Vikruti

(Acoustic intro)

Capo 7th

VERSE

Vata

G

You're feeling tired uptight a pretty sorry sight

Em

After years of gas and constipation

G

Craving heat, can't sleep, rings under your eyes

Em

No strength and emaciated

C

Deluded and dizzy, even having tremors

D

Talking all the time

VERSE

G

You're in pain, inflamed, for years it stays the same

Em

They test and test, but still it can't be named

C

They suggest treatments but no prognosis

D

You can't even get a real diagnosis

CHORUS

G

It could be a gluten allergy

Em

It could be a genetic malady

C

It could be mineral deficiency

D

When you've still got no idea about doshas

VERSE

Kapha

Heavy and hazy, lethargic and lazy

Body feels loose and cold

Poor digestion, salivation and white discolouration

You take test after test, for your respiratory distress

They suggest treatments but no prognosis

You can't even get a real diagnosis

CHORUS

It could be autoimmunity

It could be a parasitic disease

It could be an allergy to trees

When they've still got no idea about doshas

MIDDLE (Chorus chords)

Em

Perhaps they've misunderstood

G

And it's something from your childhood

Em

They just can't seem to do no good

D

And running out of ideas

Em

But you're emphatic

G

It's not psycosymatic

C

In fact you've had it

D

With this Western approach to medicine

VERSE

Pitta

Got a burning sensation, yellow discoloration

Of your faeces, urine, eyes, and skin

So hungry, so thirsty, so very little sleep

You take test after test, and the specialists go deep 

They suggest treatments but no prognosis

You can't even get a real diagnosis

CHORUS

what could it be?

They know what it should be

If only you would be

A little co-operative surely

Gluten allergy? Do bey do bey

Iodine deficiency? Do bey do bey

Imaginary? Do bey do bey

It's nothing officially

LYRICS:

Vata

You're feeling tired uptight a pretty sorry sight

After years of gas and constipation

Craving heat, can't sleep, rings under your eyes

No strength and emaciated

Deluded and dizzy, even having tremors

Talking all the time

You're in pain, inflamed, for years it stays the same

They test and test, but still it can't be named

They suggest treatments but no prognosis

You can't even get a real diagnosis

It could be a gluten allergy

It could be a genetic malady

It could be mineral deficiency

When you've still got no idea about doshas

Kapha

Heavy and hazy, lethargic and lazy

Body feels loose and cold

Poor digestion, salivation and white discolouration

You take test after test, for your respiratory distress

They suggest treatments but no prognosis

You can't even get a real diagnosis

It could be autoimmunity

It could be a parasitic disease

It could be an allergy to trees

When they've still got no idea about doshas

Perhaps they've misunderstood

And it's something from your childhood

They just can't seem to do no good

And running out of ideas

But you're emphatic

It's not psychosomatic

In fact, you've had it

With this Western approach to medicine

Pitta

Got a burning sensation, yellow discoloration

Of your faeces, urine, eyes, and skin

So hungry, so thirsty, so very little sleep

You take test after test, and the specialists go deep 

They suggest treatments but no prognosis

You can't even get a real diagnosis

What could it be?

They know what it should be

If only you would be

A little co-operative surely

Gluten allergy? Do bey do bey

Iodine deficiency? Do bey do bey

Imaginary? Do bey do bey

It's nothing officially

Talking diabetes

VERSE
A
Eating sweets, too many berries

D
Not moving about - too sedentary

E
Docs given you bad news 

A
Diabetes

Its Sanskrit name describes the state you're in 

Madhumeha it means honey urine

You've eaten so many carbs

That you piss sugar

Ayurveda classifies foods by taste

Each performs an action and they're interlaced

If you indulge the sweet one

You guessed it: diabetes

CHORUS
A
So low

E
Sweetpeas we'll break
D
The back of this malevolent
E

Disease

So long
So free, now that
Now that you're unburdened
And unbound

VERSE

There are 20 types of diabetes
In 3 different sets with treatment based on opposites

What's the obvious one?

The bitter taste

All bitter foods have powerful actions
They're anti-inflammatory, antibacterial
Antiviral, anthelmintic
And alterative

E                                  A
Some big words there. Google them later.

