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Golden Days

by Maurice Gene

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Golden Days 05:12
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Golden days Golden days came true Now past days Past days come true Split life in photographs Lost ways Lost ways we found Now odd ways Odd ways we're bound But I can't turn back the years You should take care of them all You should call and say hello, after all But I am not the one, who makes things right I am the one who wrecks It all Our life is so true, our light is so bright But we can't have It all Old friends Old friends came by New friends New friends' come and gone Don't you lose them once again Too close Too close we fly Our time, Our time flies by And any sign's a lie You should take care of them all You should call and say hello, after all But I am not the one, who makes things right I am the one who wrecks It all Our life is so true, our light is so bright But we can't have It all
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Castles in the Air 03:16
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Castles in the air, an old familiar stink Surrounds me like the snake, who sold the world to Eve Bubbles flying high, in an endless sky A child holds a balloon, and a needle not so far Learning steps to be in the mood, written on a draft Every time we look into the sky, all the good wills move to trash Castles in the air, tale related to the Grimm's You don't need to know, why you cannot climb The highest class in life, sits on the same white toilet bowl To load off mid class rights, and lean on luxury Cats fishing in stormy weather, talking 'bout their affairs While the bliss shows all the answers in the air Dogs eating from silver spoons sitting on a chair It may be true or just quite fair Castle's copycat, Red John's mentalist You don't need to know, how life's so unfair It shows so easily, don't you need some company? To load off The Band's Weight, and lean on who you love While the ground keeps swallowing people, the sky throws them away Is there anyone wishing for houses in the moon? While we laugh 'bout foolish things, someone disappears Is there anyone here to make me a stiff drink? Blind Bears acting in a Carnival, mad cows fed by walking pets Is there anyone here wondering Is there anyone there thinking What if we build castles in the air
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Demons' Fair 02:40
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Go walking along this old city path Turn on the left at the end of the street As you turn the corner and see the lights You’ll run like a shadow in the twilight There’s a big wheel turning through the atmosphere And every tiny car holds its own fear Unknown painkillers at the back of the throat Make us think we're happier than a child on a boat It’s a demons’ fair Where everyone gets his pair It’s an old affair People try to repair Green Greed loves beemers in Rich man's yards Big great waster down the Boulevard Low esteem belongs to the 27 club Great big deal for the Hall of Rock Young Steve tried to jump from Queens to West Side Too much ambition brought him back Mr Vain lives happily in a Rock And Roll van Who’s the fairest of them all? It’s a demons’ fair Where everyone gets his pair It’s an old affair People try to repair External validation will put you at the top As soon as you lose your faith in one pop When you unleash all the anger that you hold inside everyone gets hurt, and you may go to jail Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Envy and Pride preceded by their names, dance around the fire you can see the freak show on the 13th floor Hope you are disappointed, and don't come back It’s a demons’ fair Where everyone gets his pair It’s an old affair People try to repair
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Where the Sun Shines 03:08
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Where the sun shines seems so far A place we know but hardly ever see Fading out and drifting away Growing up and turning life to black With your face down on the sidewalk There’s no way to lift you higher Think about what you lose when you leave this world Think about what you have where Sun still shines I give you the strength To destroy your fears We don’t understand We must find a way As we walk around to heal the wounds of the past And we talk about the things (that) we love and will last Where the sun shines seems so close A place we know and whisper ‘bout low and mild In a few months we will Raise a new born baby child She'll destroy the fears and be brighter than the Sun I give you the strength To destroy your fears We don’t understand We must find a way As we walk around to heal the wounds of the past And we talk about the things (that) we love and will last
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New York Streets 05:36
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It's so sad, we dropped the cup And then came by a good thought it's been one year, since we lost touch We miss you and should come back We have a dream, we'd love to be Inside some broadway scene Defying gravity Or Walking like a man You can live your dreams in New York You can start the spark Singing like a star In a Piano Bar From east to west, Delis, shops and stores Feel the underground warm mist While Subway shakes, the ground beneath your feet Good vibrations make bricks dance From north to south, taxis on the run The Never ending streets Wide Concrete walls and sidewalks Beast and Beauty all in one You can feel real love in New York Walking Through the Park Living for today Let’s start the day, Starbucks’s fine Coffe and bagel ritual Social network time, which pic to share? There's so much art everywhere A walk in Central Park, before it gets dark squirrels posing for the lens Plenty of lovers on each bench Pigeons sitting on each fence You can start your trip anywhere You can change your mind You can change your flight And stay in New York It’s Christmas day, and the city is full of lights And The Big Tree’s showing off Some Romeo kneels down in Bryant Park And his Juliette says “yes” Special Christmas lunch and Jazz at the Garage Evening spent on Bleecker Street, the folk's still in the air Bass sounds pouring from the doors, Powers' show at Terra Blues We begin to feel like lost and found castaways You can start your band in New York You can show the chords Of your old guitar Down on Bleecker Street Down on Ludlow St. at No Fun Bar we cheers Sudden stop at Rudy's Shop and let your fingers play We can live our dreams in New York We can feel real love in New York We can leave our troubles far behind We could have it all We should dream alive Turn from dark to light, Only In New York Streets
