20 | 05 | 2012
Thousand roads

Rene Wingelaar Thousand roads

Searching heart – The mountain that I love – Thousand roads run up – When the storms will blow – I’ll be the one* – Colder now it seems – Movin this way* – The beat goes on – By my side* – When you sleep – Even the strongest heart – Forest never die – Some things will always stay – A rock or fertile ground

All songs written by R. Wingelaar. Except * written by T.P. Manetti

RCS 3030

 
Searching heart

Some things will always stay
Rock of fertile ground

 
Band composition on "Thousand Roads"

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

 
Lyrics "Thousand Roads"

Searching Heart


Travel on to find the meaning of his life
Through the canyons, just like I
have a dream that’s sometimes just too far away
And he hurries on to find it on his way

Chorus:
Searching heart, travels on to find his dream
Searching heart, longing for the things unseen
Where some eyes tell him he is home again
Where the miracles still happen now and then
It’s the end of a journey he goes through
Find his love in a way he never knew

He’s the symbol of the hope that won’t give up
Won’t give up, while the clouds
are running above his head to make him blue
But his desire calls him what he wants to do

Chorus:

 

The Mountain That I love


Is it winter, summer, fall or spring
Every season has something to bring
In the mountains, it is wild in the west
Canada is life at it’s best

Have you ever seen a sunset through the mountain peaks
Have you ever listened to a gentle bird that speaks
I’m living here with the mountains that I love

Smell the wood, touch the ground
Enjoying every little bit of nature sound
And I fix me a fire when it’s little cold
I’m 65 but not feeling too old

And I’m kicking up a stone, I’m not feeling alone
I feel like a child of the Canada wild
I’m living here with the mountains that I love

And I’m free, as you can see
Just the animals, trees and me
And I can cry, I can fly
With the leaves up in the sky

Once a lady gave me a pack in the neck
And she said: Hold on you Mountain Jack
I’ve been watching you for all my life
Won’t you like me to be your wife

Oh you keep looking at the stars and keep dreaming away
You keep crossing the lakes every passing day
Ooh, mountain lover ain’t there something more to see ?

And I said ooh, oh mi,
is that something worth to try ?
I said ooh, oh mi,
but then I looked into her eyes

It was something more than rivers can tell
Something more than stars can spell
And the kiss made the mountains shake
And the winter water turned warm in that lake

And we swam to our cabin and we spent the night
And since then my mountain life alone was out of sight
Now I’m living here with the mountain that I love
And the mountain girl I love

 

Thousand Roads Run Up


He’s fifty years and singing bout
the things he’s seen in his life
His guitar tight in his hands
with a look of love and strife
He sings out loud, a smile and a tear
There comes a crowd, people come near
And they wait to listen each part
They won’t miss a line from the start

First he was a farm boy
He’d grown up in a spirit of joy
There was one true way of living good
and Lord they did know how it should
And their life went well, but the other side came
Their life seemed hell when their farm was in flames
How could pages turn, was a thing he never had learned
What was this, a big mistake
A thing he just couldn’t take

Then he was a young man
He lived in the city but dreamed of the land
The city’s busy, the streets did smell
He lived in a room he was trying to sell
But then he met Joanne, and there was music again
This was something more than he had ever before
And he sang la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la
La la la la la, la la la la la la la la

But the romance didn’t last long
With her he didn’t belong
They didn’t talk, they didn’t heal
They didn’t know how to feel
And the fights did came, who was the one to blame ?
Here were the sunshine days, how did they go away ?
How can an angel become a witch
How can life so suddenly switch ?
How can things that seem the only way
Turn wrong and break away ?

