Here you find
the Lyrics to
*The Snoopy Lads*
Debut Album
1. A Ruby in Blue / 2. Can't You See (What's Going On) / 3. Illusions / 4. Pandora's Box / 5. Listen to the Silence
6. Coward / 7. Little Drummerboy / 8. Delayed Departure / 9. It's Raining (Daily Raining) / 10. Waltz on a 4-4 Time Beat
1. A Ruby in Blue (top á)
A dash of tears on my shirt
This transitory souvenir
What’s a tear but a tear
Once it’s hitting the dirt
*Should have been glad
To call you mine
But I’m spoiling my life by
Searching for a ruby in blue *
You said that I was mistaking
That breaking up was all wrong
Then I was feeling so strong
Now I feel the earth quaking
*Should have been glad...*
I enjoy all the wrong
In my search for the right
Today I feel that you might
Have been the right all along
*Should have been glad...*
(M: Basty; L: Hendryk / Basty)
[vocals & backing vocals: Hendryk]
2. Can't You See (What's Going On?) (top á)
I feel the heartbeat of my mother,
Soothing, safely in her womb
Now will I ever find another
Place as safe before my tomb
*'Cause what I see
makes me wanna scream:
Can’t you see lover?
Can’t you see what’s going on
Can’t you see lover?
Can’t you see what’s going wrong
Can’t you see? *
Child’s play was easy going
Easy, had no rent to pay
Games got harsh, the gardens gutted
Dark signs paving all my way
You’d think the walls, when you grow older,
Shrank, but they get taller, too
Will I succeed, will I surrender
Challenged every day anew
I feel the heartbeat of my mother,
Soothing, safely in her womb
Now will I ever find another
Place as safe before my tomb(M: Basty; L: Hendryk)
[vocals & backing vocals: Hendryk]
Lost in memories
I can clearly hear your voice
You say: „Please,
take my hand, but let me go...“
I look straight down
Through the flowers of your choice
Thoughts fly round and round
In my head and in one flow
*What is left are reveries
I can´t change and I know
It´s an illusion
But please give me that smile again
And a kiss or a touch
Illusions
make me feel you´re here again *
I walk past the stones
Step aside from your tomb
Frozen blood and bones
Make me shiver, remembering the keen
A look up - my temper is aglow
Beautiful - the yard is green
And it seems so long ago
I was lost in time, tone and room
*What is left are reveries
I can´t change and I know
It´s an illusion…*
(M: Basty; L: Basty)
[vocals & backing vocals: Hendryk]
Like opening Pandora’s Box
Letters that escaped your mind
Emotions you had left behind
Baleful spirits burst the locks
You’re falling down...
Like opening Pandora’s Box
Past goes present, present is past
Heavy locks were meant to last
There’s no Master of the Clocks
You’re falling down...
Like opening Pandora’s Box
You put your paradise at risk
Amnesia is a celestial bliss
A solid wall of granite rocks
You’re falling down...
You know you should have left the town
`Stead of opening Pandora’s Box
Jealousy is a sligh old fox
Which leaves no option but to drown
You’re falling down...(M: Basty; L: Hendryk)
[vocals & backing vocals: Hendryk]
5. Listen to the Silence (top á)
On a funeral would you laugh out loud
To a church would you go and fuck
I wonder if you’d had your doubts
When you burned your rubber duck
So why’s it that you’re asking me
What my thoughts are just right now
I’m lying here, only you with me
You’re not asking for a vow!?
*Don´t talk to me
I´m listening to the silence in my head
Don´t You even whisper
Listen to the silence instead *
I feel like I’m not from this world
I’m not on this planet now
Reason has drained out of me
I am not up for a row
*Don´t talk to me...*
Moments of intimacy
They are rare, so keep them dear
Just leave it, don’t destroy it, see
Things have never been so clear(M: Basty; L: Hendryk / Basty)
[vocals & backing vocals: Hendryk]
I see you there at the bar
Holding on to your drink
You look out for someone
A minute to think
Is she hard to impress
Is she due for control
Does my shirt fit tight
You’re playing!
