Wouter Hamel

A humdrum tuesday morning
when nothing's any good
i try to get to work
but i can't get out of this mood
a dreary friday evening
my friends are all in town
i plan to join them later
but my blues are still around


don't wanna waste my time on crying
things that you say won't tear me down
what can i do when you've been lying
i can't be bothered by those memories

spare me the sordid uncouth details
the image is vivid in my mind
i needn't fantasize to picture
the love we had was ruined too soon

you'd woo me with your lovesong
you'd tempt me with your eyes
you'd send me reeling high above
into orange coloured skies

you'd play on your piano
you wrote me poetry
with lovey-dovey metaphors
all leadin' back to me

don't wanna go back to the old days
when love used to blind me every day
guess i was lost inside your love maze
but now the air is clear enough to see

i was all dressed up
with nowhere to go
you had me from the start
you had me from hello
but now i'm free to fly away
into a brand new lovely day
i'm leaving you behind

spare me the grungy grimy details
the image is lifelike as it is
i can see you and him before me
the love we had was rudely traded in

spare me the sordid uncouth details
the image is vivid in my mind
i needn't fantasize to picture
the love we had was ruined
oh, can't you see it's ruined
the love we had was ruined
too soon

i'm ushered in by the maitre d'
his tone of voice don't appeal to me
i've lost my glimmer and my flair
i miss our star - crossed love affair

when i sleep at night i twist and turn
and i dream about your sweet return
'cause i don't need a lot if i got you
there's nothing i can do without you

we talk and drink cheap chardonnay
let's skip dessert , let's get on our way
my life was grey and out of tune
you make me sway , you make me swoon

when i sleep at night i twist and turn
and i dream about your sweet return
'cause i don't need a lot if i got you
there's nothing i can do without you
without you
without you
without you
i'm nothing without you

when i sleep at night i twist and turn
and i dream about your sweet return
you're the real mccoy , you're bona fide
you send me reeling on a carpet ride

when i sleep at night i twist and turn
and i dream about your sweet return
'cause i don't need a lot if i got you
there's nothing i can do without you
nothing i can do without you

Just What I Need

headdaches pass
heartaches naver do
they hang around and wait
for someone new
someone naive enough to believe
this time it's for real

break-ups hurt
time and time again
there's just no way
of getting used to them
makes it harder to believe
next time it's for real

[chorus]
baby you're just what i need
just what i want
while i know for a fact
that it won't last long
you'd better get out
while you still can

the city sleeps
but i stay up all night
i sing along
to bluesy heartbreak songs
makes it harder to believe
next time is for real

[chorus]

but if you're not impressed
with a broken heart
i suggest you stay
though it might seem i have lost all hope
i've got nothing left to lose
i can easily be persuaded
and fall in love with you

[chorus]
i'd better keep trying
while i still can

We'd be fantastic at parties and such

bleached smiles and cocktails and that elegant touch
so empty and hollow refreshingly sad
I'd love to see it all
but I'd rather keep you in my bed

rich girls from moscow incredibly tanned
their bright coloured slingbacks
become vapid and bland
so twisted but charming so scantily clad
I'd love to see it all
but I'd rather keep you in my bed

millionaires with marble stairs in cannes or beirut
long-time friends who've never met
making comments on my suit

so jaded and lovely so deviously mad
I'd love to see it all
But I'd rather keep you in my bed

wedding gowns and golden crowns in rome or vermont
I can't endure this haute couture
it's just not what i want

no jewelry no cufflinks with a dandy-esque style
I'd love to have it all
I'm sure we'd have a ball
in namibia or nepal
I'd love to see it all
but i'd rather keep you in my bed

when Jody smiles the room lights up with fine white stardust
and limelight seems to beam out of her eyes
she doesn't seem to notice but she doesn't need to
she's had her share of compliments and lies


(she says) come turn off your radio and let's go dancing
we're far too young to sit at home all night
what's the use of sleeping when we're in this city
that tries to stay awake with all its might


