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Space Jungle

by Sinooka

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1.
All Aboard 04:27
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[Spoken] Now, are there any other questions before we light up? Yes, you said we should count to ten - how fast should we count? Just fast enough so that you don’t pass out. Oh. Any other questions? Uh, yes, uh — Yes? Uh, we — I think we all had, uh, drinks with, uh, dinner, uh…dope and, uh…the alcohol mix? Oh, they’ll mix. Alright, everybody, now we’re going to light up. Get your matches ready. Strike the match…we’re waiting for you. Just to lay in my bed Well I almost feel evil There’s always something to do And if you ain’t making moves, what you doing? So along came the train, they yelled all aboard The engineers are long gone so I follow the horde They tell me forward is the motion, so forward we roll I’m sitting somewhere near the back yelling, “where does this go?” I feel uneasy, now, when I look that way Oh, the subtle implications and glaring displays They got me searching for a door out which I can escape Before the train outruns the tracks But it’s all for the best So I’m told Don’t see the reference We’re going on cold They’re still writing the show So, who’s to say How we stand But these days it ain’t face to face Sure ain’t hand in hand Oh, like some kind of cold civil war Well it’s finally getting hotter But somehow I’m already bored Ain’t got no dog in the fight Just trying to walk a path without all this Left and right So it’s off with my head And I fumble for diction Every time that I speak Oh, the volumes I’ve read Don’t prepare me for this one I can hardly believe Anything that I read these days But if I turn my back and I walk away Because I don’t want nothing to do with this place Well, it would feel like betrayal, but, hey, that’s wrong You see, the world don’t care if I’m one of the throng But if I make it mine Enough to make it shine Well, you know, they’ll find a problem with something I’ve said or I’ve done just like any fucking person I don’t know if it’s the way that they want to be Well, hey, that’s fine, cause nothing’s up to me Except the way that I move I don’t gotta consume What they give me, they give me They give me nothing but conflict so what do I do I’ll go and find my way to a different groove That’s right I’m on the move Yeah, I’m on the move Yeah, I’m on the move…
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Bombs Away 04:03
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Well ain’t it true This place, this place became a zoo So now you’re leaving Can’t see you off too soon, no No, you can go Out of the ordinary but never gentle, baby I had the greatest disease, it’s sentimental Out of the ordinary but never gentle, baby I had the greatest disease, it’s sentimental I let her get too close, I never should have, no Out of the ordinary but never gentle, baby I had the greatest disease, it’s sentimental I let her get too close, I never should have, no Out of the ordinary but never gentle, baby
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Shadowboxing 03:08
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Well, when I walk When I say my name When I stalk, oh Lord When I play the game Oh, I get shivers I’m not quite myself Lines I deliver They sound like someone else But when I turn around I swear I can’t see no face Oh, and my shadow ain’t got no fingerprints to erase How I survive Bright-eyed and shaking hands Available always Happy to meet demands But is it for me Or out of my control? Well, there go my friends So I’m out the door Well, as I move along And I’m playing all these different roles Yeah, my shadow he may look like me, but he’s got no soul Sometimes I run To get a little bit closer I’ll find some dark room Where I’m a little bit closer Oh no, when out of nowhere Here come the lights again Ah, and he’s moving in, he’s got the permanent grin And I’ve got, I’ve got, I’ve got no choice So though I’ll put up resistance And I’m never on time Oh, my shadow don’t walk behind me, he’s within my mind Yeah, when I feel like I’ve lost him And he’s gone for good Oh, my shadow don’t keep much distance though I wish he could Oh, how I wish he could Oh, yeah I wish he could Oh, how I wish he could
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An Apple a Day... 02:41
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Oh, 2016, 4th of July What would it be without apple pie Scrape it off the sidewalk, it’ll be just fine Ah-ha, Bay State’s a treat, the springtime hums The apples dripping off my thumbs Up on the rooftop, watch the river run Oh yeah, etc. Oh-whoa, a cottage near Slovensky Raj There’s sunset walks in old Poprad Stealing apples out the neighbor’s yard Ah, along the train tracks from Zagreb We climbed those apple trees instead Couldn’t help the feeling, this is where it ends [Spoken] My favorite story is when you and I got the cops called on us just — Bro, best story I ever had. I tell that story so much. “Oh look, there’s a cop." “Is it just you guys?” We’re like, “Yeah.” “We just got a noise complaint.” Dude, he came up…he came up to a house that was, like, a duplex house…it was big with two dudes standing out front, drinking beers, with, like, camo hats on, white t-shirts and jeans, just listening to Mud Diggers…like, he probably was like, “Bro, what the fuck am I walking up to right now?” Whoa, if I’m eating apples for my health If you’re never lost, can’t find yourself If you need some wisdom, look to someone else
