The Principal Thing(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) Do you have a problem? Do you wanna whine? Do you feel the need for a little more time? Do you think about a change of scene? You should go and ask Peggy For the principal thing Do you have no money? Do you wanna know? What you wanna do and where you wanna go to? Do you have the foggiest idea what I mean? You should go and ask Peggy For the principal thing If you don't know what it means It's easier than it seems If you don't know what it means... He's got all the keys You only have to seize And you know what it means Do you know what it means? Do you know what it means? He was a showgirl She's been around the world And everybody knows Do you feel a dizziness? Do you wanna know? Where's above and where's below? Do you really love it when you're in between? You should go and ask Peggy For the principal thing If you don't know what it means It's easier than it seems If you don't know what it means... Fool's Garden Index Emily(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) Emily's going out tonight With a candle in her pocket and A lighter in her right hand Does anybody know Why she's gonna go She's nearly out of sight Emily's out tonight So familiar How ladylike the old girl comes along She's ninety something, Dressed up and wide awake A little slow but going strong She's paid off the overdraft For the TV she has bought in 84 She's been paying all her lifetime But now she's gonna pay no more Deep religious She went to mess on every Sunday morning She's believing In God but she don't like The priest he's new in town and very boring She's listened to his sermon well Though she's heard the same one hundred times before She's heard them all her lifetime But now she's gonna listen anymore Emily's going out tonight With a candle in her pocket and A lighter in her right hand Does anybody know Why she's gonna go away She's gonna make it today She's very friendly And open minded always understanding Bad behaviour She doesn't like at all She's very modest, she's never been demanding She's always followed every rule Though she didn't even know what they've been for She has followed all her lifetime But now she's gonna follow anymore Emily's going out tonight... Fool's Garden Index Why Did She Go ?(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) Mother's waiting in the kitchen The elephant's waiting in the zoo The teacher's waiting in the classroom And I am waiting here for you And the audience is waiting For the show that won't begin The artist's waiting at the backdoor Because nobody let him in Why did she go? She said there's no tomorrow How did she know? Did anybody tell her? I can't explain I'm sitting in the corner Staring at the wall And she won't be back again Louise was waiting for a lover First he paid and then he came Now she's cooking for a baby The client wasn't seen again Why did she go... It's time you started To think seriously about Your future and your dreaming She said and didn't leave no room for doubt That if I took her meaning There was no longer dreaming It's just a perfect screaming Why did she go... She's back again Fool's Garden Index Why Am I Sad Today(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) The waitress is cleaning the bar It's two in the morning She offers some coffee to me Turns the radio on The caster is selling his voice to the night The coffee gets cold in a while The old man beside me is gone He showed me a blueprint Of a house he would build With the money he never could save His father was buried down by the sea Once he was younger than me Why am I sad today Why am I on the way Down to the border Not over the line Why am I sad today Why am I on the way Down to the limit of time I'm sleepless tonight Take me away from the gloom I'm cold from the inside The waitress has turned off the lights There's nothing to fear She's put on her coat and once in a while The lines on her face disappear Why am I sad today... Oceans awake and walls break down When you are there You take my hand and You just lead me right out of here Why am I sad Today... Fool's Garden Index Martha My Dear(Lennon / McCartney) Martha my dear Though I spend my days in conversation Please Remember me Martha my love Don't forget me Martha my dear Hold your head up you silly girl Look what you've done When you find yourself in the thick of it Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you Silly girl Take a good look around you Take a good look you're bound to see That you and me Were meant to be For each other Silly girl Hold your head up you silly girl Look what you've done When you find yourself in the thick of it Help yourself to a bit of what is all around you Silly girl Martha my dear You have always been my inspiration Please Be good to me Martha my love Don't forget me Martha my dear Fool's Garden Index And You Say(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) Whenever I buy a lighter in the store You take it away I cannot find the ashtray anymore Did you take it away? Smoking is not good for me It damages my health If you don't give me nicotine Well, then I ask somebody else And you say What you do Is just the way that I wanted you to And you say What you see Is not the way that you want me to be Whenever I pour myself a glass of wine You take it away The bottle I bought today I cannot find Did you take it away? Drinking is not good for me It damages my brain I haven't had a single drop And it's driving me insane That you say What you do Is just the way that I wanted you to And you say What you see Is not the way that you want me to be Whenever I get some change from anywhere You take it away I'm loving my little bankbook you don't care You take it away Money is not good for me It damages my soul You take