The Zodiacs - Lyrics

1893, z'Basel a mim Rhii
St.Jakob, immer wider - joo, do wämmer sii
Dasch d'Gschicht vonere Liebi im ganz grosse Stil
Vo Gfühl, Freud und Träne, und immer neue Ziel

Erfolg isch nid alles und
Doch isch gwinne schön
Und umso schöner isch's wenn's
De andere nid verstöhn

We jedes Johr mit aller Macht
Dr Basler Frieligsdraum verwacht
Grosse Daag, rooti Nacht
D Freud isch risig, s isch vollbrocht
Die ganzi Stadt isch uff de Bei
Dr Meischterstärn isch nümm ellei                

1953 - was für e grosses Johr
Sithär wärde immer wider Basler Wunder wohr
Vili hälli Nächt und no meh stolzi Dääg
Tausig schöni Bilder uffeme lange lange Wäg

Erfolg isch nid alles und
Doch isch gwinne schön
Und umso schöner isch's wenn's
De andere nid verstöhn

We jedes Johr mit aller Macht
Dr Basler Frieligsdraum verwacht
Grosse Daag, rooti Nacht
D Freud isch risig, s isch vollbrocht
Die ganzi Stadt isch uff de Bei
Dr Meischterstärn isch nümm ellei                

20 mol Meischter, 8 mol am Stück
Häll strahlt dr zweiti Stärn uff's rotblaue Glück

Erfolg isch nid alles und
Doch isch gwinne schön
Und umso schöner isch's wenn's
De andere nid verstöhn

We jedes Johr mit aller Macht
Dr Basler Frieligsdraum verwacht
Grosse Daag, rooti Nacht
D Freud isch risig, s isch vollbrocht
Die ganzi Stadt isch uff de Bei
Dr Meischterstärn isch nümm ellei

A perfect dawn
Red floods the horizon
What if we
Were living in a perfect world

Rendez-vous
With an old fellow fear to call on
Love has changed
But some rites never will

It takes seven days to crack the hidden door
And thirty seconds making you cry nomore

Sky is waving the clouds in
Shielding the sun from the morning
Rain is bringing back memories
Driven by heavenly winds

What if you were my sunqueen
Warming my soul with your eyebeams
What if I was your cloudking
Cooling your tears with my rain

I wish you’d loose
High tension on your soulstrings
Let peace flood in
Send deamons on the run

All the wounds
Dissolve in quiet healing
Hands and eyes
Speak now where words do end

Sky is waving the clouds in
Shielding the sun from the morning
Rain is bringing back memories
Driven by heavenly winds

What if you were my sunqueen
Warming my soul with your eyebeams
What if I was your cloudking
Cooling your tears with my rain

Birds don’t need to know
About time fading away
To celebrate and hail
Each rising day

Sky is waving the clouds in
Shielding the sun from the morning
Rain is bringing back memories
Driven by heavenly winds

What if you were my sunqueen
Warming my soul with your eyebeams
What if I was your cloudking
Cooling your tears with my rain

Behind the rainbow
Of rhythm and rhymes I give up control
Must be some poetry
Colourful words to lift up your soul

Where the sun and the rain meet
A treasure’s to be caught
Time’s trapped in heartbeats
My body’s snared
In sharp and shaded thoughts

One fine day
A warm word and a kiss won’t be enough
One fine day
Skybloom will be falling from above
One fine day we’ll see
Through the caleidoscope of love

The secrets I’ve known
The center of being it might be called
See through the window
A lonely boy inside the garden wall

Where the sun and the rain meet
A treasure’s to be caught
Time’s trapped in heartbeats
My body’s snared
In sharp and shaded thoughts

One fine day
A warm word and a kiss won’t be enough
One fine day
Skybloom will be falling from above
One fine day we’ll see
Through the caleidoscope of love

There’s a fog of meanings in my mind
Pick up the one and make it shine
If only I could slow down
The wheels of time

One fine day
A warm word and a kiss won’t be enough
One fine day
Skybloom will be falling from above
One fine day we’ll see
Through the caleidoscope of love

There she moves
Like a swan near the lakeshore
Gliding o’er the dancefloor
In a ballet on her own

When she weeps
She hears chorals of angels
She sees starlike flowers
But there’s noone to tell

Lightfeathered
Wings carry eleanore high
To her nest in the sky
To shield her from the noise

But noone will ever guess what lies beyond
The silence of Eleanore
The silence of Eleanore
The silence that creeps through
The bones and the veines of Eleanore

When she dreams
She sees boats on the river
She waits down by the harbour
But he won’t come

Lightfeathered
Wings carry eleanore high
To her nest in the sky
To shield her from the noise

But noone will ever guess what lies beyond
The silence of Eleanore
The silence of Eleanore
The silence that creeps through
The bones and the veines of Eleanore

She speaks in rhymes inside her head
Confessing all the love unsaid
In lines unheard
In shadow’s words

Lightfeathered
Wings carry eleanore high
To her nest in the sky
To shield her from the noise

But noone will ever guess what lies beyond
The silence of Eleanore
The silence of Eleanore
The silence that creeps through
The bones and the veines of Eleanore

We’re on the road
The sky is high, adventure in the air
We hoist the sails
To slip away
Explore our inner selves

I look right through your eyes
And the sun high in the sky

I walked the road
I played the game I stumbled and I fell
You’ve crossed the line
You’ve seen the sign
Marked on your fingertips

You look right through my eyes
And the sun high in the sky
Is going down down down down down
Going down down down down down

We’re on the road
The sky is high adventure in the air
We hoist the sails
To slip away
Explore our inner selves

I try not to live tomorrow
Don’t dwell in the past of sorrow
I try not to live tomorrow
Don’t dwell in the past of sorrow
I’m going down down down

Hold back the tears, the time ain’t now
You think a bleeding heart’s what love is all about
Go and spread your mind, don’t waste no pride
And precious fond time for a long lost fight

The sky turns clear, the storm abates
You leave the world of love that turned to hate
You think you’re free while right across the road
Another Judas waits in a lover’s coat.

