Dandy John: Off and On again (Lyrics)
#1: Friendship
Do we belong to other humans?
Do we belong to someone else?
Do we survive without each other?
Or are we humans that live all alone?
Maybe we should step together,
Maybe we should understand,
Why someone just needs our hand.
Are we good or are we selfish?
We need some friends right now!
Some Friends right now!
Why are we understanding humans?
Why do we have a sense of love?
Why do we have something in common?
And still believe in identity?
Maybe we should step together,
Maybe we should understand,
Why someone just needs our hand.
Are we good or are we selfish?
We need some friends right now!
Some Friends right now!
Do we still believe in nothing?
Do we feel some emptiness?
Do we never want to change it
When we are without sweet caress?
Maybe we should step together,
Maybe we should understand,
Why someone just needs our hand.
Are we good or are we selfish?
We need some friends right now!
#2 Freak
He‘s so complicated. That‘s why I call his name.
He‘s got a freakish nature. That‘s why I like his game.
He‘s got a controlled body that‘s shaking all around,
When he‘s into something people are astound.
He‘s the one that changes the world.
Maybe he‘s the one to be heard.
He‘s the one that follows his aims.
Who throws now the first stone?
He‘s the one that prays for the world.
What he says are not only words.
He‘s the one that follows his aims.
He‘s the freak, we need.
He‘s the everlasting hope.
He‘s the freak, we need.
He defines the right scope of this madness.
He‘s so complicated. That‘s why I call his name.
He knows how to deal with everything I hate.
He‘s so complicated, he doesn‘t make mistakes.
He knows how to think through.
he leaves nothing at stake (eyeeh).
He‘s the one that changes the world.
Maybe he‘s the one to be heard.
He‘s the one that follows his aims.
Who throws now the first stone?
He‘s the one that prays for the world.
What he says are not only words.
He‘s the one that follows his aims.
He‘s the freak, we need.
He‘s the everlasting hope.
He‘s the freak, we need.
He defines the right scope of this madness.
The world is just insane. The world is too human.
We need to be blamed as a part of the Truman.
The world will restrain us, the world will retain us.
But where is the exit if we are so restricted?
Madness, madness
He‘s the freak, we need.
He‘s the everlasting hope.
He‘s the freak, we need.
He defines the right scope of this madness.
Madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness, madness
Dandy John: Shallow End (Lyrics)
#1: Soulmate
I need your eyes smiling at me (Yeah)
I need your mind listening to me (carefully)
I need your hands up in the air (Yeah)
I need some time where I don‘t care (It‘s so rare).
Sometimes I feel sad, when the good vibe‘s gone,
And I‘m all alone, then I need you,
When I‘m really blind, you‘re my piece of mind,
Then I need your vibe (You‘re so true).
You‘re the one that I want,
You‘re the one that I need,
You‘re the one that I see
You‘re my soulmate.
I like the sweet smile on your face (yeah)
Sometimes I need a good embrace (You‘re my ace)
It makes me feel like the way it should (yeah)
And I know you feel the same way too (when I feel blue)
Sometimes I feel sad, when the good vibe‘s gone,
And I‘m all alone, then I need you,
When I‘m really blind, you‘re my piece of mind,
Then I need your vibe (You‘re so true).
You‘re the one that I want,
You‘re the one that I need,
You‘re the one that I see
You‘re my soulmate.
#2: Show me
Show me, where's the hotel.
I don't know where to go.
Show me, where's the hotel.
My battery is so low.
Help me out, I'm a bloody nerd,
I know it sounds absurd,
But I won't butch an inch without
The foolish smartless phone,
You know I feel alone with you.
Show me where's the disco.
I don't know where to go.
Show me, where's the disco.
I want to dance till dawn.
Help me out, I'm a bloody nerd,
I know it sounds absurd,
But I won't butch an inch without
The foolish smartless phone,
You know I feel alone with you.
Show me where's my sweetheart
I don't know where to find.
Show me where's my sweetheart.
Some say that I'm so blind.
Help me out, I'm a bloody nerd,
I know it sounds absurd,
But I won't butch an inch without
The foolish smartless phone,
You know I feel alone with you.
Nananana...
#3: World
I don’t want to see you cry.
