Kwas nog geen jaar in de zomer van 1976
Mor ze zeggen dat die terug mag komen
Op den afrijs stonden hartjes me sam en sofie
‘T schijnt dat die twee kindjes ee gekocht
Curieus of dat die ook zelf ijslolly’s maken
Me kaarten op hun spaken rondfietsen
En drinken door rietjes me van die bochten

Flippo’s verwelken bionicles vergaan
Mar poezie-albummekes blijven bеstaan
Lievelingskleur geel, liеvelingseten chinees
Garnalen in zoetzuur mayonaise van ’t frituur
En niks ga echt weg en alles komt terug
Lek de slechte in films of de zeer in mijne rug
En wa doede me nen boemerang agge die muug zij

Alles, alles komt terug
Alles, alles komt terug

En later als ik dood zen dan tel ik tot tien
En dan mag ik nog is terug en wa gaget toch zo vlug
‘T is weeral bekan nievejaar
Waar is ’t te doen van ’t jaar
Wa meugen w’olle wensen
Een abonnementje op de fitness
Of gon we mor is stoppen me stoppen
Want dieje koffie komt terug
En da smoren komt terug
En da zat zijn komt terug
En die kilo’s komen zeker terug

Ik moest as kind me nor de mis
Wa hebbekik gebeden da pater jan zou zeggen
Gaat u allen heen in vrede
En ’t stond in mijn gazet
‘T was weer geen weer aan de zee
Te koud te nat te droog te warm
‘T zit die mensen echt ni mee

En niks ga echt weg en alles komt terug
Lek as ’t ende van de maand
Of dieje goal van Georges Grün
En mijne schrik voor feestjes
Want wa moete weeral geven

Alles, alles komt terug
Alles, alles komt terug
Alles, alles komt terug
Alles, ja alles komt terug

Van barcelona de duiven
Honden die ruiven
En hou in ’t oog straks de kuskesdans op fuiven
Lange jannen, nieve mannen
En daarna mannen die gewoon de gas doen branden
Alles, alles, alles, alles, alles komt terug
Alles komt terug
Alles komt terug
Alles komt terug
Waarom dan gij ni?
Waarom dan gij ni?
Waarom dan gij ni?

Mocht je me op een dag verlaten dan zal ik je laten gaan
Mocht er geen manier om je terug te halen bestaan

Dan zal ik verdwalen in de kou en dat komt dan allemaal door jou
Dan drink ik me elke dag zat en eet alleen nog chocolade

Heb ik je ooit toegegeven dat ik lijd aan verlatingsangst
Eerlijk zijn duurt al is het maar even het langst

Dan zal ik verdwalen in de kou en dat komt dan allemaal door jou
Dan drink ik me elke dag zat en eet alleen nog chocolade

Dan krijgen de kippen geen eten en de katten geen voer
Dan ligt de decadentie met natte lippen op de loer
Leef ik op koeken en whisky
Op jenever en bier
Ik trap het af ik trap het af, ik ga voor eeuwig op zwier

Dan koop ik een Porsche of zo’n foute Jaguar
Ik noem me Benoit of ik noem me Georges
En ik blondeer mijn haar
Dan rij ik naar Parijs en onder een brug
Trakteer ik alle clochards op wijn en op drugs

Mocht je me op een dag verlaten dan zal ik je laten gaan
Mocht er geen manier om je terug te halen bestaan

Dan zal ik verdwalen in de kou en dat komt dan allemaal door jou
Dan zuip ik me elke dag zat en eet alleen nog chocolade

Dan pap ik aan met foute grieten en maak ze zwanger bovendien
En als die trienen dan bevallen wil ik die babies niet eens zien

Ik zet zwarte bij rooie mieren tot er geen enkele overleeft
En ik vertel alle kindjes dat de Sint terminale kanker heeft

Ik infiltreer in de zoo, spuit heroïne in een giraffe
Ik bezoek alleen nog ouwe vrouwtjes en troggel hun erfenissen af

Ik gooi mijn hersens op slot, vind alle gore moppen tof
Ik stem voor zero tolerance en koop een kalashnikov

