@ALBUM: dA dA dA (1994)

The Nits are:
Henk Hofstede
Robert Jan Stips
Rob Kloet
Peter Meuris
Martin Bakker

Note : These are the lyrics as they appear on the CD booklet. If any additions 
or corrections are to be made, please drop a line : 
Jochen Stein (www.nitsfans.org)

@SONG: dA dA dA

I think of the year
When she was 16
She charmed the boys out of the tree
I saw the moon
When I was 15
Fell like a fire into the sea

dA dA dA dA dA dA dA dA

dA dA dA dA dA dA dA dA

He smiled at me when he was 50
He turned his head and said goodbye
And when he died he was 65
He left a hole in the sky

dA dA dA dA dA dA dA dA

dA dA dA dA dA dA dA dA

I think of the year when she was 18
She charmed the words out of my mouth

dA dA dA dA dA dA dA dA

dA dA dA dA dA dA dA dA


@SONG: Dreams

The break of the day - I lift my head
I leave the bed and go to work
Bycicle - Streets in town
Rainy day is falling down
It's may be impossible
But I've got dreams dreams
I may be an optimist
But I've got dreams dreams

Dreams o Dreams o Dreams o

I'm fourty one and in a month
I'm fourty two - I'm still with you
The second child's a mystery
The first one, she looks like me
She's living in the 'Why Tree'
(why tree?)

It's may be impossible
But I've got dreams
I'm maybe impossible
But I've got dreams dreams

  Ho lo lo lo di do lo do
  Ho ho ho lo lo wo ho ho o

I lift my head - The work is done
It's 6 o'clock - I go back home
I eat my food - Go to bed
Rest my head - The day is done


@SONG: What we Did on Our Holidays

I don't want to sleep tonight
Outside it's raining
No one's complaining 
But me

I don't want to talk today
No one is staying
Everybody's flying away
  
  What we did on our holidays

Romeo and Juliet
Were lying on the bed they say
They killed them on the street today

I've got my pockets full with sand
They send a rocket to a land
I guess they never understand

  What we did on our holidays

I don't want to sleep tonight
Outside it's raining
No one's complaining
But me


@SONG: Mourir Avant 15 Ans

I was walking in a town
On the waterfront I saw a building
I went inside into the darkness
Into the coolness of the airconditioning
There were photographs of children
They were in a war and they killed them
I was feeling, feeling smaller, smaller than the coin in my hand

  Mourir avant 15 ans - To die before you're 15 years

I turned away to hide the tears
How could I understand
That a man can kill a man, can kill a child

I went outside into the sunlight
Children playing on the riverside
They were happy and it was peaceful
I went back to my hotel and I watched the seagulls fly

  Mourir avant 15 ans - To die before you're 15 years

I turned away to hide the tears
How could I understand
That a man can kill a man, can kill a child

I was watching the seagulls fly
Down Saint Jean street
To the Saint Lawrence River
The the wide open spaces


@SONG: Homeless Boy

Sometimes I was feeling like a homeless boy
In the city without hope, the city without joy
I found her, just for one day

She said I'm afraid of old men
Luckely I'm not afraid of you
I said I'm afraid of young girls
Surprisingly I'm not afraid of you
The first time we met it was snowing she said
Like in Alaska

Sometimes I was feeling like a homeless boy
In the city without hope, in the city without joy
I lost her after one day

The singer sings like Louis Armstrong
In a cellar in Tallin, Estonia
She brings me the wine and the wodka
Untill my head is all'Estonia
The last time we met she was going she said
To Alaska
The First time we met it was snowing she said
Like in Alaska

Sometimes it's the rain
Sometimes it's the snow
In the city without hope she told me she would go
To Alaska
Just for one day


@SONG: Whales of Tadoussac

Today we all went
With out 'Atomic' friend
To his forgotten land
Close to the world's end
Daniel said 'take your time'
We like the river
That runs to the sea
We like the highway
That runs to the trees

Take your time
On a river to the sea
Take your time
Like the whales back in Tadoussac

He's going to get us a boat on a river
We're going to sail it to the sea
We're going to find a big fish
As big as Moby Dick is
And Daniel said to me
Take your time
On a river to the sea
Take your time
Like the whales back in Tadoussac

We are like the river
That runs to the sea


@SONG: Chameleon Girl

Friday she is black
Sunday she is white
Chameleon girl
Is making me feel
Alright

Yesterday she was yellow
Tomorrow she is green
Chameleon girl
Is the prettiest girl I've ever seen

Monday she is brown
Tuesday she is blue
Chameleon girl
Is breaking my heart into


@SONG: Instead of ...

Tell me is it far to the planet of Mars
Can we go there jumping from star to star

Should I live my life in dreams
Should I write your name in cream
Can we get there, I don't know, but

I see your face up in the moon
I see your eyes in the light of june
My skies are green, the grass is blue
I'm pretty normal just like you

Instead of ... fishing

  Sitting in a boat
  Staring at the float going up & down

Day after day
Instead of ... watching

  Watching the news
  With the Saddam Houssains of the world
  Every night the same

We've gone astray
Should I wisper, should I scream
Should I lift you up in steam
When we'll get there, I don't know, but

I see your face up in the moon
I see your eyes in the lights of june
The skies are green, the grass is blue
I'm pretty normal just like you

Do you hear the distance smile
I guess we're gone a long long time 'cause

I see your face up in the moon
I see your eyes in the lights of june
The skies are green, the grass is blue
Instead of me there's only you
You


@SONG: Day & the Night

So many reasons to be afraid
Afraid of the darkness
Afraid of the light
So many reasons to be afraid
Afraid of the daytime
Afraid of the night
Day and the night

Yesterday she found him
Lying on the ground
Fallen down
Without a sound
Somebody said 'It's better this way'
But I know it's the difference
Between the night and the day
Day and the Night

He is lying in the summerhouse
The girls all around
Looking at him
A giant fallen down

Nobody knows
What happens they say
But I know it's the difference
Between the night and the day
Day and the night


@SONG: Desert Island Song

It's a terrible waste 
To be stuck here in nowhere
I'm calling your name
It's a terrible day
To be in this wasteland
I'm calling your name
Just your name

It's so long ago
You're so far away


@SONG: Sorrow

She does not even warn me
Or tells me she's coming tomorrow
But suddenly she's there - On my doorstep
She does not even cry - Cry like the other girls
But suddenly there are tears - On my pilllow

Her eyes are going to burn me down
Every time that she is in my town
I try to swim and then I almost drown

  She's Sorrow   She's Sorrow

Her shadow whispers in my ears
She is telling me about my fears

  She's Sorrow   She's Sorrow

She does not even want me
She tells me she is looking for another man
But suddenly she's there - At my table
She does not even smile - Smile like the other girls
But suddenly there's laughter - Outside my window

She does not even like me
She calls me a liar and a dreamer
Suddenly she's gone when I wake up
She does not even warn me
Or tell me she's coming tomorrow
But suddenly she's there - On my pillow


@SONG: Bilbao Boa

The words of this song were improvised during the recording
and will make no sense on paper [or screens]


@SONG: Abandoned Mine

I was spending my time
In an abandoned mine
There were voices in the night
And the walls were cool and white
I was spending my day
On an abandoned stairway
There were people running by (on the street below)
And I was blind to see the world

I was spending my life
In an abandoned beehive
I was waisting my time
With the honey and the rhyme
I was spending my life
In an abandoned beehive
I was waisting my time
And I was blind to see the world
I did not close, I did not close my door

The invisible man knocked on my door
And I did not hear him
The invisible man came in my room
And I did not see him