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1. IVORY BOY
The ivory boy came to Hanburg and Cologne
He bought three one way tickets for the train
He travelled with his sister and a girl who looked like Lili Marlene
He said: 'Cancer, cancer is a hurricane
Blows away my body and tears out my brain
But the songs you play somehow ease the pain'
You're keeping my senses awake
Sometime just before going on stage
The girl with the pale and the beautiful face
Suddenly stood next to me
Like a ghost in the house of mystery
She said: 'Cancer, cancer, I'm a little flame
That started this fire, burning his brain
And I don't know who gave me a face like Lili Marlene'
How can you fade away. Like a light on a dark highway
A million years from now, I see you when the light changes
Keeping your senses awake, awake
So the lights went down and the crowd was dark
Like the moon that covers the sun
Except for two white faces that slowly became one
How can you fade away. Like a light on a dark highway
A million years from now. I see you when the light changes
I will be there
2. WALKING WITH MARIA
1999
I am walking with Maria on a cold winter's day
I'm dressed in black second hand clothes
She's wearing a blue winter coat, C & A
The river is a stillborn child. Seagulls in a purple sky
We walk from the light into the darkness
Hands like ice. Feet like ice
1959
I was walking with Maria on a warm summer's day
She was wearing her dress with the yellow flowers
Me in my blue jacket, C & A
The river was a new born child. Mother's milk and butterflies
We ran from the darkness into the light
Hand in hand to the swimming pool
I dreamed last night I was drowning but now I will swim
I won't be afraid
1999
The river is a frozen sheet. An old man lying underneath
We walk from the light into the darkness
A million starts - one yellow moon. I will die - maybe soon
I won't be afraid
3. 26A (CLOUDS IN THE SKY)
When I close my eyes, I see your face. The airplane flies
Like a time machine in space. I don't want to fall
I just want to fly back to you
Clouds in the Sky
Here I am. I'm a man with the child in his eyes
Your sweetest smile, your angry eye
When I lift you up. In the clear blue sky
I don't want to fall. I just want to fly back to you
Clouds in the Sky
I don't know where I am. Goodbye. Where I am
I know you live on in this world when I'm gone
Clouds in the Sky
When I close my eyes, I see your face. The airplane flies
Like a time machine in space. Here I am high above the ocean
Here I am in the clear blue sky. Here I am
Clouds in the Sky
4. THE 'DARLING' STONE
The wind is turning. A fire is burning, somewhere far away
Where are we going. To Hietaniemi Hautausmaa
It's a perfect grey graveyard day
Will I be saved when I call your name
Stranger, you're so late. Between the rich men and the soldiers
'Rest in peace', that's what they told us
I only want your life, your life, your life
We could not find it, the 'darling' stone
It simply disappeared beneath the leaves that were falling
I can hear your calling
Stranger, why I'm so alone
Soon I'll be gone with a suitcase in an airplane
Back into my life. Your life, your life
Where are you going, my sleepless darling
Back into your life, your life
5. SEVEN GREEN PARROTS
Seven little parrots in a tree outside
The colours of their feathers change like traffic lights
Snowflakes are falling on the ground
A feather is whirling without a sound
Sometimes in a dream I walk a snow-white street
I can hear somebody whisper underneath my feet
A needle is scratching rupper soul
In the ice on the river there's a big black hole
Now that I am looking at this naked tree
I feel every branch is a bone inside me
The boy who is climbing without a sounf
The man who is standing on the ground
So seven green parrots are flying away
The leave me in the grey light closing down this winters day
The snowflakes are falling on the ground
A feather is whirling without a sound.
6. CRIME & PUNISHMENT
The beauty of the town takes my breath awa.
Sunlight's cutting houses in two.
The beast of the town brings only death.
He's cutting a man in two.
My heart is so empty, my head is so full.
I cannot understand why they blew up a car
With a man and his wife
Crime & Punishment
Cut me like you cut a flower
Burn me like you burn a tree.
The lines in my face
The nails in my hand.
Crime & Punishment
Give me one reason when the truth is a lie
Don't take my body when I offer you my hand
Crime & Punishment
My heart is so empty, my head is so full
I cannot understand why they blew up a car
With a man and his wife.
