Lele’s Song
Words and music by Bruno Merz

Far away, ends a summer day.
And the breeze it carries your quiet sigh.

‘Cos you’re tired today, and sleep won’t come,
Pretty bird, why do you hide your head and cry.

Ooh, there is a love that stays now.
Ooh, let it all fly away now.
Ooh, lie awake and you’ll find love waiting.

Little one, how far you’ve come,
Down a path that never was and easy one.
So rest your head, come lay it down.
Hear the wind calling you to fly the moonlit clouds.

Nine Sixteen
Words and music by Bruno Merz

I need the nine sixteen to get me where I’m going to,
Take me from this place of lies and shame.
My tears are falling down, falling down on everyone,
Think it’s time to leave and start again.

But where is home, where is home.
Tired of feeling alone.
So come fly me away.
Ooh, yeah I’m riding on.
Ooh, yeah I’m riding on.

Thought I’d forever be bound by regrets that torment me.
Never seen a day break oh so clear.
And as the leaves appeared you whispered words of love to me,
Melted through this heart so full of fear.

Beautiful Always
Words and music by Bruno Merz

Your gentle hands they cover me,
And I feel sleep come finally.
But I don’t want to sleep tonight,
I want to stay here forever like this,
In your arms.

And how I’m longing for the sea.
To feel the waves wash over me.
And like the shining sea, light finds you.
It all becomes calm here with your head on my heart,

And in your sleep I heard you say,
You say I love you in a tender way,
All I could do was lie and gaze,
Upon that pretty sleeping face.

Beautiful always, beautiful always.

Serenade
Words and music by Bruno Merz

A serenade,
To say goodbye,
To ceaseless lies that bind me.

I can’t feel the pain,
Can’t rest my head,
I’m afraid to try tonight.

So I’ll take these wings.
And learn to fly.

And all the words I’ve longed to hear,
You whisper closer in my ear.
Replace the lies I’ve believed.

So come find me,
‘Cos I’m waiting,
I can’t waste another day.

So I’ll take these wings.
And learn to fly.
Breathe this this breath,
And learn to cry.

And I’ll wait here beside this river wide.
‘Til the silence replies,
Bringing tears to these eyes.

So wash over, wash over,
over me, over me.
So wash over, wash over,
over me, over me.

On The Shore
Words and music by Bruno Merz

Do you remember when we were tender,
That even strangers said how beautiful we were together.
On the shore.

Do you remember by the sea,
When you told me how you wanted to be,
Always together,
On the shore.

Ooh ooh ooh.

We’d driven for days then singing our songs,
Didn’t seem to matter that our money was gone,
‘Cos we were together,
On the shore.

And as those white waves came hissing ashore,
I told you stories of the days before we were together.

Ooh ooh ooh.

And when you smiled then it was just for me.
Your heart alone for me to see.

Coming Home
Words and music by Bruno Merz

All of the things I’d left behind me,
Places no-one would find me,
Back then where I knew every stone that I passed by.

And you look so happy in this photo,
Smiling at your children,
Pretend to hear you say that I was doing ok.

But I don’t need those words anymore.
Feeling more healed and whole now.
All that I want is to see you again.
Promise I’m coming home.

Mother I know it’s been eight years now,
That you don’t shed no tears now,
And you tell me that you wouldn’t know me anymore.

Brother I’m coming home to see you,
Exploring like we used to,
In those long summers, oh how I’ve missed you.

On That Morning
Words and music by Bruno Merz

Used to believe in you and me,
Used to believe in love,
But on that morning when you woke up,
Did your thoughts turn to me.

‘Cos I really thought that I knew you,
You were free to go my dearest friend,
So did you have to do it like that.
Something’s gone in me forever now.

Why you could not say,
Doesn’t matter anyway.
Can’t change you back,
Can’t think like that.

Why you could not say,
Doesn’t matter anyway.
That wind that blew,
Yeah, it took you too.

‘Cos my heart still searches for your face.

Night Train
Words and music by Bruno Merz

There’s a train that goes by,
Every night while I lie,
Dreaming of a new life,
Somewhere far from this night.

Take me with you,
Through darkness into day.
I want to view,
This life from far away.

Through mountain grasses,
It swiftly passes,
And warming sun rays,
They whisper new ways.

Take me with you,
Through darkness into day.
I want to view,
This life from far away.

There’s a train that goes by,
Every night while I lie,
Dreaming of a new life,
Somewhere far from this night.

Far from this weary night,
I see sky appearing,
And with this new sunrise,
I find you here so near me.

Oh My Love
Words and music by Bruno Merz

I remember your heavy sleeping head on my shoulder.
I remember your cheeks so wet and cold from the rain.

I remember your hair all in my face as you’d kiss me.
But the truth is I’m starting to forget you girl.

I remember you running through the street just to meet here,
And the way you’d always write my name while on the phone.

I remember Sunday morning light shining on you,
And as you’d wake up your arms would surround me.

Oh my love, come run away from this.
‘Cos oh my love, what happened now to us.

When You Found Me
Words and music by Bruno Merz

Where I’ll go the blackbird knows.
Sweet acquitter of the morning light.
Singing songs that no-one knows.
For a boy who liked his symphonies.

When you found me,
Never knew that I’d deserve you,
Someone like you.

Like our footprints in the snow.
We’re moving on from black to blinding white.
Gotta take these stone walls down.
Gotta feeling that I like this town.

When you found me,
Never knew that I’d deserve you,
Someone like you.

Lullaby
Words and music by Bruno Merz

Sleep and let your fear and worry fade away.
Sleep now for tomorrow brings a brand new day.
Where everything is new and good,
And troubles fade just like they should.

And as moonlit clouds have always brought their peaceful rain.
It always has and always will go on the same.
Hear the wind soft in the trees.
The rain from high upon the leaves.

And you don’t have to try so hard,
‘Cos you are loved just as you are.

Home Soon
Words and music by Bruno Merz

All I would give just to be near you now.
Your words in my hands, still got a thousand miles.
Saw in your eyes, saw them take every word.
It’s all in the past, so many words unheard.

Fool that I’d become so unstuck now.
Who would’ve saved my soul from this.

Don’t go to sleep yet, ‘cos I’ll be home soon.
Pick up my feet and leave these lonely rooms.
Can already breathe your hair as you lean to me.
Your whispering skin, whisper all over me.

Full of love that I have longed for now.
Full of hope that I have hoped for now.

For You Now
Words and music by Bruno Merz

Come away, come away
leave it all far behind you.
‘Cos it’s not who you are and it’s not what you wanted.
I can see, I can see
the strength there inside you.
Calling you
come away to where you’re bright eyed and hopeful.

As a child is this how, you saw yourself all grown up.
‘Cos I believe, I believe
in your smile I see someone else.
Coming through, coming through
like the sun-rays that kiss your face.
Like they always have done and they always will for you now.

And everything will be alright now, alright.