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Cassandre (580)
03:34
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Cassandre, a little dream that I had. We were waiting here for you with high hopes and worries too. Are you here yet? You awoke us with a dream. We were dreaming of you, of that kick when we first met.
Cassandre, a little dream that I have. We were waiting singing there to you, a little crying, a little coo. We are waiting here for you. Another day, another you has come to pass, has come to pass.
It’s a little dream that I had where we were face to face with eyes transfixed and smiling. Cassandre, Cassandre, Cassandre, a little dream that we had, a little dream that I have, that I have. Cassandre, it’s you.
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Whaddashrimp! (592)
00:46
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Oh, my shrimp, my shrimp, my shrimp! Whaddashrimp, whaddashrimp, whaddashrimp! Who’s a shrimp, who’s a shrimp, who’s a shrimp? Well, you’re my shrimp! You’re my shrimp, you’re my shrimp, you’re my shrimpy, shrimpy shrimp! Well, who’s that shrimp? Well, you’re that shrimp! Oh, what a shrimpy, shrimpy shrimp! And oh, my shrimp, and oh my shrimp, and oh what a shrimp you are! Well, who’s that shrimp? Well, you’s that shrimp! And oh, what a shrimp you are!
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You were crying like the end of the world.
You were smiling like you forgot it all.
You were cooing like you never wanted it to stop,
and were staring like you’d never seen us at all.
Cause it was, and cause you had, our hearts wrapped up in knots,
as if it was, as if you were never not with us.
We cannot imagine what’s behind those black-brown eyes, that guileless smile.
You are fine.
You are alright.
You are mine.
Because it was, because you had, (we) can’t act like it was just fine,
as if it was, as if you had,
(we) can’t pretend we weren’t scared,
because we were,
because we turned inside out and upside down,
as if we knew what you were: fragile and new.
You are fine. Don’t you cry.
You are mine.
You are fine. Don’t you cry.
It’s alright. You are mine.
You were crying like the end of the world.
And you were smiling like you forgot it all.
And you were cooing like you never wanted it to stop,
And you were staring like you’d never seen us at all.
You are fine. Don’t you cry. It’s alright. You are mine.
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You spit it out between your teeth: Ba-ba-ba-ba.
What could you say? But a-ba-ba-ba.
And who am I to you: a Ba-ba-ba-ba?
And who am I to you, but a Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba?
You are kin.
You spit it out between your teeth: Ma-ma Ma-ma.
What could you say? But a-ma Amma Ma-ma.
And who is she to you? But a ma-ma-ma-maman.
And who is she to you? But a ma-ma-ma-mama.
I had a terrible dream, where you had no head and you had no legs.
What a horrible dream, where you lost your head and you lost your legs.
What a feeling of dread it is to have your whole life unraveled when it’s not your life anymore.
And you are kin and what that means is that your deaths,
even in dreams, are our deaths, in and out of sleep.
You are kin.
Ba-ba-ba. Ba-ba-ba. Ba-ba-ba.
Ma-ma-ma-man.
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Cut Your Teeth (586)
03:05
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And you stare and you scream and you bite and you act.
And you couldn’t imagine it any other way.
And you fight and your cry and you flash those smiling eyes.
And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
And you can’t sleep or cut your teeth,
and you can’t tell the night from the day.
And you stare and you scream and you bite and you act.
You couldn’t have it any other way.
And you fight and you cry and you flash those smiling eyes.
And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
And you can’t sleep or cut your teeth,
and you can’t tell the night from the day.
And you can’t sleep and you cut your teeth,
and you can’t tell the night from the day.
And you stare and you scream and you bite and you act,
and you fight and you cry and you flash those smiling eyes.
And we couldn’t imagine it any other way.
And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
And we can’t sleep (when) you cut your teeth,
and we can’t tell the night from the day.
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Tālāddu (583)
03:44
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உனக்கு தூக்கம் வரும் என்று எனக்கு தெரியும்.
(Sleep will come to you, I know.)
தூங்கு ம்மா. தூங்கு ப்பா.
(Sleep, dear. Sleep, dear.)
கனவு பாரு ம்மா. (Dream, dear.)
