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Xavier Boyer - Owner's Manual

by tahiti 80

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EX_ORDINARY (X.Boyer) I don't think you're an ordinary person I know it, I can feel it All I know is I gotta take a chance now I will regret it, or I will regret it Something good has to come out of this I really hope so, I do hope so This is going to be a hit or miss I don’t think so, I don’t think so There's gonna be a change in the weather for sure So don't forget your, your umbrella I saved some money if we wanna run away I guess it's ok, It's gonna be ok Something good has to come out of this I really hope so, I do hope so This is going to be a hit or miss I don't think so, I don't think so I don't think you're an ordinary person I don't think you're an ordinary person I don't think you're an ordinary person I know it, I can feel it
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Shameful 02:07
SHAMEFUL (X.Boyer) Can’t really say I have had enough But I’m getting to the point Where I think I should stop Do you really like it When things get out of hand? Less is more,more is more  More is less and less is less Sure you lost me somewhere along the way Sitting on the grass It is way beyond my grasp Standing by your choices Not that I believe in giving excuses A sad affair where people got mad at each other I can’t believe you did it twice I thought I was supposed to be the bad guy Why was I thinking you couldn’t do the same things to me? I like it here, I thought, I’m happy Let me live another 1000 shameful years I only need some good books And a pair of reading glasses Standing by your choices Not that I believe in giving excuses A sad affair where people got mad at each other
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AT BAY (X.Boyer) Won't you stay, Stay away from me Cos' I've got only love for you But it's bringing me down Let me blow, Blow you one more kiss Love has its mysterious ways And it's getting me nowhere fast Chorus: Is it something that you feel too? Cos I'm afraid it's only me Or is it flying in the air? Or is it something in my drink? I don't really want to know Just let me enjoy the ride Won't you say it, Just say it again for me No-one's ready for that yet. But I'm willing to hear it. It's really hard to keep, To keep my feelings at bay (baby) I guess we'll find out soon What's gonna happen Chorus: Is it something that you feel too? Cos I'm afraid it's only me Or is it flying in the air? Or is it something in my drink? I don't really want to know Just let me enjoy the ride Let me stay stay Closer to you (I won't change my mind) I've got only love in me And I'm willing to share Chorus: Is it something that you feel too? Cos I'm afraid it's only me Or is it flying in the air? Or is it something in my drink? I don't really want to know Just let me enjoy the ride
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instrumental
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You were only near me to enjoy the warm summer nights and I was giving in to the feeling I wasn't sure if it was right That under the Jamaican moon all the world is dim from view now you now you can play the fool I heard you went back to the east side of the city where we first met but your heart is here and all the lovin'that you can get Under the Jamaican moon all the world is dim from view now you now you can plat the fool Time and time and time again you find yourself in chains city blues and pain its always just the same Every radio is blaring a hole in the wall on the streets the men they are sweating in dirty overalls But under the jamaican moon all the world is dim from view now you now you can play the fool Oh now you now you can play the fool
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Cherry Cloud Panic (X.Boyer) At times like this, it was easy to see  That she wasn’t going well He seemed to care though He really did his best for her But you know, her heart (his love)  Had taken her down a dead end It’s a pain that never stops Chorus If you need help I can sort it out for you (If you need help I can sort it out for you) And when you’re ready, you’ll make it up to me (It may sound strange but don’t you worry) At certain times, it almost seemed Like she wasn't really going to hell (yeah she was) She knew she was, though And there’s nothing, anyone can do about it His heart (her love) had taken her down a dead end It’s a pain that never stops Chorus If you need help I can sort it out for you (If you need help I can sort it out for you) And when you’re ready, you’ll make it up to me (It may sound strange but don’t you worry) If you need help , if you need help, if you need help, I can sort it out for you (it may sound strange) If you need help , if you need help, if you need help, I can sort it out for you It’s a pain that never stops IIf you need help , if you need help, if you need help, I can sort it out for you If you need help , if you need help, if you need help, I can sort it out for you And when you’re ready, you’ll make it up to me
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instrumental
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Nature Girl 02:40
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AT BAY (X.Boyer) Won't you stay, Stay away from me Cos' I've got only love for you But it's bringing me down Let me blow, Blow you one more kiss Love has its mysterious ways And it's getting me nowhere fast Chorus: Is it something that you feel too? Cos I'm afraid it's only me Or is it flying in the air? Or is it something in my drink? I don't really want to know Just let me enjoy the ride Won't you say it, Just say it again for me No-one's ready for that yet. But I'm willing to hear it. It's really hard to keep, To keep my feelings at bay (baby) I guess we'll find out soon What's gonna happen Chorus: Is it something that you feel too? Cos I'm afraid it's only me Or is it flying in the air? Or is it something in my drink? I don't really want to know Just let me enjoy the ride Let me stay stay Closer to you (I won't change my mind) I've got only love in me And I'm willing to share Chorus: Is it something that you feel too? Cos I'm afraid it's only me Or is it flying in the air? Or is it something in my drink? I don't really want to know Just let me enjoy the ride
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Chorus: sex and dope and futebol May be good for their wealth sex and dope and futebol Sounds pretty bad for your health Sounds pretty bad for your health  Verse 1 just look at them With their shaven legs,  They’ve got tattoos all over their bodies and no taboos showing their faith his one’s for you Mama, for the one I love  this one’s for you Papa and the mighty Lord above Chorus: sex and dope and futebol May be good for their wealth Texmex hope & a few goals Sounds pretty bad for your health  Sounds pretty bad for your health  Just look at them with their Sextapes  They’ve got lawyers all over the case And I won’t say a word about their haircuts  Come on man! this one’s for you Mama, for the one I love  this one’s for you Papa and the mighty Lord above Bridge why Do we like this game so much? Chorus: sex and dope and futebol May be good for their wealth Texmex hope & a few goals Sounds pretty bad for your health  Sounds pretty bad for your health 
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Xavier Boyer - Owner’s Manual


