Pandora’s PlayHouse – 2CD Audio
€19,99
2 CD
The House of Transformation,
WHERE FANTASY ENDS & LIFE BEGINS !
Worldwide release March 15th 2021
Track List -Volume 1
1 – Pandora’s Plight (02:09)
2 – Time Is On My Side (02:55)
3 – Don’t Break My Balls (03:03)
4 – Mama’s Boy Blues (04:22)
5 – The Ballad Of Rod Steiger (06:26)
6 – Don’t Leave Me Here! (04:33)
7 – Yuki Suzuki (03:25)
8 – Her Kiss (05:48)
9 – The MadHouse (04:04)
10 – Life’s A Bitch (05:11)
11 – The Kings Of Avalon (03:15)
12 – Pie (06:06)
13 – Mr. Skeleton (03:25)
14 – GlassHouse (02:09)
Track List -Volume 2
1 – Pandora’s PlayHouse (04:27)
2 – Reflecting Light (04:20)
3 – The Queens Of Babylon (03:33)
4 – Her Kiss – Acoustic (05:44)
5 – A Cool Breeze (05:10)
6 – One Horse Town (03:33)
7 – If This Van Is Rocking (04:20)
8 – Prometheus Rising (02:57)
9 – In America (03:52)
10 – The Ballad Of Smokey Robinson (04:06)
11 – Casa di Vetro (02:33)
12 – Excuse Me, But… (03:03)
13 – Don’t Break My Balls (02:55)
14 – Prince! (03:18)
Total running time 1:51:00
© 2021 TreeHouse Publishing – All Rights Reserved
All songs written, arranged, produced and performed by Sananda Maitreya*
(except for 3 tracks: Pandora’s Plight, Time Is On My Side, Reflecting Light)
Artwork by Dayva Achikhman.
Lyrics Ch. 1 'From Avalon To Babylon'
SANANDA MAITREYA - PANDORA’S PLAYHOUSE
Ch. 1 : ‘FROM AVALON TO BABYLON’
Pandora’s PlayHouse
Chapter 1: ‘From Avalon to Babylon’
1) The Queens of Babylon (3:33)
2) The Kings of Avalon (3:15)
3) Mr. Skeleton (3:23)
4) Don’t Leave Me Here ! (4:33)
5) Pandora’s PlayHouse (4:27)
6) Prince (3:15)
7) Excuse Me, But... (3:03)
All Compositions Written, Arranged, Produced & Performed by Sananda Maitreya
For TreeHouse Publishing 2020.
Recorded & Engineered by Matteo ‘Sergente’ Sandri.
Mixed by ‘Sergente’ & Sananda.
1. THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
THEY SERVE THEIR TIME
& THEN MOVE ON
& THEY MOVE THROUGH
& DO FOR YOU
JUST WHAT YOU KNOW
THEY GOTTA DO
THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
FROM PANDORA’S PLAYHOUSE
BABBLE ON
ABOUT THE BOYS THEY BREAK
SO THAT THE BEARDS CAN GROW
FROM ALL THE MEN THEY MAKE
THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
THEY GO TO WORK
WITH STOCKINGS ON
& TAKE THE POWER
FROM THE PEOPLE
& SELL IT BACK
WITH RIBBONS ON
THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
WEAR LINGERIE
MOST OF THE DAY
BECAUSE THEY SAY
IT MAKES THEM PAY
MORE ATTENTION
TO THE TENSION
THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
LIKE GETTING SHOT
WITH CUPID’S ARROW
SO HE’LL HAVE SOME
WORK TOMORROW
& WON’T HAVE TO
BEG, STEAL, OR BORROW
THE NUNS OF GAVARONE
THEY SHOOT THE
‘GUNS OF NAVARONE’
SO THAT ALL THE
CROOKS & NANNIES
CAN FIND ALL THE
NOOKS & CRANNIES
Said The Queen Of The Mayans;
“What’s Mayan, Is Yours
& If You Ain’t A Mayan,
You Ain’t Really A-Tryin’ “
THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
MAKE SACRIFICES FOR THE
JOHNS & ALL THE JILLS
WHOSE OVERKILL
IS UNDERFED &
OFF THE PILL
THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
THEY PAY THEIR TAXES
TO THE DAWN
TO HELP THE AXIS
CARRY ON &
SHARE THE LOVE
BEFORE IT’S GONE
THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
THEIR GAMES OF CHESS
DEPEND UPON A
BISHOP FANTASIZING
OR A KING REALIZING
EVERYTHING
Vocals, Drums, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards- SM
2. THE KINGS OF AVALON
They Do It
They Do It
They Do It
Do It, Do It
(x2)
THE KINGS OF AVALON
THEY’VE GOT THEIR
PIPE & SLIPPERS ON
THEY RUN THE NIGHT
THEY KEEP IT TIGHT &
KEEP THEIR OPERATIONS
LIGHT
THE JACKS OF HACKENSACK
LIKE TALKING BACK
LIKE TALKING SMACK
ON THE RADIO
ON THE PATIO
IN A VIDEO
OR THE RODEO
They Do It
They Do It
They Do It
Do It Do It.
(x2)
THE KINGS OF AVALON
MAKE MILITARY MADNESS ON
THE POPULATION’S
FRUSTRATION
WITH MENTAL
MASTURBATION
THE BARBERS OF SEVILLE
THEY TRIED TO BAPTIZE
ME & SAVE ME
FROM THE PILLS
THE DOCTOR
GAVE ME
WHEN I WAS
GOING CRAZY
They Do It
They Do It,
They Do It
Do It Do It
(x2)
THE KINGS OF AVALON
WANNA ZOOM ZOOM
IN A POOM POOM
FOR THE BOOM BOOM
FOR THE YUM YUM
FOR THE TASTY TONGUE
FOR THE NASTY FUN
THE JACKS OF HACKENSACK
THEY TRAVEL OFF
THE BEATEN TRACK
THEY TAKE THE SHOVEL
TO THE GRAVEL
TO BRING THE ROAD UP
TO YOUR LEVEL
They Do It,
They Do It,
They Do It
Do It Do It
THE KINGS OF AVALON
THEY GOT A SWEET TOOTH
FOR DESTRUCTION &
A NUCLEAR ERECTION &
A BLOOD LUST FOR
AFFECTION
THE BARBERS OF SEVILLE
LIKE CHEMICALS
& ALCHEMY
THEY’RE CYNICAL
BUT THEY AGREE
THAT WE SHOULD LOOK
BUT NEVER SEE
They Do It
They Do It
They Do It
Do It Do It
(x2)
THE KINGS OF AVALON
WORK WITH
THE QUEENS OF BABYLON
& WITH
THE JACKS OF HACKENSACK
THEY STAB THE BARBERS
IN THE BACK !
They Do It
They Do It
They Do It
Do It Do It
Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Horns: SM
3. MR. SKELETON
MR.SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
I’M ON MY PELETON
& I’M UNDER LOCK
& KEY
I’M NOT A PELICAN
SO I’LL HAVE TO KEEP
IT BRIEF
SO MR.SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
Excuse Me, But My Mother In Law’s Italian
& I Hear Her Say: “La Vita è Più Bella
Acapella & My Love Is Here To Stay”
MR. SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
UNDER A SPELL AGAIN
HOUSE ARREST &
QUARANTINE
I TOOK THE MEDICINE
NOW I NEED THE REMEDY
SO MR. SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
Excuse Me, But My Mother In Law’s Italian
And I Hear Her Say: “La Vita è Più Bella
Acapella & My Love Is Here To Stay”
MR. SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
I’M NOT DUKE ELLINGTON
& I KNOW MY HISTORY
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON
& THE DUKE OF EARL AGREE
MR. SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
Excuse Me But My Mother In Law’s Italian
And I Hear Her Say: “La Vita è più Bella
Acapella & My Love Is Here To Stay”
MR. SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
I STILL FEEL RELEVANT
& I DON’T WANT YOUR COMPANY
‘TIL I FEEL WELL AGAIN
DON’T TAKE MY STABILITY
SO MR. SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
MR. SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
I GOTTA WORK AGAIN
NOTHING IN THIS LIFE
IS FREE
I WASH MY HANDS OF
YOU FOR FUCKING UP
THE AIR I BREATHE
SO MR. SKELETON
DON’T YOU COME
& DANCE WITH ME
Excuse Me, But My Mother In Law’s Italian
And I Hear Her Say: “La Vita è più Bella
Acapella & My Love Is Here To Stay”
Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Horns & Woodwinds: SM
4. DON’T LEAVE ME HERE!
DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN
JUST DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN
PANDORA PROMISED ME
THAT PEGASUS WOULD BE FREE
DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN!
