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The First Day (Russia)

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Label info: JPCD9808387 Date: June 21, 2000 Type: CD
Release info:: Tracklist as original release.
Russian counterfeit of the original 1-CD Sylvian/Fripp album

At a glance: Just a single inlay sheet. Front is a plain copy of the regular artwork and the fonts are different to the regular release. The colours are deeper though that may not be apparant from the scans. No typo-errors although the inner side of the inlay is partly re-typed and copied from original booklet. No barcodes. On the back, a copy of the original artwork. Virgin references removed.

Best: The disc. Although different from the original (no credits or Virgin references), a beautiful printed disc.

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The First Day (Russia)
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The First Day (Russia)
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The First Day (Russia)
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Tracklist

	#		Songs
1	1	God's Monkey One push You fall in Born in darkness Built on shame And hurting Filled with silence Filled with silence And stars Stars Stars Find the ladder Climb the ladder To God's monkey No songs To sing That I believe in That I believe in Can't breathe the air It's too thin This far from heaven This far from heaven And stars Stars Find the ladder Climb the ladder To God's monkey.	God's Monkey	God's Monkey Collaboration with Robert Fripp
1	2	Jean The Birdman He gambles on the saddle He's pulling on the mane He thrashes on the horse's back Ambition is a bloody game Horse doesn't want to jump The river looks too wide Well he faces every hurdle With a nervous state of mind "Stay with me, breathe deeply take three passes back turn and make a full attack" The gods are laughing And they're tugging at the reins But he's taken to his wings And they hit the bank Heaven may stone him But Jean the birdman pulls it off His finger's on the trigger His eye is on the clock He doesn't give the game away And quickly fires the bullets off Six hearts cut short Still dreaming they're alive Blown 'round in dusty circles Like an absent state of mind Who hunter? Who victim? God love America He surely doesn't love him Hitching out of nowhere Lines of traffic knee deep A chance to stave the morning off And get some sleep Heaven may stone him But Jean the birdman pulls it off He wears a crucifix His mother left to him It's wrapped in chains around his heart Rusted and wafer thin "Don't count on luck son" All the angels sing "Don't need to check a weathervane We all know what tomorrow brings" Life is a cattle farm Coyotes with the mules Life is a bullring For taking risks and flouting rules Who needs a safety net The world is open wide Just look out for card sharks And the danger signs Heaven may stone him But Jean the birdman pulls it off	Jean The Birdman	Jean The Birdman Collaboration with Robert Fripp
1	3	Firepower He beats the door and breaks his watch Raids the fridge and eats the lot No room for silence, pause of thought To ease the hurt inside him They placed a barrel at his head Raging blind and rising Cursed by saints and all the rest He can't stand up for trying Shot through with anger and desire A mouth to feed, a room for hire He drinks 'goodbyes', the bottle dry Brutalised but smiling Causing casualties by the hour Outweighed by stars And Firepower Causing casualties by the hour Waylayed by stars And Firepower He beats the door and breaks the lock Afraid to sleep he won't let up No room for silence, pause or thought To ease the hurt inside him	Firepower	Firepower Collaboration with Robert Fripp
1	4	Brightness Falls Baby, baby I hate to go Don't leave me alone with this sorrow The body's heavy The getting's slow Lost in moments Caught in moments The night is starless And stands below And I need you by my side Baby, baby I love you so Don't leave me alone in this hollow When brightness falls Who'll come running? When brightness falls Who'll come running in? Saved by silence Save by noise Save by lightning Saved by joy Building on emptiness And all you broken hearted people Baby, Baby The hurt heals slow And who can believe in tomorrow? When brightness falls Who'll come running? When brightness falls Who'll come running in? The ticket's exploded Only one way out Live in lightness Lost in lightness There's nothing left to write about And time's no longer The greatest injustice of all On this new day.	Brightness Falls	Brightness Falls Collaboration with Robert Fripp
1	5	20th Century Dreaming Cold morning Start of another day Sleeping through the epilogue Waking to the sound of rain Driven to the crossroads Where value's meaningless What did you do to my faith In justice, hope and happiness Social, economical, spiritual I'm moving to the house of love Take my fire Take my food and water Forget about those promises Of social good and social order Lassoed by the cowboys Tied down and it shows Well I'm roping in those bad dreams And selling off my work clothes Social, economical, spiritual I'm moving to the house of love Gonna take a course of action To restore my sight 'til the heart of motivation Is filled with a golden light They're hiding in the treetops Tugging at my coat But the power lines are falling down And burning in the undergrowth Social, economical, spiritual I'm moving to the house of love As the river runs Tumbles and turns You know you shouldn't stay Or play the game again But it could be different this time You may win Dreaming, dreaming Dreaming, dreaming lying down Dreaming,dreaming Dreaming, dreaming lying down I'm moving to the house of love Here comes the dreaming	20th Century Dreaming	20th Century Dreaming Collaboration with Robert Fripp
1	6	Darshan Darshan Two birds One stone One chance Is thrown Don't make Mistakes Two thieves Strung up One knife One cut Two doors One shut One light One way One road To take We stand And wait From cool To warm	Darshan	Darshan Collaboration with Robert Fripp
1	7		Bringing Down The Light	Bringing Down The Light Collaboration with Robert Fripp