Toast of the town

 

FROM THE ALBUM : SILKROAD

available here

 

II'm trying to catch a rainbow with my fingers.

It escapes. What remains is a feeling that lingers

That I’m one of those guys who malingers,

Who never achieves the goals he’s set

And whom our town will quickly forget.

I'm trying to catch a train that is leaving.

Yet there is nothing but the taillight I'm perceiving.

I'm standing in the draught immersed in grieving.

I'm always out of money, deeply in debt.

I'm a foolish failure who likes to fret.                                     

 

Refrain

My epitaph will say: He was a big fool,

Always aggravating, never taking things cool,

Always indulging in a mindless drool.

To fail every test in life was his general rule.

 

 

I'm trying to fish a slippery trout.

But all I get is a smack on my snout.

I'm almost fainting. There is no doubt

I wasn't born to succeed in life.

I'm the target of scorn, the sheath for a knife.

I'm trying to find a new protecting shield

To sow my seeds into a barren field.

And of course there won't be any yield.

I'm always broke. I'm always a joke.

I'm a rotten egg with a fading yolk.

 

 

Credits

Composition, lyrics and voice: Gottlieb Guntern, Brig, Valais, Switzerland

arrangement by Guo-Guan-Zhe, Mongol composer and musician, Shanghai, China

all chinese instruments played by Guo-Guan-Zhe , Mongol composer and musician, Shanghai, China

recorded by Guo-Guan-Zhe at Mix Studios, Shanghai China

 

back vocals: Seema Mahadevia, singer, Mumbai, India

recorded by Among Nalk Sarmam at Studio pat. Ltd. Mumbai, India

 

guitars: Stefan Margelisch, Brigerbad, Valais, Switzerland

piano: Stefan Bregy, Bern, Switzerland

Final arrangement by Dominique "Don" Borriello at Newtone Studio Brig Switzerland