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CHRISTIAN BASS

With love from the Golden Cage

1992 – 1999

 

 

 

Christian Bass asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this lyric collection.

 

Life is a constant battle between good and evil, success and failure, happiness and unhappiness; no matter if all our decisions are right or wrong, they all will lead us and guide us on the path we have to create and walk down to become the human being we deserve to be. This book is about the beginning of my path, my struggle, my love and my inner demons. This is where my journey has started!

 

These lyrics and poems are a work of fiction. Names and characters are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

 

 

 

 

 

2018 - POETIC THOUGHTS

With deep love from my Golden Cage

Poetic thoughts – no more, no less

A past life – let us turn the page

With deep love from my Golden Cage

Once I was young but grew in age

From happiness to inner stress

With deep love from my Golden Cage

Poetic thoughts – no more, no less

 

THE NINETIES

 

In many ways it was a very interesting decade that has brought all of us a lot of wealth and progress. Personal Computers became affordable for everybody, the internet connected us to people from all over the world and introduced us to every available information, Social Media platforms began to fill the emptiness of our lives and we should not forget even the most beneficial invention of all times started during the nineties: our mobile phone – just a cable free phone at the beginning and meanwhile a small smart portable computer from which our modern life and welfare depends on for it opens us doors to still unknown freedoms.

This last decade of the century also had a lot of different musical possibilities to offer that we don’t want to miss nowadays. The rise and fall of unnumbered boy-bands and girl-groups like Take That, Backstreet Boys and the Spice Girls bewitched our feelings; the first rappers made Hip-Hop chart-friendly, created bad boy heroes which annoyed our parents; techno, rave and house music united the thrilled youth on the dance-floors all over the world.

Janet Jackson brought us more or less radio-friendly sexual beats for the ears, Whitney Houston enlightened us with one of the most successful movie soundtracks of history and we could watch her fall from grace and predicted her doom; Michael Jackson made us face the dark side of wealth, before he got lost in a world of scandals and two unsuccessful marriages, nevertheless he rewarded – or cursed, depends on our views – us with three successful records and the news about his fatherhood.

Not only the music industry created one new trend after another, the film industries did the same, especially Hollywood compulsively changed which led to new unimaginable TV and movie experiences. Series and blockbusters were produced, more expensive and more extravagantly than ever before. The film companies started in the digital age. Movies like Titanic, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List and the beginning of the Star Wars franchise first three episodes documented this progress. At the same time the TV shows and series changed the society. Sexual temptation was no more a taboo, thanks to Baywatch (for example) and more and more people gathered together to watch reality talk shows as well as the return of the Star Trek franchise.

Everything got more realistic and influenced our lives as never before – at least as far as I can give an opinion on it. Of course I cannot say how the decades before worked for those who experienced them. I know the Eighties and the last years of the Seventies because I was there, but still too young to recognize how those decades might have influenced me and all the other ‘survivors’. However, I do remember the Nineties.

May it has been the internet, the media news or whatever, we suddenly got aware of many problems and diseases. We started our mission to ‘heal the world’, to make our planet get a better place to live. We stood together as one world when the two German nations united, when the cold war broke away from our daily life; we laughed out loud when the President of the United States of America almost fell from grace thanks to a sexual affair he had in the Oval Office. In many states around the world homosexuality became legal and human rights spread out to women rights and children’s rights. The world changed to the better.

Certainly not everything was good, it never is, however the negative events of this decade has not settled permanently in my mind. I still can remember the devastating Earthquake in Los Angeles, 1994, or the burning Asylum Homes in different German cities, 1991. Apart of those small negative experiences, the worst should come after the decade ended. During the Nineties the world was still good!

 

 

2016 - With LOVE from the GOLDEN CAGE

(Version 1)

Sent with love from a golden cage

The mind of someone underage

From a boy with a loving heart

Who’s longing for his skills to start

No acting in film or on stage

But his words will cover your page

Intelligent and perhaps smart

From the golden cage…

One day he left his home in rage

To escape what should have been his stage

He tried all to find his own part

May it be easy or damn hard

Adventurous life fills the page

Sent with love from the golden cage

 

(Version 2)

Family values

Forced into an unloved life

No chance to break out

They chose, they decided

What my life would be about

They locked me inside

They said it’s the best for me

‘Cause I’m underage

Sad will be my words, but sent

With love from his golden cage

 

(Version 3)

They tried to prepare me for entering the stage

Gave me no choice, trained me from a very young age

 

I fought in despair, I fought day in, day out

My skills are given with love from the golden cage

 

