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The Door.

by The Doorman

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1.
She must be out of her head When she got out of her bed She wrote a note that she left, undressed She always wants something from me A golden ring and a color TV A mansion surrounded by trees, for free! She always wants me to feel weird I'm unwrapping what I have feared She gave me waterski gear Well, I tried to waterski on Lake Louise She always wants something from me A golden ring and a color TV In return I just get water skis Well, I tried to water-ski on Lake Louise
2.
Wedding 02:08
let's make room for all the girls and all the boys and all their mums and all their uncles we'll have a party, we'll have a drink I do not wonder about anything I do not wonder about anything all the sons and all their mums and all their nieces and all their aunts come on over with all your friends let's have a party, let's greet the man wedding bells ring yeah, wedding bells chime it's time to go, it's time to decide who catches the train, the bridal bouquet who stays for coffee, who awaits the end I decide I decide
3.
Found out where the CCTV is When the tellers would start their day But when I saw her, a dazzling bank employee I had to cop out on a bank robbery All the masked men kept the motor running They take the money and go and laugh about it you know They laugh about it All the money in the world couldn't part me from my girl All the money in the world couldn't part me from my girl We laugh about it you know
4.
Camouflage 01:49
Simplify your moves when you synchronize your feet Simplify your moves, it's a camouflage Simplify your tunes when you syncopate your beat Simplify your tunes, it's a camouflage All around the world we see Warning signs, sold commercially And they signify our fear of Simplify your moves when you synchronize your feet Simplify your moves, it's a camouflage Simplify your tunes when you syncopate your beat Simplify your tunes, it's a camouflage All around the world we see Morning comes to broken dreams When they signify the change of Simplify your moves when you synchronize your feet Simplify your moves, it's a camouflage Simplify your tunes when you syncopate your beat Simplify your tunes, it's a camouflage Simplify your moves! Simplify your tunes when you want them to sing Simplify your tunes, how you wanted to be, authentically Simplify your moves when you synchronize your feet Simplify your moves, it's a camouflage Simplify your tunes when you syncopate your beat Simplify your tunes, it's a camouflage
5.
Skeeter, stone cold lover in a white restroom I’ll take you to paradise over the border and into the night pierce the skin, tattoo ink she hit the mother lode when she swept her broom life flashes before your eyes over the rainbow and into my arms meet your djinn, your next of kin Genie stepped of the ledge when you held out your hand, now you understand the building collapsed on her head as she dove into the end, her one and only friend, now you understand Skeeter and Genie took a blow all of us will know all of us will know
6.
Deep-sea documentary diver I've been told he won't come back Underwater creatures kept him from ascending the stairs His wife asleep in the half empty bed A five-part series shown back-to-back, dive in deeper Deep-sea documentary diver You were afraid of the water bed Thought you'd drown at night in a dense forest of kelp In the early morning you went upstairs But screamed halfway that you got the bends, can you keep it? Deep-sea documentary diver Deepfake documentary diver
7.
on day 21 of a 20 day course we really got bored shooting at our target boards we lured him into the living room and aimed at his back only to miss by about one hundred feet the next in line was an airborne guy and I wanted to stuck a hole in his parachute, but we half-assed our lives away Gene likes to poo and wee a little too, he goes to his room and gets his diaper full but she doesn’t like him around, he stinks shooting his shit on the ground there’s a potty, sit down! lower your weapon and sit down! expert marksmen hit the john as fast as they can the AR-15 man is still wetting his bed the expecting family man shoots a baby mobile drone in the air expert marksmen, just pry the potty from their cold, dead hands
8.
Blow Dryer 02:03
silk loungewear, she likes cashmere or a fire pit? a spa-worthy robe, a preserved rose or a garden hose? they all are coming home with a blow dryer (2x) sure she’s hooked with his looks, he’s an animal but he cleans and cooks, runs with jogging strollers too they all are taking turns with the blow dryer (2x) matching sweats, a pushpin map, wear-everywhere flats? a handy phone case, a food serving tray or a mrs. mug? they all are coming home with a blow dryer (2x) sure she’s hooked with his looks, he’s an animal but he cleans and cooks, runs with jogging strollers too they all are having fun with the blow dryer (2x) he says he can’t decide what to do with all this precious time “Check out our sand hourglass selection for the very best… handmade pieces 24 dollar each” he says he can’t decide what to give her as a gift this time a supersonic hair dryer will become the best friend for both you and your wife
9.
two lovers unite on the slippery side of a track that turns to his left she asked him if he really wanted to jeopardize the leopard’s trail CH she’s a run of the mill, he’s a flower boy they keep on running the lengths of sorrow and joy tomorrow they’ll know she lights a cigarette and stretches her legs falls around the 1 second mark she asked him if he really wanted to vandalize her modern art CH candy girls, don’t make me blue some of the boys have lost their father to you (3x) candy girls, don’t make me blue you know I love you too
10.
