There is a World to See
Oh, I like to let the warm sun shine in my face In a cool environment, the sunshine is my grace
So I roam and so I ramble, new outlooks to see I can not stay, I can not wait, there is a world to see
I climb the hills and swim the seas, write my name in the sand Let the water wash it away, that’s not in my hand
I know there are places I haven’t seen yet How could I stay with that? I take your name and I shout it out loud In the night, in the forest, in the dark
Oh, I like to wake up in the morning and think it’s a dream Another day, another way, there is a world to see I can not stay, I can not wait, there is a world to see
Other places and new faces, new words to learn But I can not stay, I can not wait, there is a world to see Another day, another way, there is a world to see
So many places to be So take my hand and come with me But a bird can also fly alone So if you want it, take my hand and fly with me or let it be
Oh, I like to let the warm sun shine in my face In a cool environment, the sunshine is my grace I can not stay, I can not wait, there is a world to see
Homeland
Some people call this land their homeland But a homeland needs a home My mama said, “Go, find your homeland And in the world you’re not alone Go, find what I could never find What some people never have” Oh baby, tell me what’s a homeland Is it a country without soul?
Like a gambler at one o’clock Through casinos and bars Like a seagull at the blue wide ocean Where the islands ain’t see Find a compass, lose the needle Will the walk ever end?
So I go and I can never Say where’s the direction I go Through seas and over mountains Broken words and bloody wars Oh baby, tell me where’s my homeland When your arms were never there?
Oh, why is it such a big word Homeland? And if I die before I have found Is it a loss? Oh baby, tell me what’s a homeland Will I know when I’ve found?
Oh baby, tell me what’s a homeland Is it a country without soul?
What a Feeling
The night after day is cold and lone The night after day will come The night after days is big and long Let the day linger in night
The day after night will be so bright The day after night will come The day after night is full of light Let the sun shine in the night
I can’t help me darling I want to see you again! With my own eyes!
I never saw such green fields I never saw the gold of water I never heard such sweet words What is it you make me feel?
The dance in the rain with you was peerless The view to the stars, mind games Nowhere was the sky so clear Nowhere was the fire so fine
I can’t help me darling I want to see you again! Let’s get dancing!
Maybe you don’t know what I mean What should I say, my friend? (Oh, tell me!) You need to have felt this feeling Or you don’t know what I sing
I can’t help me darling! I want to see you again! When I wake up!
I can’t help me darling! I want to see you again! Next to me!
Heinz
Er ist meistens fröhlich, doch niemals frei Das Schlimmste hat er überstanden Hat Freunde verlor’n, seine Unschuld auch Und das nicht nur in der Schlacht
War er gut oder böse, das weiß er nicht mehr Doch ein Urteil wird gefällt! Nur die Toten haben das Ende des Krieges gesehen Und er freut sich auf diese Welt!
Heinz hat den Krieg überlebt Und stirbt doch mittendrin! Nachts fall’n die Bomben, tags die Parol’n Von Ruhe kann er nicht einmal träum’!
Es ist ein ewiger Kampf, das hat er kapiert Und kämpft trotzdem noch gegen an Er redet sehr gern, aber nicht über ihn Das Meiste nimmt er mit ins Grab!
Wissen ist Macht, doch wir wissen nichts mehr, über Elend, Leid und Gräuel! Wissen ist Macht, doch wir wissen nichts mehr, über Verantwortung und Schuld!
Heinz hat den Krieg überlebt Und stirbt doch mittendrin! Nachts fall’n die Bomben, tags die Parol’n Von Ruhe kann er nicht einmal träum’!
Er hat Familie, doch das gleicht nicht aus, die Leben die er einst auslöschte Hat sich an Krieg gewöhnt, mitten im Frieden, den er liebt, aber nicht kennt
Er bittet nur um Vergebung, doch weiß selber nicht, wie man so etwas vergeben kann! Hat selbst gelitten und Leid angetan Heute verfolgen ihn die Toten!
Heinz hat den Krieg überlebt Und stirbt doch mittendrin! Nachts fall’n die Bomben, tags die Parol’n Von Ruhe kann er nicht einmal träum’!
Heinz hat den Krieg überlebt Und stirbt doch mittendrin! Nachts fall’n die Bomben, tags die Parol’n Von Ruhe kann er nicht einmal träum’!
