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Fairyport Convent

by A.J. Kaufmann

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1.
Everyone tries to be free So keep your hands away from me Cause I don't need to be controlled And I don't need your laws at all I wanna feel happy and be content Singing my song and walking this land Looking up with my morning eyes I carry my song right to the skies Alright It's hard to spread your fairy wings In a world full of queens and kings Your brothers and sisters moan and cry Every time I hear them I wonder why It's the concrete - clashes them to the ground Ears are raped with sustained sounds No feelings in these frozen hearts The art of war is the only art Come on You speak of violence and you speak of hate I wish I could but I can’t relate I’m dying lonely in the urban shade My heart is naked and my dues were paid Long time before you even started to walk Long time before you found a reason to talk I’ve got no culture so the preacher says I’ve got no reason to exist anyway So what
2.
Morning birds they fly away Into their sunny days And I am walking thru the beach Searching for a summer switch To turn it on The longer I search the less I find I think to myself I must be blind But give me time And I'll surely see again Mighty winds and heavy rains And even the milky haze Cannot stop me cause I must find My own peaceful place Where I can stay The longer I search the less I find I think to myself I must be blind But give me time And I'll surely see again I asked the moon, I asked the sun I asked the Earth and the sea Where can I find the wizard Who's got the key to my mind The longer I ask the less I understand I wonder if you could give me a hand And more time So I'll surely understand
3.
Winter sun hangs motionless Above the fields of ice Red aurora borealis Fills my eyes I watch the messengers of days Slowly rising hands Soon there'll be a new day dawning Soon this night will end I watch the silence of the morning sunrise A ritual of strangeness My eyes have never seen All that is supposed to wake The sleeping earthly beings I watch the messengers of days Praying for a ray From behind the tightening clouds The call of a new day I watch the silence of the morning sunrise
4.
Green deeps of the outer bay A dollhouse in which she loved to play It's all a part of the past Her memories will ever last She speaks to the sun and the moon Suddenly a thunder strokes her head She'll be gone Very soon Green deeps of the outer bay A train which always takes me away It's all a part of the past My memories will ever last I walk thru the city in my morning gown I speak to the stars in the sky Suddenly a bullet strokes my head I die I die Watch out now! Green deeps of the outer bay Green deeps of the outer bay Green deeps of the outer bay Green deeps of the outer bay
5.
Like a Child 02:44
A little child As innocent as I would like to be Always smiles At everything it sees Everything's so new So important, beautiful and true Just like it should But it never would I guess it's all just paid and done Goodbye old sun Parents' dreams Are not quite what the child wants to do It’s all decided No matter what is worthy and true If it pays off well just do it No matter who or what or why I bet you would But you never should I guess it's all just paid and done You're not my son
6.
Acid Queen 02:20
Freed by dance, another chance But she's not quite what she used to be Freedom run straight to the sun She only wants to be free And to be with me And I love my Acid Queen She's the chorus of the spring In beds of roses she gently sinks In copper lakes and copper seas She drowns to be free And to be with me And I love my Acid Queen She’s the footprint in the snow She’s the sun that dies to glow She’s the ray that warms the world She only lives to be free And to be with me And I love my Acid Queen
7.
I'm poor but I'm proud you know Cause I'm loving and living I'm happy you know I drink, I eat And they are not giving They don't give me money But I don't need it anyway It's hard to live without their help But I'm living for the day And I take care of myself as good as I can When you just pour the money down the drain I don't go to work you see And I don't give myself away To a jury of sad, sad mothers Repeating slave and pay I wonder why so many folks Do right as the power says Fashion is exclusive suits That melt the brain away And still I have to pay For a piece of Earth that's mine too You take profits off your mother And she is watching you So I just live my sunny life You're sick of the work and stress Why don't you take a chance with me Just get undressed We're eating apples in the Garden of Love In paradise they have no phones On Earth they ring like hell And call your spirit back to work Don't go away cause the mankind zoo Is now dead and light years away Where were we born and when well we are It's the question of my pay
8.
Cid 01:45
I'm nothing unusual I'm just a simple kid I live in the countryside And my name is Cid I'm nothing special My view's the same Trees, grass and flowers Cid is my name A big house in Berlin With a couple of friends All are my kind But we're not the same Individual hippies Not some stupid flower-power Rather Timothy Leary Than hair and flowers
9.
Cloudy Lack 03:13
I hear a distant calling I see a gentle sight The sun is sifting slowly The ashes of the night Throughout my open window What do I see All kinds of freedom slowly Flow into me She looks like sunshine And she brings the ray Fills me with its might As I softly lay Heavily into reality I can't turn back I wanna stay forever in this cloudy lack I praise the morning thunder I feel eternal flow The fertile throne of sun Soon turns to mighty glow Weeks in my astral window Winds blow thru me The breezes fill my eyelids And I feel free
10.
Too much sunshine on my tired lips Too much sunshine in my tired head Too much sunshine in my tired eyes Too much sunshine in the life I led Thought I'd become dumb But I became glad Too much sunshine in my pocket Too much sunshine in your hands Too much sunshine is my dream Too many sounds in a sunny land Thought I'd become old But I became young Thought I'd lay in the dirt But I flew to the sky Sunshine feeds your head Sunshine blows your mind Sunshine never ends You know sunshine ain’t no crime Too much sunshine in your starry hair Too much sunshine in the universe Too much sunshine in an open field Too much sunshine near the fireplace Thought I’d love you more Than you’ll ever guess Thought I’d fly for your love And never rest
11.
The Sea Song 06:46
All that I wish is to slide to the sea and dive All that I wish is to ride on a cloud and fly All that I wish is to slide to the sea and dive All that I wish is to stroke the head of the sun All that I wish - clear blue sky Fields of green in the pure new sun All that I wish - rivers of blue Long hot summer nights with you All that I wish is to dream for a while and fade All that I wish is a multicolor fountain grave All that I wish is to fall from a hill and fly All that I wish is to watch the sea slide All that I wish - clear blue sky Fields of green in the pure new sun All that I wish - rivers of blue Long hot summer nights with you
12.
I have found a secret door near the riverside Behind there was a key to every why I've been low and I've been high and I know the way Into the endless halls of nights and days I'm the One I went to the highest heaven in the universe When Mr. God saw my face he was really scared My smile I think said everything to him Here your handcuffs, there my ship - you'll come with me I have got god in the jar I am God I am time I am space - real McCoy Cosmos screens control you all - my little toys And that funny guy with his angels are my slaves I'll get rid of them as soon as I finish digging their graves I have got everything I don't want a single thing
13.
Summer wind blows endlessly Into the hearts of those who feel You have eyes to see The meaning of your dreams I know dreams won't lead me far But at least I’ll try Cause there's nothing just as free As a bird in the summer sky Summer sun shines endlessly Into the hearts of those who feel You have ears to hear The sounds of all your dreams I know dreams won't lead me far But I really don't care I'll keep on treading the fine, fine road Even if you all go spare Valleys low & mountains high Crystal rivers full of fish Wooden shutters in wooden houses Open with my silent wish I know dreams won't lead me far But I really wanna try To reach the Highest Buddha That somewhere surely lies
14.
Deep in Sun 02:23
Over measured prophets Dance into the dusk Wondering ‘bout the knowledge Once so easily lost Sitting in their windows Looking way out west It’s not from where the sun came down It’s where it lays to rest Yes I know That there in Arctica I'm deep in sun I know the way Yes I was Born in Africa Mankind's home For many years I am lost Fields of Arctica The deepening sun Shines on me Candle in the doorway Trembles in the wind Reminds me of the things I was And what I'll never be Promise of a morning Vanished with the light I thought would be burning bright Throughout the polar night Yes I know that there in Arctica I'm deep in sun, I know the way Yes I was born in Africa Mankind's home for many years I am lost, fields of Arctica The deepening sun shines on me
15.
We should live content in peace Kill mankind's electric beasts We should care about each other Many sisters, many brothers We were born to be free So come with me Just take my hand We'll walk thru this land We should breathe the rainbow air Walk the fields without a care Not like animals but friends Of this planet in our hands We were born to be free So come with me Just take my hand We'll walk thru this land And if tendencies of love overcome the shade of war There’ll be place for freedom only in the universal soul And if ideals that you worshiped kill the cosmos in your heart Throw them out and start believing in the crystal clearance start Of the feeling from above Of the universal love Of the feeling from above Of the universal love