One thing you'll notice in your Google result
Is how many treatments are made from leaves

Neem leaves, mango leaves, fig leaves, guava leaves
And many more

The sweeter the fruit, the better the leaves, the bitter the better

Add them in a soup, a stew or a chowder
Cook 'em in a tea, dry them for a powder
Eat the leaves
Leave the fruit

CHORUS

MIDDLE
D                                       A
Now the thing I want to leave you with
D                                       A
Apart from a love for leaves
D                                           E                            A
Is that the battle you face, is to reset your sense of taste

It takes discipline and deprivation
Become a stranger to the sugary sense
Don't be satisfied until you've tried, and

A          E        D          A
Carrots taste like a caramel
E        D          E           A
Water alone is deliciously sweet

Cocacola tastes horrible
You have no cravings for any treats

Suddenly you get back you sense of smell
And carrots taste like a caramel x3

(Optional extra verse)
The Ayurvedic treatment depends on the state you're in
Has diabetes made you thick or thin?
Do you need building up?
Or cleaning good

Yoga’s always good the sun salutation

For circulation from your head to your toes

Try the peacock pose

Good luck with that one

Doing bhujangasana every day

Will strengthen the stomach in a gentle way

And reinvigorate those

Dying digestive organs

And the more you socialize with friends

Who practice yoga and backward bends

It’s inevitable

You’ll see improvement

Mobile library

VERSE
C

Our story starts at the Macedonian border

F
Two volunteers, Ester and Laura

C
There’s a refugee camp here

Am
And in the toxic atmosphere

F
Their degrees in development

G
Didn’t seem relevant

The borders closed and no one knows

People got no place to go so

They get no relocation

Got no motivation

No access to books or communication

What could make them… smile?

CHORUS

Mobile library

Breaking through bureaucratic Bullshit

Mobile library

Just solo and independent

VERSE

C
Fund raising got the girls a mini-van

F
Turned into a library with a handyman

C
Kitted it with Wifi and tables and chairs

Am
Donations arrived from Dubai
F
Supplies from Saudi Arabia

Am
Soon they had books in Farcy
F
French and Arabic

G
Urdu, English, Kurdish and Greek

Harry Potter helped Akmed disappear

Ali escaped with Agatha Christie

Malcolm Gladwell showed Hussan

How Little Things Can Make a Difference

 Mohammed was rejected, just sat in his chair

Until he read Slumdog Millionaire

Am

And when the snow was falling

C

The tents were freezing

F                                                           C

Dan Brown, kept people warm

Am

While Callon from Camaroon

F

Who’d come on foot to get there

G

Walked to Freedom with Nelson Mandela

It was a simple idea that people will never forget

Access to books and the internet

The van keeps moving they  can't settle down

They have to park outside the camps

Stopped by police, for disturbing the peace

There are no happy endings in the story of Greece

CHORUS

Mobile library

Rising above reality

Mobile library

Changing lives one book at a time, yeah

VERSE

(QUIET)
                 C

Only the cream of Syrian society

F

Could afford the fee of being refugees

C

Now doctors, pharmacists and lawyers

Am

Counting their cents
F
Living in tents

G

While smuggler’s kids get their homes as presents

(SLOW)
C

But there’s more irony when they land on the beach

F

€20,000 euros waiting for each

C

Not that it’s ever really meant for them

Am                  F                                  C

It’s there to pay for the entire system

(FAST)
C

And it’s the new Greek graduates

Am

Who get a lot of the revenue

F

Getting their breakthrough

Am

With the EU

F

You don’t hear anymore about the Greek crisis

G                                                     C

It’s been solved by Assad and Isis

Am

While the UN guys

F

Rent top of the range, four wheel drives

G

And who knows where the money for the NGOs goes!

CHORUS

OUTRO

Mobile library

Bordered bodies but minds free

Mobile sanctuary

Taking literature, literally

Mobile missionary

Independent, voluntary

Mobile emissary

Giving back, dignity

EXTRA:

To be fair they're just trying to fit in
In Thessaloniki they're all on the take
Even the elements give you no place to go
Incredible heat or freezing snow
And all they ever hear is people complaining
But everything's solved by double-glazing
It can be tough to get through another day
To make it from frappe to frappe

OK Plateau

(Capo 3rd)

VERSE
C
Well at last it has paid off
C
You've mastered the art
F
Of the world that once was closed to you
F
You've become a part

You put in 10 thousand hours
Had the determination and drive
But the sacrifices were worth it
Cos finally you've arrived

G                            G7
At the summit... but no no no... you're stuck on

CHORUS
F                                   C
The OK Plateau, oh oh oh
F                             C

The OK Plateau, no no no

VERSE
As you've woken with awareness
And see a dusty world
But everyone's so friendly
They say settle down

But you've put in so much hard work
And you know you've more than them
So you redouble your efforts
To be better than these men

And reach the summit, but no no no.... you're stuck on

CHORUS

MIDDLE
Am
The plateau is so seductive
C
It sure offers a lot
Em
Regular folk look up to you
G
Wishing they had what you've got

So few can tell the difference
Between the great and merely good
And perhaps if you drink hard enough
Even you've misunderstood
F
And slowly slow
G                           
You can it let go....
G7
Soon all you know, know, know, is

CHORUS

OUTRO
F G C
OK plateau