Elisabeth Geel

So cool
(E.J. Geel)

Baby, you’re bad, so bad
I must have gone mad
to let you into my head
I’m just a part of
a long and slow parade
you’ll focus on me now,
until I fade...
For baby, you are so young
I tried to be strong
and resist temptation
but you’re just so cool
you’re nobody’s fool
and you make no point of it, no
you’re still such a, such a kid
We’re so good together, why should I let you go?
What does it matter, I know
that you are young, too young, I know,
it must be wrong
but I think I love you
What you’re doing to me
you do it so naturally
running into you
was meant to be
Baby, you are so young
when you make love
you keep your glasses on
just to look cool
you’re so vain, baby
but I make no point of it, no
you’re still such a kid
you’re just cool, cool
you could have been my son.

All dreams flow to the sea
(E.J. Geel)

It wasn’t hard to find you on the internet
I just wrote your name and there you were
I thought you had gone lost
but it was me, who was lost in the memory
You can surely be proud of what’s become of you
I wouldn’t know what to say about myself
I have always been, oh, a master in
such matters as dreams left on the shelf
and people still can’t tell
when I hand them my smart little business-card
whether I’m head-down into art
or hopelessly lost

It’s good to see you on the internet
your sweet face almost filled the screen
Now I remember I’ve seen that face before
on some billboard or slide door.
While I was struggling out here with greens
to paint my rural scenes
you were struggling your way across New York
While I worked my way, oh, through piles of hay
I must have thrown more than one chance away
but I’ve got no regrets
and I’m always glad to come up
to this abbandoned shack, and be hopelessly

Lost in dreams
couldn’t think of any better way
to lead my mind astray
you can either row upstream
or drift on downstream
all dreams flow to the sea

Now do you think that there’s a chance that we will ever be
lovers again
if you won’t answer my mail I will understand
you had me on my knees, once,
you, cuff-links of silver
it hit me so bad
and I have never loved again
the way I loved you then
and the dream is still alive today
but I think I’m just gonna keep it that way
for it feels so good to stay
hopelessly
Lost in dreams.......

Simply divine
(E.J. Geel)

She’s not like me
she’s different
she’s got long, black lashes
over deep blue eyes
she’s the bell in the hotel hall
she’s the song in the shopping mall
she’s pretty, she’s smart, she’s the no-nuisance kind
now I see why all the guys go blind
‘ cause she’s simply divine

She’s not like me
she’s harmony
every move she makes has a place
in space
when she whispers one single word
no other sound in the room is heard
and noone dares to rise
they all stare, struck by surprise
and shine, she’s simply divine

She’s not like me
she’s different
she wouldn’t waste her energy
on jealousy
she amuses him, she thinks I don’t know
that she abuses him, should I tell her so?
Oh, I hope I will keep my big mouth shut
and not call out:
“ you spoiled little man-devouring slut”,
‘ cause she’s simply
yes, she’s simply
oh, she’s simply
divine.

Blind kiss
(E.J. Geel)

I must have known
the unexpected break in time
would bring it all on
on a cold rainy night
a perfect night for memories
to revive

A blind kiss from a long lost friend
and while he talks the only thing I understand
is that it’s late
damn late, I’d better go
Yes, it’s way, way too late
for changes, I know

The light in your hair
a timid smile on lips
afraid to declare
We were born with age old pride
and stubbornness that won’t recede
nor subside

Your blind kiss
has made me see
I’ve lived my life so carelessly
But now it’s late, damn late,
I’d better go
Yes, it’s way, way too late for changes
I know

Your blind kiss has made me see
and I’m downright upset about
what you still mean to me
But it’s late, damn late,
I’d better go
it may be late for changes,
but it’s never too late
to love

A man of my own
(E.J. Geel)

Help me with the zipper of my dress
I find it kinda tricky, I confess
Here’s a new opportunity to express
your full male potential, yes

Help me with the trouble on my car
I love the smiling handyman you are
get your tools out into the street
your full male potential is what I need

I want a man of my own
I can’t stand to be alone
I need a lover and a friend
but most of all
I want a man of my own
I can’t stand to be alone
I need a lover and a friend
but most of all
I need a helping hand

Now help me pick a colour for my hair
tell me, which lipstick should I wear
prune, rose, or cinnamon delight?
Your full male potential applies tonight

now keep your muscle tone up,
and you’ll keep me satisfied
keep an eye on the world for me, baby
so you will always know what’s right

I want a man of my own...

April 14 th
(E.J. Geel)

I get up at eight, run the dog
and pick some ideas on the dewy hill
rush up home, stuff them in a jar
and prepare for the coldest day of april

Here comes my student Rose
she wants to know how my life flows
it flows as easy as a breeze

While she contemplates the many shades of green
seen through glass, you call me
saying that we've got to meet
I hear a clear undertone of melancholy

I've got time to talk
you've got no time to talk
you send a chill down my spine

Cold,
you still need to learn how to love
What a woman fears most
is to see the one she loves turn stone

Cold,
you still need to learn how to love
Now didn't your mama teach you that
you better be lovin' sweet instead of cold

Off to the shady part of town
to a place called the Mute Scream or something
While I wait I search for a mute scream
among the used hearts in a local magazine

Then you walk in, and she walks in
and we all drop out
You got that spark of april in your eyes

Trapped in a ring of fire
I drive home wondering why we love and suffer
All things repeat, and things like these defeat
the last bit of faith in one's lover

It's all part of a plan
condemned to be on my own
see my lovin' man turn into stone

Cold,
you still need to learn how to love

You'll do allright (by tonight)
(E.J. Geel)

By this time your train rolls into central station
by this time you'll notice I'm not there
have I ever been unfair?
I left you with an empty stare
well, as a devil I may lack the experience
but that sweet angel's gone and won't return

I figure by this time you try to call me
but I turned my cellphone off
have I ever been so rough
deprived a man of tender love
well, I'm an artist
maybe somewhat excentric
but my observant eye is seeing clear
that's why I see, dear...

