Can we stay forever young

She should be good at talking
but she's quiet and won't say yes
she knows words are never like
the feelings they should express
she herself is like a question
in her tightly fitting dress.

She's got two marble faces
keeps me puzzled day by day
her eyes are always steady
in a disconcerting way
still she makes me think of freedom
that's what prisoners would say.

     And everybody starts out
     everybody departs
     with a dream
     on the tip of their tongues
     and a question mark
     buried deep down in their hearts
     can we stay forever young ?

She makes fun of my longing
as she dances in the rain
her eyes shine so much clearer
in a flash of deadly pain
and when I decide to leave her
she just beckons me again

     refr.

1989. Met muziek van Ludo Mariman op diens LP later CD You never know what's yours. Kwam ook uit als single