GEMSTONE LYRICS
Farmhand's Plan
Going down to the old man's farm
To collect my pay.
Then I'm heading where it's safe and warm,
Gotta get away.
I've been stuck here for a long, long time,
Now I'm going south
Leave a couple of mistakes behind.
And Mary's bickering mouth.
Hitch a ride to the nearest town,
Need a place for the night
Walk the streets up and down,
Find the neon lights.
And the girls say "Well, come in, boy, you look far from
home!
Why don't you have a drink with us, we're so alone tonight."
And when I wake next morning in a stranger's bed
I got an empty wallet and an aching head.
Going down to the old man's farm
To collect my pay…
Late Inception
When I was young I used to pick up
My guitar and play
Some gentle songs of peace and love,
How the world gets better that way.
My hair was long, my mind was free,
Took my acoustic everywhere I went
And all I wanted at that time
Was play the guitar in a band
Then other things like girls and jobs
Made a mess of all my dreams so far
And as I looked I noticed rust
On the strings of my guitar.
My dream was almost out of sight
And I was part of the machine,
Work all day and sleep at night,
And paying back loans in between.
All I really wanted to do was play the guitar in a band,
‘Cause I found out that after all
A late inception is better than an early end!
A late inception is better than an early end!
I realised how time went by
And with it all I ever planned,
That’s the moment when I turned around,
Took my six-string in my hand.
And then at last I found some friends,
Who shared that dream with me
We took our guitars, bought some amps
And set our music free
And now I do what I wanted to do, I play the guitar in a
band,
‘Cause I found out that after all
A late inception is better than an early end!
A late inception is better than an early end!
A late inception is better than an early end!
Dear Marie
I met Marie lying on the ground
In a dirty bar in a two street town.
When I woke up from a barroom fight
With a guy that had been twice my height.
Marie was kneeling by my side,
Revealing, tempting, smiling bright.
Oh dear Marie, this is not the place for you
Oh dear Marie, and I want to have you near
I may not be rich and I sure ain’t the most clever one
But oh dear Marie, I will get you out of here.
Marie, such a sweet young thing
With her arms tattooed and her nipple ring
I lay there, watched sweet Marie
Who dressed my fingers skillfully.
And as she treated my broken wrist
I noticed I spoke with a lisp.
I saw a tooth lying on the floor,
When I looked around I found some more.
Oh dear Marie, this is not the place for you
Oh dear Marie, and I want to have you near
I may not be rich and I sure ain’t the most clever one
But oh dear Marie, I will get you out of here.
Marie, such a sweet young thing
With her arms tattooed and her nipple ring
Marie it’s such a drag Wasting
yourself in such a dive
It’s time pack your bag And come to
life
Marie, such a sweet young thing
With her arms tattooed and her nipple ring
“Come with me, Marie, my dear,
We’ll find a better life somewhere!”
Marie, she said “I’d better not,
‘Cause I’m married to the guy you fought.”
And over my shoulder I could see
That big tall guy approaching me
Oh dear Marie, this is not the place for you
Oh dear Marie, and I want to have you near
I may not be rich and I sure ain’t the most clever one
But oh dear Marie, I will get you out of here.
Marie, such a sweet young thing
With her arms tattooed and her nipple ring
Marie, such a sweet young thing …
Jack's Choice
All work and no joy makes Jack a rich boy
Every night and every day, Jackie heard the people say
All work and no joy makes Jack a rich boy
Jackie was a countryboy, his head full of ideas.
One day he left his native town to conquer unknown spheres
In the capital he found a job, worked sixteen hours a day
Before too long he got on top and earned a pleasant pay.
