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Amateur Watchmaker

from Hanoi Social Club by Whatthe Animalssay

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I wrote this in London around 2007/8 before heading to West Africa.

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Kisses dry.

I had vegetable soup for supper last night.
I set my alarm for seven thirty AM.
I hit the snooze button three time every morning,
then I rise and get the bus in.

I work with computers,
I'm the network administrator.
But I live for my hobby,
I'm an amateur watchmaker.
I'm an amateur.

In my, in my studio I work
with such, with such,
small components.

I align my mind with the five wheels, pinion and the arbour,
that transmits the drive from the barrel to the controller.
It takes discipline, discipline, and get out your head the notion,
that the digital age has done approaching.
Phone's ringing, the phone's ringing.

It's just a colleague reminding me
about tomorrow mornings meeting.

unfortunately in the night there was a black out
which reduced my alarm clock to four repeating zeros.
I had the grab and fast food breakfast,
which is repeating on me, repeating on me.

My boss she said nothing,
I'm the only one that can do this work,
I'm the network administrator,
no, no, I'm an amateur watchmaker,
I'm an amateur.

In my, in my studio I work
with such, with such,
small components.

I'm a dead architect, as such,
I build objects that people like to touch and say
"isn't it just so beautiful"

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from Hanoi Social Club, released April 8, 2014
Whatthe Animalssay

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Whatthe Animalssay Berlin, Germany

Traveling Gonzo Composer/duo. Forty-One Countries tapped for inspiration. Traveling with a micro studio, a microphone and an acoustic guitar, composing and uploading where and when possible. Songs written freely from Iceland to Togo without the constraints of industry. ... more

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