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ELYAS KHAN with JIL IS LUCKY on TARATATA!
Elyas is heading for Paris where he will join Jil Is Lucky as guests of Taratata!
The recording will take place on January 13 (2010).
Keep your eyes peeled for announcement for when to watch.
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Lowest of The Low (Lyrics)
Lowest of The Low (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan I was happy x4 I was the lowest of the low They had my future x4 They had my ready made soul Don’t Let this happen x4 When you kiss them let them go Don’t let this happen x4 Use your body and run They got your future x4 They got your ready made soul Oooh yeah I was happy, was the lowest of the low x2 THE ISOLATION OF TOTAL FREEDOMTHE...
Three Merry Boys (Lyrics)
Three Merry Boys (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Three merry boys Make their own toys Your mamas gone with Hep C Girls sing in Church with HIV They Smile at you They’re lonely, they’re lonely Slums and Poets They sleep deeper Nobodies child no-one to keep you Nothing simple about the simple life Took our final first steps The day your mama died Are you lonely? Three Merry Boys x3 Three...
The River (Lyrics)
The River (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Saw a new heaven Lived a new earth Possessed by the Gods We dig through the dirt To the river Swinging from the bells Nothing can save you now Friends turn in to foes Like arrows through the clouds To the river x2 Hoping that we’ll walk someday In I go and in I go Searching for the everglades In we go and in we go and x4 The River
Everything Matters (Lyrics)
Everything Matters (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan It’s us again Losing a friend It’s us again There is no end Everything matters Everything matters Everything
Pocket Full of Gold (Lyrics)
Pocket Full of Gold (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Dedicated to the Lost Boys of the Sudan. We were born with a pocket full of gold We were told would never going to grow Though when you did, I saw you I saw you No no one else will I know you, you You don’t want to hear this But I seen you I decree you To leave here Cause no one else will No, none won, no none, no no-one Nobody else will So when...
Flame Girl (Lyrics)
Flame Girl (Lyrics) Lyrics Written by Sarah Provost She’ll paint your hot She’ll read your dreams I’m not sure how she does this But I know that she knows things She’ll lift your spirits high She’s an angel with flaming wings She’ll get you topsy-turvy boy She’ll make your innards sing She’s no angel She’s got, she’s got, she’s got Flames for wings So don’t be a bore Come and get your thrill to...
The Ark (Lyrics)
The Ark (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan In just one breath I want to build this ark That holds all our love And nothing else And then sail away forever Forever, ever, ever I want to know why your heart is always breaking I want to know why your arms are always shaking I want to know cause the ship it’s started sailing We’ve got to go There’s no use to check the mail In just one breath I want to...
Cat Head (Lyrics)
Cat Head (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan When I was young and youthful I made myself so useful I licked the wounds of a reaper so dutiful I’ve been dressed up with ribbons so beautiful And yes it gets deeper Oh yes it gets deeper (x3) Oh yes it got deeper We danced and made merry till the boards got worn Wore flowers round my neck and ears of corn But when the last of the corn was cut And the...
Les Enfants du Papillon (Lyrics)
Les Enfants du Papillon (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Merci Henri (x4) I don’t know your name Loved you just the same Things that fall apart Talking about my heart When we played in school You broke all the rules Teachers fought and fussed All because of us Us Merci Henri This is dedicated to Henri and Eve, and Shunatao of Bordeaux.
Sleepwalkers (Lyrics)
Sleepwalkers (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan I was cold, I was tired, I was bored, I was hungry But not a soul could bother me There’s a world over here, only I see Ambiguous men they follow me Sleepwalkers Sleepwalkers Yes I do cost a lot A common brick-a-brack Camelot Open your bags my man Ooh, Yes I’m your biggest fan The best he always wins And when the butterflies start to sing Soon you’ll see...
No Politics, No Sex (Lyrics)
No Politics, No Sex (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan No politics, no sex, no food,no booze, no friends, no talk, no news, No trouble at all, No politics, no sex, no food,no booze, no friends, no talk, no news, O make that shit all up, Where there is peace and war and I don’t have to die I’m gonna make that shit all up A big pain in your eye I said No politics, no sex, no food, no booze, no friends,...
The Toast (Lyrics)
The Toast (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan I know just a little bit, You know just a little bit I want just a little bit, You want just a little bit I need just a little bit, You need just a little bit You tell me I’m a little kid, Well, you are just a little bit May the sun shine forever, A toast to your health She said and don’t waste it Half of the fun is spilling, Spilling, Spilling, The first...
Père Lachaise (Lyrics)
Père Lachaise (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan I lost my way, On the rue de Ricochet, I got to nickel it today, On the boulevard I stay chorus: And I watch them, Leaving to stay, Some coming to go, Some eager to play, Some say a “no go”, Some making their way, Some watching the show, Some catching their pray, Some letting it go… My way, On the rue de Père Lachaise I got to nickel it today, On the...
Break In Violence (Lyrics)
Break In Violence (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan I Open the door, Open the my mouth, Open my face, Open the holes in my head, Yes you can walk through my house Look at my eyes, Look at my skin, Look at my smile, Check out the grin on my face, You know I’m asking for it I can hear your, I can hear your, I can hear your, I can hears your ears ringing, Baby what’s your name She said I’m any body, To...