'cause life just feels so breezy, so comfortable and easy
this sad and sullen winter night seems tropical and bright
like champagne coloured drops of neon light


these streets are paved with melodies and treasured pleasures
let's make the snowflakes melt before they fall
no agonizing painful hardships left to conquer
no traumatizing childhood to recall


come turn off your radio and let's go dancing
there's far too much to see to stay inside
what's the use in sleeping when the world could crumble
so just sit back and please enjoy your ride


'cause life just feels so breezy, so comfortable and easy
this sad and sullen winter night seems tropical and bright
like champagne coloured drops of neon light


(간주중)


'cause life just feels so breezy, so comfortable and easy
this sad and sullen winter night seems tropical and bright
like champagne coloured drops of neon light


'cause life just feels so breezy, so comfortable and easy
this sad and sullen winter night seems tropical and bright
like champagne coloured drops of neon light

Ride That Sunbeam

if you're truly in love with him
follow your dream
ride that sunbeam
till you find what you've missed
in your bittersweet years
it's time to dry those tears

life will happen the way that it should
let your feelings guide you
don't settle for less
just aim for success
and love just might find you

if you put your mind to it
no hilltop too steep
no ocean too deep
so just talk to me
when you're alone and you're blue
love will find you

fate always works in mysterious ways
your path may be full of surprises
don't settle for less
just aim for succeess
and love just might find you

so just put on a smile
when you're feeling alone
don't sit and moan
and just talk to me
when you're alone and you're blue
love will find you

A Distant Melody

a gloomy sky above me
a puddle on the ground
but something's gotta change
'cause there's no sunshine to be found
my vision is obscured
by these endless murky clouds
but something's gotta change right now
i can hear a faraway sound

i can hear a distant melody
oh how it clings to me
on this lovely summer night
my ears are captured by its harmony
it's like a symphony
with a theme so pure and light

a churchbell rings
and that soulful trumpet
sings of lovers lost and found
listen closely you can hear it roar
a soothing swinging tune
with a melody in c

can you hear that distant melody
oh how it sends me reeling
makes my heart take flight
my technicolour ragtime band joins in
makes all my troubles vanish
into the pitch - dark night

this upbeat tune's
got me flying to the moon
sending shivers down my spine

a churchbell rings
and that soulful trumpet
sings of lovers lost and found
listen closely you can hear it roar
a soothing swinging tune
with a melody in c

oh what a melody
oh what a melody in c

Why this silence?
Is it good?
Is it bad?
Or just silence?
All the flowers have died and it's over
'cause nothing's any good

I feel restless
All my dreams are enveloped by sadness
And my sweet memories are in paris
When everything was good

When you sang your song to me
How i longed to be in your arms
Now i can't believe your lies
And your treacherous charms

And i listen to the silence out here
How i listen
Maybe you'll reappear when it's over
'cause nothing's any good

I walked around for hours in the pourin' rain
I never thought I'd get used to this pain
my feet are hurtin'
but inside I'm calm and clear
oh how I want you to be near
this part of town reminds me of sunny afternoons
my favourite tin pan alley tunes
your eyes so shiny
the sunlight on your skin
imagine how grand it could have been
it could have been more than a silly fling
I would have bought you flowers, anything
but you just called me up and called things off
that's not my interpretation of love
my friends all told me that
you're not not the one for me
but I fell in love so foolishly
my heart kept skippin'
when we used to kiss
I never thought this could exist
this part of town will always be a part of you and me
those summernights in `93
your morning kisses
just lingered on my lips
imagine how grand it could have been
i don't believe in fairytales or romance novels dear
but all those things I used to say were
honest and sincere
so let's bring out the gospel choir and cue the violins
cuz that's how grand it could have been

