sad songs make me happy

from Dog Songe (2008) [lyrics needed]

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:18:50 +0100

from Dog Songe (2008)

[lyrics needed]

from AFNY Collaborations Vol#1 (2001) can i park my armor...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:45:00 +0100

from AFNY Collaborations Vol#1 (2001)

can i park my armor here?
will you pass me the baton?
take it off and disappear
and i really start to run

promise me a honeybee
i can smell the early pine
a crooked black skeleton key
when you cross the finish line

oh…when you cross the finish line

wrap your feet in spiderwebs
they are watching from the stands
i’ll meet you where the highway ends
as the pipe slips through your hands

promise me a honeybee
i can smell the early pine
a crooked black skeleton key
when you cross the finish line

oh…when you cross the finish line

now your name is miracle
when you trip on your bad leg
only one more bend to go
hang your coat up on its peg

promise me a honeybee
i can smell the early pine
a crooked black skeleton key
when you cross the finish line

oh…when you cross the finish line

[thanks to Francesco Mapelli for the lyrics]

from Low Birth Weight (2002)Could it be that you drove me into...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:51:01 +0100

from Low Birth Weight (2002)

Could it be that you drove me into your fleet of hand-melt candy
Could it be that you sent me falling off the roof backwards, gently
Do not let my words depress you - I’m here to uplift you now (I’m here to uplift you now)
Her eyes have gone south - terrible lies she denies
Could it be that you broke me into a sheet of rain swept sideways?
Could it be that you wrote me a dead attempt?
It just plain scares me
Do not let my words distract you from all the fun you demand - from the fun of the century
No more glistening wet poems in your honour, captain of alienation, New York, money, compassion

from Aunt Sally (1979) [lyrics needed]

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:47:00 +0100

from Aunt Sally (1979)

[lyrics needed]

from Circonvoluzioni (2008) maybe i’ll call you later...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:08:00 +0100

from Circonvoluzioni (2008)

maybe i’ll call you later
maybe i’ll call you leather
paint me
paint me black
black synthetic
black synthetic

mare nero
mar morto
esistono i supertiti
i navigatori
esistono gli inabissati

i belong to me
you belong to you
i belong to me
you belong to you

tons of tones
mirrors of the soul
yesterday i was young
from monday to sunday
for some year

tons of tones
mirrors of the soul
yesterday i was young
from monday to sunday
for some year

i belong to me
you belong to you
i belong to me
you belong to you

from Last Summer (2011)You promised to take me to the Inn Of The...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:49:00 +0100

from Last Summer (2011)

You promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
I hoped and I hoped, but no, I wouldn’t pray
The trip from here to South Pasadena is a long walk home
A long hard look at yourself
But you promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
But you promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
If you only knew a way

If Highland Park isn’t close enough, there’s that place on the way
The Inn Of The Seventh Ray
Take a lecture in stereoscopics to show us the way
To see with one eye open and one eye closed
Can we keep one eye open and one eye closed on the rest of the world?
I don’t think so!
But you promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
You promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
If you only knew a way

Watch Footloose with the biggest bottle of vodka in the world
Tequila in the ?? for a break-in reunion of the old ?
Let’s pose together, my sister, in the mirror of the wetbar
The only girl I see myself is you
You promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
You promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
If you only knew a way

If Highland Park isn’t close enough, we can stop at my place on the way
To the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
Watch us go wiggling in Wombleton on your boulevard
Climb up and down to the car in the commercial
That pays for us to eat at The Inn Of The Seventh Ray
But since the handle is broken, I can’t get out
You’re gonna have to get yourself out of this, yes yes!
You promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
You promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
You promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray
But you didn’t know the way

from In Reverie (1999) I saw you naked a December morningThe...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:42:00 +0100

from In Reverie (1999)

I saw you naked a December morning
The earth was trembling and the stars were falling
Tall, slim and slender, you slunk towards me
A sight for the whole world but me to see
The flames that once consumed me are dying
As you said “I love you”, I knew you were lying

Under the cross a beggar is lying
Barefoot on the ground and he is crying
“Flee from me God, you’re no longer with me
Release me from my role as one convicted”
The flames that once consumed me are dying
As you said you loved me, I knew you were lying

In the field, the peasant is kneeling
Hands and feet on the ground and he is screaming
“I’ve worked this soil yet it’s betrayed me
That’s the price I pay for loyalty”
The flames that once consumed me are dying
As I said “I love you” I knew I was lying

[thanks to Aile Kasabi for the lyrics]

from Transatlanticism (2003)I roll the window downAnd then begin...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:56:37 +0100

from Transatlanticism (2003)

I roll the window down
And then begin to breathe in
The darkest country road
And the strong scent of evergreen
From the passenger seat as you are driving me home.

Then looking upwards
I strain my eyes and try
To tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites
From the passenger seat as you are driving me home.