Then he travelled the world
He saw the wonders of love and hurt
He saw religions, cities, ways of living for
He was convinced there was so much more
Then just one way, like some people did say
And what he’d learned as wrong, was where he belonged
He found his endless love in a cheap hotel
Where it’s cold the people did tell
He crossed roads to reach his love, his top
And sees thousand roads run up, thousand roads run up
Not one way, but thousand roads
Thousand roads run up, thousand roads run up

 

When The Storms Will Blow


Friend, we share the joy in living
But we too know the less other side
So here is the line when you’re down in strife
Take it, forget foolish pride

Chorus:
When the clouds are gathering and shake you through
And the night is falling on you
When the pain won’t go and the heartaches will grow
Call my name, when the storms will blow
Call my name, when the storms will blow

Could you stand the winter, when you are alone
Could you solve everything on your own
And pick up the pieces when they are tossed
Could your lonely soul heal when it’s lost ?

Chorus:

The day needs the sun, the stars need the moon
The forest needs birds singing tunes
The river is running to meet the sea
Oh friend ain’t it clearly to see

Chorus:

 

I’ll Be The One


I’ll be the one for you
Give me all your problems, I will solve them for you
I’ll give you a luxury life
Don’t worry bout the money it’s a matter of time

You gotta promise me you give me all the love that I need
And don’t leave me when it takes a lot to plant the right seed
Don’t blame when I’m working and you’re all alone
Darlin when you’ve had enough, just tell me, I’ll go

I’ll be the one for you
Today I brought you nothing, but tomorrow I’ll do
I’ll give you all the rest and peace
So we can be together, that’s all you need

Don’t run away from me when it’s just little bit late
You can call me all the worst things a man can have
Please stop worrying bout the things I’ve done
Cause when it’s too hard, just tell me, I’m gone

I’ll be the one…

 

Colder Now It Seems


Miss you nights and miss you days
Now you’ve left and I am here to stay
Strange how life can change in a short time
When the common parts, suddenly don’t rhyme

Chorus:
Your smile not in the kitchen, when I am coming home
No daily talk when I am here alone
No warm bed to sleep in, no face feels what I means
Those little things are all colder now it seems
I close my eyes and find you in my dreams

Watch the moon and send her all my love
I can feel love returning from above
Sing my song, a candle is burning bright
Will it guide you home, through the night

Chorus:

Far away, so far away from me
Visions flow through the dark silently
To bring us back together in a flight
But when it’s gone, life without you won’t feel right

Chorus:

 

Movin This Way


My old sister, she just hang up, more than twice, we had a fight
Now she will never call back, oh, she will never call back

See my brother, when he’s sober, he’s a thief, I can’t believe
But on and on it goes and he thinks that I don’t know

But when I look back to the days that we were little kids
Playing, laughing, running, all we had to give
And when the time went by, we had much to share
With the hoola hoop girls from around the corner
Singing and dancing till the night turns into day, ooh

As days went by, it all changes
All the goods now have turned into pain
Can’t explain why all the troubles will remain
As long as we’re movin this way

 

The Beat Goes On


I wanna go to land that made me running
I wanna hide in the place I see the light
I wanna rest in my garden of salvation
I wanna spent there day and night

I wanna feel all the love that made me flying
I wanna fall in the arms that made me warm
I wanna look in the eyes that led me homeward
I wanna lay, kept from the storm

Chorus:
I wanna feel the fire burning
I wanna feel the beat goes on
I wanna real when I am yearning
For that everlasting love

I wanna stop and surrender
I wanna sail on my blue see
I wanna kiss and hold you closer
I want you, yes only you

Chorus:

I wanna go to the land that made me running
I wanna hide in the place I see the light
I wanna rest in my garden of salvation
I wanna spent my whole life long
I wanna feel the beat goes on

 

By My Side


Dry your eyes girl, it ain’t so hard
Now my love for you is gone
I really wished myself, so many times now
That I feel the way it was

Sometimes there’s a lack of reasons to give girl
And I’m ashamed to speak the truth
Let all the painful memories, now pass away
And send our pictures back to me

Chorus:
In my sleep I see you coming by
No words you speak, only your eyes
Still I know there is a place for us, in our life
You by my side

You always had a strong desire, that would make us better
You’ve told me all so many times
But like a storm in the open sea, it went the wrong direction
One that won’t fit in your dreams