away my piggy bank And dig it in a hole And you say... Fool's Garden Index Probably(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) Dan is drinking coffee Mary's drinking tea Betty's having breakfast In the plastic surgery Some say she's a beauty Some may say she's mad But she doesn't care what the people say And dyes her red hair black You don't know, What they will say You probably've to do it your own way You don't know, What they will see Absolutely nothing probably Tom is vegetarian A little fool they say His father wants to change his mind He's trying every day Anne is loving women Fred is loving men And everybody shakes their head 'Cause noone understands You don't know... In the corner plays a gypsy girl With Indians and with Jews Penny sings along with them Though she wears different shoes You don't know... You don't know, What they will do Noone ever knows, You don't know too You don't know, What they will say You probably don't need another way Fool's Garden Index Nothing(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) There's no picture, I could paint to tell you what you mean to me And no poem, I could write to tell you what you mean to me You're more than fire You are more than rain You're more than love And you are more than pain No, no, there's no single word That could explain There's no flower, Blooming like the smile in your ethereal eyes And no scholar, Ever could explain it he could be so wise You're more than heaven You are more than Earth You're the origin You are more than birth You're more than beautiful You're everything to me It's not the way that you move It's not the glowing On your face when you smile That makes me trembling and calm It's not that look in your eyes When I am going It's just everything what you are There's no ocean, Deep enough to show you what you mean to me And no mountain, High enough to show you what you mean to me You're more than meaning You are more than time You are redemption You're the reason why You're so mysterious You're everything to me It's not the way that you move It's not the glowing On your face when you smile That makes me trembling and calm It's not that look in your eyes When I am going Don't you let them live in your soul Whenever they will try To barricade the way that you go You're fragile souls can fly It's not the way that you move... Fool's Garden Index When The Moon Kisses Town(Hinkel / Freudenthaler / Röhl) Look up now there's no need to be ashamed You don't have to wear it take it off Look up now and don't pretend In the limelight you could take another bow Would anybody see you? You can run around in circles And you can chain yourself Would there anybody be there to release you? Don't speak now and don't turn around When the moon kisses town And all the elfs coming over No more lies and no disguise anymore Shame's just a word and nothing further Do not turn around When the moon kisses town Move along now don't look behind There's nothing to forget let it lie Move on now and don't turn around When the moon kisses town And all the elfs coming over No more lies and no disguise anymore Shame's just a word and nothing further Do not turn around When the moon kisses town Look up now there's no need to be ashamed You don't have to wear it take it off Look up now while the world calms down And the moon kisses town And all the elfs coming over No more lies and no disguise anymore You can take away the cover now Look up now See the world calm down When the moon kisses town Fool's Garden Index Rainy Day(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) The porridge's been good The marmalade too I take another slice of bread The bacon is hot but I don't mind Too long I boiled the egg I'm still a little tired, my bones are weak Another day off I take I guess the sun had the same idea And now we have a break It's a rainy day, a rainy day But I love it It's a rainy day The water comes down But I love you Milkman Mr Miller Is ringing my bell Do you take a litre or two But I don't wanna drink his milk today I feel fine without it too He steps into a puddle by going away I hear him swearing at The forecast promised high pressure today And now he's getting wet It's a rainy day, a rainy day... Rosalie MacLovely is waiting for a cab In the middle of the pouring rain Old bold head MacArthur is waiting For his hair to grow again Once upon a time he was a curly head But all those days are gone And now he's looking like a fireball When he gets into the sun It's a rainy day, a rainy day... Fool's Garden Index Nothern Town(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) Now she's gone without a sign Without a warning The voice of anybody else Is on the answering machine The story's ending You have to do it by yourself tonight So many years have passed You shared so many hours Expensive ones you've never cared And now she's gone without goodbye She's left no number Like anyone from anywhere oh boy Are you lonely Did she hurt you In this northern town Ain't nobody to console you She has get you down All your longings she returned She's lit the candle Of love and passion in your heart But now you're forced again to dial Another number You should have known it from the start oh boy Are you lonely Ain't nobody In this northern town Fool's Garden Index Good Night(Hinkel / Freudenthaler) When blue ethereal winds arise And stars begin to paint the skies Then don't be scared Just close your eyes When veils of silence lay them down And noone seems to be around I'll be there for you, wait for you The whole night through Good night, I love you Elfs and sprites, they'll be your side To lead you straight to your heart Don't be afraid of going into I'll be there for you, wait for you The whole night through Good night, I love you Fool's Garden Index |