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WV2105/2025

Watercolours van Gogh & ecoline ink on Steinbach papier.

 

"No, you can't pretend that everything's alright,

When, all you know falls apart.

Blue Sun will rise and shine and burn its light,

You might lose this fight...."

 

BLUE SUN - Destiny Potato, 2014.

Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012

Elton John Songs Illustrated

A SINGLE MAN

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Madness

Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1978

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The fuse is set and checked once more

Then left beside a back street door

And in the cold grey light

Someone sees a shadow run through the night and out of sight

They hide inside a smoke filled room

To hear at last the blast of doom

And so the deed is done

They listen to the final countdown begun, three, two, one

  

Madness, it's a kind of madness

That turns good men bad

And we're helpless caught up in the madness

Of a world gone mad

  

The roar of fire rings out on high

And flames light up the black night sky

A child screams out in fear

A hopeless cry for help but no one is near enough to hear

  

As walls collapse and timbers flare

The smell of death hangs in the air

When help at last arrives

They try to fight the flame but nothing survives of all those lives

  

And it's madness, every time a victim dies

There is madness, burning in a blind man's eyes

And it's madness, hidden in the hate and pain

There is madness, burning in a wild man's brain

And it's madness, every time the bullets start

There is madness, burning in a poor man's heart

  

And it's madness, something that we can't control

There is madness, burning in a madman's soul

Madness

WV2104/2025

Queen Hatshepsut and her black cat.

Watercolours van Gogh and coloured pencils faber-castell on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

 

"Well, there was no reason to believe she'd always be there

But if you don't put faith in what you believe in

It's getting you nowhere

'Cos it hurts, you never let go

Don't look down, just look up

Cos she's always there to behind you, just to remind you

 

Two hearts, believing in just one mind

You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind

 

'Cos there's no easy way to, to understand it

There's so much of my life in her, and it's like I'm blinded

And it teaches you to never let go

There's so much love you'll never know

She can reach you no matter how far

Wherever you are

 

Two hearts, believing in just one mind

Beating together till the end of time

You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind

Together forever till the end of time

 

She knows (she knows)

There'll always be a special place in my heart for her

She knows, she knows, she knows

Yeah, she knows (she knows)

No matter how far apart we are

She knows, I'm always right there beside her

 

We're two hearts, believing in just one mind

Beating together till the end of time

You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind

Together forever till the end of time

 

You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind

Together forever, til the end of time

Two hearts two hearts, believing in just one mind

Beating together til the end of time...."

 

TWO HEARTS - Phil Collins, 1988.

 

WV2110/2025

Wtercolour van Gogh on Steinbach paper.

 

"Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call

Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you

Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two

 

If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love

Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above

Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind

Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind

 

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too

Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two.

 

Rainy day people always seem to know when you're feeling blue

High stepping strutters who land in the gutters sometimes need one too

Take it or leave it, or try to believe it

If you've been down too long

 

Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on

Rainy day lovers don't hide love inside they just pass it on..."

 

RAINY DAY PEOPLE - Gordon Lightfoot, 1975.

WV2101/2025

Acrylic, pen & mixed media on Steinbach paper.

 

"You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first, I loved you first

Beneath the sheets of paper lies my truth

I have to go, I have to go

Your hair was long when we first met

 

Samson went back to bed

Not much hair left on his head

He ate a slice of Wonder bread, and went right back to bed

And history books forgot about us and the Bible didn't mention us

And the Bible didn't mention us, not even once

 

You are my sweetest downfall

I loved you first, I loved you first

Beneath the stars came falling on our heads

But they're just old light, they're just old light

Your hair was long when we first met

 

Samson came to my bed

Told me that my hair was red

Told me I was beautiful, and came into my bed

Oh, I cut his hair myself one night

A pair of dull scissors in the yellow light

And he told me that I'd done alright

And kissed me 'til the morning light, the morning light

And he kissed me 'til the morning light

 

Samson went back to bed

Not much hair left on his head

He ate a slice of Wonder bread, and went right back to bed

Oh, we couldn't bring the columns down

Yeah, we couldn't destroy a single one

And history books forgot about us

And the Bible didn't mention us, not even once...."

 

SAMSON - Music & lyrics Regina Spektor, 2006.

   

WV2133/2025

Watercolours and ink on Steinbach paper.

