ejansz

verschenen op
  
Rienne va plus, Money Makes Millionaires 1992/The Best Of 2018
in 1999 vertaald als Miljonairs  (De overkant)

Money Makes Millionaires

I’ve been in all those places
I guess I’ve seen them all
in every shabby small town hall
I’ve seen the gazing faces

I know them well, them fancy guys
the cream of city bars
a diamond ring, a big cigar
a cheap thrill in the eyes

money
money makes millionaires
oh money
money makes millionaires
but honey
I sing the song

I danced in dazzling limelight
with champions and kings
I wrapped my hand in diamond rings
it wouldn’t light my nights

the echo of a crowd’s hurray
success is a sweet perfume
the flowers in the dressing room
may bloom another day

I sang a sentimental tune
it would sell a million
but standin’ by the window sill
a girl cried for the moon

when on Bonanza Boulevard
the golden lights are down
maybe you will stay around
and smoke the last cigar

the echo of a crowd’s hurray
success is a sweet perfume
the flowers in the dressing room
may bloom another day

money
money makes millionaires
oh money
money makes millionaires
but honey
I sing the song

verschenen op
  
Rienne va plus, Money Makes Millionaires 1992/The Best Of 2018
muziek J.Hendriks/E.Jansz/R.Janssen

Blue Moonlicht

tonight
will you meet me in the moonlight
when all the wolves are howling oe oe
we will sing another song
down by the waterside
in the blue
blue blue moonlight

dear won’t you share emotions
in my dreamboat to lovers’ ocean
we will sing the lovers’ song
and linger all along
down by the waterside
in the blue
blue blue moonlight

for so long I have been crying to the moon
longing for a girl like you
for so long I have been singing the blues
the only song I knew

we can sing like Juliet and Romeo
a lovers’ duet in the dark
and will we just like Juliet and Romeo
go all the way and never part

say
I say
I won’t wake up
you won’t wake up
with tears in my eyes
no tears
missing you darling
I’ll never leave you
when day breaks to pieces
only a fool
a fools’ paradise
can make you cry
leaving another broken heart

we can sing like Romeo and Juliet
a lovers’ duet in the dark
for so long I have been singing the blues
the only song I ever knew
blue blue morning
ain’t got no home no more
blue blue morning
I’m knocking on no men’s door

verschenen op
  
Rienne va plus, Money Makes Millionaires 1992/The Best Of 2018
muziek J.Hendriks/E.Jansz/R.Janssen

Too Much Water

there’s too much water under the bridge
and too many bridges ‘ve been burned
too many lifes I gave up for a kiss
yes mama was right
outside’s a fight
and you only can live and learn

I never was told the tales out of school
but this world is a school of hard knocks
where none is the rule
in a head-and-heart’s duel
yes, mama was right
it’s a hell of a fight
and you only can live and learn

don’t try to stop me
I’m gonna move my feet
cause too many lifes
too many lifes
I gave up
for a kiss

verschenen op
  
Rienne va plus, Money Makes Millionaires 1992/The Best Of 2018
muziek J.Hendriks/E.Jansz/R.Janssen

Another Sentimental Song

all things go by
that’s why there’s cryin’ me
yes, love was blind
and oeh it hurts to see so

score me a cigarette and
all the whisky you can get and
another sentimental song
call for a slow dance and
play me some romance and
another sentimental song

every new love starts
with kiss, caress and cuddle
you can heal a broken heart
by breakin’ a new bottle

so score me a cigarette and
all the whisky you can get and
another sentimental song
call for a slow dance and
play me some romance and
another sentimental song

though no one can move me like he did
or break my heart like he’s done
I’ll have to pick up the pieces
and maybe I’ll give you one

so score me a cigarette and
all the whisky you can get and
another sentimental song
call for a slow dance and
play me some romance and
another sentimental song

verschenen op
  
Rienne va plus, Money Makes Millionaires 1992/The Best Of 2018

Girls’ Dreams

baby, now you are born my brown eyed son
baby, my bunny boy, my little one
sealed with a kiss I promise you this
to make you a proper man

baby, a mother has to take a stand
maybe, you’re much too young to understand
but it won’t do no wrong to sing you a song
about a girl I used to know

I was told she was a daisy
daddy’s darling, mommies joy
she got the credits for a higher education
but she run away with her lover-boy

sweet dreams, sweet dreams
sealed with a kiss he promised her this
to be a proper man

she had some dreams to cherish
some expectations sweet
but like flowers in a man’s hand perish
girls’ dreams turn to memories

baby, now you are born to grow a man
baby, one day I hope you’ll understand
and when a girl comes along remember this song
and don’t take her dreams away

verschenen op
  
Rienne va plus, Money Makes Millionaires 1992/The Best Of 2018

I’m So In Love

though I remember Waterloo
where conquerors came to fall
since I know a part of you
I want to have it all
I will conquer you until
I meet my Waterloo
cause I’m so in love with you

I was passing by and saw your door ajar
then I caught a glimpse of you that hit my heart
I will go through any door till I’ve seen it all
cause I know there’s more of you behind your Chinese wall

every door I open joins another corridor
every corner promises another view
every door I open shows a picture I adore
cause everytime I see another you
I will conquer you until
I meet my Waterloo
cause I’m so in love with you

I’m so in love
I can’t get enough of you
even if I lose my way or meet my Waterloo
cause I’m so in love with you

so in love
so in love
I’m so in love with you

verschenen op
  
Rienne va plus, Money Makes Millionaires 1992/The Best Of 2018
in 2017 vertaald als Als je spiegel lacht (Ernst Jansz, De Neerkant)

When Your Mirror Smiles

sometimes
there’s a smell of may
on a rainy day

weather report may tell us rain
it ain’t no reason to complain
when your mirror smiles at you

you can paint these grey skies blue
and all your silly dreams comr true
when your mirror smiles at you

they may run their repertoire
storm and rain and snow
you can feel high and wunderbar
even when there’s a low

weather report may tell us rain
it ain’t no reason to complain
when your mirror smiles at you

verschenen op
  
Rienne va Plus, Rienne va Plus 1990/The Best Of 2018

Memory Lane

I’m walkin’ down Memory Lane
feelin’ a bellyful of pain
I’m lookin’ at the rain sheddin’ teardrops on my window oh
so alone am I

I’m walkin’ down Memory Lane
I’m feelin’ a bellyful of pain
I’m lookin’ at the wind walzin’ with the weeping-willow oh
so alone am I tonight

everything is goin’ wrong
and I don’t have the strength to carry on
won’t you please hold on to me
‘cause everything is goin’ wrong

I remember your promise:
when everything is goin’ wrong
and you don’t have the strength to carry on
won’t you please hold on to me
when everything is goin’ wrong

I’m walkin’ down Memory Lane
where lingerin’ is the danger
walkin’ down Memory Lane
where lovers go by like strangers

verschenen op
 
Rienne va Plus, Rienne va Plus 1990/The Best Of, 2018

Lady Maybe

I am Lady Maybe
lady ‘who knows, baby’
I am what a man calls fanciful
they may call me hazy
even say I’m crazy
but no man in this world
puts his spell on me

I am Lady Maybe
lady ‘who knows, baby’
I am what a man calls fanciful
but when they stand before me
they do anything to score me
adore me or ignore me
no chance for romance
I let them dance
till piggy-wiggies fly

there is magic in brown eyes
there can be music in a kiss
there are moments of illusion
but I never met the man I miss

I am Lady Maybe
lady ‘who knows, baby’
I am what a man calls fanciful
they may call me hazy
even say I’m crazy
but no man in this world
puts his spell on me