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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>SOULDIERS</strong> - <strong>THE</strong>SE <strong>TIMES</strong><br />
Thank you for listening to our very first album! We’ve used years, sweat, inspiration, love and fights to<br />
be able to present you 'These Times'. In this document you can read our lyrics and credits for the twelve<br />
selected songs.<br />
LET ME RUN<br />
Written and composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck & S. van Dijck<br />
Leadvocal: Sofie van Dijck; Backingvocals: Cato & Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel de<br />
Vries, Sofie van Dijck, JB Meijers; Keys: Chris Dros, JB Meijers; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: JB<br />
Meijers<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
You don't like to see me smiling<br />
Cause smiling means I am having fun<br />
And if having fun means I’ll never come back<br />
You don't want me to run<br />
I will ask you polite as I am<br />
Wait for me<br />
There are so many people out there to meet<br />
So many junctions to pass
I need to see them all, you see<br />
Before our love can last<br />
I will ask you polite as I am<br />
Wait for me<br />
Let me run<br />
Let me run<br />
Do me a favor please<br />
Run, let me run<br />
I tell you what I need<br />
Run, let me run<br />
I know it isn’t fair<br />
But you’ve got to wait<br />
Right there, right there for me<br />
I left you empty handed<br />
It was the hardest thing to do<br />
Now look deep into my eyes, and then<br />
You know I’ll be right back to you<br />
I will ask you polite as I am<br />
Wait for me<br />
If you can<br />
Let me run<br />
Do me a favor please<br />
Run, let me run<br />
I tell you what I need<br />
Run, let me run<br />
I know it isn’t fair<br />
But you’ve got to wait<br />
Right there, right there for me<br />
Let me come back<br />
After all the running<br />
Let me come back<br />
Don't try to make me stay<br />
Let me come back<br />
I promise I come back<br />
Let me come back<br />
Cause I already know you're the one for me
DOWN ON ME<br />
Written and composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck & S van Dijck<br />
Leadvocal: Cato van Dijck; Backingvocals: Sofie & Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel de<br />
Vries, JB Meijers; Keys: Chris Dros, JB Meijers; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: JB Meijers;<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
I'm sitting down by the river<br />
Feels like something just bit me<br />
I watch the water passing by<br />
Thinking bout what just hit me<br />
If I stumble please forgive me<br />
I can't get things straight in my mind<br />
Last night something happened<br />
It's edged upon my mind<br />
Loud as the rolling thunder<br />
Solid as the rock in the sea<br />
I can't find the words to describe what you're doing to me<br />
So I say yeah<br />
In the heat of the summer<br />
Dry fields call<br />
For the rain to fall<br />
Down, down, down, down<br />
When the sky is wide open<br />
And I’m on my knees<br />
It comes down<br />
It comes down on me<br />
For the first time in my whole life<br />
I feel like I need to tell you<br />
Words you told me many times before<br />
But now I feel the urge to say them too<br />
I hate it that they don't sound new<br />
So let's shut up and let us say no more
<strong>THE</strong>SE <strong>TIMES</strong><br />
Written by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, S. van Dijck & D. de Vries; Composed by C. van Dijck, J. van<br />
Dijck & S. van Dijck<br />
Leadvocal: Sofie & Cato van Dijck; Backingvocals: Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel<br />
de Vries, JB Meijers; Keys: Chris Dros, JB Meijers; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: JB Meijers<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
See all the people come marching in<br />
They don’t know which war they’re in<br />
There is a voice to tell you what to do<br />
It’s forcing you to follow through<br />
No, we can’t stop longing<br />
For the days we were younger<br />
Get used to it<br />
Get used to the new stuff<br />
You’re losing it<br />
Get used to it<br />
In years from now<br />
How will you feel about<br />
These times, these times, these times, these times<br />
Your sons and daughters are beyond command<br />
Others eat from your hands<br />
We’re the same old girls and boys<br />
We’re distracted by making noise<br />
Memory is fiction<br />
Collecting pictures<br />
Moments of wonder<br />
We can’t keep longing<br />
Get used to it<br />
Get used to the new stuff<br />
You’re losing it<br />
Get used to it<br />
In years from now<br />
How will you feel about<br />
These times, these times, these times, these times
