Bert Smeets new album ‘hole and corner’ nr. 19 ‘Be Yourself, Together’

https://bertsmeets.bandcamp.com/album/hole-and-corner-album

Be Yourself…together….een in -one take- opgenomen volbloed blues / rock met magistrale tekst uit 1969. Ode aan ‘Ingrid’ opgenomen na zelfmoord poging en onfortuinlijke psychiatrie.

BE YOURSELF TOGETHER 

He, who tries to hurt you, got no pride at all

He, who doesn’t know what it is to suffer

got no life at all

He, who doesn’t want for better

don’t know how hard it is to fall

Yes it’s easy to pretend, you need no helping hand

you need nobody, those who always try to do so clever can’t even understand how close they are, near at the end

so be yourself together

The days are wounded, the night is cold

the world I know is so much better

be yourself together

So don’t fear those, who cannot see through their eyes

they love to follow, don’t try to please what you can’t satisfy

He, who sells his dreams for a nickel and a dime

can’t even love when, yeah you got a chance so be yourself together

No no no I won’t hide it no no 

no no I won’t slow down because so much has to be done

No no no if I wanna cry babe 

no no no don’t go down because there’s so much love 

No you can’t fail when it’s love no you can’t fail to me because the rain is coming down, be yourself together