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Midnight Revolution
04:56
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HEY… NOT QUITE “RADICAL CHIC” OH BABE DAD IS A SOCIALIST AND HE GAVE ME A COSSACK HAT EVERY BIRTHDAY AIN’T GOT NO TYCOON FLAG TO BURN BUT I GOT A COLLECTION OF COCA COLA CANS BABE LET’S CRASH THEM! OH LORD! REVOLUTION BROKE OUT IN THE STREET! WE COULD BE A NEW ARMY IN THE NAME OF PEACE HEY GIRL..HEY WHAT HAPPEN? YOU DISAPPEARED! OH… ONE THOUSAND MILLION “ALL STAR” THAT MARCH NOT EVEN THIS IS ENOUGH FOR YOU? “THE CLASH” WOULD BE BY OUR SIDE OH “BRANCA BRANCA LEON LEON” EVEN MY SISTERS ARE JOINING HAND ROLLING TOBACCO FOR EVERYONE OH LORD! REVOLUTION BROKE OUT IN THE STREET NECKERCHIEF ON YOUR MOUTH JOIN AND CLANCH YOUR FISTS DON’T BLAME ME BABY.. I’M NOT ENOUGH “RADICAL CHIC” I’M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY OUR EYES ARE IN TEARS ARE WE IN LOVE OR IS IT JUST GAS THAT MAKES US WEEP? HERE FOR THE CHILDREN WE HAVE NOT HERE FOR THE MEMORY WE HAVE LOST I’M TRYING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE AND STOP MY FEET BUT I JUST NEED TO WEAR MY “ALL STAR” PROMPT FOR THE SPRINT I’M FROM THE SOUTH, HE’S FROM THE EAST SHE’S FROM THE NORTH, THEY’RE FROM THE WEST JOE STRUMMER WOULD’VE INCITED US WAS HIM “RADICAL CHIC” ENOUGH?
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Summer
04:38
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Summer, you are waiting for your summer
you're waiting for the sunburns
to lick on your skin
running, you dry your tears
and running you stop your ears
and run on to listen to your beat
Summer, you are waiting for your summer
like scratches on your knees
hammer, with all your strength you hammer
at the gates of the heavens
until your finger bleed
over the cherry field and over
you run until dawn and
your ghost fall asleeo
summer, you really need the summer
like lilies need the bees
and if it's all too easy
why all i do is run
while the sun tries to kiss me?
and if i'd take a star
all would look so far
but all in all we are
we are powder just like star
and when the summer comes
to set the sky on fire
and dry the weary hearts
all i do is run!
Altri testi di A Toys Orchestra
Celentano
Powder On The Words
Letter To Myself
Invisible
Peter Pan Syndrome
Technicolor Dream
Sunny Days
Elephant Man
Mystical Mistake
The Day Of The Bluff
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Peter Pan Syndrome
03:19
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Friend! I've kept the corks to build a raft
without a map without a flag
you told me always to be clear
now i'm so clean that i cry soapball tears
flat like an ol electric eel
too boring to bore,too scared to fear
the moon is just a cheeky skull
and everynight it says the same:
you are the same! You are the same!
You! You dig up the seeds that i've spread
and hide dried flowers in your hat
help me, my friend,to camouflage
my peter pan syndrome advanced state
rose-scented days glue-flavoured nights
so terrified to split one's sides
when the wild beast will be tamed
the cheeky moon repeats the same:
you are the same! You are the same!
Into the bottle for a day
i'm waiting for tomorrow
i'm waiting for the final round
to perceive the ultrasound
and start the haunt
i'm waiting for the night the moon will close
for ever.
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Invisible
03:16
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Invisible
I wish i was invisible
And feign to be the wind
...and slam the doors
Whenever you stay home alone
And blow away
The farewell letters
Cause i can't believe!
...i can't believe!
But i'm triyng
Unremarkable
Just another roll of flaws
A birthday cake
Without candles
...but i'm the wind
That breaks off the cross
I'm the wind
And finally i scream!
I can't believe! I can't believe! I can't believe!
I can't believe! I can't believe! I can't believe!
I can't believe! I can't believe! I can't believe!
I can't believe! I can't believe! I can't believe!
...but i'm triyng
And i don't mind where and why
...i'm triyng
And i don't care what i'm praying
I'm a liar!
