Eagle-eye said. Besides the two singles, the splendid ones worth mentioning are: "Indecision", "Comatose (In the Arms of Slumber)", "When Mermaids Cry", "Shooting Up In Vain" with a vocal and guitar sound that resembles Ben Harper's sound a lot. But it is at the end where we find the best part of the album: the wonderfully melancholic chorus of "Permanent Tears" and the last track that gives the title to the album "Desireless" by Don Cherry... piano, trumpet and voice intertwine in a compelling, enveloping and heart-wrenching jazz sound.
A work dedicated to the memory of the father 1936 - 1995.
If in the heaven of jazz musicians, CDs, players, and speakers circulate, then the great Don Cherry can only revel in what his son has dedicated to him. He will return in the following years with another handful of albums, but the best of eagle-eye is to be sought among these tracks.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Save Tonight (03:55)
Go on and close the curtains
'cause all we need is candlelight
You and me ... and the bottle of wine
And hold you tonight [ ohh ]
Well we know I'm going away
And how I wish - I wish it weren't so
So take this wine and drink with me
And let's delay our misery
Save tonight and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow - tomorrow I'll be gone
Save tonight and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow - tomorrow i'll be gone
There's a log on the fire
And it burns like me for you
Tomorrow comes with one desire
To take me away [ ohh it's true ]
It ain't easy to say good-bye
Darlin' please - don't start to cry
'cause girl you know I've got to go [ohh ]
And Lord I wish it wasn't so
Save tonight and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow - tomorrow I'll be gone
Save tonight and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow - tomorrow I'll be gone
Tomorrow comes to take me away
I wish that I, that I could stay
But girl you know I've got to go [ohh ]
And Lord I wish wasn't so
Save tonight and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow - tomorrow i'll be gone [ 4x ]
Tomorrow i'll be gone [ 4x ]
Save tonight [ 4x ]
Oh that's right
Save tonight - save tonight
02 Indecision (04:30)
Well I found my inspiration there
In silent whispers it just came to me so clear
Simple question of what was I doing there
CHORUS:
Hesitation
When I'm standing with my prey
Indecision
Of if I should blow him away
It's kind of strange
What happened from that moment on
What more can I say than reason he was gone
What they were asking was more than I could bear
Execution
What more can...can I say
The realization
Of blowing a brother away
Something in me was gone
Something in me was gone
CHORUS
Simple question of what was I doing there
Execution
It was not a part of me
The realization
Of how things are going to be
In my commitment to staying away from guilt
I feel no emotion for those I have gone and killed
Heartless devotion to saving the rest of me...
I take my gun and I give it to my prey
I turn my back to him and start to walk away
All I want is for someone to stop me there
Don't want redemption
Don't want salvation........(REPEAT)
In my commitment to staying away from guilt
I feel no emotion for those I have gone and killed.....
Heartless devotion to saving the rest of me...
05 Rainbow Wings (04:05)
I met the Devil in disguise
With his rainbow wings and a pack of lies
I had my suspicions but they were ignored
CHORUS:
Far away the angel cries
How far away the angel sings
Don't sell your soul for a pack of lies
Don't sell your soul
I watched him preach from the book of greed
With promises of glory and how we'll succeed
I had my suspicions but they were ignored
CHORUS (2x)
06 Conversation (04:54)
CHORUS:
Conversation with the child who once believed in you
How does one explain to him what it is you do
He says Daddy Daddy please tell me it's not true
What all the people are saying....saying about you
There comes a time when one must face the life that you have led
That is a hard thing to do when lies is all that has been said
And the blameless eyes of an innocent youth
Is begging for you to tell the truth
It's such a hard way to learn....hard way to learn
This moment of truth will hurt for life
Don't need to tell you that ain't right
Come now little boy don't you cry
'Cause the child in you is still alive
CHORUS
There comes a time in this child's life when the boy becomes a man
So many things from his past he now can understand
Like all the times when Dad would leave and be gone for so long
And he thought everything was all right
And he thought everything was all right
This moment of truth will hurt for life
Don't need to tell you that ain't right
Come now little boy don't you cry
'Cause the child in you is still alive
This moment of truth will hurt for life
Don't need to tell you that ain't right
Come now little boy don't you cry
'Cause the child in you is still alive
Such a hard way to learn......(REPEAT)
08 Shooting Up in Vain (05:41)
Waking up as the sun goes down
Body all in pain
Straight out the door to the worst part of town
Shooting up in vain
Slips all his money to the man
Here we go again....here we go again
Got bags of mercy in the palm of his hand
Shooting up in vain
CHORUS:
So he heads for the closest rooftop
And now he's free with the skyline begind
But it won't be long until his high will drop
Then you know what he'll try to find
Such a shame
Now he's back on that hunt for more
Body all in pain
Wanting to get back to where he was before
Shooting up in vain
So now he goes and sells his wedding ring
Here we go again......here we go again
But now he's sold exactly everything
Shooting up in vain
CHORUS
Such a shame
Down to the bed as the sun goes up
Body all in pain
Now he swears he's going to stop
Shooting up in vain
He's Dr. Jekyll and he's Mr. Hyde
He's got to listen to that voice deep inside
Got a one-way ticket on a derailed train
Got a one-way ticket on a derailed train
Shooting up in vain
Such a shame
Such a shame
Got a one-way ticket on a derailed train
Got to stop shooting up in vain.............(REPEAT)
09 Permanent Tears (04:39)
On the day of her arrival
No one is there to meet her
Something of a sad one
A girl with permanent tears
Born without a family
Born without a name
And all she ever wanted
Was to wipe her tears away
Wipe her tears away
Away.........away
If someone came to love her
And if someone came to be
The one that will protect her
Be a family
Now we will see a smile again
And tears like dreams can be
Something we will never see
Lost in her memory
Wipe her tears away
Away.........away
Wipe her tears away
Tears away......away......away
She's something of a tragedy
Stands in the shade of despair
I want to cast some light onto her world
A world of permanent tears
Born without a family
Born without a name
Free this weeping willow
From drowning in a flood of tears
Wipe her tears away
Tears away......away......away (REPEAT)
10 Death Defied by Will (05:14)
He only thought he was going for the thrill of a ride
Wasn't in the plan to be gone for long
But he keeps looking back over his shoulder, yeah
He knows that something might go wrong
The ride it ain't smooth that is for sure
Strange mood what is the cure
He's got that feeling of impending doom
Like being trapped in a casket inside a tomb, oh
Death defied by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill
Boy you gotta learn what's true
Death defied by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill
Oh, the joke is on you
You ought to know better
You ought to know better
Now, he is determined to outsmart this snake
With conviction he will stand his ground
Feeling invincible like death itself
But his immortality won't be found
What should he say at his own wake
That he refuses to fulfil his fate
He doesn't know that this is his last drive
On the road we call alive
Death defied by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill
Boy you gotta learn what's true
Death defied by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill
Now the joke is on you
Now the time has come
You can't play around, and you ought to know
You ought to know better
You ought to know better
Death defied by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill
Boy you gotta learn what's true
Death defied by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill
Now the joke is on you
You ought to know better
You ought to know better
Ala-la-la-la-laa
Death defied by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill
Boy you gotta learn what's true
Death defied by will
Like a drug that doesn't kill
Now the joke is on, the joke is on you
(You ought to know better)
Oh, joke is on you
(You ought to know better)
Oh, the joke is on you
(You ought to know better)
Ought to know better, yeah
(You ought to know better, better, joke is on you)
You ought to know better
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