I don't like to stand on wires with electricity in them
and I don't like to fill my pockets with heavy and lumpy things
just look at the blue moon, I just look at the blue moon
and it's so completely quiet around me
from my head to the ground and some feet around there's nothing that moves
or even makes the slightest sound
it's so completely quiet around me
in the distance might be traffic and the wind might touch the leaves
but around me it's silent it's completely still
and can I take you by the hand and can I turn you around
and shall we dance my lovely friend
and let me tell you how things changed when you folded time in space
and when there was no help at hand
and I don't like to be rejected
the way it feels, although rejection is expected
but I like the anarchist, the alchemist, the woman who's a herbalist
the fancy fair, the building's roof, the oaktree and the willowtree
the way they sing your melody, it's flat sometimes, but I like it
when it softly breaches
you and me
astrologists I'm not sure about, astronomists I kind a like, and belgium fries I really like
and I adore the smile and cries
of sweet ladies
in sweet distress
but I never wanted Amelou or Fifisou or Marylou
I only wanted them to have a car or sleeping bag or something for their backyardroom
I never needed anyone, or anything of anyone
I just look at the blue moon, look at the blue moon
and it's so completely quiet around me
from my head to the ground and some feet around there's nothing that moves
or even makes the slightest sound
it's so completely quiet around me
in the distance might be music and the wind might touch the leaves but around me it's silent,
it's completely still
and can I take you by the hand and may I turn you around
and shall we dance my lovely lovely friend
and let me tell you how things changed when they folded time in space
when there was no way help at hand
and I don't like to tell you that he loves you again but when it's true I rather do
then lie to you
The Brave Stands Next To Me from 'Cooper Cat'/ text video
the wolve inside your well dressed blood
the sleezy hand under the cloth
you told me never anything
the things of which you're able off
your eyes are hastily turned away
your smile now pales and also faints
the word is soon about to fall
and the arm will gesture not at all
and then the veil will lift to see
and see the brave the brave
the brave stands next to me
the knees will bent, the head will bow
the journey is a voyage now
the silence is the hurting kind
and brought in secret from behind
the treasure that's been casual taken
has been stripped from all that's clear
from everything that's painful aching
and the windows never close on
views of shame and merchandise
and see the brave, the brave
the brave stands next to me
these colours are still true to you
all tension is for ever lost
now put no trust in velvet rope
the medicine might be a cure
you wave it in you breathe it out
oh lovely lovely where abouts
and then the current and the tow
the tow and you the undertow
and this contraption for inside
I'd like to shield you from the sun
the sun that hurts the little one
it shines from four to seventeen
and see the brave the brave
the brave stands next to me
I would like to be a mystery
your visitor who no one knows
to have as well to be the key
to see that you're their enemy
to sit here o so quietly
to trust you not again but soon
to take you on one afternoon
to feel how admiration goes
to fear the truth and then to see
the brave the brave the brave
the brave stands next to me
Dream sweet little dreams tonight from 'Alfie at the gate' / video
Dream tonight
Sweet little dreams tonight
Rest in my arms for a while
Let me kiss you goodnight
Dream of little stars in the sky
that shine for you
dream of a love that will always be true
yeah dream
little darling, sleep tight
dream little darling, sweet dreams tonight
Sittin' on the cosy porch of Magical Dustman George McCloud (there's a storm comin' in) / video
we were all sitting peaceful on McCloud's cosy porch
drinkin and listening to the ramblings of George
he said I'm wearing this mad man's hat (on) no more
and we all were like yeah right, you said that before
and then Janet rushed in, boy, did she slam that door
she said there's a storm comin' in and we gotta get out
oh girl did she yell o boy did she shout
it's gonna be heavy, it's comin' down fast, and it's gonna be extremely loud
but we all kept sitting on the porch of Dustman McCloud
and shure enough like the wrath of a God
them waters came a rising like Noahs little flood
and a bad politician came a floating by and everybody said
don't really give a fucking damn about that
and Jean looks at me and said we gotta rescue some of that
paperwork of his that's getting all wet
and Mary said I don't wanna read his lies in there
like the last will be first, if you let me beat you up again
and pray and work, and be a good little lass
so I can give you what it takes to make you shinin' up my mess
and Mike says yeah look, yeah look who cares
