Bernd's Lyrics for MotorPlanet

all Lyrics by Bernd Harmsen; Music by Holger Metzler
 

It makes me very proud to be working for the blues-rock singer and terrific guitar player Holger Metzler, composer, singer, and head of the MotorPlanet blues-rock band. Holger has set to music a few of my own older texts, and his version of high enough still knocks me out. But in most cases I wrote the words to his music, Holger singing "Gibberish" in a provisional version, I figuring out verses and chorus, and counting lines and syllables. Often, Holger would give me hints as to the mood of the song, or a situation it was supposed to describe. If you have the chance to experience Motor Planet live (in the vicinity of Bremen or sometimes in Berlin, too) - don't miss it!

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All my Lyrics are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
 

last night (let's forget it)

the air was hot and the drinks were cool
she was so young, she still goes to school
the music and the humming made our mind spin
there was this sparkle in her eyes, and the touch of her skin

there was no intention - there just was the night
in seclusion we danced, and dim was the light
the music was loud and we danced a lot
she lay in my arms and our bodies got hot

we were so close, and there was no restraint
I am a man, I'm not a saint
I have my faults, that I concede
but it's you who I love, you're the woman I need

no reason to worry or for starting a row
yesterday's passed, and we live here and now
let's try to forget it and bury the past
'cause you're who I love and our love should last

fairy

I saw you standing in the park by the creek
feeding the pigeons and the ducks
it was a scene, so full of love and peace
I felt a sudden sting of luck

I watched you dancing in the flick'ring laser beams
slim body 'gainst the flashing lights
an incarnation of my very private dreams
my fairy of the disco night

I wanna be by your side girl
be with you day and night
I wanna be by your side love
spend with you all my life

I saw you shopping in the bright city streets
you were all confidence and charm
would there be a chance for us to meet
(I) fancied you lyin' in my arm

I wanna be by your side girl
be with you day and night
I wanna be by your side love
spend with you all my life

 

keep rockin'

get up, folks, jump up and join the party
leave your seats and troubles way behind
jump up, folks, and shake your lazy bodies
don't let worries occupy your mind
get dancing
dancing
keep dancing
keep on dancing
leave your seats and troubles way behind
don't let worries occupy your mind

if you fear the future - here's the present
let your soul and body feel the beat
let's dance and let's be living for the moment
come on, let the music move your feet
get dancing
dancing
keep dancing
keep on dancing
let your soul and body feel the beat
come on, let the music move your feet

keep on rocking till the joint is shaking
have fun, keep on dancing through the night
ignore complaints about the noise we're making
we'll be rocking till the first daylight
get rocking
rocking
keep rocking
keep on rocking
have fun, keep on dancing through the night
we'll be rocking till the first daylight

why don't you love me?

when I first saw you I fell in love -
that was the end of me!
I'd give you everything I've got
to see you pleased.

but you don't love me!
why don't you love me?

booked a fitness course, got my body shaped -
massive chest and all
looked like Rambo in his better days,
muscular and tall

but you don't love me!
why don't you love me?

whatever I tried was in vain!

next I had my nose and nipples pierced
and dressed up all in chains
looked pretty weird and very fierce -
it was all in vain.

'cause you don't love me!
why don't you love me?

bought fancy shoes with platform soles
and wore nice frilled shirts
tried out all kinds of different roles
but one thing hurts:

you still don't love me!
why don't you love me?

whatever I tried's been in vain!

what else is there - that I could try
how could I conquer you?

why don't you love me?
why don't you love me?
why don't you love me?
why don't you love me?

 

on the road

I'm on the road
it's getting dark now
must have driven many hours
no destiny,
no destination
but I'm on my way.
though I really cannot say
what I'm looking for
I'm on the road

I'm leaving home,
left you behind
for nor reason I could give
all I can say
is that I had to -
to find my own way.
though I really cannot say
what I am looking for
I'm on the road

I'm on the road
the day's dawning.
break at a trucker's stop
I do not care
what I am having
but I become aware
that the young girl who waits on me 's
what I am looking for
I'm on the road.

need your love tonight

had a bad day at the office
everything went wrong
guess who they would blame?
I'll quit before long

rather be unemployed
than playin' their fool
got to find a better place
and keep my cool

Oh, I need your love tonight
we both will make things right
Oh, I need your love tonight
we could turn dark to light
you're the stronghold of my life
the best I've done was making you my wife

things weren't better on my way home
got into the traffic jam
next the car broke down
but I don't give a damn

it was one of these days
to drive you insane
when I walked home it started
to rain

Oh, I need your love tonight
we both will make things right
Oh, I need your love tonight
we could turn dark to light
you're the stronghold of my life
the best I've done was making you my wife

Oh, I need your love tonight ...

 

you can't see the light

somehow you've managed
getting on with your life
though everything you've ever tried
would go wrong
reality never would fit
with your dreams
waiting for some miracle
you're hopes are hung high

but you can't see the light - oh yeah

when you look at a girl
you dream of a queen
when you're given a chance
you're shy of seizing it
you'd rather stick to your dreams
and your fantasy
waiting for some miracle
you're hopes are hung high

but you can't see the light

it's 'bout time to start living
in the world we all share
for the world of your fancies
no-one would care
leave your hideout
come into the sun
waiting for some miracle
you're hopes are hung high

but you can't see the light
you can't see the light

on the move

seven months on the road
trees and buildings passed by
seven months on the move
only living for the nights

losing my sense for the daytime
no longer seeing my old friends
I'm the slave of this business
like being lost in some foreign land

seven months on the move

left a woman behind
at some place of the past
make a friend here and there
but no love that could last

this kind of living's hard to take
could not stand it much more
something has got to change
got to find me some shore

seven months on the road
lives and friendships passed by
seven months on the move
only living for the nights

 

anybody here?

is there anybody here who's had one of these days
  where everything would go wrong?
have you messed up your job, made a fool of yourself,
  feeling that you don't belong?

let's forget for tonight
leave your worries behind
c'mon and join the band
let's have a good time

is there anybody here who's in deep waters,
  who's fallen on evil days?
is it money matters, are you out on the streets
  with no place you could stay?

let's forget for tonight
leave your worries behind
c'mon and join the band
let's have a good time

let's have some fun
raise your glass to Rock'n Roll
join in everyone
here's to Rock'n Roll

is there anybody here who's feeling blue
  for the first true love bein' gone?
are you grieving for the loss, are you pitying yourself
  being left alone?

let's forget for tonight
leave your worries behind
c'mon and join the band
let's have a good time

let's have some fun
raise your glass to Rock'n Roll
join in everyone
here's to Rock'n Roll

c'mon and join the band
let's have a good time
c'mon and join the gang
here's to Rock'n Roll

don't talk about love

don't talk about love
makin' me believe
that our love could work out
layin' in my arms
you'd take me in
make me forget all my doubts

each time you're here
I lose myself in you
and in my head I keep hearing
songs about joy
songs about happiness
songs about trust and love without end

don't talk about love
makin' me believe
I'd stand a chance with you, Babe
lookin' at me that way
you make me melt away again

each time you're here
I lose myself in you
and in my head I keep hearing
songs about joy
songs about happiness
songs about trust and love without end

stop teasing me, Babe
stop deceiving me, Babe
I'm no match for you

don't talk about love
makin' me believe
that your feelings were true
touchin' me that way
you'd take me in
leaving me with no clue

each time you're here
I lose myself in you
and in my head I keep hearing
songs about joy
songs about happiness
songs about trust and love without end

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