Niemen Aerolit

PRELUDE
(C.Niemen - N. Simon)

CD "Mourner's Rhapsody" N&N Records 1993

MAN, ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFETIME
ARE BUT A SECOND...
YOU ARE HERE TODAY,
AND TOMORROW GONE

MAN, IT MATTERS NOT
HOW MIGHTY YOU ARE
FOR YOUR BRIEF MOMENT
FROM THE EARTH YOU ARE FORMED
AND TO EARTH YOU RETURN

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Dziś, gdy Ciebie mi brak ...

Lilacs And Champagne

Lyrics: Norman Simon
Music: Czesław Niemen

LP "Mourner's Rhapsody" CBS 1974

Lilacs and champagne
A sweet and bubbly trip
The widow lost her grip
And Peter’s gonna slip

Lilacs and champagne
Keep running through my head
Be quiet someone said
The baby may be dead

Why did you cry
When the summer said goodbye
Don’t you know there must be fall and winter ,too?
All Hallow’ s Day
When your mother came to stay
I could see our summer love was through

Lilacs and champagne
Keep messing up my mind
Please don’t be unkind
If I leave our past behind
Just say I’m blind
If I leave our past behind
Just say I’m blind
If I leave our past behind
Just say I’m blind
If I leave our past behind

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"Wyśpiewałem duszę moją sercem szczerym..."

Strange Is This World

Music & Lyrics: Cz. Niemen

LP CBS 1972

Oh, strange is this world
Well, still it seems
There's so far so much evil
And strange it is / that since long ago
Man despises man.

Oh, strange this world
Of human affairs
Sometimes I'm ashamed to be in it
Oh, so often /a man can kill
With a bad word or still a knife.

But most people are of good will
I - thanks to them - believe
That this world should never, never die
And now, the time has come
The final time for hatred, for hatred
To destroy itself.

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"Wyśpiewałem duszę moją sercem szczerym..."

Ode to Venus

Music: Cz. Niemen, J. Skrzek
Lyrics: Cz. Niemen/P.Brodowski

LP "Ode to Venus" CBS 1973

Hear my tuneless songs
That found a way to rhymes of pain
I have praised you long,
Long before I knew your name.

O Goddess of all spheres
The fairest soul my eyes have seen
The riddle of your fears
Conceals a proud , inhuman queen.

You’re all divine , you’re all but mine
To my love there is no end
It’s grown beyond the false or true
Eternity is my best friend
I’ll wait for you.

I have sung my heart of hearts
My own true self
I haven’t lied with but one sound
And you were unable
To colour the paleness of your cheeks
With a blush of confusion.
O wretched creature
Do you now how much tenderness
Has a branchy , weeping willow
Listening intently to the music
Of the wind –its supreme lord ?

Bowing by the roadside
Hasn’t it more beauty
Than the proudly, silent splendor
Of your marble countenance ?

Listen thou to the last complaint
Of my restless blood
And be thou born of the spirit
And be thou blessed without the halo
Without a crown of glory.

O Venus
I dreamed of love, now new begun
I learned you too can gleam
O Venus, Venus, Venus
My song is sung, my prayer’s done
Thought cold, your stars will beam!

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"Wyśpiewałem duszę moją sercem szczerym..."

"Little wing"

Music & Lyrics J.Hendrix

LP "Little Wing"Kciuk/Niemen Arston 1983


Well, she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running wild
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind

When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles
She gives to me free
It's alright, she says, it's alright
Take anything you want from me,
Anything
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Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running wild
Butterflies and zebras
End moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind

When I'm sad she comes to me
With a thousand smiles
She gives to me, free
It's alright, she says , it's alright
Take anything you want from me
Anything (aahh-ah-ahhh)

Fly little wing, yeah, yeah
Fly little wing, yeah, yeah

It's alright, she says , it's alright
Take anything you want from me
Anything (aahh-ah-ahhh)
yeah, yeah !!!

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"nie obawiajcie się zajrzeć mej pamięci w oczy"

I've Been Loving You Too Long

Music: Redding
Lyrics: Butler

LP "Strange Is This World" CBS 1972

I've been loving you
I've been loving you too long, darling
I don't wanna stop now
You were tied
And you want to be free

My love is growing stronger
As you become a habit to me

I've been loving you a little too long
I don't wanna stop now

With you, my life
Has been so wonderful
I don' want to stop, now

You were tied
And your love is growing cold
My love is growing stronger
As our affair, grow old

I've been loving you too long,
Oh, darling
I'don't wanna stop now
I love you so
I love you
I don't wanna stop now

With you, my life
Has been so wonderful
I don' want to stop now

You were tied
And you want to be free

My love is growing stronger
As you become a habit to me

I've been loving you a little too long
I don't wanna stop now

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"Wyśpiewałem duszę moją sercem szczerym..."

