Lost Tracks
About the album
Lost Tracks is a 2001 compilation bringing together rare recordings, alternate versions, remixes, collaborations and live tracks by Anouk. Rather than a regular studio album, it offers an overview of additional material connected to the early years of her catalogue.
The tracklist combines acoustic performances, remixes and less widely known recordings, showing how songs from that period could appear in different forms and settings.
Several tracks also carry their own background stories, including Break Down the Wall, which was written for a Pepsi commercial, and the reggae-style '2 Meter' version of Nobody's Wife, showing how familiar songs could take on a very different character in alternate form.
As a compilation release, Lost Tracks works mainly as a companion to Anouk's earlier albums, documenting extra material rather than presenting a newly conceived studio project.
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What's the thing your running from
Caught in the red-light
As if money is cure
Is this your only way to survive
Are you trying to get even with the past
What happened to the dreams you had
I think it's time for you, to
Show then you are able
To leave without saying one word
I know it won't be easy, baby
But I will run with you
Cause every night has a day
Every wish a prayer
Don't loose your faith
And I'll be holding your hand
Cause it's never too late
There's someone who needs you
So break down that wall, baby
There's a new world out there waiting
Just tear down that wall girl
Run away and don't look back
Break down the wall
Break down that wall
There's someone who needs you
Lady, it's your turn now
Just walk the streets with your head up high
Oh, baby doesn't that feel right
Put a big smile on your face, walk on straight
Yeah, tell the motherfuckers they were wrong
Isn't this your sweetest revenge
Feels good he! I told you so
Cause every night has a day
Every wish a prayer
Don't loose your faith
And I'll be holding your hand
It's never too late
There's someone who needs you
So break down that wall baby
There's a new world out there waiting
Just tear down that wall girl
Run away and don't look back
Just break down that wall
Break down that wall
There's someone who needs you
They're taking me down and bringing me to my knees
Letting me know I'm alone
Not afraid to die no more
The house above
Heaven won't you pick me up now
Love all I needed was love
Someone give me some love
I guess it's only meant for some of us
Life has made me loose my mind
I'm not doing all right these days
Lying naked on my kitchen floor
So cold well I thought I had a lion's heart
I guess I was wrong
I feel so damn lonely
Love all I needed was some love
Could someone give me some sweet loving
Cause this is more than I can bear
My nights are getting darker as time goes by
How I've tried to keep these walls from falling down
One way or another they shut me down
My baby, now don't you worry
I'll be fine
Just take your time
To make up your mind
Draw a line
Or flip a dime
Waiting for you
It's easy, if you want to please me
Don't tell me maybe
Come back home complete me
No strings attached
That's a promise I can't keep
So I waste my time
With lazy crazy dreaming
A sparkling wine
A twist of lime
A whisky soda, hole in time
When you're not here
Don't say you're sorry
Don't say it
No
Don't say you're sorry
Who's the one that always makes you laugh
Who's the reason you're smiling
And dragged you through these time, so rough
I was the one that made you happy
I was the one that eased the pain
But I'm the reason that you're crying now
My own tears scattered by the rain
You can sacrifice me
You can sacrifice me
You can set me free
You can be who you wanna be
Deeper than deep you took me on a trip baby
You shared your wildest dreams and more
You dare me to express my feelings to you
I never felt that need before
But suddenly you needed freedom
You felt the need to break free
You started drowning in your sorrow
You didn't wanna know I had the key
You can sacrifice me
You can sacrifice me
You can set me free
You can be who you wanna be
You can sacrifice me, sacrifice me
You can be who you wanna
You can be who you wanna be
I have dug my own gravesend
set my foot ashore in new port
travelled far beyond my landsend
and home is in my head
I have dived into a blackpool
with a maidstone around my neck
I just drifted into the southsea
with no hull beyond my deck
and home is in my head
well I have lost a wheel in barrow
try to cross the no one cambridge
when my liverpool grew shallow
had to dig more wells in tunbridge
You got sacked today
Gambled away the money that I put aside
And that Jill is having your baby
Now you're sorry and you want to come clean,
well thank you anyway
So go ahead now and shoot me redemption
Redemption from you
Did I ever tell you your mother is a bitch
For giving birth to someone like you
Now you're stuck with me
How come you never please me
Tellin' me lies makin' me analyse
Can I have a minute here hey hello
I'm here to tell you bye
See you fuck you
Oh, there goes my bell I am going away
I'm gonna get laid but not by you
I'm through with you
I'm goin away, I'm gonna get laid but not by you
I'm through with you
Come on Come on
Hold your fucking horses
You can have what is yours
I will slit it cut life short
Ain't nobody's wife no more
My bitch for life if you might come back
You will find me dead bleeding on your floor
Are you sure
You're about to slit your wrists could you first listen to me
So you wanna leave it all behind but then
Always someone's gonna miss you
There is always someone who needs you here so put the knife down
take a gun instead
So go ahead now and shoot me redemption
Redemption from you
This is what it's gonna be you ain't gonna change no more
That's something I can tell you that's for sure
All you ever say is c'est la vie I'm not gonna take it no more
Come on boy please me
Just go ahead and shoot me redemption
Redemption from you
And measure these things by your brains
I sank into Eden with you
Alone in the church by and by
I'll read to you here, save your eyes
You'll need them, your boat is at sea
Your anchor is up, you've been swept away
And the greatest of teachers
Won't hesitate
To leave you there, by yourself,
Chained to fate
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
It's easier not to be great
And measure these things by your eyes
We long to be here by his resolve
Alone in the church by and by
To cradle the baby in space
And leave you there by yourself
Chained to fate
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this
I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
.......
