20 | 05 | 2012
Empty hands

René Wingelaar - Empty hands 2008Guitar’s company – The night falls on me – Montana cowboy – Time can really fly – Let him ride – Whisper I do – Heartaches meander – Stars of hope – Barren sand – Empty hands – Your face – Leave my rails – Sharing your tune – Eyes that spark

All songs written by R. Wingelaar

RCS 4279

 

 
Time can really fly

Let him ride

Empty hands
 
Band composition on "Empty hands"

René Wingelaar: Lead vocals, background vocals and acoustic guitar.
Thomas ManettiAcoustic lead guitar and electric bass.
Arno Cornelissen: Acoustic lead guitar and electric bass.
Magic Freddy: Piano.
Musician: Drums.

Erik Lieftinck: Cello.
Willemijn Steketee: Viola.
Minke Huibers: 1st Violin.
Maurits van Stuyvenberg: 2nd Violin.

 
Lyrics "Empty Hands"

Guitar’s Company


A few hours on my own to think of how it’s been
All the things I’ve come through the kind of life I’m in
I don’t know where to go, I don’t know where to stay
I try to be myself, I try to find my way

When I go searching for the place where I belong
It isn’t easy to say what’s right or wrong
I always try to be the one that I should be
When I start to find out what is left for me

What is the truth, what do I believe
Where’s the love that I’m longing to give
How must I deal with the trust that I receive
Sometimes things are so hard to see, sometimes I don’t feel free
But one thing will comfort me, my guitar’s company

Then again there are times, when I can’t sleep at night
Somehow I need someone, who can hold me tight
She must give that love I need to carry on
I know that day will come, just keep behaving strong

I have my family friends, those who care about me
But there will always be some things they can’t give me
I must discover by myself the ways to go
Together with my wooden friend I will let you know

I’ll find the truth, I’ll find what  I believe
I’ll find the love that I’m longing to give
I’ll know how to deal with trust that I receive
Sometimes things will be hard to see sometimes I won’t feel free
But one supporting me, my guitar’s company

 

The Night Falls On Me


Lord now the night falls on me,
more frightened than I thought I’d be
The pain fills my body and all my strength’s gone
And I don’t think I can hold on
I can’t stand this fight too long

I believe in my Savior above
That his wide open arms give me love
But confusion is making my life’s ocean wild
And I’m calling for you like a child
To welcome me warm and mild

Lord you’re my shepherd, and I am your sheep
And I long for your pastures, where your angels keep
There’s milk and honey and love always shines
There’s rest for this old heart of mine

My dear, yet, I won’t say goodbye
But I know you can read in my eyes
That my fire is dying, when you hold my hand
I feel we both understand
My journey’s begun to the end

Now all we have shared, let us be grateful for
Don’t cry cause I’m off to that heavenly shore
Just when you miss me, once in a while
With the angels I’ll send you my smile

Lord now the night falls on me
More peaceful than I thought I’d be
Your pastures, while closing my eyes I can see
There’s a heavenly place left for me
I’m ready Lord, let it be…


Montana Cowboy

There’s a Montana cowboy, obvious lost his way
With a suitcase in the mud, on cold and rainy day
Just ‘bout losing every sense, or reason to go on
He wants to leave the place won’t belong

People seemed to have dropped him just like a sack of beans
No one here around who understands what he means
Taking their conclusions without asking more
In no uncertain terms they closed the door

So feeling kinda lonesome, feeling kinda lost
Leaving all his memories which were torn and tossed
Searching for some tenderness and searching for a home
Don’t want to cling to this old life so he’ll roam

And just when the clouds seemed even greyer in the sky
There comes a pretty lady, they meet eye to eye
Just as in a movie, you see what’ s gonna be
How love can light so strong and suddenly

Feeling kinda excited, feeling kinda strange
Now this woman makes a change, sets a new view on the range
Searching for some tenderness and just made plans to roam
Is there a chance Montana stays his home ?

