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Sunday Mornings
02:22
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Sunday Mornings
The lake lies quietly
like a mirror and the sun hangs low
in endless winter skies
of blue and gray
Shadows getting longer
and the spirits of the lake
would walk a while with me
to tell me what I knew before
On sunday mornings and thursday evenings
When words are falling gently from your lips
On sunday mornings and thursday evenings
You take me in your arms slightly too long
You caress the things you love
and when you touch a simple thing
I wish nothing more
than just being that thing
And when you move there is no hurry
You get all the time it needs
to fill the space around you
with your love
Thanks for giving me your Sunday mornings
and thursday evenings
When words are falling gently from your lips
On sunday mornings and thursday evenings
You take me in your arms slightly too long
You take me in your arms slightly too long
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2. |
Green
02:49
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Green
It's raining since a day
The wind blows from the ocean
through the streets of New York City
And a cup of tea warms me from inside
As I'm longing for some green
and I haven't seen a thousand years
And which doesn't seem to be
real to me now
as the night falls down on me
As the rain turns into snow
And the only color I see is a shade of gray
Your smile comes through a curtain
of snowflakes
dancing in the wind
Whenever I close my eyes I still see the green
and wherever I lay my head I still see the green
And whenever I close my eyes I still see the green
and wherever I lay my head I still see the green
of your eyes
It's raining since a day
The wind blows from the ocean
through the streets of New York City
And a cup of tea warms me from inside
Your smile comes through a curtain
of snowflakes
dancing in the wind
Whenever I close my eyes I still see the green
and wherever I lay my head I still see the green
And whenever I close my eyes I still see the green
and wherever I lay my head I still see the green
of your eyes
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3. |
Love is a butterfly
04:27
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Love is a butterfly
My heart was free, my mind was open
Now I'm on my knees, my heart is broken
misleading lights in stormy nights
Bottomless depths and dangerous heights
deadly riffs below the surface
and stranded lovers on rainy days
Your words like swords, they cut like knifes
through my thin skin, into my heart
and all my love and my delights
are killed tonight by amors dart
I fell in love, thought we're friends
Now I avenge with poisened pens
Love is a butterfly and hard to catch
Lovers are an easy find but hard to match
Saying I love you isn't easy as it seems
saying I don't is something of a kind
Wouldn't hurt that much having seen your eyes
When you've told me you are not in love
Your eyes below pale winter skies
would heal the wounds and a black dove
would fly into december nights
and disappear in fancy lights
I set on seventeen and red - should have gone
for a dozend or a corner bet
I wanted all, I'm loosing high
Thought it might be well not being too shy
Goodbye my dear you hurt me well
but in the end that rang a bell
Love is a butterfly and hard to catch
Lovers are an easy find but hard to match
Saying I love you isn't easy as it seems
saying I don't is something of a kind
Loosing a friend and some beautiful dreams
Is something you just fall behind
And you are going down this road tonight
I'm watching you until you're out of sight
Now I have written these five verses
I feel much lighter, now I sung my curses
The risk of falling in love with a friend
is to loose somebody that means a lot
for a chance winning someone that in the end
Might fly into the light just like a moth
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4. |
The last day
02:13
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The last day
Sun goes down behind the roof top
Streets are getting empty
Growling thunder still miles away
Silent tears on the phone
Wind comes up, the air gets clearer
Clouds that look like mountains
One of these days you'll realize
life's too short to wait
life's too short to wait
If I knew this was my last day
I would ask you to stay
If I knew this was the last chance
I wouldn't hesitate
I thought I heard you calling
calling out my name
I heard our song on the radio
And I wish that you were here
I wish that you were here
If I knew this was my last day
I would ask you to stay
If I knew this was the last chance
I wouldn't hesitate
If I knew this was my last day
I think I'd ask you to stay
If I knew this was the last chance
I wouldn't hesitate
No, I wouldn't hesitate
No, I wouldn't hesitate
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5. |
Canvas
03:16
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Canvas
A daydream with a violine for Judy
Diarys for Karla with a K
Time and wine for Stefanie
With Antje I was outside myself
The end of the day with Michelle
A station and a girl with an umbrella
Sailing to a new shore with Monica
The world through the eyes of Simone
For girls at the counter, for you and always you
I paint my words on a canvas
Send the bottle out to the sea
and carry on
A thousand songs and more for a rainy day
Just forgot about Nicole, hey that's for you
Was out of focus with an actress
that I don't even know by name
Ravens on a field with Sabine
A bridge in the darkness with Christine
And Berlin wasn't real
And Sandra, I don't know
For girls at the counter, for you and always you
I paint my words on a canvas
Send the bottle out to the sea
and carry on
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6. |
A word away
04:17
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A word away
Warm and dry
comfortable and quiet
and the stars seem so close
A word away
just a word away
which has still not been found
Dusk and dawn
The twilight before sunrise
Writing and waiting in the desert
It's been a while
A silent tune
A handful of words on a cathode ray tube
Cigarettes unsmoked
And books unread
Tracks unlistened
And dreams undreamed
Words unspoken
And kisses never given
And love unmade
This isn't love
Not even an illusion
Do you feel me in my writing?
