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Don't Feed The Animals

by One Large Banana

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1.
Leave This Town 03:23
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Leave this Town I've had enough I've had enough of the things that you say ‘Cause it's been rough It's been rough on my pride to give way The things you do ‘Cause the things you do are confusing The things you say If life is a game I'm losing Leave this town, behind Leave this town, alright Leave this town Get outta my mind Get outta my mind I'll pack my bags I'll pack my bags and leave on a train I'll take what I can Take what I can, I can't take the pain ‘Cause the things you do ‘Cause the things you do are confusing The things you say If life is a game I'm losing So don't take it so hard I'll send a postcard Gonna leave this town Get outta my mind Get outta my mind
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Going Home 02:35
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Going Home Saturday night and I went to a party And I met someone who knew my name I said "What about you and me baby?" She said a while back I felt the same Now I've been away and I've been traveling I’ve been around and around the world left my number in several territories and now I’m tired and I’m going home Home Going home Home Going home I... Going home Sometimes it seems the days are getting longer but it’s just that there’s more that we’ve been through Saturday night never as good as Sunday morning Waking up, here with you Going home…..
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Changing Blues 03:45
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Changing Blues A thousand points of light Set to confuse Flashing in the distance The sign says I lose But I can't pin down The pain in my soul When every solid word Is covering a hole I'm just sailing around, floating free I need solid ground beneath me I look at the stars They shift and move I’ve still got the same changing blues The path winds away The distance blurs I see the night just following the day So spectacular But I find no truth In the never ending quest One will never catch the other One will never be best I want to chase you up and tie you down I want to give you a cup and force you to drown Drink deeply while you can ‘Cause I'm in a river of time I float up and down Next thing you know you'll look up and I won't be around I'll be on the next cloud I'll be floating away I'll always move along Look for the brighter day
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Cry 05:01
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Cry I know it’s hard for you to remember I know it’s hard for you to begin since we’re sitting here and we’ve turned the lights down low and we’ve crushed the cap of the J&B and there’s no place else to go We may as well open up to each other we may as well invite each other in It’s warm in here; you sense a need for protection its warm in here; you’ve learned your lesson well So if you don’t let me in any further I will understand It’s just that you don’t want to be a man uh huh, and men don’t cry like babies I will hold your hand You’ll be my - you’ll be my baby man Hold me close, I will get the message hold me close, we will dance for a while Isn’t that peculiar, we can always make ends meet I’ll slip on my happy face and we’ll never miss a beat Isn’t that your favourite song on the radio Isn’t that a guarantee of a smile It’s cold in here; you’re afraid of rejection It’s cold in here; your nerves are wearing thin Hold on to me - I will hold your hand You’ll be my - you’ll be my baby man
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Petrified 02:54
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Petrified Happy little circumstance That you would take your chances With me With me So freely You always made such sense You always made the difference To me To me So freely So much influence So much influence Over me Over me It's really scary I'm losing grip I'm floating away You don't even hear me when I say To you I'm fading I'm losing grip I'm right out of touch You don't even know I miss you so much Oh no I'm fading Frightened of me Frightened of you Frightened of us Frightened of us Scared of the rush Almost as much It's really scary , there's...
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If I 02:49
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If I (Things I need to hear) I touched her hand so very lightly I felt her tremble oh so slightly A very disconcerting feeling Just one touch and I was kneeling If I only knew her name If I only felt the same If I felt when she were near If I only felt that fear There must be a way For me to get her to say The things I need to hear When I look at her I smile And when she moves she moves so lightly And when she talks she talks so quietly I asked her name of her so nicely She wouldn't tell me that precisely If I... Oh I’ve got terminal philosophy

about

[From the original promo]

Grahamstown band One Large Banana left their little town in September 1997, braved Jo’burg and came out with a smashing EP.

The recording was made over a period of five days at Sharp Street Studios with producer Willem Moller. The result is an absorbing EP of an exceptionally high standard, particularly for an unsigned band’s first recording.

One of the tracks included is “Leave this Town” which went to number 1 on RMR during the National Arts Festival off a previously recorded demo tape. “Leave this Town” received national airplay for the first time on 5FM Music Radio on the 28th November 1997.
The CD features six of the band’s best songs from their early repetoire.

“The songs are all quite different, but in another way very similar” they say, “It’s a question of producing variety without losing track of the banana sound.”

What sound does a banana make exactly? To find out, make sure you pick yourself up a copy of One Large Banana’s “Don’t Feed the Animals”

credits

released September 30, 1997

Jo Edward, Guitar & Vocals
Brett Lock, Bass
John Taylor, Guitar
Gareth Sweetman, Drums

Willem Moller: Producer

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One Large Banana Grahamstown, South Africa

One Large Banana were a South African band from Grahamstown active in the late 1990s. This page is to archive their music and make it available.

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