from Oannes *

Από τη διπλή, heavy duty συλλογή με out takes του Van the Man, The Philosopher’s Stone, κυκλφορία των late ’90s. Σίγουρα το καλύτερο τραγούδι σ’ αυτήν, και ένα από τα καλύτερά του που έχω ακούσει.

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From Van the Man’s The Philosopher’s Stone, the double, heavy duty collection of out takes, released in the late ’90s. Definitely the best song in it, and one of his best I’ve heard.

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❝ Puerto Rican nursery rhymes
Angels in the snow and thyme
And I’m keeping my mind on that rose
In a church in Spanish Harlem
Got watchtowers and awakes for free
In the laundromat for you and me
But you can’t take me down that way
As I’m not sinking
And if we go down one time
Next times not gonna be the last time
And I’m contemplating that rose
In a church in Spanish Harlem
Didn’t I bring you precious gifts
Came to kiss you on the lips
Didn’t I even appear
To beg your pardon
To lay out in the morning sun
Feel the cool breeze and the one
Right there in, in my garden
Puerto Rican nursery rhymes
And angels, and angels
And the snow and thyme
But I’m keeping my mind on that rose
In a church in Spanish Harlem
Yeah, and if we go, if we go down one time
The next time will not be the last time, and I’m
Keeping my mind on that, contemplating that rose
Up in a church in Spanish Harlem
And if we go down one time, you know
The next time it won’t be the last time
And i’m contemplating that rose
In a church in Spanish Harlem
And I’m contemplating that rose
In a church in Spanish Harlem
And I’m contemplating, and I’m contemplating that rose
In a church in Spanish Harlem
And I’m contemplating that rose
In a church in Spanish Harlem
And I’m contemplating that rose
In a church, in a church in Spanish Harlem ❞

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Enjoy!

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As always, I’m happy to hear your thoughts, however I’d highly recommend a direct dialogue with the …’source’ [why comments are closed here], so please visit Oannes’ page where you can also listen to the song!

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* For my friends who didn’t know, or first timers here, Oannes [aka Socratis Papahatzis] is my husband, partner in life and music and the one with my undying admiration. Together we have a band MK-O [the music of Marina Kanavaki & Oannes]. So, it’s my pleasure to share with you his [and sometimes mine] musical selections. • Do visit his site. He has my highest recommendation!