Parents can be cruel, they had made their decision

It doesn’t matter that they woke up hateful rage

 

They never understood what my rage was about

And my future would never be on their stage

 

However, I managed my path with precision

My skills are given with love from the golden cage

 

Forgotten the times where we all fought very loud

My skills are given with love from the golden cage

 

 

 

1992 - PARADISE FOR EVERYONE

It is winter now

And everywhere is snow

Children are building snowmen

 

Christmas Eve in front of the door

A Christmas tree is covering the floor

And the children are excited

 

Merry Christmas and a happy new year

May be peace and freedom be everywhere

Let there be paradise for everyone

 

1992 - AROUND THE WORLD

Around the world

Let me fly with you that’s all I wanna do

Around the world with you

Let me go with you that’s all I wanna do

Around the wild wide world with you

Around the world

To see new places that’s all I wanna do

Around the world with you

To meet new faces that’s all I wanna do

Around the wild wide world with you

 

1992 - GHOST SHOW DANCE

(Ghost Story, unfinished musical)

 

Little ghosts are dancing everywhere

Because the big band’s playing there

Ghost-Show-Dance

Little ghosts are running in the hall

And they’re dancing through the wall

Ghost-Show-Dance

 

Ghost kids are happy

Ghost kids act sappy

Bring joy to every party

 

The big ghosts aren’t dancing everywhere

They prefer sitting around there

Ghost-Show-Dance

The big ghosts are dancing in the hall

Or resting up on the wall

Ghost-Show-Dance

 

Ghost kids are happy

Ghost kids act sappy

Bring joy to every party

 

1992 - WAKE UP! STAND UP!

(Ghost Story, unfinished musical)

 

Wake up! Wake up

Come on, start your show

You, there in the bed

Stand up, stand up

Come on, stand up now

 

The sun is shining

And the moon is gone

A new day has won

Outside in the burning sun

You can have much more fun

Well…

 

Wake up! Wake up

Come on, start your show

You, there in the bed

Stand up, stand up

Come on, stand up now

 

1992 - ROCK ME DUCK

Well you were down in the jungle club

Sweet atmosphere in that heartbreak pub

You asked me if I would dance with you

I said yes and put your hand on mine

There was nothing else to do

And so we danced the whole time

 

We wanna rock, we wanna roll

We wanna rock and roll

Rock, rock, rock me duck

Roll, roll, roll me duck

You are the rock and roll duck

 

She held my hand and told me her name

Daisy like the girlfriend of my comic star

Until midnight we were hot like a flame

And the burning adventure wasn’t far

We both had crazy feeling and couldn’t see

That was made only for you and me, baby

 

We wanna rock, we wanna roll

We wanna rock and roll

Rock, rock, rock me duck

Roll, roll, roll me duck

You are the rock and roll duck

 

 

1992 - HELLO I LOVE YOU

Hello, I love you, do you love me too

Will you stay with me and be my baby

 

Hello, I love you more than my life

And would like to marry you, baby

Tell me, will you become my wife

Because I love you endlessly

 

Hello, I love you more than a pearl

And would love to make love to you, baby

Would you like to have a boy or girl

Because I love you endlessly

 

Hello, I love you I wanna scream

So darling will you marry me tomorrow

You in white, me in black, what a dream

Don’t look back; we are out of the sorrow

 

 

1992 - GOODBYE

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye my friend

 

Here in this land I sing this song to wish you goodbye

Our lives have to go on and on, my friend

This time with you had been so wonderful

And I hope we can see each other again

 

This goodbye is breaking my heart

Please, don’t forget my name

This goodbye is nothing but pain

Please, never forget me

 

Now I have to walk away

But with me, you have a home forever

You gave me a meal, a drink, a bay

So that I’ll never forget you

 

This goodbye is breaking my heart

Please, don’t forget my name

This goodbye is nothing but pain

Please, never forget me

 

I wish you every luck in this world

You made my life complete

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye my friend

My luck conquers your need

 

 

1993 - CHRISTMAS WITH YOU

Christmas is a wonderful time

Children are learning their rhyme

 

The calendar hangs on the wall

On the street we’re greeting all

And children build snowmen

It’s time for the lord and his fans

Tall and small are fighting with snowballs

And children are writing their wish letter

So summer time cannot be better

 

When the winter is sunny

Everybody will be funny

And feels oh so good

Because the day of god

The white city looks true

It’s Christmas with you

Christmas with you

 

Everybody is excited and works hard

Christmas time is the time of love in our hearts

We have to clean our home

And nobody would like to be alone

When outside is a wild snowstorm

We will cook our cookies in a Christmas form

 

When the winter is sunny

Everybody will be funny

And feels oh so good

Because the day of god.

