Music and Lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin
www.yvetvandertuin.nl
www.youtube.com/user/YvetvanderTuin
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/mooie-tijd
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Mooie Tijd is one of the songs taken from my new album Space & Time, released november 3rd 2021.

-Lyrics-
Ik zat weer eens te denken aan die mooie tijd
Geen benauwdheid, lachen, gieren brullen en geen spijt
Ik wou dat ik kon blijven in dat luchtkasteel
Al was het maar voor even geen geheel
			
Kleine zwarte poes die lag op schoot
Mooie wandeling met wat avondrood
En ik denk bij mezelf waar is deze tijd gebleven
Mag ik het nog eens overdoen

-Mmmmmm-
Ik zat weer eens te denken aan die mooie tijd
Nieuwe kansen, mooie paden en vrolijkheid

Bij Cleo en Catootje op bezoek
Verven in die moeilijke hoek
En ik denk bij mezelf wanneer komen ze bij ons
Ik wou dat het al zover was
Mmmmm

Ik zat weer eens te denken aan die mooie tijd
Vergezichten, stilte en soberheid			 
Fietsend door de polder langs een kas
Geen mens, ver weg gebouwen en heel veel gras
	
Vlinders in de tuin en op de weg
Overal waar ik kom, op mijn hand
Overal waar ik kom, op mijn hoofd
overal waar ik kom				
Ze gaan niet weg
Ik zat weer eens te denken aan die mooie tijd
Hoe kan ik het behouden, zorgen dat het blijft
Mmmmmmm

Space & Time

Mooie Tijd

Music by Yvet van der Tuin,
www.yvetvandertuin.nl
www.youtube.com/user/YvetvanderTuin
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/space-time
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Music and Lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin
www.yvetvandertuin.nl
https://www.youtube.com/user/YvetvanderTuin
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/i-need-a-little-sadness
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2cDjRH6W3UowwNfF3a0YQF?si=QPlkacTwQGqZdy8fXKCfUQ&utm_source=whatsapp&nd=1

I Need a Little Sadness is one of the songs taken from my new album Space & Time, released november 3rd 2021.

-Lyrics-
I need a little sadness just to feel right now 
I need a little sadness to feel right
I need a little sadness just to write a song
So I can write a song

Inspite of the crisis and my cat just died
It's not the same sadness like it used to be

I need a little sadness just to feel right now 
I need a little sadness to feel right
I need a little sadness just to write a song
So I can write a song

Maybe because Corona beats us all, it's not only me
and my sadness from the past that was guiding me

I need a little sadness just to feel right now 
I need a little sadness to feel right
I need a little sadness just to write a song
So I can write a song

It's a feeling I can't describe
despair and emptiness and all for nothing	
instead of a world crisis with no impact

I need a little sadness just to feel right now 
I need a little sadness to feel right
I need a little sadness just to write a song
So I can write a song

Space &Time

I Need a Little Sadness

Music by Yvet van der Tuin, remaster 2021
www.yvetvandertuin.nl
www.youtube.com/user/YvetvanderTuin
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/noorderlicht
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Noorderlicht is one of the songs taken from my new album Space & Time, released november 3rd 2021.

Spacw & Time

Noorderlicht

Noorderlicht (remaster 2021)

'The Magic of Winter' is one of the songs taken from my new album 'Another World'!

Music and Lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin
www.yvetvandertuin.nl
www.youtube.com/user/YvetvanderTuin
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/the-magic-of-winter
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2cDjRH6W3UowwNfF3a0YQF?si=QPlkacTwQGqZdy8fXKCfUQ&utm_source=whatsapp&nd=1

-lyrics-
The Magic of Winter is everywhere
I hear and see it all around
I’d like to be in that northern spirit
with warm clothes so you don’t feel the cold breeze

I’d like to be in that spirit all day, whole winter
with an open fire, candle lights,
ice crystals, sparkling stars,
magical things in another world
where anything could happen

friends and family gather all aroud
a very fine meal, or gourmet if you want
laughter and singing around the fireplace

Short chilly freezing days, but I stay up late
sitting on the couch with a blanket
watching movies, playing games
drinking hot chocolate, baking cakes
and I feel The Magic of Winter in many ways

Another World

The Magic of Winter

'Klein Geluk' is one of the songs taken from my new album 'Another World'!

Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin, all rights reserved.

-lyrics-			
Geluk met de kleine dingen om je heen			
serene stilte, kalmte   	
Een blik op de beestjes waar je zoveel van houdt
mmmmmm

Het gebrek aan de dingen die er niet toe doen
Een kleine aanraking, omhelzing, herinnering

alles wat je doet of ziet is niet waardevoller
dan de dingen die er niet zijn of waarvan je dacht dat ze er niet waren  
mmmmmm

De geuren van een warme lentedag 
Een lief gezichtje, mooie kleuren,
schattigheid in meervoud
Oeh-----

Happiness in silence everywhere around you
and still the best memories of everything
everything that was, but is not, 
not there yet,   but in progress

alles wat je doet of ziet is niet waardevoller
dan de dingen die er niet zijn of waarvan je dacht dat ze er niet waren  
mmmmmm

Klein Geluk

'A dreamy song about the fragility of life'

'Only a Dream' is one of the songs taken from my new album 'Another World'!