Lunatic (Lyrics)
Lunatic (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan How sweet you brought me a present Shoplifted this dress in one second Finger painted charts of my ancestral descendents I think I think I think I think I know what you are trying to say I through my showed away in your honor And now there’s broken glass everywhere You are the greatest descendent Of the torn, the tawdry, the transcendent And you do bear a...
Passion Plumbers (Lyrics)
Passion Plumbers (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Friday Night and we’re faking it No dough but a realization we’re it We’re talking love and civilization ‘cause we ain’t got shit ya see Concerning hope and currency Our homes and currency So we became good union boys Fleshy dues to pay In cardiac alloys Hello hello alloys alloys alloys (Repeat x 4) We are the Passion Plumbers (Repeat x 4) On a...
Asa Nisi Masa (Lyrics)
Asa Nisi Masa (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Asa nisi masa (x8) Don’t think that you can fool us We know whether you’re pretending to be Asleep So sleep my baby Sleep well Asa nisi masa (x8) In and out of trouble, I (x2) I have never met no girl like you Hey sister Your know what they say about us Too much sex drive, Too little patriotism Well you was leaning out of windows Abusing all the noisy...
Gravity (Lyrics)
Gravity (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Babies crawling with their ears to the soil Here there is wisdom close to the ground Take my advice Leave this town of oil Gravity, Gravity, La, La, La Please never let me down (repeat…)
KiD [SiC] (Lyrics)
KiD [SiC] (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Kids are kids and… Sick is Sick and This is the story time…For KiD [SiC] He was plotting his glow monkeys with his jellyfish In Moderato, ma non troppo And you were laughing at him So what, so what, so Laughing at him So what, so what, so The jellyfish gene made the monkey glow He was a dim failed star so he had to go He said I ain’t no Mickey fuckin’...
God's Greatest Lover (Lyrics)
God’s Greatest Lover (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan God’s greatest lover simply had enough Spies in his soup He couldn’t touch that stuff No he would never, never, never, never Go there again Well they gave him a medal, told him not to ring Cause up there’s a prize for almost anything And he shone it all day, shone it he did Shoe it for us, no, no, no fuss But there’s a price to pay, A great...
Ratatat Heart (Lyrics)
Ratatat Heart (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Wash my brains And put them back in Strap that backpack round my shoulders Tuck those three little wires into my hat And here I go The remote control rat…a…tat At your service Through tight pipes Over trees Mastering my fear Degree on degree I stroll boldly across wide-open spaces Where my enemies hiss But these dangerous activities They only fill me...
Furious Bed (Lyrics)
Furious Bed (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan I sink down into my furious bed I was shot in the eye Or was all in my head Leaving footprints in the shape of my name A life in debt Is that the name of this game? So bury me now I’m going to rise to the top Only half alive Just you dare me to stop They say that I could not afford to get rich so guess who they’ve got a-dig-a-digging this ditch I think...
Grand Palace of Love (Lyrics)
Grand Palace of Love (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Come and take me kid While I am hot It’s educational bijoux That’s right, just for me and for you And now you eat me in chunks You tea dip me in dunks I am no good for your health No who’s your father son This bawdy scrafice On every Saturday night Come along with me I’ll change you’re luck you’ll see Just don’t drop drugs on my rug You’ll get no...
Instant Lady (Lyrics)
Instant Lady (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan I’m the one for me, you see Slap slap slappin on my knee Uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh I sit back relax and I destroy my body, I sit back relax and I destroy my body, Cause, I don’t need nobody else I’ve got me, I’m by myself You all look sexy in my dreams cause in there you’re all fucking me I am the operator, I am the motherfucker innocent I’m gonna work my right...
Mel Gibson (Lyrics)
Mel Gibson (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Left, right, center beam Awful lot of blood here, hard to keep it clean. When did he goes mad is when I wanted him to That’s him over there, puking under the pew. Well you made lots of money, Go buy yourself a camera. You Made some friends, Put them to work for you. You won the war, So go rewrite the Torah. Stick your thumb and forefinger, Your forefinger...
Tryptych (Lyrics)
Tryptych (Lyrics) Lyrics by Elyas Khan
(Part I) Everything Here Will Die Everything here will die Including my maiden and child And all of the fields So far and wide As far as you can see Because I know what to do I know where you will go One I was above And now I am down below Because everything here will die
(Part II) Die In The Country There’s a time And a place And a waiting seat And if...
Dead Naked (Lyrics)
Dead Naked (Lyrics) Written by Elyas Khan Dead naked He lies in bed Buffalo Dragon Penny Magnet Smoking victory The Tabacco he Loves He says… I know how to live And I know how to die Every once in a while I lie I lie I lie (Repeat) Dead Naked Dead Naked Clever Raven He punched his wife He banned the kites out from the sky Now famous women he does shave With a safety razor he’s well behaved (repeat...
Alone Together (Lyrics)
Alone Together © Elyas Khan and Chad Parks (2001) You and Me We’re alone together We’re alone forever And I don’t know where I could go Here I lie I lie dead In a lie At the bottom of the fertile sea Do you see Do you see, do I see How it changes me Do you see Do you see, do I see How it changes me
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Nervous Cabaret: Between The Bridges
Directed by Guillaume Dero or release on La Huit Productions Nervous Cabaret: Between The Bridges, filmed in St. Nazaire and Brooklyn/NYC, takes you on an intimate journey with the band and packs in lots of live footage to keep everything moving along!
The DVD will have it’s first public screening at L’International in Paris on October 13th!