“Do they collide?”
I ask and you smile.
With my feet on the dash
The world doesn’t matter.

When you feel embarrassed then I’ll be your pride
When you need directions then I’ll be the guide
For all time.
For all time.

from split 7” with Rella the Woodcutter (2011)For you can...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:30:00 +0100

from split 7” with Rella the Woodcutter (2011)

For you can swim in oceans made of dreams
And you can quench your thirst in poisoned streams
For you can waste your days at fancy balls
Chatting away with guests inside the hall

Come now to the fire line,
to see the glass that glows right through the night

How far you’ll push your clueless quest?
Or will you stop one day to get some rest?
And did that wash the taste out of your mouth
It’s been to long that everything is been feeling foul

Come now to the fire line,
to see the glass that glows right through the night
Come now to the fire line,
Because what burns within might keep the fight alive

from Jackson C. Frank (1965)Gold and silver is the autumnSoft...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:28:00 +0100

from Jackson C. Frank (1965)

Gold and silver is the autumn
Soft and tender are her skies
Yes and no are the answers
Written in my true love’s eyes

Autumn’s leaving and winter’s coming
I think that I’ll be moving along
I’ve got to leave her and find another
I’ve got to sing my heart’s true song

Round and round the burning circle
All the seasons: one, two, and three
Autumn comes and then the winter
Spring is born and wanders free

Gold and silver burn my autumns
All too soon they’d fade and die
And then, oh there are no others
Milk and honey were their lies.

[thanks to Stefano Santabarbara]

from An Index of Birds (2010) [lyrics needed]

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:49:00 +0100

from An Index of Birds (2010)

[lyrics needed]

from 1974 1976 (1994) (October 27, 1954 – January 31, 2012...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:57:06 +0100

from 1974 1976 (1994)

(October 27, 1954 – January 31, 2012 or February 1, 2012)

selection #3 of Elijah Forrest/Terrorsfrom Cotton Eyed Joe...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:26:11 +0100

selection #3 of Elijah Forrest/Terrors

from Cotton Eyed Joe (2007)

I love you baby
Ain’t gonna lie
Without you darling
I can’t be satisfy
If things are going wrong for you
You know it hurts me too

Run here baby,
Put your hands on mine
I’ve got something to tell you, darling
I wanna change your mind
If things are going wrong for you
You know it hurts me too
Hurts me too

I love you baby
Ain’t gonna lie
Without you darling
I can’t be satisfy
If things are going wrong for you
You know it hurts me too
You know it hurts me too

[about this song]

from Space Is Only Noise If You Can See (2011)

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:27:00 +0100

from Space Is Only Noise If You Can See (2011)

from The Kenya Sessions (2011)

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:07:00 +0100

from The Kenya Sessions (2011)

from U.S. Ez (2008) [lyrics needed]

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:53:35 +0100

from U.S. Ez (2008)

[lyrics needed]

from Lazare (1986) [lyrics needed]

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:59:00 +0100

from Lazare (1986)

[lyrics needed]

from Che vuole questa musica stasera (1967)Che vuole questa...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:33:02 +0100

from Che vuole questa musica stasera (1967)

Che vuole questa musica,
stasera,
che mi riporta un poco
del passato.

La luna ci teneva
compagnia,
io ti sentivo mia, soltanto mia.
Soltanto mia!

Vorrei tenerti qui
vicino a me
adesso che fra noi
non c’e’ piu’ nulla.

Vorrei sentire ancor
le tue parole,
quelle parole che
non sento più.

Il mondo intorno a noi
non esisteva
per la felicità
che tu mi davi.

Che me ne faccio ormai
di tutti i giorni miei
se nei miei giorni
non ci sei più tu.

Che vuole questa musica,
stasera,
che mi riporta un poco
del passato.

Che mi riporta
un poco del tuo amore,
che mi riporta
un poco di te.

Che me ne faccio ormai
di tutti i giorni miei
se nei miei giorni
non ci sei piu’ tu.

Che vuole questa musica,
stasera,
che mi riporta un poco
del passato.

Che mi riporta
un poco del tuo amore,
che mi riporta
un poco di te.

Un poco di te!

from Sburro (2008) vacanze di natalem’addormo a culo...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:12:00 +0100

from Sburro (2008)

vacanze di natale
m’addormo a culo apierto
perchè non m’addiverto
non m’addiverto mai
non stongo malamente
non ho passsato guai

no non mi diverto
non mi diverto mai
no non mi diverto
no non mi diverto mai

vacanze un poco estive
mi sdraio a uso lacierto
perchè non m’addiverto
non m’addiverto mai
mi chiavo un paio di cesse
bucchini ‘e spond’e’lietto

no non m’addivierto
non m’addivierto mai
no non m’addivierto
no non m’addivierto mai
no non m’addivierto
no non m’addivierto mai

from Mort Aux Vaches (2006)

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:10:09 +0100

from Mort Aux Vaches (2006)