Now Jackie lived a modern life of restlessness and speed
Sold his soul to economy, success his only need
Acquired piles of useless things, everything money can buy,
Just off and on in his fancy flat he missed love and joy
All work and no joy makes Jack a rich boy
Time and again he’s not so sure, if there wasn’t something
more
All work and no joy makes Jack a rich boy
Jackie didn’t see the life behind the neon lights,
It took him years to realize
That he would pay the price
For the others who survive
If he didn’t start a life…
One night Jack sat at his shiny desk, lonesome at the top
Got up and drew the consequence and quit his classy job
Gave all his goods to charity, then he said goodbye
He left this life of luxury, went home, a country boy
All work and no joy makes Jack a rich boy
All the wealth he’s dreaming of won’t compensate the lack of
love
All work and no joy makes Jack a rich boy
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Today
I´m lying in my bed wide awake
Can´t get no sleep, no matter what I take
It´s late at night, ‘bout half past one
There are so many things undone
And I, I watch the lightnings out in the rain
And it seems like it´s never gonna stop again
There´s a thunder rolling in my heart
And the feeling we´re so far apart
Today
Today
Your words echo in my mind
Over and over, so many times
They´re getting louder, fill my head
Don´t want to hear what you said
Wish that you were by my side
How I wish, wish that I could see a light
But the thunders are still going on
As everything is going down
Today
Today
All is over, all is gone
I´m left somewhere I don´t belong
You ruined all so easily
And thunders started haunting me
Now I know that my love would never win
Because love is something you are not believing in
But I don´t think that I was wrong
I still believe in all I´ve done
Today
I still believe today
I still believe today
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Leave a Message
Leave a message when you go
A couple of words just to let me know
That our times were not that bad
Might be the best days that I ever had
And if you tell me it was right to stay
I sure won’t forget a single day
Leave a message when you go.
Like two lovers we would fight
Like two brothers we would stand side by side
Never knowing what’s to come
But reassured that there will always be someone
Who‘ll cheer me up when my world breaks down
and who‘ll watch my back when trouble’s around
Leave a message when you go.
Now and then it got heated, it got rough
Somehow we thought we needed to be that tough.
Time and again grief might come through
And after that I will drink to you
Just leave a message when you go.
Now and then it got heated, it got rough
Somehow we thought we needed to be that tough.
There’s no one I’m relying on the way I trust in you
Still there’s no one who’d lead me on just like the way you
do
So leave a message when you go
When you follow where the winds may blow
And may your heart be leading you
When you do the things you want to do
May your life turn out the way it should
I still hope that you don’t leave for good
Leave a message when you go.
…when you go.
…when you go.
…if you go.
Don't You See
You’ve got all that you wanted, all you deserve
Everything that you dreamed of, it could have been worse
The money you longed for the fame that you sought
Full merchandizing, the friends are all bought
Your friends are all bought
Every day that you wake up, you’re a slave to the trends
You’re checking that fake-book, counting your friends
The days crammed with meetings, advisers and deals
You used to be different, you used to be real
You used to be real
Tell me about it, what made you change?
I’m not gonna spout, but it’s really
strange that you don’t see that your life took a wrong turn
Strange that you don’t see what different person you are
Strange that you don’t see what kind of people surround you
Crawlers and yes-men, gathering from afar.
You got clips on screw-tube, telling dorks what to think
Recommend all that’s sponsored, providing the links
Show off your commissions, you bragging snob
You’re just fooling idiots, call that a job?
Call that a job?
Social media, social media, so shall media never work.
Social media, social media, so shall media never work
Pretty soon all is over everything’s gone
The bubble will burst and the jerks will move on
No likes, no one follows, no fake-book friends
No one cares what you’re chirping, just ignorance
That’s how it ends
Tell me about it, what made you change?
I’m not gonna spout, but it’s really
Strange that you don’t see that your life took a wrong turn
Strange that you don’t see what different person you are
Strange that you don’t see what kind of people surround you
Crawlers and yes-men, gathering from afar...
…from afar…
…from afar…
The One
I can see her any time I like
Imagination’s all I need
And if you could see the one I see
You’d know right away
Why I hold on to my dream
That I will find the one.
Aaah, the one. Aaah, the one.
I came across some people in my time
Not all of them had done me good
Some of them had left their marks on me
Some might have been misunderstood
But then fate looks my way
And leads me to the one.
Aaah, the one. Aaah, the one.
The one I dreamed to find
So pure and kind
She’s the one I hoped for
She’s so much more than that.
Aaah, the one. Aaah, the one.
And now she’s here and she’s a miracle
She brings me love and brings me peace
She makes me see things in so different ways
She is the angel
Who’ll release the strain und numb the pain,
I found the one.
Aaah, the one. Aaah, the one.
It’s just magical
Knowing her by my side
Now the sun shines a wee bit brighter every day.
Aaah, the one.