Nobody else will do this kind of favour to you
You’ve got no choice but to choose the time
Between great things to come and the souvenirs you’ll burn
Old hopes that will never return

You stumble and fall, all failures recalled
As pure as mean, humble, stupid and wise
One day you dive, some day you rise
Out of your web into eternal purple skies

Nobody else will do this kind of favour to you
You’ve got no choice but to choose the time
Between great things to come and the souvenirs you’ll burn
Old hopes that will never return

The truth won’t be seen
Will you listen to me
Let me tell you a story
You can believe
You can believe

Nobody else will do this kind of favour to you
You’ve got no choice but to choose the time
Between great things to come and the souvenirs you’ll burn
Old hopes that will never return

Be there, when the the lights are fading out
Watch me, I’m the one that’s waiting there
Hold me, as if you never held me before
Promise, you’ll be back again for more

On a crest of a wave
In a stormy night
You call me
As the years go by
Hear your far away cry
As you’re coming nearer

Ride on my merry-go-round
See the years go by
Round and round
Come on my merry-go-round
See the sun in your hair
Hear he voices again

Tell me, about the secrets of days of old
Wake up, as the new day turns to gold
Listen, to the whisper out at sea
Please come back, and let your wisdom shine on me

On a crest of a wave
On a stormy night
You call me
As the years go by
Hear your far away cry
As you’re coming nearer

Ride on my merry-go-round
See the years go by
Round and round
Come on my merry-go-round
See the sun in your hair
Hear he voices again

So I’m riding the dusty road
Crossing wide fields of green
Bound to bury the heavy load
In the garden of halcyon dreams

There’s no reason to run away
There’s no reason to stay
Take the burden upon myself
Make a choice at the last hour of day

Bad moon
Over the valley shade
Brings on the change of light
I fear the most

Then soon
I follow the final miles
Straight to the pearly gates
Waiting for me
At the end of the highway of ghosts

Don’t fear losing the things I own
Never counting the cost
Making sure I am leaving home
To leave all I’ve already lost

Do not know what I hope to find
I just follow the signs
Turning into the moonlit road
Feels like crossing the line

Bad moon
Over the valley shade
Brings on the change of light
I fear the most

Then soon
I follow the final miles
Straight to the pearly gates
Waiting for me
At the end of the highway of ghosts

A glow on the horizon
That might be a fire
Or is it in my head
Kinda weird desire
And the flames grow higher and higher

Bad moon
Over the valley shade
Brings on the change of light
I fear the most

Then soon
I follow the final miles
Straight to the pearly gates
Waiting for me
At the end of the highway of ghosts

The night pleads for mercy but it won’t be heard
Hour after hour through catacombs of hurt
One hundred haunting dreams will
Never find their way out of this
Lightless world

The night rises dawning from the dark of day
Leaves are falling down to decorate my way
Is that you my angel no it’s
Nothing but a shadow in this
Sombre play

There’s no sound but the wings of a bird
With eyes closed I spell secret words

But it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard

The fullmoon in the black sky stares with gazing eyes
The house across the street is growing mountain size
My breath goes like an engine
And my footsteps echo oddly through this
Endless night

There’s no sound but the wings of a bird
With eyes closed I spell secret words

But it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard

I’m trying to trace the skypath of the ravenbird
Again I plead for guidance through this twilit world

But it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard
No, it won’t be heard

When I was a boy it was a grey day
When you came
Now you’re back again
I feel the same way, today
It’s such a shame

You took away the colours and the sunshine
Which was all mine
Your grabbed the songs and stole the smile from
My face, my face, my face
You’re such a disgrace

You don’t have to change my world
Just stay outside there
You don’t have to make my day
Just leave me, go away

Cry for your love in my sleep
A breath away, a touch of you could save me
Cry for your love in my sleep
Wishing you were next to me baby

Trying to reach your hand outside
The dreamcell where I'm forced to hide
Search for your eyes in my sleep
Blinded by the tears I weep

Falling snow builds an icy carpet on the ground below
Feels so real the chapel bell chimes in the afterglow

Waking the dream
This pain is not
The final score
Just a swinging door
I pass on through
To a glade of silvered dew

Floating downstream
Get closer to
The dawning light
The end of night
That saving key
To brighter days foreseen

Walking alone in my dream
Empty streets, eyes behind windows
The pale moon hides up in the trees
Gliding down to sink in the sea

Falling snow builds an icy carpet on the ground below
Feels so real the chapel bell chimes in the afterglow

Waking the dream
This pain is not
The final score
Just a swinging door
I pass on through
To a glade of silvered dew

Floating downstream
Get closer to
The dawning light
The end of night
That saving key
To brighter days foreseen

The morning comes with rain
My journey ends
I'll turn the key
The flood will rise again

Waking the dream
This pain is not
The final score
Just a swinging door
I pass on through
To a glade of silvered dew

Floating downstream
Get closer to
The dawning light
The end of night
That saving key
To brighter days foreseen

Meet you in the twilight zone
Lick my wounds, try to make ends meet
Swimming against the waves
You let me in to have some Tea

All of my life is buried here
And all my moaning she cannot
Hear me, far away
Hear me, so far away

Sinners, Heroes, Liars,
It’s not the end of the world
Cowards, Bravehearts, Vilains
It’s not the end of the world

Let me paint the sky for you
Throw the coin into the wishing well
Then all our dreams come true
Flying high, into the lightblue sky

All of my life is buried here
And all my moaning she cannot
Hear me, far away
Hear me, so far away

And I don’t know, which way to follow
Is it the shadow or the song
Where it will it lead us, nobody can tell you
My heart is weary of this life.

Sinners, Heroes, Liars,
It’s not the end of the world
Cowards, Bravehearts, Vilains
It’s not the end of the world

The power of words is feeding the machine inside your head
I marvel at the wisdom from all brainy books you read
While in the meantime, I let my soul fly
I watch the purple sunset kiss the sky good night

You speak in flood of words and verbal oceans swelling tide
You’re trying to gain more stylish inspiration deep at night
While in the meantime, I let my soul fly
I smell the summer rain before it starts to fall

Well, there's no right or wrong no good or bad
Just pathways high and low
When I saw you in that dream it seemed
You’ve nowhere else to go

There's a lie hidden in between your words
A whisper meant to go unheard
Like stolen rhymes
Kinda spark in ash of time

There's a lie hidden in between these lines
Forming letters that may shine
Upon the wall
Where the fire starts to crawl

We never kissed and now I know we'll never meet again
The sands of time will someday cover all familiar pain
While in the meantime, I let my soul fly
And I will always think of you, my twin reverse

Well, there's no right or wrong no good or bad
Just pathways high and low
When I saw you in that dream it seemed
You’ve nowhere else to go

There's a lie hidden in between your words
A whisper meant to go unheard
Like stolen rhymes
Kinda spark in ash of time

There's a lie hidden in between these lines
Forming letters that may shine
Upon the wall
Where the fire starts to crawl

I always wonder who I was and who were you instead
We were not the same any longer since that day we met

There's a lie hidden in between your words
A whisper meant to go unheard
Like stolen rhymes
Kinda spark in ash of time

There's a lie hidden in between these lines
Forming letters that may shine
Upon the wall
Where the fire starts to crawl

Cats run home to shimmery windows
Dew lies cold upon the ground
You smell the steam of glowing iron
Going round and round

On the edge of dim suburbia
With no promise for an end
You find yourself among the hidden
And the innocent

It comes with no alarm, with no warning
Just the cold I feel
And high above the roofs the shadow’s
Rising like a mountain
It’s the herald of the wheel

Hear the roar, hear the thunder
Through the howl of rain and wind
And you’re praying for salvation
With the dearest paladin

It comes with no alarm, with no warning
Just the cold I feel
And high above the roofs the shadow’s
Rising like a mountain
It’s the herald of the wheel

It’s a war, it’s a hunting
It’s a lethal carnival
Let’s all follow the brave guidance
By the dearest of them all

