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We take it for granted<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (music & lyrics by Jaap Vissering)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wild and savage and empty lie the sunken lands<\/p>\n\n\n\n When poor men slaved and Jesus saved<\/p>\n\n\n\n And Jesus saved<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blood sweat and tears. Cultivated with bare hands<\/p>\n\n\n\n We take it for granted, the sunken lands<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sunken lands <\/p>\n\n\n\n The devil used to wander around<\/p>\n\n\n\n He got chased by brave men <\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s what the legend tells <\/p>\n\n\n\n Either that or go to hell<\/p>\n\n\n\n Great grandfathers and great grandmothers<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why we fail to honour who should be honoured<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who should be honoured<\/p>\n\n\n\n I need this wide view and the straight lines to clear my head<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now we take it for granted, the sunken lands<\/p>\n\n\n\n The sunken lands<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not a cloud in the sky <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (music & lyrics by Jaap Vissering)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was born in a small town <\/p>\n\n\n\n Raised near the land<\/p>\n\n\n\n We used to climb haystacks<\/p>\n\n\n\n Covered in dust and sand<\/p>\n\n\n\n We built a hut in the forest<\/p>\n\n\n\n And we could see for miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daddy was a worried man<\/p>\n\n\n\n But not a cloud in the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n I only remember sunny days<\/p>\n\n\n\n And I never lacked anything<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking back, I know better and I know why<\/p>\n\n\n\n There ain\u2019t a cloud in the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n There ain\u2019t a cloud in the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n I fell in love with music<\/p>\n\n\n\n At a very young age<\/p>\n\n\n\n And daddy played his guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n Almost every day <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The damage is done <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (music & lyrics by Jaap Vissering)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I got myself into trouble again<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now I gotta take care of myself<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tonight again, it all got out of hand<\/p>\n\n\n\n So I asked my friend Jim Beam for help<\/p>\n\n\n\n I asked my friend Jim Beam for help<\/p>\n\n\n\n A long time ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n I used to blame it all on the whiskey<\/p>\n\n\n\n Used to blame it on you<\/p>\n\n\n\n But now I look at myself in the mirror<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s the one I should\u2019ve been talkin\u2019 to<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\u2019s the one I should\u2019ve been talkin\u2019 to<\/p>\n\n\n\n A long time ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the storm dies down<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the damage is done<\/p>\n\n\n\n There ain\u2019t no turning around<\/p>\n\n\n\n And everything is gone<\/p>\n\n\n\n I got sobered up in my empty house<\/p>\n\n\n\n Texting you all my regrets<\/p>\n\n\n\n But in this rare moment of clarity<\/p>\n\n\n\n I realize I\u2019m not in your head<\/p>\n\n\n\n I realize I\u2019m not in your head<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was a long time ago<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrew<\/strong> (music & lyrics by Jaap Vissering)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you remember Andrew,<\/p>\n\n\n\n we were high school friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n We used to hang out on Friday afternoons<\/p>\n\n\n\n Getting drunk in the woods<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misfits and loners who understood<\/p>\n\n\n\n This will all be over soon<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a couple of beers<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrew was loosen up <\/p>\n\n\n\n Talkin\u2019 about the shit he was going through<\/p>\n\n\n\n We made fun of him getting buzzed<\/p>\n\n\n\n Till he couldn\u2019t get up on his feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n We just dropped him off<\/p>\n\n\n\n Little did we know<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrew<\/p>\n\n\n\n And when we graduated<\/p>\n\n\n\n I turned left and he turned right<\/p>\n\n\n\n We both moved on with our lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n I heard through the grapevine<\/p>\n\n\n\n That he dropped out of school<\/p>\n\n\n\n And found a girl that hits the bottle too<\/p>\n\n\n\n After a couple of years <\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrew was shutting down<\/p>\n\n\n\n Never talkin\u2019 about the shit he was going through<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2018Cause she makes fun of him getting buzzed<\/p>\n\n\n\n They got married. Working temporary jobs<\/p>\n\n\n\n Man, I hope you\u2019re happy too<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrew<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pretty good guy<\/strong> (music & lyrics by Edwin Jongedijk)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well I might have done some good things wrong<\/p>\n\n\n\n And I might have done the bad things right<\/p>\n\n\n\n Should\u2019ve done a lot of things different <\/p>\n\n\n\n But you can\u2019t say I didn\u2019t try<\/p>\n\n\n\n And I might have a selective memory <\/p>\n\n\n\n Of some occasions along the way<\/p>\n\n\n\n Confessin\u2019 doesn\u2019t help a man out much<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t pay attention to what I say<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overall I\u2019m a pretty good guy<\/p>\n\n\n\n With some flaws in his ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n I make mistakes more here, than there<\/p>\n\n\n\n But my heart is in the right place<\/p>\n\n\n\n I been known to speak my mind<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes I bend the truth<\/p>\n\n\n\n I may show up, or maybe I won\u2019t<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I find something else to do<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whiskey or wine, I don\u2019t care<\/p>\n\n\n\n As long as I catch a buzz<\/p>\n\n\n\n But all those nights when I stayed out late<\/p>\n\n\n\n I never caused a fuss<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah, overall I\u2019m a pretty good guy<\/p>\n\n\n\n With some flaws in his ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n I make mistakes more here, than there<\/p>\n\n\n\n But my heart is in the right place<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not my time <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (music & lyrics by Jaap Vissering)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I guess it\u2019s in the moment of dying when we understand life<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was touch-and-go there for a while<\/p>\n\n\n\n I see it as tough luck<\/p>\n\n\n\n and I was lucky at the same time<\/p>\n\n\n\n I guess it\u2019s in the moment of dying when we understand life<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was in the wrong and best place at the wrong and best time<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hanging by a thread, but they used a blunt knife<\/p>\n\n\n\n I guess I won\u2019t make it till 80<\/p>\n\n\n\n But at least I turned 39<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was in the wrong and best place at the wrong and best time<\/p>\n\n\n\n I met the devil and an angel <\/p>\n\n\n\n They both said it\u2019s not my time<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not my time<\/p>\n\n\n\n And when the lights go out, it stops\u2026 no dark, no light<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only the pain and memories of those left behind <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m not afraid to die<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it scares me not to live<\/p>\n\n\n\n And when the lights go out, it stops\u2026 no dark, no light<\/p>\n\n\n\n I met the devil and an angel<\/p>\n\n\n\n They both looked me in the eyes<\/p>\n\n\n\n I met the devil and an angel<\/p>\n\n\n\n They both said it\u2019s not my time<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not my time<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not my time<\/p>\n\n\n\n I guess it\u2019s in the moment of dying when we understand life<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was touch-and-go there for a while<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m still not afraid to die<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it scares me not to live<\/p>\n\n\n\n I guess it\u2019s in the moment of dying when we understand life<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n His old tattoo <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (music by Edwin Jongedijk & lyrics by Jaap Vissering)<\/p>\n\n\n\n His old tattoo is faded <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just like his memories <\/p>\n\n\n\n And though he\u2019s marked for life<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still waters run deep<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why he ended up so jaded?<\/p>\n\n\n\n He looks like an open book to me<\/p>\n\n\n\n A picture paints a thousand words<\/p>\n\n\n\n But we\u2019re not getting the whole story<\/p>\n\n\n\n When words can\u2019t express <\/p>\n\n\n\n And stories even less <\/p>\n\n\n\n You better read between the lines <\/p>\n\n\n\n It takes one to know one<\/p>\n\n\n\n And not all wounds heal over time <\/p>\n\n\n\n He was mumbling words<\/p>\n\n\n\n I couldn\u2019t understand<\/p>\n\n\n\n But his future is defined <\/p>\n\n\n\n By whatever happened to the man<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now his old tattoo is faded <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just like his memories <\/p>\n\n\n\n But he clearly remembers<\/p>\n\n\n\n That one day, back in \u201863<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Broken homes and broken hearts <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (music & lyrics by Jaap Vissering)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Broken homes and broken hearts<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their path in live is paved<\/p>\n\n\n\n Broken bones and broken dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n And a future that is razed<\/p>\n\n\n\n Little children with torn roots<\/p>\n\n\n\n A chip of the old block<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not on purpose, old habits die hard<\/p>\n\n\n\n Broken homes and broken hearts<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wish I could make a change<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teach \u2018em lessons to remember<\/p>\n\n\n\n But how can one heal a heart or soul<\/p>\n\n\n\n that is dismembered?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Broken homes and broken hearts <\/p>\n\n\n\n Their path in live is paved<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not on purpose, old habits die hard<\/p>\n\n\n\n Broken homes and broken hearts<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lighthouse <\/strong>(music & lyrics by Jaap Vissering)<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s a lighthouse on a hill Stay with me till the end of days <\/p>\n\n\n\n And I am never going back where I came from <\/p>\n\n\n\n I wanna sail away <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s an island in the sea A home base I will never leave <\/p>\n\n\n\n Push the boat offshore <\/p>\n\n\n\n I travelled the seven seas <\/p>\n\n\n\n But with you I found peace<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m leavin\u2019 (I just don\u2019t know when)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (music by Rowdy Prins & lyrics by Edwin Jongedijk)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah, I\u2019m leavin\u2019, you better believe it<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ll be walking out the door, without looking back<\/p>\n\n\n\n I just don\u2019t know when<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yeah, I\u2019m leavin\u2019, you better believe it<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve had my share of doubts, but I\u2019ll be gone again<\/p>\n\n\n\n I just don\u2019t know when<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know I said this times before<\/p>\n\n\n\n But this time babe it\u2019s true<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m sick and tired of dealin\u2019 with the shit you put me through<\/p>\n\n\n\n I know I said 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It will always lead the way
In the darkness I will find you <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wanna sail away
I wanna be with you and stay
I burned my bridges and crossed the pond <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this marina I\u2019ll dock my boat <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Took some turns and went straight on<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My heart is saying yes, my mind got something else to say <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But wisdom comes with age
I\u2019m not sure about the choices that I made <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I saw a light appearing
Not a voice that I was hearing
I don\u2019t think there\u2019s a God at all, but I got a wake-up call
I\u2019ve been on many crossroads in my life <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018Cause I can\u2019t turn back time
Take things as they come <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yeah, I might have made a few mistakes in my life<\/p>\n\n\n\n