SONGS | Franklin-songs

Anker 1

Song for you

Lied voor Jean Bosco Safari gebaseerd op herinneringen van 55 jaar (1970) geleden toen hij op bezoek kwam om muziek te maken. Ik was 13 jaar oud, de jongere broer van zijn schoolvriend.

Version1: muziek van Elton John (Your song)

version2: muziek van Franklin (I'm your man)

It’s a little bit funny, this song just for you

I’m just one of those, who gets, easily blue

It’s been many years now since we met

I’d buy that old days back, without regret

Schoolfriend of my brother, who learned me play guitar

I was very curious, when you, came from so far

You came by bus, from a world in sweet black

You carried guitar, yes, nice on your back

And I can tell everyody, though time is far done

This passage in life was, a bright little sun

I wish you good time

For the rest of your life

Your passion for music, hope, will never die

Your love for the beatles, ‘your song’ from Elton John

A gift, for the future, well, the music to come

Recordings were made but pity, ‘re gone astray

But memories of lovely times, don’t go away

So, forgive coquetting, but that’s how I feel

You see I won’t forget what you, teached and was real

Anyway the thing is, what many years remind

The passion for music - you gave me so kind

And I can tell everyody, though time is far done

This passage in life was, a bright little sun

I wish you good time

For the rest of your life

Your passion for music, hope, will never die

I wish you good time

For the rest of your life

Your passion for music, hope, will never die

I'M YOUR MAN

I’m your man

In my mind

I live with you

The day will come

That you'll be mine

Always in my heart

Truelove

Yes, I’m your man

I’m your man

I'm your man

And you're my love

Lonesome without you

All night long

Thinking about you

The day is near

That you're mine

Always looking to

The stars above

Yes, I’m your man

I’m your man

I'm your man

And you're my love

REFRAIN

Burning down the past

Every season, every highway

That’s the way we get on

Every smile

Every word

Will live on

Just like this song

So where

Will we go

Where will we go someday

And why

Should we wait

Why should we wait for love?

I’m waiting for that day

Mmmmmmm

REFRAIN

Burning down the past

Every season, every highway

That’s the way we get on

Every smile

Every word

Will live on

Just like this song

That's the way

We’ll make our lives

And a home

Where we belong

That’s the way

I will kiss you

with this song

HEAL ME

You are the light

To my eyes

You are the sunshine

Without demise

You fight for me

You talk preciously

I hold my breath

Out of necessity

When I’m trying

To free my soul

When I was diving

Into black hole

In all my trying

I couldn’t find the way

I couldn’t find the peace

And where I‘d stay

I couldn’t find myself

Couldn’t find my home

It makes me feel so lonesome

When I cry and roam

Heal me

While I’m running through my mind

Heal me

Before my eyes are blind

PLEASE COME BACK HOME

Can you please

Come back home (4x)

Cause the nighttime dark

Is the hardest time

When the light shines no more

When the light is gone

The light is gone

For long

Mmmm

mmmm

Can you please

Come back home (4x)

