20 | 05 | 2012
If not judged bad

Rene Wingelaar If not judged bad

Everlasting rhyme – The meadow green – Nebraska plains – If not judged bad – Moments on my own – Nearly home – Born again – The cold wind – Love can break away – Could the sun rise – Where clear waters flow – Where the spirit will bind us

All songs written by R. Wingelaar

RCS 3124

 
Everlasting rhyme

If not judged bad

Nearly home

 
Band composition on "If not judged bad"

René Wingelaar: Lead vocals, backgroud vocals and acoustic guitars.
Thomas Manetti: Electric bass and background vocals.
Arno Cornelissen: Acoustic lead guitar, electric bass and background vocals
Henk-Jan Velvis: Piano.
Musician: Drums and percussion.

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

 
Lyrics "If not judged bad"

Everlasting Rhyme


Standing on the crossroad of my life and hidden scenes
Looking back at all I’ve done and all my dreams
Some certain things to count on, some things did pass too soon
Now I’m gazing at my friend, the yellow moon
Is there some unknown tune in the moon ?

The earth can change; what lives and what has built can fade away
Can you still explain the wondrous Milky Way
Behind every cloud of cries and behind bitter tears
Every time I found the sun could still appear
The light is near, the sun sure will appear

Chorus:
Are there angels who will keep the watch above
Beyond life, beyond love
Do they follow us in everything we see
Do they move us, or let things be
Did I hear the wind whispering some line
Some everlasting rhyme

Sadness and confusion, heartaches that contain
Kills the faith, can drive every man insane
The urge to live can die, while there’s a new need longing for
Just to open straight that old and cold black door
No returning after walking in that door

How can it be unequal or don’t I understand
That we don’t hold our life path in our hand
Send a strength to find a reason, a well to carry on
The happiness and joy that lingers on
Lingers on, makes you strong to carry on

Chorus:

I feel the touch from time to time
That sweet everlasting rhyme

 

The Meadow Green


Down the road and hand in hand, up to the meadow green
Smiling, humming sweet songs, a love as never seen
The young man in a t-shirt and old faded blue jeans
The woman in a dress of blues and greens

The layed down in the long grass, kissed and danced away
Then came a sudden moment, she turned to him to say
How deep is your love, is it deeper than the sea
Could you promise that you’d share your life with me

Chorus:
And the sun painted beautiful skies
The man closed his eyes and sighed
Could he know if this feeling ‘d remain
Could the blow it away

Well the woman saw his face, the doubts that filled his eyes
She slowly walked away and then began to cry
Is love a fairy tale, that can’t exist no more
What on earth, are we living for

The man was overwhelmed by the question she had asked
It felt so pure and safe as if it ever lasts
What was his reaction, just stupid fear occurred
In his jeans he felt the ring he bought for her

Chorus:

An old man walks the country roads, up to the meadow green
In his head he hears a love-song, a tender memory
A look that shows the strife that life can bring along
He whispers bout some love that went out wrong

Chorus:

 

Nebraska Plains


Driving through the dry and barren plains
No fresh green leaf that will remain
No fertile ground, no sign of life to see
Maybe with luck, some old pine tree

Cattle stand the heat that fills the air
I wonder what is their strength to bare
Just stay there as they watch the days go by
Might be a change up in the sky

Oh, did you know, what you can do
You change my world, you make it new
You are my rest, my peaceful range
My meadow in Nebraska plains

This land will change when the rain comes down
A brand new world comes up around
All the beauty that it will awake
Just the rain is all it take

Oh, did you know, what you can do
You change my world, you make it new
You are my hope, my welcome rain
My meadow in Nebraska plains

Oh, did you know, what you can do
You change my world, you make it new
You are my rest, my peaceful range
My meadow in Nebraska plains
You are my hope, my welcome rain
My meadow in Nebraska plains

 

If Not Judged Bad


Crying prairie winds along with rain
They made this land in what it is today
Steepwalled canyons, sharp lunar like spires
The sun goes down, this land is on fire

