Jens LysdalSinger, musician & composer…

   

IT HAPPENS TO ME SOMETIMES
(Lysdal)

Do you ever have fireflies in your mind
Or bubbly water in your spine
Do you ever think uh sweet life of mine
It happens to me sometimes

Do you ever walk barefoot in the snow
And wonder “why do I like it, ain't it great not to know”
Do you ever feel blessed by the sunshine
Mmm - it happens to me sometimes

But sometines I'm foolin 'round in a coal mine
Singing  "who turned out the light ?"
Like a bird in a cage with the door open
With dreams of dreams already broken

Do you recall the scent of clothes dried in the wind
And can you feel all the good it does within
Do you ever think you're always in your prime
It happens to me sometimes

I've been looking for the light inside your eyes.
But you seem to always think about
the world and all it's lies
Yeah life is really crazy and it's easy to despise
But there's beauty all around you
And it's a miracle I found you
And if you want life will astound you
It will astound you

I know I've got everything I need
And when I forget it's ignorance or greed
But mainly I feel blessed by the sunshine
It happens to me all the time
It happens to me all the time now



THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL
(Lysdal)

I'm a man and you're a woman
It might be needless to say
We are two souls and we're both human
But we never walk the same way

We live in two different countries
The language and the food are not the same
And I'm a man and you're a woman
And that's the beauty of it all

Walk with me like two friends walk together
Walk with me and share what there's to share
Laughing at the crazy things we say and do – especially you
What's perfect – what is true ?

Walk with me like two friends walk together
Walk with me and share what there's to share
Let me be close enough
So I can smell your hair and touch your lips
What is perfect – what is true ?

I'm your man and you're my woman
It guess that's needless to say
We are two souls and we're both humans
But we never walk the same way

The sunset has a slightly different colour
The wine that makes you warm it makes me fall
But I'm still your man and you're my woman
And that's the beauty of it all



I SHOULD HAVE DANCED
Jens Lysdal/Ray Boneville

The first time I saw you standing alone
I stood in awe of the beauty you own
Desire flash flooding all through my veins
you broke into my heart that day
music was playing inside my head
I went to tell you but I froze instead
so hard to say now but I missed my chance
I can’t sleep I should have danced

I spied you walking out on the street
Asking myself what's wrong with me
A love that hides too deep in a heart
Is bound to get lost in the dark

Somewhere in my head we talk easily
Like the two lovers we ought to be
All of my jokes seem funny to you
Gone is my fear and my blues
I should have danced

I saw a film it was in black and white
The credits came rolling up came the lights
I walked out of there and thought about love
Don't it make fools of us all
So now I've bared my soul to you
You can see it's a dream and yet it's true
I'll be on my way now, see you around
It’s late and here comes the dawn
It’s late and here comes the dawn

Somewhere in my head we talk easily
Like the two lovers we ought to be
All of my jokes seem funny to you
Gone is my fear and my blues
I should have danced



LET'S EMBRACE
(Lysdal/Bobruk)

We've been here for ages
Singin the same song
The same old prayer
That we would get along

So I was late last night
You ask me why
Why all these questions
Would you have me lie

Photographs will fade
There's no stoppin what will change
Let's embrace that's how we met in first place
Let's embrace that's what we did in first phase

Now this is a symptom
You know she's just a friend
Everything you see here 
Is through a tunnel-lense

You don't have to do this
Narrow down the lines
Just remember what made us fine

Photographs will fade
There's no stoppin what will change
Let's embrace that's how we met in first place
Let's embrace that's what we did in first phase

We had a beautiful picture
We thought it was the same
Then we tried to squeeze it into a tiny frame
Let's embrace that's how we met in first place
Let's embrace that's what we did in first phase
Let's embrace, let's embrace


EASY HEART
Lysdal/Bobruk

Easy heart
I think we new it from the start
I felt the stutter of a tender spark

Sway and swing
My God youʼre such a pretty thing
Lil' honey bee you've got a sweet sweet sting
Just keep buzzin, buzzinʼ round me

My oh my
My headʼs a way up in the sky
You got me feelinʼ,
Feelinʼ I could fly, fly, fly

What if we both agreed
To leave it as it is
To keep a precious moment
To keep a precious friend

Soft and bright
Letʼs take a walk in the night
You donʼt have to a say a word
Everythingʼs all right

Easy heart
Whether weʼre together or apart
A love like this is a perfect work of art
Our love is
A perfect work of art

What if we both agreed...


LET'S GO TO BED
(Lysdal)

Let ́s go to bed together
I need to feel your skin against my skin
Let’s have a talk together
I’ll do my very best to understand
Your heart and your mind

Let’s find a way together
I feel so lost in here
There’s no sensible direction
Just a blind search for perfection
A lack of comprehension – and love

Our souls our beautiful souls
These true souls of ours
Our eternal, shining ever loving souls
That follow us and guide us
And tell us who we are

If we dare to listen
If we dare to listen
If we’re wise enough
If we’re brave enough
If we’re still enough
To listen

Let’s sing a song together
It’s been so long since I
Heard the sound of a free voice

Let’s light a light together
Lets dream some better dreams
Of a dignified direction
Where the goal is not perfection
With reconciliation – and love

Our souls our beautiful souls
These true souls of ours
Our eternal, shining ever loving souls
That follow us and guide us
And tell us who we are

If we dare to listen
If we dare to listen
If we’re wise enough
If we’re brave enough
If we’re still enough To listen
If we’re smart enough
If we’re strong enough
If we’re humble enough


THE CONGRES RAG (instrumental)
(Lysdal)


WHEN I SEE YOU
(Lysdal)

I've danced on my lawn I've danced in the wild
Been looking for reasons since I was a child
I've wandered in the woods
Wondered if I ever could find one like you

If I lost my mind would you still love my soul
Or would you be scared by my lack of control
What is this thing called love
That's what I'm thinking of
When I see you
My compas it is broke
I see life as a joke
When I see you

One step at a time is good walking
Listening is better than talking
Why do we only dream when we sleep
Why this surprise by the things that we reap

I have my feet on two different boats
I will be happy if just one of them floats
My compas it is broke
I see life as a joke
When I see you

Those who can't hear the music think the dancers are mad
The music, the music there's nothing to add
When I see you


Sliding (in and out of reality) (instrumental)
(Lysdal)