No, we can’t keep longing<br />
This times, this time<br />
For the days we were younger<br />
These times, these times<br />
VOLUNTEERS<br />
Written and composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck & S. van Dijck<br />
Leadvocal: Sofie van Dijck; Backingvocals: Cato & Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel de<br />
Vries, JB Meijers; Keys: Chris Dros, JB Meijers; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: JB Meijers<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
I made my way around the globe<br />
Chasing days of endless hope<br />
Paper planes flew me home<br />
Where the trees have hardly grown<br />
I didn’t know, why, I had to go<br />
Won’t call myself a rolling stone<br />
Volunteers<br />
Is anybody out there<br />
Volunteers<br />
Is anybody out there<br />
Hear that sound<br />
Give me a reaction<br />
Will you give a sign if you stand in line<br />
Let me know if you read my mind<br />
I just can’t do it on my own,<br />
It’s not a one-man show<br />
I ask you why you sit and stare<br />
You say all you need is already there<br />
I ask you why you talk so loud<br />
If you don’t know what you’re talking about<br />
And now I know, that, I have to go<br />
I need directions to get home<br />
If like someone, say it<br />
If you need somebody, tell him<br />
If you have a dream, live it
If you wanna sing along then do it, do it, do it<br />
Volunteers<br />
Is anybody out there<br />
Volunteers<br />
Is anybody out there<br />
Hear that sound<br />
Give me a reaction<br />
Will you give a sign if you stand in line<br />
Let me know if you'll be my volunteer<br />
LET ME TAKE YOU AWAY<br />
Written and composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck & S. van Dijck<br />
Leadvocal: Sofie, Cato & Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel de Vries, JB Meijers; Keys:<br />
Chris Dros, JB Meijers; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: JB Meijers, Joost van Dijck;<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
Let me take you, take you away<br />
All the dirty work that had to be done<br />
Soon it will be gone<br />
All the shit that’s lying in the ditch<br />
Ain’t gonna be my bitch<br />
All the fuzz that’s buzzin’ around<br />
Ain’t gonna be my playground<br />
If it doesn’t take you higher<br />
It’s time to say goodbye yeah<br />
Hello hello hello hello hello hello hello<br />
If you find your mind in a fight<br />
You gotta shine through the night<br />
Don’t think twice its allright<br />
If you do what you like<br />
We’ve got the show you’ll get to know<br />
We’ve got the way to make it grow<br />
We've got the act like there is no tomorrow<br />
Let me take you, take you away
If you can’t see sharp through all the haze<br />
Smoke is filling your days<br />
If you’re surrounded by a lot of people<br />
And they don’t take you deeper<br />
I you feel the wind and rain<br />
Is gonna blow into your brain<br />
If it doesn’t take you higher<br />
It’s time to say goodbye yeah<br />
SARAH<br />
Written and composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, S. van Dijck & D. de Vries<br />
Leadvocal: Joost van Dijck; Backingvocals: Cato & Sofie van Dijck; Bass: JB Meijers; Guitar: Daniel<br />
Johnston, JB Meijers; Keys: Chris Dros, JB Meijers; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: Joost van Dijck;<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
3 A.M. finally got home<br />
Then I found out, there’s a party going on<br />
Everybody’s loaded<br />
Except for me<br />
It’s my house and no one thought about inviting me<br />
All the people going insane<br />
All the people going insane<br />
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah<br />
4 A.M. It ain’t no joke<br />
People standing on my couch<br />
Pouring jack in a bottle of coke<br />
My eyes are rolling<br />
And I’m looking for you<br />
When I finally found the guilty girl<br />
You say: “Welcome to my hullabaloo”<br />
All the people going insane<br />
All the people going insane<br />
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah<br />
Sarah keeps my fire burning
While all the others give me Bourbon<br />
And a headache, you keep it turning<br />
Sarah you turn my world upside down<br />
Sarah, it’s allright<br />
Sarah, it’s allright<br />
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah, Sarah<br />
I HOLD YOUR LIFE<br />
Written and composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck & S. van Dijck<br />
Leadvocal: Sofie van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel Johnston, JB Meijers; Keys: Chris Dros;<br />
Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: JB Meijers;<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
I hold your life<br />
I hold your life<br />
I hold your life<br />
In my hands<br />