Home Sweet Home
It's no good trusting anyone
I won't leave my comfort zone
Duck for cover, stay at home
I don't care if my friends have gone
I don't need folks, I'm safe alone
You live your life in perfect isolation
You've built massive walls around your home sweet home
You are a prisoner of your own limitation
You should accept the world is changing but you don't
You waste your energy protecting your possessions
Owning so many things that you don't really need
You sit around and cultivate your own depression
You better jump up now and get up on your feet
Because the world is turning on
And changing day by day
Be aware you're not alone
Take the chance and head a different way
May it seem hard now at the moment
It won't be long until you'll see
Once you have left the road of fear and sorrow
You'll be strong and feeling free
You are avoiding any contact with a stranger
'Cause you're afraid of anything that he would do
Would steal your job and put your boring life in danger
And you forget that he's a man like me and you
The wall around your house is your horizon
And you have built a safe and petty world inside
You peek outside and while your loneliness is risin'
You're not aware that fear's a quite deceiving guide
Because the world is turning on
And changing day by day
Be aware you're not alone
take the chance and head a different way
May it seem hard now at the moment
It won't be long until you'll see
Once you have left the road of fear and sorrow
You'll be strong and feeling free
Once you have left the road of fear and sorrow
You'll be strong and feeling free
More
There’s nights I lie awake
Thinking of past days again
See things that I enjoyed
And things I’d rather not had seen
So glad I found you
You took my hand
So much more than just a night
So much more than just a life
So much more than just a million different worlds
So much more than just a life
People make mistakes
And me, I am just one of them
Full of the best plans
That never work the way they’re planned
So glad I found you
You took my hand
So much more than just a night
So much more than just a life
So much more than just a million different worlds
So much more than just a life
Sometimes home can be a person
A special someone made for you
Sometimes you get something you dreamed of
Sometimes life may treat you good
You say all the things I did
Made me the one that I am now
Even though some were not okay
You wouldn’t want to change me anyhow
So glad I found you
You took my hand
So much more than just a night
So much more than just a life
So much more than just a million different worlds
So much more than just a life
Wake Up Boogie
When you wake up in the morning
And you're lonely in your bed
There is nothing to remember
And you’ve got an aching head
When you wake up in the morning
And you're lonely in your bed
It's sad.
When you wake up in the morning
‘Cause of all those noisy trucks
Your old coffee can is empty
And you’d really need some bucks
When you wake up in the morning
‘Cause of all those noisy trucks
It sucks
Life is just a lack of preparation
And every single morning it's the same situation
When you wake up in the morning
In a bed that you once owned
Next to a woman you’re so tired of
That you wish you still were stoned
When you wake up in the morning
In a bed that you once owned
You're boned
Life is just a lack of preparation
And every single morning it's the same situation
When you wake up in the morning
And you're stone-cold in your bed
No pain, no aches, no burns
And there is nothing in your head
When you wake up in the morning
And you're stone-cold in your bed
You might be dead
Maybe you’re dead
You’re f*cking dead
Married into Money
You’d think it’s crazy doing what I did
But she was my lady, she was all I needed
We got together, it wasn’t hard to see
That ever since I met her she was the one for me
With her by my side I was truly blessed
And when she married into money
I headed for the west
Shy glances in the classroom, holding hands in the park
Going to the movies and bringing her home after dark
Since the day I got her it was meant to be
We were made for each other, we matched perfectly
She was my everything brought forth my very best
And when she married into money
I headed for the west
That’s the way it goes, baby,
Tthat’s the way it goes
That’s the way life flows, crazy,
That’s the way life flows
I knew better than to hold her back
She went and I let her fade into black
She just disappeared and left me with that mess
And when she married into money
I headed for the west
That’s the way it goes, baby,
That’s the way it goes
That’s the way life flows, crazy,
That’s the way life flows
Wish I could say I never cared but nonetheless
Since she married into money
I’ve been crying in the west
Crying in the west
Crying in the west
Life
In the morning, when I wake up,I ask myself
Should I get up or stay in bed.
I think it would be okay to start the day
Two hours later, so I stay
And later at half past nine the choice is mine
Having some coffe or some tea
And while I watch the birds at my window sill
I know this day will be good to me
Life's too good
To waste my time
Running 'round
In circles all the time
I sit in a streetcafe, enjoy the day
And let the sunshine in my face
I look at the busy crowd, so fast and loud
Tryin' to get through their daily race
Life's too good
To waste my time
Running 'round
In circles all the time
Let the good times roll like a lottery ball
I know it's up to me to live in harmony
In the evening I stay at home, I love to be alone
Watching my favourites on TV
I do it my own way, don't care what the others say
Try to relax and let it be
Life's too good
To waste my time
Running 'round
In circles all the time
By the Bend
Meet me at the river in the afternoon, down by the bend
Lying in the sun and holding hands, our feet stuck in the
sand
And the people will be smiling when they see us there
Laughing the day away
And the hours will be flying, and we won’t care
Laughing the day away
No one’s gonna bug us but the ants and flies, down by the
bend.
