SKUNK
1981 album by Doe Maar. Link to the album.
1981 album by Doe Maar. Link to the album.
Since a day or two butterflies in my head
since a day or two pleasantly numb
I’d almost forgotten how it feels to be in love
I look around me through pink glasses
alone for so long, I’d gotten kind of stuck
how could I have known? my little world was so small
It is a bit weird, 32 years old
shaking on my legs (on my legs)
when she’s gone (when she’s gone)
ooh la la la la la she’s, she’s mine (x4)
a bunch of men waiting in a line
It doesn’t bother me because she looks at me
love, oh love, where were you all this time?
oh, everything she says, I eat up like sweets
and my critical eye has been lost for days too
I don’t care one bit as long as she makes love to me
It is a bit weird, 32 years old
shaking on my legs (on my legs)
when she’s gone (when she’s gone)
ooh la la la la la she’s, she’s mine (x8)
whenever I arrive it keeps happening
I brushed my teeth and my hair looks good
but all those eyes look at me
asking ‘where did you come from?’
I am always too late
oh I am always too late
I am always too late
I go to a party that is extremely fun
and I go a little bit mad
the next morning, I barely finish my porridge
before I get in trouble again!
I am always too late
oh I am always too late
I am always too late
when I think about all those others
I suddenly feel the urge to change myself
but when I look at the clock then I raise myself back up
it doesn’t matter what I do I’m always late
I am always too late
oh I am always too late
I am always too late
whenever I arrive it keeps happening
I brushed my teeth and my hair looks good
but all those eyes look at me
asking 'where did you come from?’
I am always too late
oh I am always too late
I am always too late
this is an instrumental track.
mine oh mine
ooh I’m in pain
oh, such pain
head over heels
madly in love with you
time and time again
I collapse
I can’t handle this
head over heels
madly in love with you
far too free (too free, too free)
what am I to do with a girl like you?
far too free (too free, too free)
you don’t need anybody
head over heels
madly in love with you
I’m confused
feel my heart
it’s going too fast
head over heels
madly in love with you
oh, I feel horrible
I’m gonna pass out
I look like I’m drunk
head over heels
madly in love with you
far too free (too free, too free)
what am I to do with a girl like you?
far too free (too free, too free)
you don’t need anybody
head over heels
madly in love with you
I look like I’m drunk
and I feel horrible
love is a strange disease
this is a song about a plant
a green plant
a beautiful plant
a nice smelling plant
a big and strong
yes a useful plant
it’s about the cannabis sativa hollandica
or ‘Nederwiet’
nederwiedewiedewiet
wiedewiedewiet
yes, yes, nederwiedewiedewiet
nederwiedewiedewiet
wiedewiedewiet
yes, yes, nederwiedewiedewiet
we begin with the seed
the good seed is from a plant that has grown and bloomed
in the Netherlands for at least three generations.
some people say seven, but that’s a matter of faith, I believe.
so you get to make that up yourself.
good, we sow the good seed in March, April and May.
and nothing about chitting, don’t rush it.
that little plant knows when to grow, so don’t worry.
it will become beautiful
nederwiedewiedewiedewiedewiede-
wiedewiedewiet
nederwiet
yes, yes, nederwiedewiedewiet
nederwiedewiedewiet
wiedewiedewiet
nederwiet
yes, yes, nederwiedewiedewiet
just as good as Coco Indonesia
Acapulco Hollandia
yes, yes, yes, ya-ya-yai
and now
patience.
wait until it comes. the plant is still small.
speak to it encouragingly. and then it will grow.
and grow. and it will grow. and it grows even larger,
and larger, and larger, and larger, and then even larger,
and then it gets wider, and then it’s September,
and time for the harvest.
you bring the females with the seeds and the flowers inside
you lay them on the ground or hang them from the ceiling by their feet
and then you wait about one, two, three months, until it’s dry.
and then when it’s dry, you get to the most important part
of the cannabis sativa hollandica.
the sorting.
because the leaves
they give you a headache (at least for me)
the leaves
they give a concrete head.
