Conny Plank

Marty Willson-Piper

Currently an unreleased track.

This is a song about German record producer and musician Conny Plank who died from cancer on Dec. 18, 1987 at only age 47. Marty had hoped to work with him. The only documented performance of this song is on the KCRW SNAP Radio Show, Los Angeles, recorded on August 13, 1988.

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Lyrics (unofficial)

[rev May. 24, 2020]

Another afternoon
The wind blew in my hair
Jardin du Luxembourg
A battered metal chair

The sky was blue and white
A bell was ringing loud
When suddenly I saw
You sitting on a cloud

So who in heaven's Conny Plank
A stranger true to me
I only wish that I'd met you
A shame that it won't be

A dream the chestnut trees
Beside the oval lake
The statues are asleep
And children are awake

And then way up above
I thought I heard a sound
Don't need to think too hard of you
To feel you're still around

So why on earth should Conny Plank
Occupy my mind
It's just a dreamy thought I had
Of a man I knew I'd like

An evening in Cologne
With darkness everywhere
With tears we shed for you
When they knew you weren't there

But everyone must go
And what you left behind
Is treasure left for everyone
For everyone to find

Oh I can listen back to Moebius
To everything by Can
I just wish I had the chance
To work with Conny Plank

And you can listen back to Moebius
To everything by Can
I just wish I'd had the chance
To work with Conny Plank