It comes with no alarm, with no warning
Just the cold I feel
And high above the roofs the shadow’s
Rising like a mountain
It’s the herald of the wheel

Our world is slowly fading
I feel your words invading
My soul and all my senses
Feel good and my heart sings
I’m on my way
Feels like coming home
And when I’m home
I hear you calling my name
And the wall is so incredibly high

I’m a true believer
For I came back to see her
I’m OK
Feels like coming home
And when I’m back
I hear you calling my name
And the walll’s so incredibly high

And I am waiting

Then I see her face
First it’s kiss it’s embrace
The water flows
The magic glows
And I stand still

And I feel good, feels like coming home
And when I’m home
I hear you calling my name
But the Wall is so incredibly high

And I am waiting
And I am waiting
Oh I I’m fading I’m fading away
And I stand still

Baby boy hasn’t yet got the words
To tell bout the brighter world we unlearned to see
Now it’s gone - all tangibility
Magic and miracles we used to be

Here I stand watching you watching me
Wondering what you see behind your eyes
Is it true - there’s heaven beyond the skies
You’re telling me what it’s like
On the brighter side

Dreamweaver still haunting the dark palace
Existing in the corners of my mind

Tap Tap on the hidden stairs
Be still, send a secret prayer
A dreamroad inside my mind
Where the Seer’s led by the Blind

There we are - in a bumboat of refugees
Gliding down heavenly the golden stream
There we are - stranded in shadowland
Sleeping to understand the naked dream

Dreamweaver still haunting the dark palace
Existing in the corners of my mind

Tap Tap on the hidden stairs
Be still, send a secret prayer
A dreamroad inside my mind
Where the Seer’s led by the Blind

I wish I’d see what you see
If only you could tell
In your shiny eyes lies
Written the other sides farewell

Tap Tap on the hidden stairs
Be still send a secret prayer
A dreamroad inside my mind
Where the Seer’s led by the Blind

When you’re down on the ground
And not one soul left around
And the clock strikes twelve in anger
Wasted hours abound

Carry on, carry me
Till the portal’s to be seen
Step up and speak your lines now
And you’ll be free

And when the rain is falling skywards
The sun is hiding in the lake
The dawning deep at night
All mortal chains will break

The orchestra paints solemn mood
The stage is dressed in black and blue
No reasons asked no wrong or right
One final clue one first delight
This is where it ends and where it all begins

Carry on, carry me
Till the portal’s to be seen
Step up and speak your lines now
And you’ll be free

And when the rain is falling skywards
The sun is hiding in the lake
The dawning deep at night
All mortal chains will break

The orchestra paints solemn mood
The stage is dressed in black and blue
No reasons asked no wrong or right
One final clue one first delight
This is where it ends and where it all begins

But when it somehow ends
And we can start anew
What will we know about
The daily riddles that we’ve been through

The orchestra paints solemn mood
The stage is dressed in black and blue
No reasons asked no wrong or right
One final clue one first delight
This is where it ends and where it all begins
This is where it all
This is where it all
This is where it all begins
This is where it all
This is where it all
This is where it all begins
This is where it all
This is where it all
This is where it all begins

Help me to believe
That it’s all real what we achieved
And happiness is falling from the skies

I never thought we could
Arrange so many things for good
A spark can soon be turned into a fire

My heart begins to throb and I’m just trying to understand
What hides inside the marvel in our hands

Let’s take the chance
And set the sails
And leave it all behind

Flowers of love grow on the crest of a moving tune
Sung out loud and echoed from the moon
Until the day we meet again
And the echo from the
Moon that’s haunting
Me is touching you

Help me to believe
That it’s all real what we achieved
And happiness is falling from the skies

I never thought we could
Arrange so many things for good
A spark can soon be turned into a fire

My heart begins to throb and I’m just trying to understand
What hides inside the marvel in our hands

Let’s take the chance
And set the sails
And leave it all behind

Flowers of love grow on the crest of a moving tune
Sung out loud and echoed from the moon
Until the day we meet again
And the echo from the
Moon that’s haunting
Me is touching you

I won’t forget the day
The perfect smile you flashed my way
That left me struck with glaring eyes
And nothing left to say

Flowers of love grow on the crest of a moving tune
Sung out loud and echoed from the moon
Until the day we meet again
And the echo from the
Moon that’s haunting
Me is touching you

Help me to believe
That it’s all real what we achieved
And happiness is falling from the skies

Flowers of love grow on the crest of a moving tune
Sung out loud and echoed from the moon
Until the day we meet again
And the echo from the
Moon that’s haunting
Me is touching you
And the echo from the
Moon that’s haunting
Me is touching you
And the echo from the
Moon that’s haunting
Me is touching you

The petals of the rose so sweet
Down by the lake where lovers meet
Sweetly dancing butterflies
Underneath the clear blue sky

Blackbird’s singing fills the air
There’s smiling people everywhere
There’s water flowing down the vale
There’s so many happy ending tales

And I’m feeling like a nowhere man
In gloomy neverland seeking shelter from the growing storm

There’s nowhere I could run
Nowhere I could turn to to hide from this
A dive into your dear eyes is all I miss
And it’s a nowhere world whithout your hand in mine

Blackbird’s singing fills the air
There’s smiling people everywhere
The water’s flowing down the vale
There’s so many happy ending tales

And I’m feeling like a nowhere man
In gloomy neverland seeking shelter from the growing storm

There’s nowhere I could run
Nowhere I could turn to to hide from this
A dive into your dear eyes is all I miss
And it’s a nowhere world whithout your hand in mine

The summer comes with bright Sunday morning light
Peaceful chiming bells
Calling for the end of the night

There’s nowhere I could run
Nowhere I could turn to to hide from this
A dive into your dear eyes is all I miss
And it’s a nowhere world whithout your hand in mine

There’s no way to be cured from a love like this
There’s no way to be cured from a love like this
There’s no way to be cured from a love like this
And it’s a nowhere world whithout your hand in mine

Baby’s not coming back
To reach out for hermit jack
Sailing the milky way
Of colorful days where
Tunes can make her strong
A chorus to get along

Jeniffer’s on the run
To hide from the rising sun
Throwing her love away
Longing for yesterday
Records of years long gone
Help her to carry on

As tears go by
Through angel eyes
I can see paradise

White satin’s shining so pale
The bus stops in the rain

Paint me a submarine
In silver and seafoamgreen

While Penny and Lucy pass over the bridge
To the garden of golden relief

There’s nothing I’d rather do
Than dance with a girl like you
But I’m not the kind of man
Who’s falling in love again
Singles from 64
Are keeping me looking for

The girls gone by
Through angel eyes
I can see paradise

White satin’s shining so pale
The bus stops in the rain

Paint me a submarine
In silver and seafoamgreen

While Penny and Lucy pass over the bridge
To the garden of golden relief

There’s a shade on the field
Falling down from the summery clear sky
Where the fox hides
And the owl cries

As tears go by
Through angel eyes
I can see paradise

White satin’s shining so pale
The bus stops in the rain

Paint me a submarine
In silver and seafoamgreen

While Penny and Lucy pass over the bridge
To the garden of golden relief

Paint me a submarine
Paint me a submarine
Paint me a submarine
Paint me a submarine

