Lied des Tages! PART VI

...daß Kunze in Deutschland kaum seinesgleichen hat, ist oft geschrieben worden und es ist und es bleibt gültig. Für mich ist er in erster Linie ein exzellenter Sprachkünstler. Als jemand, dem Sprache, dem das Deutsche sehr am Herzen liegt, bin ich von Sinn und Hintersinn und Doppelsinn Kunze'scher Wortgewalt immer wieder aufs Neue fasziniert. Natürlich ist Kunze auch Musiker. Ein guter, ein bühnenpräsenter allemal. Doch wage ich die Behauptung, daß er ohne Musik nicht sterben, ihm Sprache als Lebensmittel vollauf genügen würde (neben dem schweren Mut, Ihr versteht...). Seine Platten "verbrauchen" sich nicht. Noch nach dem 100. Hören findet sich eine neue Nuance, eine neue Assoziation, die schmunzeln oder nachdenken macht...

Blinded by the light
Revved up like a Deuce
Another runner in the night
[repeat to fade]

Madman drummers bummers Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way in to his hat
With a boulder on my shoulder feeling kinda' older I tripped the merry go round
With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground

The calliope crashed to the ground and she was blinded by the light,
revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.

Blinded by the light
Revved up like a Deuce
Another runner in the night
[repeat to fade]

Some silicone sister with her manager mister told me I got what it takes
She said I'll turn you on sonny to something strong play the song with the funky break
And go kart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart see if it was safe outside
And little Early Pearly came by in his curly wurly and asked me if I needed a ride

Asked me if I needed a ride
And she was blinded by the light
Revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light
She got down but she never got tight
She's gonna make it through the night
She's gonna make it through the night

Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun, but mama
That's where the fun is

Some brimstone baritone anti cyclone rolling stone preacher from the east
Says Dethrone the Dictaphone hit it in his funny bone and that's where they expect it least
And some new mown chaperone was standing in
The corner watching the young girls dance
And some fresh sewn moonstone was messing with his frozen zone reminding him of romance

The calliope crashed to the ground
And she was blinded by the light
revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night

Blinded by the light
Revved up like a Deuce
Another runner in the night
[repeat to fade]

Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand
and some bloodshot forget me not his daddy's within earshot save the buckshot turn up the band.

She got down but she never got tight she's gonna' make it through the night.

QUESTIONS
Slade/Mann-Earthly Music Ltd.
In a dream it would seem
I went to those who close the open door
And turning the key, I sat and spoke to those inside of me

They answered my questions with questions
And they pointed me into the night
Where the moon was a star-painted dancer
And the world was just a spectrum of light

They reached to my centre of reason
And pulled on the touchstone that's there
The shock of that light had me reeling
And I fell into the depths of despair

Turning the key, I sat and spoke to those inside of me

They answered my questions with questions
And they set me to stand on the brink
Where the sun and the moon were as brothers
And all that was left was to think

They answered my questions with questions
And they pointed me into the night
And the power that bore me had left me alone
To figure out which way was right

SINGING THE DOLPHIN THROUGH
Mike Heron-Earthly Music Ltd.
Farewell Plymouth, your morning cold and grey
Is painting shadows on my thoughts
And we're bound for nowhere

Singing the dolphin through
Singing the dolphin through
Singing the dolphin through
Still waters
[3 times]

Joseph, I know you're trusting me to see you right
And I know you can't stand the fighting
Yes I know you can't stand the fighting
For one more night

Joseph, the mud gives way to coral somewhere
And the hours of light they last and last
We'll see no hostile flag there from craft unknown
We will have grown free from sighing

Singing the dolphin through
Singing the dolphin through
Singing the dolphin through
Still waters
[3 times]

Joseph, I know you're trusting me to see you right
And I know you can't stand the fighting
Yes I know you can't stand the fighting
For one more night

Joseph, the mud gives way to coral somewhere
And the hours of light they last and last
We'll see no hostile flag there from craft unknown
We will have grown free from sighing

Singing the dolphin through
Singing the dolphin through
Singing the dolphin through
Still waters
[repeat to fade]

Still waters...
[repeat to fade]

STARBIRD
Mann/Slade-Earthly Music Ltd.
Starbird, let your cry lead us all through the night
Rising from the ashes, your light'll show us the way
Starbird, you can fly me, take me everywhere you go
Raring with the windsong, burning in your fiery glow
Screaming through the darkness
Raring with the windsong
Starbird, keep your light shining for all to see

Starbird, let your cry lead us all through the night
Rising from the ashes, your light'll show us the way

THE ROAD TO BABYLON
Mann/Thomas/Pattenden-Earthly Music Ltd.
By the waters, the waters of Babylon
We lay down and wept and wept for these I am
We remember, we remember, we remember these I am
[repeat to fade]

A golden helmet blinded minds
Among ten thousand swords along the road to Babylon
A golden thunder silenced songs
Among ten thousand voices on the road to Babylon

Well, well, well, beware that golden helmet
Well, well, well, there's no easy way to go
Well, well, well, no easy road to follow
Well, well, well

A golden ocean turned to fire
And burned ten thousand ships along the road to Babylon
A golden dreamer touched the sky
Alone in empty silence on the road to Babylon

Well, well, well, beware that golden thunder
Well, well, well, that dreamed and sang the song
Well, well, well, the empty sound of sorrow

By the waters, the waters of Babylon
We lay down and wept and wept for these I am
We remember, we remember, we remember these I am
[fading]

A golden helmet blinded minds
Among ten thousand swords along the road to Babylon
A golden thunder silenced songs
Among ten thousand voices on the road to Babylon

Well, well, well, beware that golden helmet
Well, well, well, there's no easy way to go
Well, well, well, no easy road to follow
Well, well, well

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
Mann/Pattenden/Thomas-Earthly Music Ltd.
Life passes slowly just this side of paradise
Eyes watching skies with salt water rain
There you stay watching day follow day

Living lonely and only just this side of paradise
Oh, it's easy to see when the moon passes by
And a cloud dies in a clear black sky

Living lonely and only just this side of paradise
Oh, it's easy to see when the moon passes by
Like a leaf spin slow, slow

Maybe that's where the sun and the rain live together
Maybe it's time to get up and move out forever

Maybe that's where the sun and the rain live together
Maybe it's time to get up and move out forever... together...

Life passes slowly just this side of paradise
Eyes watching skies with salt water rain
There you stay watching day follow day

Du bist nicht wie ich
doch das ändert nicht
daß du bei mir bist
und ich zuseh wie du schläfst.
Du bist noch längst nicht wach...

Ich bin der Regen
Und du bist das Meer...

Ich hab geglaubt
Ich kann es schaffen
Dich zu lassen
doch es geht nicht...