New York mayday

 

Wake up to the sound of sirens

Hotel bed  27th floor

Traffic breaks the silence

Maid's in the corridor

On channel nine there's a show time

Take a laugh with Donald Duck

New York in the springtime

Half past eight o'clock

 

Silver birds cross the skyline

Reflect the new day sun

Sylvester on channel forty-nine

Pulls the trigger of his gun

Nothing to be scared of

But off course no one can be sure

That's  what they  tell you 

Walking out of the door

 

It's the big green apple a  mayday

Ants are busy in the core

New York  city  a  springday

Something  a viking can explore

 

Breakfast on forty-seven

´nother peace of cake

Elevators up to heaven

No coffee-break

The Empire  so fantastic

Must be worth  a souvenir

King Kong made of plastic

You'll also find him here

 

Ballerinas on the  flagstones

Smiling shoeshine boys

Distant  New York saxophones

Support the traffic noise

Contortionist performance

On a tabouret by the quay

Make  your entrance

A trip across the sea

 

It's the big green apple a  mayday

Ants are busy in the core

New York  city  a  springday

Something  a viking can explore

 

Locked  in the statue of Liberty

By a  circle line of school kids on excursion

Rising up the winding stairs

To the copperhead of the nation

 

Oh oh oh oh 

To feel the closeness

 

Of the everlasting torch light of  liberty

 

What a  place to be

What a sight to see

A new born world

 

Through a crown pearl

Gate of the immigrants

City of the ants

 

New York city

New York city

New York city

New York city

 

It's the big green apple a  mayday

Ants are busy in the core

New York  city  a  springday

Something  a viking can explore

 

Big green apple

Big green apple

Big green apple

Big green apple

 

It’s you

 

Right here in front of me

At the subway entrance door

Is it really you I see

The girl I knew before

What a certain change of style

Though years have marked your face

I recognize that something wild

From your younger days

 

The curling on your lip

The twinkle in your eye

The way you still look hip

When you say bye bye

It´s you

Shining clearly through

All the years and all the changes

We´ve been through

 

You were an experimental girl

With a revolutionary mind

Went out to change the world

And leave the past behind

Now I meet you on the way back home 

To your surburban style

Movin' slowly in a line

A life of killing time

 

The curling on your lip

The twinkle in your eye

The way you still look hip

When you say bye bye

It´s you

Shining clearly through

All the years and all the changes

We´ve been through

Baby it's you

 

Remember days in seventy three

when there was only you and me

a never ending possibility

we had our plans

we made our dream

following  the stream

leading us to unknown destiny

 

The curling on your lip

The twinkle in your eye

The way you still look hip

When you say bye bye

It´s you

Shining clearly through

All the years and all the changes

We´ve been through

Baby it's you

Baby it's you

Baby it's you

Baby it's you

 

Daddy’s girl

 

Daddys drinking

A change of mind

Mamma's thinking

One more time

Sister's scared

Can't stand no more

Someone´s there

To open the door

 

In the darkness

A sweet smell

Sticky fingers

They never tell

Strange feelings

Growing wild

She needs an exit

For a while

 

Daddy's girl

Leaving Daddy's world

A place to hide

Out of sight

In the silence of the night

Who's to blame

Such a shame

Daddy's girl

Is leaving  Daddy's world

 

She's forced to be the little girl

Sitting on Daddy's knee

But she want´s to recognize this world

As a place she'd like to be

 

Dawn is breaking

With a smile

Daddy's taking on

A new lifestyle

The secrets

And the forgotten lies

Are in the liquid

Of her eyes

 

Daddy's girl

Leaving Daddy's world

A place to hide

Out of sight

In the silence of the night

Who's to blame

Such a shame

Daddy's girl

Is leaving  Daddy's world

Daddy's girl

Is leaving  Daddy's world

Daddy's girl

Is leaving  Daddy's world

 

Stingy Andy

 

In my hometown

There was a man

A strange kind of man

Called Stingy Andy

king of the garbage can

 

The rumours told

he was so cruel

he mistreat the children

against the rules

 

He lives alone in a shanty

close to the dumping ground

Stingy Andy

King of the garbage can

 

One day I met him on the street

I was nearly scared to death

he said don´t worry kid

don´t have to be afraid

 

here´s a pretty little thing for you

I found in the garbage can

A brand new Superman

you can fly away with him

 