 

"Oh the press is down

And the flesh is black and white

Eager workers turning the pages

Dirty fingers touch your life

 

All you pretty maids

With all your charms on view

Farm the wasteground in your head now

Your sisters can't get through

 

Oh hey, hey, Citizen Jane

What will your sisters say

Oh they'll say ain't it a shame

After comin' such a long, long way

Citizen Jane

 

Now they're trading skin

And the cause is pushed away

Greedy piggies live on Fleet Street

Dealing meat out every day

 

Oh hey, hey, Citizen Jane

What will your sisters say

Oh they'll say ain't it a shame

After comin' such a long, long way

Citizen Jane..."

 

CITIZEN JANE - Music & lyrics Bernie Taupin, 1987.

  

WV2040/2025

 

In Norse mythology, a valkyrie is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla.

WV2071/2025

Coloured pencils and ink on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

 

"When that fat old sun in the sky is falling

Summer evenin' birds are calling

Summer's thunder time of year

The sound of music in my ears

Distant bells

New mown grass smells so sweet

By the river holding hands

Roll me up and lay me down

 

And if you see

Don't make a sound

Pick your feet up off the ground

And if you hear as the warm night falls

The silver sound from a time so strange

Sing to me

Sing to me..."

 

FAT OLD SUN - Pink Floyd, 1970.

WV2050/2025

Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper.

Hommage à la chanteuse française France Gall (1947-2018)

 

"Quand je suis seule et que je peux rêver

Je rêve que je suis dans tes bras

Je rêve que je te fais tout bas

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

Quand je suis seule et que je peux inventer

Que tu es là tout près de moi

Je peux m'imaginer tout bas

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

 

Juste deux ou trois mots d'amour

Pour te parler de nous

Deux ou trois mots de tous les jours

C'est tout

 

Je ne pourrai jamais te dire tout ça

Je voudrais tant mais je n'oserai pas

J'aime mieux mettre dans ma chanson

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

 

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

Juste deux ou trois mots d'amour

Pour te parler de nous

Deux ou trois mots de tous les jours

C'est tout

Quand je suis seule et que je peux rêver

Je rêve que je suis dans tes bras

Je rêve que je te fais tout bas

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

 

Je t'aime quand tu n'es pas là

Je pense à toi

Je t'aime quand tu souris

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

Je veux des souvenirs avec toi

Des images avec toi

Des voyages avec toi

Je me sens bien quand tu es là

Une déclaration, ma déclaration

J'aime quand tu es triste

Et que tu ne dis rien

Je t'aime quand je te parle

Et que tu ne m'écoutes pas

Je me sens bien, quand tu es là

Une déclaration, ma déclaration..."

 

LA DECLARATION D'AMOUR - Musique & paroles France Gall & Michel Berger, 1974;

 

WV2064/2025

Watercolour & coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.

 

Black hole sun, won't you come

And wash away the rain?

WV2161/2025

Coloured pencil & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

 

The Tour de France Femmes, or Tour de France for Women, is a multi-stage cycling race for women in France.

In 1955, a single women's Tour de France was held, in which 41 cyclists participated. The race consisted of five stages.

Between 1984 and 2009, several races were considered the Tour de France for women. From 2014 to 2021, a one-day women's race (La Course) was held during the men's Tour de France.

Since 2022 a multi-stage race for women has been held. In 2025, the race will be over nine stages.

  

WV2152/2025

Ecoline ink and coloured pencils Faber-Castell on Steinbach paper 27x36cm.

 

"Take me back to Chicago

Lay my soul to rest

Where my life was free and easy

Remember me at my best

Take me back to Chicago

Where music was all I had

I tried to be good as I could

And sometimes that made me sad

 

Take me back to Chicago

To Chicago, oh oh

Why don't you take me back?

Take me back, take me back

To Chicago

 

I still dream of the lake of peacefulness

The warm summer breeze

'Cause my life was so much simpler then

Street corners and Tastee Freeze

Take me back to Chicago

'Cause hustling's not my style

L.A. was just a bit too hard

I wish I could be a child

 

Living back in Chicago

In Chicago, whoa

Take me back, take me back, take me back

To Chicago

To Chicago oh oh

 

Take me back to Chicago

And lay my soul to rest

Where my life was free and easy

Remember me at my best

Take me back to Chicago

'Cause hustling's not my style

L.A. was just a bit too hard

I wish I could be a child

 

Living back in Chicago

In Chicago hey, yeah

Take me back, take me back, take me back

To Chicago, to Chicago

 

Take me back

......"

