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Bangalore is a city where the power just goes off at will. The government does not believe in warning residents before turning out the lights. While one learns to live with it, many things can go wrong. This is a blues for BESCOM.

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I'm sitting in the darkness all alone
There's nothing I can do but moan
My fridge is on the blink, I'm burning up
I got no ice to fill my cup
The phone’s got no juice
Computer’s blown a fuse
What am I gonna do?

The lights went out I know at half past six
Tell me who’s been playing tricks
The microphone don’t work, it won’t come on
I sit here waiting for the dawn
I can’t do a thing
I can’t even sing
What am I gonna do?

(piano solo)

I thought I’d heat me up some chicken pie
The microwave won’t even sigh
I thought I’d settle down, I’d try to write
My laundry whirring out of sight
Nothing’s goin’ right
Tonight’s just not my night
What am I gonna do?

I thought that I would walk down to the store
I’m stuck right up on sixty-four
I count my fingertips to find the things
That I can use without plug ins
A paper and a pen
A matchstick and a flame
What am I gonna do?

I’m sitting alone
All do is moan
Try to get the right tone
What am I gonna do?

Way down in the park
I hear the dogs bark
I’m afraid of the dark
What am I gonna do?

C’mon turn on the light
Do I have to fight?
Don’t citizens have rights?
What am I gonna do?

credits

from Bangalore Blues, track released March 15, 2020
music: Mahajan
lyrics: Thomas

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Radha Thomas & Aman Mahajan Bengaluru, India

Thomas studied Indian classical music. She blends Indian influences into jazz singing

Mahajan is a pianist, composer and improviser based in Bangalore, India, playing improvised music across a diversity of musical idioms

Often concept-driven, and inspired by a sense of unity and connection

Bangalore Blues is a special collaboration project done by the duo Radha Thomas And Aman Mahajan
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