Joachim Rietenbach

You had better watch out yeh
when this cat is around he's motorbike child
he just takes to the road,
a riding chicken alone,
man I tell you he's wild.
With his hair greased back
he hits the track
be it town or freeway
he rides speedway,
old man roller just gets going - yeh
Rock an rollin' giving everything he got
When he's dancin'he rocks around the clock
just a rollin' his everything in life is rock'n roll
rock and rollin' he twists the night away
got a joke box and rock is all it
plays just a rollin'he doesn't have a care
just rock'n roll
He still lives in the fifties, yeh
it seems that the times went and left him behind
everytime he's in town the people gather around
think he's out of his mind
(Mid + Chorus)
He really doesn't give a damn
what people think of him
they call him old man roller
they laugh behind his shoulder
they call him old man roller
rock and rollin', rock and rollin'.

You sit on the riverbank,
you're watching the boats go by.
You're twenty years old and it's burnin',
gotta steal to survive,
telling too many lies,
but you're ready and the plans they are made.
You gotta get away,
you gotta see for yourself.
There's a world out there just waiting,
giving up this street life has been on your mind.
So move on today.
An I'll meet ya - down in L. A.,
New York, Chicago onto Santa Fe.
Once you've started out on that road,
you aint ever comin' back.
And if you wanna go to sunny California
they got the girls who'll keep you warmer.
Once you've started out on that road,
you aint ever comin' back.
You sit by the railroad track.
you're watchin' the trains go past.
Thirty years old and it's churning.
You're still using the lines,
but the're way out a time.
So catch the next plane going.
You gotta get away,
you gotta see for yourself.
There's a world out there just waiting.
Giving up this steet life has been on your mind.
So move on today.
Years fly past, and time is lost.
You never worry at all,
all you wanna do in life
is follow the long winding road.
You even tried saving money to buy a few things.
But that was never the way.
The way to get back on the road again.
Headin' for a new town every day.
And I'll meet ya - Down in L. A.,
New York, Chicago onto Santa Fe.
Once you've started out on that road,
you ain't ever comin' back

My love, the teardrops
in your eyes again has made me
realize again that all I did was wrong
But you know I was blind to love
So blind to your ways
All of your ways
내 사랑, 당신 눈에 다시 흐르는
눈물을 보고 난 깨달았어요
내가 또 잘못을 했다는 걸요
내가 사랑을 몰랐다는 걸 알잖아요
당신께 어떻게 맞춰줘야 할지 몰랐어요
당신의 의도를 전혀 알지 못했어요

They were for me
And for me alone you gave it all
Like a fool I didn't know
You would soon be gone
But to late
I see your face, I see the place
where everyone used to play
당신의 사랑은 날 향하고 있었죠
오직 나만을 위해 모든 걸 다 주었는데
바보처럼 난 그걸 몰랐어요
당신은 곧 떠날테니
이제 너무 늦었어요
당신의 얼굴이, 사람들과 함께
지내던 그 곳이 보여요

Playing games of love with you
It used to be so right, keep on
Believe me when I say
Making love as easy for us
But you know our love was wrong
당신과 나누었던 사랑
그 사랑은 너무 멋졌어요, 가지 말아요
내 말을 믿어 주세요
우리는 쉽게 사랑을 나누었지만
잘못된 사랑을 하고 있었던 거죠

It's so wrong
And love has faded like the sun
Now you know our love was wrong
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Made you cry
잘못된 사랑이에요
사랑은 지는 태양이 되어 버리고
이제 우리 사랑은 어긋나고 말았어요
당신을 슬프게 해서 미안해요
당신을 울게 해서 미안해요


My love, I said goodbye
And now I know
Maybe I should apologize
for what I did was wrong
But you know I was blind to love
So blind to your ways
All of your ways
잘 가세요, 내 사랑
그리고 이제 알아요
어쩌면 내가 저지른 잘못에 대해
사과해야 할지도 모른다는 걸요
난 사랑을 하기엔 너무 몰랐어요
어떻게 당신에게 맞추어야 할지
전혀 알지 못했죠

They were for me
And for me alone you gave it all
Like a fool I didn't know
And you would soon be gone
But to late
I see your face, I see the place
where everyone used to play
당신의 사랑은 날 향하고 있었죠
오직 나만을 위해 모든 걸 다 주었는데
바보처럼 난 그걸 몰랐어요
당신은 곧 떠날테니
이제 너무 늦었어요
당신의 얼굴이, 사람들과 함께
지내던 그 곳이 보여요

