Riven Earth Lyrics

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

I read the news today
the same old stories anyway
I switched the TV on
the phone is ringing but I m on my own
turn on the radio
songs of long forgotten times
somehow I feel like falling
but noone there to pick me up
And late at night when I m alone
I feel that I can t stop, like a rolling stone

Climb up a mountain
or dive in the deep blue sea
Jump in the water
or take a trip on your jetski
turn on the radio
songs of long forgotten times
it s late at night I m hungry
darkness is surrounding me
I m shivering like junkie
always on the run

Refrain:
Whatever I do ,Wherever I am
no matter how far away
it doesn t matter anyway
you can call me anytime, anytime at all
no matter how long it takes
it doesn t matter

back in my hometown
I feel that all remains the same
old fashioned shops and bars
I m walking down the lane
And on the radio
songs of long forgotten times
they played that Gordon Lightfoot
if you could read my mind.

First kiss on friday night
the girl next door is laying by my side
and after all this time
she´s still there but she´s no longer mine
but now I´m sitting here
staring at my empty beer
the good old juke box played
whish you were here

Refrain:
Whatever I do ,Wherever I am
no matter how far away
it doesn t matter anyway
you can call me anytime, anytime at all
no matter how long it takes
it doesn t matter

falling back in memories
crawling home on my hands and knees
Songs of long forgotten times

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

Driftin away, the time has come
to change and here we stay
switch of the light, just another day arises
so warm and bright
I feel it in my heart and in my soul
now that it´s night, forever now it´s night
forever

Close your eyes and what you see
what you see comes clearly ...like a symphonie
steppin through an open door
it seems like you´ve been here before
and in the distance you see light
your dark thoughts fadin out of sight
on a horse you´re riding fast
try´n to reach your claim at last
but your horse is riding free

Refrain:
Time´s running out for you and me
it is just philosophie
you burn the midnight oil
but now it´s clear to see
you think your mind is free
but your time is still running out.

Night after night
darkness is surrounding you and me
and all we see,
images of long forgotten times
passing their way
all along our spiritual eyes
and in our minds
there´s just one thing
just the long time

childhood dreams of melted chocolade cream
candyfloss and candid fruits and in between
glittering lights , a roundabout
the music plays, it´s fucking loud
and a voice shouts through the scene
playboy, number 17
fairytales of Kings and Queens
of bottle imps and childhood dreams
but your horse still riding free, riding free

Refrain:
Time´s running out for you and me
it is just philosophie
you burn the midnight oil
but now it´s clear to see
you think your mind is free
but your time is still running out.

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

Lights die down on Westend street
And there´s no sound at all
Blackface appears with shouldered gun
It seems he´s ten feet tall
He ´s climbing up the stairs
So cautiously he moves
Trying to avoid to make a sound........

He´s to be bound to go to hell
Believing..........he´s doing well
He´s on the road to heaven´s hell
Believing He´s doing well

Another time another place,
another of these judgement days
a choir of fanatic voices
a man who thought his only choice is
go back in time for all these years

I saw the whole thing on the TV
A bright and sunny day in march
I thought I can´t believe what I see
Pictures of desaster hit me hard
They hit my heart

Refrain:
So all at once that peaceful day
Turned upside down I saw them pray
To god that they believed allmighty
Where did he go, where was he now.......

Virgins wait for you in heaven
This is the promise he was made
But now the dove became a raven
One more time he felt betrayed.

A stranger in a foreign land
Sometimes he needs a helping hand
So far away from his believe
Allah gave him a reason-to grieve

Refrain: So all at once that peaceful day
Turned upside down I saw them pray
To god that they believed allmighty
Where did he go where was he now

The sun beats down on Westend-street
Blood runs down his noble tweed
Another victim ten feet tall
Teardrops like a streaming waterfall

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

Living In a small town, living close to the edge
where everybody knows,
what´s going behind these walls
come on close the curtains, let the shutters down
lock the door and leave the world outside
the only place for you to hide

the freak from visavis enjoys his cake and tea
unfortunately he´s 56, he´s playin still with dirty tricks
Miss Abercrombie cuts the grass
Miss Know-all takes another glass
Staggered, kissed the gardenwall
Her head drones as she falls
But she knows it all, in this small town
and he knows it all

