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Gerald Ganglbauer
Parkinson, Novak und ich











A compilation album of the lucky winners will be released digital and on CD as first prize.
Next update comes in early 2026 announcing the winner.
Gerald Ganglbauer

Track + Lyrics + (playing time) + Artists
| 1 | Park You Too | (2:53) | Eros Bresolin | Julia Jockelson |
| 2 | Break All Chains | (4:16) | Badhoven | Gerald Ganglbauer |
| 3 | How Will It Be | (4:46) | Badhoven | Gerald Ganglbauer |
| 4 | When I Look Into Your Eyes | (3:41) | John Langford | Gisi Steinert |
| 5 | It‘s Always Me | (3:58) | The Base | Gerald Ganglbauer |
| 6 | Not the River of Mercy | (5:00) | The Base | Gerald Ganglbauer |
| 7 | Believe in Everything You Do | (3:13) | Pete Wain | Andy Hitchman |
| 8 | Red Light Blue Light | (4:19) | Joerg Veselka | Connie Weixler |
| 9 | So Here I Am | (4:05) | Johnny Schwarzinger | Uli Sajko |
| 10 | Wasn‘t I the One | (6:01) | Spring and the Land | Gerald Ganglbauer |
| 11 | The More We | (2:02) | Billy Spakemon | Ray Andrews |
| 12 | The Sound of Parkinson | (2:06) | Tom Isaacs (live at WPC 2016) |

Parkinson song performed by Tom Isaacs
Recorded live by Gerald Ganglbauer at the WPC 2016
Words by Tom Isaacs, music by Richard Rodgers
(Climb Every Mountain, The Sound of Music)

Grow every stem cell
Search every gene
Sequence every Exome
Till you find the key
Misfolded proteins
Clumping in my brain
Please disaggregate my
Alpha synuclein
Drill a hole in my brain
See how deep you can go
Then insert some old tube
Filled with a placebo
I’ve got dysfunctional
Mitochondria
Lack of Dopa in my
Basal ganglia
There’s a breakthrough out there,
But there’s one thing I wish
That you give it to us,
Not to rats or to fish
Grow every stem cell
Search every gene
Sequence every Exome
Till you cure Pd
Parkinson duet performed by Joerg Veselka and Connie Weixler
Words and music by Joerg Veselka
Red light blue light is shining, shining through the night
Red light blue light, I’m crawling, I’m crawling, on the floor
Red light blue light, I’m hoping, yeah I’m hoping to see you again
Red light blue light, I’m crying, yeah I’m crying, I miss you so
Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible incredible, unimpossible
Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible, yeah incredible, unimpossible – without you
Red light blue light is shining, shining – through the night
Red light blue light, I’m crawling, crawling – on the floor
Red light blue light, I’m hoping, hoping – to see you again
Red light blue light, I’m crying, crying, I miss you so
Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible, incredible, unimpossible without you
Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible, oh incredible, unimpossible – without you
Red light blue light is shining, shining – through the night
Red light blue light, I’m crawling, I’m crawling – on the floor
Red light blue light, I’m hoping, yeah I’m hoping – to see you again
Red light blue light, I’m crying, yeah I’m crying, I miss you so
Life’s unpredictable, hmmm incomprehensible, hmmm incredible, unimpossible without you
Life’s unpredictable, incomprehensible, hmmm incredible, unimpossible – without you
Hmmm, Hmmm, life’s unimpossible – without you
Parkinson duet performed by Jacques Bush and Gerald Ganglbauer, Words and music by Jacques Bush/Marino Acapulco

You treat me well, but I don’t mind.
From the well the plight is coming … coming bad.
I sit and watch the hours,
Wonder if I’ll ever make it home … so tired of hanging.
You treat me well but I don’t mind.
You think your every wish is my command.
Once I was waiting for the fame,
But things ain’t never what they seem to be.
When I wake up, I feel homeless,
Wasn’t I the one?
Understood and punished all the way.
You treat me well, but I don’t mind.
From the well the plight is coming … coming bad.
I sit and watch the hours,
Wonder if I’ll ever make it home.
When I wake up, I feel homeless,
Wasn’t I the one?
Understood and punished all the way.
So long, hey! Do I know
Wasn’t I the one.
I drank the whole week away
Give me everything to be …
When I wake up, I feel homeless
Wasn’t I the one …
So misunderstood who’s found where he belongs …
Parkinsong duet performed by Johnny Schwarzinger and Uli Sajko, Words and music by Johnny Schwarzinger, poem by Uli Sajko


