Two musicians from The Netherlands are known as Frank Boeijen:

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1. Frank Boeijen is a Dutch singer/songwriter, who was the front man of popular (and eponymous) pop group De Frank Boeijen Groep from 1980 until 1991, the year he went solo. As leader of De Frank Boeijen Groep, Boeijen was one of the pioneers of Nederpop; along with the likes of Doe Maar en Het Goede Doel. After the peak of Nederpop passed, Boeijen broke new ground by touring theatres with his band and bringing pop music to new auditoriums and audiences. As a solo artist, he has kept to this theatre based approach of his music and maintained a productive pace.

Frank Boeijen was born in Nijmegen, The Netherlands on November 27, 1957, as the last in a family of ten children. His father was a typesetter in a factory. His older brothers were into American pop music; in the Boeijen household, Bob Dylan and Neil Young were often to be found on the record player (years later, Boeijen would write a song about this, appropriately titled Robbert Zimmerman). Young Frank learned to play the guitar. After finishing high school, Boeijen started a musical collaboration with guitarist Wout Pennings. Boeijen en Pennings released an album together in 1977. The songs of the album were re-recorded and the album was re-released a year later, with Rob de Nijs acting as producer. It was appropriately titled Boeijen en Pennings. To fulfil live engagements, drummer Henk Wanders en bass player Nels Busch joined the duo.

Pennings left the band in 1979 and was replaced with guitar player Wil Theunissen. The name was changed into the Frank Boeijen Groep. The b-side of their fist single, a song entitled Verjaardagsfeest was picked on up by radio disc jockey Frits Spits, who played the record a lot during his evening show. The group released their debut album, simply entitled Frank Boeijen Groep, album later that year. On the base of the airplay of Verjaardagsfeest, the album reached the Tipparade.

Nederpop, pop music with Dutch vocals, was becoming a mainstream success in the early eighties, and the Frank Boeijen Groep hitched a wagon to that train, when their single Linda, reached the Top Forty. Zwart Wit, another single, written after a racial murder had taken place in Amsterdam, became a number one hit. 1982's Twee and 1983's 1001 Hotel became big sellers.

In 1984, the Frank Boeijen Groep was awarded the Zilveren Harp by Conamus. In that same year, album Kontakt was released. Lead guitarist Wil Theunissen quit the group later that year and replaced with Maarten Peters, who himself was replaced two years later by Ger Hoeijmakers. In 1985, the group released Foto Van Een Mooie Dag. Single Kronenburg Park -- named after Kronenburger Park a park in Nijmegen, Boeijen's place of birth and residence -- became a huge success. Follow up, In Nature, released in 1986, didn't do as well, but still sold respectively.

Towards the end of the eighties, Boeijen's music fell somewhere in between het levenslied of André Hazes, the chansons of Ramses Shaffy and the pop of Doe Maar. According to Frank Boeijen and his manager Paul Schouwenaars the group had outgrown clubs and tents. With the release of album Welkom In Utopia in 1987, the group decided to tour Dutch theatres. The Welkom In Utopia tour started in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam in September of the same year. Two more albums were released: studio album Een Zomer Aan Het Eind Van De Twintigste Eeuw (1989) and live album Hier Komt De Storm. During these years, Frank Boeijen dated Sky Channel presenter Amanda Redington. The two would marry in 1990. The album Dans In Slow Motion, released in 1988, was written for her. In juni 1994 scheidden ze weer van elkaar.

In the spring of 1991, Boeijen announced the ending of his group. In November of that year, he released his first solo album Wilde Bloemen. The musicians on the album were drummer Norman Bonink, guitar player Peter van Benthem and bass player Michel van Schie. Van Schie was replaced by touring bass player René te Voortwis, and pianist Ton Snijders was also recorded. Wilde Bloemen featured several duets with other well known Dutch musicians, among them were: Twee Gezichten, a song written and recorded with Henk Hofstede of The Nits); and Het IJs, written and recorded with Henny Vrienten of Doe Maar).

In the summer of 1993, Boeijen recorded Jazz in Barcelona; an album concerned with the break up between him and Amanda Redington. The subsequent theatre tour was a big success, with sold out shows every evening. Traces of Boeijen's break up were also to be found on next album De Ontmoeting (1994 - an even more spare and intimate affair than Jazz In Barcelona. De Ontmoeting also featured a single, Twee Mannen Zo Stil, with music and lyrics by Boeijen and Stef Bos. Although the single failed to mount the charts, over the years it became a Nederpop classic, often played at funerals. In the same year, Boeijen produced an album for Liesbeth List, the female voice of Ramses Shaffy's recordings. In 1995, another live album, Stormvogels, hit the shelves.