That you'll do allright by tonight
you'll have your life to yourself and feel satisfied
you'll talk to your friends about us
they'll say:"Making up, boy, is not worth the fuss".
You'll do allright and sleep tight
you'll have the bed to yourself and sleep all through the night
You'll feel a little pain, just a little bit
till you shake it off, and that's it, oh

By this time you're on your way to our appartment
by this time you slowly turn the key
have I ever felt so free
by hitting one so savagely
oh, but am I precious
now that you miss me
now that I'm on my way to someone new
but I know that you...

You'll do allright...

Montezuma Street
(E.J. Geel)

She wore tight blue jeans and cowboy boots
Her faded jacket was a souvenir from Hollywood
She stood high above worldly matters
She was a supernatural entity
She called her motorbike "humanity".

The sky stood high over the red mountain range
it was 1975 and life was a wide open plain
He had just arrived from New York City
he was looking for a place to crash
She said, hop on,
I'll take you where it's all goin' on

Hold on, here comes that thunder ignition
just come with me
to Montezuma street
She said oh, no inhibitions
kisses are sweet
on Montezuma Street
Hop on that hot leather seat

Some eastcoast snowbirds had a winter residence
that she had rented for the summer to hang out with her friends
There were lots of people on a crazy party
that was bound to continue for days to come
They smoked and drank right until the break of dawn

He woke up in the empty pool with art in his hair
The smell of burnt juniper filled the cool morning air
She lay beside him in a distant dream
they had been lovers in paradise
but when she woke up, she had turned as cold as ice

She said hold on, here comes that thunder ignition
your heart won't bleed
on Montezuma Street
She said, oh, no sentimentalisms,
memories are sweet
on Montezuma Street
get on that a hot leather seat
Montezuma Street
get on that hot leather seat

Love me or love me not
(E.J. Geel)

I don't know if I can take this
a sign I should break out of this
is it some kind of spell, my secret prayer
my deepest desire or mere despair?

Oh, have you come here to lift me up
have you come here to bring me down
have you come here to lift me up
have you come here to suck me out
have you come here to love me right?
I know my song, that's why

I don't know if I can take this
it's gonna take a miracle to fake this
but when there's simply nothing two people share
will he be alarmed, or even be aware

Oh, have you come here to lift me up
have you come here to lift my little tired wings
and show me something that's up above
Is it your so-called love?
Have you come here to lift me up, me up
and to literally suck me out
have you come here to love me or love me not?

I don't know if I can take this
there's not a sound around to break this
silence of smiles so sincere
once he'll learn about us , baby,
they will disappear

Oh, have you come here to lift me up...

Loneliness ( the black door)
(E.J. Geel)

Why don't you live your life, my friend
Can't you hear what I say
Life's too short, evaporates
and tomorrow's yesterday

I see that frozen face of yours
reflected on a screen
you're lost in the subworld
like everybody else, in a digital dream

Loneliness
I said loneliness
loneliness sneaks in through the up-door
Oh oh the black door

Why don't you live your life, my friend
your pores cry out for air
you don't remember how to breathe
but you don't seem to care

while you play around like a child
in that colourful land of beeps
a woman in the next room
cries herself to sleep

Don't you know that
loneliness
I said loneliness
loneliness sneaks in through the up-door
oh oh the black door

If it's true what they say about me
(E.J. Geel)

If it's true what they say about me
I suck
If it's true what they whisper about me
I'll need a lot of luck

If it's true what the jury has stated
I'll fall
The rest of the story is painted
on the courtroom wall

Come on, come on
don't let it trouble your mind or interfere with your routine
Come on, come on
I'm just another woman drowning in charm

If it's true what they say about me
than who am I?
If it's true what they whisper about me
I'll need an alibi

If it's true that I'm morally savage
Well, than so it be
I found a safe little refuge
here in my fantasy

Come on, come on
don't let it trouble your mind or interfere with your routine
Come on, come on
I'm just another woman drowning in charm

Oh I live my life
in this quiet little stream
with not much to do
but to dream my quiet little dreams
all I ask is to be among the words
that fall from the lips that prepare for a kiss

If it's true what they say about me
then what have I become?
I followed a wonderful dream
towards a bleeding sun
now where is that ship on the ocean
of tragedy and sin
where is that line of marines
to make me a heroine?

Come on, come on
don't let it trouble your mind or interfere with your routine
Come on, come on
I'm just another woman drowning in charm

Oh I live my life
in this quiet little stream
with not much to do
but to dream my quiet little dreams
all I ask is to be among the words
that fall from the lips that I search
among the crowd flowing into the church
to cherish the truth in my heart

Come and carry me away
(E.J. Geel)

Dark blue and crimson red
These are the colors that I used to paint my bed
Gold leaf and sienna brown
shine in your eyes as you drive into town

Come and carry me away upon your love
'cause I need you
and I'd fall out of myself without you
yes, I need you
to hold me

Tight, tonight
fearless, until the cold morning light
will strip us of those heavy veils
and we can close the book of fairy-tales

Come and carry me away upon your love
'cause I need you
and I'd fall out of my frame without you
yes, I need you
to hold me, tight, yeh

Incense- ashes on the floor
the only thing that can break the silence
will be the knock on my door
This burning desire will set this house on fire
oh I can't take any more

Come and carry me away
'cause I need you
and I'd fall out of this world without you
yes, I need you
to hold me, tight, yeh