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| All Things Stay Papa died when I was just a boy It was the day I lost my favorite toy I asked Mama, “Do all things pass away, Or is there something, something that will stay” Mama said: “I’ll be always there, We have a home and lots of love to share” The house burned down and Mama died in flames Was just bad luck, no one was to blame My first love, she was just a dream But things aren’t always the way they seem One day she kissed me, the other she was gone And hugged another, left me all alone All there’s left is just me, myself and I We had a good time, accept the days we cried I thought: “This is life, forever it will stay” Until I noticed, I just passed away Now I’m sitting on my cloud And watch the world down there Still I don’t know a lot But one thing I know for sure All things stay Until they pass away ...and the darker the night... We’re standing at the corner trying to find ourselves discussing lookin' for a plan to get out and start livin' again you said: “look at these people working till they're dead dreams of riches in their heads but now it is too late why won't they understand that they won't reach the end if they hold on to their own lie that there'll always gonna be one low and one high“ and it breaks me apart takes a piece of my heart away and you say we should be free and you say we shouldn't stay you know the problem is they don't find what they miss they are searchin' for it in the wrong way they blindly follow trails to find the end of a fairy-tale and they're just satisfied to hear a dying cry 'cause they know that someone's down and they are high and it breaks me apart the way they live makes no sense to me and the darker the night the more we did see and if you see the world in my way get your backs packed and leave today together we'll try to make a livin' we're livin' today it's okay oh but hey all around there's an ice-rain and frozen people they can't flee and we you and me we are devils but just to those that can't be free and it breaks me apart… Be ready Be ready, be ready ready for the fall just who treats the poor still human maybe, won't fall at all All around there're people with their head up in the clouds who ignore the rain is fallin' livin' without doubts they sleep and dress in satin and like to drink champagne wish to pay their sins in dollars but in the end it's all in vain Be ready, be ready And I knew that girl once when I lived on the street she had the perfect face and body a graceful piece of meat and still I hear her sayin' you're not my class, busker she spent her time wastin' her small mind while I watched time wastin' her Be ready, be ready and there was that boy once he stood on the stage sang 'bout love and understanding but didn't live that way if words don't come heart but out of some sick brain you might make it to the top but someday you'll fall again Be ready, be ready ... Before the cold wind blows All you gamblers and all you brave men, too I paid all my dues; I gave all I had to you Now I’m gonna be leaving Before that cold wind will blow I will move down to another place A place where life not so hard to do All you hookers and all you ladies, too You gave me your love; I gave all my love to you Now I’m gonna be leaving Before that cold wind will blow Find myself another place Where love is cheap and love is really true Oh, my mama, oh, daddy, too You’ve never known me; here is good news for you I’m a gonna be leaving Before that cold wind will blow I won’t send you any postcards If I don’t do we won’t notice I am gone Behind The Door They cut your wings boy you won't fly too high they paralysed your brain boy the fantasy-chip's on pass-by all you know is just illusion you run and run into confusion audience, should we make the blind man see tell him all the meaning of 23? and then when his eyes are opened we gonna watch what he does just you and us if he jumps out of the window or just closes the door tired as you are you go to your bed shut the door too empty inside to feel sad and as you don't feel the kiss into the night can't touch the one you need can't stop the daily fight you hide behind the door like everybody does you just hide hide hide behind the door all the deadened cryin' you hear from every room all the shattering glass the timeless silence of a tomb the hopin' whispers of the few that long to dance tonight tonight’s' dance is to the crazy-ones but sometimes you feel your pride and you hide behind the door like everybody does you just hide hide hide behind the door But Don’t So, if you see the sky, see the clouds if you see the sun, feel the rain, if you hear the birds, hear the thunder but if we love, don't hate. Oooooh ooh ooh ooh So, if you see the water, see the fire if they smile, count their tears if they talk of wisdom, see the fool but if we want peace, don't fight. Oooooh ooh ooh ooh So, if it's day, long for the night if you see birth, don't forget death and if they whisper, cry out loud but don't make my nightmares come true. Oooooh ooh ooh ooh Carrousel we stood on the fair in a town close to lyon we were lookin' up to the golden balloon chains were hangin' down always four ends to one seat when we had taken place the earth still stick to my feet then we were turned around right into the deep blue sky under my feet nomore ground feelin' just like I could fly now I feel I'm just a prisoner chained to a big ball bigger than fate slingerin' around just stired by rotation thrown up into the sky fallin' back to the ground and we were turned around