A few of the Lyrics I have written. Want to read dutch: Some of my dutch songs
Aeroplane
Beautiful Saint
Cut Loose
Drop the Load
Irish Sea
Man illegal
Seek and yea will find
To whom it may concern
You can't have it all
Walking Song
Aeroplane Sound
Aeroplane up in the sky
Flowers under my feet
Please tell me the difference
Between victory and defeat
Sometimes I think I'm though
But it's nothing more than sorrows bluff
I try to live on my own
But I'm afraid I'll have to die alone
Learned a lot from history
But enough mistakes left to make for me
I think I know which road to go
But can you tell me which road I'm on?
Heard music in the Belfast streets
Met a WolfeTone in James Joyce's town
Want to go where the music leads
Hear that whistle go round and round
(1990)
Drop the Load Video
I've been running for all my life
For what I just don't know.
When I was freshly born
I turned blue and almost choked.
chorus: I dropped the load to carry on.
I dropped the load to carry on.
I don't want to be a ramblin' man
But soon you'll find me gone.
Cause I am still searching for that place
That I can call my home.
chorus.
You might say that I am weak
Might complain I'm on the run.
I don't care what you might think
I can't stay where I don't belong.
chorus.
(2004)
Seek and yea will find. (Zoek & Vind)
I don't know how to live
Between plastics, greed and steel
Is this being human?
No this can't be real
We're tossed around as numbers
Part of a machine,
That rampages on the earth
As if it the end of time is near
Be carefull what you search, cause what you'll seak yea'll find.
Don't talk about politicians
Their feet are made of clay
Al Kaida and consumers
President of the USA
They're just the wretched crest
Of the waves which make our day.
The wolves, the shepards and the sheep
Are destroying as they pray.
Be carefull what you search, cause what you'll seak yea'll find.
And I, I am no different.
I am just another man
Who's trying to survive
I a world he doesn't understand.
The wise men speak in silence
But wisdom have I none.
I just have to be here
In my words and in my song.
Be carefull what you search, cause what you'll seak yea'll find.
The foundations are shaking
The winds do howl and yell.
But what this earth is singing
Our telly does not tell.
Only in good-living
an answer I will find.
For the riddles of our lives
Are too much for our minds.
Be carefull what you search, cause what you'll seak yea'll find.
(2004)
To whom it may concern (Salutem)
To you that threw the stones
Cursed and beat me up
Oh the anger is long gone
I thank you for this drinking cup
And for those I maimed with words
Petrified with demonic eyes
Know my hatred was meant for me
It was me you saw there burning
Oh sweet mother whose flesh I am
I almost drowned in all you gave to me
But without you I never would've known
There is love in this life for me
And for you I once loved
With every beat of my fiery heart
It's allright now I am forsaken
I thank you for all there was
To the stranger who has fed me
When I wandered around in poverty
I pray to God that she might give you
Everything you gave to me
And my friends who are around me
Thanks to you I found some peace
Without you I would still be hiding
Would still be crying like a wounded beast
(2004)
You can't have it all (Brieven)
Too many letters I have written
Too many words you did receive
The more attention I will give you
The more sorrow there will be
chorus: But I am walking
I am standing tall
One thing I learned
You can't have it all
Remember our time together
We were much more than eachothers need
Sometimes I wish you would be glad to see me
But I know this cannot be
chorus.
You have found me and saved me from the streets
I embraced life when you were embracing me
Keep yourself strong and keep yourself sane
Don't fear the tears they're part of the game
chorus
(2004)
Man Illegal (De illegaal)
I am just a man
No thief nor saint
Even no hero
My past
Has brought me here
But now I can see no future
To your law
I am no man
Just a request that has been denied
The streets
Are now my home
Give me hope and give me shelter
I want to live
I want to build
But no one here seems to trust me
For to your law
I am no man
Just a request that has been denied
(2004)
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Walking Song
Sing this song now while you're walking
The long and narrow road
You don't know where it's leading
You don't know where you're going
Chorus: And when despair knocks on your door again
Don't let it in
Don't let sorrow take your mind
Don't play around with sin
You've been walking for all your life
Trying to find the way
You've been standing with a doubtful mind
On the crossroads every day
Chorus
You know it won't be easy
Yes you know it will be hard
But remember: when things get rough
That's where the journey starts
Chorus
(2004)
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Beautiful Saint
You asked me what I think of you
I don't know you for that long
It's too little and too much
To put down in one song
I've seen you sparkle like the sun
That makes the waters glow
You are sweet rain in summer heath
You are a mountain filled with snow
Chorus: Yes yes this is a lovesong
It sure does sound that way
You just asked me what I think
And this is what I got to say
If I only could be your pillow
Or a stack of hay instead
If I only could be your house
The place you lay your head
You're so tender and so strong
So silent and so brave
When I saw you shining eyes
I knew you are a beautiful saint
Chorus
(2004)
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Cut Loose (Ren Weg)
You played the deer
Made me the hunter
We were eachothers game
When we started
I wanted to finish it
But we did it again and again ...
I almost killed you
with my kisses
With our sweet making love
O
We hungry people
We just can't get enough and enough ...
Cut loose and make yourself strong.
You say our flesh
Is worth celebrating
But it's my soul you want
I can't give you
What you are needing
Cause you are not the one
I almost killed you
with my kisses
With our sweet making love
O
We hungry people
We just can't get enough and enough ...
Cut loose and make yourself strong.
(2004)
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Irish Sea Sound
Two times I crossed the Irish Sea
Two times it was in vain.
Two times I crossed the Irish Sea
Two times it was in vain.
Three times I found myself a job
Three times I got away.
Three times I found myself a job
Three times I got away.
I know I'm tired of running now
So maybe I should stay.
I know I'm tired of running now
But I'll have to run today.
Four times I found myself a love
I sweared that I would stay
Four times I found myself a love
I left them either way.
I know I'm tired of running now
So maybe I should stay.
I know I'm tired of running now
But I'll have to run today.
(1999/2004)
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All songs written by Werner van de Vrede