Playing games of love with you
It used to be so right, keep on
Believe me when I say
Making love as easy for us
But you know our love was wrong
당신과 나누었던 사랑
그 사랑은 너무 멋졌어요, 가지 말아요
내 말을 믿어 주세요
우리는 쉽게 사랑을 나누었지만
잘못된 사랑을 하고 있었던 거죠

It's so wrong
And love has faded like the sun
Now you know our love was wrong
I'm sorry that I made you cry
Made you cry
잘못된 사랑이에요
사랑은 지는 태양이 되어 버리고
이제 우리 사랑은 어긋나고 말았어요
당신을 슬프게 해서 미안해요
당신을 울게 해서 미안해요

I aint the way I used to be.
But hey! Babe I'm fine.
Well, I guess I may have changed
but who's the same.
All of the time
I missed the sign
lost the way.
I was almost goin' stone insane.
You know what you've been doin'
Babe you're foolin' yourself.
When you were playin' for time
you had the best of those days.
I was a fool, and so blind,
it was a game that you played.
Now that I can see for free why should I pay.
Even though I need some change,
I'm gonna make it clear from today.
I'm gonna step ahead grab a chance.
Maybe fall in love, have a good romance.
I know what I'm doin' Babe, gonna
leave you behind.
(Chorus)

I went into a dance hall,
I was lookin' for a little romance.
She was standing on the floor alone
I thought I might take a chance.
But when she started to dance.
Man, She was dancing on the floor
I knew then,
I had to move then,
had to find me another girl.
Thought I found somebody else, said
Goodbye to my little friend,
but this other chick
couldn't do the things
that I wanted for myself.
When I looked around,
she was dancin' right beside the back door.
What a mover,
she was a groover,
she was just what I was lookin' for.
What a dancer, what a dancer
Man, you oughta see her move.
What a dancer,
but a romancer,
was something she just couldn't do.
When I left the dance hall
she was walking next to me.
All the guys they stood and laughed,
they knew how she could be.
When we got outside,
Lord, she kissed me
and said Goodbye.
I had to leave her,
couldn't please her
I just hung my head and I cried.
(Chorus)
All the signs
should have told me
I didn't stand a chance.
No matter what I did,
all she had in her head
was to get on that floor
and dance.
(Chorus)

You're such a pretty schoolgirl movin'
in a grown up world
you go to all the Rock shows hangin' round
the back doors you're leaving way to fast.
I know you're sucha good girl
but you're livin' in a crazy world
you're really goin' nowhere
and you're movin' like a fast train
you'll never loose the past.
You're lookin' so cool
when you're standin' by the stage
just you wait cause you got a lot of lovin' to make
It's what they want from you
and I know you want it too.
Oh, sweet little Lady
well you're a cute little thing
but I don't wanna know your name
sweet little Baby
and you're a little roller skater
no one does it better than my
sweet little Lady
when you wanna give some lovin'
I know where you go runnin' down
to where the bands play anytime
night or day
you do your thing so fine.
You're such a pretty schoolgirl
gettin' old before your time
you go to all the Rock shows
hangin' round the back doors
you're leaving way to fast.
(Chorus)

Papa said I'm a fool tonight.
He doesn't really try to know me.
I don't care!
The guys are here
I've got the dice
You don't have to go to school today
if this is what you wanna learn.
All the cats they wanted to play.
C'Mon, Man,
Throw them.
It doesn't matter
what game you play,
it doesn't really matter
what game you choose.
If you don't have Lady Luck,
pretty sure your gonna lose.
Roll 'em once, roll 'em twice,
you got to roll again
If you're thinking to win
you're just a fool,
Shake 'em once, shake 'em twice,
you got to shake again you got to roll.'em
you got to throw them for me.
I'm sailing down the Mississippi,
working like I know how,
I didn't know which way I was goin'
but that's o. k. right now.
A gamblin' man, it's all I'll ever be,
but don't you ever worry.
I was born, when the odds were wrong,
my Mama left me in a sure fire hurry.
(Mid + Chorus)

