Fast lane woman in love

Set aside the sadness
leave it all behind
pride is a pain in a lonely mind
tired of living that way
call in a saint or the fire-brigade
and I don't care
'cause I'm not gonna be there

        Fast lane woman in love
        anything you send me
        I don't really care for
        fast lane woman in love
        you treat me to a smile
        but it feels just like a lie
       

Cracked-up, moving in the sun
like a dying fly
pride is a pain in a lonely mind
talk of loving and hating
pay for priest, they're always waiting
and I don't care
I'm not gonna be there

      refr.


1986

Go for gold

Baby I don't know if you can guess
at all the things I've left behind
to be beside you like no other
if you knew you'd be more kind

       go for gold
       you know that you should
       go for gold

on the road in the mountains
you know it's hard to carry on
life rolls like dice, we haven't got time
to remember what is gone

       refr.

sometimes I think I'm on a see-saw
feeling sea-sick in the street
I've got no sister and no brother
but you are my family


     refr.



1986

Sweet lover

Please stay a little longer
I don't want to let you go
and satisfy my hunger
I've got to let you know

your body's so exciting
your humor makes me smile
don't go 'cause we're rewriting
the book of love in style

     you've got me all the way
     sweet lover, sweet lover

The playmate of the month
the latest Penthouse pet
can't hold a candle to you
and I'll never forget

      refr.



                 in every season you will be
                 the sun that shines a light on me


1985

The fire's back

Many years of my life
have been like heaven
many years of my life
have been like hell
one thing it showed me
nothing lasts forever
one day you're ill
then you get well

        the fire's back (2x)
        just like in the old days
        these are my old ways

You know sometimes I think
your heart's the suitcase
that all along I
was living out of
but even so our love
is like a building
any contractor
could be proud of

       refr.


1985

A happy death

My love she sways in a boat on a river
with fairy tales all along the shore
they will lead her to a happy death
my love she sways in a boat on a river

My words all become prayers
to assure my love that she's safe
and I turn my head all of a sudden
to see my love swaying in a boat on a river

I keep telling her fairy tales
and stories from the barren shore
they will lead her to a happy death
my love she sways in a boat on a river

now I'm out of fairy tales
and in need of stories and songs
they must lead her to happy death
my love she sways in a boat on a river

And I must start telling her lies
and shout them from the barren shore
shall they lead her to a happy death ?
my love swaying in a boat on a river
my love swaying in a boat on a river
my love swaying in a boat on a river


1966

Brug

Grote goudklompen die als poten
van ooievaars neerkomen
in de weegschaal van het landschap.
Waar bellen ruisen als gebladerte
en ringen aan elkeens vingers stralen
waar alles nu zon is
en gelach in de verte en dichtbij
ik ben nooit moe ik kan vrij verder
ik kom nooit meer aan
er is geen vertrekpunt
dit is de brug van het strand naar de zee.

Ik voel me alsof ik voel
dat ik ga sterven
wie ben ik die ik ben me voelend ?
Een lied van wiegende kusten
en deining siddering
een vergeten herinnering
denk zonder weten
bemin zonder voorwerp.
Ik droom een gedachte
en leef in de droom van die gedachte
de gedachte droomt mij tot hier.



3 juli 1968

Strand

Ik loop over het eerste strand
voorbij het ronde zandkasteel
dat één der goden daar bouwde
over het strand
onder de lucht
die zich wilskrachtig weeft
boven het zand
tot de vooraanstaande golven
die rond mijn enkels groeien
loop ik over het strand
tot ik onzichtbaar ben en verdwijn
in een schilderij
of in de droom van elke dag
die niet het leven is
dat ik verloor.


30 juni 1968