Look at what we got

Like a snail without a home
An icecream without a cone
Like a beehive with no honey
Or the wallstreet broker without money
Like a tap without any water
A farmer’s wife without a daughter
I look at what is missing and feel a little funny
Hey you, look at what we’ve got
And not at what we have not
We got the spring
We got the wind blowing through the trees
We got the sounds of the birds and the bees
We got love
We got the sun
We got the roof and we got the bread
We got songs dancing in our head
We got love
Like the rider with no horse
Like nature that can’t take its course
Like the cow without her calf
Half of a twin without its half
It’s like the blind man without his dog
Or a city shrouded in smog
I look at what is gone and don’t feel very sunny
Shall we look at what we’ve got
And not at what we’ve not
We got the spring
We got the wind blowing through the trees
We got the sounds of the birds and the bees
We got love
We got the sun
We got the roof and we got the bread
We got songs dancing in our head
We got love
Like snogging without second base
Like living without your embrace
I want to see you and hold you tight
To kiss you and spend the night
Want to whisper sweet words in your ear
Wish I was there or you here
I hope that you are well and I will hold you later
So let us look at what we’ve got
And not at what we have not
We got the spring
We got the wind blowing through the trees
We got the sounds of the birds and the bees
We got love

Peace – 2020
Ellen Pels Band:
Lead vocals: Ellen Pels
Piano, Fender Rhodes, Keyboard, Vibraphone: Tony Hoyting
Acoustic and Electric guitar: Klaas-Jelmer Sixma
Bassguitar and Double Bass: Pieter Althuis
Drums: Joost Visser
Percussion: Gijs Anders van Straalen
Saxophone: Tibor Elferink
Trumpet and Flugelhorn: Libbe Oosterman
Trombone: Arend Huisman
Backing Vocals: Inze Meijer, Florens Eykemans, Mousmé Brocaar, Ellen Pels