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TREASURE OF LOVE
Songbook

The CD Treasure Of Love was made and recorded with composer/guitarist Arhur Newman and came out as an independent release in 1996.

This songbook includes English translations of Dutch poems.
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1. I'll Sing For You
2. In The Quiet Hours
3. The Queens Of Lovers' Land I
4. Good Morning Sisters
5a. Voor Tine / For Tine
5. Springtime
6. Hey Mary
7. She's After Someone Else
7a. Luchtkasteel / Castles In The Sky
8. A Spanish Lovesong
9. Butch

9a. Nachtvlinders / Nocturne
10. The Queens Of Lovers' Land II
11. Sleeping Beauty
12. This Must Be A Movie
13. Poetess
13a. Getuige / Witness
14. Marilyn
14a. Bezet / Occupied
15. The Treasure Of Love
16. Afscheid / Parting
16a. I Love Women



One of the first times I sang songs from,
what later would become, the CD Treasure Of Love.

Singing the Treasure Of Love

Here in Ruigoord (1992) with Dark Fate playing acoustic.
In the background sits composer/guitarist Arthur Newman.



    I'LL SING FOR YOU

    Tell a story to you all
    so welcome to my show
    I got lots a things to tell
    but remember this one well

    There's a little factory
    somewhere in your mind
    It's where you keep your memories
    when you go through time

    But sometimes little factories
    need some cleaning too
    so the greatest of my memories
    I'm here to tell to you

    Yeah, the memories I see, they're coming through
    Yeah, the melodies I hear, I'll sing for you

    So keep the best of memories
    always in you heart
    so even when you're feeling blue
    you can still see beauty too

    Don't forget the things of value,
    Love and Happiness
    This brings out the best in you
    that will forever last

    So now I'm going to tell you stories
    in an hour or so, 'cause
    I got lots a thing to tell
    Our dreams will fill this show


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    IN THE QUIET HOURS

    It's late, I sit still,
    listening how time slowly fades
    I drink my wine, little by little,
    staring in the night

    Getting later, and phantasies
    are my nightly company
    Take a ride, shivering inside
    and wear a gown of light

    In the quiet hours, can hear thoughts
    whirling round in my mind
    They open up like flowers
    in the quiet hours

    It's a place, there's zone
    and I feel just like I'm home
    Don't know how, but I crossed the line
    It's now, but out of time

    It's late, and faraway
    I watch the new born stars
    I watch them grow, slowly,
    glowing in the night

    Sitting still,
    looking at the distant light
    I fill the air
    with images so bright


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    THE QUEENS OF LOVERS' LAND I

    We're the Queens of lovers' land
    Our love we will not hide
    We're the Queens of lovers' land
    We'll wear this crown with pride



Coming out at festival Finger In The Dyke 1992


    GOODMORNING SISTERS

    Goodmorning Sisters, Goodmorning Sun
    I'm wide awake now
    Goodmorning Sisters, Goodmorning Sun
    I'm coming out now

    This morning I opened up the door
    Got blinded by the light
    Just couldn't stand it anymore
    The closet's dark inside

    This night I couldn't stand it anymore
    I heard all these voices from outside
    I felt so lonely and so sore
    So hidden out of sight, but now

    Now you can see me, at last I'm free
    'cause I made a choice tonight
    And I reach out to you to sing along with me
    We'll sing this song so bright, Yeah!



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VOOR TINE

Van het asfalt af,
langs een pad
dat, bezaaid met natgeregend blad
zich bloot geeft,
omringd door wenkende takken

Vooruit, in de zon,
die met dunne stralen
de kilte verhult
Samen. Verwarmd hart
Onze stemmen ver dragend

's Avonds, weer terug,
gloeien mijn wangen
Op pad gaan, dit gevoel te delen
Het verlangen de lege ruimte te vullen
samen vervuld

Verenigd in woorden
die, in liefde en verdriet,
het winters landschap kleuren

FOR TINE

Away from the asphalt,
along a path
which, littered with soggy leaves,
reveals itself,
surrounded by beckoning boughs

Forth, into the sun
that conceals the cold
with it's slender rays
United. Warmhearted
As our voices carry far

At night, after returning,
my cheeks glow
To go out, to share this feeling
The wish to fill the idle space
fulfilled together

United by words
which, in love and misery,
tone the wintery scene



    SPRINGTIME

    The virgin spring glides quietly,
    caressing the cold frozen scene
    Her wind softly whispers
    'Welcome to the season of ease'

    So elegant and amorous
    as she brings in the message
    Graciously drifting away
    the traces of night

    Springtime... Butterfly..