Two centuries ago the people came
About this land their judgement was the same
French Canadian trappers, Indians too
They called it “badlands” to go through

Chorus:
Bless the men who judged this land as bad
No one knows, what if else was said
Who this land be gone, just cities spread
If not judged “bad”

The upper grass holds deer and antelope
Here’s still a place to find the buffalo
Prairie dogs you’ll find and bighorn sheep
They run and fight, they rest and sleep

Chorus:

Coyotes on a hill can sing along
Their tune an everlasting prairie song
Eagles flying higher in the sky
They watch this land won’t ever die

 

Moments On My Own


I remember the words you wrote and said to me
You can’t understand the way I feel when I’m not free
You can’t see the things which are hidden in me
You can’t see the way I am, you don’t know when I’m happy

You must know I love the moon, the stars
I love to see the sun
I love the green of nature when it’s spring
And I love to hear the birds and to listen to the wind
I love to be some moments on my own

Things you can comprehend, things you do believe
Still you can’t understand, what would make me lonely
I don’t know how to tell you, it’s something inside me
The love and care some people give, can’t always set me free

And you know I love to talk with you
And tell you how I feel
You know I love to have someone who cares
And oh I love your face, the wisdom of your smile
But I also need some moments on my own

Though I need your light, the wisdom when you smile
I’ll always need some moments on my own

 

Nearly Home


Nearly home it’s freezing outside
Goin on don’t wanna wait
Walking straight the way that runs to you in twilight
Unlock the door, walk upstairs, far too late

Chorus:
I’m here my love, lie beside you
I’m here my love, I’m home again
Let me hold you, like no one else can
Cause my heart has longed for you
How my heart has longed for you

And I’m sorry, when you’ve been lonely
And I hate it, when you’ve been sad
Though I sang my words tonight with you in my mind
It’s not the same, can’t change the fact

Chorus:

 

Born Again


Sometimes, living on this world
I’ve got to change and turn around
Just forget the pains in me, it’s time to rest to see
The lovely things that fill my life, the wonders of the simple sighs
To understand I’m happy, how I am and what I have

Cause it’s not always good to cry
There must be times to laugh a while
There must be some times to go and do just what you want
Take a walk, dance around, sing a song, just make a sound
The time has come to drive away, the cold of yesterday

Cause a world you’ve never known
It’s in your hand, your own

It’s like the morning sun in spring, new life born in peace
An eagle flying high, all the things that make me sing
Like the gift of all that lives, the healing of laughter
Like a song or a kiss, they make me born again

There are some reasons in my way
I’m living and I spend my days
To say: His laughter’s hard to find, just worries on his mind
But still I know that love is there, where you find it, where you care
There are always keys to find a way so free your heart some days

So lift your voice and show that smile
They all were hidden for a while
It’s been so long, I’ve missed it true, that other side of you
Let it go, it isn’t bad, forgot the clouds down in your head
The sky is blue, your world is new, do what you wanted to

And the way to make it feel
Turn patterns like a wheel

Feel the morning sun in spring, new life’s born in peace
An eagle’s flying high, all the things that make me sing
Like the gift of all that lives, the healing of laughter
Like a song or a kiss, they make me born again
They make me born again, mm mm mm.

 

The Cold Wind


You say it is time for a change and you know time is running
You say before the promise is lost and the flowers are gone
You say money still counts all around, while the mountains are dying
But who counts his fortune the day, they say future is none

Chorus:
Here comes the cold, cold wind and it comes to chase you
Here is the long, long arm of the pain washing on
Here is the wrong, wrong life, that we have forsaken
Here is the strong, strong beat of the mem’ries and dreams

Wildlife’s protected but still there are hunters a working
Freedom should conquer but injustice, you cannot deny
Hunger’s the cause, that every day people are starving
When will the line be drawn, this can’t go on

Chorus:

Take the chance, make things change, Mother Earth needs friends
Find your heart, send you love, let the light shine on

Chorus:

 

