All those years - Lyrics                                              


01-Tonight I´ll cry for you      02-In our destiny      03-January come she will      04-My dreams      05-January tale      06-From England´s rainy coasts

07-Autumn in the city      08-Don´t be too fast      09-On my wall white and cold      10-Silly little game      11-Picturebook      12-You´re gone      13-I need you

14-Endless game      15-The stream      16-Sirens of love      17-Not a time for lovesongs      18-The spell of the music      19-By the sea      20-Moments in time

                                                                                                                    click on a song to find the lyrics


 

 

 

Tonight I´ll cry for you   Stuttgart, 11.07.1978

* 01 *                                  Nr.: 067

 

Here I am                                          when I was young

alone again                                        we had so much fun

I think no kind of sorrow                          and now the news of your death

could beat me more                                 is waiting at my door

 

when I was young                                   sometimes I thought of you

we had so much fun                                 sometimes I did not

and now the news of your death                     tonight I´ll cry for you

is waiting in my door                              tomorrow maybe I won't

 

sometimes things hurt me                           but I did'nt help you when I could

and sometimes they don't                           oh I know I never tried

sometimes I'm lonely                               never really tried

and sometimes I'm not                              my friend

 

they didn't help you when they could               here I am

I know they've never tried                         alone again

never really tried                                 I think no kind of sorrow

my friend                                          could beat me more

 

here I go                                          here I go

I wish you'd know                                  and I wish you'd know

that all the things you said                       that all the things you said

are in my head                                     are in my head tonight

tonight

 

 

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In our destiny   Berlin, 19.10.1980

* 02 *                     Nr.: 099

 

Oh I remember you walking in the sun               and I was sleeping at your side

and the street                                     oh how I miss your breath at night

echoing with your laughter                         your head on my shoulder

 

and I still can see you                            do you remember us sitting on a bench

standing in the rain                               on platform number ten

telling me your pain                               of a late night railway station

your teardrops on my hand     

                                                   was it all as it had to be

was it all as it had to be                         was it planned in our destiny

was it planned in our destiny                      is it but a memory now fading away

is it but a memory now fading away

 

 

 

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January come she will   Berlin, 17.12.1980

* 03 *                            Nr.: 101

 

Little girl what will I do                         and when my face will smile again

when I'll be far away from you                     into the sun I'll shout your name

see January come she will                          thankful I will always be

take me away to winter's chill                     that I met you and you loved me

where in the distant city snow

my dreams will die and pain will grow              little girl what will I do

                                                   when I'll be far away from you

´til when days will have passed by                 see January come she will

I'll ease my mind and stop to cry                  take me away to winter's chill

into my face the winds will blow                   where in the distant city snow

and life around will quietly flow                  my dreams will die and pain will grow

 

 

 

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My dreams   Berlin, 27.11.1980

* 04 *                Nr.: 100

 

My dreams in the neon lights                       a world apart we might seem

of the city night                                  still I dream

can't bring you back to me                         that we will meet again some time

 

my thoughts are floating out in vain               my dreams in the neon lights

so I write your name                               of the city night

into the mist on the window pane                   can't bring you back to me

 

where are you now                                  my thoughts are floating out in vain

here I am                                          so I write your name

can't you see                                      into the mist on the window pane

it's just reality

 

 

 

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January tale   Berlin, 16.01.81

* 05 *                 Nr.: 102

 

Silent winter's day                                emptiness my friend

children scream and play                           have you come again

snowflakes perform their symphony                  sing your answer to me do

in my back yard gallery                            oh I thought I had escaped from you

 

January tale                                       but there you are

winter sky so pale                                 still in my world

wind of thoughts inside my head                    and you follow me

but my love seems to be dead                       wherever I go

                                                   after all these years

and there you are

still on my mind                                   silent winter's night

but I will not call you                            wind blows with all it's might

back again                                         ballett of the midnight rain

after all these boken dreams                       frozen on my window pain

 