 

TAKE ME BACK TO CHICAGO - Chicago, 1978.

  

WV2140/2025

Watercolours van Gogh & Faber-castell colour pencils on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

 

"....

I can see your breath in the air

I got only to be aware

Have you got any secrets to share because I do

 

I've never saw you make a move

You've always got something to prove

What becomes my soothe

Leaves a curse on you

 

Can you hear the wolf?

Can you hear the wolf?

She's gonna come after you

Sink those teeth right through..."

 

SISTER WOLF - Honeyblood, 2016.

 

&

"Sister Wolf" is a reader by American author and novelist Ann Arensberg.

   

WV2089/2025

Ecoline liquid watercolour ink painting on Steinbach paper.

 

"Oh, what a night

Late December, back in '63

What a very special time for me

As I remember, what a night

 

Oh, what a night

You know, I didn't even know her name

But I was never gonna be the same

What a lady, what a night

 

(Oh, what a night)

Hypnotizing, mesmerizin' me

She was everything I dreamed she'd be

Sweet surrender, what a night

 

And I felt a rush

Like a rolling bolt of thunder

Spinning my head around

And takin' my body under

(Oh, what a night)

 

Oh, I got a funny feeling

When she walked in the room

And my, as I recall

It ended much too soon

 

(Oh, what a night)

Why'd it take so long to see the light?

Seemed so wrong, but now it seems so right

What a lady, what a night...."

 

DECEMBER '63 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT) - The Four Seasons, 1975

  

First Child. Drawn from life at Chingford lifedrawing club. It was a real privilege to draw Pauline who was pregnant and didn't have long to wait before her first child :)

WV2111/2025

Watercolors van Gogh and ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

 

The umpteenth +1 in the 'Just Like Belgium' series...

Belgian fries are just like any other type of deep-fried potato, but one of the secrets is that they are fried twice. This, and what they are fried in, is what makes all the difference to making good fries.

 

"Remember Belgium and the Brussels Museum

Where we piled on the front steps like stray cavaliers

Our code of living meant little to others

The few francs we saved bought some cheap souvenirs

 

But the red lights where the catfights make it just like Belgium

See us face down on the floor of another cheap barroom

Streetwalkers sweet talk you out of your spare change

And your sweet madam makes it seem just like Belgium

 

Just like a hustler when they look attractive

It's nothing more than a slap on the back

The price tag of being just a little bit different

The first rule to learn is to keep your own distance..."

 

JUST LIKE BELGIUM - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1981.

WV1989/2024

 

"....

And she walked like a mystery

And she passed like summer rain

And she said "I do" like an angel

But I never knew her name

 

Oh the congregation gathered

But in darkness I remained

In love with the bride of a handsome man

But I never knew her name..."

 

I NEVER KNEW HER NAME - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1989.

  

WV2139/2025

Watercolours van Gogh & coloured pencils faber-castell on Steinbach paper.

 

"Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train

When I was feelin' near as faded as my jeans

Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained

That rode us all the way in to New Orleans

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana

I was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah

Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine

We sang every song that driver knew

 

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose

Nothin', don't mean nothin', honey, if it ain't free, no no

Yeah, feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues

You know feelin' good was good enough for me

Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

 

From the Kentucky coal mine to the California sun

Yeah, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul

Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done

Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold

One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away

He's lookin' for that home, and I hope he finds it

But I'd trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday

To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

 

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose

Nothin', and that's all that Bobby left me

Well feelin' good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues

Hey feelin' good was good enough for me, mhm

Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee;;;3

 

ME AND BOBBY McGEE - Janis Joplin, 1971 (Written by Kris Kristofferson)

 

A drawing of an (unknown to me) woman in colored pencil by my father Desiré Vermeulen (1935-2022), the local artist of Werchter.

Desiré was best known for his landscapes and still lifes. He didn't draw people that often. He drew this in 1999.

Coloured pencil and digital reworked, printed on canvas 40x30 cm.

"PAINT BY NUMBERS"

WV2065/2025

Watercolour and coloured pencils on Steinbach paper

Who believes in the angel archer?

WV2102/2025

Coloured pencils faber-castell and mixed media (acrylic) on Steinbach paper.

