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Always going home
03:19
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Always going Home
I know where I am, I´ve been here before
What to expect and what is in store
And the shapes and the smells and the sounds and the law
I know where I am, I´ve been here before
And I know when we came that my voice lightened up
And I told you of the fountains and the sculpture and the shops
And the road where we played as children, growing up
After days being away it´s just good to be back
I need my ways and I need you too
I need my place and I need my people
And I don´t need much of material things
Just a corner of this world where I spread my wings
And order my thoughts and settle my feelings
Or lie on the floor and stare at the ceiling
And let the time pass till I´ve gathered my strength
To pack up my bags and hit the road again
If you ask me where I´m going I´m always going home
Out of the window is the view that I know
It is not very special as views go
But over the roofs and beyond the trees
The sky is the limit and you will see
Though I know where I am and I´ve been here before
And the shapes and the smells and the sounds and the law
And the law, oh the law that is keeping us down
And hinders that we tarry long here in this town
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2. |
Marvellous spring
04:29
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Marvellous Spring
The sun has grown fat and the birds full of song
I hear my true love calling
My head is full with the music of spring
And wedding bells are ringing
The winter was far too long, I hear my true love calling
Springtime has come again and wedding bells are ringing
Marvellous spring, almost too good to be true
And now your head is swimming
Patiently wait for the summer will come
With all its blessing
Blossom will turn to fruit, oh where are you roaming?
The seed is sown, the corn will grow, raindrops are falling.
The scent of the flowers cannot compare to your skin
How slow the hours are passing
The light in your eyes will live once again
As sure as the sun is shining
Springtime will come and go, I hear my true love calling
My love belongs to you
And wedding bells are ringing
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3. |
Noch einmal
03:53
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Noch Einmal
Wie beginnt man ein Lied
Aus einer Abwesenheit von Bewegung
Weil man nichts spürt?
Du fragst was geschieht
Und ob dieser Zustand der Leere
Sich nochmal verliert
Was bleibt zu tun
Wenn du zwar Schönheit siehst
Aber sich in dir leider nichts rührt?
Was willst du tun
Wenn du nicht gehen kannst
Weil du glaubst, dass es nie zu was führt?
Noch einmal eine Melodie
Noch einmal zwei Zeilen
Die dich wieder stärken
Wenn du doch das Gefühl verlorst
Für deinen Weg, deine Kraft
Noch einmal eine Melodie
Noch einmal die Zeilen
Die jetzt Hoffnung geben
Wo nur Grauheit um dich lag
Ist vielleicht Weg, halb geschafft
Du singst ein Lied
Das keine Antwort weiß
Auf die Stille, die dich bedrängt
Und dennoch gibt
Es dir wenigstens eine Erinnerung
An den Moment
Der anders war
Und eine Regung bringt auch wenn
Ängste der Auslöser sind
Wie anders war
Letzte Zeit im Vergleich
Zu gefühlten vergangenen Jahren
Gemeinsam hier
Auch ohne Bewegung
Vergehen langsam die Tage
Doch mit dir
Schau ich vorwärts
Und vergesse für heute die Frage
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4. |
Looking at life
04:32
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Looking At Life
Looking at life and all its questions
Hoping for answers, there’s none I would mention
The book, it lies with open pages
Echoing thoughts of forgotten ages
Learned books with fingered messages
Compounding guilt and breeding heretics
I’ve read them all, or most of them
And didn’t feel better when I woke up again!
For me, for me, I have my way
Just like the clouds on a rainy day
Just as the sun in a sea-blue sky
As time goes by, I ask not why
Solutions, scriptures, tell-telling thoughts
Ethereal ways and best selling books
Aimed at the lonely, aimed at the lost
And just to settle the cost
Looking at life and learning too
From all that is given to you
The branches are there on the tree
The fruit is hanging for all to see
The tree of life, it is no book
The cherries are there for you to pluck
Sweet or bitter, sour and ripe
It’s when you taste, you’re looking at life
For me, for me, I have my way
Young woman on a field in May
And as you found, I still walk more
The seldom way worth lookin for
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5. |
Book of words
03:35
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Book Of Words
I’ve written many songs in my life, a book of words
A book of music for your ears, for all ist worth
Simple are the sounds, straight forward are the thoughts
In this book of words
The mirror of my mind are the stories that I tell
What I’ve tasted, what I’ve breathed and what I’ve felt
The pictures I have painted of my own destiny
The defeats and all the victories
It is the story of my life, my youth, my will, my way
The journeys, the dominions and the dawnings of the day
The cities I have seen, both real and make-believe
In my waking hours and in my sleep
In all my days to come I wish to keep the twig of youth
And take the stem of learning to complete this book
Open are my eyes, still very wide
Oh, there’s much to seek and much to find
I’ve written many songs in my life, a book of words
A book of music for your ears, for all ist worth
Simple are the sounds, straight forward are the thoughts
In this book of words
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6. |
I will not rest
04:27
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I Will Not Rest
Step by step and day by day
Week by week, we go on our way
Bridges, rivers, roads and seas
Stumbling and rising to our feet
I saw you and understood the sky
The seasons and the darkness of the night
Oh, I saw you and I knew why
For giving and sharing of life
I will not rest, I will not lie down
I will not give up what I’ve searched and found
I wear this ring you gave to me
It shows me some journeys never do end
And like this ring, go on and on
Some jouneys just never end
You gave to me your word
For the good times and for the hard
Out of silence comes the sound
Out of solitude, calmness for the mind
We are waiting for the change
Hidden and gathering strength
The minutes melt into the hours
The hours stretch into days
And the colours of our dreams
Will lead us on our way
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7. |
Kleinigkeit
04:08
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Kleinigkeit
Der Augenblick, in dem du aufwachst
Vom nächsten Herzschlag schon ist klar: es wird ein guter Tag!