These People Are Mad
& I Don’t Understand
A Word They Say
And They Don’t Look
Like They Were Waiting
For Me Anyway
I Can’t Tell You Why
That I a Don’t Feel
At Home Day Or Night
I Just Wanna Walk
Into A Place Where
I Don’t Have To Fight
Just Don’t Leave Me a Here On My Own!
DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN
DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN
PANDORA PROMISED ME
THAT PEGASUS WOULD BE FREE
SO DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN!
A Spaceman
Was In My Plans
When I Was Holding
Hands & Young
I Never Changed
My Mind
I Just Fell In Line
& Bit My Tongue
Sympathy’s Hard
To Find Unless
You’re Free Of Sanity
And My Memory
Has Forgotten
To Remember Me
Just Don’t Leave Me Here On My Own!
DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN
I SAID: “DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN”
PANDORA PROMISED ME
THAT PEGASUS WOULD ALWAYS
BE FREE
SO DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN!
I Once Had A Dream
Where Everything
Was Not As It
Would Seem
The Mountains
Were Swept Away
By Things We Said
But Didn’t Mean
The Camels Were Crossing
All The Deserts In A Caravan
The Nomads Were Mad
That No One Was As Mad
As Another Man
Just Don’t Leave Me Here On My Own!
DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN
JUST DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN
PANDORA PROMISED ME
THAT LOVE WAS A MATTER
OF MYSTERY
SO DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN
JUST DON’T LEAVE ME HERE ON MY OWN
Don’t Leave Me Here On My Own
Don’t Leave Me Here On My Own....
Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Horns: SM
5. PANDORA’S PLAYHOUSE
Piano, Percussion: SM
6. PRINCE!
Piano: SM
7. EXCUSE ME, BUT...
EXCUSE ME, BUT MY MOTHER IN LAW’S ITALIAN
AND I HEAR HER SAY: “LA VITA E’ PIU’ BELLA
ACAPELLA & MY LOVE IS HERE TO STAY”
Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Horns: SM
And that concludes our presentation of ‘FROM AVALON TO BABYLON’
Our PREMIER CHAPTER Of The Long Anticipated Masterclass in Authorship,
‘Pandora’s PlayHouse’!
All Songs Property of TreeHouse Publishing 2020
For ‘Shoot First & Ask Christian Slater’ Productions.
Dedicated to our Future & Beyond!
Sananda Maitreya
April 2020
© 2020 TreeHouse Publishing - All Rights Reserved
Artwork credits: Dayva Achikhman
Lyrics Ch.2 ‘ABSENTEE BALLET’
SANANDA MAITREYA - PANDORA’S PLAYHOUSE
Ch. 2: ‘ABSENTEE BALLET’
Pandora’s PlayHouse
Chapter 2: ‘ABSENTEE BALLET’
1) Mama’s Boy Blues (4:23)
2) A Cool Breeze (5:10)
3) One Horse Town (3:33)
4) Life’s a Bitch (5:15)
5) The MadHouse (4:06)
ALL SONGS WRITTEN, ARRANGED, PRODUCED & PERFORMED By SANANDA MAITREYA
For TreeHouse Publishing & Eidmar Productions.
All Instrumentation Played By Sananda.
ALL SONGS RECORDED & ENGINEERED By MATTEO ‘Sergente’ SANDRI
& MIXED By ‘Sergente’ & Sananda at TreeHouse Studios, Studio A, Milano.
PANDORA’s PLAYHOUSE - Chapter 2: ‘Absentee Ballet’
1) Mama’s Boy Blues (4:23)
We’re Always Awakened By
The Things We Fall Asleep On.
RED LIGHT
GREEN LIGHT
THE FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT
BETTER BE AN AVATAR READY TO FIGHT
MOONLIGHT
CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT
2 SPARKS ARE LOOKING FOR DYNAMITE
THE COPS ARE ON THE BLOCK BUT THEY’RE OUT OF SIGHT
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
‘CAUSE IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE
HE WAS A MAMA’S BOY BUT MA
SHE COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT SHE SAW
& THIS WAS HER FATAL FLAW
‘CAUSE EVERYONE’S BREAKING THE LAW.
THINK FAST
& MAKE CASH
& LET THE TAXMAN DO THE MATH
& IF MY MONEY DIRTY GONNA GIVE IT A BATH
2 WRONGS
DON’T MAKE A RIGHT
BUT IF YOU MAKE A LEFT YOU MIGHT
GET A LITTLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A SATURDAY NIGHT
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
‘CAUSE IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE
HE WAS A MAMA’S BOY BUT MA
SHE COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT SHE SAW
& THIS WAS HER FATAL FLAW
‘CAUSE EVERYONE’S BREAKING THE LAW.
A BIG FIGHT
IN PLAIN SIGHT
ENOUGH TO STIR THE APPETITE
& BIG GUNS & LITTLE ONES ARE TAKING A BITE
MY KIN
LOSE SKIN
WHEN THE POLICE START MOVING IN
SO HASHTAG A BODY BAG BEFORE IT BEGINS
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
‘CAUSE IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE
HE WAS A MAMA’S BOY BUT MA
SHE COULD’NT BELIEVE WHAT SHE SAW
& THIS WAS HER FATAL FLAW
‘CAUSE EVERYONE’S BREAKING THE LAW
We’re Always Awakened By
The Things We Fall Asleep On.
WORDSWORTH
(FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH)
HE COULD SPELL HIS NAME AT BIRTH
& WROTE A BOOK BEFORE HE PUT HIS FEET ON THE EARTH
IT IS
WHAT IT IS
& I’M DIZZY FROM SHAKING MY FIST
IF JESUS WAS A FETUS HE’D ALREADY BE PISSED
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
‘CAUSE IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE
HE WAS A MAMA’S BOY
BUT HE’S NOT ANGRY HE’S JUST MEAN
& THE PAWNS & THE JACKS & THE QUEENS
ARE ALWAYS AWAKENED BY THINGS
THE THINGS THAT THEY FALL ASLEEP ON
ARE ALWAYS AWAKENED BY THINGS
BY THE THINGS THAT THEY FALL ASLEEP ON
BY THE THINGS THAT THEY FALL ASLEEP ON
2) A Cool Breeze (5:10)
WE COULD BE MORE THAN FRIENDS
JUST TALKING, JUST TALKING
WE COULD BE MOVING IN SOMEWHERE
I’VE KNOW YOU FOR A WHILE
JUST TALKING, JUST TALKING
WE ALWAYS RECONCILE SOMEHOW
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
BUT WE’RE THE SAME
A COOL BREEZE
IS COMING OVER ME
A LANDSLIDE
IS MOVING EARTH UNDER MY FEET
PANDORA
WHISTLES THROUGH THE TREES
HELLO MISS JONES
HELLO MISS KEYS
HELLO MISS CROW
I SEE YOU
WE’LL MAKE A FAMILY
JUST TALKING, JUST TALKING
RESPONSIBILITY DON’T WORRY ME
WOMAN I LOVE YOUR WAYS
JUST TALKING, JUST TALKING
PRAYING FOR ALL THE LOVE WE SAVE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
BUT WE’RE THE SAME
A COOL BREEZE
IS COMING OVER ME
A LANDSLIDE
IS MOVING EARTH UNDER MY FEET
PANDORA
WHISTLES THROUGH THE TREES
HELLO MISS JONES
HELLO MISS KEYS
HELLO MISS CROW
I SEE YOU
2 WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT
JUST TALKING, JUST TALKING
BUT 2 WRONGS MAKE FOR A DAMN GOOD FIGHT
MAYBE WE’LL FIND IT HARD
JUST TALKING, JUST TALKING
BUT I’LL DO MY PART IF I HAVE YOUR HEART
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
BUT WE’RE THE SAME