 

"Two girls in the desert

They follow the guide

They look around

They dream of a rodeo prince

 

Two girls in the desert

They walk on the path

They look around

They dream of a rodeo prince on a white horse

 

They search in their bags

They point to the mountains

They shake their hair

They talk to an old cowboy

 

Two girls in Arizona

Carried by waves of wind and sand

The burning of the sun

The hands stop

 

The night brings strange hours

The day brings new wisdom

This blanket is so heavy

A page turns..."

 

(inspired by 'Two Girls' by Raymond vh Groenewoud)

WV2122/2025

Ecoline ink & watercolour van Gogh on Steinbach paper.

 

"Did I see you down

In a young girl's town

With your mother in so much pain?

I was almost there

At the top of the stairs

With her screaming in the rain

 

Did she wake you up to tell you that

It was only a change of plan?

Dream up, dream up

Let me fill your cup

With the promise of a man

 

Did I see you walking with the boys?

Though it was not hand-in-hand

And was some black face in a lonely place

When you could understand?

 

Did she wake you up to tell you that

It was only a change of plan?

Dream up, dream up

Let me fill your cup

With the promise of a man

 

Will I see you give more than I can take?

Will I only harvest some?

As the days fly past

Will we lose our grasp

Or fuse it in the sun?

 

Did she wake you up to tell you that

It was only a change of plan?

Dream up, dream up

Let me fill your cup

With the promise of a man..."

 

HARVEST - Neil Young, 1972.

 

WV2112/2025

Ecoline ink and faber-castell coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.

 

The umpteenth +2 in the 'Just Like Belgium' series...

Waffles are eaten a lot at fairs in Belgium, especially the Liège waffles. These are eaten warm.

Popular in tearooms are the Brussels waffles, with a generous dollop of whipped cream, or with jam or sugar (possibly with butter). It is customary to drink a hot drink with them, especially chocolate milk or coffee. There are also softer waffles, which can be eaten warm or cold.

 

"Remember Belgium and the Brussels Museum

Where we piled on the front steps like stray cavaliers

Our code of living meant little to others

The few francs we saved bought some cheap souvenirs

 

But the red lights where the catfights make it just like Belgium

See us face down on the floor of another cheap barroom

Streetwalkers sweet talk you out of your spare change

And your sweet madam makes it seem just like Belgium

 

Just like a hustler when they look attractive

It's nothing more than a slap on the back

The price tag of being just a little bit different

The first rule to learn is to keep your own distance..."

 

JUST LIKE BELGIUM - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1981.

WV1976/2024

 

BLUE MOVES was Elton John's first studio album that I bought in 1976 in a record store in Mechelen. All songs on this double album have been a source of inspiration for later drawings and so on over the years, such as this...

 

IF THERE'S A GOD IN HEAVEN (WHAT'S HE WAITING FOR)

 

“Torn from their families

Mothers go hungry

To feed their children

But children go hungry

There's so many big men

They're out making millions

When poverty's profits

Just blame the children

 

If there's a God in heaven

What's he waiting for

If He can't hear the children

Then he must see the war

But it seems to me

That he leads his lambs

To the slaughter house

And not the promised land

 

Dying for causes

They don't understand

We've been taking their futures

Right out of their hands

They need the handouts

To hold back the tears

There's so much crying

But so few that hear

 

If there's a God in heaven

Well, what's he waiting for

If there's a God in heaven

What's he waiting for? for..."

 

Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1976.

WV2132/2025

Watercolours van Gogh on Steinbach paper.

 

"Fresh bait sails a net and a wooden spear

The Amazon basin ain't too far but it ain't too near

I'll never sink my tackle in that water

I'm not a jungle son, I got rum soaked

Hooked a line and I caught her

 

Oh Venezuela, salted sea is all I've ever had

Sailing from Caracas up to Trinidad

Oh, Venezuela been on a shrimp boat for too long

Trolling shark through waters from the surf to sun

 

Sunset sees man rest on a charted isle

Mama cooks fresh fish on a driftwood fire

Oh, he's early rise when the sky lights Barcelona

I'm not a jungle son, I got rum soaked

Hooked a line and I caught her

 

Off the coast the schooner boasts

They found a pirate wreck

While the barracuda fights

For breath upon the open deck

Sharing stories of Captain Morgan

And the Mary Celeste..."

 

VENEZUELA - Music & lyrics Bernie Taupin, 1980.

WV2021/2025

 

Coloured pencen faber-castell polychromos and soft pastel on Steinbach paper.

 

"The seadogs have all sailed their ships

Into the docks of dawn

While the sirens sit and comb their hair

And twiddle with their thumbs... "

 

VAL-HALA - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupion, 1969.