I don’t want to feel your hard time’s thinking.
I don’t want to blame the sky,
I don’t want to live for empty reasons.
I need some hope and fun to get it all along.
I used to think I am a hopeful being.
We need everyone to go on and on
You are not alone to struggle in this world, to struggle in this world.
Can you feel it? The world is not the same.
Can you see it? We’re the ones to blame
Are we waiting to change the game of rules
Are we fighting or are we only fools?
I don’t want to make you feel,
As I have no clue what’s going on.
But sometimes it’s all just weird,
What some rulers of this world are thinking.
I need some hope and fun, to get it all along,
I used to think I am a hopeful being.
We need everyone, to go on and on.
You are not alone to struggle in this world, to struggle in this world.
Can you feel it? The world is not the same.
Can you see it? We’re the ones to blame
Are we waiting to change the game of rules
Are we fighting or are we only fools?
You don’t want to lose your hope, you don’t want to share the end,
you don’t want to keep you down; you want to live!
You don’t want to keep it real; you don’t want to hold the deal.
We can change… everything…everything.
Can you feel it? The world is not the same.
Can you see it? We’re the ones to blame
Are we waiting to change the game of rules
Are we fighting or are we only fools?
#4: Johnny
A boy held the silver coin in his small hands,
He did it just for those he deeply loved,
What was good and bad endured his whole life,
But he only wanted to survive.
But he only wanted to survive.
Johnny, you will live forever,
In sad stories we can tell,
Johnny, you weren’t just a bad man,
You just went right from heaven to hell.
You just went right from heaven to hell.
Soon he learned to do the perfect tricks and treats,
To get the money was an easy thing.
To be slow or quick he learned at the age of five
But he only wanted to survive.
But he only wanted to survive.
Johnny, you will live forever,
In sad stories we can tell,
Johnny, you weren’t just a bad man,
You just went right from heaven to hell.
You just went right from heaven to hell.
He appears like a ghost out of the darkness,
And returns there without any sweet caress,
Love and hate were always close together.
What started as a silly game
with winners and losers, was so insane.
The life will chase you now or never.
Johnny, you will live forever,
In sad stories we can tell,
Johnny, you weren’t just a bad man,
You just went right from heaven to hell.
You just went right from heaven to hell.
Silly empty darkness hurts his faithful dreams
Reality without remorse is worse than it seems,
Hope and trust were always close together.
What started as a silly game
with winners and losers, was so insane.
The life will chase him now or never.
Johnny, you will live forever,
In sad stories we can tell,
Johnny, you weren’t just a bad man,
You just went right from heaven to hell.
You just went right from heaven to hell.
#5 Shallow End
Everyone is upside down and everything’s so strange,
Afraid of being drowned by them in his own world’s end.
The surface is too far away, above you only mud.
Other men in history approved just their own blood.
This is what will come to you if you don’t understand.
Power is the awful fiend who seems to be your friend,
Who lies down gently in your bed and makes your dreams come true,
The only question that remains: “Is it really you?”
Will you be stronger, to fight the sense of time?
Do you end up in the deep or at the shallow end?
Will you be stronger to change the dimly sky?
Please don’t get into deep. Stay at the shallow end.
Have you now got anything to strive sincerely for?
Will you be the only one that blames the world for good?
Your reflection’s sarky smile rules the Everglades,
And you sell it to the earth as your treasured aids.
You will help the world without your plans behind the doors.
No one gets the strategy to send the youth to war.
Look at the horizon, enjoy the sandy shore.
Stop to play the innocent of some antique folklore!
Will you be stronger, to fight the sense of time?
Do you end up in the deep or at the shallow end?
Will you be stronger to change the dimly sky?
Please don’t get into deep. Stay at the shallow end.
Na na na na…
#6: Freedom
I am feeling so excited. I have everything I need.
I am feeling so ignited, and thus I’m feeling so unfree.
Something’s wrong, something’s right,
It’s a world with too much speed,
Something’s wrong, something’s light,
I need to slow down, let us wheeze.
I am feeling so much stress now. I don’t overcome my schemes.
So, there’s something that must change now. That all my thoughts become my dreams.
