· «In Love» it's a shame bitches the left turn weak ends, shattered days rain comes falling down blue mail box walk, don't walk it gets me down (etter) fatal threestep as the wind blows (krohn/etter) total recall the most important part (fischer)
WEAK ENDS, SHATTERED DAYS
 
metal cries, bites shreds out of the night
craterlike, a chainsaw burns the sky
it tears your living room to pieces
paints your carpet black
 
temptation grows to ecstasy
inside your head strange faces stare
as ice cubes melt to glowing butter
persian rugs begin to sway
 
sweet colours render
power shoots into your fist
your arms turn into wings
up, up you fall, fall and fall
 
and nothing will be, now is never, no one ever was
no, nothing will be, now is never, no one ever was
 
your soul hangs on to saturdays
to sundays and to better days
but all you get are shattered days
that make you pay for yesterday's
unnecessary, unawary, temporary, sucking fairy
surrealistic rhyming
but go ahead and ball!
 
and nothing will be, now is never, no one ever was
no, nothing will be, now is never, no one ever was
 
(change to nice mood)
 
late sunday morning
sunny slices on the floor
old jazz floats in the air
what made your evenings sad
gives peace to you the next day
 
soft smoke and golden copper
guiding lights or candles
smiling chalk your ceiling
heavy solitude on velvet cushions
swaying to and fro
(change to mean mood)
 
metal cries, bites shreds out of the night
craterlike, a chainsaw burns the sky
it tears your living room to pieces
paints your carpet black
 
and nothing will be, now is never, no one ever was
no, nothing will be, now is never, no one ever was
 
 
WALK, DON'T WALK
 
yes or no?
high or low?
you don't know
stay or go
 
day or night?
grey or white?
wrong or right
it's alright
 
they teach you to stand
for what you want and what you don't
they tell you to fight
and they hate it if you won't
if you can't make up your mind
then you won't go far
so work out your answers
be a guiding star
 
but if you walk out of that door
just dare to walk out of that door
there's no way back in anymore
no, no more
 
but if you stay
if you stay
it's to the end of day
 
outside there is frenzy
there is fog and there's no frame
inside there is fashion
there is fortune, there is fame
so stay where you belong
and pretend, that you care
slave away your time
to buy a first class fare
 
don't try to walk out of that door
for if you walk out of that door
there's no way back in anymore
no, no more
 
 
TOTAL RECALL
 
looking down from seventh floor
on cars and buses floating to
the rhythm of the slowly rocking
colour-changing traffic lights
your mind blows bubbling soapy words
that glimmer glistening in your brain
 
recalling faces, words and music
you wait for calls or signs to change
your life, that lost it´s taste and slipped
some years ago out of your hand
pushed by strange blues you choose
to think it over, where the sun sets late
 
(refrain:)
don't you ask yourself, boy
how hard you'd hit the floor?
don't you wish you could fall
into another world?
 
if newfound loneliness just makes
you shiver, hide inside and still
you cannot see the light of dawn
by staring back into the night
the cemitery's cubic death
lies less then half a mile away
 
 
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF MY DREAM
 
I had a dream last night
you came walking across that bridge
your hair was a flag in the wind
and I knew, that I would love you
but then something made me wake up
 
(refrain:)
I always miss the most important
part of my dream
and no matter how I concentrate
I can't dream my dreams until the end
 
I had a dream last night
you were sitting there with some guys
your eyes gave me a strange look
then you asked for a kiss
and I think I said yes
but then something made me wake up
 
(refrain)
 
I had a dream last night
we were walking side by side
I took all my courage
put my arms 'round you
but when I told you, that I love you
yes, then something made me wake up
 
(refrain)
 
 
THE LEFT TURN
 
I was standing at the window
as an airmailman flew by
I hit him with my fist
and leaned out far to watch him die
 
he fell onto a trampoline
jumped back into the air
as I tried to knock him down again
myself fell off the chair
 
the moral of this story
is the same as in the next
where I spied the fairest Adam
and was suddenly hot for sex
 
he was strutting down the lane
as I was whistling at his walk
when he turned into a pig
and said: "hey, babe..."
but I said: "fuck you!"
 
the worst is yet to come:
when I was just a little gal
my teacher called me sissy
till I cried out: "what the hell!"
 
so I stole my daddy's rifle
doing what had to be done
when I aimed at the professor
I forgot to load my gun
 
(refrain:)
nothing turns out right
I never get just what I want
I was born a born beginner
I'll die a debutante
nothing turns out right
nothing turns out right
nothing, nothing turns out right
 
when they lower me into the ground
I know it must be so
I'll wake up at their laughter's sound
with no place left to go
 
my grave will be a Mecca
for the losers and the clowns
they'll pay 5 quid to see my bones
but I won't get a pound
 
well, people, you can laugh at me
and spit into my face
the bible says a camel
is the winner of the race
 
(refrain)
 
 
RAIN COMES FALLING DOWN
 
every day the sky was blue
birds were singing, so were you
only lately, things have changed
heaven's clouded, you act strange
 
you are chilly, you are cool
there is ice inside your pool
how the hell can I break through
when even starfish get the flu
 
(refrain:)
and where the sun was shining
rain comes falling down
 
when I look at you, I know
that your heart is full of snow
you will soon leave me behind
to change the weather in your mind
 
(refrain)
 
 
IT´S A SHAME
 
I loved you in the song before
now you don´t love me anymore
the thrill is gone
the dishes done
I´m off to new horizons
 
what could it be
when will it end
where does it start
when is it spent
am I to blame
we're not the same
which way to treasure island
 