The white city looks true

It’s Christmas with you

Christmas with you

 

It’s Christmas with you

How do you do

It’s Christmas with you

And I love you

It’s Christmas with you

Just Christmas with you

 

When the winter is sunny

Everybody will be funny

And feels oh so good

Because the day of god.

The white city looks true

It’s Christmas with you

Christmas with you

 

 

1993 - FATHER CHRISTMAS

It was Christmas in our town

A December where we had snow

And the candles were burning down

Poems children had to know

A white Christmas time

And a knocking on our front door

A view on the watch

And then she went across the floor

She opened and shouted for me

Her mouth wide open and a scream was free

 

Oh honey, stop shouting loud

Father Christmas is me

Without an angle team

Father Christmas is me

You see me in disguise

Father Christmas is me

Everything is all right

Father Christmas is there

I said in care

 

Billy was in his own room

And couldn’t stop his dream

‘Cause the time was gone too soon

So he couldn’t hear her scream

Smiling, I went in

And my wife fetched our young son

Christmas should begin

With the heavenly Christian fun

Billy came and began to cry

This three year old boy was too shy

 

Oh babe you must not cry

Father Christmas is me

I’m your dad, don’t be shy

Father Christmas is me

You see me in disguise

Father Christmas is me

Everything is all right

Father Christmas is there

I said in care

 

I put off my red disguise

And Billy saw his dad

And got his first big surprise

This eve no one was sad

The Christmas show was fantastic

But suddenly

A voice whispered through the attic

Remember Father Christmas is me

 

1993 - MICHELLE MY LOVE

Michelle, my love, you’re just too much

All night long, we couldn’t get enough

She was the best girl, a real treasure

For a lonely boy under pressure

Oh Michelle my love

 

With a throbbing heart we met for a special night

And the porter gave us our key, you hold me tight

Like two monkeys we danced happily through the room

Where you bewitched my heart, but it was gone too soon

What a feeling warmed my loving heart

Never wanna live apart, may our flame always start

 

Michelle, my love, you’re just too much

All night long, we couldn’t get enough

She was the best girl, a real treasure

For a lonely boy under pressure

Oh Michelle my love

 

You asked me soon, darling can we two go to bed

But I only said, honey, I won’t love you yet

With a throbbing heart, I watched your Daddies’ daughter

Later that night I learned you were the best ever

The best ship to sail along the seven waters

I will never let you go, we are forever

 

Michelle, my love, you’re just too much

All night long, we couldn’t get enough

She was the best girl, a real treasure

For a lonely boy under pressure

Oh Michelle my love

 

1993 - BACK TO SCOTLAND

He wanna go, he wanna go

He wanna go back to Scotland

 

He was born in a little town

Where the angels looked down

He was born in a little town

Where they had an auld playground

 

He has a desire far, far away

His flame is burning there

He’s dreaming himself back, every day

To live his exciting life there

 

Come on girls and lads

Come on lads and girls

Come on everybody

Let’s go back to Scotland

 

He wanna go, he wanna go

He wanna go back to Scotland

 

He likes the smell in the air

Fair Scotland – his home

Everybody is kind and fair

And no-one is all alone

 

Come on, my dear friend

Come back to Scotland

Come on everybody

You and me, back to Scotland

(Dedicated to my Scottish grandfather)

 

1993 - FELIX BAD BIG ROCK SHOW

Felix bad big rock show

And everybody says wow

It is like in our purple dream

It’s no good I wanna scream

 

Because it’s no good, it’s no good

You know it’s no good, no good and you know it

Come on, it’s no good, it’s no good

You know it’s no good, no good and you know it

 

Felix bad big rock show

Where everybody can dance

But they only play House now

So that I cannot stand a chance

To burn the dance-floor out

Because the sound ain’t loud

 

Because it’s no good, it’s no good

You know it’s no good, no good and you know it

Come on, it’s no good, it’s no good

You know it’s no good, no good and you know it

 

Felix bad big rock show

We don’t wanna gotta know

Although the kids inside are glad

But this drumming shit makes me mad

 

Because it’s no good, it’s no good

You know it’s no good, no good and you know it

Come on, it’s no good, it’s no good

You know it’s no good, no good and you know it

 

1993 - TOMORROW

Go in your warm bed and close your eyes

Dream about the sun and the blue sky

Tomorrow you can tell me your dream

And we can go out, eat an ice-cream

 

So boy, be kind and sleep now

Sleep until the sun wakes you

 