Crime & Punishment
Lawyers Liars Lovers Losers Dealers Users
7. ANGEL OF HAPPY HOUR
I am the shame in the secret wars
She smells the leaves in the autumn cars
I am the rain from the falling skies
She came, the winter was in her eyes
She said: 'The wonders that filled my head
They fell asleep, but I'm not dead
I can change, I can change'
She came from towns where she was a famous silhouette
I turned around to light her a cigarette
Passion fruit was in her eyes
The ice and the fire. The lights in the sky
Something's wrong. Why you're gone. My eyes are red
Why does it hurt so bad
Why, you've changed. Why, you've changed. My angel
Where she lives nothing grows
A dry old plain, the ill wind blows so cold
She was the angel of happy hour
She took the honey from every flower
Passion fruit was in her mouth
The ice and the fire. The lights in the south
Why, you've changed. Why, you've changed. My angel
8. THE WIND, THE RAIN
The wind, the rain, the child, the train
The tree, the lake, waiting
The house, the shoe, the blind, the hand
The air, the face, waiting
Now that I've found every heart has been broken
Now that I've lost all the time that I had. I will be gone
Now that I've heard every word has been spoken
Now that I've seen every line that you wrote. I will be gone
I'm walking through the valley in the darkness and the light
I'll fear no evil with you by my side
The stone, the nail, the boy, the snow
The door, the heart, waiting
Now that I've seen every road has been taken
Now that I've lost all the the love that I had. I will be gone
The wind, the rain, the child, the train
The tree, the lake, waiting
The house, the shoe, the blind, the hand
The air, the face, waiting
The stone, the nail, the boy, the snow
The door, the heart, waiting
The thirst, the truth, the taste, the thing
The turn, the thorn, waiting
9. JAZZ BON TEMPS
She is waiting on us in the Jazz Bon Temps in Texas
Catfish on a plate. The kitchen's open late tonight
Diamond in her mouth, sparkles when she shouts
'Hey you guys, I can wait here'
Sad, but we have to go
Call me a stranger. Call me a fool
Bellatrix is playing tricks at midnight
Give my light to the Junkie XL
Farewell Iceland belle. A cowboy is shooting a hole in the wall
Strange, but we have to go
To the Iron Cactus. To the Electric Lounge
Call me a stranger. Call me a fool
Joni in your blue eyes I see open windows
Joni in your sad eyes I see
A door. A room. A wall
Sacrifice. Rolling dice. It's all there, it's all there
Love and hate. Fish and bait. It's all there, it's all there
There's a sign 'turnaround' at the end of a highway
I'm checking out of the Cactus Tree motel today
Sad, but I have to go
10. SWIMMING
Mister Bluebird on your shoulder. He stays very calm at his feet
I don't know why. Sometimes my eyes are swimming
Look at the way we were talking. Strangers for so many years
I've been away. You spent the day swimming
I'm sitting down by my window. Looking outside at the rain
I don't know why. Sometimes my eyes are swimming
Laurel leaves and thyme, salt and pepper, I'm cooking
Oranges and honey, coriander, open sesame, cooking
I don't know what it is. What is moving her. What she's diving for
Mister Bluebird on your shoulder. He stays very calm at his feet
I don't know why. Sometimes my eyes are swimming
11. THE STRAWBERRY GIRL
Dead leaf falliing from a family tree. Drop in the ocean. Rock in the sea
In a long cold winter. She's falling asleep on a pillow of feathers
Wool of sheep
China moon on a cold winter night
When she's sleeping, the light is milk on her pillow
Gold-fish is swimming around in a bowl near the window
The curtain is moving slow. The wind is blowing
Strawberry girl takes me to her kitchen
Am I fish or bait
Paper straw in her soft skin. Sip her lemonade
Koala faces, thick grey fur. Pieces of snake skin. Millefleurs
In a long cold winter she's waking up on a pillow of feathers
Wool of sheep
Strawberry girl takes me to the river. We sit down in the breeze
Goose-flesh when she starts to shiver
Cover her with wool and listen to the wind in the leaves of a tree
She tells me she leaves me. I don't know where I am going
I'm just a black sheep. A falling leaf. A falling leaf from a family tree
12. FROG
Once I was a green man living in a tin can
You cannot open it, cannot open it
I can. Green man
Once I was a blue man living in a bottle
I cannot open it, cannot open in
You can. Blue man
Once I was a red man living in a brown box
You cannot open it, cannot open it
I can. Red man