and then we looked and saw some beautiful rescue us flares
from a couple of slick guys on a sinking boat
o boy what a pity but they couldn’t stay afloat
they'd been heading for some heavy partying at
Honeylali (Hohlala)
but now it seemed they were on their way to Ohlalali (Ohlala)
they'd better been sittin' on the porch of Magical Dustman George
yeah this storm came' in, gale blazing like hell
but we didn't take shelter we just said that's swell
and guess the insurance will pay all relatives well
and then we heard some singing and a song from above
turned out to be some angel on it's shoulder a dove
sang I'm bringing you news that you're mermaid's gonna love
it's all about justice that's running out, (it's tough)
'cause high class judge has fled to muddy ground
it was a bad decision
can't be turned a'round
and then the aberration blew his trompet and made it sound
like the walls of Jericho came tumbling to the ground
and then it turned black and Susy said let's get us some light
we always knew this lovely girl was really bright
so we lit a torch to shine on Dustman Mc Clouds cosy porch
and while the storm went by, we looked and wondered why
some things must stand and others must fall
'cause it was certainly not love that had spared us all
while drinkin' and talkin' and sittin' it out
on the cosy porch of Magical Dustman George McCloud
let's rejoyce this luscious life
let's not kill the architect, let’s tell him what a good job he did
let's cheer him up !!!
let's not kill the architect
let's give him a reward / by another architect
let's give him a reward for the high rise, the low rise, the skyline, the view as far as we can see
oh yeah yeay yeah yeah let's not kill the architect
let's not kill the architect / let's give him a reward
by another architect
let's salute him for his vision
for the way in which he uses all these forms and shapes
and both all these ancient materials and all these high tech new materials
in all these original ways, let's salute him for his outstanding achievements
and let's lay down here in the corner, in this bed
behind the glasswalls of his room and let’s make love and then forget
about the empty lands where no one lived or just a fool like you
and all the stars you said you saw at night were bright
wow wow wow let's not kill the archtect
let's let him
give
a reward to other architects
and let's let them give
rewards to even more other architects
and so on and so on
and then every architect will have rewards by other architects
Brown eyes at Coventry
(fast the longing) from 'the discovery of V'
brown eyes at Coventry
first time that we met
and suddenly i feel so sad
I guess I realised
before I even knew
that a love came in my life and that I wasn't up to you
and although you were just inches away
I felt so isolated on that day
brown eyes at Taeken Field
floating on the stream
we're drifting so slowly by
that night you stood there kind of naked
at Alley Room we stayed
I so was in love with you
oh I should have made a move then
but I could not make that move
and so I went to bed with all this longing inside of my head
and that night you were just inches away
but I never felt as lonely as that day
oh brown eyes at Coventry
so long since we've met
and so many things unsaid
now I guess I'm telling you
that this love I never knew
has shameful secrets, shameless feelings and a heart that's true
this love that I never had
is the love that I will always have
oh brown eyes when I see
you're smiling back at me
I'm glad I'm sad I'm torn inside
I guess I'm such a fool
what do they teach at school
and now I'm stuck and bound by my own unwritten rule
but because you're never far away
I guess I'm happy somehow
anyhow
anyway
somehow
12, Sandy Crossroads from '12, Sandy Crossroads'/ video
well at 12, Sandy Crossroads
we lived our lives in sin
being lazy all day readin'writin'
and we had far too much fun
we had a table at the window
and some comfy chairs would stand there too
we would look out into the open
and see them ufo's coming through
they were always trying to abduct us
but we just didn't wanna go
yeah it was a crazy situation
or no situation at all
and sometimes we would write out a cheque
and if it didn’t bounce
some poor guy in the west
or some slim guy got around
well at 12, Sandy Crossroads
we lived our lives in sin
being lazy all day readin'writin'
we had far too much fun comin' in
yeah and if you weren't laying down on me
I would lay down on you
and the milkman kept on warning
that if the righteous wouldn't get to us,
the dessertsands would do
it was late in the evening
when I met her
I was visiting a friend and
we went for a drink
and then I met her
it was a Friday Friday Friday Friday night it was
she took my hand and she said
these lines ain’t lying
but can you explain why a man leaves his wife
why he deceives her
and the rain is falling into the river
Rachel
oh you were so cheeky so cheeky
so cheeky sometimes you were (twice)
we took a ride in my car
through the night we rode (drove?)