I try to keep it<br />
Please believe it<br />
I try to keep it<br />
But I can’t<br />
I tell you lies<br />
Little lies<br />
To keep your life<br />
In my hands<br />
The one mistake<br />
We ever made<br />
Made us too afraid<br />
To stand alone<br />
I hold your life<br />
I hold your life<br />
I hold your life<br />
In my hands
If I put it down<br />
Softly on the ground<br />
Will you drown<br />
Or understand<br />
The one mistake<br />
We ever made<br />
Made us too afraid<br />
To stand alone<br />
Now we play it safe<br />
Keep everything in place<br />
We are too afraid<br />
To stand alone<br />
LONESOME GEORGE<br />
Written by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, S. van Dijck, A. Hakman, W. Sterke & D. de Vries; Composed by<br />
C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck S. van Dijck, C. Dros & D. de Vries;<br />
Leadvocal: Cato van Dijck; Backingvocals: Sofie & Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel de<br />
Vries; Keys: Chris Dros, JB Meijers; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: JB Meijers; Saxophone: Wilko<br />
Sterke; Trumpet: Coos Zwagerman; Tuba: JB Meijers;<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
So many songs are written<br />
About the sorrow of a lonely heart<br />
Now I got to tell you a story<br />
About this tortured friend of mine<br />
Without any hope and glory<br />
He found himself being all alone<br />
But we still have a world of people<br />
To lend a helping hand from time to time<br />
He is the only one alive<br />
He's the last of his kind<br />
So if you ever feel lonely<br />
And your heart is aching<br />
Your heart is breaking<br />
You better keep Lonesome George on your mind<br />
George was living on an island<br />
Before the mad men took him away
Because they thought he was the last of his kind<br />
But they left his female friend behind<br />
Of all the love that could be there<br />
Now nothing is left but an empty shell<br />
He will always be in search of something<br />
That we know he will never find<br />
ONE NIGHT BETTY<br />
Written and composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, S. van Dijck, X. Vrienten & D. de Vries;<br />
Leadvocal: Sofie, Cato & Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel de Vries, JB Meijers; Keys:<br />
Chris Dros; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: Joost van Dijck, JB Meijers; Mandoline: Cato van Dijck;<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
Betty wants to dance<br />
She loves to make romance<br />
She acts like she’s the queen of the crowd<br />
Everybody seeks her charms<br />
Sure the guys will take her home<br />
But these days Betty is way too proud<br />
Every time she’s stays alone at night<br />
She’s looking for an alibi<br />
But there’s no reason cause it’s plain to see<br />
She don’t want to be no one night Betty<br />
They asked to walk her home<br />
If they could call her on the phone<br />
She laughs at them and passes them by<br />
I tried to make it clear<br />
My intensions are sincere<br />
Betty can’t you see how I feel<br />
Every time she’s stays alone at night<br />
She’s looking for an alibi<br />
But there’s no reason cause it’s plain to see<br />
She don’t want to be no one night Betty<br />
On my way home<br />
I thought to myself
Betty so swell<br />
How can I make her want me<br />
Betty ran around<br />
With every boy in town<br />
She’s not hard to get but hard to keep<br />
I asked her friends advice<br />
If her heart was made of ice<br />
Or is she waiting for a guy like me<br />
You don’t have to be alone tonight<br />
There’s no need to use your alibi<br />
Don’t let me be misunderstood<br />
With me you’re not a one night Betty<br />
You don’t have to be alone tonight<br />
There’s no need to use your alibi<br />
Don’t let me be misunderstood<br />
With me you’re not a one night Betty<br />
You don’t have to be no one night Betty<br />
SMOKE <strong>THE</strong> DEVIL<br />
Written and composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, S. van Dijck & D. de Vries;<br />
Leadvocal: Cato van Dijck; Backingvocals: Sofie & Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel<br />
Johnston, JB Meijers; Keys: Chris Dros; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: JB Meijers; Saxophone:<br />
Wilko Sterke; Trumpet: Coos Zwagerman;<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
I’ve got a rope around my neck<br />
Before we start a conversation<br />
And it’s sure that you’ll win<br />
You know exactly what to say<br />
But if the tables are turned you walk away<br />
Your word is the constitution<br />
Always looking for someone to blame<br />
You take pride of making everyone’s life a drag<br />
You sit back with a smile and light up a fag
You can’t smoke the devil out of you<br />