I remember
Walking through snowlands,
Christmas forest
Hidden traces
I remember

Lovesick moments on the
Teenage dancefloor tried so
Hard to name the
Nameless feelings
I remember

Teenage diaries got burned
The shine that never may return
All that’s left is the bitter sweet certainty
That Sundays are sad,
Sundays are sad and blue

Waiting for you by the
Schoolyard corner sharing
Breathless kisses
Forbidden treasures
I remember

Heartbreak diaries got burned
The shine that never may return
All I’m sure of is the bitter sweet certainty
That Sundays are sad,
Sundays are sad and blue

Guitar solo

Teenage diaries got burned
The shine that never may return
All I’m sure of is the bitter sweet certainty
That Sundays are sad,
Sundays are sad and blue

Sundays are sad
Sundays are sad
Sundays are sad

Like a kid with a brand new toy
Supergirl meets Wonderboy
Yesterday was graced with pride and joy

Oh it’s you, don’t look at me
This me ain’t what you hope to see
Those golden rules were never meant to be

But we’re young and beautiful tonight
So young and beautiful, alive,
Like happy fools we shine
Forever and a night

The battle’s over, noone’s won
Under the darkness of the sun
Beyond this dream there’s something going on

Such sight demands an open heart
When bright illusions fall apart
We stretch our minds for sun and moon and stars

Cause we’re young and beautiful tonight
So young and beautiful alive
Like happy fools, we shine
Forever and a night

The sky no longer meets the ground
Red rain is falling down
When cleaning fire comes around,

But we’re young and beautiful tonight
So young and beautiful, alive
Like happy fools we shine
Forever and a night

We shine
Forever and a night
We shine
Forever and a night
We shine
Forever and a night

So here it comes another gloomy monday
A black hole in my heart
I wander near and far

Half asleep I’m walking down St.John’s Lane
A symphony in grey
To wash the night away

Pogue mahones are meeting at the beehive
The laughter and the tears
Of many hundred years

Reality is sitting in the corner
Hiding from the cold
Drinking with the old

Mist is rising from the water in damp and windy air.

I feel the angel again
Coming in from the rain
See the cross on the wall
Hear the sermon for all
Fallen souls in the picture house today

Pogue mahones are meeting at the beehive
The laughter and the tears
Of many hundred years

Reality is sitting in the corner
Hiding from the cold
Drinking with the old

Mist is rising from the water in damp and windy air.

I feel the angel again
Coming in from the rain
See the cross on the wall
Hear the sermon for all
Hallen souls in the picture house today

Hear the trumpets call for the straycats
From the crown to the evening star
Father Duncan is treating the pilgrims
He’s got the cure for wounds and scars

I feel the angel again
Coming in from the rain
See the cross on the wall
Hear the sermon for all
Fallen souls in the picture house today
Fallen souls in the picture house today
Fallen souls in the picture house today

This joy to name
The cure to overcome the shame

All things we share
On the bottom of our needs and cares

Now you hear the call, the unreachable
And solitary soul behind the wall

All change to be right
And rule the haunting shade to light
The unspeakable

So write your name in red to shine through
The painters of the sky sourround you gladly
What you can’t see
The storm of words fades into the night of hurt

These words now gone
The painters hide behind the sun

One sign of love
Like a poem hanging loose above
The unspeakable

So write your name in red to shine through
The painters of the sky sourround you gladly
What you can’t see
The storm of words fades into the night of hurt

Letters forming for a meaning
End up drowned in poems bleeding
Insight; fighting, searching, working
For a sip of heaven’s rain.

So write your name in red to shine through
The painters of the sky sourround you gladly
So write your name in red to shine through
The painters of the sky sourround you gladly
What you can’t see
The storm of words fades into the night of hurt
The night of hurt
The night of hurt
The night of hurt
The night of hurt
The night of hurt

Dreams I had when I was young
Felt the wonder’s begun
Souvenirs everywhere I go
Like blood in the snow

Sad empty horses on the carousel
The funfair’s shut down the wheels stand still
Pictures of the dearest kind
Treasures I must leave behind

Little white flags all over the place
Icy tears rolling down my face
A purple dawn is all I see
Will you carry the torch for me

Oooh, this fear is from another world
No, no, it’s nothing I could tell you girl
Com’on, com’on, let’s try not to get washed away
Even if we love,
the crying days are here to stay

I’ve been through fire and I’ve been through rain
I wonder if I ever perceive again
The dim side of the shining lights
The ugly beauty of the night

Oooh, this fear is from another world
No, no, it’s nothing I could tell you girl
Com’on, com’on, let’s try not to get washed away
Even if we love, the crying days are here to stay

This hunger never can be appeased
These rites won’t get me down on my knees
The pain in my heart still tastes familiar and sweet

Guitar Solo

Oooh, this fear is from another world
No, no, it’s nothing I could tell you girl
Com’on, com’on, let’s try not to get washed away
Even if we love, the crying days are here to stay

The crying days are here to stay
The crying days are here to stay
The crying days are here to stay
The crying days are here to stay

I am stuck in the jungle
I have lost my way home
Jesus Christ doesn’t live here
Anymore

I have lost my direction
I am out in the dark
No one there to protect me
In the dark

But I will go back
Sometime
And I’ll find the place
somewhere

I just wait for the moment
When the sun refuse to shine
Then it’s time to walk backward
Once again

Let me sleep in the orchard
Let me dream the night away
And keep the faith
And it will all some time, come true

Cause I will go back
Sometime
And I’ll find the place
somewhere

Then I’m tossin’ and tumbling
Wheelin’ and rumbling
And my tears waving good bye

Good bye, Goodbye

I am stuck in the jungle
I have lost my way home
Jesus Christ doesn’t live here
Anymore

True love again found to change her mind
When I thought at last love’s alright this time
If your love would last I’ve never been to sure
But hopefully I’ve kept one foot on your door

There was a time I thought I really needed you
When you seemed to care and to help me through
Today you find me free from yesterdays
Right now no longer I must feel this way

To you I know my life’s one long game
Pick me up and throw me back again

Miss you sometimes when you’re near
Love you most when you’re not here
Now the smell of final leaving’s in the air

The room is empty long before
You’re moving out and close the door
Sitting next to me your mind is miles away
Miles away, miles away, miles away

But still you make me sing and rhyme
And ask for
The truth in all these lines, these memories
Of the sweetest of all pains

Miss you sometimes when you’re near
Love you most when you’re not here
Now the smell of final leaving’s in the air

The room is empty long before
You’re moving out and close the door
Sitting next to me your mind is miles away
Miles away, miles away, miles away

Heading down to platform two
Changing lines for bakerloo
Check a seat and then asleep
I’m falling, deeper and down

Through the freshly fallen snow
We’re all marching in a row
The wonderwhite is still
Throwing his icy cloak on the ground

There goes this rambam thundering avalanche
There goes this pleading knock on the door
And I’m still freezing while
They’re sawing up the floor