Oh, now we took it back too far,
Only love can save us now,
all these riddles that you burn
All come runnin back to you,
all these rhythms that you hide
Only love can save us now,
all these riddles that you burn
Yeah, yeah, yeah
For the times that I killed your dreams
For the times that I made your whole world rumble
For the times that I made you cry
For the times that I told you lies
For the times that I watched and let you stumble
It's to bad, but that's me
What goes around comes around, and you'll see
That I can carry the burden of pain
'cause it ain't the first time that a man goes insane
And when I spread my wings to embrace him for life
I'm suckin' out his love, 'cause I, I'll never be nobody's wife
I'm sorry for the times that I didn't come home
Left you lyin' in that bed alone
Was flyin' high in the sky when you needed my shoulder
Your like a stone hangin' around my neck, see
Cut it loose before it breaks my back, see
I've gotta say what I feel before I grow older
I'm sorry but I ain't gonna change my ways
You know I've tried but I'm still the same
I've got to do it my way
It's to bad, but that's me
What goes around comes around, and you'll see
That I can carry the burden of pain
'cause it ain't the first time that a man goes insane
And when I spread my wings to embrace him for life
I'm suckin' out his love, 'cause I, I'll never be nobody's wife
cause there are women at the bar to greet you every day
You can take them back to lie with you and visit Janie's room
But they can never take the pain away
Or brighten all the gloom
And if your hands are cleansed with sorrow
May it help you ease your pain
Though the windows have a view of city rain, city rain
Well if you walk in constant sorrow
And you cry for me
And if you're hit with painful memories
Maybe then you'll see
That if you drown yourself in liquor
Because it keeps you company
Then just remember who you're losing
And be proud to set me free
Because it don't talk back or disagree
It just makes you see so lazily
But in the morning light your life is scattered with the wind,
scattered with the wind
And they tell you on the telephone to let him go
I said, they tell you he's a sinking ship
And he's trying to pull you down
Don't you know
That every time you call me up and say you want me back
You know you break my heart
You want me to come back home and try again
You want me to make a brand new start
Well if wisdom says to let him go
Then it's well because you just don't know
Until you've tried to love a man who's loving whiskey, loving whiskey
My baby left me for the bottle
And the lure of the nightlife
Good times and crazy women
And another glass of tangerine
And if wisdom says to let him go
Then it's well because you just don't know
Until you've tried to love a man who's loving whiskey, loving whiskey
Last time I'm falling apart it's the last time
Took a while to even up the score
It's the last time, baby once more
Last time you're breaking my heart it's the last time
Last time once again it's the
Last time I'm on my own again
How could I've been so blind
How could I've been so blind
How could you take me for granted all these years
You kept telling me no it won't happen again
But everytime I turnaround you stab me in the back
Your perfect smile ain't flashing anymore
Your magic is gone boy
This time I'm breaking you're heart it's my turn now
It's my turn to let you fall apart I'm gonna make eyes burn
And what I really have learned from this
Is that I'm never gonna follow my heart again
And that therere people living in this world
Who'll treat you like a dog like they just don't care
And cause I know I don't deserve this
I'm gonna watch my steps before I get me some ass
This is, this is the last time
How could you take me for granted all these years
You kept telling me no it won't happen again
But everytime I turnaround you stab me in the back
That I sometimes feel inside
And I'm figuring out just what it is
That makes me feel so small
Is it you, that hurts me when I give myself
Every day and every night
Am I too blind to see that it doesn't work out
Did I really ask too much of you baby
Do you mean to tell me that's the way it is
Do you mean to say
It's all so hard, It's so hard
It's all so hard, It's so hard
As I search for an answer, I see the clear blue sky
And I know that you're the one to blame