Strange Worm Blues
The wind blows in a summer night And I swim to my baby, where the night is bright And the wind is blowing, in the summer night
The lake is dark, dark and black And the lake is deep, deep and quiet And the wind is blowing, in the summer night
But in the deep, there’s so much life! And the wind is blowing, in the summer night
My baby was a lucky girl Till her brothers ate a strange worm And the wind is blowing, in the summer night
We’re hungry now, but which worm can we trust? And the wind is blowing, in the summer night
And the wind is blowing, in the summer night
A Moment on the Road
They gave me a hug and a wallet, and said I have to go No plan and no aim, now I have to roam Let me out into the world, but I don’t know See the moonshine and the city lights In a moment on the road
I see the ships sail away, but none for me And the trucks on the highway, should I hitch or stay here? See the moonshine and the city lights In a moment on the road
And it seems all so far from the aim I don’t know See the moonshine and the city lights In a moment on the road
I don’t know what I’ll get, I don’t know what I’ll lose Should I play a reggae, or should I play a blues? See the moonshine and the city lights In a moment on the road
And if I play the reggae, the reggae will be sad And if I play the blues, the blues will be so glad So I’m sitting here in the moonlight And singing about an unknown road
And it seems all so far from the aim I don’t know See the moonshine and the city lights In a moment on the road
So I close my eyes and go into the dark The moon or the city Maybe all is pretty, but it’s far
See the moonshine and the city lights In a moment on the road
When his Mother was Seven
His mother was seven when the bombs fell down, in a city of living, a family home She ran for her life and never stopped, never saw grace, never saw gods
Her father was a soldier like every man, fought for his life, she never saw him again And when the men came in brown uniforms to abduct her mother, she couldn’t guess all the harm
The reason was a wrong idea of the world She still remembers every word She never forgot and never understood Who cares, she was seven years old
“My son, take your children, escape as long as you can! I have to stay, my running will end” These were the last words the old woman told The old woman of seven years old
Now she sits alone in her room The run has to end, in her living room There’s a lonely young girl, just seven years old, still waiting for brown uniforms
And when a fascist thinks he weeds out fascists, no matter, what mum sayed he will resist! A man is a soldier, grandpa told, for his child, it’s seven years old
Bloody Target
There was an arrow in the air, and I was the target I couldn’t know what I saw and I couldn’t evade! The shooter was good, he never missed a shot! The wingman hit me straight into the heart!
But the shooter was stupid, I was his only one Or the healing of the second was better than none So I layed down with a bloody breast! Since then I don’t know rest!
So I’m standing here, on a long, long road I thought I wait for you, but I wait for Godot I see the gun in your hand, and hope you shoot away But I know the target and I can’t evade!
It’s not your intention but you have no choice I’m not angry with you, if you hear my crying voice But a bullet hurts believe it or not And I’m a magnet so you can’t miss the shot!
So I’m standing here, on a long, long road I thought I wait for you, but I wait for Godot I see the gun in your hand, and hope you shoot away But I know the target and I can’t evade!
Please, wingman, come and do your job! Change your arrow or take a second shot! A bullet and an arrow are too much for one! What’s your plan? What’s going on?
So I’m standing here, on a long, long road I thought I wait for you, but I wait for Godot I see the gun in your hand, and hope you shoot away But I know the target and I can’t evade!
So I’m standing here, on a long, long road I thought I wait for you, but I wait for Godot I see the gun in your hand, and hope you shoot away But I know the target and I can’t evade!
Weiße Taube
Weiße Taube, du bist so schön, so obszön und so grazil Weiße Taube, so zerbrechlich wie ein Streichholzstiel Weiße Taube, flieg davon, denn hier darfst du nicht bleiben! Weiße Taube, hier würdest du wirklich nur noch leiden
Weiße Taube, flieg davon, hier kannst du nicht leben! Weiße Taube, in diesem Land kann es dich so nicht geben! Weiße Taube, du wirst gehetzt von Jägern, die dich locken Weiße Taube, und Fallen gestellt von Fallenstellern, die dich aufpflocken
Weiße Taube, flieg davon, damit du wiederkehren kannst Weiße Taube, damit du auch noch anderen Menschen dienen kannst
Weiße Taube, du wirst getäuscht, von Irren, die dich verwirren Weiße Taube, und von Menschen wirst du hier nur missbraucht! Weiße Taube, ein andermal werden wir dich gern bewirten Weiße Taube, pass bitte auf, dich gibt’s nur einmal unter Vielen!
Weiße Taube, flieg davon, damit du wiederkehren kannst Weiße Taube, damit du auch noch anderen Menschen dienen kannst
Young Mary
Young Mary is a fine, young girl and everybody knows Her body soft, a golden voice and men become boys I see her in the alley and I see her on the stage I see her in the morning, when she goes back to her cage
I know you won’t believe me, but I tell you, she’s smart Good humor, she’s funny and has a good heart Her laugh is really sweet, and I enjoy the sound You ask me for the name – young Mary has no bound
One day they will find a body in the snow They’ll say it is young Mary and everybody knows I hope she will find another way to go And never lay down in a bed of dirty snow
A funny girl, the prettiest, the flirt is her toy Stays in the head of every man and boy I don’t know who’s the poorer one, both don’t know what she’s doing She’s not a hooker, just a girl on the seek
One day they will find a body in the snow They’ll say it is young Mary, and everybody knows I hope she will find another way to go And never lay down in a bed of dirty snow
A rumor says, a great love would have left her one day She is alone and doesn’t know why Looks for attention and looks for a feel Come to me, young Mary, fake love is my steel
One day they will find a body in the snow They’ll say it is young Mary, and everybody knows I hope you will find another way to go And never lay down in a bed of dirty snow
One day they will find a body in the snow They’ll say it is young Mary, and everybody knows I hope you will find another way to go And never lay down in a bed of dirty snow
The Promised Land
“Hold on tight, when the winter has come” The last words of an old woman Died on a ship in the middle of the sea, died with the wish a promised land to see Back and forth on a shaking floor Is it your life, that you’re dying for?
