Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell me wife I love her very much, she knows
Ground control to major tom
Your circuits dead, theres something wrong
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you hear me, major tom?
Can you….
Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do.
Ground control to major tom
Can you hear us, major tom?
It’s your birthday, major tom!
Far away, but we feel your presence
Still very dearly near to all of us!
This is ground control to Major Tom
You’ve really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is Major Tom to ground control
I’m stepping through the door
And I’m floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet earth is blue
And theres nothing I can do
Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles
I’m feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell me wife I love her very much she knows
Ground control to Major Tom
Your circuits dead, there’s something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom ?..
Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the moon
Planet earth is blue
And there’s nothing I can do.
Een spier die trekt
de slag tegen mijn schouder
Dood stort hij neer
de ogen vragend
een hand klauwend in de aarde
in de ander zijn geweer
trekkend, terwijl de kogel mij raakt
Ik zal hem weer ontmoeten
eender is de weg die hij gaat
So, so you think you can tell heaven from hell?
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year.
Running over the same old ground,
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
Na het overlijden van MG kregen wij van Sjuul een aantal songteksten die MG, toen hij een jaar of 16 was, voor hem geschreven heeft.
Sjuul schrijft hierover het volgende:
MG was er erg van gecharmeerd dat ik gitaar speelde, en opperde dat ik maar eens wat liedjes moest gaan schrijven. Toen ik aangaf dat ik niet zo’n tekstschrijver was stelde hij voor dat hij het wel kon. Toen verbaasde mij dat enigzins, maar nu met zijn boekje in de hand lijkt het bijna vanzelfsprekend. “Waarover moet het gaan” vroeg hij. Daar was ik niet helemaal op voorbereid, het eerste wat me te binnen schoot was “Files”. Ik weet niet waar het vandaan kwam, maar het leek me al direct een vrij kansloos onderwerp. MG echter niet. De volgende dag had hij een A-4-tje volgeschreven met een volledig uitgewerkt idee, “Just another traffic Jam”.
Bedankt Sjuul
“Just another traffic jam”
I was driving an 80 miles an hour
riding on the right side of the road
straight toward the eifeltower
Toet, toet, just another traffic jam
thousands of cars in a secret meeting of a clan
wispering, wholing like some wolfs
waiting for a free road; they are gonna tear it, miles, miles
Still driving an 80 miles an hour
only I see red lights
in the direction of the eifeltower
Toet, toet, just another traffic jam
thousands of cars in a secret meeting of a clan
wispering, wholing like som wolfs
waiting for a free road; they are gonna tear it, miles, miles
I had to use the breaks driving 80 miles an hour
it was like a cold shower
I’ll never again go towards the eifeltower
Toet, toet, just another traffic jam
thousands of cars in a meeting of a secret clan
wispering, wholing like some wolfs
waiting for a free road; they are gonna tear it, miles, miles
Now I’ve been everywhere trying to drive an 80 miles an hour
but you know those traffic jams
are in all directions not only towards the eifeltower
Cars are driving just going 80 miles an hour
my car has given it up
he is going nowhere not a single mile an hour
I now it! I’m going to walk going 2 miles an hour
I won’t give it up
and use no gasolien, I only use some flower!