SIDE ONE
A Clever Combo
Love Handles
The Class
Take Freedom Give Me Security
Showing Shadows
Lonesome BillySIDE TWO
All Fall Long
The Grand Whatever
Cows In Your Brain
Play Myself Some Music
Please Somebody
Don't Smile
Girl's Eyes
2004 Reviews
1) A CLEVER COMBO (breetveld)
When all the calendars arrive
Make sure the messenger survives
Take cover opening your eyes
Here comes millennium surprise
And the world’s half crazy
And the world’s half lazy
That’s not a clever combo, is it?
And the world’s half stupid
And the world’s half cupid
The politicomedian’s center stage
New century’s children come of age
The care for millions goes undone
Relax, let’s watch the setting sun
And the world’s half greedy
While the world’s half needy
That’s not a clever combo, is it?
And the world’s made their mind up
And the world’s got their mind down
Strange colour on the lamp tonight
Doesn’t ‘splain why the world’s not bright
There’s a corner of the Earth at peace
With the angel called Elyse
To protect me
(repeat first verse)
©1999 the breetles
Moore-bass, lead guitars, vocals
DiMartino-drums, shakers
Breetveld-rhythm guitar, vocals
Korzun-french horns, piano, organ
recorded & mixed at Just In Dreams, So. Orange, NJ
engineer: Tom Lucas
2) LOVE HANDLES (breetveld)
(chorus)
Love handles
Can handle the world
Love handles
Can’t handle my girl
You know me
You know where I come from
It’s so intensive
I tried my best lick
(repeat chorus)
I know you
You like to hang around
You’re so reclusive
I’m not so lucid
(chorus)
Love handles
Can handle the world
Love handles
Just me and my girl
©2000 the breetles
Kenny-drums
Breetveld-acoustic guitar, bass, lead vocals
Tomlinson-lead guitars, backing vocals
Korzun-organ, backing vocals
Priester-piano, backing vocals
Brainen-backing vocals
recorded & remixed at Soundcheck studios, Caldwell, NJ
engineer: Steve Szymanski
3) THE CLASS (breetveld)
1- She closed the window and disappeared
I said, "never thought I’d see you"
She said "that’s weird"
Did you see how fat the Fugly twins got?
I haven’t had the pleasure
I heard Jerry got shot
Goodbye, goodbye this time
And don’t stop reading about the class
2-Ruthie died among the rocks
She fell from her teepee
in High Point State Park
Her husband said she’d been depressed
Silly young girl from across the tracks
Goodbye, goodbye Ruthie
You never had faith in yourself
High school reunions terrify
The creeps of yesterday are your best friends
3-Billy had an awful year
His laundry business had washed out
He had six wee ones to support
And seven years payments on his Porsche
Surprise, surprise William
Another kid is on the way
High school reunions terrify
Goodbye to ‘91 and’ 89
The hipsters I once knew are now the average guy
Goodbye to ’81 and ‘79
I don’t remember yesterday
Goodbye ’71 and ‘69
©1987 the breetles
(l to r) priester, kenny, brainen, breet, korzun 6/2000 (photo:g.shuss)
Class members:
Breetveld-guitars, bass, vocals
Kenny-drums
Brainen-acoustic guitar, bass
Tomlinson-lead guitar
Priester-accordian, horns, pan pipes
Korzun-pipe organs, piano
recorded at Soundcheck/ mixed at Just In Dreams
engineers: Steve Szymanski/ Tom Lucas
4) TAKE FREEDOM GIVE ME SECURITY (breetveld)
There's a cousin on the hill
And he's getting 'fraid to read the papers
And he's lying very still
Try'n to rectify the difference
'tween the Garden and Grim Reaper
Safety, privilege, which comes cheaper? oh oh oh
Take freedom give me security
Fake freedom I want somebody watching me
Take freedom please take my insecurities and
I won't be too hard to please no no no
(refrain)
Don't stroll through the city tonight
You're in for the night, enough for one day
Take freedom give me security
I don't want to feel alone
This insanity just drives me deeper
Nothing ventured nothing groaned
Unbelievable to live here
In this day of pain and outrage
Send me back to sleep in my cage oh oh oh
(repeat chorus)
Don't go through the roadblock tonight
You'll be shot on sight
(solo)
There's a cousin on the hill
And he's much too 'fraid to read the papers
And he's lying very still
Try to rectify the difference
'tween the Garden and Grim Reaper
Safety, privilege, which comes cheaper? oh oh oh
Take freedom give me security
Fake freedom I want somebody watching me
Take freedom please take my insecurities and
I won't be too hard to please no no no
Brave soul through the city tonight
©2002 The Breetles
DiMartino-drums
Tomlinson-lead guitars
Priester-string section
Moore-bass
Breetveld-acoustic guitar, vocals, tambourine
Korzun-cellos
recorded & mixed at Soundcheck studios, Caldwell, NJ
engineer: Steve Szymanski