What’s that new hymn, carried by a breeze
Whistling through the grass up to the trees
Or just that ancient song, he couldn’t hear for long
To show him love is never really gone

Didn’t ask for names, but see them walking hand in hand
Through the fields of flowers, shining like the beauty of this land
To complete their perfect set, the clouds had left the sky
The sunlight showed this earth’s own paradise

Feeling kinda lonesome, feeling kinda lost
Tried to leave his memories, which were torn and tossed
Searching for some tenderness, searching for a home
Believing now Montana stays his home, his refound home

Time Can Really Fly


Bending knees and picking flowers, cheerful as can be
My little girl is singing songs and skipping carelessly
Thinking of the days back when, a baby that I’d hold
What a change to see her, make her own bouquet at eight years old

Laughing at my simple joke, most energy of all
See the way he wants to be the first to hit the ball
Feel a little proud when he says, my daddy is the best
What a joy to see my six year old, little man run fast

What may last and what may come, yet, we do not know
For now I love these moments that I watch my children grow
Though it hurts,  now and then, cause time can really fly
I loved them when they were born, I’ll love them till I die

Just see them jumping round, do you understand
How it feels to see my boy and girl dancing hand in hand

 

Let Him Ride


Branches bend but the storm won’t cause a break
In the morning they’re still the same when you awake
It’s the strength of nature that made it strong
To hold on in life’s ever changing song

So he saddles his horse just to leave this place
Where his love died two weeks ago and he can’t face
The sorrow and emptiness is too much to bear
The memory of all the love and care

Mama don’t you weep, go to rest go to sleep
Let him ride and spend this time alone
Mama don’t you cry, go to rest, close your eyes
Let him ride, he’ll find his way back home

So his palomino flies over desert plains
Through the canyons and mountains he holds the reigns
Faster and faster not looking back,
Then he stops not following his track

My love, he cries, from a mountain top
I’d ride anywhere just to pick you up
My dear I need you here to stay
O why did you have to go away

Papa don’t you grieve, have the faith and believe
Let him ride and spend his time alone
Papa don’t you doubt, he’s got to deal without
Let him ride he’ll find his way back home

Then a light broke the curtains of clouds away
And his face was filled by this tender ray
You’re close I can still feel the warmth you bring
Teach me to live, Ill remember how to sing

Mama don’t you cry, go to rest close your eyes
Let him ride, spend this time alone
Papa don’t you grieve have the faith and believe
Let him ride he’ll find his way back home

 

Whisper I Do


Whisper I do, I do love you it’s true,
And I’ll sing you the words, that will bind me and you
And it gives us a place, where it’s peaceful and safe,
Where it’s warmer then sunlight , a fire in the night
It’s a tender and romantic song, and the place in these arms I belong

I’ll pick you up, when you need me I’m here
And I’ll dry your tears, when you’re in fear
And I’ll hold you to rest every once in a while
And never forget, the worth of a smile
Just the thinks that can make us feel home the simple things make a house home

And we’ve had our nights our cold lonely nights
With an emptiness waiting for dreams now and then
Yes we’ve had our fights, our heartaches our fights
A sun that was dying but came back again
And here’s for the ones who did say, will say; This romance won’t last for a day

Whisper I do, I do love you it’s true,
And I’ll sing you the words, that will bind me and you
And it gives us a place, where it’s peaceful and safe,
Where it’s warmer than sunlight , a fire in the night
It’s a tender and  romantic song, and the place these arms ,
These wide open  arms  the place in these arms I belong

 

Heartaches Meander


How could I find you when bridges are crushed
When mountains are crumbling and signs are tossed
When earthquakes are gathering no beacon to light
Heartaches meander in this starless night
When earthquakes are gathering no beacon to light

How could I reach you when I cannot sail
No wind on the water so it’s bound to fail
No oars to row and there is no line
No rescue approaches a final decline
No oars to row and there is no line

How could I hold you, how could I start
When pain and confusion are taking their part
Sorrow attacking not waiting it’s turn
Where was the false step, what should I learn
When sorrow’s attacking not waiting it’s turn

How could I show you, when you turn away
You need distance, nothing’s left to say
Where fire was burning, there’s trouble and strife
When you were my love, the love of  my life
Where fire was burning there’s trouble and strife

How could I find you when bridges are crushed
When mountains are crumbling and signs are tossed
When earthquakes are gathering no beacon to light
Heartaches meander in this starless night
When earthquakes are gathering no beacon to light

 

Stars Of Hope


All alone, you have your share, the pain this child must bear
Sleep outside no home that lasts, a refugee, no rest

Chorus:
Can you feel this prayer this song
Never knows if it comes along
When the wind is right, it could fill your night
With sparkling stars of hope

All alone, no family near, those cold and empty years
Long gone, since love was there, you search it everywhere

Chorus:

All alone, good memories die, lost in fear and cries
Could I lift you up a while and see that captured smile

Chorus:

Let the wind be right, let it fill your night
With sparkling stars of hope

 

Barren Sand


Lost my soul and now I`m off, to find the piece, the key to love
I`ve searched below I sought aove,  to heal myself again

A heart's a window, you might be right but mine holds curtains and is locked inside
Afraid to step into the light , face what once has been