so the leaves
you throw them out, out, out
and you only smoke the covers of the seeds and or and or the flowers
and they don’t give you a concrete head
and they don’t give you a headache
and they don’t make you dizzy
they make you as high
as a Flemish parrot
that is in and of itself it’s own
wiedewiedewiet
nederwiet
nederwiedewiedewiet
yes, yes, nederwiedewiedewiet
nederwiet
nederwiedewiedewiet
yes, yes, nederwiedewiedewiet
just as good as Coco Indonesia
Acapulco Hollandia
yes, yes, yes, ya-ya-yai
nederwiet
nobody has to go to faraway jails for that
nederwiet
nederwiet
nederwiet
nederwiet
and further than this this song doesn’t go.
early morning, and I’m looking for my socks
I brush my teeth and put my clothing on
I finish my coffee and then I’m gone
it really is time for me to go
girl, I’m no good for you (no no, no good for you) (x4)
I’ll go ahead and give you one last kiss
but after that I’ll leave and never crawl back
you’ll have to go and live your own life now
believe me that’ll go better without me
girl, I’m no good for you (no no, no good for you) (x8)
sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart, what is wrong with us?
the night is still so long and our life is so short
but we have all the time in the world before the sun comes up
why do I cry about you when we’re together?
how can you be so cold under my hot tears?
you said, you love me
but then what is it that’s stopping you
please come to me
sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart, what is wrong with us?
the night is still so long and our life is so short
but we have all the time in the world before the sun comes up
but we have all the time in the world before the sun comes up
don’t leave me standing here without you
do I have to go on without you?
you said, you love me
but then what is it that’s stopping you
please come to me
sweetheart, sweetheart, sweetheart, what is wrong with us?
the night is still so long and our life is so short
but we have all the time in the world before the sun comes up
but we have all the time in the world before the sun comes up
before the sun comes up
we have all the time
before the sun comes up
we have all time
No mountains on the horizon
In this country where I was born
No mountains on the horizon
Only ivory towers
Ruma saja dimana (where is my house)
Ruma saja (my house)
Bukan bukit di tepi-langit (No mountains on the horizon)
Di praja ini praja (in this country, this country)
Bukan bukit di tepi-langit saja (no mountains on the horizon)
Benteng-benteng gading saja (only ivory towers)
So I yearn for another home
In my father’s country
But there I will also be a stranger
In my father’s country
Ruma saja dimana (where is my house)
Ruma saja (my house)
Bukan bukit di tepi-langit (No mountains on the horizon)
Di praja ini praja (in this country, this country)
Bukan bukit di tepi-langit saja (no mountains on the horizon)
Benteng-benteng gading saja (only ivory towers)
separated from you for a moment
it comes at a perfect time
everything I wanted
was you and security
but it hurt so bad
that you wanted to be free
now everything is over
and the key was with me
this was the last time
it’s over, I’m no longer waiting
oh, this was the last time
I’ll survive though it hurts
the very last time
scratching my head
the heavens cry for me
robbed of a dream
it’s now me, not us
but it’ll be fine
just starting over
without you, alone
but stronger than before
this was the last time
it’s over, I’m no longer waiting
oh, this was the last time
I’ll survive though it hurts
the very last time
she dances half the night with me
and I’m insanely happy
because I never would’ve dared to dream this
aha
but suddenly I’m alone
shocked I take a look around
and then see that he came after all
aha
because she will dance with me (ooh)
she will dance with me (ooh)
she will dance with me (ooh)
but she’ll screw someone else
dancing with Alice
dancing with Alice
dancing with Alice
dancing with Alice
the next morning I leave again
and with Alice on the back of my bike
I bike my way around the gray suburbs
aha
Alice thinks she’s being mean
she wraps her arms around me
and I feel myself get weak for her all over again
because she will dance with me (ooh)
she will dance with me (ooh)
she will dance with me (ooh)
but she’ll screw someone else
dancing with Alice
dancing with Alice
dancing with Alice
dancing with Alice