A serious, slow ballad in Dutch about a policeman.

Lyrics:

Jij bent eerst bij het ongeval,

bloed en tranen ingeblikt

een brancard in ‘t blauwe licht

weet niet of hij ‘t redden zal

de dood belt nooit aan

hoe hard je ‘t ook zal proberen

dat gevoel blijft bestaan

als je naar huis gaat neem je ‘t mee

slaat op je terug als branding in de zee

De donkere kant, de schaduwmaatschappij

is je bekend, een oude kameraad

met cynisme trek je er doorheen

gelooft niet meer in goed of kwaad

Je wou mensen

helpen als kind

Nu is ‘t je werk, een baan.

Met hoge snelheid naar een sterfgeval

een jonge vrouw geschoten in haar huis

maar de dader blijkt haar vader en je kan

het niet langer aan

wie laat dit soort lijden langs zich gaan

Waarom mag dit onrecht zomaar vrij bestaan

Ze was 22 lentes jong,

een bloem die vertrapt werd

onder de laars

van de maatschappij.

Je neemt vier dagen vrij, en drinkt de pijn opzij.

Op een dag, dag, dag, daaag, dag

je weet niet, ‘t weekend

arrestant die moeilijk doet,

je grijpt hem in een nekklem,

je collega spuit met pepperspray,

de man krijgt geen lucht, geen lucht.

[instrumental]

Hij vocht als een lee-eeuw maar het

baatte hem niet meer, het was drie man tegen een,

nekklem, adem, pepperspray in zijn gezicht

Je draagt hem naar je bus toe, hij beweegt niet meer,

want hij schold vandaag op de politie.

Tekst: Pim van Riezen en Petra de Winter

Muziek: Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen, Marcel Peters. www.chabliz.com.

Zang: Petra de Winter

Vleugel: Pim van Riezen

Contrabas: Marcel Peters

Viool: Pim van Riezen

Productie: Pim van Riezen.

Assistent-producer: Petra de Winter

All rights reserved.

Artwork: David Gosker & Karianne Hylkema

A cheerful, quite jazzy popsong about Senta, the girl from the old Flying Dutchman legend. We altered the legend slightly; in this song the Flying Dutchman is a quite attractive merman, and Senta is a human; this means trouble....

Lyrics:

Water’s warm, I’m waiting for fish to bite

They’re moving slow

The boat rocks slowly in the sea

Feet dusty here from sand

A sunscreen smell

And I wait

I wait some time

I see the boat and the gulls, they are floatin’ upon the wind

We settle down in this place, easy

Suddenly I see

This is so amazing to find

Right from the water appears

A quite handsome merman oh

And I can see, the lightning strike

Ie ie ie ie ie ie ie

This is so amazing to find

Right from the water appears

And I’m not blind to see that I don’t have any chance

To hide anywhere on this ship

He’s far too handsome for me

And far too young

But he says he is older

A few hundred years

He lost his ship a long time ago from now

And he invites me to

Dive

Into the sea with him

He says ooh yeah

Hey hey

One day, he tells me

Ie ie ie ie ie

Should I trust him with all his lies

If I would jump, would I die, die

Should I dive into the blue, blue sea

Would he pull me to the bottom of the ocean

Is he a sailor or a fraud

Hey, I really don’t know

What should I do

The sea pulls it

Pulls hey

Ooh oooh

I stay, I stay in this boat

Oooh

The sun is going down

I see his battleship

I hear the choirs sing

The men on the ship, but I don’t know

That if I jump

I would drown most certainly

He would drag me to the depths of the ocean

He’s too aaaaaah

He’s too

hot

Written by Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen, Marcel Peters, K. Hylkema.

Vocals: Petra de Winter

Keyboards, grand piano & Hammond organ: Pim van Riezen.

Bassguitar & Double bass: Marcel Peters

Drums: Sergio Bisbal

Production: Pim van Riezen

Assistent producer: Petra de Winter

Artwork: David Gosker (collage) & Karianne Hylkema

Lyrics Spooky Lullaby

I was at home

in London town

I heard this song hovering around

a piano played a wonderful song

it came from downstairs, but I had it wrong

These notes I heard, my eyes got blurred

ear on the chimney

a piano piece in the right key

None of my neighbours had a piano

this couldn't be, there was no song

and there was more- they didn't play this type of music

it wasn't their way

heavenly notes from nowhere's coasts

I could not hear these notes, don't fear

I read a book, his name was Sinclair

he heard a song that hung in the air

he walked on the street, stood still near a church

here was this sound, his eyes were blurred

Inside, his friend

playing 'till the end

the organ sounds like a beautiful strike

four weeks before my baby was born

should give him a name after this book

I hesitated

was it the right one?

