Welcome
words: Kerry Murray
music: Kerry Murray, Bert Erdmann
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Mesdames et Messieurs,
Meine Damen und Herren
I give you:
Q&A
Kerry Murray … vocals/spoken text, keyboards
Bert Erdmann … backing vocals, drum programming© 2006/2016 KayaMBeE
Passion Faux Pas
words: Kerry Murray
music: Bert Erdmann
His phone sits untouched well what would he say?
He had a great time and he liked her a lot?
With your voice it’s harder to play
What you really are then what you are not
He plays it over and over how it will be
Escapes from his cube at a quarter ‘til three
From el to cab, to get prepared
No thoughts of Monday no expenses spared
In through the front door out of his costume
Out with the old and in with the new
Dressed for success dictated by details
Beta blockers designed for alpha males
He gets to the market, much to his dismay
So many choices are out on display
Looks for the girl he’s been preening for
Adds drinks to his tab from the weekend before
Cosmos for this one its per her request
He fans out his feathers and puffs out his chest
Its one for the road and two on one fare
In Prada and Gucci they make quite a pair
I don’t wanna be another
One of your latest things
Cuz I don’t wanna find tomorrow
Our love’s become passé
His phone sits untouched well what would he say?
He had a great time and he liked her a lot?
With your voice it’s harder to play
What you really are then what you are not.
I don’t wanna be another
One of your latest things
Cuz I don’t wanna find tomorrow
Our love has become passé I don’t wanna be another
One of your latest things
Cuz I don’t wanna find tomorrow
Our love has become passé
Kerry Murray … vocals, bassBert Erdmann … guitars, keyboards
Bob Tellier … drums© 2006/2016 KayaMBeE
No Question, We’ve Got Answers
words: Bert Erdmann
music: Bert Erdmann, Kerry Murray
various female voices in the background:
There is absolutely no question about it.
I’m telling you, we have all the answers.
No questions, just answers.
No further questions.
various male voices in the background:
We have all the answers.
There is absolutely no question about it.
I’m telling you, we have all the answers.
No further questions.
I’m telling you, we have all the answers.
Bert Erdmann … guitars, keyboards, bass, vocal synthesis and programming
Bob Tellier … drums© 2016 KayaMBeE
Chance Meeting At The Lucky Strike
words: Kerry Murray
music: Bert Erdmann, Kerry Murray
On the floor…I see you moving…you make me want to move
Just for tonight…my libido…it vibrates with the groove
Your eyes find mine…my pupils dilate…but I can’t look away
Your built to survive…I’m not the fittest…but I’ll try anyways
Cut through the crowd…we’re in position…restraints have come undone
Beats so loud…you move against me…preview of what’s to come
Packed in so tight…so many others…yet it’s just you and me
Exit sign…I take you by the hand…tonight the cab’s on me
Stay tonight…forget tomorrow…it’s just a numbered square
Feels so right…c’mon girl we’re almost there
Stay tonight…forget tomorrow…it’s just a numbered square
Feels so right…c’mon girl we’re almost there
You’re place or mine…it doesn’t matter…we’ve seen them both before
Games for your mind…I play along…to get you through the door
Psycho sex grind…that’s how you need it…a “stranger” to adore
I know it well…I’ve this part…a dozen times or more
Stay tonight…forget tomorrow…it’s just a numbered square
Feels so right…c’mon girl we’re almost there
Stay tonight…forget tomorrow…it’s just a numbered square
Feels so right…c’mon girl we’re almost there
Kerry Murray … vocals, bass
Bert Erdmann … guitars, bass, backing vocals, keyboards
© 2005/2016 KayaMBeE
What was the Question? – Part 1
concept: Kerry Murray
music: Bert Erdmann, Kerry Murray
Bert Erdmann … keyboards
Kerry Murray, Matt Freeman, Melissa Freeman, Matt “Scooby” Marchand … spoken parts
© 2016 KayaMBeE
NEAR
words: Kerry Murray
music: Kerry Murray, Bert Erdmann
I know you’ve arrived, I saw your headlights in the drive.I know it’s cold out, c’mon inside it’s warm and dry.I know that look babe, you’re upset with what I had to say.I never meant for it to sound that way.