Green man. Blue man. Red man
The ivory boy came to Hanburg and Cologne
He bought three one way tickets for the train
He travelled with his sister and a girl who looked like Lili Marlene
He said: 'Cancer, cancer is a hurricane
Blows away my body and tears out my brain
But the songs you play somehow ease the pain'
You're keeping my senses awake
Sometime just before going on stage
The girl with the pale and the beautiful face
Suddenly stood next to me
Like a ghost in the house of mystery
She said: 'Cancer, cancer, I'm a little flame
That started this fire, burning his brain
And I don't know who gave me a face like Lili Marlene'
How can you fade away. Like a light on a dark highway
A million years from now, I see you when the light changes
Keeping your senses awake, awake
So the lights went down and the crowd was dark
Like the moon that covers the sun
Except for two white faces that slowly became one
How can you fade away. Like a light on a dark highway
A million years from now. I see you when the light changes
I will be there
2. WALKING WITH MARIA
1999
I am walking with Maria on a cold winter's day
I'm dressed in black second hand clothes
She's wearing a blue winter coat, C & A
The river is a stillborn child. Seagulls in a purple sky
We walk from the light into the darkness
Hands like ice. Feet like ice
1959
I was walking with Maria on a warm summer's day
She was wearing her dress with the yellow flowers
Me in my blue jacket, C & A
The river was a new born child. Mother's milk and butterflies
We ran from the darkness into the light
Hand in hand to the swimming pool
I dreamed last night I was drowning but now I will swim
I won't be afraid
1999
The river is a frozen sheet. An old man lying underneath
We walk from the light into the darkness
A million starts - one yellow moon. I will die - maybe soon
I won't be afraid
3. 26A (CLOUDS IN THE SKY)
When I close my eyes, I see your face. The airplane flies
Like a time machine in space. I don't want to fall
I just want to fly back to you
Clouds in the Sky
Here I am. I'm a man with the child in his eyes
Your sweetest smile, your angry eye
When I lift you up. In the clear blue sky
I don't want to fall. I just want to fly back to you
Clouds in the Sky
I don't know where I am. Goodbye. Where I am
I know you live on in this world when I'm gone
Clouds in the Sky
When I close my eyes, I see your face. The airplane flies
Like a time machine in space. Here I am high above the ocean
Here I am in the clear blue sky. Here I am
Clouds in the Sky
4. THE 'DARLING' STONE
The wind is turning. A fire is burning, somewhere far away
Where are we going. To Hietaniemi Hautausmaa
It's a perfect grey graveyard day
Will I be saved when I call your name
Stranger, you're so late. Between the rich men and the soldiers
'Rest in peace', that's what they told us
I only want your life, your life, your life
We could not find it, the 'darling' stone
It simply disappeared beneath the leaves that were falling
I can hear your calling
Stranger, why I'm so alone
Soon I'll be gone with a suitcase in an airplane
Back into my life. Your life, your life
Where are you going, my sleepless darling
Back into your life, your life
5. SEVEN GREEN PARROTS
Seven little parrots in a tree outside
The colours of their feathers change like traffic lights
Snowflakes are falling on the ground
A feather is whirling without a sound
Sometimes in a dream I walk a snow-white street
I can hear somebody whisper underneath my feet
A needle is scratching rupper soul
In the ice on the river there's a big black hole
Now that I am looking at this naked tree
I feel every branch is a bone inside me
The boy who is climbing without a sounf
The man who is standing on the ground
So seven green parrots are flying away
The leave me in the grey light closing down this winters day
The snowflakes are falling on the ground
A feather is whirling without a sound.
6. CRIME & PUNISHMENT
The beauty of the town takes my breath awa.
Sunlight's cutting houses in two.
The beast of the town brings only death.
He's cutting a man in two.
My heart is so empty, my head is so full.
I cannot understand why they blew up a car
With a man and his wife
Crime & Punishment
Cut me like you cut a flower
Burn me like you burn a tree.
The lines in my face
The nails in my hand.
Crime & Punishment
Give me one reason when the truth is a lie
Don't take my body when I offer you my hand
Crime & Punishment
My heart is so empty, my head is so full
I cannot understand why they blew up a car
With a man and his wife.