Hopes and dreams and little white lies, and so much time to
spend
And the people will be smiling when they see us there
Laughing the day away
And the hours will be flying, and we won’t care
Laughing the day away
Laughing the day, laughing the day, laughing the day away
I will wait for you all summer long, down by the bend.
Every single day soon as my time is done, my prison days
will end.
And the people will be smiling when they see us there
Laughing the day away
And the hours will be flying, and we won’t care
Laughing the day away
People will be smiling when they see us there
People will be smiling when they see us there
People will be smiling when they see us there
Old Enough to Drive
Driving down the alleyway, I’m riding into town
I can’t wait to get to you, so long since you’ve been ‘round
Oh, I got a brand-new pick-up and a job from nine to five
Well, I’m not old enough to drink now, but I’m old enough to
drive.
I try to get into the bar, the one where you’ve been seen
They check me at the entrance and they wouldn’t let me in
They’re not open to suggestions, no matter how I strive
Well, I’m not old enough to drink now, but I’m old enough to
drive.
Old enough to drive, my baby, what’s it all to you?
Old enough to vote and marry, too.
I may even buy a gun, just one thing I can’t do
I can’t go and have a drink with you.
Every night I drive to town and wait there in my car.
Right before the entrance and I watch you in the bar.
One day I’ll come of age and that thought keeps me alive.
Well, I’m not old enough to drink now, but I’m old enough to
drive.
Old enough to drive, my baby, what’s it all to you?
Old enough to vote and marry, too.
I may even buy a gun, just one thing I can’t do
I can’t go and have a drink with you.
It won’t be long until the day they’re gonna let me in.
I’ll proudly walk into the bar and order my first drink,
And after a few glasses I might dare to talk to you.
‘cause when I’m old enough to drink I should be old enough
for you.
Yeah, when I’m old enough to drink I should be old enough
for you.
What Can I Do
Baby, can you tell me, what’s wrong with you
You don’t even listen to me, when I talk to you
Tell me what can I do? To gain attention from you
Why do you treat me so cruel?
Baby, when you look at me, your blue eyes are cold as ice
I really pine for you but you ignore my desperate tries.
Tell me what can I do? To gain attention from you
Why do you treat me so cruel?
It’s a weird situation I’m in because of you
Love shouldn’t lead to frustration,
Llove shouldn’t make me feel blue.
Baby, everytime you call me, you just make the most of me
No sign of love, no friendly words, no simple sign of
sympathy
Tell me what can I do to gain attention from you
Why do you treat me so cruel?
It’s a weird situation I’m in because of you
Love shouldn’t lead to frustration,
Llove shouldn’t make me feel blue.
Baby, now I understand, I’m just too good to be your man
Next time you call me, I’ll be gone you’ll have to tease
another one
Now I know what to do I’ll keep my hands off of you
And look for somebody new …
And look for somebody new…
Look for somebody new…
Don't Forget
Don’t forget to live before you die
Don’t forget to kiss your lover before you say good bye
Don’t forget to live before you die
You get your chance, just take it,
Don’t waste your precious time
Don’t forget to help your brother when he calls,
Don’t forget to lend a helping hand when anybody falls
Don’t forget to help your brother when he calls,
The day might come when you’re the one
Whose life goes to the wall
.
And if you fail, stand up and try again,
Turn around, don’t look back, don’t sigh.
The best days of your life are still to come,
Don’t forget to live before you die.
Don’t forget that there’s no need to run
Don’t forget that there are many ways to have a lot of fun
Don’t forget that there’s no need to run
Paint a picture, read a book
Or just lie down in the sun.
Anger makes your hair grow white,
Hatred makes you blind
To see the good side of your life,
So leave this shit behind!
Don’t forget to show a friendly face
Don’t forget to say some tender words instead of spreading
hate
Don’t forget to show a friendly face
And always be aware
That you represent the human race.
And if you fail, stand up and try again,
Turn around, don’t look back, don’t sigh.
The best days of your life are still to come,
Don’t forget to live before you die.
Don’t forget… don’t forget… don’t forget…