Howard Carpendale  -  Laura Jane

Country - Germany     Player- Stefan

Ein altes Gasthaus steht am Straßenrand

irgendwo in Wales zwischen Meer und Land

über der Tür steht der Name "Laura Jane".
Es war schon Mitternacht
ich hatte mich verfahr'n

vor dem gasthaus hielt ich den Wagen an - ich hatte Licht geseh'n.
eine Frau in Weiß ließ mich wortlos ein

ich schien der einzige Gast dieser Nacht zu sein

lächelnd sagte sie: "Ich bin Laura Jane."
Und nach dem Essen trank ich Wein mit ihr

und sie lachte und sang und tanzte mit mir

und sie sagte: "Vergiß nicht Laura Jane!"

You are the one
for you l've waited night and day

You are the one
with you I'll never ever go astray.
You are the one
you are the reason and the rhyme

You are the one
I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time!

Am nächsten Morgen war das Haus ganz leer

und ich fuhr weiter entlang dem Meer;
erst am nächsten Ort blieb ich zum Tanken steh'n.
Kam ins Gespräch mit einem alten Mann und fing von der Nacht zu
erzählen an

von der seltsamen Nacht mit Laura Jane...
Und der Alte wurde bleich und sein Atem schwer

er starrte mich an und dann sagte er: "Sie ist schon seit hundert
Jahren tot...
vergiß Laura Jane
vergiß Laura Jane!"

You are the one
for you l've waited night and day
...
You are the one
for you l've waited night and day
...
You are the one
for you l've waited night and day


 An old guest house beside the street
Somewhere in Wales
between sea and land
Over the door the name
"Laura Jane" is found
It was midnight – I’ve got lost

In front of the guest house
I stopped the car
I had seen lights
A woman dressed in white
let me in without a word

I seemed to be the
sole guest that night
She said with a smile:
"I’m Laura Jane"

After dinner I drank wine with her
She laughed and danced with me
And said: "Don’t forget Laura Jane"

You are the one
for you I've waited night and day

You are the one
with you I'll never ever go astray.
You are the one
you are the reason and the rhyme

You are the one
I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time!

Next morning the house was empty
I drove further along the sea
In the next village I stopped for fuelling
Talked with an old man
And started to tell him
about the night before

The seldom night with Laura Jane

The old man became
pale-faced and his breath was strong

He gazed at me and said
„She’s dead for hundred years
forget Laura Jane, forget Laura Jane

You are the one
for you I've waited night and day
...
You are the one
for you I've waited night and day
...
You are the one
for you I've waited night and day

 

Player's comments:
Howard Carpendale (often called Howie) is one of the famous German schlager stars for years even though he was born in South Africa. His whole vita you’ll find at

http://www.carpendale.de/

His came famous for songs about love, made coverversions of “Living next door to Alice”, “Ti amo” etc. Most times his versions was sold better than the original version.

In the eighties (see ESC Estonia!!) we got the “Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW)” with stars like Trio (Da Da Da), Nena (99 Red Ballons) etc.

The traditional Schlager was out. So Howie changed his style, started to compose his own songs – and made one song with English chorus – the one I chosed.

This song is nominated because Howie is back: he is on tour in 2003, very successful. NDW is again in the TOP 10 (Nena’s songs “Wunder geschehn”, “Leuchturm” “Irgendwo, irgendwie, irgendwann”). So I wanted to show the other side of German music with a come back.

Some OSC members recommended to send Modern Talking, Boney M, Nena...

I want to send entrants that you probably don’t know
- and the typical German Schlager you’ll get from Norway.