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TX T-Bone 03:49
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Night owl, gold prowler Night owl, gold prowler Night owl and a gold prowler Night owl and a gold prowler Rugged, ruthless Strung out, two-bit Whiskey drinking, never blinking Dark-eyed. watching Late night, stalking Rugged, ruthless Stubborn, two-bit Rottweiler, old-timer Rottweiler, old-timer Rottweiler and an old-timer Rottweiler and an old-timer Rugged, ruthless Strung out, two-bit Growling, grunting Heads he’s hunting Absent, dreaming Plotting, scheming Distant, shameless Drifting, nameless Rugged, ruthless Strung out, two-bit Dark-eyed, watching Late night, stalking Distant, shameless Drifting, nameless Rugged, ruthless Stubborn, toothless (Night owl) But the daylight’s creeping in (Gold prowler) But they’re bound to turn him in (Rottweiler) But he’s toothless when he grins (Old-timer) But he’s ruthless, how he sins (Nine-finger) But just one could do you in (Stormbringer) What a tailspin he’s got you in…
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Indecision 03:36
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Indecision Ah, it’s wasting me away I hope I kick it back someday And tune into some wisdom All my revisions Well, what in the world will they employ? I still feel like a little boy Trying to make good decisions But what I wouldn’t try For you and I Oh, baby There I go drifting away, natural born prey For fantasies stretched out so thin you could Snap them with a razor blade, but swaddled and bathed What would become of them? I don’t know Trying to swim at some pace, impressive yet vague If I drown, I hope I’ll understand just what’s at stake Come my final days Indecision Won’t it leave me on my own Oh, I stray and I roam Trusting my intuition Can’t help but drifting away, I’m such a slave To fantasies played out so much you could Quote them or find them on stage But I wouldn’t pay to see how some actor delivers lines Worn into cracks on my face, and ain’t it a shame Fill some desire, find one sitting there right in its place As on goes the race
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Tune Out 03:33
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Oh, I, I reach for the days past Days unknown, days that ain’t coming back Kinda strange, the way I feel so detached The world in the palm of our hands So we don’t go outside And they tell us we’re bound to expire One of those lonely days So ill-defined House on fire, uninsured Will we be staring at screens like we’re bored Or will we put it out? Can’t I just tune it out? Oh my, ignored all the danger signs Lost myself in the style of the times In my hands, it’s daydreamer suicide Cause my thoughts cease to swim when I’m all dialed in Seems like everyone’s made up their mind But my heart’s not on fire I don’t know what to do I keep falling back Uninspired, I implore Don’t let me stare at these screens, oh no more Let me work these things out My own words in my mouth And the beat goes on And the heat goes up And the beat goes on And the heat goes up And the beat goes on…
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Hats Off To (Going) Nowhere 04:07
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[Spoken] Hey, Jules, what’s going on? It’s Pistol. Uh, man, I just been busy - ain’t been able to get a hold of ya, but, you know, if you’re down this way - cause I know school’s gonna get out soon - we can, uh, be at the Knickerbocker. All right, give me a ring. Later. Living like he lost his condition to give sway Looking after mad superstitions all day He’s obsessive in the mind Taking everything for signs Insane Setting up dejection Never learned his lesson, oh no How can he impose on the heavens his own fate? Anytime it’s 12 or 11 he feels great Catch him staring at the stars And the license plates of cars Can’t wait Sits anticipating The very life that’s fading, oh no [Spoken] Ayy, Jules, it’s your friend, Antonio, how ya doin’, uh…just wanted to say hello…see if your mom had any googoo, any, uh, pasta fagioli, any veal scaloppini, uh…alright, I’ve been thinking of you. Say hi to your mother for me. Hats off to doing nothing Hats off to doing nothing at all Hop in, well where you going? Hop in, you’re going nowhere at all Hey, that don’t look like nothing What’s that? Well that don’t fool us at all Hop in, well where you going? Hop in, we’re going nowhere fast [Spoken] Hey, Jules, this is Walt. I was wondering if you’re still doing firewood up there for your Bill. Let me know if there’s any people up there. I need to know, so I can get another load. Give me a call back. Hats off to doing nothing Hats off to losing sight of it all Hop in, we’re going nowhere Hop in, we’re going, going Nowhere, nowhere, nowhere Living like he lost his condition to give sway… [Spoken] Hi, Jules, this is Officer Hoffman, uh, West Jordan Police. That item I was talking to you about earlier smells actually like, uh, cigarette…uh, tobacco, so…um, it’s of no concern to me.
