New Songs 2001
Too Close to be Friends
WEB VERSION © 2002
eBook No: ISBN 87-88619-43-5
Digital Books™ is a trademark of
NORDISC Music & Text, DK-2700 Broenshoej, Denmark
Email nordisc@nordisc-music.com
1st
Edition, 1st Issue Winter 2001
All text and Music © copyright © H.W. Gade 2001.
Orchestra arrangements by the composer © 2001
Photos by Paula S. Gade © 2001
RETURN TO THE
SONGBOOK MAIN INDEX
|
Vocal with Chords |
To Y.
1. She was walking down the gym,
Making ev’rybody turn their head.
She was walking down the gym,
Making ev’rybody turn their head.
But I didn’t look,
Until I realised,
She was the most sexiest girl in the world.
Chorus Perfect body,
My crazy baby,
Sexy
Ivy, Sexy Ivy.
2. She was sitting in the bar,
Making ev’rybody want to talk.
She was sitting in the bar,
Making ev’rybody want to laugh.
But I didn’t hear,
Until I realised,
She was the most dangerous girl in the world.
3. We were riding, we were talking,
In the bus and in the bed.
We were riding, we were talking,
She was always one step ahead.
She was my babe,
Until I realised,
She was a dream and I was bound to loose,
A dream and I was bound to loose.
Chorus Keep on dreaming,
Keep on dreaming,
Sexy Ivy, Sexy Ivy,
Sexy Ivy -
Text and
music © H.W. Gade 2001
|
Vocal with Chords |
To Y.
1. I know you slept with other men,
And made a fool of me.
But I didn’t care,
I trusted you ‘cause I loved you.
I was you secret friend,
Then I kissed you at the bus stop,
And missed the busses, one by one.
Chorus I trust you, baby,
Through the lies and the con.
I trust you, baby,
Through the love and the fun.
2. And then you called me in the night,
Invited me to stay.
But I didn’t see,
The layers of white mycelium,
Under your flashing smile,
And your hands so rich and open –
You paid the price as well as me.
3. And then you cried and called my name,
You said I was your friend.
But I didn’t hear,
The heartbreaking sting of panic,
There in your words so sweet,
And in your everlasting laughter,
And suddenly you were my friend.
4. You never called, you never wrote,
You stopped being part of me,
Only then I knew,
Your hidden agendas, baby.
I was you stepping stone,
And the fungus broke the surface,
And filled my day with rot and tears.
Envoi
The saddest thing that could ever be,
You never trusted me
Text and
music © H.W. Gade 2001
Special Chords
E+7 Dm(11)
|
Vocal with Chords |
1. I’m working for my money,
I’m working until late.
I’m working on a Sunday,
And my reward will be coming soon,
‘Cause when I return to my home,
I will not be alone.
Chorus I got the little girl blues
I got the grownup woman’s blues,
I’m a love struck daddy, Looking after you.
2. I met you on a Monday,
You were working by my side,
I met you on a Monday,
Oh God, you looked so bright,
An when I return to my house,
You’ll be coming home with me.
3. I know you are a woman,
But I thought you were a girl,
I know you are a woman,
You’re my whole damned world,
So I will return to you soon,
You’re a love struck woman, too.
Text and music © H.W. Gade 2001
|
Vocal with Chords |
1. Spit
Drivel.
Puke,
Snort.
Bashing,
Niggers.
Chorus Pit Bull City,
City slum.
White Trash City,
Ghetto scum,
Nazi
Jungle,
Dangerous and dumb.
2. Rudolph,
Adolph,
Borman,
Heider,
Fucking,
Rascists.
3. Graffiti graveyards,
Denying Holocaust,
Nazi
WEB sites,
Drunken
losers,
Burning asylums,
Letter bomb cowards.
Text and music © H.W. Gade
2001
To my son Lukas
1. Gobo the clown takes a boy by his hand,
Opens the sky with the sun and the moon,
Onto the stars and the friendly trolls.
But what is it worth when your parents are lost,
Jammed in their talketytalk,
Mama, I want to go with the clown -
Chorus Merry-go-round at a terrible pace,
Jump to your seat, let the fun begin.
Year after year in an empty space,
Cling to your mommy, cling to your kid.
The ride is over – you are a man.
2. Ingrid the girl brings a handful of beers,
Igniting her friends with her words,
Feeble constructions of genius and fame.
Lost in a zoo, the unthinkable gloom,
Faces distorted, grey animals loom,
Now you are young and now you grow old.
3. Father and mother parade with a child,
Breathing the world with his shiny eyes.
Where is the clown? – sorry, Madam, he’s dead –
Towers of jewels with a magical glow,
Light up the boy and his dad.
Mama, I want the clown to come back.
4. Running and screaming, not able to move,
Father and mother, where are you, I’m lost,
Lost in my work and my talketytalk.
Falling to pieces, cracking up,
Floating in mother’s translucent womb,
Holes through the past and the days to come –
Text and
music © H.W. Gade 2001
Special Chords
C(9) F(b5)maj7 A(add9) D+
|
Vocal with Chords |
1. Born to destroy – chaos’ child,
Nature’s son, running wild,
When I’m about, flowers wither and die,
When I’m around, the sky starts to cry.
Chorus Whenever you are in the factory,
Or your sweet, sweet home,
I’m coming after you, baby,
I’m the demolition man.
2. Rates of exchange going up,
Stocks go down, interests drop,
The industries stop growing, stall and collapse,
Governments are caught in my traps.
3. Children are born without legs,
Animals laying eggs,
It’s not our fault, the poison industries yell,
It’s not their fault it’s mine, I can tell.
4. Records and books, bad reviews,
Artist are always getting screwed,
The heat is on, the climate’s letting us down,
The waters rise and New York will drown.
5. Born to destroy – chaos’ child,
Nature’s son, running wild,
When I’m about the gangsters prosper and rise,
When I’m around the truth turns to lies
Text and music © H.W. Gade 1998/2001
|
Vocal with Chords |
1. Two plus two,
Is always true, I think.
Two plus two,
Makes five or three.
Paint my house,
In colours blue.
Paint my house,
So I can see.
2. Me and you,
We are a crew, I think.
Me and you,
Standing on the brink.
Count me in,
Or count me through.
Count me in,
Or we will sink.
3. Two plus two,
Is but a few, I think.
Two plus two,
Only you and me.
Loosen up,
The chains of love.
Loosen up,
And I’ll be free.
Text and music © H.W. Gade 2001
|
Vocal with Chords |
1.