A COOL BREEZE
IS COMING OVER ME
A LANDSLIDE
IS MOVING EARTH UNDER MY FEET
PANDORA
IS WHISTLING THROUGH THE TREES
HELLO MISS JONES
HELLO MISS KEYS
HELLO MISS CROW
I SEE YOU
WE COULD BE MORE THAN FRIENDS
JUST TALKING, JUST TALKING
WE COULD BE MOVING IN SOMEWHERE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
BUT WE’RE THE SAME
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
WE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE
BUT WE’RE THE SAME
A COOL BREEZE
IS COMING AFTER ME
A LANDSLIDE
IS MOVING EARTH BENEATH MY FEET
PANDORA
IS WHISTLING THROUGH THE TREES
HELLO MISS JONES
HELLO MISS KEYS
HELLO MISS CROW
I SEE YOU
A COOL BREEZE
IS COMING AFTER ME
& A LANDSLIDE
IS MOVING EARTH BENEATH MY FEET
PANDORA
IS WHISTLING THROUGH THE TREES
THAT A BIG FAT MAN
WITH A LITTLE DOG
IS TERRORIZING ME
2 WRONGS DON’T MAKE
A RIGHT BUT IF YOU TURN
LEFT YOU’LL HIT JERSEY
HELLO MISS JONES
HELLO MISS KEYS
HELLO MISS CROW
I SEE YOU
3) One Horse Town (3:33)
Seek & Ye Shall Find
But Not Around Here
WELL THERE’S GONNA BE
A MELTDOWN
IN A ONE HORSE TOWN
WHEN THE MAN WITH THE ONE HORSE LEAVES
& THERE’S GONNA BE
A BREAKDOWN
AT THE BREAK OF DAWN
WHEN THE BRANCHES BREAK FROM THE TREES
YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT
BUT 4 SPECTATORS AGREED
THAT THEY JUMPED HIM
& BEFORE THEY HUNG HIM
THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HE
WELL THERE’S GONNA BE
A COVERUP
WHEN THE JUSTICE COMES
IF JUSTICE EVER COMES AT ALL
& THERE’S GONNA BE
AN OUTCRY
& AN ALIBI
AS THE SPOTLIGHT BEGINS TO FALL
YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT
BUT 3 SPECTATORS AGREED
THAT THEY SMOKED HIM
AFTER THEY CHOKED HIM
& THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HE
WELL THERE’S GONNA BE
A SHUTDOWN
IN COMMUNICATION
WHEN THE TOWN ASKS FOR INFORMATION
& THERE’S GONNA BE
A BACKLASH
WHEN THEY’RE COUNTING CASH
& THE BODIES DISAPPEARING FAST
YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT
BUT 2 SPECTATORS AGREED
THEY DISTURBED HIM
SO THEY OBSERVED HIM
& THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HE
Seek & Ye Shall Find
But Not Around Here
& Prometheus
Is Still With Us I Hear
WELL THERE’S GONNA BE
A HOEDOWN
IN A ONE HORSE TOWN
WHEN THEY START DANCING ON HIS GRAVE
BUT THEY’LL KEEP IT ON
THE LOWDOWN
IN A ONE HORSE TOWN
THAT’S SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF THE BRAVE
YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT
BUT 1 SPECTATOR AGREED
THEY PROFILED HIM
& THEN THEY RILED HIM
& THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HE
THEY REWROTE HISTORY
‘CAUSE NO SPECTATORS AGREED
THAT NO HERO SURVIVES THE BUREAU
TO PROTEST THE INVESTIGATION
AFTER THEY GRABBED HIM
& THEY STABBED HIM
& THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HE
PROMETHEUS IS BEYOND DISGUSTED
WHEN JUSTICE CANNOT BE TRUSTED
& IT WAS A WOMAN THEY HAD IN COMMON
SO THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HE
IT WAS A WOMAN THEY HAD IN COMMON
SO THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HE.
4) Life’s a Bitch (5:15)
All Of My Heroes Are Sandwiches
I Don’t Really Care What The Question Is
The Eye Of The Tiger, The Wings Of A Dove
Let’s Talk About Love.
YOKO,
O NO,
HERE COMES
THE PADDY WAGON!
& I
DON’T CARE
MUCH FOR
THE FINGER WAGGING
PICK UP
YOUR FEET
& DON’T LEAVE
YOUR KNUCKLES DRAGGING
& TURN UP THE HEAT
‘CAUSE THERE’S A BIG FAT MAN
& HIS LITTLE DOG THAT’S
TERRORIZING ME
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
A DYSTOPIAN
MOUSE
GETS INTO THE HOUSE
A ZUGEBRIAN
OPENS
HIS BIG FAT MOUTH
THE ZOOATHALON
SAVED ME
WITHOUT A DOUBT
BUT THEY KICKED ME OUT
‘CAUSE THERE’S A BIG FAT MAN
& HIS LITTLE DOG THAT’S
TERRORIZING ME
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
THE BRIGADIER
BROUGHT LOTS
OF LADIES HERE
THE CAPTAIN
& I
SET THE ATMOSPHERE
WE PARTIED
LIKE 1999
BUT I FELL BEHIND
‘CAUSE THERE’S A BIG FAT MAN
& HIS LITTLE DOG THAT’S
TERRORIZING ME
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
All Of My Heroes Are Sandwiches
I Don’t Really Care What The Question Is
The Eye Of The Tiger, The Wings Of A Dove
Let’s Talk About Love
PROMETHEUS
ONCE WAS
A BITTER RIVAL
I FOUGHT
HIM
TOOTH & NAIL
FOR MY SURVIVAL
I TOOK
MY CHAINS
PANDORA TOOK THE KEYS
& I’M ON MY KNEES
‘CAUSE THERE’S A BIG FAT MAN
& HIS LITTLE DOG THAT’S
TERRORIZING ME
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
DON’T TAKE IT FROM ME
BUT LIFE’S A BITCH
5) The MadHouse (4:06)
While Swinging On
The Vines That Still Remain
WELCOME TO The MadHouse
IT USED TO BE A PlayHouse
PROMETHEUS & PANDORA
WOULD RIDE
BUT THEY WENT TO WAR
TO EVEN THE SCORE
WITH THEIR LOVE FOR ONE
ANOTHER DEEP INSIDE
WELCOME TO The MadHouse
IT USED TO BE A LightHouse
TO SEPARATE THE ROCKS
FROM ALL THE WAVES
BUT NOW IT’S IN RUINS
BECAUSE A BAD WIND BLEW IN
TO SEPARATE US FROM
THE LOVE THAT SAVES
Rage
To Help Your Mind
Turn The Page
& Raise
Your Spirit High
To Keep Yourself Alive
WELCOME TO The MadHouse
A BROKEN DOWN & Sad House
& IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IT
YOU ARE THERE!
YOU TALK TO YOURSELF
& NO ONE ELSE
SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD
IN YOUR UNDERWEAR
WELCOME TO The MadHouse
IT USED TO BE A TreeHouse
RUMORS COME &
RUMORS FADE AWAY
YOU’RE GUILTY AS SIN
WHATEVER HAPPENS
WHILE SENDING PRAYERS
TO THE BIRDS OF PREY
Rage
To Help Your Mind
Turn The Page
& Raise
Your Spirit High
To Keep Yourself Alive
WELCOME TO The MadHouse
IT USED TO BE A DogHouse
PEOPLE COME
& THE CAN NEVER LEAVE
FREEDOM ISN’T FREE
THEY SEE EVENTUALLY
WHEN THEY NEED MORE
PERMISSION JUST TO BREATHE
WELCOME TO The MadHouse
IT USED TO BE A BirdHouse
PEGASUS WOULD COME
& IT WOULD RAIN
NOW SOME SAY A GHOST
LIVES HERE THE MOST
WHILE SWIMMING IN THE
TEARDROPS THAT REMAIN
Rage
To Help Your Mind
Turn The Page
& Raise
Your Spirit High
To Keep Yourself Alive
Rage
To Help Your Mind
Turn The Page
& Raise
Your Spirit High
To Keep Yourself Alive
WELCOME TO The MadHouse
IT USED TO BE A GreenHouse
IT USED TO BE A PLACE
WHERE THINGS WOULD GROW
SOME SAY TARZAN’S ASHAMED
OF WHAT IT ALL BECAME
WHILE SWINGING ON THE
VINES THAT STILL REMAIN
WHILE SWINGING ON THE
VINES THAT STILL REMAIN
WHILE SWINGING ON THE
VINES THAT STILL REMAIN
WHILE SWINGING ON THE
VINES THAT STILL REMAIN
WHILE SWINGING ON THE
VINES THAT STILL REMAIN
All Songs Recorded at TreeHouse Studios (Studio A) in Milano Italy.
