Nits : Strawberry Wood
Les paroles
1. HAWELKA
Red Ohama Beach is bleeding
BlackThe sky is almost burning
Too many soldiers are dead
Churchill said: ‘Peace’
Lo lo lo lo
Green The Maple Leaf is always
GreenThe grass is almost red
Too many people are dead
Hitler said: ‘Krieg’
Lo lo lo lo
In the footsteps of my father
I went all the way to Algeria
France and Holland
Why His life is such a mystery
WhenParis was his destiny
My mother says:
‘Rue des Abbesses’
Sing
Lo lo lo lo
Black coffee at Hawelka
Man smoking on the sofa
Then the waiter came
He knows my name
You
I’m talking to you
I lost his track in Vienna
At Hawelka
With a clock that always said
Twelve thirty
Death
He’s walking on a red beach
2. THE HOURS
When the hours
When the hours of the day
Grow long like shadows
Every hour
Every hour is a day
Every day is like a year
I didn’t see the darkness in your eyes
I didn’t know the road was ending
Cul de sac
The blossom
When the blossom in spring is falling
Like snow
The rain
When the rain in autumn is falling
Like diamonds
When you’re a child
Summer never ends
Frozen time of the winter
Things are old when we are young
Things are young when we are old
Then the rain falls back into the sky
Like a fountain
Then the snow falls back into the sky
Like powder
Then the years
Then the years will be days
Days will be hours
Then it’s
Gone
3. DISTANCE
I’m turning the pages
If the book that I’ve read
I was sleeping for ages
Now I know I am dead
The trees in the summer
The rivers with ice
I cannot remember
My lost paradise
Far far away
No one can say
Where we’ll be tomorrow
Far far away
A man in the distance
The darkness outside
I walk through my head
I walk to the light
Far far away
No one can say
Where we’ll be tomorrow
Far far away
Everything I love
Becomes a memory
Far far away
Nothing today
Not a thing tomorrow
Far far away
Far far away
I’ve got nothing to say
When blue turns to grey
Far far away
4. DEPARTURE
Goodbye mother
Goodbye father
I think I’ll have to go
Goodbye sister
Goodbye brother
I have to close the door
Behind me
Every day
Every night
I think of you
Not every day
Not every night
I think of you
Sometimes I do
Goodbye mother
Goodbye father
I think I’ll have to leave
Departure
Goodbye sister
Goodbye brother
I have to close the door
For ever
Strawberry wood
Norwegian fields
Are everywhere
Rainy night house
A little green
Dance me to
A river
Blue
Goodbye mother
Goodbye father
Love is a secret place
Winter and spring
Summer and fall
The circle game
I look outside
View from the house
5. NICK IN THE HOUSE OF JOHN
Invitation of a singer
To visit his beautiful house
I am walking on the driveway
I am as quiet as a mouse
In the east-wing
In the west-wing
There is plasma
On every wall
When I look at the size of his pool
Even Lake Ontario is looking small
There’s a fish-thing
In the living
There are freeze-pops
In the fridge
In the middle of his garden
There’s a pond with a
Japanese bridge
In the east-wing
In the west-wing
There’s a picture of every song
I am lost in his parlours
I feel like Nick in the house of John
He’s walking with his shadow
His shadow is walking too fast
He is smelling like my Grandma
Eau de Cologne and Eau de Vie
He is walking in his black suit
With eighty six he is still
Looking good to me
In the east-wing
In the west-wing
There’s a picture of every song
I am lost in his parlours
I feel like Nick in the house of John
I am looking at his red tail
‘My Soul is for sale’
In the east-wing
In the west-wing
There’s a picture of every song
I am lost in his parlours
I feel like Nick in the house of John
6. LA PETITE ROBE NOIRE
Ma Belle
Ma Belle
Avec
La Petite Robe Noire
La Petite Robe Noire
Je dis
O la la
Ma Belle
Ma Belle
Elle est avec moi ce soir
Elle est avec moi ce soir
Je dis
Pourquoi pas
Ma Belle
Ma Belle
Avec le grand pantalon
Avec le grand pantalon
Quarante coups de fouet
L’homme avec la barbe dit:
Elvis Presley
Cliff Richard
Johnny Halliday
Je suis
Je suis
La Petite Robe Noire
La Petite Robe Noire
Elle dit
Oh lala
7. NOW
Now don’t think twice
It’s all right as they say
Your intention is clear
Now no one will stand in your way
You got your soul
As a trustful companion
It’ll never leave you here
Out in the in the rain
