Anouk Album

Did you ever wake up in the morning
with a freight-train running trough your head
an empty whiskey bottle by your pillow
and a burnend out unfinished cigarette
the night went up in smoke
life is but a joke man
but I see nobody laughing
did you ever live a day,
like the next day would never come
blood's dripping on the floor, but who cares
who needs you anyway
you're a stranger to yourself
and this ain't no joke, man
but I can't stop laughing

(chorus)
greedy, angry people make me
run around in circles backwards
down the lonely road that keeps me
run around in circles

how I want to try again
excuse me can you lead me
I just want to try again

Now I believe that what I used to think was a lie
Is really alive
Now I can see there's only one place to reach
Only one thing to preach and that's the highest
It's the strangest thing that I can feel so much
There is no reason, there is no logic to feelings
'Cause when love is the dealer I'm addicted
So fascinated, I can't stop this constant craving
You're contagious
It's the strangest thing that I can feel so much
For someone, somehow (2x)

(chorus)

And I cannot hide, even if I'd try
You mean everything to me
Any fool can see, what you've done to me
You mean everything to me
And when you're not here, I just cry
And when you're not here, I could die

The best is still to come dear
The best is still to come for us (2x)

It's the strangest thing that I can feel so much
For someone, somehow (2x)

You ask me what is on my mind
you notice there's a change
there's something different
different in the way I look at you today
you see I have been alone for so long baby
now I cannot explain
I must be completely out of my mind
to ever take the change
I ain't got no trouble still I worry
that I might have to lose you
see i've been alone for so long baby

(chorus)

now I cannot explain, I've been alone for so long
I took the chance to lose you
no I must be insane, I've been alone for so long
I'm not gonna lose you

I never ever really tried
I never had the strength
but now I got you, I got you by my side
I'm gonna make this work
you see I've been alone for so long baby

(chorus)

All the things I've done when I was alone I can't understand myself
it's amazing, you amaze me
but my life begins with the songs I sing and the love you bring to me

I am looking for answers to questions never posed
I haven't god a clue, I'm living like a ghost
Can't seem to read the signs
I'm swimming in the sand, I'm searching
I hold on to my reasons, I'll hold on to my dreams
It's all good and bad advice 'cause you have choose
One friend says (to) go ahead, another one says don't
I'm searching

Whatever I try I can't find it
Wherever I roam it's all gone

No you can't find it, first you gotta to lose it

Looking for an angle to change my point of view
Waiting for somebody, someone to relate to
Hoping for forgiveness, living for love
I'm searching

Yearning for a teacher, to show us what to do
Learning from failure, is all that I can do
Working on solutions, a fiction of truth

Lately I've been feeling down
I don't get around much anymore
so I just spend my time alone
waiting for the phone to ring
I keep thinking of you
I miss the language that we speak
when we don't even talk
and everytime I see you smile
you make it all worthwhile
I keep thinking of you

(chorus)
I never loved someone like this before
keep staring at your picture while I try to
work my way around you
but nothing any good
'cause I keep thinking of you

you never told me I would feel
lonely without you
you're not supposed to make me cry
you said: don't you worry I am yours
and in a while you were gonna call me
well it's been six hours now
I keep thinking of you

I feel completely diconnected from the world I'm living in
I try to understand, the way I'm thinking
Keep all options open, I'd rather wait and see
What's gonna happen next
yeah I like to wait and see
what's gonna happen next
yeah I like to wait

I choke on all the information
That keeps getting thrown at me
How do you decide, what to do
With all the complications, all the doubts
Do you want it with or without

So now you just wait and see... hey
Now you just wait

Please don't be mad
But I already miss you
It doesn't matter anyway
I hope you missed your.. your runaway train

I wake to find myself asleep
weiry of life
I laugh, I'll moan, I'll cry
And I'll try not to wait

Please don't be mad
But I already miss you
It doesn't matter anyway
I hope you missed your.. your runaway train

No don't be mad
Cause I already miss you
It doesn't matter anyway
Let's hope you missed your.. your runaway train

I laugh, I'll moan, I'll cry
Your runaway train
I laugh, I'll moan, I'll cry
But anyway
I laugh, I'll moan, I'll cry
I already miss you, yeah
I laugh, I'll moan, I'll cry
It's such a shame
I laugh, I'll moan, I'll cry
Anyway
I laugh, I'll moan, I'll cry
I already yeah
I already
I already miss you yeah
I already miss you yeah yeah yeah
I already miss you yeah
And I, I, I..
I already miss you yeah

I feel completely diconnected from the world I'm living in
I try to understand, the way I'm thinking
Keep all options open, I'd rather wait and see
What's gonna happen next

Here, if it's any consolation, take mine
no, no need for explanations, it's alright
with me it would only be redundant, see
if you only try to keep it all inside
I lay me down with your decision
blow your mind, don't hesitate
this devil takes your pain away
take mine
but now that I have finally found you
I'm gonna take it one step at a time
let's try keep this good thing going
you tell a joke, I nearly die
we have to laugh until we cry
take mine, please take mine

my margarita chum, that's what you are
I'm laughing my ass off when you sing
everybody's happy now
the Luna-queens become the lunatics
while Janis Joplin tells her friend
he's just a one-night stand

I hear you retching in my bathroom, but I don't mind
no, I'll clean it up tomorrow, just sit down
again you choke me when you grumble
you and me we're so much like RG
and now I'll show you how to tango
I think it's time for us to say
that this has been a prefect day and retire, please retire

my margarita chum that's what you are
I'm laughing my ass of when you sing
everybody's happy now
a v.i.p is what you are to me