And you can visit me in my shanty

close to the dumping ground

Remember -  Stingy Andy

King of the garbage can

 

My Mommy

 

 

MY MUMMY SHE'S GOT RUBY LIPS

AND SHE'S GOT RUBY NAILS

SHE BRINGS ME CHOCOLATE AND CHIPS

AND TELLS ME FAIRYTALES

 

SHE SING ME THAT SAME OLD SONG

WITH A LOUDSPEAKER VOICE

SHE PROMISED ME TO COME ALONG

BRINGING A SURPRISE

 

MY MUMMY OH MY MUMMY

SHE´S RATHER FANCIFUL

MY MUMMY OH MY MUMMY

SHE'S MY ONE-EYED -  BABY DOLL

 

MY MUMMY WEARS HER GOLDEN RINGS

AND PRETTY CRYSTAL SHOES

SHE TELLS ME FUNNY THINGS

AND GETS ME ALL CONFUSED

 

SHE MIGHT BE SANTA CLAUS

RIDING ON A SLEIGH

SHE´LL COME AND TAKE ME HOME

ONE CHRISTMAS DAY

 

MY MUMMY OH MY MUMMY

SHE´S RATHER FANCIFUL

MY MUMMY OH MY MUMMY

SHES MY ONE-EYED -  BABY DOLL

 

MY MUMMY SHE IS OH SO SMART

SHE'S GOT A SPECIAL SMELL

SHE'S LIVING NEAR THE BOULEVARD

IN A BIG HOTEL

 

MY MUMMY OH MY MUMMY

SHE´S GOT SO MANY MEN

I GUESS THAT MY DADDY

IS MAYBE ONE OF THEM

 

MY MUMMY OH MY MUMMY

SHE´S RATHER FANCIFUL

MY MUMMY OH MY MUMMY

SHE'S MY ONE-EYED -  BABY DOLL

 

MY MUMMY OH MY MUMMY

SHE´S RATHER FANCIFUL

MY MUMMY OH MY MUMMY

SHE'S MY ONE-EYED -  BABY DOLL

 

Tender hearted woman

 

I a world of gamblers

I a world of games

Losers and winners

Simple minded beginners

You'll lose control

 

In a world of troubles

And invisible traps

Farsighted positions

Cold hearted missions

You may lose this way

 

On the end of the line

you may find

A Tender hearted woman

Who'll  treat you so kind

She'll make you feel sure

A love for ever more

Tender hearted woman

She gives you the cure

 

In a world of disasters

A neglected child

With broken illusions

Evil conclusions

Growing wild

 

In this world of anger

Where nobody cares

For one another

Sister ad brother

You may lose your way

 

On the end of the line

You may find

A Tender hearted woman

Who'll  treat you so kind

She'll make you feel sure

A love for ever more

Tender hearted woman

She gives you the cure

 

On the end of the line

You may find

A Tender hearted woman

Who'll  treat you so kind 

 

Give me the right

 

Give me the right

To take a ride

Give me the right 

To set my sight

Give me the right 

To seek my  goal

Give me the right 

To lose control

 

Give me the right 

To face the fear

Give me the right 

To feel you're near

Give me the right 

To live in my time

It aint such 

a terrible crime

 

Give me the right to discover

You know I do the very best I can

Give me the right to leave this cover

Give me the right to be what I am

 

Give me the right 

Give me the right

Give me the right  

Give me the right

 

Give me the right -

To be my best guide

Give me the right 

To be fit for fight

I´ve got the right 

To live in my time

And It aint 

no terrible crime

 

Give me the right to discover

You know I do the very best I can

Give me the right to leave this cover

Give me the right to be what I am

 

Give me the right 

Give me the right

Give me the right  

Give me the right

 

Give me the right 

Give me the right

Give me the right  

Give me the right

 

Forever roses

 

When I stepped in to Graceland

My headphone guide is on

Makes me understand

The essence of a song

Guitars in the entry

Grand piano in the music room

Easy to imagine

Priscilla coming soon

 

Now she's  in my ear

And he is on the screen

I'm standing here

Somewhere in between

The automated kitchen

The favorite jungle chair

I feel surrounded

There's  magic in the air

 

The million selling records

Built the wall of gold

Tells the greatest story

In rock'n  roll

Memories saved

Forever roses on the grave

 