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Last Show 03:24
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Motherless child born under a killing moon Girls and boys laying on a dirty floor Working for no man, dealing with the devil’s word Bourbon and Scotch running through my veins like gold   You’re on the evil’s side, You run my Demons’ Fair And when you get home late, you grab me and hit my face   Who am I hurting, every time you break my heart I’m just trying to get by, i don't care what people say You belong to me, You owe me that kind of love It’s only you and me, stay away from men in blue   What did I think when I met you, what a fool I was You better get out of this place, This is your last show I’m on the evil’s side, I run your Demons’ Fair And when I get home late…
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Cry Days 03:06
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I rise up and stand Seizing the opportunities I had, but now they’re gone But I praise the hand That’s holding onto and hanging onto somebody that’s sinking to hell I pray for this land Ruled by filthy snakes, purple bills, money pits and fortunate sons, What's wrong with mankind Takin' what belongs to others to call it loans Cry Days, Cry Days, We are born in Cry Days When something good turns into something real bad Cry Days, Cry Days, we'll die in Cry Days Gather Hopes, Dreams, Illusions... then tear them apart My search will go on There's a place for me, a place for you, somewhere where hundreds pretend Once face to face How to explain yourself and sell your soul to something that won't care for you Won't do what they want still fighting up against the ropes while standing on an icy ring The weak always lose 'till a superhero appears while we all sing Cry Days, Cry Days, We are born in Cry Days When something good turns into something real bad Cry Days, Cry Days, we'll die in Cry Days Gather Hopes, Dreams, Illusions... then tear them apart
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Still Water Siren 05:19
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Caught dancing in the coldest lake Where catfish watch the night Old tales from the Indian folks Tell us about that dream You can hear her voice through the songs Sung by sailors in ghost ships Born in mountains but dives into streams Lost soul drifters in the sea Young Castaway, under dark skies he floats No seaport, docks or shores How long the anchor will be dropped Helm loose upon the deep Tom’s boat was dragged away by the flood They were meant to fall apart Mermaid come, stay and save this lost soul We will make it through the night
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Concrete Towers 03:54
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In a foggy part of a crazy land There’s a funny lord, you can say no word Stay and throw your thoughts in an empty heap Will you realize you’ve become their sheep? In the hills of the Towermen You could wish and say “Amen” Make your prayers for your lovely “Saint” In a crowded party of sheep No more lands of opportunities No fight for the right Concrete towers in our little towns Built on flesh and bones My Lord Another day goes by in our paradise Escape from the great quiz for the lunatic If you don't feel part of this grey old fake Mother Nature's wise, even she is awake Why do we stay and wait for the Big Earthquake? In the streets of the sweet old world Big tall towers on a dusty ground long dark shadows growin' all at once 'til goats turn back gazes all for one No more lands of opportunities No fight for the right Concrete towers in our little towns Built on flesh and bones My Lord Another day goes by in our paradise
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Thorn Gift Box 04:29
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Life's a blessing when your soul is not a mess and only have success Life’s a stage where ass-kissers take your goals though you cannot defend Coat passion with your fancy dreams Hence you'll find a straight point to start Count your pains and break them in Choose the one you'll fight to win Open up your thorn gift box Grab the ones you're stuck deep in be so selfish like you've never been and they've never seen Time will never let you down 'til your star shines a light of your own Sing your songs and sing them true Show the people what you've been through Restless aims you once tried to reach Don’t back down again Helpless dreamers lost in dark sides of their livesQ Waiting for some breakthrough Time will never let you down 'til your star shines a light of your own Sing your songs and sing them true Show the people what you've been through
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Wolverine 06:18
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Turning back the years, in the north countries is told There was a sibylline man, they began to call wolverine The ancestors wrote: “Colder and stronger than steel” No one knew his name, and so they used to sing He rides with no past, with no heart There’s no death for him, ‘cuz he’s facing his eternal pain He can’t use his strength against his ghosts There’s an animal howling, over those silent hills On a dark and windy road, he rides alone Riding on a Thunderbird, and dancing across the night When the loud pipes break the silence in the air You can see the shadow of the lonely wolverine He rides with no past, with no heart There’s no death for him, ‘cuz he’s facing his eternal pain He can’t use his strength against his ghosts There’s an animal howling, over those silent hills

