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Annabel Lyrics in English Hans De Booij

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Annabel by Hans De Booij from Dutch to English.

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Someone said: This is Annabel

She still needs to get to the station

Take your car, she’ll make it

I said: Sure, and drove like a fool

We arrived at an empty platform

I said: You’re out of luck

Way off in the distance the last car rolled on

And Annabel said: Okay, I’ll go with you

And later we were lying together, as they say

A little tired but satisfied

Light was already coming through the windows

She said: I don’t have time for breakfast, gotta go

I only said: See you, Annabel, and thought

I’ll never see you again

I thought: I’ll turn over and sleep a bit more

But two hours later I was still awake, flat on my back

Annabel

It’s nothing without you

Annabel

It’s nothing without you

Annabel

I stayed in bed like that for two days

I was totally out of it

Then I got up, had to act not think

But without her I wasn’t worth a penny

I roamed the city looking for a glimpse

And I thought, I’ll never see you again

I even started talking to myself out loud

And someone said

You’d stood for hours with your hands on the bridge rail

Annabel

It’s nothing without you

Annabel

It’s nothing without you

Annabel

And one night I saw her again

She’d just stepped onto the tram

She was even prettier than last time

I shouted her name and slammed on my brakes

I jumped out the car and grabbed her

She stopped and looked back

She looked at me but was hardly surprised

I said: Hey, where’re you headed?

She said: To the station

I drove her there

She bought a ticket to Paris

I said: One more

The clerk handed two one-way tickets

And Annabel glanced sideways

I said: I found you today

I’ll never leave you alone again

Even if you travel on to Barcelona or Prague

Even if you go on to the end of the world

I’m coming with you

Hey

Annabel

It’s nothing without you

Annabel

It’s nothing without you

Annabel

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SONG MEANING

“Annabel” whisks us into a spontaneous, cinematic romance that begins with a simple favor: giving a stranger a lift to the station. When Annabel misses her train, the narrator seizes the moment; one magical night later, she slips away at dawn, leaving him wide-awake, lovestruck, and utterly adrift. The upbeat melody masks his growing obsession as he spends days in bed, roams the city for a glimpse of her, and even talks to himself on a bridge—all because, in his mind, “het wordt niets zonder jou” (“it’s nothing without you”).

Fate finally reunites the pair at a tram stop, and this time he refuses to let her vanish. He buys two one-way tickets to Paris and vows to follow her to Barcelona, Prague, or the ends of the earth. Hans de Booij’s lyrics capture the exhilarating rush of instant connection and the haunting emptiness that follows when it is lost. It is a playful yet poignant reminder of how a brief encounter can rewrite our entire map, turning a missed train into a lifelong journey of hope and longing.

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