They’re sawing all night long
I’m not sure what’s going on
And the everlasting cold
Is drawing a border sharp as a sword

There goes this rambam thundering avalanche
There goes this pleading knock on the door
And I’m still freezing while
They’re sawing up the floor

I’m praying for an end
Of these darkest of all hours
The ice built flowers
On broken glass

verse

There goes this rambam thundering avalanche
There goes this pleading knock on the door
And I’m still freezing while
They’re breaking through the door

You’ve seen hardship
You’ve seen pain
Now come along boy, come along boy
You know what it’s like in the pouring rain
Now come along boy, come along boy

Come along boy, come along boy
Come along boy, come along boy

Take my hand now
Let’s walk down St. Martins Lane

Find your star now
High above St. Martins Lane
And you’ll see
It will never be the same
Cause I know you for a while
And I always liked your style
Some people love it
Some people never will

Sometimes you feel like a hit and run
Now come along boy, come along boy
You’ve burned your wings too close to the sun
Now come along boy, come along boy

Come along boy, come along boy
Come along boy, come along boy

Take my hand now
Let’s walk down St. Martins Lane

Find your star now
High above St. Martins Lane
And you’ll see
It will never be the same
Cause I’ve seen you for a while
And I always liked your style
Some people have it
Some people never will

And I know what you’re looking for
And I know what you’re looking for

Take my hand now
Let’s walk down St. Martins Lane
Find your star now
High above St. Martins Lane
And you’ll see
It will never be the same
Cause I’ve known you for a while
And I never saw you smile
Some people have it
Some people never will

Woke up with a past I can’t explain
Thoughts wrapped in a rainy day
Each road is long though short it seems
As choices turn to fading dreams

One dream
Lit up by skyfire
Four eyes view what was never told
One dream
Carry me homeward
Sorrow and laughter in green and gold

Outside this is what may be me All I really want for you to see Is the way I care for what’s inside Through the years I tried and learned to hide One dream Lit up by skyfire Four eyes view what was never told One dream Carry me homeward Sorrow and laughter in green and gold I recall the carefree days Thousand fields, youthful play Run away
Run away
Laving Mayfair

The rabbit and the toad
Are heading down the road
And the princess is kissing the frog in vain

All my days exhale
Shades of fairy tales
And at night I’m hearing this voice again

Through the clouds I’m soaring
Through trees I’m swinging
I howl and moan
I am the wind

Splash the colours of joy on the doomdark wall
Blow these bonds of denial and let it fall
Sometimes I’d love to stand alone
Some posession you could call your own
But I, I am the wind

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would cry and I’d do it all again

It’s only in my mind
The unmaterial kind
You don’t understand and I can’t explain

Through the clouds I’m soaring
Through trees I’m swinging
I howl and moan
I am the wind

Splash the colours of joy on the doomdark wall
Blow these bonds of denial and let it fall
Sometimes I’d love to stand alone
Some posession you could call your own
But I, I am the wind

Sometimes I would love to see you as clear
As mountains appear when the day breaks

Splash the colours of joy on the doomdark wall
Blow these bonds of denial and let it fall

We began with playing 'round the border
We ran through fields of wuthering sorrow
And the closer we got
The wilder we fought

Take this dream and sell it on the market
We decide to push it to the sharp end
A whole lifetime in one week
With all the wonders to see

Sometimes the fever strolls in the city at night
Hand in hand we cruise the broadway of light
Crossing old Memory Lane
Down in the small café
The feeling returns for a moment or two

No love, no bleak word has been spoken
We decide the magic is awoken
So we’re stepping out again
And of course it starts to rain

Sometimes the fever strolls in the city at night
Hand in hand we cruise the broadway of light
Crossing old Memory Lane
Down in the small café
The feeling returns for a moment or two

Put the tools away for a little while
Close your eyes and listen to the breeze
The dream will seize your mind in common style
In coloured blaze signs increase

As soulful
As impossible
As demanding as the guiding star above

The shadow’s bigger than the subject
The fear goes deeper than the nail
The vision’s sharper than the concept
The dream shines brighter
Brighter than the grail

Shadows of the dead in decent play
Beyond the light where they meet
A dream is not a crime the angels say
But beware and don’t repeat

As soulful
As impossible
As demanding as the guiding star above

The shadow’s bigger than the subject
The fear goes deeper than the nail
The vision’s sharper than the concept
The dream shines brighter
Brighter than the grail

This dance in circles
I promise we won’t repeat
Love is all we need
To come home

there will be memories
which cannot be deflected
there will be marks
you cant wash off your hands
theres a signal you will
never see from where you stand

day by day
groping in the labyrinth
searching ways,
trying to recall
hidden signs of
a world behind these walls

looking to the right, this could mean freedom
turning to the left where Eden might shine

do we jam in a castle made of ice
in the desert of the damned
do we hide from the winds outside
rangers moving in at night
the hillfires shining bright

that very night
there were voices in the corridor
the wet walls
touch your shoulders on each side
the meaning lies in
the absolute way you try

shadows live to blind the sun
rooms are made to walk back into
after light has gone

There’s a hole in the ground
When there’s noone around
A dream so scary
Noone to share
The awareness I did it my way
Hear you laughing loud
From the top of the hill

At the end of the road
When there’s nowhere to go
A fish in the low tide
Tears in my mind’s eye
I wonder if it’s the right way
Take a clear good look
From the top of the hill

Free fall
Two lovers to blame
At the end of the day
When there’s nothing to say,
But

When your heart gives in again
And dawn is breaking through
There’s the chance to win again
Make one piece out of two again

Again, again,
Again
I hold you when the storm begins

In my mind’s eye I see you standing there
Hear your passion building sighs
Feel the warmth of your skin and I’m aware
Red clouds forming in the light

Winning love like tasting drops of rain
From the clouds where hope begins
See the skyline rising into dawn
It’s the day the ship comes in

Feel my heart swing the rhythm of the waves
Banging on the glistening shore
High beyond the sky from which you fell
Lies the rest you’re aching for

Not afraid of changes without warning
Changing isn’t harming
I’m losing body – I’m gaining sky

In this land you know so well
You’ll find the silence you have prayed for
From this hand like an empty shell
Sipping moonmilk on the seashore
A last ride out with the tiger
Prepare to leave the jungle suite
And rise
With your head on fire

There’s a land you know so well
And the signs that tell
About a broken spell

On and on the river flows
In precious waves the story goes
The journey ends I feel the sting
The stitch that only healing brings

In this land you know so well
You’ll find the silence you have prayed for
From this hand like an empty shell
Sipping moonmilk on the seashore
A last ride out with the tiger
Prepare to leave the jungle suite
And rise
With your head on fire

Under the Bridge of Doubts you find
Hunger for love and faith
Under the Bridge of Doubts I walk
Wonder where you might be
On this wonderful wonderful day

Under the Bridge of Doubts you meet
Strangers so familiar somehow
Under the Bridge of Doubts I walk
Wonder where you might be
On this wonderful wonderful day
On this wonderful wonderful day

And I see you face under the bridge
And I see you face in the neon light
And I see you face on the back of a bus
And I see you face everywhere

Under the Bridge of Doubts you find
Hunger for love and faith
Under the Bridge of Doubts I walk
Wonder where you might be
On this wonderful wonderful day
On this wonderful wonderful day

And I see you face under the bridge
And I see you face in the neon light
And I see you face on the back of a bus
And I see you face everywhere

Under the Bridge of Doubts you meet
Strangers so familiar somehow
Under the Bridge of Doubts I walk
Wonder where you might be
On this wonderful wonderful day
On this wonderful wonderful day

And I see you face under the bridge
And I see you face in the neon light
And I see you face on the back of a bus
And I see you face everywhere

Lalalala!