Young and ambitious

Drove in to town

Wants to surprise

Mommy with a song

A country boy get famous

Soon as he start to sing

That's  how it all began

The legend of the King

 

The million selling records

Built the wall of gold

Tells the greatest story

In rock'n  roll

Memories saved

Forever roses on the grave

Memories saved

Forever roses on the grave

 

Demons on the loose

 

She came in from the street wearing high heel shoes

And a very short self promoting dress suit

Stealthy and restless in the way she moves

A non succeeding self destructing attitude

 

She's out of control and she's shaking

The bells on her bracelet are ringing

She's searching her handbag for something

What she find is no no nothing

 

The man beside her is staying cool

He's demanding that something from her

He's the schoolmaster and she's the little girl in school

He will never accept a sorry sir

 

She's certainly not able

To handle the pizza he bought

Her fingers tab like drumsticks on the table

She can't even hold the fork

 

There are demons on the loose

There are demons on the loose

 

She crumples her toes in her shoes

She aint got no excuse

There are demons on the loose

 

It seems like talking is her only defense

But in fact she's got nothing to tell

Fears of feelings she can't even sell

A shewolf in the gate of hell

 

The mascara is running down from her eyes

She's got lipstick smeared on her teeth

She's running out of alibi's

She's down on her knees

 

There are demons on the loose

There are demons on the loose

 

Prowling on the the street wearing high heel shoes

And a very short self promoting dress suit

Stealthy and restless in the way she moves

A non succeeding self destructing attitude

 

Out of control she's shaking

The bells on her bracelet are ringing

She's searches the street for something

What she finds is no no nothing

 

There are demons on the loose

There are demons on the loose

There are demons on the loose

There are demons on the loose

 

Drink standing

 

I knew an old bricklayer

He gave me a code

He said don't worry

When You travel this road

Keep moving keep searching

And whatever comes around

Drink standing and keep your feet

Firmly on the ground

 

I walked through the valleys

Of my childhood and youth

Through mazes of alleys

In search of the truth

To live like a hobo

Was an easy choice

Yes I'll always remember

The bricklayers advice

 

Drink standing my son drink standing

Keep your feet firmly on the ground

Cause when you drink standing

You can always move on

 

Sure I like to drink

In good company

I like the high jinks

It sets my thoughts free

But in the happy hour

When I'm cheering with the guys

I often forget

The bricklayers advice

 

Drink standing my son drink standing

Keep your feet firmly on the ground

Cause when you drink standing

You can always move on

 

Now I'm a father

And I have a son

I wish him god luck

And a whole lot of fun

Learning by doing

Making a choice

And always remember

The bricklayers advice

 

Drink standing my son drink standing

Keep your feet firmly on the ground

Cause when you drink standing

You can always move on

 

Drink standing my son drink standing

Keep your feet firmly on the ground

Cause when you drink standing

You can always move on…

 

When the parents were young

 

There was a lot of Marihuana

And love in the air

Hundreds of roads

That lead to somewhere

There was a dream to build upon

And a will to carry on

 

There was a longing for freedom

A longing for peace

Searching for truth

A searching for keys

There was a reason to believe

A world to perceive

 

They walked on the moon

And flew into space

They got out of tune

Leaving their base

And the rising was just begun

When the parents were young

 

There was a wall in Berlin

A war in Vietnam

United nations

And good uncle Sam

The red ones in the east

A world against the beast

 

There was questions and answers

No one could tell

Children with flowers

That walked into hell

And those who still are bound

Safely to the ground

 

They walked on the moon

And flew into space

They got out of tune

Leaving their base

And the rising was just begun

When the parents were young

 

They walked on the moon

And flew into space

They got out of tune

Leaving their base

And the rising was just begun

When the parents were young

 

And the rising was just begun

When the parents were young

 

The shut down moment

 

Shut down the TV - the telephone line

Tune out the world - in this moment of time

Whatever will come - don't ask me why

Here alone - just you and I

 

The kids are sleeping

Thoughts fading away

Nothing to say

In this shut down moment of our day

 

You were so busy - arriving to late

I was sorry had no time to wait

After the race - we need a space

A loving embrace

 

The kids are sleeping

Thoughts fading away

Nothing to say

In this shut down moment of our day

 

Like leaves after a thunderstorm

Silently falling to the ground

Tomorrow has only begun

We keep moving on

 

The kids are sleeping

Thoughts fading away

Nothing to say

 

In this shut down moment o