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Romance or Happenstance? 03:54
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You wanna see me well, don’t you know, baby I’m a little love letter away Call me old-fashioned or call me whatever Take the time to say what you gotta say And meanwhile I’ll be around But who knows where I’m bound Absence, they say, makes a heart grow fonder But, sometimes, it makes them wander astray Sometimes it seems like the things that we ponder Can’t be true Until they’re things that we say But I’m learning how to Read the signs, just go along for the ride Romance ain’t dead, but it sure took a beating How a generation cast its stones Another face on that crude database Another knockout for the market of drones She made every motion to leave without saying goodbye And now she wanna know how I’m doing Honey, I’m doing fine Back of the class, corner booth in a restaurant Or standing at the edge of the crowd Always thinking the right one will see me In places I could never be found Oh, and how I move around One foot off the ground I won’t worry About where I should go Cause if I’m in no hurry I’d rather take it… Well, happenstance is the dance of the cosmos Recognize it or it laughs in your face I can’t put too much weight on it now I know, one day, those plans are erased and She made every motion to leave without saying goodbye Now she wants to know how I’m doing Honey, I’m doing fine Knowing that my life, it could change in the blink of an eye I’m sitting back, with a smile Watching the world go by [Spoken] Only $139 a month, that’s right…
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Mellow Drama 02:39
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If all those businessmen With their briefcases and pens They refuse to see me As more than commodity Well, the money that they’re after I’d trade it in for laughter Just to fade back into anonymity Oh, but, my soul Perhaps a bit lighter than most I don’t sink into my thoughts Above them I float If I could loose all the tensions Too mundane to mention Could I gaze upon infinity? Oh, but, time it slogs Like a long drive through the fog Where you don’t know just what’s out there But you’re never lost And I hear people mourning All those days gone without warning But to wish them all back is only to waste them again Oh, my mother’s heart It’s a marvel at its art A true beacon of patience in a world so harsh To carry her magic In the face of all that’s tragic I would need, oh I’d need to do a whole lot more than sitting and Scribbling words in scores To always wish they’d say more When I’m old and I’m breathless If the right ones come forth If they haunt at my windows Will I lock up my doors? Or will I shrug them all off like the ghost that they are?
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Waterlogged 03:54
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It was cold on the docks And the moon didn’t shine Well it must’ve forgot There was a bird full of intrigue A-singing into my ear But I cloud up myself so it’s bad for my health And you know, I couldn’t hear I felt alone Well, what else is new? All my waterlogged thoughts, they spilled out Yeah, the bird just flew But the water rushed on and I took a walk Well there’s a lot of birds got pretty songs, but I want a bird that talks Oh, that’s wrong and I know that Just can’t seem to recall That the rare and unseen which appears in a dream It means nothing, nothing at all Now, as the water rose up I was watching my steps Well, there’s some who say I should seek higher ground I’d rather learn to tread And maybe that’s my sin Even the sirens won’t sing If they did I would not hear a single word I can’t hear a thing Oh, I know I’ve been patient But what am I waiting for? Cause these waters I love, seems the birds fly above And I’m stranded far from the shore
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Waiting 03:13
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Wiping sleep from my eyes ‘fore the dawn Yet before me the dream, it rolls on Bareback melodies whisper their songs And I’m barely hanging on Strung along by some ghost on a chain And when she speaks it resounds in my brain Don’t those words speak of imminent change? A fuse against a flame With enough faith to start my own church For romantics who feel they’ve been cursed At the pulpit I’m sounding a verse Patience will be King

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Sinooka's debut album features a fusion of styles, bringing riff-based alternative/indie rock together with funky and spacey elements of early rock 'n' roll.

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released August 12, 2022

Music & Lyrics by Jules Parenteau
Recorded and Produced by Jules Parenteau
Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Cover watercolor by Lisa Houck, www.lisahouck.com

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Sinooka blends musical styles to create a unique brand of alternative/indie rock.
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