@ALBUM: Strawberry Wood (2009) @SONG: Hawelka Red Ohama Beach is bleeding Black The sky is almost burning Too many soldiers are dead Churchill said: ‘Peace’ Lo lo lo lo Green The Maple Leaf is always Green The 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 When Paris 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 @SONG: 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 @SONG: Distance I'm turning the pages Of 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 No one can say Where we'll be tomorrow Far far away Far far away I've got nothing to say When the blue turns to grey Far far away @SONG: 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 It's still the same It's so strange Goodbye daughter Goodbye daughter Stop Go @SONG: 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 @SONG: 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 @SONG: 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 door - in the dark The same door - in the dark Each house - in the dark The same house - in the dark Each street - in the dark The same street - in the dark Each day - in the dark The same day - in 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 room - now see the light A new roof - now in the light A new town - now see the light A new way - now in the light New friends and - now see the light New faces - now in the light You start your - now see the light Own system - now in the light Now @SONG: 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 @SONG: 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 @SONG: Jisp It's a blue day Without a cloud Miles away Seagulls about 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 @SONG: 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 @Song: 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