Beckmann

shake your dream
like an apple off the tree
bed it in the grass

lay so still
like you never ever will
tip the hourglass

a way so bold
how time extends and hearts unfold
curious at last

true this is a part of me
a part you're not supposed to see
so come away come away

just one step
into another scenery
out in a different world

don't look back
and don't you even look at me
unless you want to seek at me



a way so bold
how time extends and hearts unfold
out in a different world

true you are a part of me
true you're not supposed be
so come away come away

a scent, a whiff, a touch, a weary smile
a wave- good bye, from the bar to the door
-watch the gap in the wooden floor-
i'm back till sundown
a swift lift in a truck, a fuck, some crack
a sly high in the sky
-let my down easy, if you will
no pride to fall back to

sitting on top of a tree
looking down on me - too blue
to be looking up to a dream of yours
a painting of a room with a million doors
the memory of a key in a sea of time
the keeper of the tree is no friend of mine
falling down
i'm falling down

sitting on top of the world
looking down on you - too blue
to be looking up to a dream of mine
a painting of a shoe like a porcupine
a painting of a wood in the south of france
standing by the edge of a new romance
i'm falling down
isn't it true
on days that are blue
a light in the heart comes shining through
todos contentos y yo tambien
there's a word on my lips
spelled like: the end

flying with the wings of a dove
looking down on love - too blue
to be looking up to a dream of light


a painting of the world but far too bright
a picture of your luck that turned it's back
a crumpled paper plane has left it's track
falling down
sitting on top of a cloud
looking down on me - too blue
to understand the point of that dream of mine
the painting of a shoe like a porcupine
the painting of a wood in the south of france
standing by the edge of a new romance
falling down
i'm falling down

isn't it true
on days that are blue
a light in the heart comes shining through
todos contentos y yo tambien
there's a word on my lips
spelled like: the end

spoken:
unforgettable - nothing is
which may be a curse or may be a bliss
one or the other something it'll be
someone sometime may look like me

love is something
love can pass
on to another someone (who) has
had a much stronger will to hold
on to a something that grows cold
unforgettable - nothing is
which may be a curse or may be a bliss
one or the other something it'll be
someone sometime may look like me

time is something
time can pass
and that comes close to all that it ever does
throughout the year it possibly may
make you a gift of the things gone astray
love is something
love can pass
on to another someone (who) has


had a much stronger will to hold
on to a something that grows cold
unforgettable - nothing is
which may be a curse or may be a bliss
one or the other something it'll be
someone sometime may look like me
time is something
time can pass
and that comes close to all that it ever does
throughout the year it possibly may
make you a gift of the things gone astray

spoken:
unforgettable - nothing is
which may be a curse or may be a bliss
one or the other something it'll be
someone sometime may look like me

in heaven everything is fine
in heaven everything is fine
in heaven everything is fine
you got your good things
and i got mine

there's a big house on the mountain
and a garden with a tree
there's a husband and some children
but they don't belong to me
there's a dirtroad to the valley
where the horses can run free
and a mustang and a driver who can take us to the sea

there's a big heat on my balcony
and i feel lonely as can be
so i walk down to the market
shady place
through a crack upon the ceiling
we have just a scanty light
so it won't be too revealing
when i dance a waltz for jane
my waltz for jane

there's a big light
in a big sky
'pon a big dream
when it comes true
this town will never look the same
in a big sky
'pon a big dream


when it comes true
this town will never look the same

there's a big light in the sky
and i know why it shines on me
'cause my next step is forever
and my next turn sets me free
a waltz for jane
my waltz for jane

there's a big light
in a big sky
'pon a big dream
when it comes true
this town will never look the same
in a big sky
'pon a big dream
when it comes true
this town will never look the same

du coeur à la tête
cèst une très longue route
et je vais sans doute
un jour y aller
dans une petite pochette
mes affaires de toilette
et si tu me laisse
j`y vais toujours rester
car mon coeur il pardonne
mais il peut pas oublier
et ma tête elle oublie
mais sait jamais pardonner
entre l`amour et la haine
se trouvent les champs-elysees
de l`un et de l´autre
une melange fâcheux
j`aime les jours clares
et les nuits obscures
comes les gents du cinéma
et dans la literature
j`explore le néant
pour trouver une ouverture
oui, je cherche le chemin
pour m`enmenner vers le demain
non, jamais jamais
j`irais me contenter
d`être une histoire sans espoire
d`arrêter dans les couloirs
de l`avenir ecoulé
je sais bien que tu pense
un jour j`irais regretter
les consequênces de la decision que j`ai fait
mais je n`ai pas peur
de retourner
`vec ma petite pochette
et mes affaires de toilette
et ma nouvelle habitude
de fumer des cigarettes
et tout ce lourd savoir
que j`ai accumuler
non, jamais jamais
j`irais me contenter
d`être une histoire sans espoire
d`arrêter dans les couloirs
de l`avenir ecoulé
non, jamais jamais
j`irais me contenter
d`être une histoire em forme de poire
d`arrêter dans les couloirs
de l`avenir ecoulé