Music & lyrics: Anouk Teeuwe / Bart van Veen

Can you tell me how you feel
When you turn on your tv
When you see me singing through my tears
I've saved up all these years
Can you tell me what you see
When you read the magazines
Do you see yourself in me
When you read the magazines
When the DJ plays this song
Can you tell me what you hear

And I hope you feel the way we felt
When you put us all through hell
Can you tell me how you feel now
How do feel, how do you feel
Tell me how you sleep at night
Do you take those pills like me
Or do you toss and turn
and lay your head on the pillow and fall asleep
cause you just don't care,
how do you feel

And now I'm in your face
And you feel that empty space
Why did we how did we come to fall from grace
Falling, falling
Didn't you just hear us calling out
No there's nothing left to say
Cause you shouldn't have stayed away
No man leaves his flesh and blood this way

And I hope you feel the way we felt
When you put us all through hell
Can you tell me how you feel now
How do feel, how do you feel
Tell me how you sleep at night
Do you take those pills like me
Or do you toss and turn
and lay your head on the pillow and fall asleep
cause you just don't care
how do you feel

It took a crowd for me to see
That it really wasn't me
The swaying crowd is the cleansing rain
It took the pain away
And I hope you'll find yourself alone
In a million dollar home
You will be stuck
With a heart like a rock
I hope you run out of luck fool
How do you feel now
Does it hurt, does it hurt
How do you feel now

(R.E.M cover)

Ohh Life is bigger..... It's bigger than you And you are not me...
The lengths that I will go to.... The distance in your eyes...
Oh no I've said too much ....I set it up

That's me in the corner

That's me in the spotlight ..Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you...And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much ..I haven't said enough

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper...Of every waking hour I'm ...choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you ...like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool

Oh no I've said too much ...I' ve set it up
Well, Consider this, Consider this, The hint of the century
Consider this,..this words..

That brought me to my knees ...failed
What if all these fantasies ...come... flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream

That was just a dream

That's me in the corner

That's me in the spotlight Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you ...And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much... I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

That was just a dream try.. try.. trying yeah...

That was just a dream

just a dream

just a dream

dream

dream

dream

Music & lyrics: Anouk Teeuwe / Bart van Veen

Hey Michel how's life are you ok
I wonder if you ever think of me
It's been 9 years since that kiss
I can help but reminisce
Hey Michel do you remember

We walked the street to the beat
Hand in hand you and me
Smiling faces so in love
Hoping that they all could see
That we belonged together you and me against the world
But we found out the hard way cause it wasn't meant to be

Now it's you and her I see

You were my first and worst love
And so it only could go wrong
But ain't that just the way you learn
Hey Michel I just wanted to let you know
That someone else has stolen my heart
And now another girl has caught your eye
That doesn't mean I don't think of you
I am just hoping that she'll treat you right

Do you remember
How we walked the street to the beat
Hand in hand and you and me
Smiling faces so in love
Hoping that they all could see
That we belonged together you and me against the world
But we found out the hard way cause it wasn't meant to be

Now it is you and her I see

It was just a silly dream

duet with Junkie XL

Between these walls I used to live
Without receiving
So much that I had to give
Between these walls

There were a lot of things that I've could have done differently
But it ain't about the way I live
It's the heart that counts

Comfort, feed, embrace, love and protect me
Ain't that what I'm here for, you said you'd be here for me
No matter what

How come it feels so cold every time you step into this room
Why does it feel so cold when you're mine?

In the spring of '75 that's when God made a mistake
He took me here
To the wrong side
I guess you did the best you could
But never good enough
Caus it's the heart that counts
Comfort, feed, embrace, love and protect me
Ain't that what I'm here for?!

You said you would die for me, remember?

How come it feels so cold every time you step into this room
Why does it feel so cold
I'm freezing

Stuck here with this broken heart
All I can do is hoping for a full recovery
Why did you have me in the first place?
Well..
Comfort, feed, embrace, love and protect me, yeah
Comfort, feed, embrace, baby just respect me

How come it feels.. so cold every time

Comfort, feed, embrace, love and respect me

Just respect me.. Just respect me..

How come it feels so cold every time..

Baby love me
Baby love me
You love me, yeah
Oh love me, yeah

They say that sometimes
you've got to pick up arms and fight
for what you believe is right
some say
that's just not the way
you will only make things worse

so I close my eyes and turn my head away
and I hope it'll be all right
fall into a restless sleep
while so many innocent die
that's why I sing

(chorus)
hail to all of us
hail to all of us down here (2x)

maybe someday soon
when we've tought things over
we'll know what to do
but probably
there's a much bigger chance, you see
that it will all be gone

so I close my eyes and turn my head away
and just hope it'll be all right
fall into a restless sleep
while so many others die
that's why I sing

(chorus 2x)

New York City, London, Jericho
Jerusalem, Sydney, anywhere you wanna go
Capetown, to the moon and back again

I am looking for answers to questions never posed
I haven't god a clue, I'm living like a ghost
Can't seem to read the signs
I'm swimming in the sand, I'm searching
I hold on to my reasons, I'll hold on to my dreams
It's all good and bad advice 'cause you have choose
One friend says (to) go ahead, another one says don't
I'm searching

Whatever I try I can't find it
Wherever I roam it's all gone

No you can't find it, first you gotta to lose it

Looking for an angle to change my point of view
Waiting for somebody, someone to relate to
Hoping for forgiveness, living for love
I'm searching

Yearning for a teacher, to show us what to do
Learning from failure, is all that I can do
Working on solutions, a fiction of truth