Over the last 3 days we’d known that my step father in law was going to die soon. My wife Ineke was particularly close to him, and managed to get across yesterday to be with him in Rotterdam. He was a true Rotterdamer. It’s not a sad story, because he lived a long and good life. But we’re still sad because he died last night at 11pm.

Gerrit has been an inspiration to all of us, and I had already written a song about him a couple of days ago. Here’s the lyric below:

Big G
Big G made things out of wood
Did what he could
Stood taller than a tree
Laughed at the storms
And that comforted me

Big G he never complained
“Just put on a coat
And you can handle the rain”
Called a spade a spade
No make belief
               
And ain’t it the way of the world
To make things complicated
Ain’t it the way of the world
To fake the news
Ain’t it the way of the world
To sow confusion
But hey
That’s  the same world 
That made you…Big G

Yoo hoo, yeah heh!
Yoo hoo, yeah heh!

Big G was a generous guy
Like there was only one life to live
Under this sky
Didn’t hang on to anything, for too long
And if that man ever fell off a bike
He’d me back in the saddle
Like a lightening strike
You couldn’t stop him
He was strong

And ain’t it the way of the world
To make things complicated
Ain’t it the way of the world
To fake the news
Ain’t it the way of the world
To sow confusion
But hey
That’s  the same world 
That made you…Big G

You hoo, yeah heh!
Yoo hoo, yeah heh!

So I don’t pay and any heed to the Social Media
There is nothing here to see
If I want to find out the true story
I’m better off listening to Big G

And ain’t it the way of the world
To make things complicated
Ain’t it the way of the world
To fake the news
Ain’t it the way of the world
To sow confusion
But hey
That’s  the same world 
That made you…Big G
Hey, that’s  the same world 
That made you…Big G
Hey, that’s  the same world
That made 
You hoo, yeah heh!
Yoo hoo, yeah heh!