The Sleen Gang - In Harm's Way
Real Man
If You Went Away
Good Morning Blues
Bad Day
Lonesome Highway
Dutch Blues
Last Summer Theme/The Grass Is On Fire/a>
REAL MAN
YOUTUBEwords & music: Harm van Sleen
HARM VAN SLEEN: bass and vocals; ERIK RUTJES: electric guitar; FRANS HEEMSKERK: keyboards; INIGO GRIMBERGEN: drums
IF YOU WENT AWAY
YOUTUBEwords & music: Harm van Sleen
HARM VAN SLEEN: bass and vocals; ERIK RUTJES: electric guitar; FRANS HEEMSKERK: keyboards; INIGO GRIMBERGEN: drums
I could cheat, I could lie
Never care how you feel
What money can’t buy
I could easily steal
I could misunderstand you
Every word that you say
But I could never face the day
That you went away
I could break every promise
I swore I would keep
Pretend to be honest
And forget all the lies that made you weep
I could stab you in the back
Like a wild bird of prey
But I could never face the day
That you went away
Bad habits come easy
But they’re so hard to quit
It’s easy to do wrong
And easy to get used to it
Blame anybody for all I care
Even put the blame on society
Say it’s a sign of the times
But please don’t blame me
I could change all my ways
Even turn my life upside down and round and round
I could say, “It’s just a phase”
Like I said I’d never never never let you down
Oh baby, forgive and forget
Give me another chance I pray
For I’d surely die today
If you went away
Yes I’d surely die today
If you went away
GOOD MORNING BLUES
YOUTUBEwords & music: Harm van Sleen
HARM VAN SLEEN: bass and vocals; ERIK RUTJES: electric guitar; FRANS HEEMSKERK: keyboards; INIGO GRIMBERGEN: drums
BAD DAY
YOUTUBEwords & music: Harm van Sleen
HARM VAN SLEEN: bass and vocals; ERIK RUTJES: electric guitar; FRANS HEEMSKERK: keyboards; INIGO GRIMBERGEN: drums
Tonight I want to hit the bottle in a big way
You caught me at the wrong time on a bad day
The blues won’t save my soul
Got no use for rock & roll
All right, okay, you caught me on a bad day
Everyone I ever ever loved has disappeared
I hate my own reflection in the mirror
Sometimes I want to cry
Sometimes I want to die
All right, okay, you caught me on a bad day
In every life some rain must fall they say
But the rain keeps falling down down down every day
So tonight I’m gonna hit the bottle in a big way
You caught me at the wrong time on a bad day
The blues won’t save my soul
All I need is alcohol
All right, okay, you caught me on a bad day
LONESOME HIGHWAY
YOUTUBEwords & music: Harm van Sleen
HARM VAN SLEEN: bass, pedal steel and vocals; ERIK RUTJES: electric guitar; FRANS HEEMSKERK: keyboards; INIGO GRIMBERGEN: drums
DUTCH BLUES
YOUTUBEwords & music: Harm van Sleen
HARM VAN SLEEN: bass and vocals; ERIK RUTJES: electric guitar; FRANS HEEMSKERK: keyboards; INIGO GRIMBERGEN: drums
I'm a little bread rooster, I can toast all night long
I'm a little bread rooster, I can toast all night long
You can hang me from the cap stick, if you think I'm wrong
I can talk like Bridgeman, if you let me go my gang
I can talk like Bridgeman, if you let me go my gang
I can sing a Dutch blues, hoor, if you let me do my thang
European white boy blues from Holland
European white boy blues from Holland
You can do that - you can sing the blues
LAST SUMMER THEME/THE GRASS IS ON FIRE
YOUTUBELast Summer Theme music: John Simon; The Grass Is On Fire words & music: Harm van Sleen
HARM VAN SLEEN: pedal steel and vocals; DANNY KRIEGER: electric guitar and vocals; ERIC-JAN OVERBEEK: piano; STEVE GRAMS: acoustic bass and vocals; MAARTEN KRUIJSWIJK: drums
The grass is on fire, spreads with the wind
Goes underground, rises up again
Kills vegetatation, animals too
Ain't no telling now the damage it will do
It's hotter than Hell, I aint no liar
The grass is on fire
Kills the grasshopper, and the cobra snake
Fire knows no limits, takes all it can take
Is this purgatory, or fire from Hell?
God only knows, and he doesn't tell
Can't get away, it's melting the tires
The grass is on fire
This thing got started by striking one match
Now there's no way to stop it, that is the catch
Man likes to push things beyond his control
Do something stupid and just let it roll
Fire is spreading all over the land
No one can stop it, no one's in command
Flowers will burn, water will boil
It lights up the night, it blackens the soil
Is this what we need, is it what we desire
The grass is on fire