right into the deep blue sky under my feet nomore ground feelin' just like I could fly up and down -round and round higher higher up and down -round and round faster faster take my hand we fly through the night we are turned around can't follow the light our world is round round as a circus we are turned around movin' in circles up and down and round and round higher higher up and down and round and round faster faster Close To Heaven summer in the city, sun was going down I was headin' for a bar pretty long way from where I lived damned I lent my car strollin' down the pavement smokin' cigarettes it was gettin' dark just when I swang into haven-street a sound came from the park I went on over to see what's on and realized that man freaks were sittin' in the grass he sat on a garbage can funny clothes and silver rings like a man they couldn't hang he played the sadest song I've ever heard and this is what he sang I've been so close to heaven walkin' through paradise with an angel by my side I've been so close to heaven but I also was too young to know he played a lot of the finest songs and he really got the blues a man who's been around the world accordin' to his shoes I saw a cross tattooed on his breast and asked him what it means he said it means I lost my life the day I noticed that I've been so close to heaven walkin' through paradise with an angel by my side I've been so close to heaven but I also was too young to know just imagine you were sittin' under southern stars tonight lovely babe by your side then you will know why I've been so close to heaven walkin' through paradise with an angel by my side I've been so close to heaven but I also was too young to know Cool hey boy, you're gettin' on my nerves you're a liar foolin' yourself hey boy, get out of my mind playin' the great while you're so small self-conscious boy you're thinkin' you're weak poor boy you've got to play this game 'cause they don't know you and you wanna be someone cover your feelings and they will do you no harm cover your feelings boy, they will do you no harm hey boy, stop this crazy game tell them who you are and do what you feel else you will never really feel all right boy you won't find yourself no more boy you won't find yourself nevermore boy you've got to lose control Country Boy Cornfields as wide as my eyes can see no noise than the sound of a bumble-bee sometimes I'd like to have you here when the air is fine and the sky's so clear but I know -you got me singin' the blues that's why I packed my bags and went into the great wide open of this land Days are long I stand up with the hens feed the pigs and then paint the whole fence a cityboy in countryside my bones are weak, my sores shine bright but I know -you got me singin' the blues so I go on, take it like a man it's easier than to be with you again Refr.: But there were nights full of tears losin' you my only fear you say I'm just a country boy but it's better than to be your good-time toy Since two years I'm workin' on this farm wind and rain they won't do me a harm I sit down on the fresh, wet loam nothing could make me go home 'cause I know -you got me singin' the blues I'm just a hick but I feel fine so please go your way - I'll go mine Refr. Deep Water I walked through a life full of fun where words used to be noise sometimes looking for the deeper sense diverted by some cheap girls voice then I fell into eyes so dark and deep warm and bright just like the sun making my soul weep can I find a way out? can I ever find a way in? deep water, I beg and pray just to dive in and wash sins away deep water flow by my side deep secrets you hide saw her hovering through the room natural, graceful way She’s a sphinx but she doesn't know I had to lie down and pray can I find a way out? can I ever find a way in? deep water, I beg and pray just to dive in and wash sins away deep water flow by my side deep secrets you hide there's magic around I was lost - now I'm found here's the turn of the tide show me those things you hide come take me, come take me Dice shot twice Hope was flying high but you crashed to the ground rather broken down you cry but don't give up these things happen sometimes when you try to fly just open up your dreary eyes you know and I know it would have been nice we've got to pay the price but sometimes the dice are shot twice you say you love me and you know I love you but different ways we walk you got your secrets and I got mine lovers don't have to talk just open up….. lovers we can't be but friends we will stay it won't be our bane and if you think of me do it in a happy way see me walking down a lane singing open up your Elephant Dance I’ve been walkin' through the jungle at night a night the moon shone bright near a clearing I heard a song big big party going on Mr. Glow Worm made the light show a bird sang like Al Jarreau one guest cried the name of the song it was called "the dancin' hundred tons" Refrain: hear the trumpets blow come and join the show elephant dance elephants a' dancin' with their ladies blowin’ their trunks like a Miles Davis movin' to the left - movin' to the right elephants are dancin’ all the night the earth did shake and the trees did move the dancer's stampin’ to the groove lookin' like an earthquake in hot-pants he's the John Travolta of the elephants Refrain I came back to the camp with the breakin' day don't remember how long l've been away my mates asked me where l've been so I told 'ern what l've seen they shook their heads and looked at me strange and said "hey man, you’re really deranged" they