Chorus:

 

When You Sleep


Resting in my arms, softly dream away
Do you get a little of what I feel and say
And as you close your eyes, your face shows a smile
I wonder what you see, when you sleep a while

Do you see the lion, playing with the sheep
See the land of laughter, where no one weeps
Do you touch the rainbow or dance to the moon
Singing in a land of love your peaceful tune

And proud I am to hold my baby boy
Want to share each part of him, the pain and joy
Hold his hand, when he learns to walk
Want to sit beside him when he learns to talk

Learns to talk, while mostly people, hardly mean the words they say
Learn to walk, when so much things can make you lost along the way
Learn to find that part of living, you’ve been living in your dreams
Learn to find your heart in seeking, life is much more than it seems

Resting in my arms, softly dream away
Do you get a little of what I feel today
And as you close your eyes, your face shows a smile
I wonder what you see, when you sleep  a while

 

Even The Strongest Heart


Give me your hand and I’ll show you a land
Where pain is an unknown thing
Give me your time and I’ll teach you a rhyme
That was written for you to sing

Chorus:
Let it just go for a while
Oh, let me flow in your smile
Everyone needs his own part
Even the strongest heart

Look in my eye and I’ll teach you to fly
Just like you always did for me
Give me a chance that I learn how to dance
All the miracles we will see

I’ve seen them with money in pockets
The business men running to work for a million a year
And love lost his home, didn’t know where to roam
So never forget what’s here

Chorus:

I’ll pick you a flower and hold you an hour
Just rest in the arms I belong
We’ll sail from the sadness and forget the madness
This love lasts our whole life long

I’ve seen them with money in pockets
The business men running to work for a million a year
And love lost his home, didn’t know where to roam
So never forget what’s here

Chorus:

Give your hand and I’ll show you a land
Where pain is an unknown thing
Give me your time and I’ll teach you a rhyme
That was written for you to sing

 

Forest Never Die


Chorus:
Forest never die, river never dry
Let the earth remain the way it’s meant to be one time
Mother Nature rest, mountains be blessed
Let the wild bird’s everlasting song live on and rhyme

The old tree has no name, she still seem the same
She will search the sun with her leafs up to the sky
Ever starting new, the green leafs will show you
Still I wonder if the falling leafs are teardrops of her eyes

Chorus:

The wind can bring you life, the trouble and the strife
Bring the calm lake peace, the anger to the sea
He’s somehow everywhere, but do you think he cares
When he sees life changing where he’s blowing preciously

Chorus:

The moon who fills the night, hold our life in sight
When the earth is still and peace can take his part
The sun shines from above, but too few share her love
Pray the time won’t come the sun can’t lift her broken heart

Chorus:

 

Some Things Will Always Stay


Silent I look at you tonight
Taste the wine in candlelight
Now I wonder what time takes away
While some things will always stay

Like your eyes forever hold a flame
When I’m lost it calls my name
Since I felt that first seems long ago
Still the feeling’s growing though

Should I say now, sorry for the fight
Times I didn’t treat you right
When it’s me who said I know you true
Was the time when I hurt you

Keep this line from my heart
That I love you every part
Not a perfect man, but longing for
To love you even more

 

A Rock Or Fertile Ground


Cross the mountains and the waters, feel the freedom in my bones
I am rambling kinda happy but alone

Keep a smile on my face, but the sunlight makes it clear
That from the corner of my eyes are somehow rolling tears

Chorus:
Now I float, I’m searching
For my destiny’s not found
Never sure if I’ll ever reach a rock or fertile ground
Still I circle round and round

At the age of twenty two I left my folks back home
The time was right for me to leave and roam
Met a girl in Oklahoma, who yelled: Stay away from me
Didn’t thought the same things, could understand how I did see

Chorus:

Night time is the right time to set my mind and rest
The moment all is still I love the best
Still I wonder if I’m blessed cause I’m free and I’ll grow strong
And I wonder what is left, is there a place I might belong ?

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