Dear old friend
The darkness that surrounds me
Soon finds an end
As you wait for me there
Tear down these walls
Built of sadness and shame
Hear you call my dear name

The last train past winterhill at noon
We’ve seen the tail-lights
But com’on now we can march on the bare rails

My old bags are filled
With hunger for reason
Our backs to the shore
We leave the cold house behind
The beautiful rain
A teacup of ashes
Tomorrow we’ll bloom

The last train past winterhill at noon
We’ve seen the tail-lights
But com’on now we can march on the bare rails

Death, don’t be proud
Of the last word
We’ll burn the cold house down
And we’ll be late, so late

The last train past winterhill at noon
We’ve seen the tail-lights
But com’on now we can march on the bare rails

The backyard was my kingdom
That’s where I got my name from
Hiding up in the old tree
The scent of rain in the noon-breeze

Long ago in the garden
Golden flakes were falling
The sun on petals glancing
A smile like a butterfly dancing

Running free let my dear soul flow
Find a place where the barley grows
And the sweet winds blow
And the hours go slow
And noone knows my name
Noone knows my name
A brand new name

I’m staring at the ceiling
Feels like I’m believing
Figure out the meaning
The major reasons for being

Running free let my dear soul flow
Find a place where the barley grows
And the sweet winds blow
And the hours go slow
And noone knows my name
Noone knows my name
A brand new name

Show me the way back home
To where I can be alone
Spell my name for the last of times
Adorn it with a sacred smile

Strolling, sipping the night air
A lone traveller from nowhere
Reaching out for the warm end
Back home here in the garden

Running free let my dear soul flow
Find a place where the barley grows
And the sweet winds blow
And the hours go slow
And noone knows my name
Noone knows my name
A brand new name

There she stands with her black hair flowing
Sending smiles like a pearly queen
A warming fire in my heart’s growing
For the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen
Should I be scared of what my dreams mean?

When every love was wrong
I’d be still in love with you
When every word’s a lie
Your smile’s meant to be true

Flying hearts looking down to earth
A distant view of the common world
Safe and sound this is how we feel
High in the sky on the giant wheel

Your hand in mine I feel near to heaven
Our star is rising while the sun goes down
This feast of lovers in which we revel
I wish this wheel would never reach the ground
But how could that be when it’s turning round?

When every love was wrong
I’d be still in love with you
When every word’s a lie
Your smile’s meant to be true

Flying hearts looking down to earth
A distant view of the common world
Safe and sound this is how we feel
High in the sky on the giant wheel

And as the world keeps turning
Our love fire is burning
On and on and round and round

Flying hearts looking down to earth
A distant view of the common world
Safe and sound this is how we feel
High in the sky on the giant wheel

An ancient feeling’s running through me like a wave
Longing for the brightest of the long gone days
Crucifiy my instincts that make me take control
An overload of answers is not enough to fill the hole

The taste lingers on my lips like a poem of salt and sense
The secret about the reason why we’re here
Hiding in the bushes between roses and the fence
Digging in the dark to bury a young soul’s fear

Imprisoned in the space between heart and brain
Someone here must be praying for this again
Crucifiy my instincts that make me take control
An overload of answers is not enough to fill the hole

The taste lingers on my lips like a poem of salt and sense
The secret about the reason why we’re here
Hiding in the bushes between roses and the fence
Digging in the dark to bury a young soul’s fear

As I sing to the heavens
To a star to wish upon
And when the senses melt again
Our prophecy has won

The taste lingers on my lips like a poem of salt and sense
The secret about the reason why we’re here
Hiding in the bushes between roses and the fence

In his little boat
He’s floating downstream
There’s no horizon
In a land he doesn’t belong
In the corners of his mind he hears the sound
The writing on the wall

She’s been living in the past for much too long
And when she said the words
The walls came tumbling down
In the corners of her mind she hears the sound
The writing on the wall

Two faces
Two choices
Two rivers flow
Two stories
Two pictures
Two rivers

Walking on thin ice
Hiding in disguise
Forever and a day
To be free

In his little boat
He’s floating downstream
There’s no horizon
In a land he doesn’t belong
In the corners of his mind he hears the sound
The writing on the wall

Two faces
Two choices
Two rivers flow
Two stories
Two pictures
Two rivers

Walking on thin ice
Hiding in disguise
Forever and a day
To be free

Caught in the night shine
Crossing the red line
Fused in the wide sea
Wish that you were here with me

Two faces
Two choices
Two rivers flow
Two stories
Two pictures
Two rivers

Walking on thin ice
Hiding in disguise
Forever and a day
To be free like me

Stell dr vor, es wär nid wohr
Es gäb kei FCB
Kei Kurve und kei Joggeli,
Keini Meischterfiire meh

Basel wär zwar gliich
E wunderschöni stolzi Stadt
Aber ohni die zwei Farbe
Wär sie troschtlos und fad

Basel ohni FCB wär wie
Ohni Fasnacht sii
Ohni grieni Drämmli
Und ohni unsre Rhii

Denn was uns Basler zämmehebbt
Mer wüsses ganz genau
Isch öbbis womer gmeinsam hänn
Mir liebe Rot und Blau!

Fuessballclubs gits vili, aber ich lieb nummen ein
Rotblau isch für immer mi Verein

Das git's numme z'Basel
In dr Fuessballstadt am Rhii
Das git's numme do bi uns
Und jo do möcht i sii.

Das git's numme z'Basel
Das seh nid nur ich eso
Bald all Johr e Meischterfiir,
Jä, das git's numme do
Und blibt für immer in mim Härz
Das isch Basel

Wenn d wüsse wottsch wie Basel tiggt
Denn kumm ins Joggeli
Wenn vorem Match d Luft vibriert
Möchtsch nienen andersch si

Und s Härz Dir hööcher schloht
Wenn d Kurve vorwärts goht
Und für unsri Mannschaft
Als 12. Maa uffstoht

Fuessballclubs gits vili aber ich lieb nummen ein
Rotblau isch für immer mi Verein

Das git's numme z'Basel
In dr Fuessballstadt am Rhii
Das git's numme do bi uns
Und jo do möcht i sii.

Das git's numme z'Basel
Das seh nid nur ich eso
Bald all Johr e Meischterfiir,
Jä, das git's numme do
Und blibt für immer in mim Härz
Das isch Basel
Das isch Basel

Das git's numme z'Basel
In dr Fuessballstadt am Rhii
Das git's numme do bi uns
Und jo do möcht i sii.

