When all is said and done and I’m the lucky guy 
Then I will rest my case six feet below the ground 
You don’t owe me anything I’ve just been spending time 
what I will miss the most is having you around 

Don’t care if you don’t think that I’ll be gone for good
I know to well what it means to be misunderstood 
Just need a few more lines to close my final will
I’ll leave a note for you by the windowsill

Black birds keep following me wherever I go 
Can’t tell the difference between a raven and a crow
No matter what they get they always scream for more
and when they had your flesh they’re going for your soul 

Ref: 
You get a one-way-ticket on the day when you’re born 
the next stop will always be at the end of the road 
Bridge: 
Do think twice, cos it’s all right, to have some doubts along the way

One-Way-Tickets

Bottom line … we don’t have the time 
I just might … miss my next flight 
Don’t let me down … I won’t change my mind 
The next in line…  is just some other guy
This sparkling wine … will impress your friends  
But when bubbles burst … they leave me with a thirst 
Let’s improvise  … it’s written in your eyes 
You’ll never be … my consolation prize 
We compromise …  just to stay alive 
So let us start  – with an easy exercise 
Bottom line …  love is all we need 
I will try … to bring you up to speed 

Ref: You poor deluded fool – I might just as well be you 

Bridge:   A life of broken dreams – without any means
just trying to stay sober from this distant love hangover

I Might Just As Well Be You

I know just how you feel
It’s something so surreal

It’s time you start to heal 
the pain you feel is real 

Weakness can't be concealed 
once it’s been revealed  

No use to beg or steal
or ask for a decent deal 

Once you start to kneel 
you show them your Achilles heel  

Ref: Don’t close your eyes, don't shut your mouth  

Bridge: : Just listen for a While, Listen for a Sound …

Don't Close Your Eyes, Don't Shut Your Mouth

Sometimes I Wish I Could
Bite The Hands the Feed Me 
With their endless supplies 
of useless information 
and a constant craving 
for another bunch of lies 

Sometimes I Wish I Could
stop the time from running  
and cease the moment for a while
Instead I let myself get 
caught in conversations 
turning into public trials

Now it’s a good thing to 
lower your expectations  
and let things settle down 
you don’t always have to
be the one who’s shouting
just prove that you’re right 

Sometimes I wish I was 
on the back porch drinking
pepper moonshine with the boys
Now we’d be quiet watching 
all the falling stars 
and burning toys that collide 


Ref: 
I’ve had enough of all buffoons  
eating with a silver spoon
while taking a trip to the moon 
in a hot air ballon

Sometimes I Wish I Could …

The Book of Love Has No Cover (Sunday Choir Mix)

Easy come, Easy Go (CLAUDELLE MIX)

The Full Acid Jazz House Test (STOCKHOLM MIX)

Waltz for Ellen in Summertime

Don't Wanna Go

Sandy Denny Knows (WINTER MIX)

So close to home … still on my own 
I’m glad I knew  … a better part of you  
Good times we’ve had … garnished with some bad   
And if you hold me dear … I’ll still be here

In southern France … by happenstance 
I fell in a trance … somewhat advance
Try not to be … a forgery 
Nothing’s for real … except what you feel

Beyond belief … and ecstasy
you stole from me … like a thief 
These crocodile tears … they always appear 
like a story wheel  … put on repeat 

Ref: Cold, so cold … this home has grown quiet and cold. 
Old, so old … we both have become so old.

Just Like A Truffaut Movie

Illitterate words are spread among birds 
creating an alphabet no one has learned  
and you're editing truth and mixing strange herbs 
to a point where you've become a national concern 
This Russian roulette will be brought to the test
spinning the chamber and aiming at your chest 
this bulletproof story is all that you get 
lying too yourself and hoping for the rest 
So wave a white flag if you land on the moon 
The dark side of man will be present at noon 
And take a big breath and try not to swoon 
The help that you asked for came all too soon 
So hit me again, and again and again
Somehow it seems like I stopped to feel pain 
And if you’re a man who feels just the same 
Then at least pretend that you’re somebody else

Ref: Stockholm syndrome was caused by boredom 
The closed down bank is now a home for the brave

Stockholm Syndrome (Caused By Boredom)

Femme Fatale

Allington Road, Swindon Town

Sunday Morning

Perfect Day

Pale Blue Eyes

All Tomorrow's Parties

Cover: Ronnie Lane & Ron Woods –  Mahoney's Last Stand (Soundtrack)

Just For A Moment

The Book of Love Has No Cover (Smokey)

Candy Says

Truth and Lies

Deep Down Inside (By The Sea)

Debris

Train, Train Take Me All The Way

Cross-examined by a crosseyed crook
told a story from his well known book 
n´ like a fish he swallowed the hook 
and then I made him fry and cook 

Put a pig tail on his little Pony
rode him home along the interstate 
People said he looked like kinda funny 
but he just told ’em to go to hell 

Discussing fascism at a dinner Party
the definition of the times where in
the hostess acted more than nerdy 
and I got wasted and spilled my drink 

I'll always be your beast of burden 
And if you led me to your well 
I could drink a pint of bourbon 
just for old old times sake 

Ref: 
This land is not my land 
And it’s certainly not your land 
It’s not a car rental 
nor a bowling alley 
Oh we got to draw a line 
somewhere a child cries

We Gotta Draw A Line

The Resurrection (2024)

Bedsit Disco

There Is A Light

I Came Home

VU-cover lo-fi campfire tape recorder version from way back – with tuba

New Age (lo-fi tape recorder version)

Songwriters Willebrand & Nylund doing whatever they feel like doing – and having fun.

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