Golden Earring : Once Upon a Time

Rock / Pays-Bas
(1979 - Polydor)
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LP 1


1. BACK HOME

Goin' back right through the city
Through the country, rivers so pretty
People wonder why I'm going back home
Just the place where I belong

Back home, back home,
Back home, back home

Well I'm a round the world rambler
Just a fortune gambler
It's always good to be back home

'round and 'round, the world goes 'round
Got my friends in every town
From border to border, every place I've been
I've gotta be back if you know what I mean

Back home, back home,
Back home, back home

Well I'm a round the world rambler
Just a fortune gambler
It's always good to be back home


2. EVERYDAY´S TORTURE

You're my everyday's torture
You're a burnin' light
When dark times surround me
You're my love, you're my fight

You're my everyday's torture
That's what no one denies
My spirit, my splendour
Did I loose, tell me why

I'm a man, know my destiny
But it seems, love is dead for me
I'm hung up on a woman's resolution
There's nothing left but a dream, an illusion
I'm a man, know my destiny
But it seems, love is dead for me
Free me, free me

I saw you powerful, I saw you happy
But I only lived for myself
God, I need you so badly
But I expect no help

You're my everyday's torture
The gun at my head
My everyday's torture
The knife at my chest

I'm a man, know my destiny
But it seems, love is dead for me
I'm hung up on a woman's resolution
There's nothing left but a dream, an illusion
I'm a man, know my destiny
But it seems, love is dead for me
Free me, free me


3. GIPSY RHAPSODY

We yearned from the fire till morning and then we fall down
Falling asleep, a-hearing no sound
Just let me sleep, oh gipsy guitar
Loved all the food in dishes, in silver and gold
And some of their wishes are looking sincere
Waiting for you, waiting for me

And the air is covered in haze that drips on the wall
And if you look into the crystal ball
You should be happy to see me happy, oh yeah

Look around, come on and join me
Oh, play around, come on and join me
Play around, come on and tell me
You got no time for pleasure at all

And the air is covered in haze that drips on the wall
And if you look into the crystal ball
You should be happy to see me happy, oh yeah

Look around, come on and join me
Dance around, come on and join me
Oh play around, come on and tell me
You got no time for pleasure at al


4. BORN A SECOND TIME

When I was born a second time
There was no one who I could find who cared
Mother said my boy where have you been
My father was a man I’ve never seen .. and you

Stars where shining up above
I started to believe in love again
I want know what made me feel so shy
Words I should say died away when I saw you

Being in the situation thinking of a new relationship
Makes me feel that I'm no longer me
I'm sure enough the one I used to be it's you
Misty clouds around my head
I can't remember what you said to me
Born a second time is not enough
As long as it's not me you're thinking


5. SONG OF A DEVIL´S SERVANT

Call my name and I'll be there
To serve your majesty everywhere
No instruction is too much for me
Execute his order, like in a bad dream
Ah, ah, ah,...

There's no use to run and hide
For his eyes are open wide
And when he finds you
Those eyes will burn into your soul

I sold my life, without thinkin' twice
But instead of fortune he gave me lies
I'm facing hell to eternity
The only way out is suicide for me
Ah, ah, ah,...


6. BIG TREE BLUE SEE

Morning sunshine, praise the earth
Fill your glass with wine and dirt
I don't mind, I'm the big tree
I don't mind, I'm the blue sea

Paper castles, filled with words
Limbo policemen please the herd
I don't mind, I'm the big tree
I don't mind, I'm the blue sea

I'm sun, I'm warm, I'm child of the moon
Even when it's dark, I'll send the dune
Can't you hear there's fishermen laughing
The whale dips down, I hear him crying for me
I'm shade, I'm good, I'm beams in June
Even when it's dark, I'll light your room
Don't you know the clown has feelings
Talking revolution, secret meetings, who's free
Who's free, free

Morning sunshine, praise the earth
Fill your glass with blood and dirt
I don't mind, I'm the big tree
I don't mind, I'm the blue sea


7. ONE HUGE ROAD

Sunshine, I'm late back and happy
I wish I could stay here forever
When the sun's gone
I just can't be lazy
Movin' on, to see my baby
So I pack my things and I'm going
The highway, going on my way

Gotta move on, the road is much too long, too long
One huge road for one, one huge road for one


8. THE TRUTH ABOUT ARTHUR

He's looking at me with his eyes closed and his lips are moving fast
Little drops are dripping now from his chin upon his chest
And every time I try to escape, the little dwarf appears and fades