“AMEN”

©1968 – Otis Redding – słowa tradycyjne/ aranżacja Otis Redding
1969 – wykonał Czesław Niemen i Akwarele w Titan Club Roma

Amen, uh, A-Amen, uh
A-Amen, Amen, Amen, with the horns, now
Amen, with the rhytm, now
A-Amen, A-Amen
A-Amen, Amen, Amen, everybody, now
A-Amen, A-Amen
A-Amen, Amen, Amen, he let me tell you

This little life of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
This little life of mine
I'm gonna let it shine, yeah, yeah
This little life of mine
I'm gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine
To show my love

One thing my papa used to say he said that
Even in my home son, I said what dad
I'm gonna let it shine, let me tell you
Said even in your home son
You got to let your little light shine, yeah huh
Even in your home son, ha
You got to let it shine
Just let it shine, just let it shine
To show your love
And then I said daddy help me sing this line one time

A-Amen, will you help me
A-Amen, huh, with a feeling
A-Amen, Amen, Amen, everybody together now
A-Amen, little louder now
A-Amen, everybody say
A-Amen, Amen, Amen
Amen

“Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)”

©1966 - Otis Redding
1969 – wykonał Czesław Niemen i Akwarele w Titan Club Roma

fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa

I keep singin' them sad sad song y'all,
Sad song is of all I know.
I keep singin' them sad sad song y'all,
Sad song is all I know.

It has a sweet melody, tonight,
anybody can sing it, any all time

It got to your heart, put you in a groove,
and when you sing this song, it will make your whole body move

continued below...

it goes

fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Your turn

I'll turn
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa (fa)
Your turn now

All my life I've been singin' them sad song
trying to get my message to you.
But you see, only song y'all, I can sing
and when I can you singing, my message will be to you

It goes

fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Your turn now

It's a lovely song y'all,
Sweet music honey,
It feels to life over,
It tells a story over,
You got to get your message
A stone message honey
A lovely line baby
I've been wanting a line..watch it

fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Your turn

Everybody it's good
Everybody
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
One more time
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Throw me the line y'all
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa

“DROWN IN MY OWN TEARS”

© Ray Charles
1969 – wykonał Czesław Niemen i Akwarele w Titan Club Roma


It brings a tear into my eyes
When I begin to realize
I"ve cried so much since you've been gone
I guess I'll drown in my own tears

I've been crying just likea child
My pouring tears are running wild
If you don't think you'll be home soon
I guess I'll drown, oh yeah, in my own tears

I know it's true
Into each life
Oh, some rain, rain must pour
I'm so blue
Here without you
It keeps raining more and more

Why don't you come home so I won't be all alone
If you don't think youi'' be home soon
I Guess I'll (drown in my own tears
Oh, don't let mr (drown in my own tears)
When I'm in trouble, baby (drown in my own tears)
Oh, don't let me (drown in my own tears)
I guess I'll drown in my own tears

“Papa's Got A Brand New Bag”

©1965 – James Brown
1968 - Otis Redding
1969 – Cz. Niemen i Akwarele w Titan Club Roma

Come in sister
Papa's in the den
Ain't too hip
'Bout that new breed dance
It ain't no drag
Papa's got a brand new bag
He's doing the jerk
He's doing the fly
Don't play him cheap
You know he's not shy
The mash potatoes, the alligator
Jump back Jack
See you later alligator

Come in sister
Papa's in the den
Ain't too hip
'Bout that new breed dance
It ain't no drag
Papa's bought himself a brand new bag
Come on now, hey, hey
Come on
He's out of sight
He's uptight
Come on and groove me
Oh you're out of sight

He's doing the twist
He's doing the fly
Don't play him cheap
You know he's not shy
The mash potatoes, the alligator
Jump back Jack
See you later alligator
Come in sister
Papa's in the den
Ain't too hip
'Bout that new breed dance
It ain't no drag
My mammy's got a brand new bag

“HEY JUDE”

©1968 – Lennon/Mc Cartney
1969 – Cz. Niemen i Akwarele w Titan Club Roma

Hey jude, dont make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

Hey jude, dont be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel the pain, hey jude, refrain,
Dont carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that its a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.