WV2087/2025

Ecoline ink and coloured pencils faber-castell on Steinbach paper.

 

1000 AD - The first explorations of America by the Vikings...

  

WV2134/2025

Ecoline ink & watercolours van Gogh on Steinbach paper.

 

"How can you say life's getting you down

Get yourself out go along with the crowd

You're all dressed-up got nowhere to go

You feel left out 'cause nobody showed

Listen babe

 

When you think you're the only one

Who can't find love in this world

Tell yourself there's another one

Who's waiting for you, somewhere

 

Somebody special is thinking of you

Somebody special is dreaming of you

Somebody special is longing for you

Somebody special, special

 

Magazine dreams are easy stuff

But heaven knows they ain't good enough

Picture yourself from reel to reel

And get your hands on that driving wheel

And you know what

 

When it's hard to satisfy

A simple simple fantasy

Somebody somewhere is on your side

Waiting for you, crying

 

Maybe your heart's tormenting you

Why should it have any reason to

Wipe off that negativity

Put on some positivity

 

And when you think you're the only one

Who can't find love in this world

Tell yourself there's another one

Who's waiting for you, somewhere..."

 

SOMEBODY SPECIAL - Rod Stewart, 1980.

   

WV1941/2024

 

" You wore a little cross of gold around your neck

I saw it as you flew between my reason

Like a raven in the night time when you left

I wear a chain upon my wrist that bears no name

You touched it and you wore it

And you kept it in your pillow all the same..."

 

HIGH-FLYING BIRD - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1972.

WV2001/2024

Coloured pencel and ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

 

"........

No more to roam on the snow hills of Hienton

Undecided with the guardians of the older generation

A doormat was a sign of welcome

In the winter months to come

And in the summer laughing

Through the castle ruins we'd run......."

 

FIRST EPISODE AT HIENTON - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1970.

WV2141/2025

Ecoline ink and coloured pencils Faber-Castell on Steinbach paper 27x36 cm.

 

"Dallas packed her suitcase

And drove off in the brand new car I bought her

She made leaving me look easy

I wish she'd made it look a little harder

I took her out of Texas

When she was just a girl

But old Tennessee and me

Couldn't take Texas out of her

 

On how I wish Dallas was in Tennessee

If I could move Texas east

Then she'd be here with me

Then nothin' else would come between the two of us

If Dallas was in Tennessee

 

By now she's leaving Memphis

And everything we had behind her

Lord I hope the gold band on her hand

Will serve as a reminder

That true love is a treasure

That's very seldom found

But you can't stay together if there's no common ground

 

Oh how I wish Dallas was in Tennessee

If I could move Texas east

Then she'd be here with me

Then nothin' else would come between the two of us

If Dallas was in Tennessee

Oh if Dallas was in Tennessee

 

Dallas packed her suitcase

And drove off in the brand new car I bought her..."

 

DALLAS - Alan Jackson, 1991.

   

WV2032/2025

Colourled pencils faber-castell and mixed media on Steinbach paper.

 

"I'm coming back to Tombstone with the sun behind my back

I'm tired of people talking of things that I lack

Ever since a year ago, the day she passed away

I've been taking too much notice of the things they've had to say

And all they say is you ain't half the woman she used to be

She had strength and she worked all her life to feed her family

Oh it's hard and I can't see what they want me to do Lord,

They seem to think I should step into mother's shoes..."

 

Inspired by INTO THE OLD MAN'S SHOES, Elton John/Bernie Taupin, 1970.

WV2138/2025

Watercolours van Gogh and ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

 

"He always found it hard to take her

She wouldn't listen to advice

And though he never tried to make her

She often thought it would be nice

 

Oh, and now she's heading out to California

It's been a long time coming

But she's feeling like a woman tonight

And she left a little letter

Said she's gonna make a stop in Nevada

Goodbye. Goodbye

 

She tried for years to be a good wife

It never quite got off the ground

And all those stories of the good life

Convinced her not to hang around

 

Oh, and now she's heading out to California

And she doesn't know what's coming

But she sure knows what she's leaving behind

And she left a little letter

Said she's gonna make a stop in Nevada

Goodbye. Goodbye

 

And though she finds it hard to leave him

She knows it would be worse to stay

He wouldn't understand the reasons

That make a woman run away

 

Oh, and now she's heading out to California

With some money in her pocket

She's a rocket on the Fourth of July

And she left a little letter

Said she's gonna make a stop in Nevada

Goodbye. Goodbye..."