about

With great pride and joy, I present you my first LP for The Swamp Records USA.

It was honestly home-recorded and self-produced with a little help from my Friends, and it is basically a sound art / song poetry LP inspired mostly by Bill Bissett's "Awake In Th Red Desert", The Fugs, and ESP-Disk/experimental folk/poetry albums.

The album is also inspired by the work of Yuri Morozov, the trips of Syd Barrett, the tribal rock of Amon Düül, Skip Spence's "The Oar" LP, Kurt Cobain's Montage of Heck - Home Recordings album, the mustache of Cpt. Beefheart, Cosmic Jokers LSD fueled sessions, and forgotten singer/songwriter LPs from the 60s/early 70s you find in the cheapo sections of your local vinyl store.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing and recording it for you, and that you decide to stay in the world of A.J. Kaufmann for a longer while.

For my poetry, audio, and video, please see theworldofajkaufmann.blogspot.com

Cheers!

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released December 6, 2021

A.J. Kaufmann - words, music, voice, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, synthesizer, drum machines, recording.

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Kacper Wojaczek - voice (1,3), keyboards, recording (1,3,5,6,13,14).
Radu Rusanu - keyboards, electric guitar (11).
Luna Lenina - bass guitar (2).
Agata Grześkowiak - voice (13).

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A.J. Kaufmann Poznań, Poland

A.J. Kaufmann is a Polish psychedelic music artist, whose sound spans across genres including grunge, krautrock, space rock, and psychedelic rock. He is known for his heavy riffs, spaced-out soundscapes, and poetic lyrics. With a long and diverse discography, A.J. Kaufmann is a true pioneer of Polish psychedelic music, and his music continues to inspire and move listeners worldwide. ... more

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