Das git's numme z'Basel
Das seh nid nur ich eso
Bald all Johr e Meischterfiir,
Jä, das git's numme do
Und blibt für immer in mim Härz

Das isch Basel

Dr Wind pfift dur d Riss vo alte Muure
E Vogel singt im Baum si truurig Lied
Dr Rääge dropft durs Dach vo dr Dribüne
S Unkrut waggst d Stehplätz langsam zue
Und doch hör is vo witem ganz liis klinge
I hör Basler klatsche, singe, Fahne schwinge
Und dr Nääbel foot sich langsam afo liechte
E Binggis druggt em Babbe sini Hand

Denn schiint d Sunne über em Landhof
Und sie schiint im hälle Rot und Blau
Mir sin alli zrugg im Landhof
An däm goldigen Afang ohni Änd

Dr Karli spilt e Pass zum Walti Balmer
Und dr Balmer weiss, wie me Flangge schloot
Im Strofruum luurt e Fuchs namens Helmut Hauser
Das isch dä wo kei Gnad kennt und weiss wo s Goal stoht
Dr Marcel Kuenz seht d Szene vo ganz hinde
Und är ahnt scho, was als nöggschts passiert
Dr Ball fliegt wit, hoch in Sunntignomidaag
Und der Hauser isch parat für si Schäreschlaag

Denn schiint d Sunne über em Landhof
Und sie schiint im hälle Rot und Blau
Mir sin alli zrugg im Landhof
An däm goldigen Afang ohni Änd

S liggt Näbel überem Dreispitz
Ich lauf abe Richtig Park
Vo witem sehn i s Stadionliecht
Und s Gfühl wird jetzt ganz stargg
Das Gfühl das chunnt vo friehner
Scho als Bueb do hets nüt Grössers gäh
Als do z sii bim FCB

Und dinne denn im Stadion
Do sitz i zerscht ganz still
Lueg umme, loos dr Kurve zue
S wird ganz warm in mir drin
Und denn chunnt dä Momänt
Si laufen ii - der FC Irgendöbber
Und unsere FCB

Spiil für Spiil und Johr für Johr
Für immer und e Daag
Mi Härz das schloot für Rotblau

Gool für Gool und Siig für Siig
Für immer und e Daag
Mi Härz das schloot für Basel

Mi Härz für en FCB
Mi Härz für en FCB
Mi Härz für en FCB

Die Freud und au dä Zauber
Das gits nur do am Rhii
Ob’s Schiggsal oder Glügg isch
S ka nienen anderscht sii
Ob Schuelbueb oder Bängger oder Dräumer
Hütt z Obe stöhmer ii
Für en FCB

Spiil für Spiil und Johr für Johr
Für immer und e Daag
Mi Härz das schloot für Rotblau

Gool für Gool und Siig für Siig
Für immer und e Daag
Mi Härz das schloot für Basel

Mi Härz für en FCB
Mi Härz für en FCB
Mi Härz für en FCB

Und wenn s denn ändlig Friehlig wird
Kunnt dr Fuessball wider hei
Denn plant me z Basel d Meischterfiir
Und die andere sinn für immer
Allerhöggschtens d Nummere Zwei

Spiil für Spiil und Johr für Johr
Für immer und e Daag
Mi Härz das schloot für Rotblau

Gool für Gool und Siig für Siig
Für immer und e Daag
Mi Härz das schloot für Basel

Mi Härz für en FCB
Mi Härz für en FCB
Mi Härz für en FCB

Vo Fuessball,
 do verstohsch du nüt
Dir hets zvil Lüt im Stadion
Ich frog mi denn
Wie söll das au
Mit uns no uusekoh

Ich wart uf di
Ha immer scho
Gwartet - und gwüsst, dass es di git
Ich wart uf di
Wenn d vom Schaffe kunnsch
Denn frog i di, kunnsch jetz mit?

Ich träum vo uns und hoff ganz fescht,
Dass du mi Gschicht verstohsch
Ich träum vo uns und wünsch mir sehr,
Dass dr ganz Wäg mit mir gohsch

Chumm mit mir und nimm mi Hand
Chumm mit mir ins Fuessball-Land
Ich zeig dir e Wält in Rot und Blau

Ich stand glügglig näbe dir
Du teilsch das grosse Gfühl mit mir
Und all das won ich spüür, spüürsch du jetz au

Ich lueg uf d Uhr
S isch bald sowit
I mach Schluss für hütt, bis morn
I renn uffs Dram
Hol di vom Schaffen ab
Grad so wie in unserem erschte Joor

Hütt dräum i nümm und i weiss ganz klar,
Dass du mi Gschicht verstohsch
Und hütt bin ich mir sicher,
Dass der ganz Wäg mit mir gohsch

Chumm mit mir und nimm mi Hand
Chumm mit mir ins Fuessball-Land
Ich zeig dir e Wält in Rot und Blau

Ich stand glügglig näbe dir
Du teilsch das grosse Gfühl mit mir
Und all das won ich spüür, spüürsch du jetz au

Im Frielig uff em Barfi
An dinere erschte Meischterfiir
Do lüüchte dini Auge
Im rote Fackelschiin

Ohohohoh

Chumm mit mir und nimm mi Hand
Chumm mit mir ins Fuessball-Land
Ich zeig dir e Wält in Rot und Blau

Ich stand glügglig näbe dir
Du teilsch das grosse Gfühl mit mir
Und all das won ich spüür, spüürsch du jetz au

Chumm mit mir und nimm mi Hand
Chumm mit mir ins Fuessball-Land
Ich zeig dir e Wält in Rot und Blau

Dr Friehlig kunnt
S het grägnet hütt
D Luft isch klar

Ich lauf dur d Stadt
Gniess mi Dag
Driff Menschen a

Und z Obe denn an Match
Dr Gegner kennt me guet
Die einti Erinnerig, die git kei Rueh

Wenn i zrugg lueg
Han i immer no
Das Bild vor mir

Denn isch's wider do
Es goht nid wäg
Das schwarze Gfühl

Eigentlig isch's jo scho
E zimligs Zitli här
Aber immerno wird mi rotblaus Härz so schwär

I weiss no
Dä grossi Dag
Die Nacht im Mai

S letschte Spiil
Um d Meischterschaft
Do dehei

S goht hi und här und uff und ab
Um alles oder nüt
Plant isch dr gross Triumph, jetzt und hütt

En 1:1 längt
S goht nümme lang
Ich sag kei Wort

In dr Noochspiilzit
Dä Iiwurf
Am falschen Ort

Nünzähhundertsächzig
Bin i in d Primarschuel koh
An mim sibte Geburtstag
Han i e Läderball bikoh

Ich ha mr Mieh gäh in dr Schuel
Ha gueti Note griegt
D Eltere sin zfriide gsi
Dr Lehrer het mi griehmt