I walked on the street, it was midnight

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I heard the piano

a heavenly song

so loud, so clear how could this appear?

I could not find where it came from

stood still in front of a door

was not sure...

Lyrics written by Petra de Winter

Music written by Pim van Riezen, Petra de Winter & Marcel Peters

Lyric corrections: Pim van Riezen

Orchestral arrangement: Pim van Riezen

Recording & Production: Pim van Riezen

Editing: Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter

Production assistent: Petra de Winter

Vocals: Petra de Winter

Grand piano: Pim van Riezen

Acoustic double bass: Marcel Peters

Clarinet: Ben van der Wegen

Trumpet: Storm Blok

Photo by Riske de Vries

Lyrics:

Conductor 71

Some are pleased to see me

while others try to run away

Love and hate are all the same, to me

Know you not, what is my name?

Live your lives as best as you can

for there will be an end, for everyone

That is sure as night follows the day

Your choice then or not to pray...or not to pray

Do you take, or do you give?

For it matters not to me....what you do, or even think

you're welcome to your thoughts, my friends

Is your life so full of love, or hatred, spreading fast?

if you are suicidal, I will not be judging you, or your past.

Whether you are very poor, or extremely rich

I do not care one jot, one jot.

Money means nothing to me.

Neither do I care if you're much loved, or if you're all alone.

I will treat you all the same, and don't dare to attempt a clone!

I cannot be bullied. I can't be bribed,

and it's unwise to try to deceive me

Some of you will search me out, and that I find so sad.

Were your lives that empty or just so unbearably bad?

I will find you. I'll know where you'll be

If you are ready or if you're not....I'll be there

the truth is that one day all will end

one day, unexpected, an unexpected day

you say tomorrow is another day

yet not all of you will be there

some will be old, whilst others, young

never more to love, and play...

One fine day I will greet you

or possibly in the rain

and you will not at first, believe me...

you're nearly all the same...

My name, why can't you guess?

Why....can't you guess?

Lyrics written by Richard Underscore

Music written by Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter & Marcel Peters

Vocals: Petra de Winter

Keyboards: Pim van Riezen

Acoustic double bass: Marcel Peters

Guitars: Marcel van Ling

Arrangement & production: Pim van Riezen

Editing: Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter

Production assistent: Petra de Winter

Artwork: Ingrid Mol: https://www.ingridmol.com

A dreampop/artpop song with an acoustic start and with dreamy synths towards the end. Female fronted.

Lyrics:

We were free and different, the music running through our veins

we built our own world, far away from squares and figures

A house at a lake, a campfire at a nuke base

We lived in the forest, and watched the children play

Chorus:

Now, we finally know that real things won't go

when we survive, and we both know

we're not burried yet, our hearts are still beating

we won't surrender

Our lives were rock 'n roll, our loves were great, our purses small

we were the lucky guys; we didn't belong

there's a world, there's a world

where Jim and the jimmies can survive

we need to enter it again

the doors seem locked, we need to force them

Chorus.

Is there still a place for Jim and the Jimmies

do they belong to the past?

we are a part of Jim and the Jimmies

are they deceased or still alive?

we almost got them killed.

Chorus.

Music written by Petra de Winter, René Meester.

Lyrics written by Petra de Winter

Arrangement and production: Pim van Riezen

Editing: Pim van Riezen and Petra de Winter

All rights reserved.

Vocals: Petra de Winter

Background choir: Petra de Winter and Pim van Riezen

Piano & synths: Pim van Riezen

Double bass: Marcel Peters

Guitar: René Meester

Lyric corrections: Gerrit Vennema and Pim van Riezen

A dreampop track for Twin Peaks appreciators.

Lyrics:

Owls, they are sleeping with one eye closed

in the woods, where we live in our minds

Love's naturally in our town

because it's a soap

it's not real, we all live in a show

Our lives seem better and more real here

with adventures and good vibes

and a blurred atmosphere

no daily mess, the waterfall keeps flowing

a village and a mill

and my friends, they all live in this town

And in the night we meet

but the daytime in the ruthless sun is so dull

and the wind in the woods

swings the branches back, coffee black

with some cherrypie

and the fruit's coloured just like the sky

Our lives seem better and more real here

with adventures and good vibes

and a blurred atmosphere

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There at our table

our donuts have colours bright as the light

and their taste

like your tears.