1) Mama’s Boy Blues (4:23)
Drums, Acoustic Guitars, Electric 12 String, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar, Bass, Vocals: SM.
2) A Cool Breeze (5:10)
Drums, Acoustic Guitars, Electric 12 String Guitar, Lap Steel, Acoustic Piano, Bass, Vocals: SM.
3) One Horse Town (3:33)
Drums, Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Woodwinds (Synth), Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals: SM.
4) Life’s a Bitch (5:15)
Drums, Bass, Electric Piano, Electric Guitars, Horns & Baritone Sax (Synth), Vocals: SM.
5) The MadHouse (4:06)
Drums, Congas, Piano, Electric Piano, Horns (Synth), Electric Guitar, Bass, Vocals: SM.
Dedicated to our Future & Beyond!
Sananda Maitreya
July 2020
© 2020 TreeHouse Publishing - All Rights Reserved
Artwork credits: Dayva Achikhman
Lyrics Ch. 3: ‘ADDICTION & SUBTRACTION’
SANANDA MAITREYA - PANDORA’S PLAYHOUSE
Ch. 3: ‘ADDICTION & SUBTRACTION’
Pandora’s PlayHouse
Chapter 3: ‘ADDICTION & SUBTRACTION’
1) Pie (6:06)
2) In America (3:55)
3) The Ballad Of Smokey Robinson (4:33)
4) The Ballad Of Rod Steiger (6:26)
5) If This Van Is Rocking (4:33)
6) Yuki Suzuki (3:30)
7) GlassHouse (2:07)
ALL SONGS WRITTEN, ARRANGED, PRODUCED & PERFORMED By SANANDA MAITREYA
For TreeHouse Publishing & Eidmar Productions.
All Instrumentation Played By Sananda.
ALL SONGS RECORDED & ENGINEERED By MATTEO ‘Sergente’ SANDRI
& MIXED By ‘Sergente’ & Sananda at TreeHouse Studios, Studio A, Milano.
PANDORA’s PLAYHOUSE - Chapter 3: ‘Addiction & Subtraction’
1) Pie (6:06)
I THOUGHT I’D FADE
INSIDE THE BOX
I THOUGHT I GAVE
A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING
BEFORE I PICKED
THE LOCKS
I SERENADE
FROM INSIDE THE BOX
I THOUGHT I LEARNED
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
FROM A SILVER FOX
I THOUGHT I GAVE
A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING
BEFORE I PICKED
THE LOCKS
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
BEFORE I DIE !
I MEDITATE
INSIDE THE BOX
I THINK OF ALL
THE THINGS
I SHOULD’VE
SAID & DONE
WITH MY FINGERS
CROSSED
I HIT & MISS
INSIDE THE BOX
IT’S PARADISE IF
YOU WANT TO
SWEAT A LOT
& PAY THE COST
IT’S PARADISE IF
YOU WANT TO
SWEAT A LOT
& PAY THE COST
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
BEFORE I DIE !
I FADE TO BLACK
INSIDE THE BOX
& WHEN I GO TO SLEEP
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
THAT I’M NOT LOST
I NEVER WEEP
INSIDE THE BOX
‘CAUSE I DON’T WANT
TO DROWN INSIDE
MY MANY TEARS
I SHED TO MELT
THE FROST
‘CAUSE I DON’T WANT
TO DROWN INSIDE
MY MANY TEARS
SHED TO MELT
THE FROST
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
BEFORE I DIE !
I SEARCH FOR LOVE
INSIDE THE BOX
‘CAUSE I DON’T WANT
TO DIE ANOTHER
LONELY MAN WHO
MISSED HIS SHOT
I ROLL THE DICE
INSIDE THE BOX
LOOKING FOR A
LITTLE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPOIL THE ODDS
LOOKING FOR A
LITTLE OPPORTUNITY
TO SPOIL THE ODDS
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
BEFORE I DIE !
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
BEFORE I DIE !
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
I WANT MY PIE IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
IN THE SKY
BEFORE I DIE !
2) In America (3:55)
THERE’S NO WAY
OUT & NO WAY IN !
WHERE IS THE LAND
I USED TO
UNDERSTAND
IN AMERICA ?
IF YOU PROTEST
THEY’LL PAY SOMEONE
TO MAKE A MESS
IN AMERICA
BUT ASK PERMISSION
& YOU’LL JUST
RAISE SUSPICION
IN AMERICA
& IF YOU RUN
THEY’LL CHASE YOU
WITH A GUN
IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA
WE LIVE IN SUCH A BAD CITY
THERE’S NO PLACE FOR US
WE LIVE IN A TOWN WITHOUT PITY
& THERE’S NO ROOM FOR LOVE
WE LIVE WHERE EVERYTHING’S PRETTY
IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA
IF YOU ARE WHITE
THEY’LL ALWAYS TRY
TO MAKE IT RIGHT
IN AMERICA
IF YOU ARE BLACK
YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE
TO WATCH YOUR BACK
IN AMERICA
IN YOUR FACE
BUT NEVER IN
YOUR PLACE BOY
IN AMERICA
IF YOU’RE A JEW
THEY’LL ALWAYS PUT
THE BLAME ON YOU
IN AMERICA
WE LIVE IN SUCH A BAD CITY
THERE’S NO PLACE FOR US
WE LIVE IN A TOWN WITHOUT PITY
& THERE’S NO ROOM FOR LOVE
WE LIVE WHERE EVERYTHING’S PRETTY
IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA
IF JESUS COMES
HE’LL RECOGNIZE
HIS PEOPLE THERE
IN AMERICA
THEY’LL BE THE ONES
LOOKING FOR HIM
EVERYWHERE
IN AMERICA
THERE’S NOW WAY
IN & NO WAY OUT
IN AMERICA
& IF YOU RUN
THEY’LL CHASE
& SHOOT YOU
WITH A GUN
IN AMERICA
WE LIVE IN SUCH A BAD CITY
THERE’S NO PLACE FOR US
WE LIVE IN A TOWN WITHOUT PITY
& THERE’S NO ROOM FOR LOVE
WE LIVE WHERE EVERYTHING’S PRETTY
IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA....
THERE’S NO WAY
OUT & NO WAY IN
IN AMERICA
IN AMERICA
3) The Ballad Of Smokey Robinson (4:33)
IF YOU DON’T KNOW SON
WHO WAS SMOKEY ROBINSON
THEN YOU MISSED OUT
ON A GOOD TIME & YOU
MISSED OUT ON A LESSON
IF YOU DON’T KNOW SON
WHO WAS SMOKEY ROBINSON
THEN YOU MISSED OUT ON MIRACLES
THAT MAKE LIFE MUCH MORE LYRICAL
He Said:
OOH BABY BAY
OOH BABY BABY
OOH BABY BABY
OOH BABY BABY BABY
IF YOU DON’T KNOW SON
WHO WAS SMOKEY ROBINSON
THEN YOU MUST LIVE IN A DOGHOUSE
WHERE THERE’S A BONE,
YOU’LL FEEL AT HOME
IF YOU DON’T KNOW SON
ABOUT JACKIE ROBINSON
HE WORE NUMBER 42
BUT HE WAS NUMBER 1
AS FAR AS ME & YOU
He Said:
OOH BABY BABY
OOH BABY BABY
OOH BABY BABY
OOH BABY BABY BABY
IF YOU DON’T KNOW SON
ABOUT SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
HE’S THE REASON RAY CHARLES
CHANGED HIS NAME SO THAT
BOTH OF THEM COULD FOREVER
CHANGE THE GAME
He Said:
OOH BABY BABY
OOH BABY BABY
OOH BABY BABY
OOH BABY BABY BABY !