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Golden Days is the title of the LP debut of Maurice Gene published on Vinyl, CD and Streaming platforms.

The lyric of Gene goes along epic and mundane life. Nostalgic, dreamers, sinners, helpless, lovers, abused, fighters, castaways, libertarians and heroes dance within the verses and take life through the melodies.

Eleven songs invite us to seat and travel in a red Mustang, to look life through the rearview mirror and evoke nostalgia of an already finished trip from a not so far stray youth.

Accompanied by his melodies and guitar riffs, we can drive along the Mother Road listening to a touch of the different musical referents that nourish his songs. It sounds the paraphrase, the footnotes of masters like Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Eagles... essentials of the Folk-Rock movement from the seventies. And if the 70s are the roots, the 80 y 90 are the trunk and branches of his style, a continuum wrapped crown of sensibility that Maurice transforms into a unique and personal sound that also goes between Americana and Alternative/Indie Folk.

Recorded and produced at his own studios, this album has been supported by the guru Scott Hull from the famous Masterdisk Studios in New York, who personally took charge of the Mastering and Cutting for Vinyl.

In Golden Days the artist has taken care of every detail, not by chance, the composer and producer inclines himself to paint his lyrics and scores on a vinyl, returning to the magic of keeping those records spinning or playing an entire album on repeat.

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released May 10, 2019

Recorded and Mixed at Maurici Gené Studio in Reus.
All Recording and Mixing by Maurici Gené.
Mastering by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, New York.
All Words and Music by Maurici Gené Capdevila.
All songs © 2019 Maurici Gené Capdevila.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Big Tortuga Records.

Cover Photo by Joan Capdevila Vallvé.
Album Art by Paul Vuigner Arenas and Marta Val Miró.
1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 350 property of José Luis Cuadrado Plumareta.

Special thanks to all who contributed supporting, inspiring and believing in this project.

To Míriam, Emma & Ada.

Maurici Gené Capdevila - Vocal, Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Lap Steel, Mandolin, Autoharp, Banjo, Harmonica & Synthesizers.
Míriam Flores Alsina - Vocals, Piano, Keyboards & Transverse Flute.
Xavier Jou Reina - Drums.
Ivan Palacios Hervás - Bass Guitar on tracks 3 & 4; Upright Bass on tracks 7, 8, & 11.
Àngela Fernández Sobrino – Cello on tracks 1, 2, 8 & 9.
Guillem Guinjoan Fargas - Stratocaster guitar on tracks 10 & 11.
Jacobo García Villar - Bass Guitar on tracks 5 & 6.
Xavier Bages Jansà- Bass Guitar on tracks 2 & 10.
Jaume Bages Jansà - Drums on track 10.
Francisco Celma Tafalla – Trumpet on tracks 6 & 11.
Emma Gené Flores – Ukulele on track 5.

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Maurice Gene is a new Indie Folk-Rock musical project. This singer-songwriter and guitarist, started his solo career after years of learning, training, experimenting and collecting musical and social knowledge, in order to find the words and sound he wanted. In this new musical journey, Maurice's purpose is to talk about the odyssey between the broken dreams and the place "where the Sun shines". ... more

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