 

STOP IN NEVADA - Billy Joel, 1973;

 

WV2029/2025

 

Mixed media & coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.

 

The Native People of America...

WV2099/2025

Watercolours Van Gogh & Ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.

 

"....So tell me what I see

When I look in your eyes

Is that you, baby

Or just a brilliant disguise?

 

I heard somebody call your name

From underneath our willow

I saw something tucked in shame

Underneath your pillow

Well, I've tried so hard, baby

But I just can't see

What a woman like you

Is doing with me

.... "

 

BRILLANT DISGUISE - Bruce Springsteen, 1987.

"... And tell me do I fit in the big picture

Do I have a shot at the big part

'Cause I've been up all night looking at the big picture

I've got some good lines for my big star..."

 

THE BIG PICTURE

Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1997

WV1955/2024

 

"...

I see you standing on the other side

I don't know how the river got so wide

I loved you baby, way back when

And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed

But I feel so close to everything that we lost

We'll never, we'll never have to lose it again

 

Now I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back

They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track

But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone

I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window

In the Tower of Song..."

 

TOWER OF SONGS - Leonard Cohen, 1988.

WV2023/2025

Coloured pencil faber-castell and ink on Steinbach paper.

 

In the jungle, the mighty jungle

The lion does not sleep tonight

Near the village, the peaceful village

The lion does not sleep tonight

Hush, my darling, don't fear

The lion sleeps tonight

Wee-hee-hee-hee, dee hee-hee-hee-hee

Wee-oh aweem away...

Does he sleep or not?

  

WV1903/2024

 

"... You've seen it all, you've seen it before

Like a fool you always come back for more

You live your life like there was no more tomorrow

 

Night comes down and finds you alone

In a space and time of your own

Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows

 

Yes, I get a little lonely when the sun gets low

And I end up looking for somewhere to go

Yes, I should know better but I can't say no...."

 

NIGHT OWL - Gerry Rafferty, 1979;

WV2092/2025

Van Gogh water colours & faber-castell coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.

 

"As far as my eyes can see

There are shadows approaching me

And to those I left behind, I wanted you to know

You've always shared my deepest thoughts

You follow where I go

 

And oh, when I'm old and wise

Bitter words mean little to me

Autumn winds will blow right through me

And someday in the mist of time

When they asked me if I knew you

I'd smile and say you were a friend of mine

And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes

Oh, when I'm old and wise....."

 

OLD AND WISE - Alan Parsons Project, 1982.

 

WV2103/2025

Ecoline ink and watercolours on Steinbach paper.

Creatures and Indian tribes of the Amazon...

WV2075/2025

Ecoline ink and faber-castell colour pencils on Steinback.

 

See you in space!

 

"She packed my bags last night pre-flight

Zero hour nine a.m.

And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then..."

 

ROCKET MAN - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1972.s

WV2030/2025

 

Coloured pencil faber-castell and mixed media on Steinbach paper.

 

"I've pulled down my lace and the chintz

Oh, do you know you have the face of a genius?

I'll send your love to Zeus

Oh, by the time you read this, I'll be well in touch

 

You and me on the bobbing knee

Didn't we cry at that old mythology he'd read?

I will come home again, but not until

The sun and the moon meet on yon hill

 

I'm giving it all in a moment or two

I'm giving it all in a moment for you

I'm giving it all, giving it, giving it, giving it

This kicking here inside makes me leave you behind

No more under the quilt to keep you warm

Your sister, I was born

You must lose me like an arrow shot into the killer storm

 

I've pulled down my lace and the chintz

Oh, do you know you have the face of a genius?

I'll send your love to Zeus

Oh, by the time you read this..."

 

THE KICK INSIDE - Kate Bush, 1978.

 

WV1917/2024

 

INDIAN SUNSET again (and again).

 

"... I take only what is mine Lord, my pony, my squaw, and my child

I can't stay to see you die along with my tribe's pride

I go to search for the yellow moon and the fathers of our sons

Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold and the healing waters run..."

 

INDIAN SUNSET - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1971.

The Parrot Harmony...

WV1841/2024

Coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.

 

"Hello, baby hello

Haven't seen your face for a while

Have you quit doing time for me

Or are you still the same spoiled child..."

  

WV1931/2024

 

The Story of the Bear Hunters...

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