4) The Ballad Of Rod Steiger (6:26)
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
I’M TALKING ABOUT A MAN
& NOT A TIGER
HE WAS AN ACTOR IN HIS PRIME
EVERY TIME HE STEPPED ON
A STAGE READING HIS LINES
OR THE SONG WOULD BE
ABOUT ‘ROD’S TIGER‘
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
I’M TALKING ABOUT A MAN
& NOT A SPIDER
HE WAS A WEB OF INTRIGUE WALKING
HE WAS A TRAIN OF THOUGHT
AT A RAILROAD CROSSING
WHERE THE ROADS WE CROSS
GET LIGHTER
I MET HIM ON THE BEACH ONE DAY
& THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:
“EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
PLAY STUPID GAMES
WIN STUPID PRIZES”
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
A MAN WHO WAS A LOVER
& A FIGHTER
HE WAS A BEATNIK IN HIS MIND
HE WAS A BEACH BUM LICKING
THE JUICE OF A SWEET PLUM
& IN MALIBU,
A VOLKSWAGEN DRIVER
I MET HIM ON THE BEACH ONE DAY
& THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:
“EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES,
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES,
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
PLAY STUPID GAMES,
WIN STUPID PRIZES”
I MET HIM ON THE BEACH ONE DAY
& THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:
He Said:
“I PLAYED THE POPE
I PLAYED MUSSOLINI
I PLAYED NAPOLEON
I PLAYED A RABBI
& A PRIEST, A KILLER
& PLAYED IT LIKE NO ONE
NOW WHICH ONE DO YOU
WANT TO SEE
IF YOU PLAY GAMES
WITH ME ?"
I SUPPOSE
IT’S WHAT
AN ACTOR
KNOWS
I SUPPOSE
IT’S WHAT
AN ACTOR
KNOWS
“I PLAYED THE POPE
I PLAYED MUSSOLINI
I PLAYED NAPOLEON
I PLAYED A RABBI
& A PRIEST, A KILLER
& I PLAYED IT LIKE NO ONE
NOW WHICH ONE DO
YOU WANT TO SEE
IF YOU PLAY GAMES
WITH ME ?”
I SUPPOSE
IT’S WHAT
AN ACTOR
KNOWS
I SUPPOSE
IT’S WHAT
AN ACTOR
KNOWS
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
IN A MOVIE SCENE NONE WERE FINER
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT ROD STEWART
OR I’D BE SINGING ROCK & ROLL
LIKE I KNEW HOW TO DO IT
& CHUG-A-LUG A JUG OF SCOTCH & CIDER
HE WAS A BAD BOY JUST LIKE BRANDO
HE WAS A FLAME WHEN IT CAME
DOWN TO BURNING HIS CANDLE
& WALKING ON THE SCREEN
WITH A SWAGGER
I MET HIM ON THE BEACH ONE DAY
& THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:
“EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES,
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES,
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
PLAY STUPID GAMES
WIN STUPID PRIZES
PLAY STUPID GAMES
WIN STUPID PRIZES
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
HE WAS AN ACTOR IN HIS PRIME
EVERY TIME SHE STEPPED ON
A STAGE READING HIS LINES
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
5) If This Van Is Rocking (4:33)
DON’T TAKE ME
TO THE JAILHOUSE
DON’T MEET ME
AT THE COURTHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
TO THE PLAYHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
I SETTLED MY DEBTS &
I BOUGHT MYSELF A VAN
WITH BUMPER STICKERS
OF MY FAVORITE BANDS
ASS, GAS, OR GRASS
THEY SAY THAT
NOBODY RIDES FOR FREE
& DICHOTOMY WON’T
MAKE A DICK OUT OF ME
IF THIS VAN IS A-ROCKIN’
DON’T BOTHER KNOCKIN’
IF THIS VAN IS A-MOVIN’
IT’S ‘CAUSE OF WHAT WE’RE DOIN’
IF THIS VAN IS A-ROCKIN’
JUST KEEP A-WALKIN’
& YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT
WHEN YOU START A-TALKIN’
DON’T TAKE ME
TO THE JAILHOUSE
DON’T MEET ME
AT THE COURTHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
TO THE PLAYHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
SHE PULLED ME OVER
A COP IN A ONE HORSE TOWN
& LUCKILY THERE WAS
NO ONE ELSE AROUND
SHE GAVE ME A TICKET
& SHE GAVE ME HER
POINT OF VIEW
THEN I SUGGESTED
SOMETHING
THAT WE COULD DO
IF THIS VAN IS A-ROCKIN’
DON’T BOTHER KNOCKIN’
IF THIS VAN IS A-MOVIN’
IT’S ‘CAUSE OF WHAT WE’RE DOIN’
IF THIS VAN IS A-ROCKIN’
JUST KEEP A-WALKIN’
& YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT
WHEN YOU START A-TALKIN’
DON’T TAKE ME
TO THE JAILHOUSE
DON’T MEET ME
AT THE COURTHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
TO THE PLAYHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
IT AIN’T VAN MORRISON,
LUTHER VANDROSS
OR VAN McCOY
IT AIN’T VANCOUVER
A PLACE THAT I ENJOY
SHE SAID SHE’D HANDCUFF
& ARREST ME IF WE
UNDRESSED
& I FAILED TO PLEASE
SO HELP ME VAN GOGH,
VAN DYKE & VANITY
IF THIS VAN IS A-ROCKIN’
DON’T BOTHER KNOCKIN’
IF THIS VAN IS A-MOVIN’
IT’S ‘CAUSE OF WHAT WE’RE DOIN’
IF THIS VAN IS A-ROCKIN’
JUST KEEP A-WALKIN’
& YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT
WHEN YOU START A-TALKIN’
IF THIS VAN IS A-ROCKIN’
DON’T BOTHER KNOCKIN’
IF THIS VAN IS A-MOVIN’
IT’S ‘CAUSE OF WHAT WE’RE DOIN’
IF THIS VAN IS A-ROCKIN’
JUST KEEP A-WALKIN’
& YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT
& YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT
& YOU CAN SAY WHAT YOU WANT
WHEN YOU START A-TALKIN’
DON’T TAKE ME
TO THE JAILHOUSE
DON’T MEET ME
AT THE COURTHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
TO THE PLAYHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
DON’T TAKE ME
TO THE JAILHOUSE
DON’T MEET ME
AT THE COURTHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
TO THE PLAYHOUSE
JUST TAKE ME
JUST TAKE ME
JUST TAKE ME
JUST TAKE ME..
6) Yuki Suzuki (3:30)
TIGERS DON’T GROWL MUCH
UNLESS THEY’RE BORED
OR UNLESS ATTEMPTING
TO TACKLE THE JUNGLE LORD
WHOSE FACE TIGERS NEVER SEE
BUT WHO STILL HANDS OUT
THEIR STRIPES JUDICIOUSLY
WHEN I WAS GOING
OUT WITH YUKI SUZUKI
WE WOULD DRINK SAKE
& SING KARAOKE
WE WOULD GET
TOGETHER & DREAM
‘CAUSE WE CAN MAKE
A LIFE OUT OF ANYTHING
WHEN I WAS GOING
OUT WITH YUKI SUZUKI
WE WOULD DRINK COFFEE
WITH MILK & HONEY
WE WOULD GET
TOGETHER & DANCE
‘CAUSE LOVE IS ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR ANOTHER CHANCE
TIGERS DON’T GROWL MUCH
UNLESS THEY’RE BORED
OR UNLESS ATTEMPTING
TO TACKLE THE JUNGLE LORD
WHOSE FACE TIGERS NEVER SEE
BUT WHO STILL HANDS OUT
THEIR STRIPES JUDICIOUSLY
WHEN I WAS GOING
OUT WITH YUKI SUZUKI
I LIVED IN HER DOLLHOUSE
EATING HER SUSHI
WE WERE TOO
YOUNG TO COMPLAIN
OF ALL THE LITTLE THINGS
ONLY LIFE EXPLAINS
TIGERS DON’T GROWL MUCH
UNLESS THEY'RE BORED
OR UNLESS ATTEMPTING
TO TACKLE THE JUNGLE LORD
WHOSE FACE TIGERS NEVER SEE
BUT WHO STILL HANDS OUT
THEIR STRIPES JUDICIOUSLY
WHEN I WAS GOING
OUT WITH YUKI SUZUKI
WE’D MEET IN A BATHHOUSE
THEN GO TO THE MOVIES
KABUKI WITH YUKI WAS SPOOKY
‘CAUSE SHE’S A MOTORCYCLE MAMA
LOOKING RIGHT STRAIGHT THROUGH ME
PROMETHEUS & PANDORA SMILE
‘CAUSE IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE
THERE IS NO DENIAL
WE WOULD GET
TOGETHER & DREAM
‘CAUSE WE CAN MAKE
A LIFE OUT OF ANYTHING
‘CAUSE
WE CAN MAKE A LIFE OUT OF ANYTHING
‘CAUSE
WE CAN MAKE A LIFE OUT OF ANYTHING
‘CAUSE
WE CAN MAKE A LIFE OUT OF ANYTHING
‘CAUSE
WE CAN MAKE A LIFE OUT OF ANYTHING !
