Andries Bezuidenhout - Restauranteur (English version)

Track from South African musician, poet, and painter Andries Bezuidenhout's album "No place for time here" (released July 5th, 2024). The song and music video are about a restauranteur who imagines his establishment as a place of amnesia and amnesty in traumatic times. Original video footage used in combination with AI generated amination. Images of Johann Sebastian Bach are central to the video, reflecting the album title’s reference to the cantata as musical form. Filmed at Westbrook Farm near Graaff-Reinet in the Karoo.
Words and music: Andries Bezuidenhout
Recorded and mixed by Andries Bezuidenhout
Mastered by Willem Möller
RESTAURANTEUR
Stop, stop, pull off right here
I'm waiter, cleaner, chef and sommelier
Guests here are treated more like friends
These walls protect you from the madness out there
Cutlery arranged to fit with the rhyme
In support of the melody the table tops shine
Our menu offers peace and rest
Those two dishes are what we do best
Our unique recipe for a break from eternity
No one has the answer to all the world's troubles
So focus on the coffee in the cup on your table
We have cellars with casks filled with harmony and wine
Pantries that turn longing and yearning to sunshine
Piping hot bread, newly ground coffee
Orange juice from our orchard, freshly squeezed
Our menu offers peace and rest
Those two dishes are what we do best
Our unique recipe for a break from eternity
In the cold, cold kitchen, at night on my own
In the morning hours I hear the refrigerators drone
Our menu offers peace and rest
Those two dishes are what we do best
Our unique recipe for a break from eternity
© Andries Bezuidenhout