Do you see me
in your dreams?
I never dreamed of you. Oh, I never dreamed of you
We have no past
And nowhere to go
Just the moment that we live in
Nothing in common
Nothing to share
Except our longing in deserted nights
Cigarettes unsmoked...
Everybody loves you
'cause you are so likeable
And of course you're beatiful
because everyone is beatiful
When the stars are close
When the stars are close
When the stars are close
They're just a word away
Cigarettes unsmoked...
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7. |
After sunset
03:18
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After sunset
Sometimes after sunset
when I choose to stay
and the darkness gently covers
the worst marks of the day
There's something in your eyes
You can't see in the daylight
Like a shadow or an imprint
I can only see at night
Is that cut in your heart still bleeding?
Does that scar on your soul still hurt?
Open up the ceiling
And shut down all the lights
All the angels falling
Out of winter skies
Look at the stars above
They're all secrets untold
Witnesses of love and broken hearts
Is that cut in your heart still bleeding?
Does that scar on your soul still hurt?
You say as time goes by
memories are fading
And that you better keep your mouth shut
That it's time for me to go
You say let's have a last smoke
and a glass of wine
And you look down the railroad track
you look down the railroad track
Is that cut in your heart still bleeding?
Does that scar on your soul still hurt?
'cause everybody hurts - sometimes
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8. |
Pocket of moments
02:32
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Pocket of moments
When your eyes wander
like a spotlight through the night
It's like a view into a mirror
Like I was looking at myself
In the surface of the water
And my eyes wander
from your face down to your chest
And I watch you breathing in
and breathing out
And the colour of your hair
And all I'm gonna do
is to catch this moment
You know I'm crazy enough
I'm gonna catch it
and keep it forever
I'm gonna keep it forever
In my pocket of moments
And my eyes wander
above the roof tops of the city
and into the lonely sky
With no stars and no clouds
And the colour of your eyes
And all I'm gonna do
is to catch this moment
You know I'm crazy enough
I'm gonna catch it
and keep it forever
I'm gonna keep it forever
In my pocket of moments
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9. |
Next boat to the sea
03:49
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Next boat to the sea
Boats on the river
it's a quarter to eight
you gaze into the distance
as you speak
You look as if you're dreaming
I gave a penny for your thoughts
as we walk along the shore
but we keep still
And the stage is just right here
and we're ready to begin
But if I could I took the next boat to the sea
'Cause I need summer, sand and wind
Everytime I am in love
I want the water gently tickling my toes
And taste the salt on your skin
We walk along the edge
between summer and spring
A thousand people in the half light
sound like waves
Waiting for the lights
to illuminate the stage
And I can see your lonely face
in the dark
And the stage is just right here...
I see your face, I hear your voice, and I can smell your hair
I see your face, I hear your voice, I smell your hair
Lights on the river
it's a quarter past ten
There's a shimmer in your eyes
that I know well
You crack another beer
And you light another cigarrette
And you talk about your dreams
and your fears
And the stage is just right here...
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10. |
As seagulls fly
02:34
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As seagulls fly
Your Footsteps leading north
north west
Seagulls gliding 'long the beach
They sing along with me
All summer long I was gathering some love
and sunbeams and fairytales
So when the days are getting shorter
We'd have something to hold on to
And I watch you walking away
In the afternoon sun
I knew this would happen
As I saw the seagulls fly
Your smile is fading
as I walk the other way
Seagulls gliding 'long the beach
They sing along with me
I walk along the shore with sunbeams in my heart
and fairytales
And I really like believing
you're as happy as they say
So I breathe, I laugh
I sing and I think I need a drink
I carry on
and I watch the seagulls fly
And I watch you walking away
In the afternoon sun
I knew this would happen
As I saw the seagulls fly
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Neumann Oberhausen, Germany
Seit mehr als 20 Jahren kennt man Ralf Neumann als Sänger und Gitarristen der Band Taschakor, Anfang 2015 erscheint sein erstes Solo-Album "Pocket of Moments". Getragen von Neumanns Gesang, der akustischen Gitarre, erklingen Songs im Stile englischer Songwriter der 70er bis hin zu Americana und Singer/Songwriter Folk. ... more
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