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From The Oker Sessions, this is Ivo's live performance of Hard.

Written by Ivo Penders (C) Ivo Penders 2011

Lyrics:
Singing this now is the best of my offers
Singing this here is the best I can do
Singing out loud to the best of my lovers
You know who you are and you know what to do

Yesterday left you with all of your worries
Morning will greet you with all its dismay
It’s gonna take all your strength and commitment
All of your courage to get through the day

And it’s hard, so hard, not to cry
And it’s hard, so hard, but I’ll try

I cannot soothe you and tell you it’s normal
I cannot comfort you, nobody can
You need to crawl to the end of this tunnel
All by yourself, then you’ll get up and stand

But it’s hard, so hard, not to cry
And it’s hard, so hard, but I’ll try

When rags turn to riches when money is made
Will you remember the songs that you played
Will you revere them the way you once did
Will you confess to your sins as a kid

And it’s hard, so hard, not to cry
And it’s hard, so hard, but I’ll try

HARD (Oker Sessions)

Written by Paul Simon. Ivo Penders covers Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. by Simon & Garfunkel.

Ivo Penders - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (Simon & Garfunkel cover) (Oker Sessions)

Vincent (LIVE) (from The Oker Sessions)

So Long (87 Days) 
words & music (c) Ivo Penders 2013
Music Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23p68GZ9eNw
Official website: http://ivopenders.com
Lyrics:

I got so much time to waste
There ain't nothing here to do
And my melodies are laced
With the memory of you

It's been 87 days
since I came here on my own
Since we went our seperate ways
Since I threw away that phone

So Long, So Long
So Long, So Long

I've been lying on the beach
Sipping cocktails in the sun
Far from everybody's reach
Having solitary fun

So Long, So Long So Long, So Long
So Long, So Long So Long, So Long

I got everything I need
I'm no longer in your debt
No more following your lead
I'll forgive but I won't forget

So Long, So Long So Long, So Long
So Long (etc.)

So Long (87 Days) - (from: The Oker Sessions)

From the Oker Sessions, Ivo delivers this piano ballad as an ode to the Greek muse of song Aoide. 

It features on saxophone Judith van Bilsen.

Words & music (c) Ivo Penders 2013

Aoide

Written by Diane Birch. All instruments performed by Ivo Penders. Mixed & mastered by Peter Haverkamp. 

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Demo recording for A Little Less Attention. Written and recorded by Ivo Penders.
(c) Ivo Penders 2015

A Little Less Attention - Demo

Live cover version of 'If It Hadn't Been For Love'. Written by Michael Henderson and Christopher Stapleton. 

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