An old recording I unearthed while cleaning up my email accounts. Rather crudely recorded in 2006 on some handheld device, the sound quality is less than perfect, to say the least, but somehow the noise and crackle accompanying this song kind of fits, its a bit as if you listen to an old record on a player with a worn-out needle ... :D 

I wrote You Know All The Chords during a phase in which I listened to a lot of Jazz, particularly Chet Baker, whom I absolutely love, I hope that shines through a little.

Here are the lyrics if anybody's interested:

You know all the chords
That make my heart strings swing
Yes and you know all the words
That make my little heart sing
But you can make the snow fall too
In the middle of spring
You're the one who won't call,no
After what you say's a fling

You know all the chords
So play them please
Yes and you know all the words
So say them don't tease
Yeah you know what I need to hear
You know what I hate to fear
You know all those soothing chords
So play them please

You take my hand and lead
Lead me to the other side
And you take what isleft of me
You make me whole, a better life
You take all there is to me
And give nothing in return
I owe you and you own me, see
But still I long and yearn

Cause you know all the chords
So play them please
Yes and you know all the words
So say them don't tease
You know what I need to hear
And you know what I hate to fear
You know all those soothing chords
So play them please

You Know All The Chords

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This is a song I cooperated on with my Brother Jan (drums) and our friend Stefan (guitar) back in 2014. I contributed the vocals and maybe some lead-guitar, I don't quite remember! :-)

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The Letter, Niels Cremer, 2016

I cried the whole day, And now I feel better
So I think I'll just say, What I feel in a letter

But the sheet just stares back, From its neatly piled stack
And I feel like a wreck - Again

I tried the whole day, Like a sculptor or shaper
To forge words, make them stay, And put them on paper

But the sheet just stares back, From its neatly piled stack
And I feel like a wreck - Again

Words won't you come to me, Words won't you come to me
Words won't you come to me now

I vied the whole day, I would beg, plead and beckon
But the words stayed away, And it's just like you reckon:

Yeah the sheet just stares back, From its neatly piled stack
And I feel like a wreck - Again

Words won't you come to me
Words won't you come to me
Words won't you come to me now
Words won't you come to me
Words won't you come to me
Words just won't come to me now

Yeah the sheet it stays blank, And its blinding expanse
Is the white in my enemies' eyes
And the words that it drank, Stand no shred of a chance
To amend all the doubt and the lies

Words won't you come to me
Words won't you come to me
Words won't you come to me now
Words won't you come to me
Words won't you come to me
Words just won't come to me now
Girl won't you run to me
See what you've done to me
Girl won't you run to me now
Girl won't you run to me
See what you've done to me
Girl you won't run to me now

I cried the whole day
And now I feel better

The Letter - Niels  Cremer - Original

It's This Time Of Year - Niels Cremer © 2010
All words and music by Niels Cremer

The house is ready, it's decked out in lights	
The days grow shorter, dark are the nights
It's Christmas time, It's this time of year

The folks all gather, kid's eyes shining bright
The streets are quiet, all's covered in white
It's Christmas time, It's this time of year 

Seasons ending
A year comes to a close
The thoughts I'm sending
Skyward as life slows

Are thoughts of thankfulness
Of being gratefull for the days
That we're allowed to be this happy
Because it's Christmas, It's this time of year 

We think of others in peril and plight
Sisters and brothers whose life is a fight
This Christmas time, It's this time of year

Make resolutions all shining and bright
To help and aid, and some of us might
This Christmas time, It's this time of year

Seasons ending
A year comes to a close
The thoughts I'm sending
Skyward as life slows

Are thoughts of thankfulness
Of being gratefull for the days
That we're allowed to be this happy
Thoughts of thankfulness
Of being gratefull for the days
That we're allowed to be this happy
because it's Christmas, It's this time of year 

Seasons ending
A year comes to a close
But thoughts are not enough
For those in woes

It's This Time Of Year - the christmas single

2010 - It's This Time Of Year

This Christmas Day - Niels Cremer © 2011
All words and music by Niels Cremer

Catastrophies lurking
Murder on the screen
The rich getting richer
And the poor just aint seen

The world's growing warmer
Hearts growing cold
It's every man for himself now
That's what I'm being told

This Christmas Day
We can all make a change, make it stay
Though we're one world away
We can all stop the fighting and just start requiting the love

It's the season for giving
But noone's giving in
If we can't even listen
We'll be back where we have been

This Christmas Day
We can all make a change, make it stay
Though we're one world away
We can all stop the fighting and just start requiting the love

This Christmas Day
We can all make a change, make it stay
Though we're one world away
We can all stop the fighting and just start requiting the love