You’ve been in, you’ve been out
She was a constant factor of doubt
Now you’re breaking the spell
Sharpening plans I can tell
Such a useful confirmation
When you confessed
You were lost in the dark
Each doorin the dark
The same doorin the dark
Each housein the dark
The same housein the dark
Each streetin the dark
The same streetin the dark
Each day in the dark
The same dayin the dark
Again
Now you choose
For the heat of the fire
And not for soaking away in the rain
So don’t turn back now
Now you started all over again
Now jump into the fire and your
Phoenix will rise from the flame
The second half of your new life story
Feels only half a second away
A new roomnow see the light
A new roofnow in the light
A new townnow see the light
A new waynow in the light
New friends andnow see the light
New facesnow in the light
You start yournow see the light
Own systemnow in the light
Now
8. INDEX OF FIRST LINES
He was talking
Like the index
Like the index
Of first lines
In orange sunsets
Ear smokes cigars
Fume fume
Anti-fly
One picture
Tells a thousand words
Lady of the Harbour
Frozen angel
In Jerusalem
Of the North
Smoked meat sandwich
Ben’s de Luxe
Wall of pictures
Tells a thousand words
All aboard
The Red Eye Express
Whiff of perfume
Eye, a hat, a shoe
Bring back
Vague memories
Of names
I had forgotten
Lay your sleeping head
My love
Every picture
Tells a thousand words
9. TANNENBAUM
Through a burning desert
In an ice-cold train
Tannenbaum is looking
At the endless plain
With a black suit and a keppel
He’s looking like a heron
From the heart of Montréal
A man without a skeleton
I am an old Christmas tree
With pain in kidney and liver
Soon the train goes on without me
Along this endless river
O Tannenbaum
Your branches green delight us
They’re green when
Summer days are bright
They’re green when
Winter snow is white
Your branches green delight us
O Tannenbaum
Why he is thinking
Why he is dreaming
With his eyes wide open
Like an old vampire
Burned by the light of the day
With the snowflakes on my hat
I couldn’t find the stick
Above the ghosts and the dead
In the holy ground
10. JISP
It’s a blue day
Without a cloud
Miles away
Seagulls shout
Nothing moves
Through the holes in my eyes
A once in a lifetime experience
Sometimes happens twice
Nothing moves
I almost had forgotten
How it feels
Maybe you’re right
Maybe I’m wrong
Good times are here
Bad times are gone
Maybe you’re wrong
Maybe I’m right
Bad times are gone
Beetles in the grass
Birds in the sky
Stones in the water
Spiders in my eye
It’s a green day
Without a sound
Red leaves
Falling down
No one moves
Through the holes in my head
A once in a lifetime experience
Sometimes you forget
Sometimes
I almost had forgotten
How it feels
Maybe I’m right
Maybe you’re wrong
Bad times are here
Good times are gone
Maybe I’m wrong
Maybe you’re right
Good times are gone
Beetles in the grass
Birds in the sky
Stones in the water
Spiders in my eye
Eels in the bucket
Monkeys in the tree
T-rex in the pocket
Turtles in the sea
It’s a grey day
Snowflakes
11. BAD DREAM
Once I had a bad dream
I was in a big room
With a famous artist
And his little dog
He thought he was a singer
At least that’s what he told me
His voice was everywhere
On the radio and tv
I could not hear him
Maybe I didn’t want to
Can you wake me up
Once I had a bad dream
I was on the tv
With a smiling host
He was talking to me
In fact he talked the most
I was drinking red wine
He was eating peanuts
He was very proud
Of the size of his penis
But he didn’t show us
Can you wake me up
Once I had a bad dream
I was very small
Talking to a lady
Who was very tall
And she didn’t hear me
In fact she didn’t see me
So I walked away
On a winter’s day
Buried by a snowflake
Life is just a mistake
Till you wake me up
Can you wake me up
Once I had a bad dream
I was very famous
Sitting in a car
I was even driving
12. RETURN
This house
Always
Returns
Things we lost
Not today
Sometimes
A button
Most of the time
A memory
Not today
What we lost and what we found
Lines we crossed without a sound
What is real and what is not
What we lost and what we got
A real life
A real house
A real love
A real child
I can wait
It’s not too late
To turn
Return