Die Sonne schickt drei Strahlen durch das Zimmer
Die hat es lange nicht gegeben
Das Haus liegt leer, der Tag voller Erwartung
Dein Geist ist hier, du brauchst ihn nicht zu wecken,
Und folgst der Sonne langsam durch die Räume
Ein Stück Papier, die Stille, zwei Momente Einigkeit
Ein Lied, ein Leben neu beginnen: Kleinigkeit!
Ein Ausschnitt nur, doch solche kommen wieder
Du liegst im Fluss und hörst das Rieseln kleiner Steine
Siehst Licht auf klarem Wasser reflektiert und Tiefe
Und überall nur bunt, Lebensfarben
Nur Innehalten, staunend um sich schau´n
Im kurzen Tauchgang eine halbe Welt erfühlt
Es ist ein Augenblick, indem du aufwachst
Und unweigerlich erkennst: alles ist gut
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8. |
Gipsy
04:42
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Gipsy
She sang of the free life, the gipsy in her soul
Her hair tied back, in her lip a ring of gold
The thirst in her eyes told stories that I know
Still sleeping in her dreams, stories that were old
Now I’ve been searching for my counterpart for many, many moons
I thought the time had nearly come to seal this book of dreams
As if the Gods were smiling, this Gipsy came to me
With music, sweet, cheeky chords, her voice and violin
Oh you do not know your power
You do not know your strength
The world is at your finger-tips
When you touch your strings
My song that walked began to run my song that slept, awoke
My song that didn’t want to dance turned melancholy to hope
My laughter was unmasked, my sorrow turned to joy
Upside-down, inside-out, a man became a boy
And where this journey takes us, I really cannot say
And should our roads take different turns, the memory will stay
Of two hearts bonded, shaing this earth
Through the universal language, the one that needs no words
Gipsy, you will take the pain from many a lonely soul
Gipsy, will you sing to me as I sing to you?
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9. |
Nobody knows
04:39
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Nobody Knows
Nobody knows how it all began
Nobody knows what is yet to come
Nobody knows much more than you and me
The truth is that nobody knows
A sroke of fortune, a touch of the sky
Kissed by the sun, the moon rising high
More than we know, more than we can guess
And who could wish for more but the best?
Nobody knows which way it will turn
No one can prophesy more than we have learned
The mirror in the looking-glass is true when it is blurred
´Cos no one really understands this world
And how I’d like to know how it all began
How I’d like to know what is yet to come
Years I have taken to come so little far
The mystery remains with my desire
Questions will have answers and some will be told
Questions will have answers, the future will unfold
I marry you this day and one thing I do know
I’m standing to myself and stand to you
I marry you this day and one thing I do know
I’m holding to myself and hold to you
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10. |
All a long day
04:15
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All A Long Day
The sun was almost rising across the bay
Time to greet another brand new day
The light was brighter than my head
The world was turning round
And in my hands only salty sand
We pulled ourselves together, found some food to eat
Swilled it down with bottles of warm beer
Cleaned ourselves as best we could
And washed our swollen feet
It didn’t take long to pack up all our gear
We set off in our sluggish way past cafés full of rich
And trudged along the road which lead to Nice
The sun was standing higher and when we found our pitch
No one was there except for the police
And as the sun sank lower, our spirits were the same
The music sounded thin, it wasn’t strange
Some beggars and some singers were jailed and who’s to blame?
It’s the same the whole world over, nothing’s changed
Summers on the street as a musician watching passers-by
Thinking that you’re king and gaining credit from the passers-by
Disdaining all the beggars who have waited till the sun was high
From morning dew to evening queue, when people have long ceased to buy
It’s all a long day!
„The poor are always with you“, said a wise man long ago
A thousand years, ten thousand faces surely come and go
Some are lost and some are ill, some do not know why
And there but for the grace of god, go I.
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11. |
Lieder
04:22
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Lieder
Eine Kette aus Perlen, ganz schimmernd und heil
Strahlend hell und in warm-leichten Tönen
Ziehst du hinter dir her, eine Schnur und ein Band
Aus Erinnerung, manchmal aus schönen
Ein Gewebe, ein zartes in Mustern von Kreisen
Von Linien, Spiralen, von Fäden
Du findest die Deinen im Gewebe der Zeit
Dein Werkstück in Haufen von Spänen
Keine Idee ist jemals verloren
Sie kommen stets wieder, öffne dich dem Moment
Und ich weiß wie du selbst: allein warten ist schwer
Denn was wäre wenn nichts jemals kommt?
Manchmal kann es passieren: der Zauber verblasst
Und von einstigen Farben nur Schlieren
Gib ein wenig von Arbeit, nur ein bisschen der Zeit
Kann heilen, immer wieder polieren
Zusammengepresstes Gefühl, Atmosphäre
Geballt in kleinstmöglicher Form
Ändert Farbe vielleicht noch im Nachhinein
Und bleibt doch Einzelstück fern jeder Norm
Diese Lieder, einst mein, aus Gedanken und Staub
Und aus Raum sich greifendem Denken
Haben Ziel, haben Glanz, Sie erfüllt nun ein Zweck
Denn ich schreibe sie um zu verschenken
Manchmal sing ich von ander´n, fühle auch dann ein Glück
Etwas anders macht es ein jeder.
Doch mit größerer Stärke sing ich heut dieses Lied
Denn es stammte aus eigener Feder
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Julia & Chris Simmance Aix En Provence, France
Dear Music-Friends,
We are happy to tell you, that we are out there again, on the streets of South of
France !
Hopefully rather sooner than later we will also add some new recordings on our site here.
Greetings and till then,
Julia and Chris
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