Name: Control
Duration: P00H03M38S
Description: written for second album "Umbrella Fitz & Gerald" (2006). it was a bit too funky in the end and I had doubts about the lyrics. Features some backing vocals by my good friend Aline Stoll, who was seven months pregnant at that time.

Control

from Spike (Rare and Unreleased Tracks) 2000-2012 by Hemlock Smith

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written for second album "Umbrella Fitz & Gerald" (2006). it was a bit too funky in the end and I had doubts about the lyrics. Features some backing vocals by my good friend Aline Stoll, who was seven months pregnant at that time.

lyrics

Control

Hey Mr. President
Did you build the funeral pyres
Did you hide out from the other wars
And now you set the place on fire?
Did he maybe abandon you
Expectations way too high
And you been trying ever since to
Earn your daddy’s pride?

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As the world unfolds
And the thunder rolls
You really gotta have
Control (repeat)

Hey Mr. Prime Minister
The president’s on the phone
He didn’t say what he wanted
But he sure did seem alone
Did you maybe abandon him
When he bunkered on the course
Were you having lemon cake and tea
But never had remorse?

CH

Hey Mr. And Mrs. Doe
Are your children tucked in bed
Is the world any safer now
Or is it hanging by a thread?
Did they maybe abandon you
As soon as you’d cast your vote
But your lawn is growing well this year
And you like fishing on your boat

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from Spike (Rare and Unreleased Tracks) 2000-2012, released September 5, 2012

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Hemlock Smith Lausanne, Switzerland

Hemlock Smith come from Lausanne (Switzerland). Since 2002, they’ve released 7 regular albums with intelligent pop, as well as 2 soundtracks for silent film and 2 collaborations with Noise duo Les Poissons Autistes. Fronted by singer-songwriter Michael Frei, Hemlock Smith's distinctive voice is complemented by a talented band seamlessly blending Pop, Folk, Rock and Trip-Hop Sensibilities ... more

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