laughed 'bout me so I send ‘em to hell and now l'm a’singin' in my cell Refrain First Hit Days were short and nights were cold autumn made me feel that I grew old longin' for life I went to a pub didn't wanna feel like cold coffee in a cup Same old guys drinkin' same old beer tired faces in a lonely athmosphere only had my drink and went off the door ran into that girl who simply sent me to the floor First hit --straight to the heart I nearly feIt like fallin' apart you showed me heaven I never came down since you are in town You said I'm sorry boy this is not my day I said I understand I feel the same way come let's have a drink and feel allright and that's what we did all through that night First hit --straight to the heart I nearly feIt like fallin' apart you showed me heaven I never came down since you are in town Funny how a second can change your whole life years passed you're my wife it's been you're first day in town when you were simply knockin' me down First hit --straight to the heart ... First love All day long I try to find out What’s going so wrong? Every night I spent on the phone Try to shake it and try to break The fence in my head Loving you is driving me mad You’re my nightmare, you’re my dream You’re all that I need All other interests, baby, you delete But now you lie there dreaming And I’m just bicycling home It seems my love’s just frustrating But I’m hanging on All my friends they shake their heads I’m shaking mine, too But just because I’m longing for you If nit tomorrow, maybe next week By all that is fair We’ll be together, yes we’ll be a pair But now you lie there dreaming And I’m just bicycling home It seems my love’s just frustrating But I’m hanging on Dreaming of kisses at night I wanna hold you so tight Babe, don’t send me away But invite me to stay Hold on, she is my first love Don’t say it is wasted time I carry on, she is my first love Never say it’s just wasted time Four Questions When you called me, I was busy I was packing all stuff you need for a show Guitar in one hand, strings on the table But where is the case, man, I’ve gotta go I heard a voice, as slow as a stone And you tears seem to run out of the phone You stammered words, I and I sensed what’s wrong So I leant to the door-frame thinking who might have gone I need the answer To four questions Who, where, when and why? I can’t call back any later So if you don’t know why Tell me how he died Was it an accident out on the road? Was it his weak heart that finally broke? Was it crime was he stabbed by a knife, Or was he just tired of being alive? Who, where, when and why? Weeks later, me in a hotel It is late at night, but I can’t find to sleep I am thinking of all the crossroads When the phone explodes with an awful beep It is my girl singing no lullabies Saying she just called to say goodbye She’s in a hurry leaving 4 a.m. She’s changing places and changing the man I need the answer To four questions Who, where, when and why? I won’t call back any later So if you don’t know why Tell me who’s that guy? Do I know him and where you met? When did it happen and is he fat? Is he strong or can I beat him down, Or is he a king and I’m just a clown Who, where, when and why? |
Grandma
so strange to be here after nearly one year I'm nearly the same just in a new frame but you grew old I've often been told I look into a face tired full of haze tell me how long can you live on 'till the last castle of my childhood's gone I remember your words, perhaps a song tell me, why can't you live on? for the first time I feel sorrow feel your words are true and if you talk of your tomorrow all the words turn blue by and by, I wonder why if you're still there or just a dream in my life a fairy of the past that's bound to die a bird forgot to fly this time I can't accept this time I can't close my eyes I can't wait and watch as the old lady dies on and on, something's going wrong she lost her power, no more strong the sun melt's the ice no way out to find the snowman grows blind... Head and Heart All day long I’m running round I don’t know what it is I wanna find nearly lose my mind everything’s confusin’ me and nothing’s like it used to be to me babe, can’t you see? there’s one in the head and there’s one in the heart and one is to go there’s one in the head and there’s one in the heart but who is to go Every year the same old game a spring-time comes and stabbs into my brain defence in vain I want to lay down everything I wanna pack my bags and leave my home roamin’ all alone there’s one in the head and there’s one in the heart and one is to go there’s one in the head and there’s one in the heart but who is to go All day long I’m running round I don’t know what it is I wanna find nearly lose my mind everything’s confusin’ me and nothing’s like it used to be to me babe, can’t you see? there’s one in the head and there’s one in the heart and one is to go there’s one in the head and there’s one in the heart but who is to go that I don’t know it right now may mean I’m a dreamer, not too straight at all But who cares and who is to know where I gotta go tell me where am I to go where am I to go? high high hangin' round in bars, going to the movies smokin' cigarettes and drinking champagne everyday she's going to the city lookin' for a heart stronger than pain lonely in the disco, watchin' lonely dancers sharin' the night with a glass of wine nothing to do against boredom same old faces in a new design and everything she missed was a long hot kiss turning the inside out someone with a real emotion, not just proud