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Coney Island

from Silvertowers 1 by Phase Vier

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CONEY ISLAND
(on a day in September 1990)

A little red kite is nailed in the air
over the almost empty strand.
An old man sitting on a white beach chair
holds in his hand
the end of the long thin string.
He´s sound asleep,
seems he does´n t see anything.

A merry-go-round with seats
suspended on chains,
once with kids waving with their feet,
now without seats the chains
swing to and fro in the light breeze.

In a plot of land covered with weed
a roller coaster
ivy grows all over it.

Nearby cars once new they were n´ t cheap,
now rusty all ready waiting for the crap heap.

The Riegelman board walk never ending,
looking like a ghost town street,
is constantly sending
a feeling of complete
loneliness.

The strand, white sand,
is covered with the crumbs
of hot summer days.

Over the sea in a streak of light
the fisherman are silhouettes, small, tight,
black figures in a backlit photograph.

On my way back home
I think of that old man
with the little red kite hanging
fixed on his hand
over the almost empty strand
of Coney Island.

On the roadside a dead rat
is lying there, makes me really sad,
thinking of what (has to) will come.
(Lyrics by Alfred Gulden)

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from Silvertowers 1, released February 27, 2021

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arbeitet als Posaunist, Komponist+Arrangeur .
leitet verschiedene Ensembles und Musikprojekte von Solo bis Big Band, die sich zwischen modernem Jazz, freier Improvisation und Neuer Musik bis hin zu experimenteller Rock, Funk und Popmusik bewegen. ... more

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