Music and lyrics by  Yvet van der Tuin, released April 29, 2022
www.yvetvandertuin.nl
https://www.instagram.com/yvetvandertuin/

-lyrics-
Maybe you were only a dream
a dream I hold on to
I don’t know if you are real
you have to tell me now
what did I miss, what did i do wrong?

Losing my mind everytime
everytime I think it’s gone
It’s weird and I am torn
torn apart

Maybe it’s not the time
the time to tell you now
Not the place and not in line
what does it mean for us?

Losing my mind everytime
everytime I think it’s gone
It’s weird and I am torn
torn apart

The stars above and around
around us disappear
where are they now?
Are they gone or did they fall?
Fall into the great black hole
swallowed everything I know

Losing my mind everytime
everytime I think it’s gone
It’s weird and I am torn
torn apart

ONly a Dream

Only a Dream

'Summer Cloudy Day' is one of the songs taken from my new album 'Another World'!

A chill jazz pop track about wishing for lazy summer days
Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin, all rights reserved
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lyrics
It was a summer day in June
And I remember everything
I was walking through the mountains
somewhere in between

And everything was everywhere
where it should be
Should be

It’s a summer cloudy day
and I wanna stay in bed
It’s not that I won’t be okay
but it’s eveywhere the same
I wanna be somewhere else
somewhere where the sun shines
somewhere where the sun shines every day
every day

It was a hot day in July
The sun was shining a blue, blue sky
I was swimming in the sea
and walked through foreign places

And everything was everywhere
where it should be
Should be

It’s a summer cloudy day
and I wanna stay in bed
It’s not that I won’t be okay
but it’s eveywhere the same
I wanna be somewhere else
somewhere where the sun shines
somewhere where the sun shines every day
every day

It was an August eve at nine
I heard crickets, birds and smelled some thyme
There was no one else but you
a fresh breeze, a postcard view

And everything was everywhere
where it should be
Should be

It’s a summer cloudy day
and I wanna stay in bed
It’s not that I won’t be okay
but it’s eveywhere the same
I wanna be somewhere else
somewhere where the sun shines
somewhere where the sun shines every day
every day

Summer Cloudy Day

Piano improvisation on Saturday afternoon 22 feb 2014
By Hugo and Yvet van der Tuin

Hugo and Yvet- Saturday Afternoon

'Altijd' is one of the songs taken from my new album 'Another World'!
Music by Yvet van der Tuin, all rights reserved
https://yvetvandertuin.nl/
https://www.youtube.com/@YvetvanderTuin/
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/altijd
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Altijd

Another world is about a mythical, fairy tale-like world seeping into ours. 
Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin, all rights reserved.
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https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/another-world
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-lyrics-
People in and under water
what if Atlantis still exists?
dwarfs and elves no longer hiding
angels flying in the sky

What would we do in a world like ours
but with magic in between and all around?
What would we do?

Unicorns, sfinx and sirens
wandering across the lands
serpents, firedragons, monsters
mythical beasts eveywhere

What would we do in a world like ours
but with magic in between and all around?
What would we do?

Sometimes it’s almost touchable as if they never left 
with a window to a parallel universe
an alternate reality

What would we do in a world like ours
but with magic in between and all around?
What would we do?

'Autumn Raindrops' is one of the songs taken from my new album 'Another Word!
Music by Yvet van der Tuin, all rights reserved
yvetvandertuin.nl/
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https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/autumn-raindrops
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Autumn Raindrops

'Een Vliegtuig In Je Voortuin' is one of the songs taken from my new album 'Another World'!

Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin, all rights reserved.
yvetvandertuin.nl/
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/een-vliegtuig-in-je-voortuin
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-lyrics-
Een vliegtuig in je voortuin en koeien voor een flat
Honingbordjes op het pad en vuurkorven te koop
En bomen.....................

Een trein raast door het weiland en mensen kijken op
Een skyline in de leegte doemt dan ineens op
En de wind waait overal...........

Een auto in het gras en een oeros op je pad 
Een groene snelweg dat is toch ook wel wat
En bomen.......
En de wind waait overal

Onder de rook van de stad en de geur van het land wonen wij
Fietsend als in Frankrijk, maar dan heel dichtbij
De Nederlandse polder nabij
En bomen
En de wind waait overal

Een Vliegtuig In Je Voortuin

'Someone who gets me' is one of the songs taken from my new album 'Another World'!
Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin, all rights reserved.
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https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/someone-who-gets-me
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www.instagram.com/yvetvandertuin/
www.youtube.com/user/yvetvandertuin

-lyrics-
I never knew someone like you
who gets me
feels me
just the right way

I never knew someone like you
who feeds me
sees me
in every single way 

What did I need more?
You love and adore me

All I ever wanted is you
I never knew it til now
never knew it til now

I never knew someone like you

Someone Who Gets Me

'Summer Days' is one of the songs taken from my new album 'Another World'!
Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin, all rights reserved.
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https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/summer-days
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-lyrics-
Sittining on the couch in the evening sun
Oh summer days that I remember
I hear the frogs and crickets
and see a panoramic view with cows
Oh summer days I remember

