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The Persian Expressway

by The Afrosheens

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1.
The Bugle Blows 02:13
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There seems to be something with me Watching that girl across the street Bugle blows and all the disk drives are full Take it back and shake it all around I just wanted to know if you’d mind I just wanted to know a few times I just wanted to know if you’d mind I just wanted to know a few times Take my toys and light the sky with yours See the visions as all the night are young Take a marker and break it over my drink Rip the posters and watch it light I just wanted to know if you’d mind I just wanted to know a few times I just wanted to know if you’d mind I just wanted to know a few times Going away with your life Going away with your night Going away with your life Taking the time to say hi and I know why Taking the time to say goodbye and I know why Taking the time to say hi and I know why
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Breaking News 03:37
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The sun is vibrating with a thought As the century comes to an end Can it all be how it was before When I came so mundane All that was conceived was fading away Every time I looked away Maybe that’s why we went so wrong Can we take a place in time Have you heard the latest news, that Everything seems to be so unclear While I keep on telling you all. that Everything seems to be on fire Did you see the breaking news, that Everything seems to be so unclear While you’re trying to sleep Everything seems to be underwater, underwater While I’m trying to take a look Maybe that’s why I turned away All I ever wanted was the time To make a smile, or make a laugh Can it ever be turned back While the tapes roll without a thought Cause all the days are taking forever Until all I know is gone Have you heard the latest news, that Everything seems to be so unclear While I keep on telling you all. that Everything seems to be on fire Did you see the breaking news, that Everything seems to be so unclear While you’re trying to sleep Everything seems to be underwater, underwater And now I say take the chance All the windows are full with despair Maybe it’s time to turn without the Care that I’ve seem to forgotten for days, So In your drunken stupor stay behind with me Cause all I ever wanted tonight was you Cause all I ever needed tonight was you Cause all I ever wanted tonight was you
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My Last Smile 04:01
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Can you feel it, when our lives collide on a cold Friday afternoon and All the memories turned into one or can Everything fade away All I see are your eyes becoming brighter as a new unsettling beauty Sits in, as the heavens disappear Only to be disturbed by your distant flame Are these times so different that we’re living while the futures left behind I take turns so all the expressions are feeling so blue I stay when the air turns to dust and I give you this smile and All the streets contain your same name All the familiar faces are turning into dreams of Desire for all my thought are past Into a mystifying glimpse of might be How long has it been? Since we last sat and looked and held each Others words and felt one thing And I began to say hello my old friend Are these times so different that we’re living while the futures left behind I take turns so all the expressions are feeling so blue I stay when the air turns to dust and I give you this smile and All the streets contain your same name Felt like your really real, Instead I have yet to meet you now Maybe I shouldn’t have held my last breathe Cause I feel that I’ve known you now, that time of day that I turned and look And I tried to give you my last smile How long has it been? Since I last sat and gave you this look and I think I’ll give you my last smile
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The Gin Sleeper 04:35
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This is a lullaby for your weary eyes This is a lullaby so you can sleep in peace This is a lullaby for I feel rested When you will sleep now my dear I still hear your sweet voice Promise if you close your eyes Dreams will be for a better day So I can sing once again So now think of us when you feel so near This is a lullaby for your weary eyes This is a lullaby so you can sleep in peace This is a lullaby for I feel rested When you will sleep now my dear I still sing once the light shines in People turn and we think of nothing Back of our night has silenced all Still hear me singing for you For I always will think of these times and think of you This is a lullaby for your weary eyes This is a lullaby so you can sleep in peace This is a lullaby for I feel rested When you will sleep now my dear Now I’m so worn down Even though I’m confused I will sing on Well I feel rested when you slumber I feel rested when I know your at peace So now sleep my dear, sleep for me, sleep my dear…..
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To Murder the Survivor 04:45
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Going to that free hole, Resting in the average home Having to shut yourself by stimulating nothing at all Why don’t you please my stereo by taking out that disco Cause four quarters and that smile well get you no where There are no advance offers here The new standards are where I stand for People are being left behind When we’re walking high and dry Don’t disturb a thing when you’re gonna leave For I just wanted to see one thing Having two channels come in at once and we can’t get rid of one, So we kill both You might as well do what you feel, Now that the dusts are free, It’s 2:32 and you’re still awake Feeling remorse for all the good things that one does Been living awhile without that one For People are being left behind When we’re walking high and dry Don’t disturb a thing when you’re gonna leave For I just wanted to see one thing People are being left behind When we’re walking high and dry Don’t disturb a thing when you’re gonna leave For I just wanted to see one thing
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Neon Summer 04:17
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Read Between the Lines 02:45
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Do you got a story, cause I have the time I promise it won’t erase with time Maybe I’ll right it down one more find And this songs is all you hear Music may be my last sign Maybe all there’s left is this sanctuary Maybe what I need is to listen to this song, so I can read between these lines these Songs give insight to my life Are these paintings who I am Why the hell should I care Take the time and (listen) Seem to always tunnel my way Into these Barriers But this loneliness can be lifted With your lies everyday It’s uncertain if I have seen between the smiles Once again I promise that these marks Won’t erase with the time Only if you read, read between these lines These Songs give insight to my life Are these paintings who I am Why the hell should I care Take the time and (listen) To me Take the time and listen to these songs Read between these harmonies Read between, read between these Walls Take the time to listen and now Take the time as the music plays on Take the time as the song is all you hear, And I say Read between my smiles Read between my eyes Read between these songs Read between what I say
