Anders Widmark
Pool of Happiness (2008)
1. Laughter Comes after Rain
2. This Space Is Vacant
3. Pool of Happiness
4. Just One Breath
5. Procession
6. What Difference Does It Make
7. Josephine sans soucis
8. Change of Heart
9. How Can I Win
10. I Want You to Know
11. I Wish I Were a Wizard
Laughter Comes after Rain
(Musik: Anders Widmark - text: Hans Widmark)
Make believe as the old song goes
it will last all my life
Act the master you may regret it
Some day you'll lose your lines
I tried learning my lesson
I tried dropping my mask
I found no magic carpet left on the ground
but a few grains of sand
Tried to walk on the Milky Way
down on memory lane
Tried to go to the green wood was lead astray
Laughter comes after rain
Make believe as the old song goes
it will last all my life
Act the master you may regret it
Some day you'll lose your lines
Like a child among children
just one losing one's ground
Sitting at the blind window searching for light
Shades was all that I found
I tried learning my lesson
I tried dropping my mask
I found no magic carpet left on the ground
but a few grains of sand
This Space Is Vacant
(Musik: Anders Widmark - text: Keith Reid)
I used to see him everyday
sleeping on the pavement
But lately when I pass that way
I see his space is vacant
Spare change he used to say
I'm not your entertainment
I wonder where he's gone to now
Now his space is vacant
Cheer up my friend he used to say
Life can't be that bad
I'm the one who's in the cold
Why are you so sad
For someone who was living rough
he had a certain style
I never really gave him much
He always gave me a smile
Slow down, slow down he used to say
Why'd you walk so fast
I didn't have a place to go
but still I hurried past
It wasn't that I didn't care
or that the road eas wide
But sometimes when I saw him there
I took the other side
It wasn't any choice I'd made
but some unspoken thing
Or maybe I was just afraid
of ending up like him
I used to see him everyday
sleeping on the pavement
But lately when I pass that way
I see his space is vacant
Pool of Happiness
(Musik: Anders Widmark - text: Andreas Lindahl)
I don't know what it takes to
fill this hole I've dug so deep
I don't know what it takes to
fill this hole I've dug so deep
No matter what they say
no matter what they say
I bet they're only jealous
bet they're only jealous of me
Let's say life's an ocean
and you can't swim
Let's say life's an ocean
and you can't swim
So come swim with me
don't you surrender
Don't you surrender to the grind
in my pool of happiness
Don't let them drag you
don't let them drag you down
Skipping stones across the water
across the sea
Skipping stones across the water
across the sea
No matter what they say
no matter what they say
I bet they're only jealous
bet they're only jealous of me
Just One Breath
(Text & musik: Anders Widmark - engelsk text: David Mel Paul)
The tender greenness etched with snow
A lantern lights the window
Now the thought of moving on
now the presence of you
I treasure just one breath
save a moment that is gone
that loses its refrain
I treasure the refrain
I save only whispering
just a breath that is gone
I treasure just a breath
moment here in my hand
Now it's time to remember
now it's time to move along
When the music dies away
then the words begin
And so a time for words
but soon the words dry up
like leaves within a book
falling from my hand
I save only whispering
just a breath that is gone
I treasure just a breath
moment here in my hand
The tender greenness etched with snow
a lantern lights the window
now the thought of moving on
now the presence of you
Procession
(Musik: Anders Widmark - text: David Mel Paul)
Under the downpour
cold flames of light
lick pavement
Stern red of traffic stops
leaps from shine to shine incendiary
But green goes eeling up
as if from deeps
while like pilgrims witth bright guileless eyes
the cars process their shining tapers
Like lives in whose little lenght
What Difference Does It Make
(Musik: Anders Widmark - text: Anders Widmark & Steve Dobrogosz)
What difference does it make
to try a little harder
What difference does it make
Our ever setting sun
our empty hourglass
Another day is done
the empty hours pass
But you should have said
I need you, yes I do
You should have gone
before you took all your love away
To try a little harder
What difference does it make
to try a little harder
Our ever setting sun
our empty hourglass
Another love is done
the empty hours pass
But you should have said
I leave you, yes I do
You should have gone
before I took all my love away
Josephine sans soucis
(Musik: Anders Widmark - text: Maria Wande)
Josephine sans soucis
Josephine sans soucis
she has no worries at all
and she rarely speaks
Only whispers a few,
whispers a few words of wisdom
To those who'd like to listen
to those who'd like to listen
to Josephine
Josephine
Fate's in your hands now
Josephine sans soucis
Josephine
Josephine
She's young and beautiful
so young and beautiful
beautiful Josephine
Fate is in your hands now
How do you cope
with this world full of passion and misery
Tell him that you love him
as if you'd care
Change of Heart
(Musik: Anders Widmark - text: Steve Dobrogosz)
Change of heart
change of mind
I'm taking a fresh breath of air
lots to lose
lots to find
just turn a new leaf and I'm there
Once I thought the sky was blue
then I heard it laughing behind the dawn
I thought one and one were two
now there's something better I'm counting on
Change of heart
change of mind
I'm taking a fresh breath of air
lots to lose
lots to find
just turn a new leaf and I'm there
Once I wished upon a star
then he made that movie and tried to sing
I thought love was really hard
then you touched me softer than anything
How Can I Win
(Musik: Anders Widmark - text: Keith Reid)
You think that it's simple
just tell him to go
Well life ain't that easy
I want you to know
I can't change my feelings
like turning a tap
You don't turn off feelings
they keep coming back
How can I win
if my brother's gonna lose
What makes you think
you can ask me to choose
You can't judge a man
till you've walked in his shoes
so how can I win
if my brother's gonna lose
You think that it's nothing
just send him away
Well he's still my brother
at the end of the day
He's still my brother
I ain't gonna diss him
Just 'cos he's trouble
don't mean I won't miss him
So how can I win
if my brother's gonna lose
What makes you think
you can ask me to choose
You can't judge a man
till you've walked in his shoes
How can I win
if my brother's gonna lose
You think that it's nothing
like playing a game
Well he's still my brother
and I feel his pain
He's still my brother
and on this you can depend
I'll love him forever
whatever, amen
So how can I win
if my brother's gonna lose
What makes you think
you can ask me to choose
You can't judge a man
till you've walked in his shoes
So how can I win
if my brother's gonna lose
I Want You to Know
(Musik: Anders Widmark - text: Anders Widmark & Steve Dobrogosz)
I want you to know my love is near
I want you to know I care
I want you to feel this love in here
I want to do more than share
I want you to know, wherever you go
my love is there, my love's there too
I want you to know, each kiss that you throw
is coming back, is coming back to you
I want you to know my love was gone
I want you to know I cried
I want you to hear my silent song
I want to hear you inside
I want you to know, wherever you go
you're always here within me, too
I want you to know, each kiss that you throw
is coming back, is coming back to you
I Wish I Were a Wizard
(Text & musik: Anders Widmark)
I wish I were a wizard
I wish two hundred times
I wish you could have stayed here
I wish you could come back
I will live without you
and do what I was told
but there is no turning back
Just a minute, just a day
just a summer, just a fall
just a second of your smile
I will go on without you
you will always stay within me
bringing this song back to me
I wish you could have stayed here
but you will never come
I wish I could deny you
but you are always here
I can never touch you
I can never run
for there is no turning back
Any minute, any day
any summer, any fall
any second of your touch
I will go on without you
doing the best I can
bringing this song back to me