Crime & Punishment
Lawyers Liars Lovers Losers Dealers Users
7. ANGEL OF HAPPY HOUR
I am the shame in the secret wars
She smells the leaves in the autumn cars
I am the rain from the falling skies
She came, the winter was in her eyes
She said: 'The wonders that filled my head
They fell asleep, but I'm not dead
I can change, I can change'
She came from towns where she was a famous silhouette
I turned around to light her a cigarette
Passion fruit was in her eyes
The ice and the fire. The lights in the sky
Something's wrong. Why you're gone. My eyes are red
Why does it hurt so bad
Why, you've changed. Why, you've changed. My angel
Where she lives nothing grows
A dry old plain, the ill wind blows so cold
She was the angel of happy hour
She took the honey from every flower
Passion fruit was in her mouth
The ice and the fire. The lights in the south
Why, you've changed. Why, you've changed. My angel
8. THE WIND, THE RAIN
The wind, the rain, the child, the train
The tree, the lake, waiting
The house, the shoe, the blind, the hand
The air, the face, waiting
Now that I've found every heart has been broken
Now that I've lost all the time that I had. I will be gone
Now that I've heard every word has been spoken
Now that I've seen every line that you wrote. I will be gone
I'm walking through the valley in the darkness and the light
I'll fear no evil with you by my side
The stone, the nail, the boy, the snow
The door, the heart, waiting
Now that I've seen every road has been taken
Now that I've lost all the the love that I had. I will be gone
The wind, the rain, the child, the train
The tree, the lake, waiting
The house, the shoe, the blind, the hand
The air, the face, waiting
The stone, the nail, the boy, the snow
The door, the heart, waiting
The thirst, the truth, the taste, the thing
The turn, the thorn, waiting
9. JAZZ BON TEMPS
She is waiting on us in the Jazz Bon Temps in Texas
Catfish on a plate. The kitchen's open late tonight
Diamond in her mouth, sparkles when she shouts
'Hey you guys, I can wait here'
Sad, but we have to go
Call me a stranger. Call me a fool
Bellatrix is playing tricks at midnight
Give my light to the Junkie XL
Farewell Iceland belle. A cowboy is shooting a hole in the wall
Strange, but we have to go
To the Iron Cactus. To the Electric Lounge
Call me a stranger. Call me a fool
Joni in your blue eyes I see open windows
Joni in your sad eyes I see
A door. A room. A wall
Sacrifice. Rolling dice. It's all there, it's all there
Love and hate. Fish and bait. It's all there, it's all there
There's a sign 'turnaround' at the end of a highway
I'm checking out of the Cactus Tree motel today
Sad, but I have to go
10. SWIMMING
Mister Bluebird on your shoulder. He stays very calm at his feet
I don't know why. Sometimes my eyes are swimming
Look at the way we were talking. Strangers for so many years
I've been away. You spent the day swimming
I'm sitting down by my window. Looking outside at the rain
I don't know why. Sometimes my eyes are swimming
Laurel leaves and thyme, salt and pepper, I'm cooking
Oranges and honey, coriander, open sesame, cooking
I don't know what it is. What is moving her. What she's diving for
Mister Bluebird on your shoulder. He stays very calm at his feet
I don't know why. Sometimes my eyes are swimming
11. THE STRAWBERRY GIRL
Dead leaf falliing from a family tree. Drop in the ocean. Rock in the sea
In a long cold winter. She's falling asleep on a pillow of feathers
Wool of sheep
China moon on a cold winter night
When she's sleeping, the light is milk on her pillow
Gold-fish is swimming around in a bowl near the window
The curtain is moving slow. The wind is blowing
Strawberry girl takes me to her kitchen
Am I fish or bait
Paper straw in her soft skin. Sip her lemonade
Koala faces, thick grey fur. Pieces of snake skin. Millefleurs
In a long cold winter she's waking up on a pillow of feathers
Wool of sheep
Strawberry girl takes me to the river. We sit down in the breeze
Goose-flesh when she starts to shiver
Cover her with wool and listen to the wind in the leaves of a tree
She tells me she leaves me. I don't know where I am going
I'm just a black sheep. A falling leaf. A falling leaf from a family tree
12. FROG
Once I was a green man living in a tin can
You cannot open it, cannot open it
I can. Green man
Once I was a blue man living in a bottle
I cannot open it, cannot open in
You can. Blue man
Once I was a red man living in a brown box
You cannot open it, cannot open it
I can. Red man
Green man. Blue man. Red man
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