Red Ohama Beach is bleeding
BlackThe sky is almost burning
Too many soldiers are dead
Churchill said: ‘Peace’
Lo lo lo lo
Green The Maple Leaf is always
GreenThe grass is almost red
Too many people are dead
Hitler said: ‘Krieg’
Lo lo lo lo
In the footsteps of my father
I went all the way to Algeria
France and Holland
Why His life is such a mystery
WhenParis was his destiny
My mother says:
‘Rue des Abbesses’
Sing
Lo lo lo lo
Black coffee at Hawelka
Man smoking on the sofa
Then the waiter came
He knows my name
You
I’m talking to you
I lost his track in Vienna
At Hawelka
With a clock that always said
Twelve thirty
Death
He’s walking on a red beach
2. THE HOURS
When the hours
When the hours of the day
Grow long like shadows
Every hour
Every hour is a day
Every day is like a year
I didn’t see the darkness in your eyes
I didn’t know the road was ending
Cul de sac
The blossom
When the blossom in spring is falling
Like snow
The rain
When the rain in autumn is falling
Like diamonds
When you’re a child
Summer never ends
Frozen time of the winter
Things are old when we are young
Things are young when we are old
Then the rain falls back into the sky
Like a fountain
Then the snow falls back into the sky
Like powder
Then the years
Then the years will be days
Days will be hours
Then it’s
Gone
3. DISTANCE
I’m turning the pages
If the book that I’ve read
I was sleeping for ages
Now I know I am dead
The trees in the summer
The rivers with ice
I cannot remember
My lost paradise
Far far away
No one can say
Where we’ll be tomorrow
Far far away
A man in the distance
The darkness outside
I walk through my head
I walk to the light
Far far away
No one can say
Where we’ll be tomorrow
Far far away
Everything I love
Becomes a memory
Far far away
Nothing today
Not a thing tomorrow
Far far away
Far far away
I’ve got nothing to say
When blue turns to grey
Far far away
4. DEPARTURE
Goodbye mother
Goodbye father
I think I’ll have to go
Goodbye sister
Goodbye brother
I have to close the door
Behind me
Every day
Every night
I think of you
Not every day
Not every night
I think of you
Sometimes I do
Goodbye mother
Goodbye father
I think I’ll have to leave
Departure
Goodbye sister
Goodbye brother
I have to close the door
For ever
Strawberry wood
Norwegian fields
Are everywhere
Rainy night house
A little green
Dance me to
A river
Blue
Goodbye mother
Goodbye father
Love is a secret place
Winter and spring
Summer and fall
The circle game
I look outside
View from the house
5. NICK IN THE HOUSE OF JOHN
Invitation of a singer
To visit his beautiful house
I am walking on the driveway
I am as quiet as a mouse
In the east-wing
In the west-wing
There is plasma
On every wall
When I look at the size of his pool
Even Lake Ontario is looking small
There’s a fish-thing
In the living
There are freeze-pops
In the fridge
In the middle of his garden
There’s a pond with a
Japanese bridge
In the east-wing
In the west-wing
There’s a picture of every song
I am lost in his parlours
I feel like Nick in the house of John
He’s walking with his shadow
His shadow is walking too fast
He is smelling like my Grandma
Eau de Cologne and Eau de Vie
He is walking in his black suit
With eighty six he is still
Looking good to me
In the east-wing
In the west-wing
There’s a picture of every song
I am lost in his parlours
I feel like Nick in the house of John
I am looking at his red tail
‘My Soul is for sale’
In the east-wing
In the west-wing
There’s a picture of every song
I am lost in his parlours
I feel like Nick in the house of John
6. LA PETITE ROBE NOIRE
Ma Belle
Ma Belle
Avec
La Petite Robe Noire
La Petite Robe Noire
Je dis
O la la
Ma Belle
Ma Belle
Elle est avec moi ce soir
Elle est avec moi ce soir
Je dis
Pourquoi pas
Ma Belle
Ma Belle
Avec le grand pantalon
Avec le grand pantalon
Quarante coups de fouet
L’homme avec la barbe dit:
Elvis Presley
Cliff Richard
Johnny Halliday
Je suis
Je suis
La Petite Robe Noire
La Petite Robe Noire
Elle dit
Oh lala
7. NOW
Now don’t think twice
It’s all right as they say
Your intention is clear
Now no one will stand in your way
You got your soul
As a trustful companion
It’ll never leave you here
Out in the in the rain
You’ve been in, you’ve been out