*Come on and let
your pants d’ down…
You’re such a coward!*
I see you there at your job
With your boss on golf-links
There’s someone who speaks out
What everyone thinks
Then you reckon what’s good
For your own damn career
So you say no word
You’re playing!
*Come on and let
your pants d’ down…
You’re such a coward!*
I see me there in the streets
For a nice sunday walk
Some guys come up to me
They just want to talk
We smash you into the wall
You fuckin faggotty fuck
I cannot open my mouth
Who’s playing?*Come on and let
your pants d’ down…
You’re such a coward!*(M: Basty; L: Hendryk)
[vocals: Hendryk; backing vocals: Hendryk / Basty]
You have spent all your golden years
Waving flags, counting senseless tears
Joined the war as an upright son
Hit man is dead, so well, you took the gun
Where´re you at, little Drummer Boy
Were the foregone words your last goodbye
You have seen a thousand dying men
Will You ever, ever play again
*Little Drummer Boy, play!
Handsome Drummer Boy, play!
Loving Drummer Boy, play!
Giving Drummer Boy, play!*
I have missed you for moons and years
On my mind my childish tears
Disjoined the war as a righteous man
Weapons and arms in my ban
Oh, I was in love, little Drummer Boy
Could never express my last goodbye
And the longing will always remain
Will You ever, ever play again*Little Drummer Boy, play...*
I come back to my native place
Fall into a state of deep disgrace
Mum is dead. Well, just as Dad.
Our house seems to moan, garden´s overgrown
On the lawn my search begins
In between tin soldiers' limbs
I find you with a desperate look
Lying lonesome in my sandpit´s nook(M: Basty; L: Basty)
[vocals & backing vocals: Hendryk]
Hazy, grey, a brumous time
It´s not the day to go for a walk
I run out, want to take the bus
Before I ask one lady says:
*“Delayed departure”*
I look at her as I wonder
Her shirt is green, her skirt is blue
Why do these colours make me pause
I walk back home, give you a call
“I´ll be late” is what I say
“I stay at home” is what I mean
*Delayed departure.*
I take your photo off the sideboard
On its back it says “I love You”
Oh well, it shows this night in August
The woods were green, the lake was blue
We loved our dance in the water
Intimate, cozy, close
*Delayed departure.*
I hesitate in my thoughts:
Am I better off alone?
And I don´t know if I´ll regret
But I digress my course with You
Cause like the boats on the blue lake
I see our kinship sail away
*Delayed departure!*
I miss the lady with the blue skirt
As I sit here all alone…(M: Basty; L: Basty)
[vocals: Hendryk;
backing vocals: Hendryk / Basty]
9. It's Raining (Daily Raining) (top á)
It´s raining
Daily raining
My mind is dry
But my heart is wet
I drink another beer
Sitting in my bed
Thinking to myself
Why have the birds stopped singing
Has the earth stopped spinning
How dare the sun
Now show its radiant surface
When will the clouds bear thunder
Will the moon hide under
The veil of debris
In the last of hours
It´s raining
Ever raining
I’m wondering
How I feel so sad
It´s raining
Daily raining
My mind is dry
But my heart is wet
When will the clouds bear thunder
Will the moon hide under
The veil of debris
In the last of hours
And yet i see a shining
Far away entwining
My soul my mind
And then my whole existence
It´s raining
Simply raining
I'm wondering
Why I feel so glad
It´s raining
Daily raining
My is heart dry
But my mind is wet...(M: Basty; L: Hendryk / Luis Miguelez)
[vocals & backing vocals: Hendryk]
10. Waltz on a 4-4 Time Beat (top á)
Movin’
Different from the others
Don’t stop
And let the numb crowd bother
*Our moment has come
So we dance our waltz
On a four-four time beat *
Let go
Of your fears and grievin’
Move on
Odds shall now be even
*For our moment has come
So we dance our waltz
On a four-four time beat *
Movin’
Don’t be shy – no reason
Our groove is
Flavour of the season
*Our moment has come
So we dance our waltz
On a four-four time beat *(M: Basty/ Hendryk;
L: Hendryk / Basty)
[vocals & backing vocals: Hendryk]