Lady of the light                                  January tale

back again tonight                                 winter steets so pale

caress me with your lonely eyes                    wind of thoughts inside my head

in a love that never dies                          but my love seems to be dead

 

                                                   and there you are

                                                   still on my mind

                                                   but I will not call you

                                                   back again

                                                   after all these broken dreams

 

 

 

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From England's rainy coasts   Stuttgart/Berlin, 28.09.1981

* 06 *                                            Nr.: 107

 

Now I walk my ways in loneliness                   and I fill my void with fairy tales

there is nothing I can do                          that I make up in my mind

but to think of all the tenderness                 and I weave them out of hopes and dreams

that there was between me and you                  and of fantasies I find

 

and the rain keeps falling                         and the rain she cries

from the sky                                       her silent song

from heavy clouds drifting                         in puddles and in trees

all the way                                        along my way

from England's rainy coasts                        down to the busy town

and on and on                                      and sings your name

and on and on                                      I sing along

 

 

 

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Autumn in the city   Berlin, 23.09.1980

* 07 *                         Nr.: 098

 

My love it's Autumn in the city                    will I ever see your smiling face again

season that used to make me blue                   and feel the love you shared with me

but now I'm strolling down the pavements           oh we had to part too early

singing melodies for you                           we cut the flower in the sun

                                                   that was just about to grow

and in my memory's illusions

you're walking down the road with me               and I don´t know how I can tell you

and I can look into your eyes again                how you´re going round in my head

                                                   oh I have tried before to tell you

do you remember how we were singing                but I've repeated myself instead

in the street

do you think of me at all                          all I can do is sing this song now

or have you gone away to hide within               and carry on while you're so far

your little world again                            I hope you understand the way

oh how I wish you'd let me in                      I love you as you are

 

and a new loneliness surrounds me                  are you sad or are you happy

one I have never felt before                       I don't know

I'm happy just to be alive                         oh what I´d give to bring you here

but I know now there can be more                   and if you need me do not wait

                                                   you know I'll never turn away my love

and in the silence of these new days               I want you to be glad

sometimes I can't believe at all

that I have ever been to England

and broken through the wall

 

 

 

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Don't be too fast   Freiburg, 25.01.1979

* 08 *                          Nr.: 071

 

Oh I would'nt mind                                 please don't cut down

if you took what you need                          what I've loved all those years

but don't go oh please and if you                  and if you feel like breaking up

for you know how I feel                            don't be too fast

 

´cause it's morning in my eyes                     cause my memories always shine

´though it's evening in my soul                    and there's so much loving on my mind

and I know that you want to go                     but I know that you want to go

 

 

 

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On my wall white and cold   Berlin, 27.04.1981

* 09 *                                Nr.: 105

 

On my wall white and cold                          you know sometimes things get better

there's poetry of you                              and sometimes things get worse

and on the photograph near by                      oh how I wish you knew I care

you smile so tenderly to me                        how I wish you knew I care

 

I think of what you thaught me                     you are not alone

I think of what you are                            there are friends about

what a friend you are to me                        don't you worry about your future

what a friend you are to me                        how I wish you knew I care

with your silent words

with your poetry                                   And on my wall white and cold

with your smile of loving silence                  there's poetry of you

how glad I am to call you a friend                 and on the photograph near by

                                                   you smile so tenderly to me

On my wall white and cold

there's poetry of you

and on the photograph near by

you smile so tenderly to me

 

 

 

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Silly little game   Berlin, Winter 1981

* 10 *                         Nr.: 109

 

What a silly little game                           oh I know that I was wrong

I know it´s easy to explain                        thinking it was going on

when I think about it logically                   ´cause it was too early then to dream

 

hold your letter in my hand                        and the dreams unwind

and somehow I can understand                       and love is all you find

everything you try to say to me                    at least that´s what you wrote to me