...but i'm invisible
Please! Please!
Let me believe this
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5. |
Powder On The Words
03:05
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I've learned to memorize better
The days we say "it does'nt matter"
But now the powder hides the final of the words
We spend too much time hoping
To find again the will to hope
But now the powder hides the final of the words
Will roses blossom through the cinder
The teachers will be pupils again
If just the weather takes the powder off the words
...and all the secrets i have always blessed
I swear i try to pledge myself to not forget
But now the powder hides the final of the words
...the powder hides the final of words
...what does it matter...
Cause all in all it's just a pile of words!
You move the water
Like a floater
As a fish that swims around
Under the weather
Find the shelter
Like a bunny into the hat
...i'm a ship that runs aground! ...
Wait for the purifier rain
I'm on the snail's trail...
The weight?
The blame?
Have you heard?
...never heard?
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Celentano
04:00
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Before the flames of my desire
set my memories on fire
oh my friend!
When the moon became a head
shake my hand just once again
la la li la la la la
push the fingers on my heart!
And at the grand feast of the heaven
we will come together singing yuppi du
Hengie, Frankie, me and you
and Mrs Macabrette too
la la li la la la la
and all the fellows of bad luck!
When all the central station prostitutes
will leave the slums direction-hollywood
entire woods will be uprooted
tree by tree and root by root
la la li la la la la
just a glass eye beats the time
But all my friends come from the city
and neverthless, I got more enemies
under a rain of frogs and toads anyway
umbrellas won't protect us from sin!
oh! drive away from here!
a thousand million diluviums
satellites and bombs
dinosaurs' bones
telvision queen
arranged marriage king
climb the magic bean
a thousand million diluviums
satellites and bombs
dinosaurs' bones
television queen
arranged marriage king
climb the magic beans
buzz away from my tears!
my restless sea
oh my sea!
my restless sea!
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7. |
Plastic Romance # 1
02:34
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i had a girl made of plastic all my friends found her fantastic
she looked so pretty and so real
that all the district girls were envious of her skin
i was so mad 'bout her that i bought her a ring
and i was ready to ask her to marry me!
we spent our evenings on the couch
and we continued listening to "rubber soul"
but just when everythings looked so fine
something happened that upset our perfect life
someone took away my future wife
someone came and took away my bride
i had a girl made of plastic
all my friends found her fantastic
at the time she was working in a store
as chief manikin for designer clothes
every evening i went to her back home
every morning i took her back to the store
but one day i arrived too late
i was trapped in the traffic on the highway
when i arrived at the store
she was'nt there and the shutter was closed
sometime after someone said they had seen her
take a lift on a motor-vehicle with the writing "plastic recycle"!
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8. |
Letter To Myself
04:25
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I write a letter to myself
I write the words i'll never say
I'll wear the best coat i have
Before i sign my name
The wonder in my eyes today
Will be regret tonight
I'm drunken by my mother's milk
I'll smile at the mirror before i flee again
Well! I drunk coffee all the night
And i've already packed my bags
...i write a letter to myself and to my ghost
I'll bury it underneath an oak
The wonder in my eyes today
Will be regret tonight
I'm drunken by my mother's milk
I'll smile at the mirror
The teardrops in my eyes today
Will be the same tomorrow
But they'll never touch the ground
Down down down down down down down down down
Down to the bottom
Quiet all around
Stars became fireflies
Heartbeat slows down
...and my name will be just a sound
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9. |
Ease Of The Beat
04:43
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C'mon! Look around nobody knows you're still here
You could come out all at once and them scared
Or maybe you'd remain where you are and pick on them
Back home to watch tv and smoke hundreds of cigarettes
...today i'm gonna try to live just "a perfect day"
Unbutton my shirt and varnish my nails
Ease off the bit!
Hey you! I'm here!
Bent on my knees
Washed by my tears
Slack off to be
Always in the mid
...ease off the bit!!!
Someboby says it's all ok and everything is better
Somebody else counts his fingers after a handshake
Someboby preaches about the last mass extinction
And says it's all the fault of 1968
The way to find your smile again
Is to buy a new dentifrice and then... Even the tv and the president assures it's all ok
They say: it's all ok! ....yeah! It's all ok!
