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Nobody told me is the 7th track of Songs on the eve of dismissal, featuring Lorena del Mar, lyrics by Bastiaan Geleijnse.

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Nobody told me

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

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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

credits

from Songs on the eve of dismissal, released January 15, 2018
Angelo Verploegen - trumpet
Floris van de Vlugt - alto saxophone
Chris Abelen - trombone
Tini Thomsen - baritone saxophone
Thijs Huijbens - guitar
Ulrich Wentzlaff-Eggebert - Double Bass
Yonga Sun - drums

Compositions, arrangements & production - Chris Abelen

© 2018 CAMP Chris Abelen Music Productions
BUMA/STEMRA the Netherlands

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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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