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O Lord, We create value in your name
You oversee our affairs
You know the outcome of our actions
Now, and in the future
You know our spread, alpha and beta
You know our strengths and weaknesses
You notice not only our struggle of today
But oversee entire quarters
You teach us not to be selfish
Nor to take into account our colleagues
Or employment
But only to consider true value and return
Regardless of where it originates
No man can hide from your command
Board members tremble before you
Like we tremble for your orders
And live in fear of a correction
Thus today we pray
For your blessing
And give into your hands
Our dividend
May it be reinvested
Into tomorrow’s winners
Or hedge
Your currency exposure
Or serve in your suit
Against those who aim to withhold
Your rightful profits
And should you abandon us
Do give us faith
That you will reinvest
When blood runs through the streets
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Fix - live
03:14
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Off-site weekend - live
03:23
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We’ve been working for so long
never took a rest
Our innovative talent crew
has followed vital changes through
to keep up with the best
(But) once a year we break away
from the office murk
in an informal rendezvous,
with pep talks, games and barbecue
we contemplate our work
chorus:
off-site weekend
(our) team dynamics need review
and dogmas disappear
off-site weekend
we talk projected revenues
until it’s time for beer
chorus 2:
off-site weekend
We look each other in the eye
(we do that once a year)
off-site weekend
creative visions multiply
Until it’s time for beer!
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5. |
Delay - live
05:44
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At home - live
05:25
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I saw your message, please hold on
Today I won’t have any time till I’m at home
My plate is packed
But I have plenty time tonight, when I get home
At home there’s time and peace sublime
So much gets done at home
No cortisol, no conf’rence call
No cheesy pranks at home
You’re right, it’s true, my budget’s due
I’m in a meeting but I’ll get it done at home
At home there’s time and peace sublime
So much gets done at home
No cortisol, no conf’rence call
No boring chat at home
I have to skip the show tonight
I have to plough through lots of work tonight, at home
Do take a friend
I’ll be awake, so call me up when you get home
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7. |
Nobody told me - live
04:30
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I did not see it coming,
I must have been blind
Amazing how clues just get blocked
from your mind
When that meeting was cancelled,
two weeks ago
appointments rescheduled
twice in a row
and Martha came in
without saying hello
But still I kept going,
still I didn't know
chorus
My company smartcard bounced
in the restaurant today suddenly
it all makes sense,
they're sending me away
My colleagues go eating on
like nothing is really wrong
But I know that they know
I'm over and gone
A line is growing
behind me and my tray
Maybe I'll leave it here,
just walk away
I finally get why Denise
won't call back
Why the beamer broke down
while presenting to Jack
And why my proposal
got 'lost in the mail'
In hindsight it isn't
so hard to unveil
chorus
bridge
Nobody told me
Everyone knew it's over,
I'm fired,
I'm totally through
chorus
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8. |
Impostor syndrome - live
05:47
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9. |
Back to work - live
02:39
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Out of the box - live
03:38
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Remembering Willem B.
03:14
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Honey will you text me back
If you can find the time
Tell me please that you're OK
that your men survived the day
and that you held the line
Honey, I'm so proud of you
You're doing what is right
Defending our liberty
our mortgage and the GDP
from morn till late at night
Honey will you text me back
You left before I woke
Darwin rules in business life
and I'm sure you will survive
just don't do too much coke
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14. |
The hall - live
03:09
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Song on the eve of dismissal
Polishing my resume
Get it up to date
Does my avatar convey
I’m nothing short of great?
Should have made my getaway
Now it’s far too late
I am loyal, never swayed
Throughout my career
May not have an MBA
My skills you will revere
My big talent is to stay
When colleagues disappear
Learning was permanent
Competence management
Personal development
I lived through it all
Egos got dented
And task oriented
My unit segmented
until overhauled
My boss on a soap box
screams that our stock rocks
value creation shocks
market cap rules
office cubicity
buyer centricity
asset toxicity
money and fools
Knowledge conversion
Total immersion
3.0 version
They all had me cheer
Re-engineering
High-risk pioneering
Without people fearing
A pain in the rear
I have been agile
And lean for a long
while skillfully smile
Through the next turnaround
Cutting the downtime
Shifting the paradigm
I didn’t climb
But I still stayed around
My big talent is to stay
When colleagues disappear
Colleagues disappear
Time to disappear
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Chris Abelen Amsterdam, Netherlands
Chris Abelen (born September 29, 1959 in Tilburg, the Netherlands) is a jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader. Abelen started his professional career as a member of the Willem Breuker Kollektief. After he left this band in 1988 he started to form his own bands. All compositions for these bands are written by Abelen, from a jazz quartet to a big-band. ... more
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