Believe in them! It's really easy talk from someone else's mouth
You need to trample on the shit to say it smells!
Ease off the bit!
Hey you! I'm here!
Bent on my knees
Washed by my tears
Slack off to be
Always in the mid
Ease off the bit...ease off the bit!!!
Bigotry? ...somebody needs
I'm wondering too easily
Slack off to be
Always in the mid
Ease off the biiiiiiiiit!
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10. |
Panic Attack # 1
04:19
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We came toward the sunset walking with quick steps
on an electric road and we know that we must forget
with the future on our back and the weight of the past
the rings around our eyes are always getting more black
the fears flow down through your trembling legs
and the animal's instinct coming back
when the body lies and your soul melts
the polar winter comes into myself
godless masters - sons of disaster
winner - loser -preachers and boozers
euphoria - sorrow - borrowed shapes and colors
sugars - violence - the noise of the silence
p a n i c a t t a c k !
The trees sing in the night
the rain washes the mouth
the truth behind a cloud
the silence of the crowd.
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11. |
Welcome To Babylon
03:22
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I WANT TO GO WHERE NOWHERE IS HOME
I WANT TO MERGE AWAY INTO THE MOB
AND CHANGE MY FACE WHENEVER I WANT
I'LL SHAVE MY BEARD AND I'LL GIVE SMILES TO ALL
NO TIME TO MOAN MIND YOUR OWN CONCERNS
THE CITY BURNS AND WE STILL MAKE A TOAST
HOLD BACK YOUR LAUGHS TILL YOUR FACE EXPLODES
NOW BARE YOUR BREAST AND WAIT FOR THE CROWS
STRANGERS AS BEST FRIENDS
AND CALL-GIRLS AS GIRLFRIENDS
HEART WITH LOW-BATTERIES
AND MINDS PACKED LIKE SARDINES
WELCOME TO BABYLON
SOLDIERS LIKE ROCKSTARS
AND TV LIKE WET-NURSE
NIGHTMARES IN PIXELS
AND FUTURE IN SWEEPSTAKES
WELCOME TO BABYLON
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12. |
Mrs. Macabrette
03:26
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She's mrs macabrette
She paints the lamps with black
She spreads crysanthenums on her steps
Three black plumes on her hat
Glass buttons on her breast
The cypress bows down on her step
She's mrs macabrette
She makes love with the cats
And talks only with herself
Dead leaves patch up her dress
The ivy climbs up her legs
...even the birdsong looks so sad!
She burns the photographs
Of her marriage
To light another sigarette
Where her tears fell one day
Now grows the weeping willows
Now cuts her lips instead
So nobody will be able to snatch a smile from her
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Elephant Man
02:32
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When the night comes
the river kisses the ground
the darkness can assist me
wile the wind brings me your voice
the grass withers without noise.
The elephant runs
haunted by the sun
the heartbeat fill the silence
and the silence fills the heart
the show is going to start.
The mirrors melt
images entrapped
the drunken nature
wasn't able to keep it's secret
a fault not requested
i'm a masked romeo
sound the bells!
Wake the queen!
..morpheus gives his gift.
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Bug Embrace
02:51
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Can i sleep
On a water bed?
...so i will drown the dreams are bad
Can i sleep
In your arms?
...and cry until i will be worn
I will blow
On the mirrors
To send melancony away
From my face
...and i will clutch my arms to yours
And my hands in yours
Like a bug embrace
Can i talk
Without brakes?
Go on until i loose my breathe
Can i sit
On your legs?
...ad i will clutch my arms to yours
And my hands in yours
Like a bug embrace
...and i don't mind
If it happens only in my mind
...and i don't care
If i scratch the wall with my nails
If i take the night for the day
And i will choke my face
Like a bug embrace
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Late September
05:18
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LATE SEPTEMBER, SUNDAY MORNING
TOO MUCH COFFEE, MY HANDS TREMBLING
AND I’VE FORGOTTEN WHAT I COME TO SAY TO YOU
THE TV IS ON OVER A WEEK
SOMEONE SAYS IT HELPS TO SLEEP
BUT I JUST LEARNED BY HEART THE WEATHER FORECAST
BUT SHINE,SHINE,SHINE TODAY THAT I’M OK
SHINE,SHINE,SHINE TONIGHT AIN’T GOT NO FRIGHT
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