the little while
01 – And The Shadows Played Dance On
The guitars jingled and jangled and screamed
The girls finally noticed us
The summer promised to be endless it seemed
We were so young, bold and ambitious
We lived in cellars and we learned how to play
With burning hearts and bleeding fingers
Musketeers of music and so sure that no way
Would ever get anything between us
There it was – the life ahead of us
The childhood days were gone
The world ajar before us
And The Shadows played »Dance On« …
We ditched school – our tutor was the radio
There were the teachers that reached us
The golden days, the glory days of rock ’n roll
We guzzled every single word it preached us
There it was …
Well, those days are gone – ages ago
We hang around and drink to times gone by
And eventually one of us shrugs and tells Siri to go
And play Those Were The Days on Spotify …
There it was …
02 – Do What You Love
Elvis woke me up long before he left the building
Then James Brown came on and taught me it's a man's man's world
But he and Brigid made it clear it ain't nothing without a woman
And when the Beatles sang »She loves you« I sure believed
It ain't nothing without a girl
Elvis’s long gone, and half of the Beatles, too
Brigid’s far away, and so are most of my blues
Cause I’ve learned …
Do what you love and love what you do
There’ll be someone who’ll love you, too
Trane blew a breach, and Miles changed everything
Girls became women, and I wrecked a lot of strings
Learned a lot of licks, and licked a lot of roads
Seen the sun come up and the moon go down
And kissed a lot of good-byes hello
Music saved my life more than once, I swear
Helped me with my burden, when it felt too much to bear
And I’ve learned …
Do what you love …
There are melodies in my head, they come from everywhere
Or maybe from out of nowhere – but they’re always there
And they carry me on
Yes, music saved my life more than once, I swear
Do what you love …
Just be yourself – and do what you love
03 – The Venture
The setting’s set
He took her home
She wonders if that means next step
Ninety-nine nice one night stands
No commitments – just sex and fun
Always ready to up and run
It’s understood: We’re just friends
But friendship grew, wanted more
And love grew, wanted more
Love wants all
The venture (Can we dare it?)
The venture (Can we dare it?)
The venture (Let’s dare it!)
He says »I think I … think I love you …«
Her heart cheers – her mind moans »Oh …!«
Love grew, unexpected
Doubts grew, too, wanna be respected – well …
The venture (Let’s dare it!) (4x)
She says »I think I love you, too …«
His heart cheers – his courage fades …
Love can grow, like thirst, like hunger
Doubts can creep up in between
Heart will dare, mind will ponder
The tight rope dance is an evergreen …
04 – Lay Your Love
Lay your love over my song
Melt ice, light fire
Be my choir
When you’re around
I feel inspired
It’s not easy
To find the right rhymes
But your love always helps
To put things in time
Lay your love over my soul
Set my skin on fire
Be my pyre
That you’re around
Is all I require
It’s so easy
To find the right moves
Cause your love alway helps
To slip in the groove
Lay your love down easy
Lay your love
Lay your love
Right down on me
05 – Aum, She Said
Aum, she said
And her eyes were sparkling lights
That lit the night
Aum, she said
And her hands were silky matter
On my tired skin
’til far within
She told me about the good life
And the ways to live it
Offered me a good knife
To kill my Ego with it
Healed my wounds and stilled my hunger
Quenched my thirst and cured my heart
And then said »I can’t stay any longer …«
Aum, she said
And I felt I’d come to rest
Found the best
Found happiness
She told me about the good life …
Aum, she said
And the echo lingers
In my ears, in my heart
In my fingers …
She told me about the good life …
06 – The Angry Melancholic
Strange to see the sun don’t shine today
But I ain’t in the mood for sunshine anyway
I’m an angry melancholic, I’m an out for blood clown
I’m the king of sorrows, and the queen has pawned her crown
I sang for you (but the song was a lie)
I played for you (but the tune was old)
I cried for you (but my eyes were dry)
I burned for you (but the fire was cold)
If I can’t hold you I won’t stay with you
But if you wanna go I’m not gonna come
And as the moon bows down to drink the Rhine
I swallow your smile – and the lies that it told
I chew on my blues and decide to feel fine
And close down the past as the future unfolds
I’m an angry melancholic, I’m an out for blood clown
I’m the king of sorrows, and the queen has pawned her crown
If I can’t hold you …
A 4 – I’m an angry melancholic, I’m an out for blood clown
I’m the king of sorrows, and the queen has pawned her crown
If I can’t hold you …
07 – My Bothered Soul
Joni brought me home
And while we rode along
On a night ride home
She sang me a song
The way that only
The one and only Joni can
I first heard this song
Some forty years ago
And it hit me right away
Deeply touched my soul
But the tears I cried
Surely cleaned, cleaned my soul
My bothered soul
And still tonight
She strikes a chord in my soul
In my bothered soul
There’s chords in me
That resonate more to some good old
Rock’n roll, y’see
But the nightshade waves she sends
Always shatter me deeply
Still tonight
Joni’s chords strike a chord
In my soul
They light a light
Fill a hole in my soul
My bothered soul
Joni, she brought me home
And sang me a song
Of hope and hopelessness
Filled me with hope
Filled my soul
My bothered soul
With bittersweet fearless hope
Filled my soul
Made me feel whole
Me and my soul
My bothered soul …
08 – Unchain Your Dreams
Cross the bridges in Belgium
By the rivers of France
Past a Portuguese mountain
Where the gypsies dance their dance
The moon is Spanish
An´ so are the stars
You gotta unchain your dreams
To find peace of heart
Unchain your dreams
To find peace of heart
Unchain your dreams
To find peace
From the crown of Miss L.
To the flames of Cape Horn
From Tijuana cantinas
To a grey northern morn´
The sun is arctic
An´ so are the stars
You gotta unchain your dreams
To find peace of heart
Unchain your dreams …
Moments of restlessness
Thru´ movements which way
Nights in a needle´s eye
Can´t go on before day
The moon is lonesome
An´ so are the stars
You gotta unchain your dreams
To find peace of heart
Unchain your dreams …
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All lyrics ©: Rich Schwab, GEMA-No. 094 211
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