Sunntigs Schoggi

 

Jesus ist Liebe
vieli vieli bunti schoggi
ja genau das wotti
jeder weiss: ohni gahts nöd
au en psychiater
isch er no so blöd



Chocolate Jesus  ==  Tom Waits

Don't go to church on Sunday
Don't get on my knees to pray
Don't memorize the books of the Bible
I got my own special way
Bit I know Jesus loves me
Maybe just a little bit more

I fall on my knees every Sunday
At Zerelda Lee's candy store

Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Keep me satisfied

Well I don't want no Anna Zabba
Don't want no Almond Joy
There ain't nothing better
Suitable for this boy
Well it's the only thing
That can pick me up
Better than a cup of gold
See only a chocolate Jesus
Can satisfy my soul

[Solo]
When the weather gets rough
And it's whiskey in the shade
It's best to wrap your savior
Up in cellophane
He flows like the big muddy
But that's ok
Pour him over ice cream
For a nice parfait

Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus
Good enough for me
Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Good enough for me

Well it's got to be a chocolate Jesus
Make me feel good inside
Got to be a chocolate Jesus
Keep me satisfied


 
 

the gods are waiting

The Laughing Heart  ==  Tom Waits reads Charles Bukowski

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

I've been changed

 
Ich fuhr mit dem 31er Bus, vor Jahren, als ich mit einem Paar ins Gespräch kam. Sie waren unterwegs zum Flughafen um nach Israel zu fliegen. Ich kann mich gar nicht erinnern worüber wir sprachen, nur einige Haltestellen lang. Dann sagte die junge Frau, auf mich deutend, zu ihrem Partner

Jesus loves him.

Ich weiss noch was ich antwortete

Maybe...
But right now I got big problems.

Ich dachte damals das seien Spinner. Inzwischen, aber, habe ich vielleicht verstanden, was die junge Frau damit meinte. Inzwischen habe ich wieder Probleme. Aber noch viel mehr. Ich habe auch etwas vom Wertvollsten auf Erden erfahren dürfen. Und es ist eine schöne Erinnerung, wenn ein Paar völlig Unbekannter schon solch ein Potenzial nach nur wenigen Minuten merken konnten. Vielleicht ist doch nicht alles verloren, mit uns Menschen. Und meine Antwort, die würde heute wahrscheinlich auch anders lauten...




Lord, I've Been Changed  ==  Tom Waits

Woah I, know I've been changed
And I know I've been changed
I know I've been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name

Well, I know I got religion,
Lord knows I'm not ashamed
Well, a holy ghost is my witness
And the angels done sign my name

Oh, I said: I know I've been changed
And I know I've been changed, yeah
Know I've been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name

Lord knows I've been converted
Lord knows I've been redeemed
Well, you can wake me up in the midnight hour
I'm gonna tell ya just a what I seen

I said: I know I've been changed
And I know I've been changed, yeah
Know I've been changed
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name
Angels in heaven done sign my name