Hellven

from Mirror, Mirror by Jan Hauenstein

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JH song. Heaven and Hell don't appeal to me, there's got to be an alternative-

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Hellven Jan Hauenstein

(E7) (A7)
(E7)Hell is too hot and dirty, heaven too squeaky clean,
I need a place somewhere in-between.
Hellven is that place, it´s easy to see,
Hellven is the place for you and me.

(A7)Take me to hellven in a boat or a van,
I want go to hellven, if I can.

(E7)All the bad guys are in hell,
And I s´pose that´s just as well.
(A7)Putin and Rasputin,
And they put some more in,
(B7)Hitler´s there and Trump
Is earmarked for that dump.

(E7)Nero and Attila, Genghis Khan,
Assad and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
(A7)Jack the Ripper, the stranglers in the night,
And those evil hitmen who hit men with all their might,
(E7)Joseph Stalin and the killer Pol Pot,
They all well deserve what they got -
E(B7)ternity in a place that´s far too hot.

(A7)Take me to hellven on a plane, in a car,
I want to go to hellven, no matter how far.
(E7) (A7) (B7) (E7)

All those who were so ferociously good,
I never want to meet them, knock on wood.
Ooh! (A7)Saints and good nuns in their nunny dress…
If I weren´t already dead then, I´d be bored to death!

Well, (E7)Mother Theresa and Nelson Mandela
Were so much nicer than Vlad the Impaler,
And (A7)what about Saint Francis, Ghandi and Bill Gates?
Looks like maybe you got me there, mates.
Still, (E7) all in all, heaven´s too obscenely clean,
And I prefer those folks in-between -
(B7)Basically good, but with a streak of mean.
(E7) (A7) (B7) (E7)

(E7)Hellven, the place with the sleazy bars,
Hellven, the place with the smoky gypsy jazz guitars,
(A7)Hellven, the place where sex is none too clean,
(B7)Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?

(A7)I want to go to hellven, even if I have to hike,
I want to go to hellven, that´s the (B7)place (hold) that I like!
(E7) (A7) (B7) (E7) (A7) (B7) (E7)

Goettingen, Words early July and 12 July, Music 03 August 2018

janhauenstein@gmx.de

www.janhauenstein.com

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from Mirror, Mirror, released September 27, 2019

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Jan Hauenstein Göttingen, Germany

More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others.
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Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year... ... more

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