7) GlassHouse (2:07)
HELLO EVERYBODY, IT’S ME
I’M IN A GLASSHOUSE
JUST LIKE MY LAST HOUSE
LIVING FREE IS NOT FOR FREE
I NEEDED MORE HOUSE
SO I COME TO YOUR HOUSE
I’M IN A WAREHOUSE
BUT IT’S AN
‘I DON’T KNOW WHERE’ HOUSE
I AM A NATIVE SON
MY ROOTS FROM SAWDUST
TO STARDUST COME
A GLASSHOUSE MY HOME
SO I PLAY ‘THE STONES’
WHEN I’M ALONE
MY SCHOOLHOUSE
ONCE STOOD HERE
BUT NOW IT HAS
DISAPPEARED INTO
A PILE OF DUST
& RUBBLE
NOW I SEE DOUBLE
WHEN I SEE TROUBLE
IT WAS A SCHOOLHOUSE
NOW IT’S A FOOL’S HOUSE
IT WAS A TOWNHOUSE
& NOW IT’S AN OUTHOUSE
SO HELLO EVERYBODY, IT’S ME
COME JOIN MY BUBBLE
& WE’LL RAISE THE LEVELS
PEGASUS IN THE GUESTHOUSE
WITH ME MAKING MY FAVORITE
PASTA DISH BECAUSE
“THE PENNE IS MIGHTIER
THAN THE SWORDFISH“
INSIDE A GLASSHOUSE
JUST LIKE THE LAST HOUSE
All Songs Recorded at TreeHouse Studios (Studio A) in Milano Italy.
1) Pie (6:06)
Instruments:
Roland CR-500, Doepfer A-100 AMS Modular Synth, Guitar, Electric Piano, Bass, Vocals: S.M.
2) In America (3:55)
Instruments:
Doepfer A-100 Modular Synth, Roland CR-500, Organ, Electric Piano, Guitar, Electric 12 String Guitar, Bass, Vocals: SM
3) The Ballad Of Smokey Robinson (4:33)
Instruments:
Doepfer AMS A-100 Modular Synth, Roland TR-08 Drums, Synthesizers, Electric Piano, Guitar, Bass, Vocals: SM
4) The Ballad Of Rod Steiger (6:26)
Instruments:
Drums, Bass, Acoustic Guitars (6 & 12 String), Guitars, Lap Steel, Horns, Organs, Vocals: SM
5) If This Van Is Rocking (4:33)
Instruments:
Drums, Congas, Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Guitars, Lap Steel, Piano, Harmonica, Vocals:SM
6) Yuki Suzuki (3:30)
Instruments:
Drums, Bass, Acoustic Guitars (6 & 12 String), Guitars, Lap Steel, Horns, Vocals:SM
7) GlassHouse (2:07)
Instruments:
Bongos, Acoustic Guitars, Sitar Guitar, Lap Steel, Vocals: SM
Dedicated to our Future & Beyond!
Sananda Maitreya
October 2020
© 2020 TreeHouse Publishing - All Rights Reserved
Artwork credits: Dayva Achikhman
Making Of
Ch. 1 'From Avalon To Babylon'
'Welcome To 'Pandora's PlayHouse'
A 'Why Don't You Come & Stay House'
It Used to Be Here
Until It Disappeared*
Into The House Of Chaos.'
*This Is Called An 'Asterisk'
I Guess I'm A Linguistic Masochist
It Was An Emoji
Long Before Kobe
Was A Laker & I Was An Ass To Kiss.
"WHAT IS IT, IF IT AIN'T WHAT IT IS?
IT ISN'T !"
Track List - Chapter 1: 'From Avalon to Babylon'
1 - The Queens of Babylon (3:33)
2 - The Kings of Avalon (3:15)
3 - Mr. Skeleton (3:23)
4 - Don’t Leave Me Here! (4:33)
5 - Pandora’s PlayHouse (4:27)
6 - Prince! (3:15)
7 - Excuse Me, But... (3:03)
Ch.2 ‘ABSENTEE BALLET’
'Welcome to Chapter 2 & the Ongoing Saga that is 'Pandora's PlayHouse',
'ABSENTEE BALLET'.
A Pantomime of Pinafores & Metaphors & Off the Cuff Rebuffs, Diamonds
In the Rough Ground Down to Virtue Signaling Semaphores for Sophomores
Searching the Harder Stuff.
And like an Absentee Landlord Quarantined in A House of Many Rooms
Where 'It Ain't What You THINK It Is, But It IS What It LOOKS Like',
She Just Throws Her Hands in the Air & Waves them like She Just Don't Care.
No One Seems to be At Home, Though they left their Broken Shadows There.
So, Please Enjoy the Emoluments Of 'Absentee Ballet', A Dance with Idle Omens
& Games of Chance. Of Sweetmeats, Treats & Other Musical Feats to be Found
As we move Around through the Sounds of Pandora's PlayHouse,
Rooted in the Reverb of Higher Ground.
And Welcome to The MadHouse.
And Remember:
"IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IT, YOU ARE THERE!"
‘PANDORA IS THE MAESTRA OF ABSTRACT PHYSICS.
What comes to her CHAINED, never leaves UNCHANGED (nor unchained).’
-Poemetheus.
If PROMETHEUS gave us LIGHT & REASON, then it were PANDORA that gave us ‘THEATRE’, which is DISCOVERY & the RIGHT TO QUESTION REASON & LOGIC.
Prometheus brought to us the PROTAGONIST.
Pandora brought to us the ANTAGONIST, the one who first OBSERVES and then
QUESTIONS what she sees.
Pandora’s PlayHouse is a PLACE & a SPACE.
The PLACE is a Playhouse, the SPACE is the vast unexplored space between our EARS.
And it is in her THEATER OF MANY ROOMS where our DRAMAS play out.
Our curiosity, our fear, our anxieties, passions, dreams, and the power of imagination that casts our shadows upon the wall to be analyzed, acted out & seen.
And in her HOUSE OF MANY ROOMS, are the places & spaces where we find ourselves,
Explore our joys, and expand our idea of WHAT LIFE IS. While encouraging the SEARCH concerning HOW MUCH OF IT WE CAN HAVE.
And because of this there were POWER STRUCTURES which greatly discouraged visitation & inhabitation of Pandora’s PlayHouse because of its electric capacity for EXPANDING THE MIND & challenging the confines of THE MATRIX, the very same Matrix that she herself created.
People were warned that going into Pandora’s PlayHouse would result in the LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, MADNESS & licentiousness whereas, those who KNEW, understood that one went there to LOSE THE OLD MIND & begin putting together the pieces of NEW MIND, and with this new mind, the ability to see (& create) THE NEW WORLD.
To the power structures that be, Pandora’s PlayHouse was a place of CONTROVERSY,
As well as a THREAT to the old masculine ways of DOMINANCE. As ALL of the various ‘HOUSES’, were themselves housed within the HOUSE OF PANDORA.
A place within a space inside a place located in space.
TreeHouse, MadHouse, SmokeHouse, GreenHouse, SchoolHouse, BirdHouse, and indeed ALL OF THE HOUSES THAT ARE dwell within her space.
Prometheus gave us ENLIGHTENMENT.
Pandora, ALCHEMY & TRANSFORMATION.
And as it pertains to her PlayHouse, her conscious theater of dramatic science,
This is THE PLACE to WORK THROUGH THE DRAMAS, the QUESTIONS & the KARMA That OCCUPIES THE SPACES BETWEEN OUR EARS, the most valuable space there is,
Where the STARS ARE DIAMONDS that sparkle light like POOLS OF THOUGHT.
