The French were bred to die for love
they delight in fighting duels
but I prefer a man who lives
and gives expensive jewels.
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental
but diamonds are a girl's best friend.
A kiss may be grand but it won't pay the rental
on your humble flat, or help you at the automat.
Men grow cold as girls grow old
and we all lose our charms in the end.
But square-cut or pear-shaped
these rocks don't lose their shape
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Tiffany's...Cartier... Black Star Frost, Gorham

Here come the breeze (Gomez)

Here come the breeze, come on blow me up
Planting the seed, come on sew me up
Reelin', the feelin', making our way through the storm
We've been deceivin', making our way through the storm
All we need's a little more to

Send a little message to ya
Gonna get outta here
Send a little message to ya
Gonna get outta here

Here come the air, come on blow me up
Hottest affair, come on grow me up
Starin' at nothin', 'cause I can't make out what it is
Searchin' for somethin', but I just don't know what it is
All we need's a little more to

Send a little message to ya
Gonna get outta here
Send a little message to ya
Gonna get outta here

Well come on in
Come on in and lay me down now
And relax
'Cause the world will collapse with you
Turn your red light into blue
Why do you keep running around like that?

Sit back
'Cause this is gonna take a while
There's no shame in going in out of style
Why do you keep running around like that?

Send a little message to ya
Gonna get outta here
Send a little message to ya
Gonna get outta here
Send a little message to ya
Gonna get outta here
Send a little message to ya
Gonna get outta here

White Collar Boy

You’re a white collar boy and you gave into the law
Give in to the pressure the cops gonna getcha
You were a thieving dog at work until they caught your little paw
Your wage won’t stretch, to picking up checks
A custodial sentence you narrowly avoided
Community service you had to go along with
You’re banging the rocks at the old city docks
Poor boy poor boy poor boy poor boy

You were chained to a girl that would kill you with a look
It’s a nice way to die she’s so easy on the eye
She said let’s get away, but you played it by the book
You’re a warden’s pet, she’s a screaming suffragette
“We ain’t in prison, we’ll just finish up and go home”
She said, “Not for me, I’ve got plans for later on”
So she belted the sarge and she jumped on a barge
You fell, you fell you fell you fell

White collar, got dirt in your pants
You got egg in your hair
You got spit in your chin
White collar, scared to be bored
Blue Collar, she’s opening doors
White collar boy, on the run from the law

She said “You ain’t ugly, you can kiss me if you like”
Go ahead and kiss her, you don’t know what you’re missing
You said “Baby, you’re special,
But there’s something not quite right.”
She’s a Venus in flares and you wanna split hairs!
“I am innocent, you are a rocket.
Things were ok till you took out the copper”
Leave me alone, and get used to the chains
You’re a pain, a pain, a pain, a pain

White collar, got dirt in your pants
You got egg in your hair
You got spit in your chin
White collar, scared to be bored
Blue Collar, she’s opening doors
White collar boy, on the run from the law

I've got my pockets full of money
I'm gonna spend it all tonight
I've got my pockets full of money
I'm gonna spend it all tonight

a whole months salary
gonna set it to flames on some girl,
we just met recently
I barely know her name

chatcha chatcha
chatchaaa chatcha
chatcha

oh take me some place decent
where we meet up with your friends
where the people are pleasant
where the music never ends

where the music never ends
chatcha chatcha chatchaa
chatcha chatcha chatcha

I can't say that you are pretty
that would make me a liar
but you turn my my legs to spaghetti
and set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
(I'll come running with a heart on fire)

I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire

you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
you set my heart on fire
set my heart on fire you
set my heart on fire

(I'll come running with a heart on fire)
heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire
I'll come running with a heart on fire

Il valzer dei Carpazi (Carpacho)

lo sai ti adoro bronzea
con gli occhi offuscati dal sole che se pallida mi hai preso il cuore
so che ami il suddetto sole solo per me

lo sai baby che adoro sfiorarti le vene
diafana mi mostri il cuore
se ridi e non pensi al dolore
e se balli ti prego balla solo per me

inn cambio ti bacero' la schiena
ti grattero' la nuca
mia dolce dolcissima amica
seguimi e ti giuro che sempre  ti cantero'

io ti amo e ti amero' sempre
ti giuro che ci sei solo tu

matrimonio poi due figli ed un cane
e tutto quello che vuoi di piu'

Due battiti e numerosi abbracci con Mirko.
Svariate rotonde, 1 ovale, innumerevoli lavori in corso per Torino.
pazzoidi sul palco e la ragazza che prende la lattina da cui ha bevuto Conor.
1 birra piccola e il foulard rosso.
qualche ora di sonno, coccolata.
il treno delle 6.05.