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire<br />
You can’t smoke the devil out of you<br />
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire<br />
You try to hit where it hurts<br />
You’re busy digging up dirt<br />
You like to scream your thoughts out loud<br />
So that everyone can hear them<br />
But if what you said don’t match by what you’re saying<br />
Than that’s your truth for today<br />
I can hear the bells tolling<br />
When you start to preach<br />
And in a twist of fate, the procession’s in line<br />
And you lead the ceremony of crime<br />
However, sincere you may be<br />
What good intentions you have<br />
Your limitations are plain to see<br />
And now your bagging on your knees<br />
TEN TRICKS<br />
Written by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, S. van Dijck & Y. Sprey; Composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck<br />
& S. van Dijck;<br />
Leadvocal: Sofie & Cato van Dijck; Backingvocals: Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel<br />
Johnston, Sofie van Dijck, JB Meijers; Keys: Chris Dros; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: The<br />
Souldiers, JB Meijers;<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
When one, two, three are one<br />
And two and three are gone<br />
And one is one<br />
One is one<br />
No four, nor five<br />
Let six and seven out<br />
Leave eight and nine behind<br />
We have ten tricks all night
When one, two, three are one<br />
And two and three are gone<br />
And one is one<br />
One is one<br />
No four, nor five<br />
Let six and seven out<br />
Leave eight and nine behind<br />
We have ten tricks all night<br />
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9<br />
Ten tricks all night<br />
We have ten tricks all night long<br />
<strong>THE</strong> LOVER IS A SOLDIER<br />
Written and composed by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, S. van Dijck & Y. Sprey; Composed by C. van<br />
Dijck, J. van Dijck & S. van Dijck;<br />
Leadvocal: Cato van Dijck; Backingvocals: Sofie & Joost van Dijck; Bass: Dave Smith; Guitar: Daniel<br />
Johnston, JB Meijers; Keys: Chris Dros, JB Meijers; Drums: Joost van Dijck; Percussion: JB Meijers;<br />
Mandoline: Cato van Dijck;<br />
Arranged by the Souldiers; Recorded and Produced by JB Meijers in Ardent Studio's USA<br />
The city lights, your hand’s holding mine to keep me from falling<br />
Okay, you were right about the traffic signs, they’re all made in China<br />
A satellite is spinning round and round flying with a larger speed than sound<br />
He’s just a gloomy eye in the sky, watching the desert grow when a tree dies,<br />
Watching a lonely man in a crowd surrounded by people screaming loud<br />
Watching people sending save our souls from a whirling sea, people like you and me,<br />
singing<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
Willin’ to fight for as long as required<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
Willin’ to die, only when there is no place to hide
The moon is bright, but it’s a different light shining on both of us<br />
It’s a silent night, but it seems allright that we’re coming closer<br />
To a stretched out square with a TV screen, it’s the biggest TV screen that I’ve ever<br />
seen,<br />
Magazines scattered all around the place, only one man standing there lost in space<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
Willin’ to fight for as long as required<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
Willin’ to die, only when there is no place to hide<br />
You mother taught ya culture<br />
When she said as she told ya<br />
She even tried to warn ya<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
Ya papa applied some structure<br />
To see if it unfold ya<br />
But there’s no way to hold ya<br />
The lover is a soldier<br />
The lover is a soldier, a soldier<br />
The lover is a soldier, a soldier<br />
Willin’ to fight for as long as required<br />
The lover is a soldier, a soldier<br />
The lover is a soldier, a soldier<br />
Willin’ to die, only when there is no place to hide<br />
THANK YOU!<br />
FRANK SU<strong>THE</strong>RLAND, WILKO STERKE, COOS ZWAGERMAN, JET VAN ROOZENDAAL, PAUL VAN DIJCK, J.B.<br />
“HMNJA” MEIJERS, LEO BLOKHUIS & RICKY KOOLE, BART VONCKEN, GIULIA SHAH, KIKI VONK, DAAN DE<br />
BOER, KOSTIJN EGBERTS, MONIQUE BAKKER, BETTY, SHAWN MOORHEAD, XANDER VRIENTEN, BOAS VAN<br />
MILLIGEN, MICKEY SMID, ALDO HAKMAN, JOB DE JONG, SAM DE JONG, JAN TEERTSTRA, HUUB MEIJER,<br />
JONATHAN WEYLAND, LAURENS BOSCHMAN, MAARTEN STOK, STEVE JOHNSON, STEVEN<br />
CRAENMEHR, DAVE SMITH, JOHN FRY, JODY STEPHENS, MIKE WILSON (AND ALL OF ARDENT), THANK<br />
YOU THIEF, THANK YOU INSURANCE, THANK YOU ALL.
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