Locomotive Breath

In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath,
Runs the all, time loser,
Headlong to his death

He feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow
Old Charlie stole the handle and
The train it won’t stop going
No way to slow down

He sees his children jumping off
At stations, one by one
His woman and his best friend
In bed and having fun

He’s crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees
Old Charlie stole the handle and
The train it won’t stop going
No way to slow down

He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall
And the all-time winner
Has got him by the balls
He picks up Gideons Bible
Open at page one

I think God He stole the handle and
The train won’t stop going
No way to slow down
No way to slow down
No way to slow down

You´re My Best Friend

You placed gold on my finger
You brought love like I’ve never known
You gave life to our children
And to me a reason to go on

You’re my bread when I’m hungry
You’re my shelter from troubled winds
You’re my anchor in life’s ocean
But most of all you’re my best friend

When I need hope and inspiration
You’re always strong when I’m tired and weak
I could search this whole world over
You’d still be everything that I need

You’re my bread when I’m hungry
You’re my shelter from troubled winds
You’re my anchor in life’s ocean
But most of all you’re my best friend

Don´t Know Why

I waited ‚til I saw the sun
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I left you by the house of fun
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I don’t know why I didn’t come

When I saw the break of day
I wished that I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand

My heart is drenched in wine
But you’ll be on my mind
Forever

Out across the endless sea
I would die in ecstasy
But I’ll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road alone

My heart is drenched in wine
But you’ll be on my mind
Forever

Something has to make you run
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I don’t know why I didn’t come

Cold Cold Heart

I tried so hard my dear to show that you’re my every dream.
Yet you’re afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme
A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart
Why can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

Another love before my time made your heart sad and blue
And so my heart is paying now for things I didn’t do
In anger unkind words are said that make the teardrops start
Why can’t I free your doubtful mind, and melt your cold cold heart

You’ll never know how much it hurts to see you sit and cry
You know you need and want my love yet you’re afraid to try
Why do you run and hide from life, to try it just ain’t smart
Why can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart
Why can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold hea

Lonestar

Lonestar, where are you out tonight?
This feeling I’m trying to fight
It’s dark and I think that
I would give anything
For you to shine down on me

How far you are
I just don’t know
The distance I’m willing to go
I pick up a stone that I cast to the sky
Hoping for some kind of sign

Lonestar, where are you out tonight?
This feeling I’m trying to fight
It’s dark and I think that
I would give anything
For you to shine down on me
For you to shine down on me

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train
‚Til Stoneman’s cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of ’65, we were hungry, just barely alive
By May the tenth, Richmond had fell, it’s a time I remember, oh so well

The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin‘ they went
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Back with my wife in Tennessee, when one day she called to me
„Virgil, quick, come see, there goes Robert E Lee“
Now I don’t mind choppin‘ wood, and I don’t care if the money’s no good
Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin‘ they went
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Like my father before me, I will work the land
Like my brother above me, who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave, but a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can’t raise a Caine back up when he’s in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie down, and the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the people were singin‘, they went
Na, la, na, la, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
The night they drove old Dixie down, and all the bells were ringing
The night they drove old Dixie down, and the people were singin‘, they went
Na, la, na, la, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na

Look What They´ve Done To My Song

Look what they’ve done to my song, Ma
Look what they’ve done to my song
Well it’s the only thing I could do half right
And it’s turning out all wrong, Ma
Look what they’ve done to my song

Look what they’ve done to my brain, Ma
Look what they’ve done to my brain
Well they picked it like a chicken bone
And I think I’m half insane, Ma
Look what they’ve done to my song

I wish I could find a good book to live in
Wish I could find a good book
Well, if I could find a real good book
I’d never have to come out and look at
What they’ve done to my song

La la la…
Look what they’ve done to my song

But maybe it’ll all be all right, Ma
Maybe it’ll all be OK
Well, if the people are buying tears
I’ll be rich some day, Ma
Look what they’ve done to my song

Ils ont changé ma chanson, Ma
Ils ont changé ma chanson
See’est la seule chose que je peux faire
Et çe n’est pas bon, Ma
Ils ont changé ma chanson

Look what they’ve done to my song, Ma
Look what they’ve done to my song
Well they tied it up in a plastic bag
And turned it upside down
Look what they’ve done to my song

Ils ont changé ma chanson, Ma…
Look what they’ve done to my song, Ma
Look what they’ve done to my song
Well it’s the only thing I could do all right
And they turned it upside down
Look what they’ve done to my song

Those Were The Days My Friend

Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And dreamed of all the great things we would do

Those were the days my friend
We thought they’d never end
We’d sing and dance forever and a day
We’d live the life we choose
We’d fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
La la la la…

Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance I’d see you in the tavern
We’d smile at one another and we’d say

Those were the days my friend …

Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me

Those were the days my friend …

Through the door there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh my friend we’re older but no wiser
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same

Those were the days my friend …

Quando, Quando, Quando

Tell me when will you be mine
Tell me quando quando quando
We can share a love devine
Please don’t make me wait again

When will you say yes to me
Tell me quando quando quando
You mean happiness to me
Oh my lover tell me when

Every moments a day
Every day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare

I can’t wait a moment more
Tell me quando quando quando
Say its me that you adore
And then darling tell me when

Every moments a day
Every day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare

I can’t wait a moment more
Tell me quando quando quando
Say its me that you adore
And then darling tell me when

Oh my darling tell me when
And then darling tell me when
Oh my darling tell me when
Ooh

Memories Are Made Of This (Brennend Heißer Wüstensand)

(Sweet, sweet memories you gave-a me
you can’t beat the memeories you gave-a me)

Take one fresh and tender kiss
Add one stolen night of bliss
One girl, one boy
Some grief, some joy
Memories are made of this

Don’t forget a small moonbeam
Fold in lightly with a dream
Your lips and mine
Two sips of wine
Memories are made of this

Then add the wedding bells
One house where lovers dwell
Three little kids for flavor
Stir carefully through the days
See how the flavor stays
These are the dreams you will savor

With His blessings from above
Serve it generously with love
One man, one wife
One love through life
Memories are made of this
Memories are made of this

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So schön, schön war die Zeit, so schön, schön war die Zeit…
Brennend heißer Wüstensand;
fern, so fern dem Heimatland;
So schön, schön war …
Kein Gruß, kein Herz,
kein Kuss, kein Scherz.
Alles liegt so weit, so weit

Dort wo die Blumen blühn,
dort wo die Täler grün,
dort war ich einmal zu Hause.
Wo ich die Liebste fand,
da liegt mein Heimatland.
Wie lang bin ich noch allein?

So schön, schön war …

Viele Jahre schwere Fron,
harte Arbeit, karger Lohn.
Tagaus, tagein,
kein Glück, kein Heim:
Alles liegt so weit, so weit.

Dort wo die Blumen blühn …

Hört mich an ihr goldnen Sterne.
Grüßt die Lieben in der Ferne.
Mit Freud und Leid
verrinnt die Zeit.

Dort wo die Blumen blühn

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