Boeijen returned with two new albums in 1997: a greatest hits compilation, Het Beste En Het Mooiste and an album of new material, Vaderland. The year before, Boeijen had travelled extensively through Asia, and a lot of the songs, although concerning Boeijen and The Netherlands, were written from a distant perspective. In 1999, De Ballade van de Dromedaris, recorded in Peter Gabriel's Real World Studio's appeared, followed by live album Door De Jaren Heen, containing several duets with Ramses Shaffy, Liesbeth List and Stef Bos. Both albums were big sellers. In 2001, Heden, was released. Drummer Norman Bonink left the group to join BLØF. He seat was filled by Oscar Kraal. Helder contained a collaboration between Boeijen and BLØF front man Paskal Jakobsen, single Geen Gevaar. The song was released in the summer of 2002. In the same year, Boeijen won an Edison award as best singer.

2. Frank Boeijen is also the name of the keyboardist for the Dutch group The Gathering.

Koud In Mijn Hart
Frank Boeijen Lyrics

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Misschien was ik stil
En dacht je wat denkt hij nou
En misschien dat ik
Wel iets anders wou
ik was heel even weg
Ik was er even niet
Want weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart

Overal zag ik zwart
Terwijl het wit had moeten zijn
En ik keerde terug
Naar wat een goede tijd leek te zijn
Maar schijn bedriegt
Ik wist het even niet
Want weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart
Want weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart
En alles in me zegt: ja
Als ik jou daar zo mooi zie staan
En alles in me verlangt
Naar een beetje warmte in mijn hart

Er komt een tijd
En die begint vandaag
Een tijd van vrijheid
En misschien is het te laat
Misschien zeg je wel
Vergeet het maar
Maar weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart

Maar weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart

Overall Meaning

The song "Koud in mijn hart" by Frank Boeijen is about the feeling of emptiness and coldness that the singer feels in his heart. The singer apologizes for being silent and distant, and explains that he was lost in this emptiness for a while. He describes feeling like everything around him was dark and bleak, even though it should have been bright and happy. Despite this, he sees his loved one and feels a strong desire for warmth and connection.

The singer declares that a new time is beginning, one of freedom that may be too late to have a positive outcome. He acknowledges that his loved one may tell him to forget it, but he wants her to know that he understands his own emotional state and why he may have been distant. He hopes that she will still offer him comfort and a place to be warm.

The lyrics are simple yet powerful in their emotional depth, exploring the common experience of feeling lost or disconnected from the world around us. The repetition of the phrase "het was een beetje koud in mijn hart" (it was a little cold in my heart) emphasizes the singer's vulnerability and self-awareness. The music complements the lyrics with a gentle, melancholic melody that moves between major and minor chords, conveying both sadness and hope.

Line by Line Meaning

Misschien was ik stil
Perhaps I was quiet

En dacht je wat denkt hij nou
And maybe you thought, 'What is he thinking?'

En misschien dat ik Wel iets anders wou
And perhaps I wanted something different

Ik was heel even weg Ik was er even niet
I was gone for just a moment, I wasn't there

Want weet je liefste Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart
Because, my love, it was a bit cold in my heart

Overal zag ik zwart Terwijl het wit had moeten zijn
I saw black everywhere, when it should've been white

En ik keerde terug Naar wat een goede tijd leek te zijn
And I returned to what seemed to be a good time

Maar schijn bedriegt Ik wist het even niet
But appearances can be deceiving, I didn't know for sure

Want weet je liefste Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart
Because, my love, it was a bit cold in my heart

En alles in me zegt: ja Als ik jou daar zo mooi zie staan
And everything in me says 'yes' when I see you looking so beautiful

En alles in me verlangt Naar een beetje warmte in mijn hart
And everything in me longs for a little warmth in my heart

Er komt een tijd En die begint vandaag
There's a time coming, and it starts today

Een tijd van vrijheid En misschien is het te laat
A time of freedom, and maybe it's too late

Misschien zeg je wel Vergeet het maar
Maybe you'll say 'forget it'

Maar weet je liefste Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart
But, my love, it was a bit cold in my heart

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Misschien was ik stil
En dacht je wat denkt hij nou
En misschien dat ik
Wel iets anders wou
Ik was heel even weg
Ik was er even niet

Want weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart

Overal zag ik zwart
Terwijl het wit had moeten zijn
En ik keerde terug
Naar wat een goede tijd leek te zijn
Maar schijn bedriegt
Ik wist het even niet

Want weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart
Want weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart

En alles in me zegt ja
Als ik jou daar zo mooi zie staan
En alles in me verlangt
Naar een beetje warmte in mijn hart

Er komt een tijd
En die begint vandaag
Een tijd van vrijheid
En misschien is het te laat
Misschien zeg je wel
Vergeet het maar

Maar weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart
Maar weet je liefste
Het was een beetje koud in mijn hart