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Wijs me de weg
"Wijs me de weg" (English version; "Open your eyes") was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in Dutch by Humphrey Campbell.
The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Campbell singing about a search for an existential truth in life. He sings that his search has been - so far - fruitless, but asks his listeners to "show me the way" (or "open their eyes") to various things, including
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Voting.
The song was performed twenty-second on the night, following Norway's Merethe Trøan with "Visjoner" and preceding the Netherlands' Humphrey Campbell with "Wijs me de weg". At the close of voting, it had received 27 points, placing 16th in a field of 23. It was fancied by the bookmakers to win the contest alongside the United Kingdom, Sweden, Ireland, Malta and Austria.
Background.
The song is in the schlager style made famous by composer-lyricist