Zwei Johr spööter het mi Babbe gseit:
„Loos zue, junge Ma
Du bisch jetz in dr Schuel
Bald foot dr Ärnscht vom Lääben a

Aber do ghört no meh drzue,
Dasch wichtig - jetz isch Zit
Am Sunntig isch e Heimspiil
Wenn d'wotsch denn nimm di mit“

Ich ha fascht nid chönne schloofe
Ha s Kribblen im Maage gha
Und i ha ganz fescht gschpüürt
Jetz foot öbbis Grosses a

Ich erinnere mi an Stumperauch
Mi Babbe mit em Huet
Wo zu mir seit: „dr Blond dört mit em 8,
Muesch luege, dä wird emol guet“

Ich sag Danggschön für dä Daag
Ich sag Danggschön mit däm Lied
Für das rotblaue Gfühl
Wo sich dur mi Lääbe zieht

Vom Landhof ins Joggeli
Won i hüt no anegang
Sit denn han ich das Füür in mir
Das brennt e Lääbe lang, e Lääbe lang

Ich han e schöni Kindheit gha
Voll vo hällen Augebligg
Aber kein wie dä wo mi Babbe seit:
„Wenn d’wotsch - denn nimm di mit“

An däm erschte Match im Landhof
Do isch es passiert
An däm Frieligs-Sunntignomidaag
Do han i mi verliebt

Mi Babben isch scho lang nümm do
Aber ich weiss, das wär in sim Sinn
Und immer wenn i an Match gang
Denn dängg i zrugg an in

Ich erinnere mi an Stumperauch
Mi Babbe mit em Huet
Wo zu mir sait: „dr Blond dört mit em 8,
Muesch luege, dä wird emol guet“

Ich sag Danggschön für dä Daag
Ich sag Danggschön mit däm Lied
Für das rotblaue Gfühl
Wo sich dur mi Lääbe zieht

Vom Landhof ins Joggeli
Won i hüt no anegang
Sit denn han ich das Füür in mir
Das brennt e Lääbe lang, e Lääbe lan

Es dämmeret duss, ich sitz ellei am Tisch
S isch still und leer sit du gange bisch
Ha immer gmeint, s miess für immer sii
Aber gescht hesch gseit, es sig scho lang verbii

D Dääg sin dunggel und d Nächt sin kalt
Dr Job isch wägg, ich fühl mi leer und alt
Das Lääbe do bedütet mir nid vil
Und doch han i no das einte Ziil

90 Minute, s Gfühl e Siiger z sii

Am Samschtig z Nacht tauch i ii in e Meer vo Rotblau, Rotblau
Denn bin i frei, vergiss alli Schatte, läb mi Traum, Rotblau

Aber alli Siig und alli Goal bringen unseri Liebi nid zrugg
Nach em Match lauf ich ellei zu mir hei - über d Brugg

D Brugg isch immer unser Zeiche gsi
Verbindet Basel – bindet di an mi
Das isch jetz mit eim Schlag verbii
Ich nimm mi Schal und gang übere Rhii

Für 90 Minute s Gfühl e Siiger z sii

Am Samschtig z Nacht tauch i ii in e Meer vo Rotblau, Rotblau
Denn bin i frei, vergiss alli Schatte, läb mi Traum, Rotblau

Drissigdausig stöhn zämme und singe dä Name
Das isch alles wo zellt, das isch alles wo blibt
Das isch Basel!

Aber alli Siig und alli Goal bringen unseri Liebi nid zrugg
Nach em Match lauf ich ellei zu mir hei - über d Brugg

Das isch alles wo zellt
Das isch alles wo blibt
Das isch Basel!

Dr Wind bloost liicht durs lüüchtend Gras
Dr Mond stoht hooch und still
I bi dr Dänzer mit elf rotblaue Härz
Ich danz mit em Ball
Zur Muusig vo St. Jakob

S Gras isch nass, mini Bei sinn liicht
D Helde laufen ii
Dr Schiri pfift, dr Danz fangt aa
Dr Danz mit em Ball
Zur Muusig vo St.Jakob

Rotblau, we love you, niemerts haltet uns hütt uff
Basel, we love you, niemerts haltet uns hütt uff

Mi Schatte isch dr einzig Fründ
Der Mond schiint kiehl und bleich
I bi dr Dänzer mit elf rotblaue Härz
Ich danz mit em Ball
Zur Muusig vo St. Jakob

Goalie, gib guet Acht, niemerts haltet uns hütt uff
Keeper, gib guet Acht, niemerts haltet uns hütt uff

Plötzlig sehsch en anders Bild
Dr Mond isch nie häller gsi
Fanfare riefe mit Herolds-Doon
Hütt isch unsre Daag
Für immer, und immer, und immer e Siiger...

Z’si
Rotblau, we love you, niemerts haltet uns hütt uff
Basel, we love you, niemerts haltet uns hütt uff

Alles wo mi wunderet
Lott mi dräume in dr Nacht
Alles wo mer Hoffnig git
Und mi glügglig macht

Alles isch scho gseit
Überlegt und definiert
Alles isch scho gsunge
Über das wo mi beriehrt

Wenn i di due frooge
Und so sehr i di au bitt
Was macht’s us, was isch andersch?
Erkläre chasch es nit

Grossi Clubs und lutti Fans
Gitt’s uff dr ganze Wält
Do goht’s um Emotione
Um Erfolg und Riisegäld

Bi uns isch das ganz ähnlig
Und doch au nit ganz gliich
Mir hänn e bsunders Gfühl im Härz
Das macht is alli riich

Wenn i di due frooge
Und so sehr i di au bitt
Was macht’s us, was isch andersch?
Erkläre chasch es nit

Ich hane Basilisgg im Härz
Dä speut Füür wie dr Vesuv
Richtig zfriide isch er nur
Wenn ich d’Joggeli-Luft iischnuuf

Und wenn de amene Chrützwääg stohsch
Und nümme weisch wo’s dure goht

Probier doch ganz dief in dir drin
Dr rotblau Himmel z gseh
Und frogsch di was isch andersch do?
Dr Basilisgg weiss meh

S git meh als was me seht
Oder was me weiss
Das meh das bedütet
Dir göhnt nie ellei
Das Wunder het e Name
Dä Ort isch nid neu
Do bin ich dehei

Vor vile lange Johr
Isch dä Traum verwacht
Isch die Kraft entstande
Inere hälle Nacht
Ich bi do gebore
Uff em griene Gras
Ich bi do dehei

Ich bi dr Gaischt vo St. Jakob
Ich stand hindedra
Ich triib Helden a
Ich bi dr Gaischt vo St. Jakob
Ich bi do dehei
Dir göhnd nie ellei

Dr Mond luegt obenabe
Es isch wider Zit
Wenn s Liecht am hällschten isch
Denn isch’s sowit
Dä Boden isch is heilig
Amene Tag wie hütt
Denn sin mir dehei

Mir sin dr Gaischt vo St. Jakob
Mir stöhn hindedra
Triibe Helden a
Mir sin dr Gaischt vo St. Jakob
Mir sin do dehei
Dir göhnd nie ellei