    Aroused from her sleep
    by this green tender breeze, as the sirens sing
    Her strings stretch out
    sensing the waves of sweet scent

    So devine as she widens her wings,
    enjoying the charm of spring
    Embracing the warmth
    with her garland arms

    So elegant and amorous
    as she brings in the message
    So shy like a little child,
    she rings in the light


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    HEY MARY

    I met a woman named Mary
    and I liked her right from the start
    She told me that she was married
    but she lived with an empty heart

    Mary said she was happy,
    she really believed it was true,
    but the fact was that she was buried
    in a lie that everyone knew

    And Oh Oh! Mary never got laid,
    she thought it was normal that way
    I doubted that she was even straight,
    I could tell by her eyes she was gay

    Hey Mary, where have you been all my life?
    Hey Mary, don't you see you don't have to be his wife?

    She used to stay home at night
    She never came out to have fun
    Someone's gotta put on the light
    and bring her into the sun

    I wondered what I should do,
    and would she find out on her own?
    Someone's gotta see her through, I thought,
    I'm not gonna leave her alone

    So Mary, take off your wedding ring,
    'nd I'll kiss you and make you smile
    Free yourself from that fatal string,
    come and love me for a while

    Hey Mary, take off your wedding ring,
    Free yourself from that fatal string,
    I'll kiss you, and I'll make you smile
    Kiss you, and make you smile


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    SHE'S AFTER SOMEONE ELSE

    She's so beautiful and gay, but she's after someone else, and
    I'd like to spend the night with her but she's after someone else
    Sweet words I want to sing, but she's after someone else
    and I don't know what to say, 'cause she's after someone else

    I'm jealous and I'm drunk, gonna by myself another drink
    It's late at night and I'm feeling sick and I vomit in the sink
    She's after someone else but I can't get her off my mind
    She's after someone else and that someone else is blind

    She tries to make a pass at her, and I watch the way they dance
    Ooh, the way she pleases her, I don't think I got a chance
    She tries to take her home with her, but it ain't her lucky day
    So now she keeps me company, but she looks the other way

    So here we are, we're both alone… she's after someone else
    She says Goodbye, then she goes home, she's after someone else
    I'm loaded, and I'm feeling low, she was after someone else
    I think I'd better go, bad luck I guess, gotta try some other time

    I'm jealous and I'm drunk, gonna by myself another drink
    It's late at night and I'm feeling sick and I vomit in the sink
    She's after someone else but I can't get her off my mind
    She's after someone else, Leaving me behind..


LUCHTKASTEEL

Wil ik teveel, als ik hoop dat mijn geliefde
zomaar mijn leven binnen wandelt?
Vraag ik teveel, als ik wil dat mijn verhaal
buiten alle regels handelt?

Als ik niet rechts van de weg loop
maar links tegen de stroom in
dan bots ik tegen je op en
neem je mee mijn droom in

Ik pluk je zo van de straat
Maar dat is niet hoe het gaat
Ik weet het
Soms slaat mijn fantasie op hol

Ik weet het
Soms kan het zich tegen me keren
en is het beter
eens traditioneel te proberen te zeggen
wat iedereen zegt
Te doen wat iedereen doet

In een bar
verlegen, in de war
Zo doodgewoon
een drankje aanbieden en
vragen of ze
mee naar huis gaat

CASTLES IN THE SKY

Is it too much to hope for
a lover to simply walk into my life?
Is it too much too ask for, my story
to be unalike, without a sacrifice?

