Tim Gerwing: Masked and Dreaming

These are the lyrics for all the songs on the album "Masked and Dreaming". Visit the "Masked and Dreaming" site.

Zeppelin

come and take a ride on the Zeppelin with me
baby
come and take a Kaffee on the Zeppelin with me
liebling

1. Halten Sie ihre Pass und Reisedokumente bereit
2. Steigen sie bitte jetzt in das Zeppelin ein
3. Suchen Sie sich eine attraktive Person aus
4. Bestellen Sie einen Kaffee

you could talk about anything
philosophy...
economics...
art...
sex...

what's that book you're reading?
typical weather for this area
your clothes are very fashionable
perhaps...another Kaffee?

come and take a ride on the Zeppelin with me
baby
come and take a Kaffee on the Zeppelin with me
liebling
come and spend some time in the sky with me tonight
fräulein
come invite romance perhaps we'll meet again and dance
liebling

Future Farmers

planting the seed
where you see the need
you'll take the lead
in these new Americas

agricultural
psychological
hands in the soil
even magical

radical
clear and bright
hands in lines
you'll breathe starlight

future farmers of the Americas
future builders of the secret space
future dreamers of a living life
future lovers of this planetary wife

you will be farmers of men
most of you will be women
you will be without face
your symbol an empty space

you'll talk the talk
and walk the walk
you'll set the tone
you'll be the ones

in vibrating dance
with tools in hand
you'll farm and thrive
in those inner lands

future farmers of the Americas
future seers of the open space
future dreamers of a deeper life
future lovers of the planetary wife

future farmers of the Americas
future builders of the open heart
future workers of the unknown toil
future lovers of this richer soil

planting the seed
where you see the need
you'll take the lead
in these new Americas

Little Tree Leaf

little tree leaf
I have to be careful
but cautionless

the cold sword
your ever-sharpening will

cuts through accumulations

I should know by now:

there can be no lies in that
brilliant reflection

little tree branch
the bending winds cannot break

may this day
silent sunshine
dance on those leaves

warm as arms
whose master crosses no ocean

lifting breath
impenetrable to distance
whispers your name

this day
my nameless light
lost in the wind

but not to that raging star
green and yellow
through relentless flowers

Elegy

I was sick and I'd tried everything
when I called for you last night
all I do is wish

give it to me
won't someone help me?
give it to me

I was defeated
you won the war
promise to love me for evermore
I couldn't escape it
knowing my fate
finally facing it

you are the near
you are the how
you are the here
you are the now

feel the beat from that tambourine
you can, you can
your life's time

give it to me
give it to me
won't someone help me?

I see the men with their timid steps
floating curtains in every fold
vain and charming, extended to the last breath

I hear the band
I see the marchers
dressed in white

won't somebody help me?

trace their steps
urge them to flight
snatch them forever

all the moments these eyes have seen
the bands are burst that once held so fast
but memory tells me that such things have been

Note to a Friend

la superficie delle cose
sono sempre sulla superficie delle cose

ma sto scavando piú in profonditá
sto lavorando meglio

sono contento di conoscerti
é stato bello conoscerti

non dimenticarti di me, amico mio,
non dimenticarti di me