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Joke Kaviaar
TREASURE OF LOVE
Songbook
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The CD Treasure Of Love was made and recorded with composer/guitarist Arhur Newman and came out as an independent release in 1996.
The songbook includes English translations of Dutch poems.
Along with songs and poetry on the topic of coming out and lesbianity, I wrote two
stories: "Sarah" and "The Dress".
One of the first times I sang songs from,
what later would become, the CD 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 |
| 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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