(refrain:)
he´s a monkey, I´m a dog
he´s a donkey, I´m a hog
he used to be my lover boy
my precious toy
my only joy
now when he sees me on the streets
he runs and I am hiding
 
baby, what a way to go
a way to show
we just don´t know
what happens in our hearts
when love is striking
 
don´t you miss me
don´t you cry
the way you kissed
and made me sigh
I´m feeling low
you´re running high
a single tear from you
would see me smiling
 
(refrain)
 
 
IT GETS ME DOWN
 
I don't know how to say good-bye
I even don't know how to catch a fly
and more and more it turns into
a bad dissatisfaction
oh, it gets me down
it gets me down &endash; onto the ground
it gets me down
 
I'm not able to drive a car
I'm not able to open a jar
and I screw up everything
I'm touching with may hands
oh, it gets me down
it gets me down &endash; onto the ground
it gets me down
 
well, I don't have the courage to die
I've never read 'The Catcher in the Rye'
and every single word I say
sounds like it means nothing
oh, it gets me down
it gets me down &endash; onto the ground
it gets me down
 
 
FATAL THREESTEP
 
just another story
just another song
just another sample
of things gone wrong
 
Johnny was a mailman
Mary was his pie
Johnny said:
"we stay together
till we die"
 
kids and a dog
and a house and two cars
dreams of the future
they reach for the stars
 
just another story
just another song
just another sample
of things gone wrong
 
Johnny was a mailman
Mary was his maid
one day, Johnny found her
with his best friend
in a bed
 
oh my, why did they do
what they have done
Johnny got angry
and pulled out his gun
 
(refrain:)
when love is in the air
and sunshine in her hair
then watch out and beware
with whom the bed you share
for if you don't play fair
soon in a gun you stare
there's corpses everywhere
bisexual, queer or square
beggar or millionaire
ugly, plain or fair
 
why is love so painful
when it goes astray
why can't lovers be more careful
whom they lay?
 
everything is rotten
when it comes to lust
girls get hot 'n men get shot
nobody can be trust
 
Johnny 's a jailbird now
Mary is sad
no children no fam'ly
and poor Bill is dead
 
(refrain)
 
 
BLUE MAIL BOX
 
Dear Antonia
I´m stuck in a camper, forty miles outside Italy
just out of reach of a decent cup of coffee
 
heaven´s revenge is pouring down on us
there´s no chance to drive on tonight
and only distant lovers on tv
 
I´ve just finished working at the airport
unloading planes at night
I´m really worn out now, and like the weather
I feel rather wet and cold and sort of lonely
 
I got your letter, but I still wonder how you´re doing
as for me, I moved back to the outskirts
I'm sharing a flat down in the Jewish quarter
it´s alright
though not exactly cheap for what you get
 
these people, they are into esoterics
they´re reading all kind of semi-religious books
and lay cards to get a grip on their future
 
my brother, he passed his exam, so I heard
he´ll start studying the law, for all it´s worth
my sister´s working in some bar
she seems to make good money
 
I´m trying to get calmer now
maybe quit drinking, maybe smoking, maybe both
 
I want to meet new people
´cause I´m tired of acquaintances
that like to be called friends
 
say, if I should ever get to Mexico
is there a chance for me to find a job?
 
ah, well, those are nothing but dreams
but I really want to see the world
those rocks are squaring me up
 
maybe the States, Brazil or Argentina
though I might not even make it to Italy
 
my friend here has an offer
to buy a ranch in Massachusetts
and he might actually leave
that´s when he´s paid back his debts, he says
 
I´m only hoping for the rain to stop
and more than that, to see you soon
where in the world is Puerto Cruz?
 
lots of love to you in a letter
and a hundred thousand kisses by mail
they will arrive before I do
a long, long time before I ever will
 
 
BITCHES
 
we get up, when you're yawning
go to sleep at dawn
roam the city, haunt your dreams
have parties on your lawn
if you try to catch a glimpse
of our wicked souls
before you reach the window
we have slipped into our holes
 
we ride the sky on laser
we wear laces on our thighs
we lick your private aces
whip your dog until it cries
get stoned on gasoline
get high on petrol set on fire
if you aim your guns at us
my friend, we just get higher
 
(refrain:)
we are bitches
catch us if you dare
we got itches
confetti in our hair
 
your terrace is an airport
your futon is a plane
we take off from your kitchen
and we land on penny lane
what are jewels, what are rings
what's your riches or your minks
how low are presidents and kings
we got wings!
 
(refrain)
 
join us in the fiesta, sister
throw away your past
tell your lover: "listen, mister,
you ain't gonna last"
turn up the gas, turn down his pleas
ask him for a light
strike his match, count down to one
get ready for the flight
 
(refrain)
 
 
AS THE WIND BLOWS
 
you see the leaves fall from the trees as the wind blows
you hear it howling like a child outside your window
and you cover your naked friend with a sheet and you stay close
 
he dreams of victims bowing their heads as the wind blows
falling angels in the air, only god knows - why
and your lover is crying in his sleep as the blood flows
 
lying side by side, in a deep, troubling way
you feel that you're worlds apart
and you pray, yes you pray for something to soothe his heart
 
you see the leaves fall from the trees as the wind blows
your mouth is howling like a child as his pain grows
and you wish relief would come tonight - only god knows

Lyrics geschrieben von Jan Krohn