A self-written song about and dedicated to NKOTB - July 2009

Saying "Thank you for coming home, NKOTB" (missed it? take a look if you like: http://martinisdedication.blogspot.com) was the first step. Now, more than one year after having them back, it was definitely time for step two. An attempt to put into words and music, how my personal life and maybe the ones of many others have been influenced by the reunion of NKOTB. I'm still blown away about all the effects that came with it. Yes, it's "just" a band and everyone still lives his everyday-life, but when you roam the World Wide Web (NKOTB corner for sure), you find so many fellow blockheads, who got "kicked" - in whichever way. So I tried again to capture some of the vibrations and translate them into music.

But - please - cut me some slack, it's just me and my 10-year-old keyboard! I'm still neither a professional composer nor a fabulous singer - just tried to make the most of it.

Drop me a line in the comments below - no matter if you like the song or not. Any feedback will be very much appreciated!

LYRICS

Verse 1

Dear diary

It’s quite plain to me

Got a call-back from long ago

It said “hello, the block is back,

Are you ready to go?”

Put me back on track,

Forget about rehab

The battle was in vain

So here we go again

Chorus

I got kicked in the ass by

A deja-vue out of the blue

Precious times are back

Call it a block attack

Made my day, made my year

Felt the faith and made it clear

Nothing for me to deny - so

Hold your block-head high

Verse 2

Looking for some fun

When I came undone

Like an upgrade on reality

Feel it, eat it, breath it

In respectable society

Like a fool from outside

With a woman’s soul of pride

This life is here to stay

At the end of the day wanna say I did it my way

Bridge 1

Getting to the point, the name of the game

Put it in an everyday frame

Hooked in this thing from 9 to 5

Break the mold, start to strive,

Hit the road, come along with this priceless gift one of a kind

Chorus

Verse 3

Get into the motion

Interactive devotion

Think we lost the plot

(No, ) we’re so damn on the spot

World became a smaller place

But then a so wide open space

Be a part of the entire

Touched by the same desire

If you’re up to let it in

It’s a win-win mind-blowing thing, let your senses go for a spin

Bridge 2

So much more to find, beyond the girlish screems

Getting deeper, more intense than it seems

No better person, still down to earth

Take the chance to enhance circumstance,

A litte more self-confidence, go for the dance, it’s up to you

Chorus