Tomorrow is a new day for us, babe

And I promise you I won’t come late

Tomorrow you get your pocket-money

And a toast with your favorite honey

 

Take your teddy bear in your arm

Hold him tight, hold him warm

At the weekend I will be your teddy

So boy, give a kiss to your loving daddy

 

1993 - BILLY JEAN

I went through the pet shop

And I looked for a new job

When I saw it in its cage

I saw its sweet black skin

Suddenly a fat man came in

And I told him that I wanna buy it

 

Billy Jean, is not a game

Billy Jean, is its name

Billy Jean calls my little cat

Billy Jean, is not a game

Billy Jean, is its name

Billy Jean calls my funny cat

 

Every day we could play together

And we became friends forever

It always travelled with me

Having each other’ll set us free

When it screamed

I knew, what it meant

 

Billy Jean, is not a game

Billy Jean, is its name

Billy Jean calls my little cat

Billy Jean, is not a game

Billy Jean, is its name

Billy Jean calls my funny cat

 

1993 - WE ARE YOUNG

You made me act like a monkey

When I saw your face I got blush

For you I wanna spend my hard earned money

When you call my name I will rush!

I asked my daddy a lot of questions about you

And now I don’t know what shall I do

 

We are young and really shy

Every night our tears cannot dry

We are young and all alone

When we’re wasting our days at home

We are young and love us

 

We are young and restless now

Every night we have our secret show

We are young and out of time

One day our glory will shine

We are young and tease us

 

With your flying hair, when you came to town

You bewitched my heart so that I’ve to look down

Without you I’m standing short before a heart attack

I take my power out of your eyes, chocolate black.

I asked my daddy a lot of questions about you

And now I don’t know what shall I do

 

We are young and wanna leave

Our childhood to become our own police

We are young and out to live

Trying to find our own sweet bliss

We are young and love us

 

We are young and wanna love

Because our parents can’t give us enough

We are young and out to thrill

Someday we will say loud: Yes, I will

We are young and tease us

1993 - WHO WAS IT?

Who found my love

Who found my heart

Who has stolen my baby

It’s not crazy

Who found my love

Who found my heart

Who has stolen my baby

It’s not crazy

 

The picture still hangs on the wall

Close to the stars of football

She was my rose, my loving ghost

And now my heart is closed

She was my joy and I’m here toy

Like every other boy

 

I left my room to find my doom

And when I returned with the moon

This picture was gone

I looked up and down, everywhere

But I couldn’t find it anywhere

Now this picture is gone

 

Where is it? - Is it under the bed

Or behind the roses of red

Who was it? – Is it my brother

Or one of her other lovers

Where is it? - Is it in our car

Hidden behind the silver star

Who was it? –Is it my friend

Or a guy from another land

 

Who found my love

Who found my heart

Who has stolen my baby

It’s not crazy

Who found my love

Who found my heart

Who has stolen my baby

It’s not crazy

 

I cannot go home to my little room

Without this picture it will be my doom

I cannot go home because I am alone

And my parents have two hearts of stone

I have to find this picture of my bliss

Because I never stopped loving this miss

 

Where is it? –Is it behind the wall

Hidden behind the dusty football

Who was it? –Is it my classmate

Or a guy from a higher grade

Where is it? – Is it in the bathroom

Or in the pocket of her new groom

Who was it? - Is it my father

Or my stupid hating mother

 

Who found my love

Who found my heart

Who has stolen my baby

It’s not crazy

Who found my love

Who found my heart

Who has stolen my baby

It’s not crazy

 

1993 - MAIS OUI MON AMI

Jean, we spoke with each other

And you told me about your love

That’s how I became your lover

And now we are living above

 

I said, mais oui mon ami

Je dit, mais oui mon ami

 

You were the mate of a friend

And born in a neighboring land

German you couldn’t understand

But you took me by your hand

 

I said, mais oui mon ami

Je dit, mais oui mon ami

 

Nous somme gaie enfants

And now we’re feeling like rich lords

Tu as un pere, mais non frere

But you knew our time will be short

 

I said, mais oui mon ami

Je dit, mais oui mon ami

 

Jean, tu est mon ami

Je veux dire – oui, oui

Jean, my dearest friend

I hardly understand

 

1993 - JEAN DARLING

Do you wanna sleep with me, Jean Darling

Do you let me feel your body, Jean Darling

You are my greatest desire, Jean Darling

And our love is burning like fire, Jean Darling

 

Let me feel your body tonight

I love you oh so right

Why we never could understand

But we are more than friends

 

The sun is shining for you

And we can do everything together

Don’t walk away forever,

Cannot understand what I do

 