And I feel so naïve
When you say that our love to you was just a game
I dream, my dream, I'm sane, I'm insane
Oh, please don't, please don't speak to me that way
Do you mean to tell me that's the way it is
Do you mean to say
It's all so hard, It's so hard
It's all so hard, It's so hard
Damned it's so hard, why you're so hard
Why you're so hard, It's tearing me apart
What's the thing your running from
Caught in the red-light
As if money is cure
Is this your only way to survive
Are you trying to get even with the past
What happened to the dreams you had
I think it's time for you, to
Show then you are able
To leave without saying one word
I know it won't be easy, baby
But I will run with you
Cause every night has a day
Every wish a prayer
Don't loose your faith
And I'll be holding your hand
Cause it's never too late
There's someone who needs you
So break down that wall, baby
There's a new world out there waiting
Just tear down that wall girl
Run away and don't look back
Break down the wall
Break down that wall
There's someone who needs you
Lady, it's your turn now
Just walk the streets with your head up high
Oh, baby doesn't that feel right
Put a big smile on your face, walk on straight
Yeah, tell the motherfuckers they were wrong
Isn't this your sweetest revenge
Feels good he! I told you so
Cause every night has a day
Every wish a prayer
Don't loose your faith
And I'll be holding your hand
It's never too late
There's someone who needs you
So break down that wall baby
There's a new world out there waiting
Just tear down that wall girl
Run away and don't look back
Just break down that wall
Break down that wall
There's someone who needs you
My baby, now don't you worry
I'll be fine
Just take your time
To make up your mind
Draw a line
Or flip a dime
Waiting for you
It's easy, if you want to please me
Don't tell me maybe
Come back home complete me
No strings attached
That's a promise I can't keep
So I waste my time
With lazy crazy dreaming
A sparkling wine
A twist of lime
A whisky soda, hole in time
When you're not here
Don't say you're sorry
Don't say it
No
Don't say you're sorry
When dark clouds block the sunlight
And it's raining in my heart
I'll keep my head up high
So little time to try
To find out 'bout the feeling
That's deep inside of you
And keeps the dream alive
So remember
When you're down and out
In the sand
So many minds are torn
By overloading senses
You're breathing in and out
No second left to sigh
Can you tell me why
Nobody will tell me
What they're feeling deep inside
We're all just telling lies
Every time you wonder
Why the feeling lingers
And it's stuck inside your soul
You're crying when you smile
So remember
When you're down and out
When you're stuck in the middle
When you can't solve the riddle
Lay it down in the sand
When you can't help but shiver
Get your finger off the trigger
Lay it down in the sand
Get it out your head
Out of your hands
Lay it down in the sand
So remember
When you're down and out
When everything's missing
And there's nobody listening
Lay it down in the sand
When you can't help but shiver
Get your finger off the trigger
Lay it down in the sand
Get it out your head
Out of your hands
Lay it down
In the sand
An angel in disguise
Gone wild
But I thought you were a man
Who knew right from wrong
That's why I really don't understand
Why he's with her
It's killing me
What has she got that I don't have
Is it the way she looks at you
Laughs with you, can she,
Does she make you beg for more
This is hurting
What has she got that I don't have
I tried to call him
Anytime anywhere
But he's never there
So I went to his place
And waited all day
So he would explain it to me
And this is what he said
He said:
There is nothing left to say
I had my fill, I went away
Your crying eyes won't change a thing
It was just a fling
Well how could an angel break my heart
He said: We could still be friends
Are you kidding me
What has she got that I don't have
Is it the way she looks at you
Talks to you, can she,
Does she make you beg for more
This is hurting
What has she got that I don't have, I don't have
But twice every year
When he's in tears
When he loses his mind
And can't help but cry
He'll call me and then
I am better than, I am
The recordings took place in a villa in Vale do Lobo, Portugal, and offer a glimpse into how Bart van Veen and I create new songs.