If I don't walk the right side
but the left, against the stream
then one day I'll bump into you
and bring you along, into my dream

I will pick you from the street
But that's not the way we'll meet
I know
My imagination runs wild sometimes

I know
It will turn against me sometimes
and I'd better
try to say the things
that common folk say
To do the things everybody does

In a bar
embarrassed to make a start
To casually
buy her a drink and
ask her if she
wants to come home with me


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    A SPANISH LOVESONG

    Dance with me in circles, in circles round the moon
    As the night is tropical in the summernights of June
    Dance with me in circles, when you hear this tune

    Dance with me in circles, let us dance around the moon
    When the stars come falling down, our wishes will come true
    We'll dance an endless circle, dancing to this tune

    Take me to your Paradise, tune me like a fine guitar
    Lead me to your Paradise and play the violin in my heart

    and the horns go-
    and singers go: Lalalala...
    Come dance with me, Ramona
    Dance with me, in your paradise!

    Dance with me in circles in the summernight
    When the sun arises in our purper velvet sky
    We'll dance an endless circle into the light

    Dance with me in circles like a butterfly
    As the birds start singing in our purper velvet sky
    We'll dance an endless circle, dancing with fire

    Take me to your paradise, pick me like a rose
    Lead me to your paradise where our true love grows

    and the horns go-
    and singers go: Lalalala...
    Come dance with me, Ramona
    Dance with me, in your paradise!

    Ramona, take me to your paradise
    Come dance with me, sweet Ramona
    Make love to me, Ramona


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    BUTCH

    Gotta get me a girl, gotta go down-town
    Don't matter who she is, if she's blond or brown
    Don't care what she looks like, thin or fat
    Just as long as she's willing and wet, aah

    And I got my dental dams and I got my rubber gloves
    I'm playing safe, baby, when I make love
    and I can do what any man can do
    I'm even better and I'll show you that it's true

    Get on my motor bike,
    Take a ride with a dyke
    Oh oh oh, get on my motor bike
    I'll take you anywhere you like

    Get on my motor bike
    Take a ride with a real dyke
    Oh oh oh, get on my motor bike
    and I'll show you what it's like!

    Don't wanna be a woman if it means I gotta wait
    I just get on the dancefloor and find myself a date, and
    I say 'I like you, you turn me on, I'll take you on my bike
    I'm gonna play with you all night, do all the things you like'

    And now there's really nothing left to be said
    We're gonna have some fun instead
    and I can do what any man can do
    I'm even better and I'll show you that it's true

    But
    the next morning, when I wake up, and I look at this chick
    I think I've had enough of her, I want another kick
    Her skin looks pale without the sexy dress
    and her make-up has become a dreadfull mess

    I gotta get rid of her, gotta send her away
    She's just a one-night stand and I don't wanna pay
    and I can do what any man can do
    I'm even better, many women say it's true!


NACHTVLINDERS

In het duister van de Dark Room
betast ik haar onzichtbaar gelaat,
haar golvend lichaam

Speelkameraadjes tot de dageraad
De vlam van de kaars flakkert

Zoekend wentel ik me om haar heen
Mijn verliefd steunen, naakt, net als wij
Vonken van lust als sterren in de nacht

Hier, verborgen achter velours gordijnen
openbaart de vrouwenliefde zich aan ons

en de morgen wacht
als een roos, blozend
Kust welkom
onze jonge pracht

NOCTURNE

In the dusk of the Dark Room
I touch her shadowy face,
the waves of her body

Playmates untill dawn
as flames of candles flare

Searching I roll over and around her
My sighs of love, naked as we are
Sparks of lust like stars in the night

Here, hidden behind chiffon curtains,
Ladies' love reveals itself

And morn' awaits
like a rose, blushing
Welcomes with a kiss
our novel grace


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    THE QUEENS OF LOVERS' LAND II

    We're the Queens of lovers' land
    Build castles made of dreams
    We hold eachothers' hand
    in love forever sealed

    We're the Queens of lovers' land
    dancing cheek to cheek
    As we make love we share
    the heartbeat that we feel

    We're the Queens of lovers' land
    The country that we chose
    It's where our true love grows
    out of the desert sand

    We're the Queens of lovers' land
    Our love will never end
    So sisters, celebrate
    the songs that we make


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    SLEEPING BEAUTY

    What are you dreaming of, my little sister?
    The smile on your face makes me wanna know
    Are you dreaming of love,
    whispering sweet little words in your sleep?
    The light of the candle draws pictures on the wall
    Shades that silently change
    I listen so quietly, try not to awake you,
    peacefully dreaming the hours away