Sing her a song, she’ll love it Tell her I’m an idiot For days and days I tried to get Suzanne out of my head What did her father tell me when he lay on his death bed "Son, I won’t give her away not until my dying day" Sigmund told her: never free the animal All the lonely boys will have to wait Climb in there and be the human cannonball The circus clowns will take the fire escape Write her a poem, she’ll dig it Tell her I’m a copycat For days and days I wondered whether Jesus really bled What did her mother tell me when hooked up to an IV line You can plan ahead and pray but you could be dead in 39 days Sigmund told her: never free the animal All the lonely boys will have to wait Climb in there and be the human cannonball The circus clowns will take the fire escape On the day I met Suzanne she held out her hands Said: "you’ll never leave me now and if you do, tell me how?" I saw the tan line from a ring, made me start to think When I asked her ‘bout the gown it all came tumbling down The thing is I saw you with a gun in your hand And you hid the bullets in the drawer with your underwear With a photo of a guy who looked just like me I think you blew his head off Suzanne I think you blew his head off Suzanne I think you blew his head off Suzanne And now that you’re calmed down you make me nervous I think I’ll be miles away at sunrise, you will have to track me down
11.
Gwendolina 02:15
Gwendolina have you seen her? she left the lights on it tears my heart out can you see what’s left between us? can you shove it in my back? ‘cause everytime we see Jesus walk the water you avert your eyes and you just can’t be bothered Gwendolina have you seen her? they found her daughter in a dumpster can you see what you have done to Sheila, dressed in garbage bags? ‘cause everytime we see Jesus walk the water you avert your eyes and you just can’t be bothered Gwendolina have you seen her?
12.
the sun sets slowly in the summer of love head out the window, the wind in my hair the highway patrol love-tapping my tail I wanna leave this town so I took the interstate I am the cooler tonight you are the bouncers alright the sun sets slowly in the summer of love take a dip in the ocean when the goin’ gets tough I saw a valley girl buying drinks for everyone she’s a scuba-dive teacher staring into the sun I am the cooler tonight you are the bouncers alright if you hadn’t come back I would have gone out the bluest of birds is singing me down if I hadn’t gone out I would have been there a cruel love bird set fire to your house fire to your house
13.
Annie’s on the floor and she’s motionless she’s waiting for a kiss on her cold, cold lips Annie’s doing fine like most of the time until they get inside and compress her chest you are the world to me now my CPR muse I saved you from these clowns, from the abuse meet your long lost pal Annie, you’re safe now
14.
the sly men sell tuna from Gondwanaland they live in Caledonia on the Internet of Things the conmen tell they’re from Gondwanaland they live on social benefits they pour another drink here on the island we’re shipping out the very next day our sabre-toothed tigers are set to be our biggest sale when they eye a hurricane the conmen drop their load cans of fish are lying on the west coast in staples the temperature is rising on the west coast in Naples
15.
Jugular 01:49
daddy scored a 3 on the Glasgow Coma Scale what will happen to the bastard when he drops the soap in jail? Johnny’s little eyes grew wide with utter fear when mother took the axe and boy she smashed it in her daughter shuts the door and says I know you wanna lick the sun, suck the flames right into Johnny sags his pants to show his underwear a wannabe thug, still in his wonder years CH darling did you cut your jugular? all the other girls are so popular a livestream crime scene shows the teen user2 says “you meant a lot to me” daddy scored some H on 7th Avenue what will happen to him when he injects it too soon? she hit the mother lode when she took the mattress out he likes it on the floor and he likes it facing down her mother’s cutting cards and says I know you wanna lick the sun, suck the flames right into you go! impress all in the locker room, herbal! CH
16.
she leaves and automatically smiles when he breaks his promise of saying goodbye two late night shifts in a row they’re standing outside in the dark of the night while I’m waiting at the door two late night shifts in a row they’re standing outside in the dark of the night while I’m waiting at the door all the pretty girls in a row what do they want? I don’t know all the pretty girls in a row what do they want? I don’t know two late night shifts in a row they’re standing outside in the dark of the night while I’m waiting at the door two late night shifts in a row they’re standing outside in the dark of the night while I’m waiting at the door

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"The Door" is the latest (last?) album from The Doorman. Packing 16 songs in about 32 minutes it presents a sprawling collection of homerecorded indie rock, acoustic ballads, demented electro-pop and exquisite alt rock death metal jazz. Top notch mid-fi recordings tampered with by the artist himself in a self-destructive end of career kinda way. Do you want me to continue?

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released December 7, 2022

All songs composed, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan de Jong. Drums on 1,2,5,7,8,9,11,16 by Brendan Kuntz. Additional acoustic guitars on 2 by Bramestiyo. Double bass on 3 by Aderzda, background vocals on 3 by Volodymyr Vchyzhovych. Background vocals on 6 by Anne-rup. Timpani on 4 and 14 by Luciano Slaibe. Picture on album cover by Pinar de Jong-Sarikaya.

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The Doorman Dordrecht, Netherlands

Homerecorded lo-fi ballads, indie rock and other audio experiments. Influenced by GbV, Sebadoh, Sentridoh, Songs:Ohia and Aphex Twin!

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