Chorus:
My roots yearn for fertile ground,
but choke in barren sand
Long for home, someone around,
but won't reach out my hand

Afraid to write my feelings down, I wandered through the fields and towns
But tryin' to fly I was bound to drown, fears capture this man

Chorus:

Grab the mirror, I need to see, the song that waits so silently
I'll play the song it's time for me, to heal myself again



Empty Hands


Here's that tear again, as I remember when
I knew just what to say and do, so you'd never feel blue

Who'd explain this turn, where once a flame did burn
Some ashes and a memory is left of you and me
Do you really see, what's left of you and me

Chorus
Tender words of a lovesong, the comfort of romance
Pain is filling the night with plenty of broken dreams
I awake with these empty hands

So I feel lost, cause all is torn and tossed
What was clear turned insecure, believed it would endure
It always felt so sure

Chorus:

Now I don't know, where love could let things grow
How to find the track, to live again
Where home has always been,
Where home sweet home has been


Your Face


Touch me in the way you sing along
You are bound to break the wrong path I was on
It’s time to leave the darkest road and fly away
You can guide me all the way

Like a song which freedom’s lost inside the whole
Like water sparkling from the waterfall
There’s a light that keeps on shining from your face
It can lift my heart in space

Is there something playing in your mind
Is there love that yearns to show an unknown kind
Is there warmth that heals my pain, when I see you smile
Is  hope that shows a while

Like a rainbow and dolphins in the sea
Your promise is flowing deep in me
The light keeps on shining from your face
It can save the human race

Time is needed to stop and think of days
How they should have been, things that went astray
You can take me home for certain, you can take me where
Life is good, you bring me there

Like a miracle that’s lost and found again
You’re a sigh to all my dreams and what I am
The light keeps on shining from your face
It can lift my heart in space
It lifts my heart in space

 

Leave My Rails


Hear my whistle blow, while following my track
This old train has got five boxes fastened on his back
Satisfied but tired,  too old to pull on more
This is how I live my life and what I’m dying for

Then there comes a call; a large box, the next stop
Just follow the line, and then you’ll pick her up
But that would break my engine, that would smash my wheels
The freight would break the chains, just imagine how it feels

These diesels kept me running, but now I’ll leave my rails
Turn around, feels like something fails
Cross sands and rocks and water, there’s no easy way
Turning back, with memories that stay

Hear my whistle blow, while searching for my track
This old train has got five boxes fastened on his back
That station’s heavy load, could damage this old train
But now I look for my lost line, I feel some inner pain

This baggage I will never lose, although that box is gone
It somehow stays on board, while I ride and roll along

Hear my whistle blow, while following my track
This old train has got five boxes fastened on his back
Satisfied but tired, too old to pull on more
This is how I live my life and what I’m dying for

 

Sharing your Tune


Waves clear my mind, clear my mind wash away
Teach me your song, I`m willing to play
With the foam on the water, the wind from the sea
I`ll give myself, if you carry me

Sit on a rock, on the beach with my hand
Stretching out for the sun as it shines on the land
The clouds are all gone now, a welcome relief
Let the light show the way, the things to belief

Smashing and dancing, still there`s a peace
The ocean of life, holds all symphonies
Trying to learn, with the spirit of tide
Where worries and doubts are far out of sight

I`m here all alone, searching answers unknown
Hope to find on this island of love
I`m here with my dreams, with  pain lasting themes
So seagull please lift me above

Just a deep breath I`m leaving from here
My hopes and my sadness, my strength and my fear
I`ve played with your line, each different tune
I thank you for sharing, the whole afternoon
I thank you for sharing, and playing your tune

 

Eyes That Spark


Should we stay in sadness now this woman died
Could we stay in sorrow now she lost the fight
Should we just be grateful for her memory
Burn a candle grandma, wherever you might be

She could smile with eyes that spark
She could shine her light in the dark
Made you feel she never was far
Made you feel, you lived in her heart

And dance, she could dance
Anytime she got the chance
Danced the world away, when the time was there
Lost the doubts and pains she’d bear
With a spirit we could share, it’s still blowing everywhere

She could show how welcome you are,
always time to talk and care
Could I ever let her see
What she meant, still means to me

And love, she held love
Straight from heaven up above
Is she home again, with her sparkling smile,
Sing with angels all the while
And dance, she could dance
Anytime she got the chance
Danced the world away, when the time was there
Lost the doubts and pains she’d bear
With a spirit we could share, it’s still blowing everywhere

Should we stay in sadness now this woman died
Could we stay in sorrow now she lost the fight
Should we just be grateful for her memory
Burn a candle grandma, wherever you might be