Your eyes in a misty dream a million miles away
And in my ear you whisper my name
Just like in some old news flash
From light years ago
Van Dyke's on the slide trombone
Through the smoke of the party room
Your teeth like the ivory coast
Start singin' my favourite song
And it happen' to be mood indigo
Mood indigo
I just go weak when I hear mood indigo
Could last for weeks until I decide to wake up
Take off my make up
Holding on to my heart
Smokin' them downhill
In a room number thirteen
Tryin' to stretch my luck again
Down the corridor your footsteps echo against the wall
My man of mystery, my date with infinity
Tonight I'm gonna sacrifice, for the first time in my life
Make it all come back to me, like an old forgotten dream
Van Dyke's on the slide trombone
Through the smoke of the party room
Your teeth like the ivory coast
Start singin' my favourite song
And it happen' to be mood indigo
Mood indigo, I just go weak when I hear mood indigo
It could last for weeks until I decide to wake up
Completely lost in my mood indigo
For the times that I killed your dreams
For the times that I made your whole world rumble
For the times that I made you cry
For the times that I told you lies
For the times that I watched and let you stumble
It's to bad, but that's me
What goes around comes around, and you'll see
That I can carry the burden of pain
'cause it ain't the first time that a man goes insane
And when I spread my wings to embrace him for life
I'm suckin' out his love, 'cause I, I'll never be nobody's wife
I'm sorry for the times that I didn't come home
Left you lyin' in that bed alone
Was flyin' high in the sky when you needed my shoulder
Your like a stone hangin' around my neck, see
Cut it loose before it breaks my back, see
I've gotta say what I feel before I grow older
I'm sorry but I ain't gonna change my ways
You know I've tried but I'm still the same
I've got to do it my way
It's to bad, but that's me
What goes around comes around, and you'll see
That I can carry the burden of pain
'cause it ain't the first time that a man goes insane
And when I spread my wings to embrace him for life
I'm suckin' out his love, 'cause I, I'll never be nobody's wife
For the times that I killed your dreams
For the times that I made your whole world rumble
For the times that I made you cry
For the times that I told you lies
For the times that I watched and let you stumble
It's to bad, but that's me
What goes around comes around, and you'll see
That I can carry the burden of pain
'cause it ain't the first time that a man goes insane
And when I spread my wings to embrace him for life
I'm suckin' out his love, 'cause I, I'll never be nobody's wife
I'm sorry for the times that I didn't come home
Left you lyin' in that bed alone
Was flyin' high in the sky when you needed my shoulder
Your like a stone hangin' around my neck, see
Cut it loose before it breaks my back, see
I've gotta say what I feel before I grow older
I'm sorry but I ain't gonna change my ways
You know I've tried but I'm still the same
I've got to do it my way
It's to bad, but that's me
What goes around comes around, and you'll see
That I can carry the burden of pain
'cause it ain't the first time that a man goes insane
And when I spread my wings to embrace him for life
I'm suckin' out his love, 'cause I, I'll never be nobody's wife
That I sometimes feel inside
And I'm figuring out just what it is
That makes me feel so small
Is it you, that hurts me when I give myself
Every day and every night
Am I too blind to see that it doesn't work out
Did I really ask too much of you baby
Do you mean to tell me that's the way it is
Do you mean to say
It's all so hard, It's so hard
It's all so hard, It's so hard
As I search for an answer, I see the clear blue sky
And I know that you're the one to blame
And I feel so naïve
When you say that our love to you was just a game
I dream, my dream, I'm sane, I'm insane
Oh, please don't, please don't speak to me that way
Do you mean to tell me that's the way it is
Do you mean to say
It's all so hard, It's so hard
It's all so hard, It's so hard
Damned it's so hard, why you're so hard
Why you're so hard, It's tearing me apart
Who's the one that always makes you laugh
Who's the reason you're smiling
And dragged you through these time, so rough
I was the one that made you happy
I was the one that eased the pain
But I'm the reason that you're crying now
My own tears scattered by the rain
You can sacrifice me
You can sacrifice me
You can set me free
You can be who you wanna be
Deeper than deep you took me on a trip baby
You shared your wildest dreams and more
You dare me to express my feelings to you
I never felt that need before
But suddenly you needed freedom
You felt the need to break free
You started drowning in your sorrow
You didn't wanna know I had the key
You can sacrifice me
You can sacrifice me
You can set me free
You can be who you wanna be
You can sacrifice me, sacrifice me
You can be who you wanna
You can be who you wanna be
Who's the one that always makes you laugh
Who's the reason you're smiling
And dragged you through these time, so rough
I was the one that made you happy
I was the one that eased the pain
But I'm the reason that you're crying now