This war is done, we journey on
searching always for the other side.
The death bells lonely cry says Goodbye
We traveled far, fought and won this war.
Thank God we're still alive!
Many men have died!
I still hear them cry.
On and on we go
where will we be tomorrow
on and on
sailing through the night
on and on we go
we want to reach land tomorrow
so blow you trade winds
blow us through the night.
We've fought and won many wars.
I know someday
we will surely fall.
It's our destiny.
Then the wind will softly tell the story
of the men who die in glory and in shame.
But they all die in vain.
It's all so wrong
young men grow old in such a short time
God where is your mind!
But the lords of war say
this is how they play
So it stays!
The moon tonight, cries alone
a filling star is brushed away.
Only fools would say we'll be saved.
This war is done, we must travel on
always searching for the other side.
The death bells ghostly cry.
Is ringing in my mind.
(Chorus)
They hoisted up the sail
and they let the flag unfurl
then the wind did surely blow
so they crossed the spanish main
thats another world away.
What awaits them no one knows
The devil alone will surely know
them for all the wrongs we've done.
Who'll save us.
(Chorus)

Don't know where I'm going
Don't know where I've come from
Just can't seem to find a home
Can't seem to settle down
The life of a hobo is no fun
I'm just a hobo on the run

One day of sweating backache
One day of freezing rain
One year of breaking hard rock
Six months of jumping rail
The life of a hobo is no fun
I'm just a hobo on the run

What can I do what can I say
Don't even trust the length of the day
Only the witness of Southern Jim

Rose on the vine, there's a holy man drinking my wine
Hole in the line
Old Sunday morning is raining and shining my way
Rose on the vine, drinking my wine
So good day-

Is your grass so green and do you ... like people say?
A dream came by my way
Came falling through my door
Do you love me?
Or are you
Lying in an anarchistic folderol
hydrogen joint - la, what is the point?

Susan burned her mind out yesterday
men came down from town took her away
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey

Pills in the jar, let them tell you how lucky you are
Leapers for two
Eggs in one basket = Immaculate Contraception
How do you do?
Rose on the vine, drinking my wine
So fug you...

Please forgive me mother - You said I'd never survive alone
Swimming in and out of dreams that you could
Never piece together in the silence you lost
You bore the cost - For this: The ring on your finger
Happiness was a Sunday afternoon

Mummy and Daddy are fighting next door
The neighbours complained to the wife of the landlord
The small hand's on the nine and the big hand's on ten
It's time for the children to go to bed again

(Good bye Mother, forgive me and all my sins - Say
They are forgotten - And so ... To bed)

Pull down the blinds and turn on the music
You gotta roll off - I'm gonna roll on
Turn off your mind and roll to the music
I'm gonna go POP before it's begun.

Please forgive me mother if I appear to be far away
Slipping in and out of arms that try to
Hold me down for ever till the dust us do part
Hand on my heard: It's true
A light in your window
Suppertime
The shipwreck of your life!

Poor little Dinah, she's leaving home:
She's going to marry a man in a hurry
Monday and Tuesday still on the phone
And mother can't work for a while though worrying.

(Good bye Mother, you tried so to put the blame on
The world around you and so ... to bed)

Hail the Black Redeemer, how long you been away!
Caliph of the Darkness, I miss you every day
I got this terrible feeling and don't know what to say
Show me how to face the morning - Teach me how to play

The bad man keeps a callin' - He's hungry for my soul
But down to you I'm comin', When death collects his toll
The symbols on my door are changing every day
So hail The Prince of Doom and Darkness - Help me on my way.

Down to your world go I
Into your flames I fly

Master of the moonlight, visit me this day
Tell me what I want to know and help me fly away
Let me feel the fire melt into my soul
Send the baking desert wind from pole to frozen pole

With your breath of fire fan this deathly mask
Let the needle kiss my vein and give me all I ask
Please don't let the dealer's heart grow hard if I can't pay
Hail The Prince of Doom and Darkness - Help me on my way.

Down to your world go I
Into your flames I fly

Summer dream you killed the queen
And all the sea's a fire

Where is the sister gone again, oh Father?

You stole the tarts and joined the queue
To cool a fool's desire

Oh won't you stop the clock
Eternity can wait for ever

White the room around the fading shadows of a lifetime

Where is my heart beat been and gone, Oh Mother?

Life was just a port of call - A paranoic pastime

Where's the joke in being me at all to face
The grave now

To think that I once called you friend
The changes that you put me through
And now it seems a change of plan
Is all that I could do for you
Though your thoughts are on the ebbing tide
And you'll whisper at another strangers side
Remember I'm the one who brought you your lady
Leave your burning ships to die

Maybe you'll wonder in your time
And see the flame of might land
The treasures of a thousand kings
Lay burned in the drifting sand
But you will go on your way
Out of sight with nothing to say
Remember I'm the one who brought you your lady
Leave your burning ships to die