Eurovision 1993 Netherlands:
Ruth Jacott - "Vrede"
Vrede
Zelfs de allerduurste auto kan niet zwemmen
En als het nat is, heeft ie moeite om te remmen
Daarom is er met het asfalt iets gedaan
Waardoor er nooit een druppel water op blijft staan
We weten allemaal dat goochelaars bedriegen
En dat geen mens waar ook ter wereld zelf kan vliegen
De ware reden dat het vliegtuig nu bestaat
Ligt in het feit dat zweven niet vanzelf gaat
We bouwen huizen om orkanen te weerstaan
En maken schepen om in elke storm te varen
Er wordt gesleuteld aan een lamp die nooit kapot zal gaan
Het wil alleen nog niet zo lukken om de vrede te bewaren
(Te bewaren)
Elke nieuwe appelboom die wordt geboren
Heeft van nature niet de oren om te horen
Maar genetisch zullen wij hem dan wel leren
Om smaak en kwaliteit te garanderen
We bouwen huizen om orkanen te weerstaan
En maken schepen om in elke storm te varen
Er wordt gesleuteld aan een lamp die nooit kapot zal gaan
Het wil alleen nog niet zo lukken om de vrede te bewaren
Als geen brug te ver is
Komt straks elke klok gelijk te staan
Als geen weg te lang is
Wil straks geen mens een ander mens meer slaan
Woh, oh…
We bouwen huizen om orkanen te weerstaan
En maken schepen om in elke storm te varen
Er wordt geѕleuteld aan een lamp die nooit kapot kan gaan
Het wil alleen nog niet zo lukken om de vrede te bewаren
Peace
Even the most expensive car can't swim
And when it's wet, it has trouble braking
That's why something is done to the asphalt
So that no drop of water remains on it
We all know that magicians deceive
And that no man on earth can fly by himself
The real reason why the airplane exists now
Is the fact that gliding doesn't happen on its own
We build houses to withstand hurricanes
And make ships to sail in every storm
We're working on a light bulb that never burns out
It only just won't work to keep peace
(To keep)
Each new apple tree that is born
Isn't endowed by nature with ears to hear
But through genetics we'll manage to teach it
To guarantee taste and quality
We build houses to withstand hurricanes
And make ships to sail in every storm
We're working on a light bulb that never burns out
It only just won't work to keep peace
When no bridge is too far
Every clock will chime at the same hour
When no road is too long
No man wants to hit another man ever again
Woh, oh…
We build houses to withstand hurricanes
And make ships to sail in every storm
We're working on a light bulb that never burns out
It only juѕt won't work to keep peаce
Einstein in Reverse
You can drive a car full speed into the ocean
Only to find that car will sink while still in motion
That's why someone, sometime, somewhere built a boat
Because a boat, you'll notice, always stays afloat
Most people realise we can't control the weather
And they accept they'll never sprout a single feather
They simply put up an umbrella when it rains
And fly across the sky in aeroplanes
We're sending spaceships on a journey to the moon
We're turning nighttime into day when darkness lingers
Tulips for Christmas and a mistletoe for early June
We've turned the world into a hothouse, now we're bound to burn our fingers
(Burn our fingers)
With a scientist, a mouse to try his games on
He will manipulate its genes until the brain's gone
When the little mouse is twice its normal size
The scientist will go and win the Nobel Prize
We're sending spaceships on a journey to the moon
We're turning nighttime into day when darkness lingers
Tulips for Christmas and a mistletoe for early June
We've turned the world into a hothouse, now we're bound to burn our fingers
If we keep on trying
We may well blow up the universe
If we keep on trying
We may end up like Einstein in reverse
Woah, oh…
We're sending spaceships on a journey to the moon
We're turning nighttime into day when darkness lingers
Tulips for Christmas and a mistletoe for early June
We've turned the world into а hothouse, now we're bound to burn our fingerѕ
ARTIST
- Ruth Jacott
- Netherlands 2014: jury member
- Netherlands 1992: Wijs me de weg (backing)
BACKINGS
- Han van Eijk
- Malta 1994: More Than Love (backing)
- Humphrey Campbell
- Netherlands 1992: Wijs me de weg (artist)
- Julya Loko
- Netherlands 1983: Sing Me a Song (backing)
- Pim Roos
- Netherlands 1994: Waar is de zon? (backing)
- Netherlands 1988: Shangri-La (backing)
- Roq-E Harrell
COMPOSERS
- Eric van Tijn
- Netherlands 1998: Hemel En Aarde (composer, lyricist)
- Jochem Fluitsma
- Netherlands 1998: Hemel En Aarde (composer, lyricist)
LYRICIST
- Henk Westbroek
CONDUCTOR
- Harry van Hoof
- Netherlands 1994: Waar is de zon? (conductor)
- Netherlands 1992: Wijs me de weg (conductor)
- Netherlands 1990: Ik wil alles met je delen (conductor)
- Netherlands 1989: Blijf zoals je bent (conductor)
- Netherlands 1988: Shangri-La (conductor)
- Netherlands 1986: Alles heeft ritme (conductor)
- Netherlands 1979: Colorado (conductor)
- Netherlands 1978: 't Is OK (conductor)
- Netherlands 1977: De mallemolen (conductor)
- Netherlands 1976: The Party's Over Now (conductor)
- Netherlands 1975: Ding-a-dong (conductor)
- Netherlands 1974: I See a Star (conductor)
- Netherlands 1973: De oude muzikant (conductor)
- Netherlands 1972: Als het om de liefde gaat (conductor)
SPOKESPERSON
- Joop van Os
- Netherlands 1994: spokesperson
- Netherlands 1990: spokesperson
- Netherlands 1989: spokesperson
- Netherlands 1988: spokesperson
COMMENTATOR
- Willem van Beusekom
- Netherlands 2005: commentator
- Netherlands 2004: commentator
- Netherlands 2003: commentator
- Netherlands 2002: commentator
- Netherlands 2001: commentator
- Netherlands 2000: commentator
- Netherlands 1999: commentator
- Netherlands 1998: commentator
- Netherlands 1997: commentator
- Netherlands 1996: commentator
- Netherlands 1994: commentator
- Netherlands 1992: commentator
- Netherlands 1990: commentator
- Netherlands 1989: commentator
- Netherlands 1988: commentator
- Netherlands 1987: commentator