bem sei que estou endoidecendo
bem sei que falha em mim quem sou
sim, mas enquanto me nao rendo
quero saber por onde vou

ainda que vale?
para render- me
ao que o destino me faz ser
quero um momento aqui deter-me
e descansar a conhecer

ha grandes lapsos de memoria
grandes paralelas perdidas
e muita lenda e muita historia
e muitas vidas muitas vidas



tudo isso; agora me perco de mim
e vou a transviar
quer chamar a mim, e cerco
meu ser de tudo relembrar

ha grandes lapsos de memoria
grandes paralelas perdidas
e muita lenda e muita historia
muitas vidas muitas vidas

down in vineland
there's a clubhouse
girl in white dress
boy shoots white stuff
don't you know
that anyone can join
and they come and call
and they fall on the floor
don't you see
when you're looking at me
that i never end
transcend transcend
ain't it strange
oohoohooh
ain't it strange
come and join me
i implore thee
i impure thee
come explore me
don't you know
that anyone can join
and they come and call
and they fall on the floor
don't you see
when you're looking at me
that i never end
transcend transcend
ain't it strange
oohoohooh
ain't it strange
true, true

who are you
who, who am i
lodadodadodadoda
down in vineland
there's a clubhouse

girl in white dress
boy shoots white stuff
don't you know
that anyone can join
and they come and call
and they fall on the floor

don't you see
when you're looking at me
that i never end
transcend transcend
ain't it strange
oohoohooh
ain't it strange

do you go to the temple tonight?
oh no, i don't think so no
do you not go to the palace of answers with me, marie?
oh no, i don't think so no

see, when they offer me books of gold
i know soon still that platinum's coming
and when i look inside of your temple
it looks just like the inside of the brain of any one man
and when he beckons his finger to me, well
i move in another direction
i move in another dimension
i move in another direction
ohohoh strange

yeah alright mmh yeah
sit back, relax
look at everything through your magnifying-glass

yeah alright mmh yeah
lay low, don`t go
show me everything that i don`t know

yeah alright mmh yeah
and leave the door wide open
for time will be coming round to pass
it always does yeah alright yeah mmh

lay low, don`t go
tell me everything i oughta know
yeah alright yeah mmh
and sweetpie don`t lie
give me all you got,
cause i can take alot more than that
and leave the door wide open
for time will be coming round to pass
it always does
yeah alright mmh yeah
sit back, relax
look at everything through your magnifying-glass
yeah alright mmh yeah
sweetpie, don`t lie
tell me everything that you`ve been holding back
i can take alot more than that
i can take alot more than that

lovely, it`s me
calling you from far across the sea
every now and then i have to follow time
and find out where it`s gone
and where i`m at
where it`s gone
and where i`m at
where it`s gone
and where i`m at
and that`s that

here and there and everywhere i go
i stand on my two feet
on my two hands i walk away
now and then and almost every time
i wake up walking in my sleep
i feel the need to walk away
once upon a time it was
when everything was real there was
nobody who would want to walk away
but today we know so much
that we don't really know just what
is true or false or should we go or stay

all of a sudden i wake up
all of a sudden i wake up
the words i trust to build upon
are pebbles in my hand
all of a sudden i wake up
all of a sudden i wake up
the words that name the right and wrong
are pebbles in my hand
the words i give and those i take
are just pebbles in my hand



every time i look i see them
moving by remote control so remote
that they don't even know
yet it seems they know so much
that they don't really care so much
about who does and who does not control

all of a sudden i wake up
all of a sudden i wake up
the words i trust to build upon
are pebbles in my hand
all of a sudden i wake up
all of a sudden i wake up
the words that name the right and wrong
are pebbles in my hand
the words i give and those i take
are just pebbles in my hand

this is the story of a reoccuring dream
some other images cut inbetween
endlessly seeking for identitiy
of what there is and what there seems to be
do i am just what i recall
do i own waht belongs to all
a sunken ship that carries jewelry and gold
i'd love to get it but the water is much to cold

i'm going down through a poke in my vein
i'm moving up to where i'm going insane
caught in the middle for it's too high a stake
i'm popping out of my rebirthday cake
i'm shooting up through a whole in my head
see me falling through the safety net
no boundaries no strings attached
i am free so don't you mess with me

sing a loud song
and draw a few lines
the world is a mess
and i feel fine
tell a crude joke
about the sign of the times
have faith and you can sleep with snakes



this is the story of a reoccuring dream
some other images cut inbetween
endlessly seeking for identitiy
of what there is and what there seems to be
do i am just what i recall
do i own waht belongs to all
a sunken ship that carries jewelry and gold
i'd love to get it but the water is much to cold
stuck in the middle i can barely move
i feel my feet are marching to the good groove
i hear my heart is pounding on the right spot
hell i'm free so don't you mess with me