It’s not my business what you did before I was there.
I’ve got enough love to pretend that I don’t care.
Let’s keep it up babe, so you prefer a little mystery.
I never was to good with history.
And I have no more questions.
And I have nothing left to hear.
And I have no more need to measure.
I just need you near.
I’ll pour the rum and let the cards fall where they may.
I don’t mind your laughter, it’s pretty funny when I act that way.
I’ll have just one more, and we can wash away all our cares.
We’ll hit the lights and head on upstairs.
And I have no more questions.
And I have nothing left to hear.
And I have no more need to measure.
I just need you near.
Come inside…shut the door.
Leave what you brought here on the floor
Turn the clock to face the wall
Our sillouttes will rise and fall
And I have no more questions.
And I have nothing left to hear.
And I have no more need to measure.
I just need you near.
Kerry Murray … vocals, acoustic guitar
Bert Erdmann … guitars, bass, keyboards
Bob Tellier … drums
© 2005/2016 KayaMBeE
PUSH ON
words: Kerry Murray
music: Bert Erdmann
Why stop when you get to the top
Before it’s gone
Push on
Push on
You find the closer the space between you and the floor
Came in with a bleat and without with a roar
The air might be thinner but still you can smile
It was harder to breath underneath of the pile
Make or break you can’t turn back
Fight the fright or fade to black
That’s right
Hold tight
Dig in
To win
Make or break you can’t turn back
Fight the fright or fade to black
Why stop when you get to the top
Before it’s gone
Push on
Push on
That’s right
Hold tight
Dig in
To win
Make or break you can’t turn back
Fight the fright or fade to black
Why stop when you get to the top
Before it’s gone
Push on
Push on
Kerry Murray … vocals, bass
Bert Erdmann … guitars, bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Bob Tellier … drums, backing vocals
Rodney Taylor … bass
© 2006/2016 KayaMBeE
What was the Question? – Part 2
music: Bert Erdmann, Kerry Murray
Bert Erdmann … guitars, bass, keyboards
Bob Tellier … drums
Kerry Murray, Matt Freeman, Melissa Freeman, Kathy Erdmann … spoken parts
© 2016 KayaMBeE
WHAT I WANT
words: Kerry Murray
music: Kerry Murray, Bert Erdmann
I want a girl who likes to stay up late but, in the a.m., won’t let me oversleep.
She knows how to make a perfect sloppy docker but follows it up with one whiskey neat.
That’s what I want.
Hey is this thing on?
That’s what I want.
That’s what I want.
I want a girl who waits ‘til the last minute but, in the p.m., is never in a rush.
She knows how to make my mother share her darkest secrets but follows it up with words that would make my daddy blush.
That’s what I want.
Hey are you sure this thing’s on?
That’s what I want.
That’s what I want.
I want a girl who falls asleep to Jo’ Brahms but, in the a.m., wakes up to Depeche Mode.
She know how to make me face the day in the right direction but follows it up with a southern touch as I hit the road.
That’s what I want.
I don’t think that you heard me
That’s what I want.
That’s what I want.
Kerry Murray … vocals, keyboads
Bert Erdmann … guitars, bass, backing vocals
Bob Tellier … drums
Rodney Taylor … bass
© 2005/2016 KayaMBeE
You Can… Can You?
words: Kerry Murray
music: Bert Erdmann, Kerry Murray
Take it down…take it out of the box
Find out…to find out what’s left
And so…so he kept a piece or two
Who wants perfection anyways these days
Surprise! Your surprised I’m like you
Last time…last time you swore it was the last time
I know…girl I know just how you feel
You feel like you…like you can’t afford another break for loves sake
You can…you can…you can
Go all in…can you?
I hear…girl I hear the doubt in your voice
But we can…we can bind that to your hope
Now that…now that’s something we can use
To build… build one good heart out of these two for me and you
You can…you can…you can
Go all in…can you?