E avrei voluto sentire questa canzone al posto di Lover I dont have to love.

June on the west coast (Bright Eyes)

i spent a week drinking the sunlight of winnetka, california
where they understand the weight of human hearts
you see sorrow gets too heavy and joy it tends to hold you
with the fear that it eventually departs.
and the truth is i’ve been dreaming of some tired tranquil place
where the weather won’t get trapped inside my bones
and if all the years of searching find one sympathetic face
then its there i will plant these seeds and make my home

i spent a day dreaming of dying in mesa, arizona
where all the green of life had turned to ash
and i felt i was on fire, with the things i could have told you
i guess i just assumed that you eventually would ask
and i wouldn’t have to bring up my so badly broken heart
and all those months i just wanted to sleep
and though spring, it did come slowly, i guess it did its part
my heart has thawed and continues to beat

i visited my brother on the outskirts of olympia
where the forest and the water become one
and we talked about our childhood, like a dream we were convinced of, that
perfect peaceful street where we came from
and i know he heard me strumming all those sad and simple chords
as i sat inside my room so long ago
and it hurts that he’s still shaking from those secrets that were told by a
car closed up airtight and a heart turned cold

and i went to san diego
the birthplace of the summer
and watched the ocean dance under the moon
and there was a girl i knew there, one more potential lover
i guess that something’s got to happen soon
because i know i can’t keep living in this dead or dying dream
and as i watched along the beach and drank with her
i thought about my true love, the one i really need
with eyes that burn so bright, they make me pure
they make me pure
they make me pure
i long to be with you

Io so la mia verità
E voglio usare il cranio come un archibugio
Per sparare la mia verità
Che non è inchiostro nero
Ma sangue che grandina gioia.
La mia verità è come una finestra
Nel vuoto, inchiodata ai suoi cardini.
La mia verità, linea di protezione e coerenza,
E' deserti che cambiano.
Sono suggestionabile
Sono troppo suggestionabile
Siamo troppo suggestionabili
Siamo troppo suggestionabili,
Infantili ed interpretabili
Siamo troppo suggestionabili
Ci muoviamo ma siamo immobili
Siamo troppo suggestionabili
Io so la mia verità.
Sono passato in mezzo agli inferni e alle mie pazzie
Ma è la mia verità
E spero possa esploderti in faccia e spaccarti la testa.
La mia verità è nell'ostinazione
A cercarmi, a ferirmi, a capirmi
La mia verità è rinnegare i padri, le madri,
E le bocche, gli stomaci
Sono suggestionabile
Sono troppo suggestionabile
Siamo troppo suggestionabili
Siamo troppo suggestionabili,
Infantili ed interpretabili
Siamo troppo suggestionabili
Ci muoviamo ma siamo immobili
Siamo troppo suggestionabili
Io so la mia verità
E voglio andare in fondo a tutto quello che so
Io voglio assaporare ogni secondo che avrò
Io sono un uomo
Io sono insicuro
Io sono il padre, la madre, il figlio
Io sono il vertice
Io sono l'assoluto
Io sono il genio
Io sono il mio assassino
Io sono l'ultima cosa che mi rimane
Sono l'ultima cosa che mi rimane
Sono l'ultima cosa che mi rimane
Io sono l'ultima cosa mi rimane
Io sono l'ultima cosa che ho
Sarò la prima cosa che avrò
Sono l'ultima cosa che mi rimane
Sarò la prima cosa che mi rimane
Siamo troppo suggestionabili
Siamo...