His glassy hand it touches me, I smell the air of death and life
Walking through the ballroom of the dead I hear two ghostly voices and a dark duet

Hearin the music of the minuet
Walkin through the ballroom of the dead
Voices, I wish they were signing glad

His glassy hand, it touches me, I smell the air of death and life
Walking through the ballroom of the dead I hear two ghostly voices and a dark duet

Hearin the music of the minuet
Walkin through the ballroom of the dead
Voices, I wish they were signing glad

Hearing the music of the minuet
Ghostly voices, dark duet
Hearing the music of the minuet
Ghostly voices, dark duet
I don't wanna die!
Hearing the music of the minuet
I don't wanna die!
Ghostly voices, dark duet
I don't wanna die!
Hearing the music of the minuet
I don't wanna die!
Ghostly voices, dark duet
I don't wanna die!
I don't wanna die!


9. MAGNIFICENT MAGISTRAL

(No lyrics available)


10. I´M GOING TO SEND MY PIGEONS TO THE SKY

What's going on, what are we livin' for
When blood sticks to all people's door
What's going on, what are we livin' for
Drop down the curtain, who kills the war

I'm gonna send my pigeons to the sky
Where they can fly, high he high
I'm gonna send my pigeons to the sky
Where they can fly, high he high
I'm gonna send my pigeons to the sky
Where they can fly, high he high
I'm gonna send my pigeons to the sky
Where they can fly as a sigh

What's going on, what are we livin' for
Dream on prophets, these are dreams you ignore
What's going on, what are we livin' for
Awake from your blindness, see the score

I'm gonna send my pigeons to the sky
Where they can fly, high he high
I'm gonna send my pigeons to the sky
Where they can fly, high he high
I'm gonna send my pigeons to the sky
Where they can fly, high he high
I'm gonna send my pigeons to the sky
Where they can fly as a sigh


LP 2


1. YELLOW AND BLUE

When I wake up early in the morning
And sometimes I really do
Then you get up and you do some yawning
That's nothing new
But then, you know I wonder
If the morning couldn't open his eyes
No reflections from the sun in the window
Nothing to blow your mind

Morning light, oh morning sun
'cross my calendar
Morning light, oh morning sun
Every new day I will remember

I'm glad you're still there
Even though many don't care
Colours from you
Make you feel that all is new
Yellow and blue
Are reflections in water and dew
And more of that all in the morning
In the morning
Yellow and blue
Are reflections in water and dew


2. LANDING

When daylight and nighttime feel the same
It's time for your mind to play a game
Close all your eyes and touch the air
Reach for a hand that must be there
You know how it fools you
And you know how it is
To be one of those people
Who don't know what they miss
You can hide away from reality
And escape

Yesterday I felt it
And the first thing I thought
Never let go
I held it as close as I could
When it didn't grow like it should
And then, after hours, I opened my head
I found myself back on the floor near my bed
Nothing has changed, it was all the same again
The same again

When daylight and nighttime feel the same
It's time for your mind to play a game
Close all your eyes and touch the air
Reach for a hand that must be there
You know how it fools you
And you know how it is
To be one of those people
Who don't know what they miss
You can hide away from reality
But you can't escape


3. CRYSTAL HEAVEN

The fantastic story around your figure,
Is rolling now, through my mind.
I've never heard such lovely stories,
Since I came here to find your kind.
I left reality in a hurry,
I could escape just in time.
Ah, Crystal Heaven seems near to me,
I, I feel her breath blow my mind.

She is something,
I just can't tell you,
You wouldn't believe it anyway.
Something, it's fantastic,
You wouldn't believe it anyway.
She is something,
I just can't tell you,
You wouldn't believe it anyway.
Something, it's fantastic,
You wouldn't believe it anyway.

Oh, Crystal Heaven's got a clear blue skin,
It sparkles every day and night.
She will never fail when she wants to be cold and warm,
Between, ah, dark and light,
To reach you, you, oh Crystal Heaven,
You must be super-human or ah, more of that,
Looking at you and your millions of eyes,
Oh really, you can drive me mad.

She is something,
I just can't tell you,
You wouldn't believe it anyway.
Something, it's fantastic,
You wouldn't believe it anyway.
She is something,
I just can't tell you,
You wouldn't believe it anyway.
Something, it's fantastic,
You wouldn't believe it anyway.
She is something,
I just can't tell you,
You wouldn't believe it anyway,
She is something,
Oh you can't believe it now,
A-Something,
You won't believe it!
A-Something,
Keep on telling you,
Crystal Heaven, now, yeah!