Go all in…can you?
Kerry Murray … vocals, acoustic guitar, bass
Bert Erdmann … guitars, bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Bob Tellier … drums, backing vocals
© 2005/2016 KayaMBeE
HERE IT COMES
words: Kerry Murray
music: Kerry Murray, Bert Erdmann
Here it comes
Here it comes again
Here it comes
Here it comes again
That funny feeling of imminent sin
It shows up every time your lips hit the skin
But it’s much too late to get you out of the trouble you’re in
I just stopped in to have a drink or two
The only seat was right next to you
With a blink of an eye and your hand on my thigh that funny feeling
Here it comes again
How many girls does it take your get your ass caught in a sling?
It only takes a single one if you wear a wedding ring
Show me a man who played with fire and got away with it
I show you ten more who thought they were slick ‘til their wives took half of their shit
Here it comes
Here it comes again
Kerry Murray … vocals, bass, guitars
Bert Erdmann … talkbox, guitar, trumpet, keyboards
Bob Tellier … drums
© 2006/2016 KayaMBeE
The Game Show
words: Kerry Murray
music: Bert Erdmann, Kerry Murray
Kerry Murray … spoken text (Janet, Jim Rush, Dentist)
Bert Erdmann … guitars, bass, keyboards, spoken text (Dr. Ambee)
Bob Tellier … drums
Matthew “Scooby” Marchand … spoken text (Out of work factory worker)
© 2016 KayaMBeE
SHIRTS AND SKIN
Swords: Kerry Murray
music: Kerry Murray, Bert Erdmann
I want to play, I truly doI want to take the ball with much adoBut there’s a catch, or so it seemsI guess I have to choose between to teams
It seems to me, trouble begins
When you are forced to choose from shirts and skins
Well George’s team wears matching tops
His daddy bought them from the finest shops
If I join them, right here I’ll stay
‘cuz only George’s friends ever get to play
It seems to me, trouble begins
When you are forced to choose from shirts and skins
There’s Johnny’s team, their sans chemise
They really want my help, they ask me please
But every time he needs to choose a victory play
Poor Johnny can’t decide what he should say
It seems to me, trouble begins
When you are forced to choose from shirts and skins
Kerry Murray … vocals, acoustic guitar
Bert Erdmann … keyboards, bass
Bob Tellier … drums
© 2004/2016 KayaMBeE
Feedback
words: Kerry Murray
music: Bert Erdmann
Well, most of the top shelf booze is already drunk
And I’m pretty sick and tired of looking up at all my junk
I can’t recall the last time the sun hit my skin
And my friends quit calling to see just where i’ve been
(to see where I am)
Only three smokes left in the pack
And all my guitar plays is feedback
Well I locked the front door with your old key
And I traded in my battered faith for blasphemy
The clock keeps ticking like a cursed metronome
I wish I never would have gone and done what they do in Rome
(I wish i’ve never done what they do in Rome)
You don’t care how much I want you back
And all my guitar plays is feedback
(Kay-aM-Be-E, Murray)
(Kay-aM-Be-E, Erdmann)
(KayaMBeE)
(Kay-aM-Be-E, Tellier)
(Kay-aM-Be-E, Taylor)
(KayaMBeE)
(Kay-aM-Be-E, Murray)
(Kay-aM-Be-E, Tellier)
(Kay-aM-Be-E, Erdmann)
(Kay-aM-Be-E, Taylor)
(KayaMBeE)
Kerry Murray … vocals, bass
Bert Erdmann … guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
Bob Tellier … drums
© 2006/2016 KayaMBeE
Album art work “Gameshow” and “Wheel of furtune” by Bert Erdmann & Bob Tellier
Guitar artwork by Tamina Erdmann
Q & A – In Depth
The perfect companion for the Q & A album is now available as well, the Q & A – In Depth book.
The 190 pages heavy book covers the album’s lyrics, background details, photos and funny stories as well.
The book is available at cost at Lulu.com