Let me take you by your hand

I don’t know where we can go

To live alone in our own home

Come on, please don’t say no

 

I’ve heard that you are alone, Jean Darling

Come on, let us build up our home, Jean Darling

Let’s make our love come true, Jean Darling

Everything we can do, Jean Darling

 

Let me feel your body tonight

I love you oh so right

Why we never could understand

But we are more than friends

 

You’re swimming in my heart

And there will never be another part

I need you tonight and forever

I don’t let you go, no, no, never

 

I love your black hair, you’re always fair

And you’re very wild with the heart of a child

So can you hear what I do

Sweet honey, I deeply love you

 

I’ve heard that you are alone, Jean Darling

Come on, let us build up our home, Jean Darling

Let’s make our love come true, Jean Darling

Everything we can do, Jean Darling

 

Let me feel your body tonight

I love you oh so right

Why we never could understand

But we are more than friends

 

Do you wanna sleep with me, Jean Darling

Do you let me feel your body, Jean Darling

You are my greatest desire, Jean Darling

And our love is burning like fire, Jean Darling

 

I love you that I do

 

1993 - MY DADDY IS A GHOST

(Ghost Story, unfinished musical)

 

My Daddy is a ghost

And his small house was closed

I really loved my father

Although he married my mother

And I am his son

So we had much fun

He was always in care

And almost always fair

My Daddy built his own bay

While he worked in the USA

But I know that he loves me

Something you cannot see

So many people couldn’t understand

Why he was travelling from land to land

He’s always there in my pain

And give trust a real ghost name

 

1993 - TRUE FRIENDSHIP CANNOT DIE

We can laugh with each other

And make our jokes

Our friendship’s important

We are there for each other

And share our hopes

 

Our friendship won’t die

Because true friendship cannot die

 

Friends have to like each other

Friends are a bit like lovers

A friendship’s important

A whole life they spend together

Without friends, we can’t live forever

 

When your heart is good and fine

And you will like to give a lot of time

Your friendship won’t die

Because true friendship cannot die

 

1993 - THE WHOLE HEALING WORLD

Animals are no more dying

And mothers aren’t crying

Everybody loves everyone

And everybody needs everyone

Children can play on playgrounds

And that ain’t dangerous

 

The rainforest can live forever

We can write positive history together

Yet, we can’t always have joy

During the week I see working boys

Nobody tries to kill the world, never

So let me dream this dream forever

 

It is the whole healing world

To say thank you to God

We are wondering why

Just nobody can cry

Nobody wanna die

It’s the whole healing world

To say thank you to God

Try to make this a better place

For the entire human race

 

This is the world of my dreams

We all have to make the world get clean

We all need air to breath

So show the pollution your teeth

We all need Mother Earth

However, Mother Earth doesn’t need us

 

It is the whole healing world

To say thank you to God

We are wondering why

Just nobody can cry

Nobody wanna die

It’s the whole healing world

To say thank you to God

Try to make this a better place

For the entire human race

 

1993 - LOVE WITH YOU

When I saw you standing there

I felt love was coming over me

Would like to touch your flying hair

Kiss your smiling face

Enjoying the summer sun,

What a fun

This is love, love forever

Forever with you

This is love, love with you

Forever with you

My heart was throbbing oh so wild

When I spoke to your Daddy’s best child

This is love, love forever

Forever with you

This is love, love with you

Forever with you

 

1993 - THE MIDNIGHT SHOW

Everybody’s watching TV

From England to Germany

Every night they call the number

And then they will get their…

 

Sex and sun

Girls and fun

Men like stars

They drive it very far

In the midnight show

Sex and sun

Boys and fun

Girls as queens

What a hot dream

In the midnight show

It’s beginning right now

 

Hey man, come and see

How she’s gonna love me

She’s wild and gives me head

An hour later she makes me sad

 

Sex and sun

Girls and fun

Men like stars

They drive it very far

In the midnight show

Sex and sun

Boys and fun

Girls as queens

What a hot dream

In the midnight show

It’s beginning right now

 

1993 - I HATE SEX

My lovely girl is bad

And her hair is red

She cannot love me

But I want her, can’t you see

She’s hating me

 

I wanna make love with you

But I won’t do so now, sorry

That’s why I sleep all alone

Because she’s not here with me

 

I won’t make love now

Because I can’t do it in your show

If you want, you can visit Rex

Because he really loves burning sex

 

But remember I love you so much

And together we really could live

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Tag der Veröffentlichung: 02.05.2019
ISBN: 978-3-7487-0301-3

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