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The Morning After

from Bangalore Blues by Radha Thomas & Aman Mahajan

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After a night with supersized gin and tonics with a girlfriend in lower Manhattan, Thomas took a cab home controlling the urge to upchuck because she’d borrowed a friend’s dress for the occasion. This song is about the morning after the night before. Indian melodic influences with a jazz treatment.

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Four dry Martinis a few Gin ‘n’ Ts
The sound in my head is the buzzing of bees
Looked everywhere but I can’t find my keys
Bartender call me a cab if you please
Oh my head, somebody get me to bed
I really can’t see far ahead, tomorrow maybe I’ll be dead
On the ride way up town
From down in China Town
I’ll try to keep it down
Cos I’ve borrowed this gown
But the car sways and swerves
I thought avenues had no curves
But I know I deserve
Everything that I’m served
Take me home, I now that am oh so blown
I know I need to be alone, so no one hears me moan groan
Not again, not again, I swear, no, not again
I’ve got nothing to gain from this broken refrain
Can I take back the day, before you led me astray
Where day is like night, day and night, night and day
Hold me / Stop me / Let me / Go now
‘Cos I have to stay away
Oh very, very far away
I can’t do this, another day
There’s no way
No matter what you try and say
Sitting here watchin’ the clouds rolling by
Wondering if it will rain or be dry
Counting the stars as they light up the sky
I now know the what and the where and the why
Oh my head, somebody get me to bed
I really can’t see far ahead, tomorrow maybe I’ll be dead

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from Bangalore Blues, released March 15, 2020
music: Thomas/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 ... more

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