Song composed by John, arranged and produced by Wim Oudijk
Extra backing vocals by Petra de Winter & Wim Oudijk
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Fly away little bluebird
Why not fly onto the moon
You’re not stuck in this world
You are just a cartoon
Know where you’re going
Know where’s your home
Go where you’re knowing
Which stars to roam

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Come back home little bluebird 
If you still know where you are
We’re all stuck in this world
Trying to find you in the stars
Are you still flying?
Have you lay down? 
Your mother will keep on crying
Until you’re found

Won’t you come home to see what it is you have been missing
I think I’d like to know what it is you have been whistling
Won’t you come home to see what it is you have been missing
I think I’d like to know what it is you have been whistling

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Windows & Doors - Little Bluebird re feat. Ron E Smith and Catself

Song composed by John, arranged and produced by Wim Oudijk


I wish I were a cat on a farm
Coz then I would have lots of things to pounce on
I wish I were a cat on a farm
Coz then I could sleep in the straw

I dream of being a cat on a farm

I’d start a family
Why not?
I’d start the family I haven’t got

I’d teach young junior how to run and how to jump and how to catch a bird
I’d teach him how to understand those silly humans with their silly words

We’d be a family
A loving family
A happy family
A perfect family

I wish I were a cat on a farm so then I could prowl around the ditches
I wish I were a cat on a farm pretending I’m a tiger in the wild 
I dream of being a cat on a farm

I’d take my family out for lunch
We’d hear that little bluebird carcass crunch

I’d teach young junior how to steal and how to eat and how to snoop around
I’d teach him how sneak inside the pantry door without making a sound

We’d be a family of cats living on a farm
Living like the monarchy inside our palace barn
We’d take a holiday in the forest by the hill
Where there’s lots of things to chase and lots of things to kill
And then we’d pack up and say enough’s enough

Come on let’s go home 
Come on let’s go home 
Come on let’s go home

Cat On A Farm - Windows & Doors featuring Todd (Junior) Dillingham

Song composed by John, arranged and produced by Wim Oudijk
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BARCELONA
If you were here in Barcelona
I would have climbed this hill with you
We would look down on Barcelona
On the harbour and the sea so blue

But I could never seem to find the right words to say
But are there any words that would make you want to come away? 

But you know I’m not the girl that you want me to be
Because I don’t believe that love can set you free

But I could never seem to find the right words to say
You should have let me go free
But are there any words that would make you love me anyway? 
It was such a long time ago
 
If you were here in Barcelona
I was never sure what you really thought of me
I would have climbed this hill with you
But I know I’m not the cure for your pain and misery
We would look down on Barcelona
Because I’m not the girl that you want me to be
On the harbour and the sea so blue
Because I don’t believe that love can set you free

But I could never seem to find the right words to say
You should have let me go free
But are there any words that would make you love me anyway? 
It was such a long time ago
 
We could fly over Barcelona
You’re holding on to a dream that won’t come true
Holding hands inside our cable car
But I don’t feel the same way about you
We’d fall in love in Barcelona
Don’t you think it’s time for something new?
And never want to change the way we are

Barcelona - Windows & Doors Starring Andrea Petitta and Petra de Winter

Song composed by John, arranged and produced by Wim Oudijk

High among the peaks of the Mystic Mountains
Lay the beautiful land, the land of Avion
The winged children play beneath the frozen fountain
But our hero senses that something may be wrong

Delora!
Delora!
Has anybody seen my beautiful wife?
Delora!
Delora!
She just disappeared into the fading light
She was plucked from the verge of a cold dark night
But little does our hero know
She’s been taken to a place where no one dares to go…

The Vale of Caldor 
The Vale of Caldor
Oh would anyone dare step into the lair of these demons of the air
Who live in the Vale of Caldor

Deep down in the chambers of the mystic mountains
Where the white knight stumbles on a clearance to the vale  
His children kept on playing, he has had to go without them 
Searching for an answer, searching for a trail to   

Delora!
Delora!
I think that I can see my stricken wife?
Delora!
Delora!
She’s marooned on a rock in a lake of fire
Watched by the demons who are perched up higher 
But now is not the time to be shedding tears
For here is a place that can kill a man with fear… 

The Vale of Caldor
The Vale of Caldor
Oh would anyone dare step into the lair of these demons of the air
Who live in the Vale of Caldor
The Vale of Caldor
I ask you why would you try to fly at these demons of the sky
Who live in the Vale of Caldor  

Delora 
Delora 
Delora
Delora

Would anyone dare step into the lair of these demons of the air
I’m so scared
I haven’t got a prayer
I know it’s not fair
But I’m afraid I’m gonna have to leave you there Delora.

The Vale Of Caldor - Windows & Doors featuring Catself

Song composed by John, arranged and produced by Wim Oudijk

Windows & Doors - You Have Got A Gun Feat. Justin K. Bailey

Hi, John here,

I lost my good friend and collaborator on Windows & Doors this week, Wim Oudijk. I wrote and recorded this song as a way to say goodbye...   







I look out at the sky
From my bedroom window
I am here most of my life
But still it feels so unfamiliar
Coz all that I can see
Are endless possibilities
Goodbye Wim, and thank you for everything

I look out at the sky
From my bedroom window
The wind and the sunlight
Make my forehead tingle
I know I’ll never know 
But it sounds to me like an oboe
Goodbye Wim, and thank you for everything

Goodbye Wim and Thank You for Everything (John Home Demo)

Song composed by John, arranged and produced by Wim Oudijk

I look up at the sky through my bedroom window
I wait for the end of Christmas Eve
I don’t remember a time when the time moved so slow
I believe I believe I believe I believe 
        
I believe I can see Reindeer 
I believe I can see Reindeer 

I never knew that the stars were remote and explosive
I presume I assumed they were lights someone hung in the sky
It was a time when the time was not corrosive
It was only foolish things that made me cry

I believe I can see Reindeer          
I believe I can see Reindeer 
 
If I stay awake I will see him arrive
If I stay awake I will see him alive
If I stay awake I can see him with my own eyes
 
But the stars 
Are making me sleepy
They’re making me sleepy  
They’re making me sleepy 
                
I believe I can see Reindeer

Reindeer

The songs of John from Tigers of Tin Pan performed by a changing collective arranged and produced by Wim Oudijk.

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