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when you drove away
04:08
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When you drove away
I didn't see your eyes
in the rear view mirror
when you drove away
you didn't look back
when you drove away
you didn't look at me
you didn't turn around
you just drove away
I hear the door of your Chevy
echoing in my head
and the corners of your mouth
smiling in my heart
I see your 80s Blazer
slowly speeding up
sun reflecting in the window
behind a trail of dust
tires crackling over the dirt road
chasing birds up in the air
gophers down in the ditch
my butterflies are scared
that feeling in my belly
accept the truth or do I dare
the hope of a hopeless
a Jester in late May
The brake lights flare up
your Blazer disappears
a dust cloud in the wind
a cricket in the ditch
what does he want to tell me
my hands deep in my jeans
I say too quite
A last goodbye
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I wish I had more memories
We pitched our tent in the dunes
Where the river met the sea
For a hundred miles around
It was just you and me
I wish I had more memories
Of our time together
Every word and every smile
I wish I could remember
We swam across the river naked
And slept under a tree
The shade shielded us
From 45 degrees
On your back I watched the shade
Of the branches and the leaves
Moving gently over your skin
In the Australian wind
My fingers tried to follow
The path the shadows chose
But they got lost, one by one
There was nothing I could do
We sat in quiet in the sand
So deep, so soft, so warm
Panting from the oceans surf
Our hair drying in the sun
The meals were simple
No music, radio, light
Listening to the waves and you
I laid awake at night
The days went by too fast
Although we took it slow
A picture is all that's left
An evening summer glow
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3. |
falling apart a little
03:36
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Falling apart a little
it only gets this quit if it snows
or if you and me had fight, you know
I'm always the one who's backing down
maybe because I'm from a small town
now down my spine I feel that chill
can you forgive a man who is falling apart a little
I'm feeling like a pigeon on a beach
no matter where I go and breathe
I smell the smell of deep despair
on me as well as in the air
now be fair don't go in for the kill
double-double makes cough syrup tasty
remember you laughing back then with me
laughing until our tears would come
holding us arm in arm
now calm down and end the thrill
you set me free as u were saying
for me it was more a slaying
the way you said to me goodbye
not even looking into my eyes
now I write on the back of a diner bill
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thank you for your trust
03:05
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Thank you for your trust
It's a Friday night
I am fading fast
After our fight I tried to make us last
Things I shouldnt 've said
Things I shouldnt 've meant
But sometimes my mind tends to be bent
Thank you for your trust
I can only imagine you must
Gone through hell and high water for us
Take the rope off my neck
And the onions from my eyes
My hands are colder than the northern lights
Now I'm vying for your touch
A touch that meant to much to me
Like the sun, your laughter and the sea
I should have told you
That now since you are gone
I choked up when you got up to our song
You are who you know
Haven't you heard that before
And now I don't know you anymore
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smile of a stranger
05:04
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Smile of Stranger
Of course I noticed your smile
when you just walked by
me giving more attention
then all the others
I kept my look short
and I looked down deep
not to promise anything
I could not keep
A smile of a stranger
is as good as it gets
no words no promises
no kisses no sex
no future fantasies
no fancy pipe dreams
just a smile of a stranger
is as good as it gets
You were smart, you got it
nonverbal and polite
a gesture well trained
flanked by a short smile
noncommittal and shy
very alive not a lie
but needless to say
necessary anyway
And that's how it goes
day in day out
less and less, year by year
very slowly no doubt
without hurting anybody
anywhere anyhow
just you and me and a moment
somewhere downtown
Don't try me, please run
I'm old and I'm done
and broke and ran out of dreams
actually of everything it seems
that ever mattered for me
and for you, too, maybe
I am an empty shell
That's all there is
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Thorsten Nesch Lethbridge, Alberta
Experimental Singer/Songwriter
all albums before 2022 mastered / produced by max wuerden (except Paris, Calgary)
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