My own tears scattered by the rain
You can sacrifice me
You can sacrifice me
You can set me free
You can be who you wanna be
Deeper than deep you took me on a trip baby
You shared your wildest dreams and more
You dare me to express my feelings to you
I never felt that need before
But suddenly you needed freedom
You felt the need to break free
You started drowning in your sorrow
You didn't wanna know I had the key
You can sacrifice me
You can sacrifice me
You can set me free
You can be who you wanna be
You can sacrifice me, sacrifice me
You can be who you wanna
You can be who you wanna be
An angel in disguise
Gone wild
But I thought you were a man
Who knew right from wrong
That's why I really don't understand
Why he's with her
It's killing me
What has she got that I don't have
Is it the way she looks at you
Laughs with you, can she,
Does she make you beg for more
This is hurting
What has she got that I don't have
I tried to call him
Anytime anywhere
But he's never there
So I went to his place
And waited all day
So he would explain it to me
And this is what he said
He said:
There is nothing left to say
I had my fill, I went away
Your crying eyes won't change a thing
It was just a fling
Well how could an angel break my heart
He said: We could still be friends
Are you kidding me
What has she got that I don't have
Is it the way she looks at you
Talks to you, can she,
Does she make you beg for more
This is hurting
What has she got that I don't have, I don't have
But twice every year
When he's in tears
When he loses his mind
And can't help but cry
He'll call me and then
I am better than, I am
And I'm talking to the dark
But there ain't nobody listening
My heart has turned to stone
When I found myself alone
Now all I do is whisper to the dark
There's only so much you can take
You've gotta give yourself a break
But I don't think you're listening
If you're gonna take it all so hard
You gonna tear yourself apart
I can understand you miss him in the dark
Yeah, teach your heart how to sing get the courage again now
Yeah, take the 10:50pm train to the city
Yeah, I had a chance for romance so I do it again now
If love is no longer being served
You've got to leave the table
Mister Aznavour told me, merci beaucoup
Though I miss him, got to let go
Though I miss him, got to let go
Let it go
It's about that time to leave it all behind you
You don't want to but life is passing by you
The hard knocks, got you twisted like dreadlocks
Catalogue your dark and set some new marks
I understand your body's filled with hesitation
Trust me it's gonna be a whole new situation
Turn this page I guess you know what to do
Rise up like phoenix I'm bringing out the beauty in you
Yeah, teach your heart how to sing get the courage again now
Yeah, take the 10:50pm train to the city
Yeah, I had a chance for romance so I do it again now
I wonder if you ever think of me
It's been 9 years since that kiss
I can't help but reminisce
Hey Michel do you remember
We walked the street to the beat
Hand in hand you and me
Smiling faces so in love
Hoping that they all could see
That we belonged together you and me
against the world
But we found out the hard way cause it
wasn't meant to be
Now it's you and her I see
You were my first and worst love
And so it only could go wrong
But ain't that just the way you learn
Hey Michel I just wanted to let you know
That someone else has stolen my heart
And now another girl has caught your eye
That doesn't mean I don't think of you
I am just hoping that she'll treat you right
Do you remember
How we walked the street to the beat
Hand in hand you and me
Smiling faces so in love
Hoping that they all could see
That we belonged together you and me
against the world
But we found out the hard way cause it
wasn't meant to be
Now it is you and her I see
It was just a silly dream
My baby, now don't you worry
I'll be fine
Just take your time
To make up your mind
Draw a line
Or flip a dime
Waiting for you
It's easy, if you want to please me
Don't tell me maybe
Come back home complete me
No strings attached
That's a promise I can't keep
So I waste my time
With lazy crazy dreaming
A sparkling wine
A twist of lime
A whisky soda, hole in time
When you're not here
Don't say you're sorry
Don't say it
No
Don't say you're sorry
now I can see there's only one place to reach
only one thing to preach and that's the highest
it's the strangest thing that I can feel so much
there is no reason, there is no logic to feelings
cause when love is the dealer I'm addicted
so fascinated, I can't stop this constant craving
you're contagious
it's the strangest thing that I can feel so much
for someone, somehow
and I cannot hide, even if I'd try
you mean everything to me
any fool can see, what you've done to me
you mean everything to me
and when you're not here, I just cry
and when you're not here, I could die
the best is still to come dear
the best is still to come for us
it's the strangest thing that I can feel so much
for someone, somehow
and I cannot hide, even if I'd try
you mean everything to me
any fool can see, what you've done to me
you mean everything to me
and when you're not here, I just cry
and when you're not here, I could die