Walking and singing and dreaming in the morning sun
Oh the summer days I remember
I hear a soft breeze whisper of the wind 
The cats in the garden, on the barn, up on the chairs
Oh summer days that will come

Forests nearby with silence, peace, a quiet place
Oh summer days that will come
Friends staying over in a house with a lot of space
Oh summer days that will come
Oh summer days that will be near

Summer Days

Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin
https://yvetvandertuin.nl/
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/autumn-colors
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Y09EXAniqjO8x6Q5rP5Tz
www.instagram.com/yvetvandertuin/
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-Lyrics-
I feel the autumn is nearby
We walk beneath a grey grey sky
You say it’s depressing weather
But I feel strong,
things are getting better

And I am dancing in the rain of leaves
I see the colors everywhere
mushrooms, the trees, chestnusts, the forests
That’s what I like most of autumn days

No longer dark clouds,
I see a hazy sun
It is coming to bright up
shine its light to where it begun
sad feelings are gone

And I am dancing in the rain of leaves
I see the colors everywhere
mushrooms, the trees, chestnusts, the forests
That’s what I like most of autumn days

The rain and thunder passing by
and if it’s here, I’m still fine
outside my window
I see a beautiful sky

And I’m still dancing in the rain of leaves
I see the colors everywhere
mushrooms, the trees, chestnusts, the forests
That’s what I like most of autumn days

Autumn Colors

Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin, all rights reserved
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/ticking-2
https://open.spotify.com/album/0c1mEsABxl6XaVyIr7PdmO
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https://www.youtube.com/@YvetvanderTuin
-lyrics-

Almost at the end of the year
and I wonder what I should do next year

mmmmm

I remember all the times that you were okay
and I hope I will see them again someday

mmmmm

and now we’re waiting ‘till the end of the year
and I hope it will be better for you they say

mmmmm

And I know it will be
I know it will be
I know

Time flies they say when you’re having fun
but it’s not always like that you know
What should I do with the time that’s left

mmmm

It’s ticking and it’s tikcing, it’s ticking away

Ticking

Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin 

-lyrics-
I was walking in the fields
looking at the sky above
Falling on to the grass
with my arms open wide

Dreaming of-------

You were running at me
and I just stood still
I was just looking
looking at you

Dreaming of--------

Around us only forests
as far as I can see
Living in the dream
where should I be?

Living in the dream
Where will it be?
Living in the dream
How long should I stay?

Dreaming of--------

Dreaming of

Dreaming Of

A lively rhythmic song about that one person being stuck in your head, exemplified by the song's instantly singable and longing melodies.

Always, you’re always on my mind

Every season, every day
Every night, in things I say
Always, you’re always on my mind

In every rythym, melody and rhyme
You’re always on my mind
In all the music I hear a song for you

In everything I see or hear and do I think of you
In the sun, the snow, with moonlight
Even if you’re far away
I feel you here so close to me

In every smile, tear, word or touch
Even If I have to cry, shout or laugh
You’re always on my mind

released February 28, 2025
Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin

Always On My Mind

Music and lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin. Produced by Robert Lemon.

Today

Music and Lyrics by Yvet van der Tuin and Robert van der End
februari 2013

Ik weet dat je hier bent (Yvet van der Tuin and Robert van der End)

lyrics and music by Yvet van der Tuin
www.yvetvandertuin.nl
https://www.youtube.com/user/YvetvanderTuin
https://yvetvandertuin.bandcamp.com/track/winter-is-coming
open.spotify.com/album/3ry0tjYAX0dFpjVwkQHTmI

Winter Is Coming is one of the songs taken from my new album Space & Time, released november 3rd 2021.

-Lyrics-
Mmmmmmm				

I get a little warm in my heart when I think of winter
Everywhere snow and christmas presents	 
It's cold outside, but indoors nice and warm  
Cosy and a lot of laughter
			 
Maybe, maybe, it's always changing
Maybe, maybe but not like this

I get a little warm in my heart when I think of winter
Skating and hot chocolate, sparkling lights
Every step outside makes a cracking sound  
on the still frozen ground

Maybe, maybe, it's always changing
Maybe, maybe but not like this

I get a little warm in my heart when I think of winter
As the days begin to shorten, temperature falls
opens up a world of cracking open hearths 

Winter is coming, winter is coming
Winter is coming, not like game of thrones,
but it's still quite scary

I hope it gets better, i hope it gets better
I hope it gets better,  like it used to be, 
before the onset of winter	

Maybe, maybe, it's always changing
Maybe, maybe but not like this

Winter Is Coming

I am a singer-songwriter who mainly focuses on vocals and piano. I was influenced by artists like Tori Amos and Agnes Obel  and  I  grew up in a musical family between folk and cabaret.  I write both English and Dutch songs, sometimes quite literal, sometimes hard to understand, sometimes wordless, but always poetic!
I also give singing and piano lessons and lead choirs.
Let me know what you think of my music, enjoy!

Yvet van der Tuin

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