தங்க கனவு பாரு, தங்க கனவு பாரு ம்மா.
(Dream a golden dream, dream a golden dream, dear.)
எங்களை நினைத்து பாரு ம்மா, எங்கள் மகள், எங்கள் கனவு.
(Try thinking of us, dear, our daughter, our dream.)
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Petite Crevette (582)
04:33
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You’re the little shrimp, the little shrimp, the little shrimp.
And I can smell your skin. The tinge of your insides are our insides.
Of a labor and a stretch and a fold of flesh, and I can tell you’re mine.
Cassandre, what’re you dreaming of? In the midnight, what’re you waiting for?
I can feel your face. The make of your time is our time. Of a pinch, of/and a swipe, and your black, black eyes and I know you’re mine.
Cassandre, what’re you dreaming of? In the midnight, what’re you waiting for?
Cassandre, what’re you dreaming of? In the midnight, what’re you waiting for, with your little fits and your smacking lips, Cassandre?
A brush of your red skin, a glimpse of your yellow eyes, a stroke of your black hair and mine.
I can smell your skin. The tinge of your insides are our insides.
Of a labor and a stretch and a fold of flesh, I can tell you’re mine.
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Mm Mm Mm (589)
02:00
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Mm Mm Mm. It’s about nine o’clock. It’s about time to go to bed. I am going to shut the door. I am going to close my ears.
And it’s coming up on ten o’clock. And it’s still time to go to bed. And I am going to shut the door. I am going to shut my heart, and let you cry, and let you cry for at least a little time.
Oh my dear. Oh my dear.
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Jet Lag (588)
03:17
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I know what you want, but I’ll decide.
You’ll let me know, when you’re on my time.
Go to bed! Go to bed! No, no, no!
Let it rest! Let it rest! Down, down, down!
Go to bed! Go to bed! No, no, no!
Lay your head down, down, down!
Up all night and all day, wide awake on your own time.
Don’t stop holding the rail. You’ll say I’ll explode if you don’t stay.
Down, down, down!
No, no, no!
I know what you want, but I’ll decide.
You’ll let me know when you’re on my time.
Wide awake, wide awake.
Up all night and all day.
Up all night and all day.
Wide awake on your own time.
Red, red eyes that won’t blink.
Don’t stop holding the rail.
Strained, red eyes that won’t blink.
You’ll say I’ll explode if you don’t stay.
Go to sleep. Lay your head down and close your eyes,
and think of us and wake up with smiles.
Go to sleep. Lay your head down and close your eyes,
and think of us and wake up with bright eyes.
And dream of us and don’t forget those times.
I know what you want, but I’ll decide.
You’ll let me know when you’re on my time.
Go to bed! Go to bed! No, no, no!
Let it rest! Let it rest! Down, down, down!
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Oh, My Dear! (590)
03:16
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Yesterday’s news, we’ve already forgotten.
It’s been about a year. Will you remember my heart, cold heart?
And my soft touch and sharp bark?
Yesterday’s news, we’ve already forgotten.
Take a step closer my dear. Tell us all your secrets. (Blow us a kiss.)
Guess what stares come to? Guess what sounds tickle my ears? I can’t stand for you.
I can’t stand to see you, hear you (suffer). I can’t stand to let you down. Oh my dear.
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My Shrimp (591)
01:02
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You are the shrimp.
You are the shrimp.
It’s true, oh and it’s true!
You are my shrimp.
You are my shrimp.
It’s you, oh and it’s you!
And it’s true, oh and it’s true!
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Now and Then (587)
03:13
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What’s the difference between now and then?
Was life so bad without you?
It’s not so cold if you don’t mind the ice and snow.
It’s not so lonely if you’re okay being alone/on your own.
Oh, Cassandre! Oh, Cassandre! Oh, Cassandre! It’s not okay to be on your own(, all alone).
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Oh my, what a shrimp, what a shrimpy what a shrimp.
Who’s that, who’s that shrimp?
You’re a shrimpy you’re a shrimp.
And oh my, what a shrimp, what a shrimpy, what a shrimp.
Oh oh oh, my shrimp.
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