Don't ask - don't tell
just keep it to yourself
don't lie - don't cheat
I'm not ready to face defeat

be still -lay low
nobody needs to know
be sure to deny
cross your heart and hope to die

my fate is in your hands,dear
so please consider this
i'd be ruined if they'd find out
about the night we kissed

don't say a word
imagine if they heard
don't ues my name
don't out my life to shame

be still -lay low
nobody needs to know
be sure - be sly
put in a smile and they deny

my life depends on you, dear
so please consider me
lock you lovely mouth and throw out
that all important key

it was just one of those thing, dear
it was grand but couldn't last
and though i'd love to have you near, dear
our affair is in the past

i ought to paint this town in shades of you
get on that roller coaster ride
we'd walk the lanes and avenues
if i could have you by my side

my life depends on you , dear
so please consider me
lock your lovely mouth and throw out
that all important key

my fate is in your hands, dear
so please consider this
i'd be ruined if they'd find out
about the night we kissed

Would You

If I told you a secret, something I wouldn’t normally do
Something people might frown upon
Would you
If I kissed you discretely
Would it mean you’d laugh in my face
Would you tell me I’m going crazy
Would you
Sideway glances to no avail
Opportunities that are destined to fail
The love that I’ve tried to hide
Won’t accept it’s secret hiding place
Won’t accept it’s dying without a trace
Without ever having shown itself to you
Would you

It’s impossible to drive you away from my dreams
Even if I had a chance I wouldn’t
Would you
This longing buried inside
So much more than a mere and mortal sin
What’s the use in never knowing what could’ve been
If I came around then, would you let me in
Would you

i can't see why
i can't see how
you ruined us and took it all
my fantasies
my reveries are hiding deep within
you worthless fraud
you ugly cheat
i trusted you, look at me now
my days are grim
my nights light up with useless memories

your features so bedazzled me
your charms, your poise, your pedigree
your eyes translucent and bright
till i found you out one night
i'm a shadow
of myself
i once was one
but now i'm half
the wedding bells
have died away
and i'm left alone

your features so bedazzled me
your charms, your poise, your pedigree
your eyes translucent and bright
till i found you out one night
i'm a shadow
of myself
i once was one
but now i'm half
the wedding bells
have died away
and i'm left here alone

the wedding bells
have died away
and i'm left here alone

I can hear a deafening sound
It keeps me up till dawn
One more time on the merry go round
I'll turn until i'm gone
Can you see me holding on
I'm dizzy but i'm bold
One more time on the merry go round
I'll turn until i'm old

Wake me up by friday
I'll find a way to shine
Wake me up by friday
You know that i'll be fine
Wake me up by friday
One more time on the merry go round
One more time on the merry
go round and round

I can hear it in my dreams
I wake up with a song
One more time on the merry go round
It's taking me so long
I can't remember anything
I can't recall my lies
One more time on the merry go round
I'll turn until i'm wise

Wake me up by friday
I'll find a way to shine
Wake me up by friday
You know that i'll be fine
Wake me up by friday
One more time on the merry go round
One more time on the merry go round
One more time on the merry go round
One more time on the merry go round
and round

I can hear a deafening sound
It keeps me up till dawn
One more time on the merry go round
I'll turn until i'm gone

Didn't pick up on the signs
Afraid to read between the lines
I close my eyes and drift to
yesterday
I'm afraid to tell you so
Think it's better if i'd go
But you can drift with me
to brighter days
I hope you're having fun out there
Across that big blue sea somewhere
I wish you pleasant dreams
How i hope you'll dream of me
I'm sure you're having fun alone
I'll stay behind got streets to roam
I'll try not to misbehave
I'll be strong and
l'll be brave one day

Think i've walked these streets before
And i've knocked on every door
I close my eyes and drift
to yesterday
I'm afraid to tell you so
Think it's better if i'd go
But you can come with me
to brighter days

I hope you're having fun out there
Across that big blue sea somewhere
I wish you pleasant dreams
How i hope you'll dream of me
I'm sure you're having fun alone
I'll stay behind got streets to roam
I'll try not to misbehave
I'll be strong and
l'll be brave one day
one day one day one day
one day