Love Can Break Away


There’s something bout the morning sun did shine today
Shine to light a perfect day
How it’d rise above the land as the world seems new
Early birdsongs just came through

There’s something bout the morning sun but all in all
It’s you who makes my day
Could I tell you just once more, how you open every door
So that love can break away

There’s something bout the clear blue sky I see
As the wind blows easily
Hold my head up high and it feels like I
Could stretch my wings and fly

There’s something bout the clear blue sky but all in all
It’s you who makes my day
Could I tell you just once more, how you open every door
So that love can break away

There’s something bout the way the evening falls tonight
Like it’d say; This day was right
When the peace comes down and the wind is gone
Time to play my favourite song


There’s something bout the evening fall but all in all
It’s you who makes my day
Could I tell you just once more, how you open every door
So that love can break away

There’s something bout how the morning sun did shine
Something bout the sky so blue
Something bout the way the evening falls tonight
Something bout the way and things you do

There’s something bout the stars at night but all in all
It’s you who makes my day
Could I tell you just once more, how you open every door
So that love can break away, so that love can break away
Sure my love will break away

 

Could The Sun Rise


Can you see my life, watch it through my eyes ?
Can you still my hunger, can you hear my cry ?
Can you feel despair, when you hate the night ?
When pain is even stronger, by coming of the light

My family is in heaven, the angels couldn’t wait
The harvest was too bad, at the age of eight
Remember how I held, my father’s big strong hands
How could he die from illness, I’ll never understand

Chorus:
Let the sunset take all tears and fears away
All the grief and pain, the eclipse in my days
Let the morning come, with hopeful songs and then
Could the sun rise, really rise again ?

And here’s my broken wing, here’s my broken heart
Here, my broken dreams, my life that’s torn apart
My lost road, my confusion, my unforgotten home
The smile kept by my mother, the love that I have known

Chorus:

Can you see my life, watch it through my eyes ?
Can you still my hunger, can you hear my cry ?
Can you feel despair, when you hate the night ?
When pain is even stronger, by coming of the light
Pain is even stronger, by coming of the light

 

Where Clear Waters Flow


Catch the wind on an endless blue sea
While the boat floats and goes easily
Touch the water and feel in my soul
How the stream through my blood takes control

Here the windsong that sings with the sea
Let it blow, let it grow, set me free
Feel the water that takes dust away
Let it clear up my mind, let it stay

Just to rest and to drift on and on
While my schedule and notebook are gone
Lay me down and I take a deep breath
Better place to relax, you won’t get

No traffic, no shouting, no sound
No loud annoying sounds
No rumbling, no trouble is found
No mobile phones around

I’m alone, but I feel deep inside
You are with me as if by my side
Though you’re far, you’re on the same way
It’s love that will not fade away

Feel you’re here and your smiling to me
More beautiful than the blue sea
Hear your voice like it whispers I’m close
Let it touch me where clear water flows

I can find myself here, I am glad
While I even got more miles ahead
This is just what I need and I’ll do
When I’m tired and little bit blue

No traffic, no shouting, no sound
No loud annoying sounds
No rumbling, no trouble is found
No mobile phones, no mobile phones around

Catch the wind on an endless blue sea
While the boat floats and goes easily
Touch the water and feel in my soul
How the stream through my blood takes control
Let the stream through my blood take control.
Mm mm mm

 

Where The Spirit Will Bind Us


Are you lonesome, are you tired, looking for a place to hide
Did you search your way and lost it and things don’t work out right
Did you chase your sun, but mountains seem to steep along the way
Did you try to live your dream, when the waves wash it away

Chorus:
Through the wind, through the rain, to the love, through the pain
Where the spirit will bind us, and no one’s alone
Hold my hand, hold it tight, not scared to face the night
Now there’s no more need to roam, no need, cause we are home

There are flowers in this canyon, there are trees that never die
There’s a mighty rainbow, eagles soaring through the sky
Will you sail with me that river and learn it’s peaceful song
When the road’s too long and weary, I’ll carry you along

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