I love you, oh Crystal Heaven,
I love you, oh Crystal Heaven,
The fantastic story around your figure,
Is rolling now through my mind.
I've never heard such lovely stories,
Since I came here to find your kind.
I left reality in a hurry,
I could escape just in time.
Ah, Crystal Heaven seems near to me


4. MUST I CRY

I'm lying on my back, dear, looking at the sky
Watching falling stars, they never tell you why
Oh why you let me sleeping in my warm and empty bed
While you were softly weeping after everything was said

Oh, even when I tried, dear, to be gentle, to be sweet
Oh, you kept on deceiving, being in doubt and that's not sweet
And falling from above, quickly down on the ground
Even so you're falling, like you have found

Is it time to laugh or must I cry?
I like you to be bold (?), they'll never tell you why
Is it time to laugh or must I cry?
I like you to be bold (?), you'll never know why


5. GOD BLESS THE DAY

In the morning dawn
When it's not all clear
All you can hear is the silence
Of a fairy-like noise far away

In the morning dawn
When it's not all clean
All you have seen is the burying
Of a fairy-like bright early day

The Lord will bless this day
And our food
And the weapons of the enemy in the neighbourhood
The Lord will bless the victory
Of every fool
With a gun, thinkin' he can change the rule

God bless the day, God bless the day
God bless the day, God bless the day

Like one says
He will bless
And we will wait
For what He'll create


6. SEE SEE

He was the only key
She was the only door
What more could they please

Her eyes are ponds of blue
His wishes all came true
What was there to loose in the midnight

See, see, see, he said
Seagulls screamin' down in the morning sky
Gee, gee, gee, he said
Come on girl let's leave this world behind

But then, after weeks
The weeks they got weak
Little did they speak about the future
Her eyes still were blue
But thoughts soon got black
Time that he went back to where he came from

See, see, see, she said
Broken dreams fill the starless night
Gee, gee, gee, she said
And her tears were sparklin' bright in the mornin' light


7. THE WALL OF DOLLS

This is the wall of dolls
Secret world of smalls
Look at them all my friend
You'll be one of them in the end

Frozen smiles and frowns
Lives of ups and downs
Aren't you, aren't we all
Part of the wall of dolls

Listen to the puppet clown
His tales might bring you down
Hang the dwarfs and trolls
Hang on the wall of dolls

This is the wall of dolls
Secret world of smalls
Look at them all my friend
You'll be one of them in the end


8. WHO CARES?

(No lyrics available)


9. NOTHING CAN CHANGE THIS WORLD OF MINE

(No lyrics available)


10. THE LONER

They call me the loner
'cause I'm all alone
I've got nobody
I even got no home
I was born in Missouri
It must have been a very bad day
For my mom and my daddy
When they carried me away

They call me the loner
And I live by the day
I never never think about tomorrow
No place I wanna stay
They call me the loner
I went through all 50 states
I've got no friends
I even got no faith

Yes I'm sad and I'm lonesome
A paradise I've never seen
The last stop must be heaven
The one place I've never been
They call me the loner
'cause I'm all alone
I've got nobody
I even got no home

They call me the loner, they call me the loner


11. THE SAD STORY OF SAM STONE

Look at Sam Stone boy, he's so great
Sock it, funky - groovy - uh, it's all up to date
He'd never get tired, he's always on the run
No one makes him cry, he's always having fun

Then one day someone stepped on his toes
It was pretty chick, that's the way it goes
A beautiful honey, and mad about money
Of course he just believed what she said
He gave her all the things that he had

Look at Sam Stone, boy there he goes
Used to dance around on the tip of his toes
But now it's all over, even walking hurts his bones
But girls don't you worry, there'll be other Sam Stone's


12. THIS IS THE TIME OF THE YEAR

This is the time of the year
That love is coming unexpectedly
Knocking on your door, begging to come in
Baby won't you spread your wings
Won't you come on down and follow me

And if you do, you're like an arrow
And I'm the only bow
Baby, baby, and I can shoot you higher
Than you would ever go

This is the time of the year (4x)

Thinking about you baby, baby baby
I see mountains flying
I hear dark woods sighing
My love is getting higher
Won't you come on down and follow me

This is the time of the year
And I dance with you on a silver string
And after feeling music
We both blink into the world
And I'm the only man
That could ever reach you

This is the time of the year (4x)





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