                                                   and it might be true

but can´t you see

that in this emptiness                             but can´t you see

there´s nothing left to me                         that when I´m empty

but freedom                                        all that´s nothing else to me

freedom                                            but beautiful words

like I was free before I met you                   beautiful words

                                                   and there´s nothing left to me

                                                   but a lovely memory

 

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Picturebook   Chesham, 12/16.12.1979

* 11 *                      Nr.: 087

 

And so I have to leave you now                     and I'm writing letters to my home

although I hate to go                              that's covered now with snow

I turn pages in my picturebook to                  friends who once have shared

 I look for a page I know                          this life with me

stare through my window                            they come and go

no place to go                                     I see their faces before my eyes

your train is leaving in the morning sun           I hear their voices speak to me

my love where have you gone                        their love will set me free

 

see another lonely weekend                         and frosty mornings misty nights

with wind crying through my hair                   leave crystals in the streets

the last remaining morning mist                    a winter Lady is walking softly

 is clearing everywhere                            with frostwork on her feet

dead leaves are falling                            winter breeze crying

memories are calling                               the year is dying

dark clouds are drifting across the sky            the last December days are here

oh Autumn made me cry                              and without a sound they dissappear

 

 

 

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You´re gone   Berlin, 05.10.1981

* 12 *                  Nr.: 108

 

I always knew that it might happen                 I've got no reason to believe

why do I cry so many tears                         you'll ever come back to my door

there's nothing I can do about it                  I've rather reason to believe

and it will pass off with the years                that you don't need me anymore

I can't believe that it came true

                                                   I always knew that it might happen

you're gone you're gone                            that I'd get a letter saying no

you're gone                                        and here I'm standing in my doorway

                                                   I don't know where I could go

I only hope that you are happy                     life is so cold

that it was worth killing my dreams                when you're on your own

´cause you know it isn't easy

when you're not in the winning team                so good-bye good-bye to you

why did you go                                     good-bye

you know I need you so

 

come home come home to me

come home ( I'm so alone )

 

 

 

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I need you   Stuttgart, 11.01.1976

* 13 *                    Nr.: 029

 

There's only the wish to be with you on my mind    I need you I need you

and thoughts of you float through my head          my world is so empty

all I want to do is write a lovesong for you       when I'm without you

but I can't                                        please don't leave me alone

 

outside my window there's rain from the sky        I love you I love you

a dark lonely grey rainy Sunday                    and I've got to tell you so much

bringing the memories the emptiness                but I can't

back into my mind                                  no my love I can't

 

 

 

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Endless game   Berlin, 21.07.1984

* 14 *                   Nr.: 114

 

Snowfall rainfall magic coat                       light and secret endless game

covering my restless road                          oh I'll never know what is your name

I am dancing through my world                      you look into my eyes again

I don't know who I am                              and still I don't know what you see

so don't you call me by my name                    so don't you ask me for my love

I cannot meet all your demands out there           I cannot give you what you would not take

I don't know where you are                         it's you who must decide

 

dreamcoat words reality                            all the world's a theatre

are mingling in my fantasy                         a symphony a play for me

I've opened up my eyes to see                      and when I was a little boy

it's such a long long time ago                     I collected lots of toys

so don't you tell me what is real                  and today it's still the same to me

imaginations are realities                         when I look 'round I take what I can see

I don't know what you see                          and it is nothing but a game to me

 

all the world's a theatre                          snowfall rainfall magic coat

a symphony a play for me                           covering my restless road

and when I was a little boy                        I am dancing through my world

I collected lots of toys                           I don't know who I am

and today it's still the same to me                so don't you call me by my name

when I look 'round I take what I can see           I cannot meet all your demands out there

and it is nothing but a game to me                 I don't know where you are

 

 

 

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The stream   Chesham, 1/2.05.1980

* 15 *                   Nr.: 089

 

You know a long long time ago                      you're floating on just like a stream

I said that pain was all I had                     you couldn't wait for her or him

Now with the new life that I found

I see the beauty all around                        now that I've found what only was a dream