Something’s wrong, something’s right,
It’s a world with too much speed,
Something’s wrong, something’s right,
I need to slow down, let us wheeze.
(Solo)
Empty deserts are the outcome. Too many duties I have paid.
And my purse is really hollow. But keep on party I have said to myself.
Something’s wrong, something’s right,
It’s a world with too much speed,
Something’s wrong, something’s right,
I need to slow down, let us wheeze.
#7: Boring
We’re sitting here and don’t see nothing.
We’re sitting here and don’t hear nothing.
We’re sitting here and don’t say nothing.
It’s really boring. It’s really boring.
We’re sitting here and don’t blame no one.
We’re sitting here and don’t change no one.
We’re sitting here and don’t keep no one.
It’s really boring. It’s really boring.
Tell me, what shall we do, what shall we really do?
Tell me, what shall we do, what shall we really do?
Tell me, what shall we do, what shall we really do?
Tell me, who tells us now, tells us what do do?
We’re sitting here and don’t blame no one.
We’re sitting here and don’t change no one.
We’re sitting here and don’t keep no one.
It’s really boring. It’s really boring.
We’re sitting here and don’t catch nothing.
We’re sitting here and don’t catch no one.
We’re sitting here and don’t kill no one.
It’s really boring. It’s really boring.
Tell me, what shall we do, what shall we really do?
Tell me, what shall we do, what shall we really do?
Tell me, what shall we do, what shall we really do?
Tell me, who tells us now, tells us what do do?
It’s boring! It’s boring…
#8: HAnds
The man at the bar in a red-blue checked scarf,
Frowned and looked at me: “Just take it easy, boy.
I’ll spend a drink or two.
I’ve never seen you here; but I know who you are,
You seem at first sight, and I am mostly right, a good soul.”
And he put peanuts in a jar.
He said: “Strong beliefs, futile fights for the rights,
They’re hating each other every day and every night,
They kill themselves with words.
He steps out of the bar, you know we are the stars,
we could change the whole thing altogether.
Rise up your hands, and dance with me
you’ll be the friends, you used to be.
Rise up your hands, Remember me
you’ll be the friends, you used to be.
Get up from the bar, I know who you are,
Sit down at the piano, I’ve heard you on the radio,
You seem to feel the soul.
Play common tunes, and we’ll sing it me and you,
Sure, we change the whole thing altogether,
We only need a strong endeavor.
He said: “Strong beliefs, futile fights for the rights,
They’re hating each other every day and every night,
They kill themselves with words.
He steps out of the bar, you know we are the stars,
we could change the whole thing altogether.
Rise up your hands, and dance with me
you’ll be the friends, you used to be.
Rise up your hands, Remember me
you’ll be the friends, you used to be.
#9: No No No
The table’s set and with regret I’m sitting next to you.
It seems so odd I don’t know how to start where we’ve been through.
We should be friends but lost ourselves in cruel times of blame
We’ve said some words that hurt so much because we are the same.
I wanna tell you something, keep the world go round.
I know it’s a big thing, come on let’s work it out.
I wanna tell you something, keep the world go round, let’s work it out.
The life is a game, there’s nothing to blame,
But never say this “no no no no!”
Keep your dreams real and do what you feel
And always say “yeah yeah yeah yeah!”
The life is a game, there’s nothing to blame,
But never say this “no no no no!”
And keep your dreams real and do what you feel
And always say “yeah yeah yeah yeah!”
You show me some respect that you have never shown before,
And I’ve had times when I’ve been framed and couldn’t laugh no more.
The pictures have been everywhere, I’ve tried to keep my mind,
I couldn’t think of something else, excuse me, I’m so blind.
I wanna tell you something, keep the world go round.
I know it’s a big thing, come on let’s work it out.
I wanna tell you something, keep the world go round, let’s work it out.
The life is a game, there’s nothing to blame,
But never say this “no no no no!”
Keep your dreams real and do what you feel
And always say “yeah yeah yeah yeah!”
The life is a game, there’s nothing to blame,
But never say this “no no no no!”
And keep your dreams real and do what you feel
And always say “yeah yeah yeah yeah!”
Don’t say this “no no no no”, say this “yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah…”
All music & Lyrics (2025) by Dandy John. All rights reserved!