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Song on the eve of dismissal

from Songs on the eve of dismissal by Chris Abelen

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Song on the eve of dismissal is the 1st track of Songs on the eve of dismissal, featuring Lorena del Mar, lyrics by Bastiaan Geleijnse.

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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

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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