Refrain:
Ah ,smalltown stories of a smalltown world
and their news come straight, who is born who is dead
Everybody knows what´s going on behind these walls,
In this rotten close community of a small town
Everybody , every one
every time, all seems fine, in this small town,

Ah, Mister right and Miss exact
Watching how their neighbours act
With spyglass from behind the curtains
The girl next door and her own dad
She looks so sad, standing alone in this game
ahhaha..............
In this small town where every garden grows,
the moon and stars shine bright at night
in your small home ,in this small town
standing alone in this game
wrong and right, black and white
there´s nothing in between
no place to hide, can´t stand the fight

you don´t care their children´s cries
abused and forced to tell your lies
the man next door is still in rage
his woman turns another page
Everybody knows what´s going on behind these walls,
In this rotten close community of a small town
Everybody , every one
every time, all seems fine, in this small town

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

Finally your work is done
the allnight watchmen had their fun
all alone you walk tonight
in a constant state of fright
considering so warm and bright
about the man you met last night
remembering these loving arms
his faithful face his gentle charms
you turn around, you hear his voice again

Refrain:
Reach out your hand and lay down next to me
warm up your heart, be what you used to be
And if I put my arms around you
let yourself just go
if it feels just like the first time
let yourself just go

your world of ice is melting down
this man is here, he wears a crown
and in your dreams you ride away
on a white horse seriously
and no longer you´re alone
your gonna sit beside his throne
and soon you will become his wife
to eat with golden fork and knife

Refrain:
Reach out your hand and lay down next to me
warm up your heart, be what you used to be
And if I put my arms around you
let yourself just go
if it feels just like the first time
let yourself just go

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

Another day another lonely night
it´s a long way home, but I´m feeling right
I can read it in your eyes and in your face
so let me know now,
what´s the reason for you leaving now?
Why can´t we get together anyhow?
you tell me that there´s no point of return!
So let me say now
I hear it and I feel the fire burn,
point of no return

I woke up in my basement flat,
try to remember but I can´t regret
it´s monday morning just another day,
only one more mindless way,
only one more mindless way!

I had a nightmare and in my dream,
I watched myself on the TV screen,
I´m just talking , nothing left to say!
I´m just talking anyway,
just talking anyway.
You tell me that our love is on the run
Do you know what you have done?
Do you know what you have done?

Saxophon solo
Do you know what you have done
and said
your lies will turn the colour of your face
into red

I believed I couldn´t trust my eyes
Sunday morning papers telling my lies
Sunday morning just the same old way
Just the same old stuff and the same old way

I could tell you bout the way I feel
but it seems to be so unreal
and when I am crawling on my knees
for one more chance Baby please

I was shivering from head to toe
but what I read could have happened so
I am falling but there´s nothing below
I am falling but there´s nothing below

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

It´s cold and wet and dark clouds apper in the sky
rain`s pouring down and the ground was drenched
but the athmosphere grows up right here
they entered this place, no one cared about colour or race
and all over the world a generation was heard,
criticising political mud

Refrain:
Johnson is gone , Richard Nixon has come
we all felt as if time´s standing still
times have changed in1969
we started up in another space of time
another space of time

right in this place we all know
peace and love now could grow
they were all up awaiting the show
they chorused “no rain“
and threw off the chains in their minds
but the rain didn´t end
people came and went
and they were allover covered with mud
Refrain:
Johnson is gone , Richard Nixon has come
we all felt as if time´s standing still
times have changed in1969
we started up in another space of time
another space of time

well the sun wouldn´t shine any more in this world
without music and sound without rebelling boys and girls
wouldn´t be there no stars and no moon
night and day would be the same in your rooms.
Woodstock is done but the spirit´s alive
Jimmy is dead but his riffs still in drive
Richie Heavens is also as a loop in our ears
Country Joe McDonald sang what we still fear
Cocker is roaring what I miss in our times
a little help of some friends of mine
David Crosby, Stephen Stills , Graham Nash and Neil Young
they all wrote songs against the war in Vietnam
Their world view is turning upside dow
n but this great big ball keeps spinning round and round
things have changed they don´t know at all
in this space of time we tore down so many walls