That’s now my home Yes we go Where the money lies on the floor Replace my home Never go Back, break the levee of the devil’s sharp horn
Down in the valley of the big green hills, where the sun shines bright and the air is filled In this beautiful land I was born But children died, it’s by god forlorn The devil has a lot of faces and you can’t win ’Cause the devil’s just a mate of the people
That was my home Yes we go Where the money lies on the floor Replace my home Never go Back, break the levee of the devil’s sharp horn
Shots of whiskey with a drunken guard Never kill a man, ’cause the forfeit is hard The children were hungry and the man had a bowl The children are young and the man was old The children grow up in a promised land I will die in a prison cell
That’s now my home Yes we go Where the money lies on the floor Replace my home Never go Back, break the levee of the devil’s sharp horn
That’s now my home Yes we go Where the money lies on the floor Replace my home Never go Back, break the levee of the devil’s sharp horn
That’s now my home Yes we go Where the money lies on the floor
Was mach ich hier?
Ein Vogel sitzt schlemmend in einem Loch, frisst Würmer und Maden, wie schön Er sitzt seit Tagen schon in diesem Loch, kein Grund, etwas anderem zu fröhn’
Ein bunter Vogel, einst halb so groß Es schmeckt und man ahnt kaum, wie sehr Zum Glück hat er sonst nichts Großes mehr vor Seine Flügel tragen ihn längst nicht mehr
Doch manchmal trifft es ihn, wie ein Schlag Ich bin doch ein Vogel, wie am ersten Tag! Sollt’ ich nicht fliegen, am Himmel hoch Und den Menschen erzählen wie’s von oben aussieht, was sie tun? Ich breite jetzt meine Flügel aus und bin frei! Doch ein Vogel muss essen und da ist ein Wurm— Den einen noch!
Ein Vogel sitzt schlemmend in einem Loch, frisst Würmer und Maden, wie schön Er sitzt seit Tagen schon in diesem Loch, kein Grund, etwas anderem zu fröhn’
Anyway
The snow is falling on a winter day and I remember the words you said
Remember all the days, lovely summer nights when your body slept in my arms
I miss you so, and I don’t know why, in the chimney burns a blazing, warming, soothing fire
My fingers running down the strings and I listen to a song I never heard
I never heard
And it sounds
Anyway Anyway
I hang my head and I wanna cry ’cause I’m living in a mad world, a world of fire! The water boiled away, it’s the great farewell, the fire devils danced together samba It’s the time to resign, the time to stagnate, the time to cry and forever fade! The earth in a tangle, a lonely midden, you can throw it away
But anyway, The world keeps on turning every day Listen to me and what I say Oh, don’t throw it away What you wanna do?
A lion catches the lonely bird with the key to the minds The dragon with the biggest cave thinks it’s too small The birds fly lower than low but no one listens to the calls!
But anyway, The world keeps on turning every day Listen to me and what I say Oh, don’t throw it away What you wanna do?
I cannot stay! With the outlook we have- I cannot stay! I don’t have the power- I cannot stay! And I don’t want it- I cannot stay! With no love I can feel!
Give me steady ground to stand on And I will lift the world off its hinges! Give me a weapon, give me a mic Give me a base, anything to fight! Give me a reason to say
Anyway, The world keeps on turning every day Listen to me and what I say Oh, don’t throw it away What you wanna do?
Oh brother, tell me how can you carry on? Oh mother, tell me why did you give me eyesight? Oh brother, tell me how can you carry on?
Anyway Said the devil to the thief, anyway ’Cause the time is away What will you change Listen to the beat and dance again We have to go the way Don’t look away Yes, I look straight So I can carry on!
Say anyway The world keeps on turning every day Listen to me and what I say Listen to the beat and dance again Oh, don’t throw it away What you wanna do? Baby Anyway
Tiny Song
Had I said what I want to say, I would stop to play
Could I say what I want to say, I would stop to wrack my brain
Could I say what I feel, I would know what to do about it
Could I say how much I love you, I would say it and not write this song
Had I reached what I want to reach, I would stop to play
Well, probably not
There is a World to See