Gypsy Heaven (2009)

recorded in DSJ studio, Pennsauken, NJ

Eclectic fusion of traditional music of Eastern European Gypsy standards and original songs with thought provoking lyrics tastefully arranged and performed with passion and joy

 

Lyrics:

 

1. a poštaris 

traditional (yrics in Gyspy dialect and Slovak language)

 

2. gypsy heaven 

traditional melody, mir's lyrics

 

Got no last name, I've got no home

only stars above my head

and the moon I look at

when I'm lost and all alone

 

Late at night when look out west

Spirit moves my pagan soul

and I dance until the dawn

'til my bare feet cease to rest

 

If you've got a few coins to spare

and wanna know a future call

i can check my crystal ball

i can tell you if you dare

 

 

3. wild ride 

music and lyrics by Mir

 

Nice to meet you, my name is Jane Doe

I come from a place that you wanna go

You can't tell me from the way i look

you can't read me like an open book

I've got you trapped and there is no way out

Lights are off, and it is way to dark so

just enjoy or fake a little smile cause

you are in for a wild ride

 

I'm your shadow, I'm your heart, I'm your inner voice

too bad tonight you made a wrong choice

one drink too many and a mirror glance

saw yourself pathetic in your material dance

 

Through the desert, through the river to the mountain top

off you go on a quest, you may never stop

don't come back till you loose that dollar sign

responsible for making your third eye blind

 

 

You are looking, but you might as well be blind

you're so scared of things that you might find

while i'm here you might as well take a look

'cause i'm not planning to let you off the hook

i've got you trapped and there is no way out

lights are off and it is way too dark so

just enjoy or fake a little smile cause

you are in for a wild ride

 

I'm your shadow...

Through the desert....

 

 

4. dark horses 

music and lyrics by Mir

 

My lover said I'm precious like a pearl 

on the bottom, on the bottom of the sea

He said he'd bring me white mare from across the mountain

to match my light for everyone to see

 

Dancing with the dark horses

dancing with the angels of my tribe

I'm dancing with the dark horses

dancing in the way that shows our light

 

My lover said I'm pretty like the moonlight

in the full night after night when he was here

He left and won't be back until he finds that perfect creature

to be my teacher and brings her here

 

Dancing with the dark horses

dancing with the angels of my tribe

I'm dancing with the dark horses

dancing in the way that shows our light

 

My lover said I'm precious like a snow flake 

on a freezing night that softens up the air

He left and won't be back until finds that magic creature

the fortunetelling mare

 

Dancing with the dark horses...

 

 

5. mamo 

traditional motif, lyrics by Mir

 

Every Gypsy soul has a story to tell

that will show you the light of the heaven and hell

and as your heart hopes that everything end well

they will never let you know

 

mamo, mamo, mamo...

 

My mother passed away the very day I was born

daddy found a new wife and left on my won

ever since that day I've been  all alone

and now I'm in your town

 

Every Gypsy soul has a story to tell

that will show you the light of the heaven and hell

and as your heart hopes that everything end well

they will never let you know

 

 

6. in the carriage 

traditional motif, lyrics by Mir

 

Come on girls, lets take a nice ride

in the country open and wild

there's nothing quite like horse and carriage, hop-hop-hop

for the girls that show some courage, hop-hop-hop

 

In the carriage bunch of us girls

that don't need no diamonds and pearls

mighty free like wild horses, hop-hop-hop

we can make our own choices, hop-hop-hop

 

 

7. one 

music and lyrics by Mir

 

There once was a tribe at the foot of the mountain

they live happy lives in a beautiful surroundings

than a man of power decided to wipe them

off the map, took their land and their lives

 

And the houses grow bigger and the roads are getting wider

busy bees, cutting trees, trying to kill every fighter

when it's too hard to sleep pray to God Almighty

Give us peace and ease our minds 

 

A good man of power chose to listen to his calling 

he told the world that the Earth was warming 

but the folks got angry, said it's all bologny

too deep in their comfort they are blind

 

And the houses grow bigger....

 

There once around here was a boy having beer 

in a bar and I'd say he had good things on the way

then three others much like him lynched him in a brutal scene

'cause to them he was different he was gay

 

And the houses grow bigger...

 

I put my hands on my ears, close my eyes, seal my lips

thinking I don't need to see this, I can go about my business

But it does not work this way, we are in this Milky Way

all together, all connected, we are ONE

 

And the houses grow bigger 

 

 

8. storm 

traditional motif, lyrics by Mir

 

I feel storm coming down from the mountain

No need to hear thunder, see lighning

Round table turned square

Fellow peasants beware

what cause your sons will be fighting for soon

 

Brave knights go to work undercover

in the land where the spirits turned sour

for Kings has no fear

can't hear what sounds clear

breached the bond, forgot where his power came from

 

Over time many rulers have fallen

Over time many followed their calling

Many good ones turned bad

Many bad lost their head

Paid the price for the dreams they have stolen

 

New leaders come out of the forests 

They are wise, they are brave, they are modest

The bearers of light

they reach from the heights

Live of joy, peaceful and honest

 

9. horse thief - instrumental

music by Mir Stavola, performed by David St. James