    What are you dreaming of, my little sister?
    I fancy a castle with gardens of green
    Colourful flowerbirds singing in the trees
    and I'm walking into your dream and I see
    Down by the pond you are, waiting for me
    and you hold me, you tease me so playfully
    Sun over paradise, lovemaking in the park,
    peacefully dreaming the hours away

    Ooh Sleeping Beauty, close your eyes
    Ooh Sleeping Beauty, wish I'd live in you dreams

    What are you dreaming of, my little sister?
    Far from reality, dreaming so free
    Drifting away with the waves of the wind
    like a seagull, sailing so graciously
    And I sit by your side watching the break of dawn,
    dreaming my own dream, dreaming of you
    'nd I want to make love to you
    but I'm too shy to disturb you
    I leave you dreaming the hours away


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    THIS MUST BE A MOVIE

    Let's have a good time - Get drunk late at night
    Wiping the tears off my face with a smile
    Buy some cheap pills - They give such a thrill
    Keep the good thing going - Odd people like fish on the street,
    and the ugly faces, they look like balloons
    Giant rubber balls rolling down the street

    Having a good time - Get laid late at night
    By women with rotten teeth and tattoos
    They offer me anything - Just name your price
    Keep the good thing going on sugar avenue
    and down in the subway I'm having a laugh
    Snakes on the railway - Must be a dream

    Don't matter if people look a bit strange
    Don't care 'bout the cockroaches living in my room

    Let's have a good time - The news just on the tube
    and they're all acting weird and I'm having such fun
    People get shot by their very own gun
    Keep the good thing going - Watching a show on TV
    and the pretty faces of the movie stars
    They're just make-up and glamour but lovely in bed

    Having a good time - Sunbathing on the roof
    and the missiles are flying all over my head
    They're going to wipe out some fucked up lad
    Keep the good thing going - They're kicking ass down there
    and I'm having such fun and they're all acting weird
    Must be a movie they're shooting right here!


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    POETESS

    She's sitting on a bench in the park,
    doesn't feel the rain
    It's hot, even when it's dark
    Another day in vain

    She drinks a bottle of whiskey, alone
    She feels so weary
    Tries to think, her brain can't make it,
    and her heart, it aches

    She's writing on a bench in the park,
    leaving just a stain
    It's hard, even when it's dark
    Another night in vain

    She wants to write great stories
    Brilliant lines of poetry
    Shout it out, her voice don't work,
    and her stomach hurts

    But she wants to write great stories
    Brilliant lines of poetry
    Shout it out, her voice don't work,
    and her heart, it aches..


GETUIGE

In deze rivier
verdronk zij haar zorgen en zichzelf
In deze goot was het
dat zij niet gaf om morgen
In dit lichaam
heeft zij zichzelf verborgen
voor de liefde

Uit angst verkozen te worden,
de streling te verdragen,
te beminnen en te behagen

M'n armen omsluiten
haar kil en levenloos lichaam
Ik voel me dor en eenzaam,
en ik weet dat,
uit angst verlaten te worden,

iedere dag weer
een gevecht betekent
om antwoorden te vinden
op vragen die aan de oever
blijven liggen

WITNESS

In this river
she drowned her troubles and herself
Here, in this gutter,
she did not care for another day
In this body
she hid away
for love

Afraid of being chosen
to endure caresses,
to please and to cherish

My arms hold on
to her body, chilled and lifeless
I feel barren and lonely
and I know,
out of fear to be abandoned,

each day will be a
struggle once again
to find answers
to questions
that remain lying on the shore


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    MARILYN

    Marilyn came walking down the street,
    smile on her face, dust on her feet
    All the way down from the country side,
    She ain't got nothing on her, but her clothes
    ...and her horn

    She hiked all the way down to Chicago,
    climbing up trucks, traveling far and wide
    Rock 'n 'Roll on the radio,
    ain't got no money but a couple of dimes for the phone
    and she's all alone

    Hey Marilyn...
    Play a tune for me, on your wailing saxophone
    Hey Marilyn...
    Play a tune for me, and come around once more

    Marilyn's coming through my door,
    puts her horn right down on the floor, she says
    'Hey Honey, I'm looking for a job,
    a place to stay and play and a bed for the night
    and someone by my side'

    Hey baby, you can play your Rock 'n' Roll,
    just go up there and play your soul
    and if you play your horn real nice, I might be
    asking you to play some more, just for me
    A sweet melody