Not All Find Their Way OUT. Not All WANT To Find Their Way Out.
Pandora is everything a GODDESS should be.
Kind, persevering, generous, loving, nurturing, patient & wise.
BUT ATTACK HER AND SHE WILL EAT YOUR FACE !
Nor have any judgments about it afterwards.
A Goddess has got to do what a Goddess has got to do,
and no one can understand the world she inhabits but herself.
If Chapter 1 ‘From Avalon To Babylon’ represented the MIND of Pandora’s PlayHouse,
Chapter 2, ‘Absentee Ballet’ represents the HEART.
As with Pandora’s PlayHouse, these songs are meant to represent THIS TIME
As well as ‘ALL TIME’. Just as PROPHETS are not prophets because they see the FUTURE but because they’ve remembered THE PAST.
After all The King Of Diamonds May Only See with ONE EYE,
but it just may be because HE’S ALREADY SEEN TOO MUCH !
Track List - Chapter 2: 'ABSENTEE BALLET'
1 - Mama's Boy Blues (4:23)
2 - A Cool Breeze (5:10)
3 - One Horse Town (3:33)
4 - Life's a Bitch (5:15)
5 - The MadHouse (4:06)
1) MAMA’S BOY BLUES
A mama’s boy rejected by his Mother’s love goes out into the world to
Join in the fight that the world engages against itself. He finds the fight
Outside in the streets, the same as matches the ongoing fight within himself.
Because IF HE IS NOT WORTHY OF HIS MOTHER’S LOVE,
then surely there is no love that he feels worthy of.
Meanwhile his Mother herself sees that the world IS CORRUPTED
by the absence of and the permission to love & be loved.
She sees the COST of her withholding the love that heals and makes us all
EASIER TO LOVE.
And makes life more magical to live.
2) A COOL BREEZE
A song that as much as any, gives a glimpse of life INSIDE Pandora’s PlayHouse.
While in the midst of transformation, the protagonist is seeing his future become
Present and his fears faced full on for the first time.
A Cool Breeze is Coming OVER Me, & then
A Cool Breeze is Coming AFTER Me.
Expressing the sentiment of one who is reborn from the viewpoint of one who
EXPERIENCES The MOMENTS IN LIFE to one now capable of INFLUENCING The
MOMENTS IN LIFE.
Because in Pandora’s PlayHouse we learn how to go from
Those who see life happening TO them to those who see life
happening FOR them.
3) ONE HORSE TOWN
And in the spirit of the Zeitgeist we have a song which explains how easily crosses the nexus of JEALOUSY & RACE. And how EVIL hides behind Philosophy, Tradition, & Belief to prevent itself from being seen. ‘Heritage’ as an excuse to HATE.
The main cause of ‘RACISM’ (let’s be honest & clear) is NOT anyone’s feelings of
Fear or Superiority but the simple fact that WE ARE JEALOUS OF THE OTHER.
In any event there is ONLY ONE RACE, the Human Race. So we are all these different tribes
that are all unique & special because if nothing else, WE SURVIVED, WE ARE STILL HERE.
Even after many, many tribes are not, who’ve come & gone.
THE WHITE TRIBES ARE JEALOUS OF THE BLACK TRIBES.
THE BLACK TRIBES ARE ENVIOUS OF THE WHITE TRIBES, PERIOD.
They see each other’s gifts and cultural advantages AND LUST TO HAVE WHAT THE OTHER HAS.
Which is why they are GREATLY ATTRACTED to the OTHER as well as
Why they REPEL one another so passionately.
The WHITE TRIBES ARE LUNARS, THE BLACK TRIBES ARE SOLARS
& as are magnetically attracted to the other as are Planetary Bodies orbiting
Another. And JUST AS ANGRY AT THE OTHER AS THEY ARE AT THEMSELVES.
AND THIS PASSION OFTEN ACTS ITSELF OUT AS VIOLENCE.
Since Violence is PASSIONATE LOVE IGNORED & DENIED.
Failing to express itself in its original form, it will act out as its opposite,
AS LONG AS THE LOVE IS FELT in whatever FORM allows it to be.
And this is what ONE HORSE TOWN rides into town to explain.
And THEY BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HE !
4) LIFE’S A BITCH
Life is A SPIRIT.
And life is like a SPOILED SUPERMODEL WHO KNOWS
THAT EVERYONE Wants TO BE WITH HER.
So she can play hard to get, she can be mean, cruel, dominant, playful, capricious.
And naturally as with MOST SUPERMODELS, she can get bored easily if not granted Enough stimulation & surprise.
So, it cannot be less true that indeed, LIFE’S A BITCH.
A point that most of us would agree with.
But the KEY is not in denying that Life’s A Bitch, but
IN MAKING LIFE ‘YOUR’ BITCH.
Because LIFE IS THE GREAT WOLF.
And in the mind of the Wolf, IT WILL ALWAYS CHALLENGE YOUR COMMAND,
UNLESS YOU ARE SURE. A man can keep a wolf as a pet, and the man can be the wolf’s master.
But only for as long as the man is SURE THAT HE IS THE MASTER, because the moment uncertainty creeps into his mind,
BY DEFAULT THE WOLF RESUMES CONTROL. There is NO AMBIGUITY with the wolf.
YOU are the Alpha, or IT IS.
AND So it is with the gleaming pearl of LIFE.
THE ONE SHE RESPECTS MOST, IS THE ONE WHO SEES HER FOR What SHE REALLY IS, A BITCH WAITING TO BE DOMINATED.
BU YOUR WILL, your prayers, your wishes and demands.
And like MANY A DOMINANT WOMAN, she is waiting for someone to come and relieve her of the pressure
of ALWAYS HAVING TO BE IN CHARGE, which slowly takes the LIFE out of her.
So YES, LIFE IS A BITCH.
SO MAKE HER ‘Your’ Bitch.
And get on with THE ART OF LIVING !
She will only love you MORE for it.
5) The MadHouse
So here we arrive again inside ‘Pandora’s PlayHouse’.
And we find ourselves CONFRONTED BY OUR GHOSTS,
the ghosts that we forget to bring back into our own bosoms.
The ghosts we banish to small, secret places and who then have to
HAUNT US MORE TO GET OUR ATTENTION.
We find a HOUSE IN RUIN, a house dominated by the THINGS THAT USED TO BE.
We find that the memories that once drove us are the same memories that now depress us.
We find that our SHADOWS HAVE GROWN & taken on a LIFE OF THEIR OWN.
And we find that as said by the master ROBERT FROST,
“THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH.“
And it is there where we find a regretful TARZAN ‘Swinging On The Vines That Still Remain.’
Because here are the rotted beams of EMPIRE trying to set itself on FIRE
to take its ashes HIGHER.
SO, WELCOME TO THE MADHOUSE !
Because at this point, WHERE ELSE COULD WE POSSIBLY BE ?
POEMETHEUS 2020.
All Songs Written, Produced, Arranged & Performed by Sananda Maitreya
For TreeHouse Publishing & Eidmar* Productions 2020.
*A subsidiary of ‘Shoot First & Ask Christian Slater’ Productions !
Because THIS IS ALSO THE PLACE TO FIND REST.
AND NO ONE WHO COMES, EVER LEAVES UNCHANGED !
© 2020 TreeHouse Publishing - All Rights Reserved
Ch.3 'ADDICTION & SUBTRACTION'
LIFE IS HABIT FORMING.
GOOD LUCK TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT OTHERWISE
As there is No Escape, No Way Out & No Way In.
My late great good friend the timeless artist ROBERT PALMER once suggested to us that
“WE MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT, WE’RE ADDICTED TO LOVE.”
And love has many Forms, Filigreed Figures, Laced Fingers & Funny Faces.
Each one perfectly suited to seducing us into deepening our connection to the magical journey
that is LIFE & its WILD RIDE & going beyond our ideas of who we are as we travel through it.
The more of ourselves that we find & come to know, the more life We find along with it.
WELCOME TO CHAPTER 3 of ‘Pandora’s PlayHouse’,
‘ADDICTION & SUBTRACTION’.
And please Enjoy !
And please remember, THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY REMAIN INSANE.
SANANDA MAITREYA - PANDORA’S PLAYHOUSE
Ch. 3: ‘ADDICTION & SUBTRACTION’
‘LIFE IS HABIT FORMING’.
