D-A-D // No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims - 1989
'No Fuel Left for the Pilgrims' er de danske rockkoryfæers tredje album og deres første internationale udgivelse - af samme årsag blev de nødt til at droppe Disneyland-referencen og herfra kun kalde sig D-A-D. Det var en plade, der tog dem længere væk fra cowpunken end nogensinde før og tættere på deres drømmes overfyldte stadions, og dermed et album, der var med til at cementere D-A-D, som vi kender dem den dag i dag, både i lyd og image - Danmarks no. 1 twangy stadionrockere.
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Vi åbner i hvert fald med et brag - førstesinglen, deres mest succesfulde track og det nummer, som de fleste tænker på som D-A-D-nummeret, 1. Sleeping My Day Away.
[Verse 1]
Mumbling good morning and raising my head
A bad-breath kiss to my pillow pet
Takes a look at the day and turns and stay in bed
Open my eyes when the day have died
I turned the world and I slept all right
Now my daymare is over, I zip my jeans tight
Oh, Lord, won't you bless this night?
[Chorus]
From the pale lips of a youth who lay
I'm sleeping my day away
And when the night comes to the city, I say:
I'm sleeping my day away
Yeah, with my pale lips in the pillow, I say:
I'm sleeping my day away
After dark is the game I play
I'm sleeping my day, I'm sleeping my day - away!
[Verse 2]
When my dreams begin, I'll be proud to be letting you in
With a smile on my face, I guide our dreamboat in
So if you wanna travel along with me
You better sleep tight the rest of the day
You see, I could be a sleeper, it's not rest I lack
'Cause I hit the sack when the sun's coming back
[Chorus]
From the pale lips of a youth who lay
I'm sleeping my day away
When the night comes to the city, I say:
I'm sleeping my day away
Yeah, with my pale lips in the pillow, I say:
I'm sleeping my day away
That after dark is the game I play
I'm sleeping my day, I'm sleeping my day
I'm sleeping my day away
[Bridge]
I'm sleeping my day, I'm sleeping my day
I'm sleeping my day away
[Chorus]
I'm sleeping my day away
Yeah, now I've turned the world around
Yeah, I did it again
I'm sleeping my day away
And now I have to wear my shades down Sleeper's Lane
I'm sleeping my day away
Yeah, all the good people have gone to bed again
I'm sleeping my day away
Because the devil's at work inside my brain
I'm sleeping my day away
I'm sleeping my day...
I'm sleeping my day away
I'm sleeping my day away, away