[Use enharmonic synemmenon dromos hitzaz mode with çıkıcı-İnici seyir for all harmonic elements. Bassline follows strictly by doubling lead instruments in perfect fourths.] [Male voice A - Милош, male, serbian construction worker: gruff maqam bass-baritone with prominent buhha and squillo, microtonal bends, melismatic, zero rapping, slow, deliberate shirabyoshi phrasing.] [Male voice B: Felix - male: german construction foreman: german lied light lyric tenor. Delivery: smooth legato, measured, clear diction. Sings fluently in all languages cited.] [Male voice C: Pigeon - male: narrator: snarky buffo bass. Delivery: smooth legato, measured, clear diction. Sings fluently in all languages cited.] [choral elements: construction workers choir: drunken kakegoe shouts.] [Lyrics in serbian, french, english and german] [Dynamics swell - full ensemble *including drums* joins immediately on beat 1] [Vorspiel starts with full intensity - 2 bars, full crescendo] [All vorspiels are the same copy/pasted from the opener, ghammaz section is the only one that changes the pattern.] [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 1] [Pigeon, further "P":] Still the same bench, The speaker not the same. Harken now, for Милош Is about to speak. Can Felix bear all this? [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 2] [Miloš, further "M", recounts his life:] The village where I was born, It was poor to the core. My grandparents built the house Where I grew up. It's pretty old and crumbly. I had to work од малих ногу. I did to support myself, too. In our village, There are many Gastarbeiter Families living abroad And coming for the summer. When the older folk die, These houses remain empty. Many of the younger generations That grew up abroad don't speak serbian. Some understand it, some don't. You're probably better than many of them, So don't be discouraged, Фелиција. I worked a lot to support myself, And when I finished university I got a job in a school. Corruption in the system is unglaublich. No one cares to learn anything, Only to pass to the next grade. Parents come and offer you "gifts", And professors don't care What kind of men they let out In various respnsible positions. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 3] [M:] So, I gave up. And came here. If nothing, it's honest work. I can sleep at ease by night, Don't have to undermine morals. You can imagine, with all this work, I barely had time for anything else. I didn't have time to go out And meet women. Besides, I can't say I cared Much anyway. But my parents, Oh, they did a lot. They want grandkids, They want you to "leave something" When you're gone from the world. Yet, they themselves, Let almost nothing Worth mentioning. [Felix, further "F":] It must have been hard on you. [M:] Not, really, I'm used to it. The Lord gives us strength To go through anything. You'd make a good wife actually. You're tidy, hard-working, Considerate with others And know to keep silent When it matters. Stubble would give you away I'm, however, afraid. After the construction work is done, I have to return back. Until my parents are alive, I need to take care of them. [F:] I want to come with you. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Instrumental bridge - Ghammaz section with taqsim - 2 bars] [M:] Waaaaaaaaaas!!!?! [F:] Tell them I'm an architect Come to renovate. I'll help you with the house. I'm done of this Baustelle. Time to try another one. [Ghammaz Section - non-lexical vocalizations] * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... * 嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯... [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [start fade out, slow down] [Verse 4] [M:] Hmmm... You're correct. Eventually, they have to shut up, Because they live from my pocket. At the end of the day I really don't care What anyone would say. When I saw your drawing of me, I though it wasn't real. Not that I'm *that* handsome, But it was fascinating That someone would see More than hirsute meet. [Vorspiel - 2 bars, fadeout] [M:] Yes... Come with me... We'll renovate the house. After they die, we'll see. You'll have plenty of time To draw as well. [Outro] [Miloš and Felix yodelling] * A-yee-aaah-yee-ooh... * A-yee-aaah-yee-ooh... [end]