Owner’s Manual is a collection of unreleased tracks, B-sides & remixes from Xavier Boyer, frontman of French indie maestros Tahiti 80.
If Nature Girl or Sex Dope & Futebol are gorgeous, contemporary and immediate pop songs, most of the tracks included on this EP have a more experimental feel to them.

"Typically I would work on several versions for each song. For Some/Any/New (released in 2017), I kept the ones that worked together as a whole . That left me with a batch of songs, where I would have recorded an acoustic guitar first, built the song around it… just to get rid of it in the end, creating a lot of space in the music"

Boyer crafted this new set mostly on his own, playing everything save a few overdubs recorded with Some/Any/New co-producer Stéphane « Domotic » Laporte. French artists Ricky Hollywood & My Tiger Side also lent a hand respectively on Ex_Ordinary (808 Version) and Under The Jamaican Moon, a cover from Soft Rock guru Stephen Bishop. Live favorite At Bay was turned into a mesmerizing noise-gospel drone by Montreal Psych Rock outfit, Elephant Stone.

As the title Owner's Manual implies, this set of songs is the perfect complement to Xavier Boyer's earlier solo works and Tahiti 80's catalogue, showcasing the French man's ability as a songwriter.

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released May 24, 2019

Produced by Xavier Boyer & Stéphane Laporte
except Sex & Dope & Futebol, Nature Girl, Organogenesis, Kraut Founding
Produced by Xavier Boyer
Ex_Ordinary (808 Version) Produced by Xavier Boyer & Ricky Hollywood
Under The Jamaican Moon Produced by Xavier Boyer & Rémi Saboul

performed by the performers

Mastered by Phil Shaw Bova

artwork by JLS for Phntm

All songs by Xavier Boyer
except Under The Jamaican Moon by Stephen Bishop, Nature Girl by Sean Jackson

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Formed by multi instrumentalists Xavier Boyer, Médéric Gontier, Sylvain Marchand, Pedro Resende, Raphaël Léger & Hadrien Grange, Tahiti 80’s adventure began in the French cities of Rouen and Paris in the mid ‘90s. Taking their name from a souvenir T-shirt , Tahiti 80 has released 9 acclaimed albums. ... more

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