Album 3
Daughter of Zimbabwe In 1989 we were on holidays in Zimbabwe. We took a bus, packed with locals, goats and chickens. A girl, about ten years old, entered the bus, guiding her blind mother and a younger brother and carrying a gallon of water. After taking care of her family, she stared at my white blonde girlfriend a while, before falling asleep. What would she dream about? Pop with African influences
​​Special credits to the 9 year old Elisa-Nicole Mazarire, of the Holy Cross Convent Primary School in Windhoek, Namibia, whose voice you’ll hear in the intro and second instrumental part of the song. Thanks to Sr. Keresencia Ngoya and Elisa-Nicole’s father, who translated the chorusses from English to Shona, one of the native languages in Zimbabwe. Also special thanks to Liz King and Tim Botha, who made the recording possible!
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Tourist in Bangkok Thailand attracts lots of men who are searching for women or their specific services. And there are women who want to get out of there - and any of these guys will do.
Pop with Asian influences
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Perfect Pictures These days, many memories are shared online. But the best are private - and shared with noone else except with whom you were with. Pop​
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How can it be? Addressing a number of problems in the world, from the point of view of an American that gets some insights. I finished this track on the day that James Earl Jones died. He would have been the perfect voice for this... Pop / spoken word - a bit like Sunscreen by Baz Luhrmann, but gloomier.
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Return to Marseille What if you meet your son, whose existence you were not aware of, 20 years after you left a holiday crush? Pop / folk
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Swedish beauty on Koh Samui At holidays you meet all kinds of people. And love and lust are never far away. But a love back home can be present just as well. Pop / folk ​
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Pardon my French Some French in this song is pronounced American and vice-versa, changing meanings. The music is inspired on what guitar guru Paul Davids considers the best blues chord sequence ever and the classic song ‘16 tons’. Blues .
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The soldier pays the price Protest song against war. I wrote it in 1982 after watching a documentary about the Vietnam war. Starts in a marching rythm and has war sound effects. Pop.
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Till break of day About a break-up, with nostalgia to good old times together and trying to relive those one more time. Set in New York. Pop.​​​
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