She was a constant factor of doubt
Now you’re breaking the spell
Sharpening plans I can tell
Such a useful confirmation
When you confessed
You were lost in the dark
Each doorin the dark
The same doorin the dark
Each housein the dark
The same housein the dark
Each streetin the dark
The same streetin the dark
Each day in the dark
The same dayin the dark
Again
Now you choose
For the heat of the fire
And not for soaking away in the rain
So don’t turn back now
Now you started all over again
Now jump into the fire and your
Phoenix will rise from the flame
The second half of your new life story
Feels only half a second away
A new roomnow see the light
A new roofnow in the light
A new townnow see the light
A new waynow in the light
New friends andnow see the light
New facesnow in the light
You start yournow see the light
Own systemnow in the light
Now
8. INDEX OF FIRST LINES
He was talking
Like the index
Like the index
Of first lines
In orange sunsets
Ear smokes cigars
Fume fume
Anti-fly
One picture
Tells a thousand words
Lady of the Harbour
Frozen angel
In Jerusalem
Of the North
Smoked meat sandwich
Ben’s de Luxe
Wall of pictures
Tells a thousand words
All aboard
The Red Eye Express
Whiff of perfume
Eye, a hat, a shoe
Bring back
Vague memories
Of names
I had forgotten
Lay your sleeping head
My love
Every picture
Tells a thousand words
9. TANNENBAUM
Through a burning desert
In an ice-cold train
Tannenbaum is looking
At the endless plain
With a black suit and a keppel
He’s looking like a heron
From the heart of Montréal
A man without a skeleton
I am an old Christmas tree
With pain in kidney and liver
Soon the train goes on without me
Along this endless river
O Tannenbaum
Your branches green delight us
They’re green when
Summer days are bright
They’re green when
Winter snow is white
Your branches green delight us
O Tannenbaum
Why he is thinking
Why he is dreaming
With his eyes wide open
Like an old vampire
Burned by the light of the day
With the snowflakes on my hat
I couldn’t find the stick
Above the ghosts and the dead
In the holy ground
10. JISP
It’s a blue day
Without a cloud
Miles away
Seagulls shout
Nothing moves
Through the holes in my eyes
A once in a lifetime experience
Sometimes happens twice
Nothing moves
I almost had forgotten
How it feels
Maybe you’re right
Maybe I’m wrong
Good times are here
Bad times are gone
Maybe you’re wrong
Maybe I’m right
Bad times are gone
Beetles in the grass
Birds in the sky
Stones in the water
Spiders in my eye
It’s a green day
Without a sound
Red leaves
Falling down
No one moves
Through the holes in my head
A once in a lifetime experience
Sometimes you forget
Sometimes
I almost had forgotten
How it feels
Maybe I’m right
Maybe you’re wrong
Bad times are here
Good times are gone
Maybe I’m wrong
Maybe you’re right
Good times are gone
Beetles in the grass
Birds in the sky
Stones in the water
Spiders in my eye
Eels in the bucket
Monkeys in the tree
T-rex in the pocket
Turtles in the sea
It’s a grey day
Snowflakes
11. BAD DREAM
Once I had a bad dream
I was in a big room
With a famous artist
And his little dog
He thought he was a singer
At least that’s what he told me
His voice was everywhere
On the radio and tv
I could not hear him
Maybe I didn’t want to
Can you wake me up
Once I had a bad dream
I was on the tv
With a smiling host
He was talking to me
In fact he talked the most
I was drinking red wine
He was eating peanuts
He was very proud
Of the size of his penis
But he didn’t show us
Can you wake me up
Once I had a bad dream
I was very small
Talking to a lady
Who was very tall
And she didn’t hear me
In fact she didn’t see me
So I walked away
On a winter’s day
Buried by a snowflake
Life is just a mistake
Till you wake me up
Can you wake me up
Once I had a bad dream
I was very famous
Sitting in a car
I was even driving
12. RETURN
This house
Always
Returns
Things we lost
Not today
Sometimes
A button
Most of the time
A memory
Not today
What we lost and what we found
Lines we crossed without a sound
What is real and what is not
What we lost and what we got
A real life
A real house
A real love
A real child
I can wait
It’s not too late
To turn
Return
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