Music written by Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen & Marcel peters

Words written by Petra de Winter

All rights reserved

Vocals: Petra de Winter

Grand piano & keyboards: Pim van Riezen

Double bass: Marcel Peters

Production & Arrangement: Pim van Riezen

Production assistent: Petra de Winter

Editing: Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter

Picture/artwork: Quinten Smith

The title song ‘In Bluebeard’s Garden‘ is a more jazzy song. Everybody knows the famous legend about Bluebeard a.k.a. Henry the 8th and his six wives. We wrote a song about this gothic fairytale and recorded the song with a beautiful string arrangement and a choir of six women (Anna Rallo, Catself, Kalipluche a.k.a. Karianne, Caroline Ros, Gudrun Blok and Petra herself) who sing the role of Bluebeard’s (mainly dead) wives, whose ghosts are still wandering through his delightful garden. The song has a bit of a Kate Bush kind of vibe. The violins and cellos are played by Natasja van Doesburg and Giselle Bentvelsen.

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/3HX3Sxs4JRtig0AjaKdyDV?si=53cffa705a014148

This EP was already a small part of the album that we released in October 2022.

Vocals: Petra de Winter

Grand Piano: Pim van Riezen

Double Bass: Marcel Peters

Violins: Natasja van Doesburg

Cellos: Giselle Bentvelsen

Choir: Anna Rallo, Catself, Kalipluche, Caroline Ros, Gudrun Blok & Petra de Winter.

String arrangement written by Pim van Riezen

Recording, mixing, production: Pim van Riezen

Mixing and editing assistent: Petra de Winter

Words written by Petra de Winter

Music written by Petra de Winter, Pim van Riezen & Marcel Peters.

Artwork: Pim van Riezen. Model: Petra.

You can find the lyrics here: https://www.chabliz.nl/?page_id=3012

and here:

Lyrics:

I know I am too late now

I had to cherish our love

I was determined to determine

Your dark side on my own

Wanted to know you all through

My only task was to love you

To give you back your childhood

I saw your smile

But now I’m wandering there

For evermore

I never dreamed of this garden

Dwelling here for evermore

Together with your other lost loves

Sharing our failed loves

We cherish our memories of you

Of who you once were

We could be your guardian angels

But you refused

And now we’re wandering here

For evermore

Bridge: (with choir)

It’s so beautiful

This is a paradise

Here are flowers all over

E-everywhere…..

Pianosolo 1a and 1B

You wanted me always to trust you

Despite the blood all over

Wish I could see you the same way

As your own mother did

You once were an innocent baby

Asked you to open this door

I didn’t realised ‘t was too much

You showed me your torture room

I know you loved me in your own way

You can’t escape your own fate

Have to forgive your shortcomings

And you could do that too

But that won’t bring the-e li-ight

Back in my staring eyes…..

Lyrics written by Petra de Winter

Music written by Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter & M. Peters

String arrangement: Pim van Riezen.

All rights reserved.

The lyrics of this duet are a strikingly poetic metaphor for the corona crisis that we're currently in. But this song is also about other (personal) crises that people could experience. You can read the lyrics underneath, we are kind of proud of them. We wrote and recorded this song during the lockdowns in Holland.

Lyrics:

Beyond the tides

Black waves are growing higher

And still no shoreline in sight

The sea seems endless

With its view so wide

Don’t know the ways of the ocean

Will we find the end of the night?

What if there’s nothing

On the other side?

Chorus:

far away, thunder is roaring

Let the storm winds fill our sails

Lay the course, we must blaze a trail

Don’t know the path to survival

Will we find the end of the night?

Don’t think it’s nothing

We’re to sail the tide

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Chorus:

In the wind, thunder is roaring

Catch the winds and fill our sails

Stay the course, our ship’s blazing a trail

Don’t know the path to safe harbour

We’re sailing on, through the night

And when dawn beckons

Hope we’re still alive.

Lyrics by Petra de Winter, Karianne Hylkema, Richard Underscore and Pim van Riezen.

Music by Pim van Riezen, Petra de Winter and Marcel Peters.

Recorded, arranged and produced by Pim van Riezen.

Editing: Pim van Riezen & Petra de Winter

Vocals: Petra de Winter & Pim van Riezen

Piano and Moog synth: Pim van Riezen

Acoustic double bass: Marcel Peters

Drums: Casper Hall

Violins: Gudrun Blok

Picture: Anoek van Nunen

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