                                                   and what was real

but you got better things to do                    I've come to talk to you

than wait until it is too late                     I want to tell you how I feel

 

 

 

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Sirens of love   Berlin, 12/13.07.1984

* 16 *                        Nr.: 113

 

She opened her door garden gate magic stone        we were drifting we were flowing

and light was there from the beginning             we were moving on

she gave me her deamons                      we were drifting we were flowing

her fairies her gnomes                             ( we were )

sirens of love conquer singing               we were moving on

                                                   ( moving on )

and I was falling oh I's falling

and I'm falling still but                    death's an observer sitting in the first row

                                             has set the clock right at the start

I was falling oh I's falling                 now the music is over people get up and go

    ( I was )                                I feel how it's splitting my heart

and I'm falling still

      ( falling still )                      my heart's beating oh it's beating

                                             it's still beating on

life asked us to its perpetual dance

princess and chester were chosen             my heart's beating oh it's beating

we smiled at each other                               ( my heart's )

took each other's hands                      it's still beating on

our steps were so easy and fast                       ( beating on )

 

                                            can't stop beating can't stop beating

                                                     ( can't stop )

                                            can't stop beating on

                                                     ( beating on )

 

 

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Not a time for lovesongs   Berlin, FEB/MAR 1990

* 17 *                                  Nr.:121

 

My angels tell me this is                          and my angels know this is

not a time for lovesongs                           not a time for lovesongs

you can't open up your heart                       you can´t open up your heart

they never understand                              they´ll stab you from behind

and so I'll never tell your name                   and so I wouldn´t tell your name

because you'll laugh at me                         because you´ll laugh at me

and everybody will                                 and everybody will

 

my voices tell me                                  my fairies whisper this is

that each innocence we speak about                 not a time for happy endings

finally will die                                   everybody seems to know but me

and so they ask me to conceal my feelings          ´cause I´m still dreaming

not to disclose them                               of a place to stay

it only makes me cry                               and give my heart forever to the one I love

 

our new love is lost and in vain                   we´ll be lost we´ll be gone in the wind

butterfly sets out in heavy rain                   sooner than we think we strive in vain

like it's wings sure will never come to fly        and the road that we once chose to take

it has to die before it lives                      we´ll only walk down once

                                                   but not again

my fairies whisper this is

not a time for happy endings                       my fairies whisper this is

and everybody seems to know but me                 not a time for happy endings

'cause I'm still dreaming                          and everybody seems to know but me

of a place to stay and give my heart               ´cause I´m still dreaming

forever to my love                                 of a place to stay

                                                   and give my heart forever

my eyes are crying                                 to my love

when they see you smile because I know

you'll never smile for                             and my heart is crying

so I hear my dreams                                when I see you smile because I know

they call for you                                  you´ll never smile for me

you'll never know them                             and I hear my dreams

I tell them what to be                             they call for you

                                                   you´ll never hear them

and then I see you get up and go                   I tell them what to be

and leave your footprints in the snow

that´s on my land                                  my angels know that this is

it feels as if I have lost you forever             not a time for lovesongs

´though in reality I never                         you can´t tell them what you feel

took your hand

 

 

  

 

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The spell of the music   Berlin, November/Dezember 1989

* 18 *                                         Nr.: 120

 

When I was young I used to walk out in the rain    so my unborn children's smile I left behind

and wait for melodies that would express my pain   forgot all about that music on my mind

needing no one to see no one with me               ´cause after all they just break your heart

just the spell of the music                        you lie awake one of these mornings

                                                   in sorrow

as I grew up I followed talkative ideas

learned all these languages                        and as the world wind is blowing

and tried to speak my fears                        and our lifetime is flowing away

and then I dreamed of a heart                      the things that we learn

dreamed of a heart                                 about those things we better forget

to grow old there beside me                        build the stories we store in our heads

                                                   when our lovelife is dead

and as the world wind is blowing

and our lifetime is flowing                        ´cause we realise they stab us from behind

and the things that we learn                       and not a fragile dream

and the things we forget                           we may keep on our minds

build the stories we form in our heads             and our tenderness dies slowly inside

when our childhood is dead                         and all around us just bodies and flesh