Mocht je me op een dag verlaten dan zal ik me laten gaan
Mocht er geen manier om je terug te halen bestaan

I’m going under and this time I fear there’s no one to save me
This all or nothing really got a way of driving me crazy
I need somebody to heal
Somebody to know
Somebody to have
Somebody to hold
It’s easy to say
But it’s never the same
I guess I kinda liked the way you numbed all the pain

Now the day bleeds
Into nightfall
And you’re not here
To get me through it all
I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

I’m going under and this time I fear there’s no one to turn to
This all or nothing way of loving got me sleeping without you
Now, I need somebody to know
Somebody to heal
Somebody to have
Just to know how it feels
It’s easy to say but it’s never the same
I guess I kinda liked the way you helped me escape

Now the day bleeds
Into nightfall
And you’re not here
To get me through it all
I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

And I tend to close my eyes when it hurts sometimes
I fall into your arms
I’ll be safe in your sound ’til I come back around

For now the day bleeds
Into nightfall
And you’re not here
To get me through it all
I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

But now the day bleeds
Into nightfall
And you’re not here
To get me through it all
I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

I let my guard down
And then you pulled the rug
I was getting kinda used to being someone you loved

There’s a calm surrender
To the rush of day
When the heat of the rolling world
Can be turned away

An enchanted moment,
And it sees me through
It’s enough for this restless warrior
Just to be with you

And can you feel the love tonight
It is where we are
It’s enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we’ve got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it’s laid to rest?
It’s enough to make kings and vagabonds
believe the very best. There’s a time for everyone
If they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope
Moves us all in turn

There’s a rhyme and reason
To the wild outdoors
When the heart of this starcrossed voyager
Beats in time with yours

And can you feel the love tonight
It is where we are
It’s enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we’ve got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it’s laid to rest?
It’s enough to make kings and vagabonds
believe the very best.

It’s enough to make kings and vagabonds
believe the very best.

Ladies and gentlemen of the class of ’99
Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it
A long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists
Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable
Than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this advice now

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh, never mind
You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth
Until they’ve faded, but trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back
At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now
How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked
You are not as fat as you imagine

Don’t worry about the future
Or worry, but know that worrying
Is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing Bubble gum
The real troubles in your life
Are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind
The kind that blindsides you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday
Do one thing every day that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts
Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy
Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind
The race is long and in the end, it’s only with yourself
Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults
If you succeed in doing this, tell me how
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life
The most interesting people I know
Didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives
Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don’t
Get plenty of calcium
Be kind to your knees
You’ll miss them when they’re gone

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t
Maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t
Maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the ‘Funky Chicken’
On your 75th wedding anniversary
Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much
Or berate yourself either
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can
Don’t be afraid of it or what other people think of it
It’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your own living room
Read the directions even if you don’t follow them
Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good
Be nice to your siblings, they’re your best link to your past
And the people most likely to stick with you in the future

Understand that friends come and go
But a precious few, who should hold on

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle
For as the older you get
The more you need the people you knew when you were young
Live in New York City once but leave before it makes you hard
Live in northern California once but leave before it makes you soft

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths
Prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too, will get old
And when you do, you’ll fantasize that when you were young
Prices were reasonable, politicians were noble
And children respected their elders

Respect your elders

Don’t expect anyone else to support you
Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you’ll have a wealthy spouse
But you never know when either one might run out

Don’t mess too much with your hair
Or by the time you’re 40 it will look 85

Be careful whose advice you buy but be patient with those who supply it
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past
From the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts
And recycling it for more than it’s worth

But trust me on the sunscreen

Tiredness fuels empty thoughts
I find myself disposed
Brightness fills empty space
In search of inspiration

Harder now with higher speed
Washing in on top of me
So I look to my Eskimo friend
I look to my Eskimo friend
I look to my Eskimo friend
When I’m down, down, down.

Rain it wets muddy roads
I find myself exposed
Tapping doors, but irritate
In search of destination

Harder now with higher speed
Washing in on top of me
So I look to my Eskimo friend
I look to my Eskimo friend
I look to my Eskimo friend
When I’m down, down, down.

When I’m down, down, down.
When I’m down, down, down.