and the rain’s falling into the river
Rachel
we walked in the park
no moon no star to light us
there was no hand or sign to guide us
we sat on a bench
my arm around your shoulders
our bodies so warm but no future was there
to hold us
and the rain’s falling into the river
Rachel
well early, early, early, early, early, early, early in the morning
yeah early etc. (twice
you kissed me goodbye we didn’t smile
we didn’t cry
we didn’t smile
we didn’t cry
and the rain falls into the river
Rachel
I’m sitting here /
under the almotree
it’s a lovely lovely scent
and there’s a wide stream so close to me
it’s a lovely lovely sound
and while I’m awaiting (I wait)
creep man appears
yeah yeah yeah
on the night I came to town / there was screaming all around
there was confusion / I made a choice then
you're late he said / I feel fine she said
with all this tender care that I get
I'm fine all along with some lovin' and a song
really (really)
but then again, how could she have guessed
that he would be the only one she'd ever really really really come to know
woh, them teachers and scholars, these scientists and lawyers alike claim time passes (by)
but that’s not true 'cause it’s a lie
these hours are like villages, site by site in a torn and magic land
and the old ones travel to and fro (from) and gather what they can
over and over, untill it’s (never) over
I dreamt we were friends again, maybe even ment to be lovers in the end
oh gwenny gwenny gwen in this morninglight so pale, you look so peaceful and white
but then again how could I’ve known
that she would be the only one I would ever really really really come to know
they've got their sacred curse
and I've just got these spells that run astray
and now the cat and kittens are eating vegetables all day
and they've all got their heavens that reward them when they kill
when they steal time and energy, and destroy all art at will
and mary says dream on / let them dream on
and even Anyanca says that when they reach their final gate their dreams will turn into a nightmare without end
woh we're pagan city free men / standing on our pagan city walls
looking at the fires in the distance that are aimed to destroy us all
bur we can't be killed / we only die,
and in this pagan starlit night I watch the vessel that arrives to take me home
away fom you all
I dreamt we were friends again, maybe even ment
to be lovers in the end
Home at the Niemeijer Residence from 'Alfie at the gate'
(Well, her I can handle
But he’s to fast
We play this game for the evening to pass
Between paintings at the wall and animals that talk
Ghosts at night and
No winner to call)
Eveninglight is fading for a while
We walk into these green and golden woods
I’m looking in his eyes to find a smile
No talking ‘bout the meaning of it all
She’s standing in the doorway when I leave
For a while we share this fragile move she makes
I look into her eyes to find a smile
No reason to explain the reason why
The moon stands low, long shadows dark on blue
When I look aside I notice you do too
It’s freezing cold and I shiver just like you
I always know what’s right and never what is true
(I often know what’s right and never what is true)
(I never know what’s right and seldom what is true)
60 secs of Jane
(or more) good evening Paris
good morning to me
and I'll wear a pink dress if I want to I will,
and I wont get on my knees and I won't give head
and I know he won't come and I really don’t mind
and today I'll be stronger and today will be fine
and noone will tell me just where I belong
yeah today I'll be stronger so today will be fine
and noone will tell me just where I belong
and I hear
you call
but these are 60 seconds of me
and my name is Jane
60 seconds of Jane
and I wore a red dress and I didn't really care
and I went on my knees and I did do just that
and then I saw him I thought, but he must be elsewhere
and someone said that I was nice,
and I thought that was kind but I didn't really mind
yeah I thought that was kind but I didn't mind
and then the sun went down it was a beautiful sight and
I hear
a voice
but these are 60 seconds of me
and my name is Jane
60 seconds of Jane (I won't tell you again)
and in this sleepytime
I drift along
these nighttimes are sweet
like candy songs
For you and for me from 'Alfie at the gate' / '12, Sandy Crossroads' / video
well, there’s a statue on a place where no statue used to be
there’s the name on the wall that reminded you of me
and there’s the red car that took us to Hillberry Blue
the dream that came true for me and for you
and there’s the hole in the road were the choir came to sing
the light we saw shining when the door was opening
and there’s old misses Stone who was nice but very rich
and there’s the river where we swam when we were crazy little kids