and loud someone to share a thought without mentionin' it at all someone to keep her from the fall and get her back high, high high to the other side of life and as she stood right beside me offered me beer and a cigarette "hello" i said, "how are you doing?" "fine" she said and gave me a kiss all i said was "i hope you're feelin' better but tell me please, what you're headin' for if you're lonely, i’ll just be your brother don't give away your heart in a one-night-stand" and everything she missed was a long hot kiss turning the inside out someone with a real emotion, not just proud and loud someone to share a thought without mentionin' it at all someone to keep her from the fall and get her back high, high high to the other side of life and she walked away from me her head was heavy she tried to drink her shame away take good care of you, princess life might be more than a gas life might get you high, high high to the other side of life ... Ice-cream You can’t stand all the trash in this world I believe you, but I can’t find the words There is hatred between men I say that’s true, but I don’t wanna hate again So get yourself an ice-cream, babe Don’t let the rain into your heart Get yourself an ice-cream, babe It’s better being fat than being torn apart People are blind, can’t find their way Maybe right, but I’m too stoned today Someday you will get out of here Do it, babe, and fetch me a beer And get yourself an ice-cream, babe Don’t let the rain into your heart Get yourself an ice-cream, babe It’s better being fat than being torn apart You say lovers should stay true Well I guess, but it is hard to do You are so good but never win a prize So come here babe, take my advice Get yourself an ice-cream, babe Don’t let the rain into your heart Get yourself an ice-cream, babe It’s better being fat than being torn apart Well, I know about my duties And what a friend is for But tonight I am thrilled So, don’t knock on my door But get yourself an ice-cream, babe Don’t let the rain into your heart Get yourself an ice-cream, babe It’s better being fat than being torn apart International Suicide We're sinking in the dust sinkin' in our own mud disappear in brown smoke laughing 'bout your bad jokes if nothing changes it's an unjust fight 'cause everyone loses and nobody wins and if nothing changes we'll destroy the world we'll kill ourselves by killing the earth International suicide yes, we'll commit International suicide In The River slowly the stone of time slides through the water to the rivers ground where you lay dreamin' your soul it turned to stone, got ground to sand on the way to sea, I heard you screaming, washed ashore by the waves you lay on the beach picked up, filled in a sandglass got any presage you'll be used to count how many moments die while the river laughs floatin' by Itinerant Man I am walking down the road now I didn’t say a goodbye It’s said tame birds Are singing of freedom And wild ones do fly Left home this morning I’m gonna sleep in the weed Left my trouble this morning I’m all that I need On the road, free again Nobody’s yelling my name On the road again Itinerant man In cold nights I lie shivering Like the leaf of a tree A hobo without a blanket And the hunger for free Leaving home ain’t easy Going back’s so hard Once you started with the show You’ve gotta play your part On the road, hungry again Nobody knows my name On the road again Itinerant man My freedom has got a colour It is black in the night Each man is building his own fence A strange thing called pride Going home ain’t easy When you’re on the wrong track Going home ain’t easy But I’m going back I’m going home, home again Please, whisper my name I’m going home again Itinerant man It Ain't Her Shoes My girlfriend and I we had a good time I invited some old friends to show she's so fine I played my guitar she liked it and sang my friends went away never saw them again My neighborhood said please buy her new shoes the lustre is swingin' plastering broke in two and the whole house is tremblin' when she starts to dance I said "don't call it nightmare, just call it romance" 'cause it ain't her shoes it's the way that she walks and it ain't what she says it's the way that she talks in a french restaurant it ain't never enough what you get for your money she is my love We went to a restaurant she liked to go out the service was strange maybe she talked too loud offerin' one glas of mustard and some ketchup tellin' he entrecote was not big enough and it ain't her shoes ... It's Me this white piece of paper teIls more than I can do I'm lookin' for words perhaps a song 'bout me and you thinking 'bout all poems I wrote and all the songs I sang give me that feeling back again well a song can let you dance and a song can make you cry the words can tell a joke they can tell how people die sometimes I just tell stories but I want you to see that it's me and I'm givin' one part to you yes it's me that you are lookin' through sometimes I wish it was you instead of me who opens up the curtain shows who he is and wants to be who shouts against the noise of card-dealers and drunk men to get that feeling back again to feel what it's like to pray when they take it for a song start clappin' with their hands when your feeling's nearly gone you wanna run of stage maybe then you'll see that it's me and I'm givin' one part to you yes it's me that you are lookin' through I've been losing I had many lovers yes, good girls I called mine Lord, I had lovers sometimes three or four a time but, Lord, I've been losin' won't be losin' next