Hey jude, dont let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

So let it out and let it in, hey jude, begin,
Youre waiting for someone to perform with.
And dont you know that its just you, hey jude, youll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.

Hey jude, dont make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then youll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.

Na na na na na ,na na na, hey jude

“IF I ONLY HAD TIME”
© (M. Fugain; P. Delanoë; J. Fishman)

1968 - JOHN ROWLES
1969 – Cz. Niemen i Akwarele w Titan Club Roma

If I only had time
Only time

So much to do
If I only had time
If I only had time
Dreams to pursue
If I only had time
They'd be mine

Time like the wind
Those are hurrying by
And the hours just fly
Where to begin
There are mountains I'd climb
If I'd time

Since I met you I've glored
Life really is to short
Lovin' you
So many things
We could make true
A whole century
Isn't enough
To satisfy me

So much to do
If I only had time
If I only had time
Dreams to pursue
If I only had time
They'd be mine

Mmmmm
If I only had time
Only time
Mmmmm

“JUMPING JACK FLASH”

©1968 (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards)
1969 – Cz. Niemen i Akwarele w Titan Club Roma - wersja instrumentalna

Watch it

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at my ma in the driving rain,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag,
I was schooled with a strap right across my back,
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead.
I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled.
I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I was crowned with a spike right thru my head.
But it's all right now, in fact, it's a gas!
But it's all right, I'm Jumpin' Jack Flash,
It's a Gas! Gas! Gas!

Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas
Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas

“Mony Mony”

©1968-Tommy James & the Shondells
1969 – wyk. Niemen i Akwarele w Titan Club Roma


Here she comes now, say, Mony, Mony.
Shoot 'em down, turn around, come on, Mony.
Hey, she give me love and I feel all right now.
You gotta toss and turn in the middle of the night,
And I feel all right.
I say Yeah (Yeah) Yeah (Yeah) .........
'Cause you make me feel
(Mony, Mony) so (Mony, Mony) good.(Mony, Mony) ........
Well I feel all right, Yeah (Yeah) Yeah (Yeah) ....
Wake me, shake me, Mony, Mony
Shot gun dead and come on, Mony,
Don't stop cookin', it feels so good Yeah
Hey don't stop now. Hey, come on! Mony,
Come on Mony Yeah!
(Yeah) Yeah (Yeah) Yeah.....
'Cause You make me feel
(Mony, Mony) so (Mony, Mony) good.(Mony, Mony) ........
Well I feel all right, Yeah (Yeah) Yeah (Yeah) ...
Ooh I love you Mony, Mo, Mo, Mony .....
Yeah ......
Come on, ....

Mourner’ s Rhapsody

Music: Czesław Niemen
Lyrics: C.K.Norwid/Norman Simon

Shadow why are you leaving
Lying with your hands on your armor plate
Torches light up the coffin
Sparks play around your knees
Your sword green with laurel
Covered with candle drippings
Like mourner’s tears

Your falcon crying, and
Your horse kicking up his legs
Like a dancer

Streamers flowing
And chatting with each other in the wind
Streamers like
An army of tents flapping in the sky

Trumpets sobbing a song
That can break a heart of stone
Symbols of another day
Bow their heads and clap their wings
Dragons pierced by spears
Lizards and fabulous birds
Proclaiming honor to you
A legend in our own times

Mourning maidens bearing jasmine
Raise the sprays giving off perfume

Other maidens fill the vases
With their teardrops
Still others tear their hair
Searching for a way to show their sorrow
Though the road of grief was paved ages ago

Maidens smashing
Pottery do the ground in their grief
Others stumble on their way chanting
“Clay unto clay”
Young men swing axes at the sky
Angry at their loss
Serving men striking their shields
‘til streams of sparks fly out

Huge flags rising from the smoke
Higher and higher
Huge flags rising from the smoke
And soaring up to the sky

Slowly the mourners march ever downward
Sinking into the Earth
And than they march again into the moonlight
Illuminated by the call light of a star
Afraid to fall
Voices fill the night
And wash away like a wave

Onward, onward
Until we march right into the grave
Onward ‘til we see
The blackness beyond the grave
Onward ‘til we can no longer escape the depths
We will stop your horse
With the thrust of a spear

Screaming the procession
Brings sadness into the village
Striking screams against the gates
Like whistling axes
Making Jericho’s wall fall down like falling logs
Waking sleeping nations
Lifting darkness from their eyes
Onward, onward…

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"Wyśpiewałem duszę moją sercem szczerym..."