Gotthard - Open (1998) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Lee - Lead Vocals Leo Leoni - Guitars, Backing Vocals Mandy Meyer - Guitars Marc Lynn - Bass, Backing Vocals Hena Habegger - Drums Andy Pupato - Percussion. H. P. Bruggemann - Keyboards, Hammond, Piano. Max Lasser - Dobro, Slide & Steel Guitars. Produced by Chris von Rohr. Arranged by Gotthard and Chris von Rohr. Recorded by Paul Lani and Jurg Naegeli Recorded at Powerplay Studios and Pink Ton Studios. Mixed by Paul Lani. Additional Mixing by Christof Grunig and Christian Muller. Mastered by Glenn Miller. Cover Artwork by Martin Scharf, BMG Advertising. Inner Sleeve Layout and Design by Avex Inc. and Monkey House Co., Japan. Photography by Matthias Bothor and Tony Stone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Free And Alive (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:23 2) Vision (Meyer, Lee, von Rohr) 3:57 3) Got To Be Love (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:15 4) Let It Rain (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:36 5) Blackberry Way (Roy Wood) 3:40 6) You (Meyer, Lee, von Rohr) 4:20 7) Cheat & Hide (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 3:56 8) Want You In (Meyer, Lee) 3:20 9) Tell No Lies (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 3:45 10) Back To You (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:00 11) Best Time (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:17 12) Hey Jimi (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 3:44 13) Peace Of Mind (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 2:55 14) Mad Love (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 2:58 - Japanese bonus track ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Free And Alive (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:23 Don't you realize You get up every morning and your children's fine Too busy making money To notice that sun has rised again, oh yeah But it's in the human nature to complain When we should understand Some others live a life not half as good Just waiting for their end But I'm free and alive I'm free and alive Don't you realize You're living in a place you call home And you're never satisfied Cause the neighbour has what you were dreaming of ... for long There are times when I can't take it anymore Why don't we understand The simple things in life can give us more, more than we pretend ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Vision (Meyer, Lee, von Rohr) 3:57 So now that you're gone away Now that you're not around me I'm trying hard to hide this emptyness Every heartache leaves a scar, a trace behind it And God, I only put the blame on me Are you really there, or just a vision Are you really there, or just a dream Am I going to take the right decision Just a vision Are you really there for me You gave what you had to give I took it all for granted, yeah Every now and then I feel you there When I'm layin' at bed at night I could swear you're there beside me Another sleepless night I'm wasting, wondering ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Got To Be Love (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:15 You love to show the people what you got And it's hurting me again Yeah yeah Cuz I never found the words to let you know To me you're more than just a friend You know Desperation callin', I hear it everywhere Fallin' deep in trouble, scream n'I'll be there There's gotta be an answer ... to my burning flame No way to get over, I'm in the game It's got to be love - and that's alright It's got to be love - maybe just one day It's got to be love - got a feeling that I can't go wrong Go wrong Can't go wrong Captured by the beauty of your smile Why don't you set me free Mm yeah I can't wait any longer for I know... That you belong to me Yeah, you should Sometimes - I think I can hold on another day Sometimes - I think I'm born again Sometimes - I wish you'd know how much you mean to me Sometimes - Love will light the way Love will light the way Oh yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Let It Rain (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:36 Lady Jane Will we ever meet again The times we had, I count 'em day by day All the pain ... that we gave each other then Was not enough to wanna make us run Who did say this life will last forever We're standing at the crossroad once again All the things in life are growing strongly in progress I know, we got to listen to the flow Let it rain, let it rain Till the sun comes back again The answer is your only friend We walk this path, slowly step by step We don't have to force it, just believe There's a place deep inside Where we've never been before I know we can be there, you n'me Who did say this life will last forever We're standing at the crossroad once again All the things in life are fading strongly in progress I know, we got to listen to the flow Let it rain, let it rain Cuz I know we'll meet again Freedom will be there in the end Hope you find your paradise I wish you all the best of times Have faith in love and please don't cry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Blackberry Way (Roy Wood) 3:40 (from The Move "..." (197.)) Blackberry Way... Absolutely pooring down with vain It's a terrible day Up with the lark Silly girl, I don't know what to say She was running away So now I'm standing on the corner Lost in the things that I said What am I supposed to do now? Goodbye, Blackberry Way I can't see you, I don't need you Goodbye, Blackberry Way Sure to want me back another day Down to the park Overgrowing but the trees are bare There's a memory there Boats on the lake Unattended now the laugher drowned I'm incredibly down Just like myself they are neglected Turn with my eyes to the wall What am I supposed to do now? Blackberry Way (2) So full of emptiness without her Lost in the words that I said What am I supposed to do now? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) You (Meyer, Lee, von Rohr) 4:20 Something's wrong, doctor please Got a strange heart disease And I desperately need to get over ... this temptation There she stands day by day And my life turns away It was love at the first sight and I know This won't come easy Couldn't move, I was petrified Couldn't talk ... when she passed me by Now she's constanly part in my thoughts, in my heart Can't hold another day All I want is you, you, you Nobody else but you, you, you Come rain or shine It's all the same Everytime I call your name Certain things meant to last Some others, part of the past I know that I can't be wrong ... lovin' you So gimme a chance, a little sigh And I know that one day you're mine I want you to know no way I let go Surrender to my love All I want is you, you, you Nobody else but you, you, you Come rain or shine It's all insane Everytime you play that game ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Cheat & Hide (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 3:56 Looking back I wonder How long have you been lying to me Guess, no matter how hard I try I'll never solve the mystery Our life is a game A game we play Which rules I've never seen And day after day Night after night Makes me wanna scream I don't wanna die for a woman like you no more I had it all before, I will take it no more Gotta stop this cheat'n'hide Who said we're in for trouble All I know he sure was right We start a night in heaven And we end it in a fight Our life is a game A game we play The winner takes it all But Lady Luck is blindfold Your back's against the wall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Want You In (Meyer, Lee) 3:20 Ain't no black ain't no white There's no left and no right Ain't no justice without crime Got no song to sing without a rhyme Gotta have a little faith in me Need some time to get the picture clear I can't explain, no I just don't know Why I need you ... when I want you to go I want you in, I want you out There's no solution to my endless doubt Every time I'm claimin' victory Hold on baby, gotta hold on me Hold on me There's no courage without fear Can't be gone if you see me here I'm confused endlessly Cuz you're not ... where I want you to be Now you're gone and I just don't know Why you left when I love you so ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Tell No Lies (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 3:45 Lord above, what have you done to this lonely heart o' man Frightened to the bone, that's how it all began He bought a colt, a 38 to gain security He'd only have one mission ... protect the family His son is only 13 and he's playing 'judgement day' Alike the late night movie blows someone's head away Daddy told him not to load and pull the trigger now Then left him on its road again for more respect in town Don't tell no lies like you use to do Don't tell no lies, we're not save anymore We need understanding, respect and help us God So don't tell no lies, no more Won't somebody tell me where do we go from here Spreading seeds of hate, growing only fear It's a race against the time, so many things undone Still we look at justice through the barrel of a gun There must be an answer to my everlasting 'why' It's getting harder everyday no matter how I try ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Back To You (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:00 Blue eyed sister Mercy Beautiful queen of the night You make me feel like a stranger then you're holding me tight Got me under your law And there's nothing you can guarantee Before the day is over you'll turn your pretty face on me Yeah yeah Time and again into trouble Livin' a lie on your own Hunting like a thief in the night, like a dog for the bone It's gonna take a little time And time is all you need You live a life pretending And what you cannot get you steal Gonna get it with a rhyme Gonna pay for what you've done Cuz all from good to evil, baby It's coming back to you You got no sure destination Playin' a game for too long Of use and abuse, no time to loose But that's wrong, so wrong Why don't you open your eyes and see I'm not asking for some charity Another day is over, I just wanna set you free ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Best Time (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 4:17 Tell me how long When it's gonna end Time and again These are the words I understand Livin' with me ... must have been a sacrifice But it's easy to pretend ... to be someone's helping hand, yeah Now that you turn on the way to be free Baby, stars are fallin' down Now that you're gone, you mean a whole world to me Baby, there's nothing left to say We've got our best time together And now you walk out from me Though we can't go on forever, you should know There will always be a place in my heart You said it was me with broken promises That kept you from livin', and here I must confess The sun don't shine, the colours fade away And I start to realize that's the price I have to pay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) Hey Jimi (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 3:44 Every night I walk the streets that light my soul And I pick up the pieces you left so long ago You gimme the faith, you gimme a hand When God's made love in Electric Ladyland Hey, I can't start a fire But I can keep the flame No, I can't get much higher Hey Jimi, where the hell are you I'm searching the red house with my voodoo chile Foxy lady, keep comin' when I kiss the sky You gave me stone free, you gave me purple haze And a little wing's stroke is all I need today Yeah, you bring me back the good old days of rock'n'roll When your guitar was always ready to sing, no compromise at all Like a big bass-drum the beat of my heart Now you teach the world how to rock with a black man's soul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13) Peace Of Mind (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 2:55 Carry on the weight upon your shoulders It's another day in your frantic life You're just another voice in the crowd You don't know who you are Sometimes you don't understand Nothing's ever what it seems They sell you wrong for right All you really need ... some peace of mind Yeah Meanwhile all go mad around you more and more unsatisfied In the race for progress we've spin out of control Don't you think this all has gone too far But life is precious A gift we shouldn't waste Go and get yourself some peace of mind Nothing's ever what it seems They sell you wrong for right And the world is upside down But life is precious A gift we shouldn't waste Somebody help me find my peace of mind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14) Mad Love (Leoni, Lee, von Rohr) 2:58 - Japanese bonus track I can't remember how it used to be I've spent too many nights alone I'm confused since you walked right through that door And I'm still wondering why I can't get no more Mad love, that's all I need It's like a walk on the wire Mad love, see how I bleed You're still my secret desire, I want you I got a feeling I'm still a part of your mind Yeah what you see is what you get So don't be shy, let the good times roll Who knows, tomorrow might be late for us all Mad love, that's all I need It's like a walk on the wire Mad love, see how I bleed I want you to be by my side I'm a man, I'm flesh and blood Sure that ain't no crime Wanna love and treat you right We'll have a real good time Mad love, that's all I need It's like a walk on the wire Mad love, see how I bleed I want you right by my side ------------------------------------------------------------------------