there’s the tree where we sat when the evenings began
the book that you read with the very happy end
and there’s the meadow where we laid in the sun for hours straight
the bench where things changed and we suddenly had a date
there’s the house from our friends where we talked all night
and here’s the room with the bed where we held each other tight
and there’s the merry-go-round where you kissed me before
you told me that you just couldn’t live anymore
and there’s the blue sky where I look at when I think of you
it’s the place where I’ll meet you in a minute or two
although I know very well that all good people tell
that when I close my eyes I will see you in hell
summer sun is burning on the gates to Kindely
the rumor slowly travels like a freezing winter breeze
I don't need blacks, she said, and I don't want no whites around here
everything is so restricted and
why am I so forbidden down here
can you move, she asked, can you feel the shiver of the skin, my secrets from below
and then she smiles, such a beautiful smile
a tender touch even to a heart that's cold like mine
and from these misty years a face appears
a sacred vow to not forget (that) so long ago a timeless love was set
is your name Lee,are you Lee
hesitation is a complicated way to deny and then agree
and there's a red spot on the stage
that's where they stood or where they lay
that's where they took them pink shots
when the heart was lost
I hear you don’t fight no more
I heard you won’t fight no more
oh you see that day Lee, you came in highly recommended to me
and I remember how we crossed this road
how I almost told you how I felt
dear Lee, I was so intrigued by you
and as I looked into your eyes
and when you looked back into mine
for a moment we walked a fine line
when permitted seemed what only was possible in my completely retarded mind
and at night time in the Welsh town down the three feet lane
we heard them scream inside the old 'nine takes a number' inn
that's where they never get a thing done
always try to make it easy when they run
that's why they sleep so tight
all day long and deep down into the night
that's why you waved at me and I smiled back
when I drove by, how could I've known,
away from our mutual destiny
where are you now
where are you now
no one is talking to me anymore
where are you now
katie was born nearby dire harbor bay
where the wild winds drove the clouds through the magical skies
there was the sound of the waves, the smell of the sea
and her heart that was lovely and free
but at night she lay restless, with a longing she could not explain
on may 22 there was a fine evening gale
a dark eyed dragon and his boat were waiting to sail
she gave him a smile
he took her heart and she would
have gone with him where ever she could
but then the sun rose, the tide came in, the vessel went
she stood there at the docks
there was nothing left to be said
woh katie, are you alright
oh katie, things ain’t right
on gwennith hill, near harbor bay
there was this statue of some hellhound looking out over the sea
and mandy often wondered what the meaning could be
when katie and he sat there silently
she always knew about his secret affair
that he had loved her since their first days at school
though she had never been able to care that way too
she kissed him more tender than friends sometimes do
she knew he touched her, caressed her and held her
ever so passionate in the delusion of his dreams
who owns your night now
who owns your day
who owns the night
when all illusions fade away
one night the moon went down, the tide went out
and katie left
he stood there at the docks
there was nothing to be said
and to mandy it seemed so strange
that the dragons of feast and the hounds of despair
are hiding in the same magic lair
and that there might be a wonderland, or there might be not,
beneath the skies at the worlds other end
and it seems to me so sad, so sad,
that a ship might leave a bay at night
with slowly disappearing lights
while there is no one there to see
no one to care
the moon rose, the tide came in, the vessel went
there was no one at the docks
the night mandy sailed away
I'm leaning in the corner
you're standing in front of me
I look at your face as I’m spreading extremely wide
this love is strange
you pay every touch, every kiss, every move I make
why are these lights
burning so low
why are these chairs and the window covered I know
there's something on your mind
you're gonna tell me
I never refuse
never refuse
how, how should I hold you man
how should I hold you man
there’s a white house in the center of the city
inside the white stairs lead directly to my rooms
in one of them you are, you lie, you’re sleeping
I don’t know why you came, just know you’re here
it seems a miracle you’re here
in the room next to me