This Christmas Day
We can all make a change, make it stay
Though we're one world away
We can all stop the fighting and just start requiting the love

This Christmas Day
We can all make a change, make it stay
Though we're one world away
||: We can all stop the fighting and just start requiting :||  ... the love

2011 - This Christmas Day - Niels Cremer

Song For My Father / I See You
by Niels Cremer, 01/2017

I see you in the reflection, of myself there on the screen
I feel you in the lines I write, that will all remain unseen
I hold you in my grateful heart, that never will despair
I hear you in the winter wind, and know that you are there
You know my every little quirk, and I'm sure you still recall
How you followed every step I'd take, just to see that I won't fall
You fired my imagination, and did instill in me
A love of language, words and rhymes, and that is why I feel

I see you - In the mirror on the wall
I see you - And I don't mind at all

I hear you in the songs I write, in every single note
Play every chord with you in mind, each word I ever wrote
You're guiding every step I take, towards an unknown end
I trust you in the darkness, of this uncharted land
You made me who I am today, your legacy's in me
For good or worse, you're what I was, I am and what I'll be
Now my own boys will soon be grown and I hope that I have done
My best to give what I have learned from the father to the son

I see you - In the mirror on the wall
I see you - And I don't mind at all
I see you - In the mirror on the wall
I see you - And I don't mind - No I don't mind - I don't mind at all

Song For My Father - Niels Cremer - 01-2017

On the 10-year anniversary of the publication of my first CD, "Seed, Creed & Generation", I am re-releasing this newly mixed and mastered version of my song "I'll Take The Early Train" for free streaming and download. This new release features a new drum track and background vocals. Thanks go out to Sonja, Atze, Jan, Uli, Holger & Gerald!

Here are the lyrics if anyone is interested to read along:

I'LL TAKE THE EARLY TRAIN 
(track 2 of "Seed, Creed & Generation")
Music & Lyrics - Niels Cremer © 2007
Original version published on 26.03.2010 by Timezone Records GbR, LC 12791, EAN 4260186745249, Cat.-No.TZ524

I wanna walk on white pebble beaches
I wanna fly where the wind never reaches
I wanna learn what the teacher never teaches and
I wanna do what the preacher never preaches

I wanna say all the words I left unsaid
I wanna read letters that I left unread
I wanna sing to you all the songs that make me sad and
I wanna cry all the tears I left unshed

I wanna stay - But I think I'll just go
I'll take the early train
And I'm gone before you know
Yeah I'm gone before you know

Girl I wanna thank you for the life you shared with me 
Wanna reassure you this is the last you see of me
I don't want to leave a number, no forwarding address
You will never have to love again

I wanna go, yet I do want to stay
Wanna tell you all the things I've got to say
I wanna see you, touch you, feel you, love you all the way
I wanna be with you, but instead I go away

I wanna stay - But I think I'll just go
I'll take the early train
And I'm gone before you know
Yeah I'm gone before you know

Girl I wanna thank you for the life you shared with me 
Wanna reassure you this is the last you see of me
I don't want to leave a number, no forwarding address
You will never have to love again

Oh no, no, no

Girl I wanna thank you for the life you shared with me 
Wanna reassure you this is the last you see of me
I don't want to leave a number, no forwarding address
You will never have to love again

I'll take the early train and I'm gone before you know

I'll Take The Early Train - Remixed - Remastered

I'll Take The Early Train - Niels Cremer - Remixed - Remastered

||: Niels Cremer is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter whose songs are firmly rooted in the acoustic singer-songwriter tradition while being clearly contemporary. His music has developed into an authentic repertoire of its own.

His latest release “Seven Scores Of Sorrow“ published by Timezone Records on Nov 6th 2015 is a small collection of relaxed, groovy songs characterized by Niels’ acoustic guitar, creating an easy lounge atmosphere - as cozy to recline into as your favorite armchair. Please also visit www.nielscremer.com :||

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||: Niels Cremer ist Gitarrist, Multiinstrumentalist und Singer-Songwriter; seine Songs wurzeln in der akustischen Singer-Songwriter Tradition, bauen jedoch mühelos stilistische Brücken zu modernen Stilelementen der Popmusik. Seine Musik hat sich über die Jahre zu einem authentischen, eigenständigen Repertoire entwickelt.

Seine aktuelle Neuerscheinung „Seven Scores Of Sorrow“ die am 06.11.2015 bei Timezone Records erscheint ist ein kleine Sammlung von sieben entspannten, groovigen Songs die weiterhin von der akustischen Gitarre geprägt werden und eine entschleunigte Lounge-Atmosphäre aufbauen in die man sich fallen lässt wie in einen bequemen Lieblings-Sessel. Bitte besuche auch www.nielscremer.com :||

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