 

but then I realised they stab you from behind      So like when I was young I walk out

and not a fragile dream                            in the rain and wait for melodies

you may keep on your mind                          that would express my pain

and your tenderness dies slowly inside             needing no one to see no one with me

and all around us just bodies                      just the spell of the music

 

                                                   still I dream of a heart

                                                   dream of a heart

                                                   to grow old there beside me

 

 

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By the Sea   Berlin, Mo, 2o.11.95

* 19 *                   Nr.: 123

 

I see you fold up your table that stood by the sea - you're not talking to me, you're only walking away - and you fill up your wardrobes with lousy memories, that won't live up to you and me

 

after all that we´ve said, the confessions we made - when we spoke but the truth about the feelings we felt - when we opened our hearts for each other to see

 

and now I stand by my window and look at the rain - and the leaves in the wind take my feelings along - I see them blow down the pavement into a distant light that never shone on my love

 

after all that I´ve said, the confessions I made - when I spoke but the truth about the feelings I felt - when I opened my heart for you plainly to see

 

and you'll remain but a puppet in my lonely game - 'though you're eyes showed a truth I will not find again - and I feel how I'm falling to where I came from when you picked up my love from the cold

 

after all that she said the confessions she made to me - she spoke but the truth about the feelings she felt for me - she opened her heart for me plainly to see

 

so I pick up my suitcase that I lost in the light - find no words to call out as you walk out of sight - I keep your picture inside me as you walk away - there's no more fairies these days

 

after all I made up and my secrets I kept - and I told you but lies about the feelings I felt

and I closed up my heart so that you wouldn't know

 

stand by my window and look at the rain - and the leaves in the wind take my feelings along

feel them blow down the pavement into a distant light that never shone on my love

 

after all that I´ve seen all the dreams that I dream - fairy tales I have told tears I weep in the cold - when I open my heart will the world laugh at me

 

you'll remain but a puppet in my lonely game - 'though you're eyes showed a truth I will not fight against - and I feel how I'm falling to where I came from when you picked up my love from the cold

 

little boy by the sea hides his tears brilliantly - and he speaks common sense about what's clearly to see - and the wind curls the waves and the light dies of shades

 

I see you fold up your table that stood by the sea - you're not talking to me you're only walking away - you fill up your book shelves with lousy memories, that won't tell you about me

 

after all that we´ve said the confessions we made - when we spoke but the truth about the feelings we felt - when we opened our hearts for each other to see

 

 

 

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Moments in time   Berlin Freitag, 22.o3.96

* 20 *                            Nr.: 124

 

Morning paper                                      loving you will never be

letters never sent                                 the same to me again

fading faces of those                              and you will never know

who once were friends                              that I miss you so

 

loving you will never                              fading moments in time

feel the same to me again                          and a love that is mine

and I will never know                              is now put on the shelf

why I love you so

                                                   one more coffee

one more coffee                                    another cigarette

another cigarette                                  it's fairly easy

it's fairly easy                                   to get it through my head

to get it through my head                           

                                                   but holding you will never

but holding you will never                         feel the same to me again

feel the same to me again                          and I won´t let you know

and I won't let you know                           that I love you so

that I still love you so                          

                                                   fading moments in time

fading moments in time                             and a love that is mine

and a love that is mine                            is now put on the shelf

is now put on the shelf                           

                                                   morning paper

morning sunlight                                   letters never sent

and late night summer rain                         fading faces

tell me softly I'll be with you again              of those I once called friends

 

but seeing you will never                          but holding you will never

be the same for me again                           feel the same to me again

and will never know                                and I won't let you know

where your love will go                            that I still love you so

 

Late night candle                                  fading moments in time

and memories in my head                            and a love that was mine

words unspoken                                     there it is on the shelf

and written down instead

 

 

 

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