You’re such a mystery I just want to stand and stare
Nibble on your ear and smell the ocean in your hair
You know you damage me you leave me tangled in a knot
But when you reappear I see Neptunian blues that eyes forgot
Neptunian blues that eyes forgot

I only feel alive when the vu’s flashing alarms going off in my head
I want to grab you and just kiss you maybe I should sit down
No sense in cashing us now
Still I only feel alright when the vu’s flashing bombs going off in my head
I want to grab you want to scream at you no icing me down
The party’s crashing us now
The party’s crashing us now

Oh well we made love like a pair of black wizards
You freed me from the past you fucked the suburbs out of me
And all those ugly days that made us so sick
They are just fossils now we’ve learned the elevating trick
We’ve learned the elevating trick

un'altra cosa da pazzi.
uscire x pranzo e mangiarsi una sacher.
beh non tutta intera...

I wish I had Paul Newman's eyes (Dogs die in hot cars)

I wish I had Paul Newman's eyes
And every day came with some surprise
I wish I had Paul Newman's eyes
That would be nice

Look at those houses, big houses over there
Look at those suits spending money without a care
Here comes the stars with perks around their arms
Here comes the sports car that carries so much charm
But I'm just a nothing that doesn't have a lot
And I asked for your life but look at what I got

So sick of seeing, don't want to hear no more
And you can amputate my limbs
And starve me to death whilst I beg for freedom
Away from a life which is this

But I wish I had Paul Newman's eyes
And every day came with some surprise
I wish I had Paul Newman's eyes
That would be nice

Look at those setters, those setters of the trend
Look at that band, they act so confident
Here comes the movies with dialogue so cool
Why did they never tell me to speak like that in primary school

So sick of seeing, don't want to hear no more
And you can amputate my limbs
And starve me to death whilst I beg for freedom
Away from a life which is this

But still I wish I had Paul Newman's eyes
And every day came with some surprise
I wish I had Paul Newman's eyes
That would be nice

So sick of seeing
Can't stand to talk
And I've no compassion
Or thought

Moving, shakin (Great lake swimmers)

I can't write
I can't sing
I can't play
My insides have been broken
My inspiration has flown away
It's hard to see all the little things

There's a universe
In a crack in the wall
Or an ant crawling across
A broken tile
And it's hard to see all the little things
When the big things get in the way

I can't eat
I can't sleep
I can't think straight
I did not know it could be like this
Some things are better off being left alone
There are things that are better left unknown

Oh hands,
Don't fail me now
They're the only things I have left
Oh fingers,
Don't let me down, now
They're the only things that aren't gone

Oh world, come
Come crashing down, now
Oh hands, don't fail me now
Oh let me become if I'm new to this
Oh hands, don't fail me, now

I'm carrying my life in a cardboard box
Carrier bag on my back
I'm carrying my life in a cardboard box
Carrier bag on my back

Oh hands,
Don't fail me now
They're the only things I have got
Oh fingers,
Don't let me down, now
Oh hands, don't fail me now

All Hell falls
All down around me
Oh hands, don't fail me now
Oh fingers,
Don't let me down, now
Oh hands, don't fail me now

Spesso, quando solo il tempo puo' qualcosa contro il caos, vorrei addormentarmi e lasciargli fare il suo lavoro indisturbato, uscendo dal letargo solamente quando i problemi saranno dissolti. Perche' stare a guardare quando vorrei fare tutt altro e' una fatica che non sono mai riuscita a sopportare. Aspettare, aspettare, il mio eterno cruccio.

Hello Hammerheads (Caribou)

She told me to stay
or go away
and I looked in their eyes
and left her

Some people try to tell me why
I made up my mind and left her

mmh mmh mmmh

Now There's That Fear Again (Mum)

Give a stale piece of my braids
Float down strangers

Flow and stay
Hang on to the skin and stay

Float with a noise without rhymes
Float down stream
Hang on to my eye to my eye

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garanzia di sonni tranquilli con i Mum

E' morta oggi la Chicca

( ?.?.1989 \ 03.01.2005 )

e io non so cosa dire, non so cosa fare, non so cosa pensare

Sunshine (Low)

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
you make me happy when skies are gray
you'll never know dear, how much I love you,
please don't take my sunshine away. 

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping, 
I dreamed I held you in my arms,
but when I woke dear, I was mistaken,
so I hung my head and cried.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
you make me happy, when skies are gray,
you'll never know dear, how much I love you,
please don't take my sunshine away.