I’d like to touch you (but) I don’t dare
I’ll be waiting for your eyes to get a different shade of blue
for your body
to invite me to
but where do I stand in the meantime
how do I act
all the energy is flowing , I know it’s positively real
but I don’t know how to deal with all this longing that I feel
where do I stand in the meantime
how do I act
all the energy is flowing , it’s positively real
yet I don’t know how to deal with all this longing that I feel
and I'll throw out the f ing tv and I'll throw out that lying tv-host
who's always annoying me and I'll see
that I'll get rid of statistics and analists who say this
is the wettest day since mankind has counted the rain
and I'll let in the eskimo for a while
and I’ll pet his little toyrider right on the head
and I'l never ever ever never never ever ever never never swear again
I won't swear again won't
swear again won't be hurt again, hurt again
wont hurt the mighty mannequin, hurt the mighty men again
and it seems a miracle you’re here
in this room next to me
I’d like to touch you (but) I don’t dare
I’ll be waiting for your eyes to get a different (deeper) shade of blue
for your body
to invite me to
but where do I stand in the meantime
how do I act
all the energy is flowing, I know it’s positively real
but I don’t know how to deal with all this anger that I feel
voetgangers op fietsen
deze fietsen op hoge wielen
en het publiek
afgeleid door de bar
want achter de bar sta jij
Er staat een tekening hiervan in Tons verhaal 'verslag van een korte reis'.
Another try from 'the discovery of V'
they say I’m dreaming
this doesn’t feel
like a dream
here’s a picture of me
while I’m trying to seduce you see
there ain’t no need to envy
what kind of dance this is
in what a strange way are we moving here
what a brave words to whisper so close to the ear
lovely, lovely and sinful things we hear
and there’s a hard spot, a soft spot, the beast is killed and anyway
I’m longing for a romance that is lasting and will stay
and my daddy says I’m living obscene
I guess I just don’t care
I really don’t fit
and I don’t
don’t wanna talk no more
I don’t
don’t want another try
what kind of dance this is
in what a strange way we’re moving here
what a glorious way to deny what I say
good times, these are good times
and my daddy says I’m living obscene
I guess I just don’t care
‘cause I really don’t fit
and I don’t
don’t wanna talk no more
I don’t
don’t want another try
and my mind goes here
and my mind goes there
and I wonder
I wonder
there ain’t no need to envy
me
Sleeping with Amy
(so I came to this conclusion:
it's not for you) from 'the discovery of V'
they say you’ve got to fill it up with lovin’
and all you’ve got to do is cruise away
so many things they say
and while the night
is still dark but not black anymore
I look aside and I realize
that I’ve been sleeping with Amy
for so many years now
she is ugly they say,
beautiful I know
goodbye friends
goodbye wolves
Amy and I are going to another land
goodbye friends
goodbye wolves
we laid together side by side underneath a white casted sky
and she turned to the rescue of the heart that was mine
and she healed that heart so tenderly
and the fear,
we looked upon it as if no enemy was there
as if no danger could exist for as long as we would wish
how foolish
we were
and they say an angel will come
to take you away
makes you suffer night and day
‘cause you took somebody’s life away
and her dignity and the innocence
and all the trees they cut down at the banks
of the river Anisy
goodbye friends
goodbye wolves
Amy and I are going to another land
goodbye friends
goodbye wolves
Some live in Vienna, some others they don't. from 'Cooper Cat'/ video: 'Wisch the village, how to fold your own life.'
I'm looking at the second layer of the atmosphere
it's called the stratosphere
there's hardly any air to breathe (up here)
and water boils at four degrees
I'm living in the second layer of the universe
there's hardly anybody else around here
some say it's heaven, some others think it's a curse
I really wouldn't know about that
it's like some live in Vienna and some others they don't
an elephant may reach the age of eighty years
a whale, a whale might do the same
now tell me is that wrong now
some say I'm a kind of a religious girl
really don't know what they mean by that
yet it's true I see these wonders all around me
these wonders that surround me
there's an entity it's called the jasmine
it's beautiful by its appearance
and beautiful by the way it smells
it only compares to you
when I lay my head against your breast
when I lay my tired head against your naked breast
tell me, tell me is that wrong
some live in Vienna, some others they won't
I'm living in the second layer of the universe
there's hardly anybody else around here
