ONLY PLEASURE AND PAIN

Just around the corner

... starts in 1987. I was obsessed with playing tennis, so I spent most of my time on court. Just before summer holidays we had a tournament in my local club with our partner club in Sancerre/France. What I remember most is that we had a lot of fun and I made some very good friends ... and that I once came home, switched on the telly and they played this song "Just around the corner" - a Top 20 hit in Germany that time. I loved this song immediatly and today - almost 15 years later - it is still my favourite song. It reminds me of the great time, of the people from Sancerre, how sad I was when they left my hometown. A few weeks later I went to Greece with my parents ... and the cassette I had with me and listened to all the time at the beach not only included "Just around the corner" but also "The promise you made" which I had discovered as another Cock Robin Song. Time flies, a year later we went to Sancerre, meeting those friends again ... not knowing that it was the last time I would see them ... at that age Sancerre was "Worlds apart", when our clubs decided not to continue these tournaments, we all lost contact. With one very good (the best) friend from France - Domitienne - I kept contact, writing letters more or less frequently - and of course there was one (but not the only) thing we had in common: We both loved the music of Cock Robin. Even when our contact faded away years later (we lost contact in the mid-90s), I still remember these great times when listenig to these records, trying to get any song from them I could buy. What a great surprise when I found out that Peter - after the split - kept on going solo, so I put all efforts in getting all his recordings. With Internet there was a new chance to get Information about Peter and other Cock Robin Fans ... and - Deja-Vu - again there is the connection to France - with Peter now living there (and singing in French) and some of the very best sites from a French guy: From the great site of Didier (and the very nice contact) I got more information than I ever dreamed about (even finding on his and Nothing less than a miracle's message board notices from Anna and Peter); there are sites that offer (as far as I know with legitimation from Peter's management)  some great live MP3s that give us a glimpse how great Peter (and Anna) have been live. By the way is the Internet a great recource to get records (both CDs and Vinyl), pictures and the "Grand Rex"-Video. The places where I found this stuff (and made good experiences) are:

1. ebay Germany

2. funrecords (German second hand store)

(they all sent to buyers outside Germany)

Things aren't quite easy as they seem

inside my domain

You can't know know about everything,

only pleasure and pain

You wonder why I come here

with head to my hands

Where else can I be cured and

the king of your mansion

A torn in your side,

like a child to protect

That claims he's free

Just around the corner

half a mile to heaven

Strong enough to hold you,

starved for some affection

Darling come quickly,

come ease my mind

For my prayers have not been answered

in a long time

I've already made my bed

like it or not

As long as there are no regrets

I'll be here when the ride stops

These comforts to me

and these crosses to bear

With wich we live

Just around the corner

half a mile to heaven

Strong enough to hold you,

starved for some affection

Baby, I can't drag you into this mess

I'm the torn in your side

and the  child to protect

And I'm just around the corner

half a mile to heaven

Strong enough to hold you,

starved for some affection

Darling come quickly,

come ease my worried mind

For my prayers have not been answered