viva l’italia
francesco de gregori
if you leave me now
1976, chicago
If you leave me now,
you’ll take away the biggest part of me.
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby please don’t go.
And if you leave me now,
you’ll take away the very heart of me.
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby please don’t go.
Oo, oo, oo, oh, I just want you to stay.
A love like ours is love that’s hard to find.
How could we let it slip away?
We’ve come too far to leave it all behind.
How could we end it all this way?
When tomorrow comes and we both regret
the things we said today.
A love like ours is love that’s hard to find.
How could we let it slip away?
We’ve come too far to leave it all behind.
How could we end it all this way?
When tomorrow comes and we both regret
the things we said today.
If you leave me now,
you’ll take away the biggest part of me.
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby please don’t go.
Oo, oo, girl, I’ve got to have you by my side.
Oo, oo, oo, no, baby please don’t go.
Oo, ah, ah, I’ve just got to have you, girl.
Oo, ah, ah, I’ve just got to have you, girl.
tunnel of love
dire straits
Getting crazy on the waltzers but its life that choose
Sing about the sixblade sing about the switchback and a torture tattoo
And I been riding on a ghost train where the cars they scream and slam
And I dont know Ill be tonight but Id always tell you where I am
In a screaming ring of faces I seen her standing in the light
She had a ticket for the race just like me she was a victim of the night
I put my hand upon the lever said let it rock and let it roll
I had the one arm bandit fever there was an arrow through my heart and my soul
And the big wheel keep on turning neon burning up above
And Im just high on the wold
Come on and take a low with ma girl
On the tunnel of love
Its just the danger when youre riding at your own risk
She said you are the perfect stranger she said baby lets keep it like this
Its just a cakewalk twisting baby step right up and say
Hey mister give me two give me two cos two can play
And the big wheel on turning neon burning up above
And Im just high on the world
Come on and take the low ride with me girl
On the tunnel or love
Well its been money for muscle another whirligig
Money for muscle another girl I dig
Another hustle just to make it big
And rockaway rockaway
And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the spanish city to me when we where kids
Oh girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the spanish city to me when we where kids
She took off a silver locket she said remember me by this
She put her hand in my pocket I got a keepsake and a kiss
And in the roar of dust and diesel I stood and watched her walk away
I could have caught up with her easy enough but something must have made me stay
And the big wheel keep on turning neon up above
And Im high on the world
Come on and take a low ride with me girl
On the tunnel of love
And now Im searching through these carousels and the carnival arcades
Searching everywhere from steeplechase to palisades
In any shooting gallery where promises are made
To rockaway rockaway from cullercoats and whitley bat out to rockaway
And girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the spanish city to me when we where kids
Girl it looks so pretty to me just like it always did
Like the spanish city to me when we where kids
romeo and juliet
dire straits
A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsus serenade
Laying everybody low with me a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it ?
Juliet says hey its romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack
Hes underneath the window shes singing hey la my boyfriends back
You shouldnt come around here singing up at people like that
Anyway what you gonna do about it ?
Juliet the dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded in my heart
And I forget the movie song
When you wanna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ?
Come up on differents streets they both were streets of shame
Both dirty both mean yes and the dream was just the same
And I dreamed your dream for you and your dream is real
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals ?
Where you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything you promised me think and thin
Now you just says oh romeo yeah you know I used to have a scene with him
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above Ill love you till I die
Theres a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ?
I cant do the talk like they talk on tv
And I cant do a love song like the way its meant to be
I cant do everything but Id do anything for you
I cant do anything except be in love with you
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All do is keep the beat and bad company
All I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Julie Id do the stars with you any time
Juliet when we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above Ill love you till I die
Theres a place for us you know the movie song
When you gonna realise it was just that the time was wrong juliet ?
A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsus serenade
Laying everybody low with me a lovesong that he made
Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade
Says something like you and me babe how about it ?
fiume sand creek
fabrizio de andré
FIUME SAND CREEK
Si son presi il nostro cuore sotto una
coperta scura
sotto una luna morta piccola dormivamo
senza paura
fu un generale di vent’anni
occhi turchini e giacca uguale
fu un generale di vent’anni
figlio d’un temporale
C’è un dollaro d’argento sul fondo del
Sand Creek
I nostri guerrieri troppo lontani sulla pista
del bisonte
e quella musica distante diventò sempre
più forte
chiusi gli occhi per tre volte
mi ritrovai ancora lì
chiesi a mio nonno è solo un sogno
mio nonno disse sì
A volte i pesci cantano sul fondo del
Sand Creek
Sognai talmente forte che mi uscì il
sangue dal naso
il lampo in un orecchio nell’altro il
paradiso
le lacrime più piccole
le lacrime più grosse
quando l’albero della neve
fiorì di stelle rosse
Ora i bambini dormono sul letto del
Sand Creek
Quando il sole alzò la testa tra le spalle
della notte
c’erano sono cani e fumo e tende
capovolte
tirai una freccia in cielo
per farlo respirare
tirai una freccia al vento
per farlo sanguinare
La terza freccia cercala sul fondo del
Sand Creek
Si son presi il nostro cuore sotto una
coperta scura
sotto una luna morta piccola dormiamo
senza paura
fu un generale di vent’anni
occhi turchini e giacca uguale
fu un generale di vent’anni
figlio d’un temporale
Ora i bambini dormono sul fondo del
Sand Creek
il pilota
ivano fossati
Il pilota non porta mai
pensieri pesanti
che sarebbero già da soli
tutto carico in più.
Né sciarpe, occhiali e ricordi
lasciati distanti,
che la bestia è pesante da tirare su.
Con la nebbia di Milano
che gli morsica il culo
per allegria,
col carrello e i bagagli
tutti quanti già su,
a vedere Linate diventare Pavia
oh, che tempo, che tempo, dai che andiamo via
oh, che tempo, che tempo, dai che andiamo via.
Tenuto conto
che la terra non finisce mai
troppo lontano,
specialmente per chi se la calcola da lassù,
i profumi di Grecia non toccano
queste altezze padane
mentre i cieli di Rimini arrivano bene da giu.
Solo l’Africa, qualche volta,
restituisce il sapore
dell’andare via,
ma di tempo per soddisfarsi
mica sempre ce n’è
per chi vede ogni volta Linate
che diventa Pavia
e sa bene che il tempo cambia andando via
e sa bene che il tempo cambia andando via.