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The London Letters 04:46
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Colors Disappear 04:22
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I had no plans with your smiles Had no will to breathe Related my words without a care All was destroyed as I just tear away All was destroyed as I just tear away See my dreams in a box Why are you so near And all was lost colors just fade away And all was lost colors just disappear And all was lost colors just disappear Shallow with all your guilt Wasting to be alone Being bound by my fear Sure that this won’t be your last time Sure that this won’t be your last time Colors are melting away All I hear fades to black And all was lost colors just disappear And all was lost colors just disappear And all was lost colors just disappear
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Good Night Sweet Girl 05:42
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It’s a lazy Sunday with no direction to find Maybe it’s time to sleep with style All my days are made like a cheap B-movie Maybe it’s time to put the care aside As you pour my scotch neat As you pour my scotch neat And the channels keep flipping around Without any answers you just walk away Sitting on top of the stage while looking down at your life Seeing all those cheap imitations of the times As I say those four words As I say those four words As I say those four words As I say those four words Good night sweet girl Trying to smile on your own, Good night you sweet girl Good night sweet girl Learning to fall on your own, Good night you sweet girl All the floors are wet with tears As the fans keep spinning with lies You keep picking at those sights Without any sound to guide your eyes Why don’t you stop listening to the times Why don’t you start listening to me And I like you style Needing a place to go and you stay inside Covering up all those holes As the bottles keep staring right through me As I say those four words As I say those four words As I say those four words As I say those four words Good night sweet girl Trying to smile on your own, Good night you sweet girl Good night sweet girl Learning to fall on your own, Good night you sweet girl
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The Blinds Fall Apart 03:49
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Erin why don’t you give me the time why are you dragging your feet Silence seems to clear the sane I’m not in vain It’s 3am and it’s raining outside, so come inside Cause all the answers already been told, so take another look, So if you know pretend not to care If you hear pretend not to stare Erin why don’t you give a time, clear your thoughts, maybe change your mind See the daylight come inside, it’s warm inside, empty all alone and it’s A good time to be in love, it’s a good time to be in love, it’s a Good time to be in love Now all the drinks are gone, ocean breeze clouds with smoke All you hear is the nights dying away Erin why don’t you listen to me been out of this loop, fill me All night and all this time I’m not in vain, a little contained So why don’t you fill me in If you know pretend not to care Erin why don’t you give a time, clear your thoughts, maybe change your mind See the daylight come inside, it’s warm inside, empty all alone and it’s A good time to be in love, it’s a good time to be in love, it’s a Good time to be in love And I hear all the thought out loud Taking the loop and falling apart Blinds fall apart and rays shine in Never seen you in the light of day Keep the drinks topped off It’s never real until this feeling sets in Retaining nothing as the days fly by It’s time to give up what you believed It’s a good time It’s a good time It’s a good time It’s a good time A good time to be in love, it’s a good time to be in love, it’s a Good time to be in love
12.
It's Too Late for More 05:56
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13.
House of Flies 03:09
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Afshin: Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Drums, Vocals Mike Coleman: Drums
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The Final Journey of Disco Pete 04:46
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Afshin’s musical journey began in fourth grade, when he began to learn saxophone and piano in Minneapolis. He started a musical project called The Afrosheens 10 years ago in Minneapolis, when Beheshti purchased a 4-track tape recorder and began making tapes for friends. The Afrosheens, which is essentially a solo project by multi-instrumentalist Afshin Beheshti, is an atmospheric musical journey into what he calls his one-man empire of sound. Afshin performs the majority of the instruments on the albums, creating atypical arrangements on keyboards, guitars, bass, woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion, piano, mandolin, and other unique miscellaneous noisemakers. These arrangements compliment his deft songwriting, introducing experimental elements without losing accessibility. Beheshti is unencumbered by any specific style, yet is cohesive in perspective. His song's lyrics compliment this musical approach, as Afshin's sincere, heartfelt words and singing manage to be humorous, serious, silly, hopeful and melancholy at the same time. In 1998, after moving to Tallahassee to pursue a PhD in biophysics, he released a limited edition CD, “No Photos”, and put together a four-piece group to perform his compositions onstage. Up until that time, Beheshti had only played live with jazz groups. Also at this point he joined another band called Divided Body. During 1999, Afshin played solo shows using pre-recorded keyboard tracks as his backup band. In January 2000 he released The Afrosheens second album “The Persian Expressway.” He gathered a new ensemble together, featuring numerous talents from local Tallahassee bands, to perform material from “The Persian Expressway” live

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released January 11, 2000

All lyrics and music written and arranged by Afshin Beheshti,
Except: "The London Letters" lyrics by David Johnson, music by David Johnson and Afshin Beheshti

Recorded by Mike Coleman and Afshin Beheshti. Track 4 and 8 recorded in a Minneapolis suburb by Afshin Beheshti. Tracks 9 and 14 recorded in Tallahassee by Afshin Beheshti. All other tracks were partly recorded by Afshin and mostly recorded by Mike Coleman in Tallahassee.

Produced by Mike Coleman and Afshin Beheshti
Engineered by Mike Coleman

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The Afrosheens is a solo project by multi-instrumentalist Afshin Beheshti, creating an atmospheric musical journey into what he calls his one-man empire of sound. Afshin creates atypical arrangements with arrangements that complement deft songwriting, introducing experimental elements without losing accessibility, and is unencumbered by any specific style, yet is cohesive in perspective. ... more

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