Cause I miss your love

In this lonely time

And I promise you

I’ll give my heart

I’ll give you my heart

My heart

Mmmm

ALL OF MY LIFE

All of my life,

I’ve been searching for the truth

Whatever that may mean

Like living in a scene

In seas of uncertainty

And fear

That caught up to my dreams

looked never what it seems

Buried from the treasures

Of my live

Only from me

I woke up one day

To find out that truth never wakes

I woke up one day

To find out my time has been wasted

All of my life,

I’ve been figting to be free

Whatever that may mean

Like fish that swims upstream

From chains of all rules

And all laws

Not falling in routines

Not living like machines

Surprises in the roads

Of my live

Only for me

I woke up one day

To find out that dreaming is free

I woke up one day

To find out that life is that key

All of my life,

I’ve been wanted to be loved

Whatever that may mean

Like freedom and redeem

No conditions of the heart

Any more

Like water loving streams

And desires in extremes

Shooting stars and suns

In my live

Only for me

I woke up one day

To find out that love is a game

I woke up one day

To find out that love is nickname

Baby I need you

The way you are

Baby I’d be blue

When you would close your door

BLIND DESIRE

I go blindly

from door to door 

I show hardly

that I want to reach the shore

I throw firmly 

my heart to you

but you don't see me

while I'm feeling blue

Will you free me 

for long time

Will you show me 

all the wonders of your smile

Everything I can see 

is like water drinkin’ me 

every thought is like a bird to me

when the night is gone

and the light is free

Be my kingsbee

in my dream 

be my baby 

when the night is full of cream

I go blindly  

from door to door

I show hardly

that I want to reach the shore

Everything I can see 

is like water drinkin’ me 

every thought is like a bird to me

when the night is gone

and the light is free`

STRAYED

So, where did you go?

So, where did you stay?

You cried and roamed

You walked away

Oh, where did you stay last night?

Was that your judgement day?

Where did you hunt the light?

Why did you, why did you, lost my way?

I love you, yes, I love you

No matter where you go

But when you roamed, night and day

I’m feeling like you’re really went and gone

Every feeling

Every meaning

I don’t want you roaming

And shadow play

So where did you go?

So where did you stay?

You cried and roamed

Walked away

So why did you love me once?

Why did we never fight?

Why should we never dance?

Are you afraid? for love and to unite?

I love you, yes, I love you

And I will keep you always on my mind

Every season of my tears

No matter if you treat me very kind

Every season

Every talking

I don’t mind walking,

Down your way

Oh mmmm, in your street

No matter when you're walking down the road

All the times I’m getting on

All the tears that ever roamed

All good mornings

All the healing minds

I can only hope

That you ‘ll come my way

STILL LOVING YOU

Sometimes, you made me cry

So hard

I hardly couldn't breathe

Anymore

In spite of every storm

That we faced

And dreams that never came true

From our love

I’m still loving you (3x)

I’m lonely without you

Every time we fought to prove

us right

and stupid words that better

had drowned

Despite the hardships in our hearts

and minds

The heavy weathers waned

for good and ..

I’m still loving you (2x)

I’m lonely without you.

Somewhere

In the night

Between the dark

and the light

Somewhere in our heads

Hard feelings ‘ve layed down

Without fight

In the night

Sometimes, you made me cry

So hard

I hardly couldn't breathe

Anymore

In spite of every storm

That we faced

And dreams that never came true

From our love

I’ll keep loving you (3x)

Mmmmm

BABY I NEED YOU

Baby I need you

The way you are

Baby I’d be blue

When you would close your door

Baby I need you

For to keep me warm

I’ll always need you

Like a shelter from the storm

Baby I need you

To be my guide

Baby I’d be blue

When you would make me cry

Baby I need you

For to keep me strong

I’ll always need you

Like a shelter from the storm

NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE

I see you in my thoughts and in my dreams

I feel you in my heart when loving screams

No matter what you do

No matter where you are

I give you all I have, that’s my whole life

I praise you with this song, that will survive

No matter what you do

No matter where you are

All along the ways

No matter where you are

HIGH

mmmmm

Mmmmm

I’ll comfort you, when you’re in heavy pain

I’ll dry your tears with love, no not in vain

No matter what you do

No matter where you are

All along the ways

No matter where you are

DOGGERBANKS BLUES

Lyrics: J. Konings

Music: Franklin (F. Konings)