Landlocked blues (Bright eyes)

If you walk away I walk away
first tell me which road you will take
I don't want to risk our paths crossing somday
so you walk that way I'll walk this way

and the future hangs over our heads
and it moves with each current event
until it falls all around like a cold steady rain
just stay in when it's lookin' this way

and the moon's laying low in the sky
forcing everything metal to shine
and the sidewalk holds diamonds like a jewelry store case
they argue "walk this way," "no walk this way"

and laura's asleep in my bed
as I'm leaving she wakes up and says
I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave
baby don't go away, come here

and there's kids playing guns in the street
and one's pointing his tree branch at me
So I put my hands up I say "enough is enough"
if you walk away I walk away
and he shot me dead

I found a liquid cure
for my landlocked blues
it will pass away
like a slow parade
it's leaving but I don't know how soon

and the world's got me dizzy again
you'd think after 22 years I'd be used to the spin
and it only feels worse when I stay in one place
so I'm always pacing around or walking away
I keep drinking the ink from my pen
and I'm balancing history books up on my head
but it all boils down to one quoteable phrase
"If you love something give it away"
A good woman will pick you apart
a box full of suggestions for your possible heart
And you may be offended, and you may be afraid
but don't walk away, don't walk away

We made love on the living room floor
with the noise in the background from a televised war
And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say
"If we walk away they walk away"
But greed is a bottomless pit
And our freedom's a joke we're just taking a piss
And the whole world must watch the sad comic display
If you're still free start runnin' away
'cause we're comin' for ya

I've grown tired of holding this pose
I feel more like a stranger each time I come home
So I'm making a deal with the devils of fame
Sayin' let me walk away, please
You'll be free child once you have died
from the shackles of language and measurable time
And then we can trade places, play musical grace
till then walk away walk away walk away walk away
So I'm up at dawn, putting on my shoes
I just want to make a clean escape
I'm leaving but I don't know where to
I know I'm leaving but I don't know where to

delusione, purtroppo, dall'ultimo album dei Mambassa.
mi dispiace ma mi trovo totalmente in accordo con Daniele. le parti depressine sembrano troppo tirate.. costruite... quelle più rock invece sembrano provenire dagli album precedenti senza distinguersi particolarmente.
ripeto, mi dispiace. 'Mi manca chiunque' l'album precedente, l'ho ascoltato per mesi e mesi.

Canto nel sonno (Mambassa)

Never meant (Owen or American Football)

let's just forget:
everything said, everything we did,
best friends, better-half's,
goodbyes,
the other night when we realized
we're falling out of love.
the last thing i want to be is overly
dramatic.
i just think it's best
because you can't miss what you forget.
so let's just pretend
everything
and anything
between you and me

was never meant.

Long knives (Rainer maria)

well baby
did our sky fall down
and no one wants no one wants no one wants 
to rebuild it now
we once drew a crowd
with my evil eye
and your crazy mouth
let's get over each other
let's get over each other

well baby
did our time run out
and no one wants no one wants no one wants 
to rebuild it now
i liked it best how
we took the whole world on
back to back 
long knives drawn

let's get over each other
let's get over each other
so that we can fall in love again
so that we can fall in love again

won't you ho-ho-hold me
ho-ho-hold me
make believe that 
you don't loathe me

am I mistaken 
when I woke up this morning 
without you there I'm shaken 
to the very foundation

once there was something 
and now there's just a piece of atmosphere

am I mistaken 
when I woke up this morning 
without you there 
I'm shaken to the very foundation

Coming around again (Copeland)

Baby sneazes
Mommy pleases
Daddy breezes in.
So good on paper
So romantic
So bewildering

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It's coming around again.
So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart (broken heart)

Pay the grocer
Fix the toaster
Kiss the host goodbye.
Then you break a window
Burn the soufflae
Scream the lullaby

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It's coming around again.
So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart

I believe in love, But what else can I do, I'm so in love with you.

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It's coming around again, coming around again, coming around again...

I know nothing stays the same (I believe in love)
But if you're willing to play the game (I believe in love)
It's coming around again

I do believe, and I do believe in love.

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It's coming around again.

(I believe in love)

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è una cover, qualcuno mi sa dire di chi?