Noch wirft die Sonne einen Blick
Durch mein Fenster jeden Tag
Das Morgenlicht für mich ist Glück
Wünschte es nie enden mag
Doch schwächer wird von Mal zu Male
Das Strahlen kürzer und im Nu
Legen sich dunkel herbstlich fahle Gedanken
Dem Schweigen noch dazu
Contemplate myself in the mirror
Mirror inside my soul
I’m on the warpath with myself
Really out of step
Feels like I’m on a wire
Cutting all the lines
To come out in the open
Not aching anymore
So here I stay – So here I go
No matter if it’s sun or rain
So here I go – So here I stay
No matter if it’s sun or rain
So here I go – So here I stay
No matter if it’s sun or rain
Put the sun in my pocket
Wash the clouds out of my mind
There’s no need to protect
My eyes from the light
To come out in the open
Not aching anymore
So here I am – So here I stay
No matter if it’s sun or rain
So here I stay – So here I go
No matter if it’s sun or rain
So here I go – So here I stay
Noch wirft die Sonne einen Blick
Durch mein Fenster … jeden Tag
Parkinsong duet performed by Billy Spakemon and Ray Andrews
Words and music by Billy Spakemon

The moowa we bin tergetha (x3)
the ‚appier we wull be.
The moowa we sing tergetha (x3)
we’ll fun an ‚armony
Fer yo’s fried bin mar friend
an‘ mar friend bin yo’a friend
the moowa we bin tergetha
the ‚appier we wull be
The moowa we stond tergetha (x3)
the stronga we wull be
Fer (as above)
the stronga we wull be
One by one side by side ‚elpin‘ aiche otha through owa lives
with an ‚ope there’ll be a wairld weya all wull understond
The moowa we bin tergetha (x3)
the ‚appier we wull be
The moowa we run tergetha (x3)
We’ll build a unity
Fer (as above)
The moowa we bin tergetha
the ‚appier we wull be.
Glossary aiche - each wull - will bin - been 'h's are always dropped er' is often changed to a a is changed to o
Billy Spakemon (Dr Brian Dakin)
Born Oldbury the Black Country West Midlands England 28/11/1952
My work engages with the notions of identity through place, voice and histories. I write, perform, am a public speaker, radio show host, academic, events organiser, community project leader and freelance project co-ordinator, among other things. I recorded the above song during a year long project I organised with John Langford to raise funds for local Parkinson support groups in the Black Country and Birmingham. The song came about from a memory session I did with a dementia group and an elderly lady began to sing an old chapel song (only the first line as that was all she could remember). It developed into the song on the Parkinsong Duets CD. I asked Ray Andrews a local businessman who has Parkinson’s. He was the starting point of our fund raising efforts in 2018 and an inspiration.
Parkinsong duet performed by Pete Wain and Andy Hitchman
Words and music by Pete Wain
One life is all we get
So make the most of it
Fulfil your dreams, follow your heart
Reach for the stars
Open your mind, feel compassion
But don’t let it blind you
Don’t close your eyes angel, be aware of everything
You got your whole life in front of you
Who knows what tomorrow may bring
Listen to the sermon, let your conscience grow
Feel your heartbeat, let your lifeblood flow
Believe in everything you do
Remember nobody can touch you
When your mind is free of guilt and your heart is true
True love is never easy to find
And it only takes a fool to be blind
Open your mind, feel it in your heart
Reach for the stars
Believe in everything you do
Remember nobody can touch you
When your mind is free of guilt and your heart is true
Believe in everything you do
Remember nobody can touch you
When your mind is free of guilt and your heart is true
Believe in everything you do
Parkinsong duet performed by The Base and Gerald Ganglbauer
Words and music by Norbert Wally
If you hit your head on the door it’s my fault
Because I left it open for you to go thru it
And if I had closed it you would have cursed me in a similar style
You put me in charge of your moods and your minds
Of the the things you forget, of the things you can’t find
Of your smiles, of your fears, of your pains and another half sleepless night
Why is it always me?
Who knows where it’s going
And where the wind’s blowing, it’s me
Why is it always me?
Who can make u feel better and make u feel worse
Who’s in charge of the fate of your whole universe
It is me
Now why is it me around who your world’s turning?
And why would I take care of all things concerning
Your primary needs and your wishes u don’t wanna talk about?
Now, I’ll be your hero and I’ll be your bag full of dirt
You can kiss me and kick me and hurt me
And lick me and call me things
Stupid things you do not care about
Why is it always me?
Who knows where it’s going
And where the wind’s blowing, it’s me
Why is it always me?
Who’s got the control, who can save every soul
It is me
Why is it always me?
Some say it’s a bliss but I see it as a curse
I’m in charge of the fate of your whole universe
It is me
Parkinsong duet performed by The Base and Gerald Ganglbauer
Words and music by Norbert Wally
I took a swim the other day
To wash away my sins and worries
I washed my hands I washed my face
but I can’t stay in here forever
The river I swim is not the river of mercy
The river I’m in is not the river of mercy
It doesn’t wash away my pains