time I had a lot of money yes, more a man can spend Lord, I had money and the fastest cars I lend but, Lord, I've been losin' my way, speeding down the tracks Lord, I've been losin' and I can't find, can't find my way back I'm headin' down south now hang my bones right in the sun I'm going down south think my race is almost run 'cause, Lord, I've been losin' won't be losin' next time Lord, I’ve been losing try to get my feet back on the ground Lord, I’ve been losin' but I wanna break no heart but mine. Lisa stop crying As fast as the wind you're riding your bike up and down hills that's what you like up to that curve where you could not stop the scars in your face a tale of that flop So is this the truth or is it just fake try find it out make your mistake some kids my piss on the electric fence later they call it experience Life may be hard and sometimes confusing' there are days nothing seems right but t everyday has got it's new-day-dawning when the sun will be shining so bright Lisa, stop crying I'll dry your tears Lisa, stop crying I'll take your fears when life is scaring' I'll lead you through whenever you nee me I'll be with you You know heartache and physical pain but not the feeling when love is in vain taking decisions suffering hard and feeling like being torn apart Time will come when you feel alone visit me or just call on the phone if I can help don't wait too long and if you like I'll sing your song Life may be hard … Lonely in a group I’ve been waiting here I've been waiting for hours longing for a phone call like for a train that'll never come. I've been thinking of the girl who is always alone I saw her standing there in the crowd talking without words to be lonely in a group is harder than just being alone lonely in a group is harder than just being alone I've been thinking here I've been thinking for hours gazing out of the window into the cold rain Does she stand at her window waiting and waiting like I do? Standing thinking and sinking while waiting for a call to be lonely in a group is harder than just being alone lonely in a group is harder than just being alone I know you are the guy that is all-around you can't understand her 'cause you don’t know to be lonely in a group is harder than just being alone lonely in a group is harder than just being alone Must be christmas stars shine bright a cold and cloudless night there's no snow but the air tastes just like there was driving down the road with my heavy load tired of working hard for me and a man called boss suddenly, my heart stops beatin' and in my throat's a stone then I feel a peaceful wave and I don't wanna be alone must be Christmas oh, mom is bakin' bread must be Christmas or am I going mad? feels like Christmas in heart and head next stop was mine I know I'm wastin' time but the coffee is good and the girl next to me a doll but she starts to cry and I know I know why so I take a coin go to the phone and make my call sayin' hey, boss suddenly my heart stopped beatin' and in my throat's a stone then I felt a peaceful wave and didn't wanna be alone must be Christmas oh, mom is bakin' bread must be Christmas or am I going mad? feels like Christmas in heart and head Neon Child I can see through your smile through your cold blue eyes into your paralysed mind I can see dead dreams between bought fantasy. you are like a machine do what they want you to do repress your inner feelings I can see by and by you will forget who you are. neon child, fashion guy, I’m gonna freeze to death In the heat of your cold world Never look forward Once I knew a man who was living down the same street I did I never knew how old he was or if he was born in this town everyday I saw him talkin' to my mother, father, uncle, a kid walkin' down the pavement sittin' on a bench until sun-down He wore that kind of suit old, but never out of date he never made appointments so he's never been late he never looked forward and never looked back He never talked about it but it seemed like he'd been around whenever something happened since our small town was born and in the way he listened you felt the wisdom he found keepin' secrets like a fish while whistlin' like a bird in the dawn never heard him say how things used to be his only words 'bout future were "tomorrow we'll see" he never looked forward and never looked back Nothing to reach see the sky and see nothing there is nothing to see the sun doesn't rise and the last feeling dies fade with the clouds touch your heart and feel nothing nothing left to feel cold as a stone on the way through some mood in a telegraph-wood just a body is nothing if there's no life inside I wish I could forget it's a coffin not a bed that is standing in the shadow of a new day oooh, I don't wanna stay 'cause I have seen through your eyes through your cheap offered lies I feel like running down the street pointing' nowhere 'cause there is nothing to reach Now that it’s done Words hard and heavy chained to the tongue the last eruption of a love that is done a candle's too bright to the hell in the head you just remember what you tried to forget Now, that it's done let's have some fun dance through the night let's celebrate we won the fight dance back into life and the light Something that died won't come back alive but all the memories cut like a knife it's hurtin' so bad facing the pain come say the last word go insane again Now that it’s done …. Everything I had is gone there's just the pain lingerin' on everything I thought was mine now it lies broken already left behind Words hard and heavy … Home |
