Junglefish Music

A quick compilation of clips from the June gig at the wonderful Boom Cafe. It was a joy to play there for such a wonderful and appreciative audience.

Today, 20-Feb-2024, Julian Assange is once again being put through the process-as-punishment legal torture prepared for him by the US and UK governments. 14 years of persecution and still it goes on. --------------------------------------------------------- Butterfly, spread your wings and fly far away from here Butterfly, one they'd crucify, you're their greatest fear A loaded deck is more powerful than a loaded gun No strength to fight and you're in their sights Boy you'd better run, far from here Butterfly, there's a cruelty that they can't conceal They laugh and sneer as they take you and break you on a wheel Because you're dangerous, and you're just like us, and that's what scares them so And there's a special ring reserved in hell, that's where they're gonna go When you speak truth to power they blacken your name When you've won the argument they blacken your name Point out the obvious they blacken your name Open a window they blacken your name Oh butterfly, have you tears to cry? Can you e'er be free? Oh butterfly, who could justify this inhumanity? Ain't it funny how the just expression of the law Looks exactly like protection of the powerful? When you speak truth to power they blacken your name When you've won the argument they blacken your name Point out the obvious they blacken your name Open a window they blacken your name Collateral Murder, they blacken your name Confined in Belmarsh, they blacken your name Solitary confinement, they blacken your name “Shit-smearing rapist”, they blackened your name

From the EP Something Left Worth Saving. Featuring Michael plus the Junglestrings, Raphaela, Nina, Inge and Luisa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When there's nothing left worth saving When the promises aren't kept When the dreams you had are fading No truth or honour left Burn it down Burn it down When the castle wall comes tumbling And the citadel must fall Systems all around are crumbling New Barbarians at the walls Burn it down, down, down Burn it down, down, down Burn it down, down, down Burn it down, down, down This place, this new Jerusalem Was built upon ten thousand years of cruelty And misery What were we thinking? I see nothing left worth saving Rake the ashes through and through Move the pebble to a new position Time to start again anew Burn it down, down, down Burn it down, down, down Burn it down, down, down Burn it down, down, down

From the EP Something Left Worth Saving. Featuring Michael, Fleur Wirtz on guest vocals and the Junglestrings, Raphaela, Nina, Inge and Luisa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thought you'd gone, and all your works too Thought you'd gone, and the evil you do Wasn't hard to see right through you And I don't believe anymore We did our best to help you depart Silver bullet, stake through the heart Seems you don't ever fall very hard And I don't believe anymore But you're here, you turned up again Like the bad penny you are You can't buy everyone Why don't you come with us down to the sea? Take a boat, they've got lots for free Sail away, become sweet absentee And I don't believe anymore But you're here, you turned up again Like the bad penny you are You can't buy everyone But the truth is I never believed in you anyway An oily smile, a twinkling eye Can only take you so far (in life) Make you a millionaire (perhaps) What does it cost a man his soul? What does it cost a man? Thought you'd gone, and all your works too Thought you'd gone, and the evil you do Wasn't hard to see right through you And I don't believe anymore But you're here, you turned up again Like the bad penny you are You can't buy everyone

Lead track from the EP Something Left Worth Saving. Featuring Michael plus the Junglestrings, Raphaela, Nina, Inge and Luisa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm not one to hesitate And I'm gonna tell you straight I need to avoid this working day It all seems so trivial So back into bed I'll crawl I don't want to face this working day And you know it's gone awry When the whole world feels like I When I think of what we gave away It just makes me want to cry We just wanna make some noise Read a book, play with our toys But with mouths to feed and bills to pay It seems we really have no choice Space and time to create Learn to fly or to levitate But not just another working day Our time used to be our own Our nose to our own grindstone, now it's Traded for another working day Is it really such a crime Just to play or pantomime All these days we seem to slave away We've been robbed of our time! I don't need to stay out late Raise the roof, even fornicate Just save me, from another working day

From the EP Something Left Worth Saving. Featuring Michael, Fleur Wirtz on vocals and the Junglestrings, Raphaela, Nina, Inge and Luisa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So much for pillow talk I’d never seen you smile that way before And it’s nobody’s fault If dark seems to be light and less means more And after all that we’ve been through you still find hope in me and me in you Sing with me again, Dance me to the end of love Got your song on my lips And the taste of your kiss I feel your strength to my fingertips Forever changed after this Riding through the rain Way too fast but just to get to you Walking through the snow My hands had never felt so cold before And after all is said and done we’ll still find space to breathe and greet the sun It seems that it ain’t me, babe But that don’t change the things we take away Got your song on my lips And the taste of your kiss I feel your strength to my fingertips Forever changed after this

Recorded at The Chapel in Le Grande Hospice, 15 April 2023. Featuring Fleur (Territoire Des Chats) on vocals and the fabulous Junglestrings. Dedicated to evil-doers everywhere.

With the Junglefish All-Star Intercontinental Bizon Blues Blood Band :-) That's Tim, Luisa and Jojo really. Café Bizon, 01 March 2023

A Working Day, with the *FABULOUS* Junglestrings (Inge, Luisa, Raphaela, Nina). The moment where Luisa 'takes it away' lit up the room! Great audience, great night. Thanks to everyone for coming. (No thanks to the numpty who put their beer glass down in front of the camera though. Grrrrrr.....) KFK Hope, 25-Jan-2023

Junglefish, live at the KFK Hope, 25-January-2023. With Fleur Wirtz and the faaaabulous Junglestrings! (a big Grrrrrrr!!!! to the numpty who put their glass down in front of the camera...)

Junglefish, live at the KFK Hope, 25-January-2023. With the ever wonderful Fleur Wirtz.