It doesn’t grant me absolution
When I get out I’ll take the chance
To wash my hands in muddy water
The river I swim is not the river of mercy
The river I’m in is not the river of mercy
I’m gonna swim it after you
Pray you’ll wait out in the ocean
The river I swim is not the river of mercy
The river I’m in is not the river of mercy
Parkinsong duet performed by Badhoven and Gerald Ganglbauer
Words and music by Kurt C Greilberger
I’m driving here alone
The road I’ve ever known
When the night comes in
Will it change
My life so rough
I ask my stars above
How will I know, how
But I’m here to be with you
Forever be with you
Baby, how will it be
If I’m holding you tight
How will it be
If I love you tonight
How will it be
If I’m sharing all
All my dreams with you
I feel I’m not alone
With the fight I’ve ever known
Will you stand by me
Take my hand, take me all
Take the centre of my soul
Then you will know, you will
Why I’m here to be with you
Forever be with you
Baby, how will it be
If I’m holding you tight
How will it be
If I love you tonight
How will it be
If I’m sharing all
All my dreams with you
Solo
I’m here to be with you
Forever be with you
Baby, how will it be
If I’m holding you tight
How will it be
If I love you tonight
How will it be
If I’m sharing all
All my dreams with you
Forever be with you
Baby, how will it be
How will it be, how will it be
If I’m sharing all
All my dreams with you
Forever be with you
How will it be
Parkinsong duet performed by Badhoven and Gerald Ganglbauer
Words and music by Kurt C Greilberger
[verse]
Ever in search for
The meaning of live
I’m giving and taking
On the edge of fates knife
I’m learning to taste the,
The tears of joy and fear
[bridge]
I’m living hope
A reckless smile
A pool of wit
Just the tools of a fool
[chorus]
Then I break all chains
And don’t ask why
I take my broken wings
And learn how to fly
I make a new start
No, no mountain that’s too high
I believe in what I do
Working hard to make it true
In my life, in this life
[verse]
Should I think it’s better
To stay at the same four walls
No, I am a free man
In the mercy of my Lord
[bridge]
I’m living hope
A reckless smile
A pool of wit
Just the tools of a fool
[chorus]
Then I break all chains
And don’t ask why
I take my broken wings
And learn how to fly
I make a new start
No mountain that’s too high
I believe in what I do
Working hard to make it true
In my life, in this life
I break all chains
solo
I believe in what I do
Working hard to make it true
In my life, in this life
[chorus]
Then I break all chains
Break all chains
Break all chains
Break all chains
I Break all chains
(Break all chains)
I Break all chains
(Break all chains)
I Break all chains
(Break all chains)
Break all, break all chains
(Break all chains)
Parkinsong duet performed by John Langford and Gisi Steinert
Words and music by John Langford
Ich schaue in deine Augen
Ohne Schmerz oder Kummer
Ich schaue in deine Augen
Es ist nur Liebe, die ich sehe
Dann schaue ich in deine Augen
Ich sehe ein neues Morgen
Like ships in the night
Things get hidden away
The darkness it hides
Things we should see in the day
We must realise
Life’s a game we all play
Open your eyes
Just open your eyes
Then I look into your eyes
And see a new tomorrow
I look into your eyes
Without pain or sorrow
I look into your eyes
It’s just love I see
Then I look into your eyes
And I don’t fear nothing
You make me realise
All the good times coming
I look into your eyes
And you’re all that I need
Wenn ich in deine Augen schaue,
Fürchte ich nichts
Du bringst mich dazu zu erkennen,
Dass gute Zeiten kommen
Dann schaue ich in deine Augen
Du bist alles was ich brauche
Like ships in the night
Our lives they just flicker away
We all take our sides
It’s a game we all play
Our fate will decide
What we do everyday
Just open your eyes
Open your eyes
Then I look into your eyes
And see a new tomorrow
I look into your eyes
Without pain or sorrow
I look into your eyes
It’s just love I see
Then I look into your eyes
And I don’t fear nothing
You make me realise
All the good things coming
I look into your eyes
And you’re all that I need
Parkinsong duet performed by Eros Bresolin and Julia Jockelson
Words and music by Eros Bresolin

I’m sitting at a cross-road, waiting for you
Waiting for you but I don’t really want to
Wait here for you
But you gave me no choice
So I’m waiting for you
So parkin me
Parkin you
Parkin everything that I ever do
Yes, Park me
And most definitely
Park you too.
Well we left the crossroad
And we headed your way
Down a one-way street
But it was the wrong way
I said “Please can we turn around
Because I notice that we’re heading for
Parky-Town?”
So parkin me
Parkin you
Parkin everything that I ever do
Yes, Park me
And most definitely
Park you too.
The closer I got the more people I could see
Heading down the same road as me
Some of them tried to run
But Parky said “You have to come and
meet my son”
So parkin me
Parkin you
Parkin everything that I ever do
Yes, Park me
And most definitely
Park you too.
Today I’m going to hand in my resignation
I don’t want to be a member of your
Parky-Nation
Anymore, anymore
So, park you too.
So parkin me
Parkin you
Parkin everything that I ever do
Yes, Park me
And most definitely
Park you too.
Park you too.
Park you too.