sing a loud song
and draw a few lines
the world is a mess
and i feel fine
tell a crude joke
about the sign of the times
have faith and you can sleep with snakes

i save you
from your own hand
i take you
take you home and
i show you
how to chase them clouds away
feel that brand new day

hello darling
the tide is rising high
your ship is coming in
i can see it coming in
and almost every
single chance has oubled
the joker`s on your hand
and everywhere is resurrection

i save you
from your own hand
i take you
i take you home and
i show you
how to chase them clouds away
and feel that brand new day

oh yeah
but you`re so tired
you`ve been giving best of best
been defying all the rest
need to hold your precious breath
you need to close your pretty eyes
i guess
you just ran out of lies

wake up sweet-heart
the sun is way up high
drown out your sad ol` sigh
with eternal jollification
almost every
petty doubt has vanished
negation`s been abolished
and everywhere is resurrection-aha-ahaa

i save you
from your own hand
i take you
take you home and
i show you
how to chase them clouds away
and greet that brand new day
chase them clouds away
feel that brand new day
chase them clouds away
feel that brand new day
chase them clouds away
feel that brand new day...

all that glitters is gold
gold is what she gave me
like the sun i see her fade
away into the cold
on this blurred photograph
she offers me her smile
there is something in her eyes
that makes me tremble even now
and then
i sigh

all that twinkles are tears
there goes my reflection
down her cheeks into
the corner of her mouth
on this blurred photograph
she offers me her smile
there is something in her eyes
that makes me tremble even now
and then
i sigh

on this blurred photograph
she offers me her smile
there is something in her eyes
that makes me tremble even now

all that matters at times
a simple sign
all that matters sometimes
is easy to forget
i try not to
i don`t want to
but i have to
now and then

he is one sad boy
but he would`nt shed a tear
he is one sad boy
with a conviction
he is one sad boy
which is obvious to me
for he claims to be happy
with a vengeance

and from all the girls in his world
he had to love the one
that pokes him in the eye
whenever his liveliness is souldeep
and his smile comes from within
and starts caressing her distressing boring self
with an idea
he`s one sad boy
busy proving differently
as he claims to be happy
with a vengeance

he is swimming in her pool of self-conceit
swimming round in circles
while the water`s getting turbid
swimming round in circles
when she`s gone

he is one sad boy
though he never sheds a tear
he is one sad boy
with a conviction
he is one sad boy
which is obvious to me
for he claims to be happy
with a vengeance

and from all the souls in his world he tries
to win the heart of those who just
could`nt give a damn
unless pretending to
would come in handy
when times are rough and roads are sandy
for jealousy is their
driving motion

he is swimming in their pool of self-conceit
swimming round in circles
while the water`s getting turbid
swimming round in circles
when they `re gone

look around
this is the landscape that we`re in
there is the house we`ve built
and there`s our yellow dustbin
and just behind those trees
you can see the little barn
we used to jump into the hay
like we were diving in the ocean

walk through the garden now
and smell them herbs and spices
go strolling up that hill
to where the rotting stake is
you are looking down on me
and i am looking up to you
think again
now think again
about what you want do

all the promises you make i cannot keep
all the dreams you bring about are far too deep
and one more thing to make this misery complete
i wanna know
cause i don`t know
just why you want to go

look around
this is the landscape that we`re in
gracefully surging fields
a thunderbolt enlightening
the narrow path we used to walk
as if we`d sail the seven seas
to hide away and booze and fuck
like sailors out on shore-leave

all the promises you make i cannot keep
all the dreams you bring about are far too deep
and one more thing to make this misery complete:
it seems you played the game
just a little smarter
and while my brittle raft will sink
you go walking on the water

look around
this is the landscape that we`re in
the lake the trees the birds and bees
and everything`s revolving
the clouds between the sky and i
slowly drift apart
the rain will wash away the tears
and soothe your aching heart

all the promises you make i cannot keep
all the dreams you bring about are far too deep
and one more thing...

how fast can you undress on tv
you think you do it for me
when you get ugly on tv
you think you do it for me
but
once would be grand
once would be splendid
and then again
just one such moment on tv
is fine

how slow can you get restless on tv
you think you do it for me
when you get restless
you milk your dream
the next one comes easy
like cream
yet
once would be grand
once would be splendid
and then again
just one such moment on tv
is fine with me

how slow can you get restless on tv
you think you can do it
doing it for me

here comes a lazy beat
with lazy fingers
and yeah
very me
very sweet on tv

for mother brother
loveboy lovegirl on tv
and

i`m naked
and late for the show
naked and languid and low
late for the show

aren`t they deliciously strange
when they grow up to be cows

but
once would be grand
once would be splendid
and then again
just one such moment on tv
is fine with me