WRITINGS
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Don't look so sad, shake off the blues,
put on a smile, take off your shoes,
see the rose here in my hand,
now you're under my command,
no permission to refuse.
Open your hair and close the door,
then dim the lights a little more,
so many things that you can do
to keep your mind from being blue,
you'll feel much better than before.
Now turn the music way down low,
and let go of the world around,
let us dance into the night,
hold me close, hold me … yeah ...
Oh what a pretty flower dress,
you must be warm in it, I guess,
see right next to you the chair,
you can put your flowers there,
I adore you even more with less.
I like your sexy lingerie,
even though I have to say,
wearing nothing but your skin,
from your knees up to your chin,
you would really make my day.
Na na na na na na na na .....
A warm and sunny afternoon
and everybody has left but me,
a road has ended much too soon,
so many sunsets were left to see.
The party is over,
and you are asleep in your bed,
and I'm standing here
thinking everything I've never said.
A mountain before me
that looks like it's too hard to climb,
if only I could
I would turn back the time.
It's getting dark, and I should go, but I wonder,
how could I turn round and walk away?
Time standing still, my place is here in the moonlight,
dreaming forever of yesterday.
Time for a kiss,
but you are asleep in your bed,
and I'm standing here
thinking everything I've never said.
I want to feel your warm skin when I wake up,
make love to you till dawn,
swallow your tears and be there when you're afraid,
and hold you every night, but now you're gone.
It's been a rainy day,
the sky above is crying,
you're much too far away,
now I am on my own.
Too many clouds of gray
have put a ceiling on my world now,
so here I'm bound to stay
and watch my silent phone.
Oh what a lonely night
is coming closer every hour,
soon I'll turn out the light
and go to sleep alone.
Without your love the flowers lose their colors,
and autumn leaves appear just black and white,
now the stars don't twinkle in the darkness anymore,
you are the one that made them shine so bright.
It's been a rainy year,
looks like the sky above is trying
to wash away the fear
you might be gone for good.
The clouds appear to say
all I can do is to go through
another rainy day,
I don't know if I could.
La-la-la-la-la-la, will my cloudy sky turn blue again?
na-na-na-na-na-na, oh if it only would.
La-la-la-la-la-la, will my old sun ever shine again?
na-na-na-na-na-na, what is the likelihood?
Without your love I'm freezing in the wind that blows so cold,
and up above a heaven without light,
'cause the stars don't twinkle in the darkness anymore,
you are the one that made them shine so bright.
Everybody's fine, or everybody's lyin',
everybody's fine, but everybody's dyin',
feeling mighty good, hard to tell what's going on,
staring at the moon as day turns into dawn.
Purple skies above,
and a strange gray world below.
Walking to the left, and moving to the right,
I turn myself around, as day turns into night,
a thousand lights so far away, drawing circles night and day,
make me want to laugh and cry and dance and pray.
Purple skies above,
and a strange gray world below.
Oh what shall I do, I'm asking my ole clock,
no more time to lose, and as I'm staring at my watch
I feel it itchin' in my shoes, in my legs, I can't keep still,
mountains can't be moved? Come watch me now they will.
Purple skies above,
and a strange gray world below.
Feeling mighty good, everything is going swell,
your life runs like a peachy keen and happy carousel,
after placid times, my dear, the ocean will get rough,
a shot of rock'n'roll when the goin' gets tough.
I didn't go to school to study top psychology,
couldn't spell 'depression' cause I ain't got no degree,
but when you're feelin' down and there's a record machine,
a shot of rock'n'roll, if you know what I mean.
Just close your eyes and let the magic beat caress your soul,
gettin' high on rhythm is a beautiful goal,
knowing that you might get hooked on letting it roll,
more so than on coke or making love.
Yeah, drink a lot of juice and swallow tons of vitamins,
go to church to pray and have them pardon all your sins,
if none of the above works out, then there's another way,
a shot of rock'n'roll just a few times a day.
Hey, close your eyes and let the magic beat caress your soul,
gettin' high on rhythm is a beautiful goal,
knowing that you might get hooked on letting it roll,
more so than on coke or making love.
Didn't go to school to study top psychology,
couldn't spell 'depression' caus I ain't got no degree,
but when you're feelin' down and there's a record machine,
a shot of rock'n'roll, if you know what I mean.
Why do we remember the past and not the future,
how many days are unlived, can you tell?
Will you die at peace in your sleep or will they shoot ya,
are you gonna wake up in heaven or hell?
Where do all the creatures that live and breathe come from,
how many are there, and what are their names?
Why is it nine-hundred degrees on planet Venus?
Just a bit to warm for the questions and games that we play every day.
There's the stars above,
more than grains of sand on all the beaches of this world,
and then there's love,
so near, yet more mysterious than anything out there could ever be.
Why do we remember what's past that's caused us sorrow,
as opposed to all of the good yet to come?
Why can't we just look at what happened tomorrow,
rattle the mind in the cage made of words other people think touch the truth?
Knowing what I know,
I can take a mountain off the ground and let it fly,
just let it go,
so don't you even try to tell me what I cannot do.
I remember clearly the day that I was buried,
no one showed up 'cause the weather was bad,
just a few gray birds and a preacherman were there,
it felt kind of strange, maybe I should be sad,
but I'm not, because soon I'll be born.
Knowing what I know,
I can take a mountain off the ground and let it fly,
just let it go,
so don't you even try to tell me what I cannot do.
Get up and take your keys, just leave the rest to me,
open up that door, walk out, and you will see,
I will stay alive, and in a couple weeks
a healthy looking color will return to my ole cheeks.
Some light found its way through the clouds
to feed my starving soul,
chains of deception dissolved,
back in control.
Wherever you may go, whatever you will do,
you can rest assured that I'll remember you,
you burst into my life, cast spells, and now it seems
I was just a walk-on in a bunch of crazy dreams.
The night has turned into day,
good morning my sleepy mind,
chains of deception dissolved,
back from the blind.
Back on the road,
destination ahead, follow me,
all distractions aside,
that's the way it should be, can't you see?
The laughter and the party mood were over,
it was a rainy Monday night,
you took off the mask,
no need to ask
which face of yours was wrong
and which was right.
Now take those stupid keys, turn 'round, it's time to go,
open up that door, walk out, but you should know,
things will be just fine, and in a couple days
I will sure as hell enjoy our seperate ways.
The actress is clearing the stage,
fading applause in my head,
chains of deception dissolved,
back from the dead.
Back on the road,
destination ahead, follow me,
all attractions subside,
that's the way it should be,
now I'm free.