Nor were we intended to float through life untouched & unscathed like spectral ghosts passing through the fog & mists of the evening hours.
Life conspires to console our passions with those things that move us into a deeper knowledge of who we are & beyond what we claim ourselves to be.
Addicted to Love, Addicted to Pain, Addicted to Exercise, Yoga, Partying, Religion, Beauty, Politics. Addicted to Work, Action, Video Games, to the Games Of Chance, to the Idea of Control, to Sex, to Drink, Violence, Deception, and most of all, Heavily Addicted to Other People’s Opinions
& To the Act Of Judging Ourselves for the Overwhelming Evidence of our Humanity,
and the fact that our humanity WILLS OUT UNTIL IT WILLS ON.
Being raised in our cultures, we are encouraged by most of our philosophies & religious customs to assume & adopt the belief that
‘WE ARE IMPERFECT BEINGS’.
DAMN RIGHT WE ARE !
And yet, therein lies the perfection. For if subjectively ‘Perfect’,
Then WHY ARE WE HERE ? & how could we possibly come even close to relating to others with mercy, compassion & understanding ? What stories would we have to share & tell ? And how rude & arrogant would be our assumptions upon those whose only ‘Sin’ is in Working With the Substance of Life as it appears to overcome the Karmic Shadows that we undertake to move ourselves past the thin veil of time while raising the bloodlines we were assigned by fate ?
The great American Philosopher Poet Jim Morrison reminded us that ‘NOBODY GETS OUT ALIVE’, & we are likewise reminded by master Robert Frost that ‘The Only Way Out Is Through’. And then once upon a time a man called Jesus asked us to ‘Take Up Your Cross & Follow Me’.
And then there are those so addicted to their idea of Excellence & the Quality of their Contribution that they live lives of Absolute Compulsion & Obsession the degree to which their Very Existence is haunted by almost unattainable whispers driving their minds to distraction when not focused hard upon the goals set by dreams & visions.
ALL IS LIFE & LIFE IS ALL
And when the Apple is ready, it falls !
The Apple needn’t be plucked, it needn’t be snatched off the tree, because IT WAS NATURE’S DESIGN ALL ALONG THAT WHEN RIPENED, the tree itself would surrender the fruit to what process awaited it next.
I’ve many friends & acquaintances who have ‘Struggled with Substance Abuse’, though it seemed to me that the even greater struggle was to find their own unconditional support for the Identity & Circumstances they found themselves in. And to my friends my first response was always,
‘IT ISN’T YOUR FAULT, IT ‘S YOUR KARMA’.
Your Cross to Bear. The Thing that is Yours to Do.
Your Process that your spirit undertook to create a deeper love & acceptance of the SUBSTANCE OF LIFE
& the Price we pay for the Cost of being ALIVE,
HERE IN THIS MOMENT NOW.
AND THIS IS ‘THE WORK’.
WE ARE HERE TO DO ‘THE WORK’ & the fortune of forgiveness awaits the soul who knows what their work is, and then GETS ON WITH IT.
And when time ripens like the Apple, we awaken to a New Life, that was already there waiting for us to claim it,
once our Self Regard exceeded beyond the gates of our Self Pity.
WE ARE GIANTS ! It is our PATIENCE THAT IS SHORT, as is our vision shortsighted.
Has your Apple a Worm ?
Then eat that bitch as well !
On the other side of pain
Lies mercy & gain.
Please enjoy these songs of Pandora’s PlayHouse Chapter 3: ‘ADDICTION & SUBTRACTION.’*
And by losing , we gain. As by our gains, are lesser things surrendered.
There is help for us all, when we are ready to accept it into our heart’s desire.
And once we are free of our Addiction to Self Loathing & Admonishment, like Butterflies we move on through the Sweet Garden of Life to Collect more Pollen & Perfume while remembering that being HIGH ON LIFE is in fact the great gift we give back to life, for the life life gives to us !
“FOR ALL OF US ARE IN THE GUTTER, BUT SOME OF US ARE LOOKING AT THE STARS“- Oscar Wilde.
Sananda Francesco Maitreya !
*Generous Amounts of Pot & Beer Accompanied the Recording & Mixing of these Songs.
We hope that your experience of them is not prejudiced by this delicate acknowledgment. Time takes Time to be Time.
This Chapter lovingly dedicated to the late great master Edward Van Halen, Helen Reddy, Bob Gibson & All of those Brave Soldiers of Fortune who served their Time, Shook the Tree of Life, Gathered their Fruit & then Moved On. We are Immensely Grateful for their Service & for what they were willing to put up with in order to make it work for us all. May the Good Lord Bless & Keep them all within the Bounty of his Everlasting Grace !
And if I’ve missed anyone, Thank God that Eternity hasn’t.
SFM.
Track List - Chapter 3: 'ADDICTION & SUBTRACTION'
1 - Pie (6:06)
2 - In America (3:55)
3 - The Ballad Of Smokey Robinson (4:33)
4 - The Ballad Of Rod Steiger (6:26)
5 - If This Van Is Rocking (4:33)
6 - Yuki Suzuki (3:30)
7 - GlassHouse (2:07)
1) PIE
(Inside Pandora's Box)
PIE IN THE SKY WHEN I DIE ?
No, I WANT THE WORLD & I WANT IT NOW !
Don’t gather my roses for me when I an dead but let me smell them while I am living !
LIFE, IN THIS MOMENT, NOW.
2) IN AMERICA
CHAOS, CORRUPTION, CONFUSION, WELCOME TO THE WORLD OUR SON.
Division, Accusation, Manipulation, Neglect=DAMN. Welcome to America !
Because of course, THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY REMAIN INSANE !
There’s NO WAY OUT & NO WAY IN.
3) THE BALLAD OF SMOKEY ROBINSON
The man great Master Bob Dylan once called They Greatest Poet in America.
The man that John Lennon wanted to emulate on his own terms.
And more than likely the man whose music inspired
many mothers & fathers to bring Us Into this world of Cause & Effect.
As well as a man who spoke kindly of me
when I first came to his attentions in the ancient mystical days of the 80’s.
4) THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
We shared mutual friends in our business.
Then I got a chance to meet him & get to know his generosity of spirit,
as well as the legendary stories
he shared with me about his time during and beyond the ‘Golden Era’ of Hollywood.
We both lived in Malibu & used the same Gas Station, Jeweler & Favorite Restaurant.
Many of The Words in the song came directly from the great Maestro’s Mouth
as related to me by himself & others. He was one of a kind & a total original.
5) IF THIS VAN IS ROCKING
My mother used to tell me as a young boy living in Daytona Beach Florida, that
“NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS IN A VAN” !
These were the same vans that used to have bumper stickers that proclaimed,
‘ASS, GAS, OR GRASS, NOBODY RIDES FOR FREE.’
Perhaps still the greatest distillation of American Philosophy yet summed up in an epitaph.
Followed by yet another popular bumper sticker favored by the era of ‘Free Love’
that made it very clear that:
‘IF THIS VAN IS ROCKIN’, DON’T BOTHER KNOCKIN’
6) YUKI SUZUKI
A paean to Young & Innocent Love !
Our protagonist found himself as a young blade in Japan
where he was soon in love with the local ladies living large in the lap of luxuries luscious legs & liquid lips.
In a swoon by the moon in the month of June (& July), time flew by.
And before he knew it, like all sweet dreams, it was gone almost as soon as it came.
But the memories, as always, linger on beyond the labels that attach themselves to fables.
PERHAPS A Love Letter to Japan, a culture that has always embraced my work with passion & appreciation.
And it holds a special place in my heart.
7) GLASSHOUSE
Pandora’s PlayHouse has many shapes & rooms.
Including A GLASSHOUSE.
I was told as a child, that ‘PEOPLE LIVING IN GLASSHOUSES SHOULDN’T THROW STONES’.
But no one told me that you couldn’t live in a GlassHouse and PLAY The Rolling Stones.
For where would I be without Mick & Keith ? OR Fred & Barney for that matter !
WE ALL LIVE IN A GLASSHOUSE (or maybe a Yellow Submarine ?) & can be seen as we are.
WE ARE FOOLING NO ONE BUT OURSELVES because we don’t hide nearly as well as we suspect.
So come out, be yourself and join the world as you are.
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