    Now, Marilyn, she get's up on the stage,
    She says 'I like to play, to play all day,
    First I'll play my horn, then I'll play with you
    We can play just as long as you want me to
    Nothing else to do

    But in the morning Marilyn is gone,
    She must 've left, early before dawn,
    to hit the road again and again and
    I got nothing but the memory of her love
    ...and her horn


BEZET

Wellustig neemt zij bezit van mij
Nee, zij is geen lady
Nee, zij is niet lief
Niet ontwapenend of zachtaardig
Een vrouw met initiatief

Zij neemt wat ze wil
Zij wil mij
voor één keer..
misschien meer
Ze zegt: Jij
Lekker ding
Verleidelijk ogend
Vlot met de vingers
Losjes van moraal

Het toilet is te krap
voor ons ruige spel
Tegen elkaar aangedrukt
Het WC-papier van de muur gerukt
Slingers voor ons prive-feest
Nee, deze dame is geen dame

Deze dame is een beest!

OCCUPIED

She lustfully takes a hold of me
No, she's not a lady
No, she isn't sweet
Not all charm and gentleness
A woman with a need

She takes what she likes
Me
For one time
Maybe a long time
She says: You
Delicious
She leers at me
Her fiddling fingers so fast
Free of any morals

The loo's too small
for our savage game
Squeezed inside we have a ball
and pull the paper from the wall
Garlands for our private feast
No, this lady is not a lady

This dear lady is a beast!


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    THE TREASURE OF LOVE

    It's the love between women,
    that's the Treasure of Love
    It's the ladies love,
    the Treasure of Love

    She's so kind and gentle in my lazy lions bed
    Wake up in the morning, feel her hands on my breasts
    She's so precious and so wild, she's the diamond of my life
    Wake up in the morning, got my lion by my side

    We're like pearls in a chain, that remains so strong
    We're like pearls in a chain, a chain that'll last so long
    The chain that goes on and on and on and on and on we go
    on and on and on and on and on and on we go

    She's so cute and gorgeous, she's my tiger, she's my bride
    Wake up in the morning, hear the purring by my side
    She's so precious and so wild, she's the diamond of my life
    Wake up in the morning, got my lion by my side

    We're like pearls in a chain, that remains so strong
    We're like pearls in a chain, a chain that'll last so long
    The chain that goes on and on and on and on and on we go
    on and on and on and on and on and on we go

    She's so mild and naughty when she kisses me all over
    Wake up in the morning, feel her hands on my breasts
    She's so precious and so wild, she's the diamond of my life
    Wake up in the morning, got my lion by my side

    We're like pearls in a chain, that remains so strong
    We're like pearls in a chain, a chain that'll last so long

    The chain that goes on and on and on and on and on we go
    on and on and on and on and on and on we go

    It's the ladies love
    It's the love between women
    That's the Treasure of Love


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AFSCHEID

Het moment voorgoed verleden
De kans om even samen te zijn
Meer dan alleen dat

Verloren heb ik de onschuld
Genoten van het even
toen je kronkelend over me gleed

Nu doods de blik in de verte starend
de vraag die rest
Of we geliefden waren

PARTING

The moment gone forever
The chance to be together
and more

I've lost my innocence
Indulged in the time we had
as you slipped and twisted over me

Now a dead stare into the distance
and the remaining question
If, at all, we were lovers



    I LOVE WOMEN

    Love is the reason, love is the feeling
    Love is stronger than anything and I love women
    I sing these songs for the women that I've loved and
    for the rest of you, I love you too, 'cause I love women

    You know, some people say it's strange to be gay
    but I was born that way
    That is all there is to say
    Love don't care if you're gay or square

    I know what I'm feeling, It's no decision or choice
    I'm glad I'm gay and I'm proud to say 'I love women'

    Love is the reason, Love is the feeling
    Love is stronger than anything and I love women
    It ain't no fashion and it ain't no hype
    It's no political thing, you know..
    Just listen to the words I sing: I love women

    I know what I'm feeling, it's no decision or choice
    I am glad I'm gay and I'm proud to say
    Love don't care if you're square or gay

    This is my last song, but I'll be back again
    to sing for you: I love women, I love you


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