Oh Lord, where are the times when crazy summers

Throwed slim shadows in thin lines

Let the slow wind comin’ from across the sea

From a nowhere kind of coast that I see

Oh Lord, where are the kind things that once were

In the hearts of crazy boys and girls you know

Take my thoughts back to those days of tasty wine

And roses that we thought would always shine

Oh Lord, let all the old grass just grow green

Smell like days that sometimes bring back memories

Like the herby slopes of higher Switserland

And my garden, dreamy green on greensand

Oh Lord, I’m just a travelin’ man, only in my thougts,

And traveling ain’t a cure for loneliness or heavy hearts

For all of these silences, that we hear among the stars

In this meaningless and cosmic blues, as on the plains of mars

Oh Lord, keep tired waves, rollin’ after storm

From Scotland over Doggerbanks old plains

Where once our fathers roasted meat from sheep

And got lost on a beach too long and deep

Oh Lord, I’m just a travelin’ man, only in my thougts,

And traveling ain’t a cure for loneliness or heavy hearts

For all of these silences, that we hear among the stars

In this meaningless and cosmic blues, as on the plains of mars

LONG WEATHERED SKIN (1)

Lyrics: J. Konings

Music: Franklin (F. Konings)

Don’t like those skins

So clean and smooth

Missing scars and prints

That tell old tales

of crazy times

From quite nearby

or far off towns

From a long last youth

and all those years

Between

The lies and truths

Don’t like those skins

So clean and smooth

Missing scars and prints

That tell old tales

of crazy times

From quite nearby

or far off towns

Any day or night

I got scars inside

My long

Long weathered skin

Long, long long before

the dawn will come

I get a long-weathered skin

LONG WEATHERED SKIN (2)

Lyrics: J. Konings

Music: Franklin (F. Konings)

Don’t like those skins

So clean and smooth

Missing scars and prints

That tell old tales

of crazy times

From quite nearby

or far off towns

Don’t like those skins

So clean and smooth

Missing scars and prints

That tell old tales

of crazy times

From quite nearby

or far off towns

From a long last youth

and all those years between

Between the lies and truths

And all the things that wean

Just like the daily foods and fruits

Wait for a guillotine

I got scars inside my long long weathered skin (2x)

Long, long, long before the dawn (2x)

I get a long, long long weathered skin

WAITING FOR GOOD TIMES

You, keep all my sorrows in bed

You, bring all the burning ahead

Well new flowers

In the morning

Sometimes (2x)

You, strange illness, are my threat

See, while all the flowers are wet

Any water

Will bring my living back

From time

I’m waiting for good times

You, you want me to get killed, my heart away, no rest

Will take away my breath, you’re waiting in my chest

It's always on my mind (pause)

Maybe, I will fall

No one, no god - answers my plea

Please, will someone set me free

Where the love is, is my hide

Where the heart

Sometimes

You are down inside my head

You are scaring my old heart

You, you just have made me cry

I’m waiting for good times (2x)

I LONG FOR YOU

I long for you

It makes me strong

I long for you

It makes me love you

In the darkness of the night

You’re everything that I dream

And all these secrets mean

Is all what might

I long for you

It makes me strong

I long for you

It makes me love you

Light me in the dark

And tease me in my tears

Ease me from my fears

As like a spark

I long for you

It makes me strong

I long for you

It makes me love you

Dreams that cause no harm

Dreams that can be true

My feelings fine en new

By your charme

Musical intermezzo

All day long, I want you

Walking into my way

Hoping that someday

I talk to you

I long for you

The all day long

I long for you

All day long

And at the end of all my dreams

My heart is warm and light

My love for you is bright

That’s all it means

I long for you (3x)

YOU GOT TO GO

You gotta go, for me, to set me free

You gotta heal, my heart, and hear my plea

You gotta go

To safe my soul

You got to leave, for me, leave or hide

We got to live, apart, our love has died

You gotta go

To safe my soul

All kinds of weather, it blew me blind

Lost my taste, my pride, my mind

You gotta go

To safe my soul

Ooooh

You treated me so badly

You walked the floor

You treated me so madly

You asked for the moon

You treated me so sadly

You got to go

You got to go, tonight, and satisfy,

My soul, my heart, I want no lie

You gotta go

To safe my soul

You got to move, for me, say loud and clear

This is your live, your fate, without a tear

You gotta go

To safe my soul

FALL IN LOVE